How did Hidden Power work in gens II-V?

I don’t really understand.

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##Generations II to V##Hidden Power inflicts damage using atype and base power determined by the user’s IVs.Hidden Powercan receive same-type attack bonus.For instance, a Bug-type Pokémon will receive same-type attack bonus when using a Bug-type Hidden Power. Although Hidden Power is Normal-type in the game’s data, a Normal-type Hidden Power is not obtainable.Hidden Power is unaffected by Normalize.

Calculations:

Type: This was decided in this way

HP Type = a mod 4 + b mod 4,

where:- ‘a’ is the Attack IV,- ‘b’ is the Defence IV-" ‘mod’ is modulo. Modulo is such that “b mod a” is the remainder of b/a “. Credits toPhysicsForums

Power:

HP Power = (5* {v + 2w +4x + 8y} + z) / 2

where:

v depends on the Special IV.w depends on the Speed IV.x depends on the Defense IV.y depends on the Attack IV.

[5 and 6 also]

Type:

HP Type = [(a + 2b + 4c + 8d + 16e + 32f) * 15]/63

where:

a depends on the HP IV.b and c depend on the Attack and Defense IV’s respectively.d depends on the Speed IV.e and f depend on the Special Attack and Special Defense IV’s respectively.

Power (Before Gen 6)

HP Power =[ {(u + 2v + 4w + 8x + 16y + 32z) * 40}/ 63 ] + 30,

where:

u depends on the HP stat.v and w depend on the Attack and Defense stats respectively.x depends on the Speed stat.y and z depend on the Special Attack and Special Defense stats respectively.

There you have it! Very confusing, I know, but just maths in the end. A whole lot of it.