Ironmon BizHawk Script

current_seed.txt

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Ironmon_NextSeed.lua

PATH_TO_ROMS = "../.."
NAME_OF_ROM_WITHOUT_NUMBER = "FireRed"
KEY_TO_ADVANCE = "N"
KEY_TO_PREVIOUS = "O"
NAME_OF_SEED_FILE = "current_seed.txt"

file = io.open(NAME_OF_SEED_FILE, "r")
INITIAL_SEED_NUMBER = tonumber(file:read("*number"))
file:close()

function changeseed(direction)
   seednumber = userdata.get("seednumber")
   if seednumber ~= nil then
      seednumber = seednumber + direction
   else
      seednumber = INITIAL_SEED_NUMBER + direction
   end
   userdata.set("seednumber", seednumber)
   
   console.log("Opening seed #" .. seednumber .. "...")
   client.closerom()
   client.openrom(PATH_TO_ROMS .. "/" .. NAME_OF_ROM_WITHOUT_NUMBER .. seednumber .. ".gba")
   
   file = io.open("current_seed.txt", "w")
   file:write(seednumber)
   file:close()
end

while true do
   if input.get()[KEY_TO_ADVANCE] == true then
      changeseed(1)
   end

   if input.get()[KEY_TO_PREVIOUS] == true then
      changeseed(-1)
   end

   emu.frameadvance()
end