New Runs Setup

Introduction to New Runs

The Ironmon Tracker offers a feature to allow you to quickly load a new game ROM to play, called "New Runs". While this looks like you are "resetting" your game, this process is actually loading up a completely different randomized game ROM. This is especially helpful if you are playing a randomized Pokémon game and want to restart your game to a different randomized ROM with different Pokémon.

To trigger a New Run, press the A + B + Start buttons all-at-once on your controller. These use the same buttons you mapped in the Bizhawk emulator under Bizhawk -> Config -> Controllers or in mGBA under the Tracker Setup screen on the left sidebar.

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Requirements

You will need:

Java 64-bit Offline - Download
Randomizer ZX Program - Download

Choose a mode to load a New Run

To setup the New Runs feature, you'll first need to decide what mode or method that Tracker will use to load the New Run. There are two different ways use it, each requiring it's own setup. You can only have one of these two modes active at any given time, but you can always swap to using the other mode later if you want.

Mode #1: Generate a ROM each time (Recommended)
Mode #2: Use premade ROMs

The first mode "Generate a ROM each time" requires you provide the Tracker with three files in order to create the ROMs for you. The second mode "Use premade ROMs" requires that you create multiple ROMs beforehand.

ROM Creation: Bizhawk (Recommended)

With this mode you can have the Tracker generate a new randomized ROM for you each time you use the New Run button combo. This mode uses your Randomizer ZX program through the command line to generate a randomized ROM, so you don't need to keep the program open on the side. It takes approximately 2-4 seconds to create a ROM, depending on your computer's hardware.

When used, it will overwrite the current existing generated seed (if it exists) with the new one, backing up the previous seed in the tracker folder.

Note: Do NOT press the New Run button combo if you intend to continue a run with a save file. The button combo always creates a new seed, it doesn't load your last played game. If you do this by accident, it can cause this issue.

Click on the Gear icon on the Tracker screen to access the settings navigation menu. Click the New Runs menu option to be taken to the New Runs Setup screen.

Setup:

First select the checkbox for "Generate ROM each time". Next you'll supply each of the three required files
Choose the "Randomizer JAR" file by clicking the SET button. A file prompt will appear asking you to select the .jar file used by your Randomizer program. This file can be found in your Randomizer folder usually named: PokeRandoZX.jar
Choose the "Source ROM" file by clicking the SET button. A file prompt will appear asking you to select the .gba file which will be used by the Randomizer program. This is usually a vanilla, unmodified Pokémon game ROM.
- Note: Do not use an already randomized ROM
Choose the "Settings File" file by clicking the SET button. A file prompt will appear asking you to select one of the preloaded IronMon rule sets ending in .rnqs
- Alternatively, you can make your own Randomizer Settings file and choose that

Usage Notes:

If you use the preloaded Settings files (.rnqs) that come with the Tracker, then you must use a matching Randomizer ZX version or higher (.jar file)
- The preloaded Settings files were created with version 4.5.1 of the Randomizer ZX program. So use 4.5.1 or higher, such as 4.6.0
If you notice old save data from a previous game keeps appearing, you can clear it out by pressing the following button combo on the opening screen before starting a game: SELECT + UP + B
If you get randomization errors when trying to use this quick-load mode, refer to our FAQs to see if your error is listed with a solution.

ROM Creation: mGBA

The Ironmon Tracker's New Runs feature that allows you to easily load a new game ROM to play, without having to go through any menus or do it manually. To use the New Runs feature, you'll need to provide it with all of the required files it needs. The Tracker will use these files to load up a new game ROM each time you activate a New Run by pressing the button combination (A + B + START by default).

Regardless of which New Run mode you choose, you'll be putting the required files in the quickload folder found inside your main Tracker folder

You will need to provide the Tracker with three files in order for it to create a randomized ROM for you. Place each file in the quickload folder found inside your main Tracker folder.

Setup:

First, change the New Runs setting on the tracker to "Generate a ROM each time". Do this by typing OPTION "31" in the command box, or if 31 is no longer correct, use the correct option number surrounded by quotes
Copy & paste the JAR file (typically named "PokeRandoZX.jar") from the Randomizer folder into the quickload folder
Copy & paste the GBA ROM file you want to use for creating a randomized game, and place it into the quickload folder
- Note: Do not use an already randomized game ROM
Copy & paste an RNQS settings file into the quickload folder
- This file is the Randomizer settings/options that determine how you want your game to be randomized
- You can either use one of the preloaded IronMon settings files found in the Tracker folder: /ironmon_tracker/RandomizerSettings
- Or you can make your own settings file using the Randomizer program, loading the settings you want, then clicking Save Settings

Premade ROM Batch: Bizhawk

Click on the Gear icon on the Tracker screen to access the settings navigation menu. Click the New Runs menu option to be taken to the New Runs Setup screen.

Setup:

If you haven't already, first create a batch of randomized ROMs using the Randomizer program's batch feature in its Settings menu
Ensure that the ROMs are numbered in sequential order, such as EmeraldKaizo1.gba, EmeraldKaizo2.gba, etc.
Select the checkbox for "Use premade ROMs" by clicking on the box.
Set the "ROMs Folder" on the New Runs Setup screen of the Tracker.
- Select the folder that contains the ROMs you created in step 1 by selecting any of the ROMs in that folder
Finally, make sure the ROM you currently have loaded in the emulator is a ROM in this folder. If you're unsure, simply close your current ROM through Bizhawk, then open a ROM from this folder.

Premade ROM Batch: mGBA

You will need to provide the Tracker with all of the randomized game ROM files that you made.

Setup:

First, change the New Runs setting on the tracker to "Use premade ROMs". Do this by typing OPTION "30" in the command box, or if 30 is no longer correct, use the correct option number surrounded by quotes
If you haven't already, create a batch of randomized ROMs using the Randomizer program.
Ensure that the ROMs are numbered in sequential order, such as FireRed1.gba, FireRed2.gba, etc
Place all of the ROMs into the quickload folder, found in your main Tracker folder
Finally, load up the first ROM (smallest number) from among them into your emulator