Installation Guide

Contents:

1. Download the latest release
2. Load the Tracker script into your emulator
   1. Install for Bizhawk
      • Notes for Linux Users
   2. Install for mGBA
3. Setup the Ironmon Tracker
4. Start Playing!

Step 1: Download the latest release

1. Download the latest Ironmon-Tracker-#.#.#.zip file at the bottom of the latest release page
2. Extract the contents of the .zip file with right-click -> "Extract All" in Windows, or by using a program such as 7-zip

   

3. Optional: Move the entire folder somewhere easy to find, such as "My Documents"

Note: Avoid keeping the Tracker folder and files inside of a OneDrive folder. This will prevent several of the Tracker's features from working properly, including the auto-updater.

Step 2: Load the Tracker script into your emulator

Install for Bizhawk

1. If you haven't already, download the latest Bizhawk version (2.8 or higher is required) and install necessary prereqs
2. Open the Bizhawk emulator (EmuHawk.exe) and load a Pokémon game ROM (See supported games here.)
3. In the Bizhawk menus at the top, click Tools -> Lua Console

   

4. If there are any existing Ironmon Tracker scripts, highlight them one at a time and remove them: click the X icon button or press the Delete key
5. Click Script -> Open Script... or press Ctrl+O

   

6. Locate and select the Ironmon-Tracker.lua script file from the new Ironmon-Tracker release folder you downloaded, and open it

   

7. The Ironmon Tracker should now be loaded and appear on Bizhawk
   • If you haven't loaded a ROM yet, the Lua Console should look something like this:

     

   • Once you load a ROM, then it should look something like this:

     

   • If you see no output at all, see here as you may have accidentally clicked on New Script instead of Open Script

Notes for Linux Users

1. We recommend using Bizhawk version 2.9 or higher. This version of Bizhawk contains quite a few compatibility updates to allow many Tracker features to work. Using version 2.8 may cause unexpected issues.
2. You will also want to download and install the Franklin Gothic Medium font if you don't have it installed already, otherwise the font size / UI scaling will be all messed up.

Install for mGBA

1. If you haven't already, download the latest mGBA version (0.10.0 or higher is required)
2. Open the mGBA emulator and load a Pokémon game ROM (See supported games here.)
3. From the emulator menus at the top, click Tools -> Scripting
4. In the console window, click File -> Load Script
5. Then locate the Ironmon-Tracker.lua file in the Tracker folder, and open it

Step 3: Setup the Ironmon Tracker

1. At this point, you can load up a game ROM and/or unpause your game if you haven't already
2. Click the Gear icon near the top of the Ironmon Tracker to edit tracker settings and customize your Tracker's theme
3. If you want to use the quick-load feature to load up the next seed, then be sure to set this up under Tracker Setup -> Quick-load
   • Quick-load activates when you press A + B + START all at once on your controller

Step 4: Start Playing!

1. Now that you've got everything setup, you're ready to start playing and enjoy using the Tracker
2. If this is your first time using it, check out the Quickstart Guide to learn more about the type of information that it shows as well as all of it's features