Anyone else in resetting hell (again)?

[Sheba]

I feel like the airport color should not be a consideration. The building themes in NL was pretty popular and is one of the few things in NH that I can’t help but think will return. In addition to adding color options of course. But maybe they really won’t add such a feature so you do need to reset. Anyway, sorry you had to reset again after finding THE map.

Honestly, if some dataminers had uncovered a planned update in that regard and I had heard about it, I wouldn't have reset. The airport had been red, which is still a lot better than green or yellow, but nothing I could permanently live with since, well, I want a blue one. But yeah it stung to ditch that map since I feel I will never ever see it again. It's one map out of 93 possible ones, with seven possible peninsula positions, two airport positions, two dock positions and two dock length possibilities, so that's - leaving fruits and airport color out - I think a 0,019% chance? If that math checks out, I'm not sure. I am really, really bad at math.

 

[Minene]

I want to reset my island too but I don't want to lose the catalog/hybrids/diys I've built up. Of course I can get them again but I already have 300+ hrs of playtime..
When I first got the game I got a map with a heart lake but didn't want pears so I kept resetting for a heart lake + cherries/peaches. I didn't think
about terraforming my own lake so I'm stuck with a RS that's pretty close to the green airport :c

 

[succulents]

i feel you! i did the exact same thing as you did, trying to get a heart lake with peaches, but ended up with resident services a few blocks away from the airport. i'm debating as well whether to restart or not even though i have most of my dreamies...

 

[Sheba]

ant to reset my island too but I don't want to lose the catalog/hybrids/diys I've built up. Of course I can get them again but I already have 300+ hrs of playtime..
When I first got the game I got a map with a heart lake but didn't want pears so I kept resetting for a heart lake + cherries/peaches. I didn't think
about terraforming my own lake so I'm stuck with a RS that's pretty close to the green airport :c

i feel you! i did the exact same thing as you did, trying to get a heart lake with peaches, but ended up with resident services a few blocks away from the airport. i'm debating as well whether to restart or not even though i have most of my dreamies...

Wow, the more I listen to these things the more I think about ditching the maps in my list that have the RS close to the airport. I never really thought too much about it until recently except for the fact that I would prefer it not directly across from it to make it seem more natural, but with it being really low on the map, that would really rule out a lot of landscaping/cliff options.

I hope that if any of you two reset, you can find what you want and get the island of your dreams without many hours of resetting!

 

[Paperboy012305]

I resetted my island because of the way my resident services was. It severely limited my design choices.

I found the one with resident services in the right angle, and I think I made the right decision.

 

[Nyaro]

I've reset my map twice now. The first time it was about 5-7 days after release and the second time was a couple of weeks ago.

After the second time I reset because I started terraforming and I hated it so much. I'd picked my map based on the idea I could redo all of the geography so not wanting to terraform anymore wasn't a viable option for that map because it wasn't even close to what I wanted. My current map was chosen because it was naturally a bit unique-looking and I only was going to need to tweak it a bit and do paths and stuff. It's worked out pretty well so far. I'm liking the layout and I lucked out with my current crew of villagers.

I am bummed that I didn't get peaches or apples for my fruit, but oranges were my native fruit in my NL town (and I cut them all down and replaced them with apples in NH anyways lol). Both times I reset it took me quite a bit to find a good map.

My cousin has reset her map twice too. Sometimes it's just hard to know what you want til you have it.

 

[Sheba]

YO GUYS. So...I didn't reset too much today, but I just (like five minutes ago, as i'm about to head to bed) found an island that might work. The map is on my list, but not up very high (resident services in a semi-stupid spot, basically right above the airport but not centered, so I'm not 100% sure how this would work with my landscaping). But I got all the things like peninsula, dock, peaches and blue airport by some miracle so while not the perfect map, it is a map I want to try to work with.

Basically, I don't have much time to play for the next few days until Tuesday anyway, but I wanted to TT this time anyway until I unlock island designer. What I will do is try this - play until I have done everything for a day, then TT to the next day. That way, it's not just quickly skipping time so that I can actually form a bond with my island. I'm, however, not going to try for any dreamies right now (so no endless mystery tours) and more go for villagers that I don't hate or just let randoms move in.

I now have a west river exit, which was what I wanted the last time and what I felt would help me. Basically, I will now try this island to see how much the west exit makes my island designer life easier and if it's worth sacificing a central RS position for. If I find out in the end that I would prefer central RS and south river exits, I won't have too much invested in the island. If I prefer this and can live with it, I'll just keep it. But at the end, I'll then know for good what works for me and what doesn't. And I also really need a break from resetting because I was getting real burnout.

So basically, not going to host any big parties until I know what I want to do with this island. For now I'll treat it as a very welcome break from resetting, which I desperately needed, and hopefully, at the end of next week or so, I'll know if this is something I can settle on or not. I know you guys might think I'll be stuck in an endless resetting loop like that, but the map really wasn't high on my favourite-map-list because of RS position and honestly, if not for burnout, I might have not even looked at it. But now, I'll just treat this as a few casual playing days of enjoying the game again.

I'll keep you updated! And I'm so happy you keep checking this thread!

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I resetted my island because of the way my resident services was. It severely limited my design choices.

I found the one with resident services in the right angle, and I think I made the right decision.

I honestly wish we could move RS. It would make everything so, so, so much easier. I understand that something so big would be hard to move, but honestly, it would have been so nice.

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I've reset my map twice now. The first time it was about 5-7 days after release and the second time was a couple of weeks ago.

After the second time I reset because I started terraforming and I hated it so much. I'd picked my map based on the idea I could redo all of the geography so not wanting to terraform anymore wasn't a viable option for that map because it wasn't even close to what I wanted. My current map was chosen because it was naturally a bit unique-looking and I only was going to need to tweak it a bit and do paths and stuff. It's worked out pretty well so far. I'm liking the layout and I lucked out with my current crew of villagers.

I am bummed that I didn't get peaches or apples for my fruit, but oranges were my native fruit in my NL town (and I cut them all down and replaced them with apples in NH anyways lol). Both times I reset it took me quite a bit to find a good map.

My cousin has reset her map twice too. Sometimes it's just hard to know what you want til you have it.

I feel we really understand each other! I also thought my terraforming was ugly, but I know I need to do it, so the next time, I will make a lot of pictures of my island before I do anything so that I could restore it if I wanted to.
And yeah, I only realized what I was looking for in a map once I unlocked enough things in the game to really get a feel of what's possible. I honestly think the limited explore range in the beginning is really harmful to knowing if you like what you got.

 

[Lotusblossom]

I was gonna start a thread like this.. yes its hell.. I started off choosing a map from the first four given..mostly because I was introducing the game to someone at the time.. april 1st.. but in the back of my mind I knew I was gonna wanna reset.. so I didn't even pay any mind to the event stuff until I was in the process of reseting.. why I dont know it was a lot to take in all of the time spent on this game all of a sudden.. so after I reset rip paula and rhaold I'll miss my trippy originals..the reason I reset was because of the color of my airport i realized we could get different colors and size of peninsula... I dont even remember what color it was but I really dont want red. I just wanted to feel more planned as well.. I liked yellow to match my switch lite... then I was in a rush to complete the bunny and cherry blossom events but I hadn't even found my map.. the time was ticking.. the person who I was playing the game with who I introduced the game toos middle name was blossom and we needed every single one of those cherry blossom diys
so at first I wanted everything perfect like even my starter shirt wanted a sailor one... but as time went on I had to narrow all of my must haves down and then the list got smaller and smaller...I just needed a yellow airport, big peninsula, and resident services lined up perfectly and relatively close but not too close..otherwise--->why did I reset in the first place.... but if I could get more of what I wanted that would be amazing.. !!!I reset every minute I could.. i had three or four days until the end of the cherry blossoms [_>. I was wasting time when we could be enjoying the petals.. it felt horrible.. I was exhausted because I had to stay up late to try and find the map... seeing those two little bears squabble over and over again made me sick...I almost gave up completely I felt like it was insane and not worth it ever...and then... after resetting maybe what felt like a thousand times. I thought I found a map after three days....or did i.... I settled in... it was okay I accepted its minor flaws alright...but to be honest over time more and more things changed about how I though I wanted my map to be [much different then I had originally though at the beginning of resetting!!!] Well i had to continue to play non stop to complete the diy sets for bunny day and cherry blossoms.. i stayed up as late as I could and listened for the balloons all day and completed it..I was exhausted.... I was happy I reset and happy to complete it.. then the update video was released... great until I realized I was wrong... resident services isn't lined up perfectly but it's one off.... I already had taken a liking by then and accepted the things I couldnt change.. like flowers and my rivers and yadda yadda but once I realized this that it wasnt aligned.. i felt as though i am a failure.. and i was like u a kept trying to convince myself to get a new switch... i just couldnt bare going through what I went through with those cherry blossom diys and bunny day eggs [mainly because i was so rushed the first time] [but maybe it would be nice to not be rushed if we can indeed go back] [ik I still need to try it and shouldve before buying a second switch dont know what I was thinking] and then loose it all and not know if i could get them back [my whole island was themed in my head around it] when I only got a switch for ac to begin with... and i couldnt help it.. even though i knew i shouldnt have.. I pulled the trigger and got a second switch .. now I dont even know what to do...i have even more things on my list that i now HAVE to have it seems since i have a whole new switch a whole new perspective.. i want everything on my list but ofcourse i know itll probably never happen.. my entire "town" plan i fear I'll never be able to find a map for it like the original but lined up right..so theres that out the window....[unless I just make a path!!!] i thought maybe with the second switch I hoped to reset quick enough to atleast get my stockpile of cherry blossom diys and to return the first one maybe but I cant bring myself to do it anymore I've almost completely given up..I tried for a little while but now I'm at a stand still... i dont have the time.. I dont want to waste my precious hours of free time resetting again.. I'm scared. I'm scarred.. I'm blinded by the light.... I'm a winter birthday I want Rose's ...should I change my birthday and just play as someone else?? Do i want so much really.... is it so much to ask though really?? ?? Simple things..& why have I never seen an orange airport?!?! Why!?!!?I really dont remember ever seeing one... I just want to know!!! Does anyone have a sailor shirt!?!?! Maybe I'll get to it one day... as for now I'm keeping the other town just incase for the cherry blossom stuff .. I think for the second switch I want to start on april first again same as my first town... which kindve just ruins everything and I'm just in a giant conundrum I dont want to be in.. . it felt more special than that's for sure.... is it worth it???? Kinda. Does it ruin the game.. kinda.. right now anyway.. my first switches town i gave up on for the time being so it's just like there and I'm basically trashing it but at the same time falling more deeply into it to the point where I dont want to reset ... I may just have to find I'ts really a bother though for sure.. I wish I didnt have to ... now I think I can maybe fix it with just the path but at the same time I stilLllllll want to reset... I dont want peaches now but then I wanted peaches just because of the song millions of peaches...sort of.. I really wish I had a different flower but maybe I can accept it [already have but Rose's would be amazing] id like to just return the other switch i hope in my heart kindve but its tempting to keep.. I just dont know.. I'll probably atleast give it a shot at finding a better map on the second one because I have time until I need to return it but I've still wasted money on the protectors and things regardless....

I wanna know how many maps are there..

I feel like all of the squares get thrown at a random each time for each map if that makes sense..


I think it would actually be really nice if we could reset and not have to worry about finding a map for hours and hours and hours and hours

But at this point I wish I never did reset at all to begin with and i think it is a vicious cycle like gambling!!!!!!! :O and i dont want to be caught up in the loop.... I feel like nintendo knows what I'm talking about


I really wish u lots of luck finding your map would love to be your friend and message with u about what we find out about maps and resetting...
It's so mind numbing picturing us go through this horrific hell of an ordeal just when we want to relax... im so sorry ♡ I feel like nintendo knew that these little things were an "issue" in NL thats why they gave us terraforming and the abilitie to place and move things in and out all that.. I find it hard to believe they didnt think these other little things wouldnt piss people off.
But it's not even like this is a little thing.... this is what u said 1/.50000 chance or somthin?? So why does nintendo make us reset that many times.... >_< YOUVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME . It's like playing the lotto. <-----end the map resetting nightmare nintendo.. SOS for the love of AC!!
I feel like a lot of it is like the lotto with finding dreamies and all that but it's so repetitive that it drives me a lil coocoo... but at the same time we just have to like accept it for what it is.. but if you reset and get it u did that!!!
I feel nuts saying this but like youll find it eventually?? After like days and days and days and itll be great.... I what did I get myself into.

I think to save everyone the time and heartache it's better to never ever reset... maybe... but if you have already then make sure you wont have to do it again because it's a doozie that's all

 

[IndiaHawker]

Well, I guess it's all about how minor those things are to you and I guess everyone also likes different things. I do suffer from OCD (as in, the actual illness, not what people often jokingly say online when they play videogames and are like 'hur hur I need my inventory sorted properly or my OCD is not satisfied) and I think that's definitely not helping in my island case.

Can I just say hi from a fellow actual diagnosed OCD sufferer who also has things that relate to my games/consoles/technology which sounds really stupid to many but like all OCD it plays on the things we value most <3

Also can totally relate, in New Leaf I spent five days obsessively resetting for one town and I think seven for another. Did end up with two great towns. In this version I got lucky on my first try and got near enough everything I was looking for. Some things aren't perfect but it's perfect to me. I think if I were to reset I'd go over the top and in not resetting I'm retaining the town that's perfect to me in it's slight imperfections, because I got so lucky first time. However I can totally understand resetting if something was bugging you as much as it was in your previous town - clearly made the right decision! Good luck

 

[Sheba]

I figured I should at least post a picture of the map I'm currently trying out:

Hope you guys can see now what I mean with the RS not being really aligned. It's too far to the right to make a proper road from airport to RS, but still too far centered to look naturally away from RS. The other sad thing about the island are the beach rocks. As this is day 1 and I don't have a pole, I can only reach the left two, but they're really small. I had these huuuuge, flat rocks on my last island and really liked them. Can't even put furniture on these ones and the one on the right seem just as small. That's honestly sad - anyone else having these small ones and having figured out how to make use of them?
Wish I could inspect the peninsula already since that's the thing that was the dealbreaker on my last island, but no way to get there yet.
Best thing about the map so far is having Lilies instead of Cosmos as native flower. Much better choice, though Mums would have been even better, but I can live with everything that's not Cosmos lol. Also Agnes is cute; I don't like Uchis but she's my fav of them and that's nice (but if I keep the island, she's still getting booted).

I was gonna start a thread like this.. yes its hell.. I started off choosing a map from the first four given..mostly because I was introducing the game to someone at the time.. april 1st.. but in the back of my mind I knew I was gonna wanna reset.. so I didn't even pay any mind to the event stuff until I was in the process of reseting.. why I dont know it was a lot to take in all of the time spent on this game all of a sudden.. so after I reset rip paula and rhaold I'll miss my trippy originals..the reason I reset was because of the color of my airport i realized we could get different colors and size of peninsula... I dont even remember what color it was but I really dont want red. I just wanted to feel more planned as well.. I liked yellow to match my switch lite... then I was in a rush to complete the bunny and cherry blossom events but I hadn't even found my map.. the time was ticking.. the person who I was playing the game with who I introduced the game toos middle name was blossom and we needed every single one of those cherry blossom diys
so at first I wanted everything perfect like even my starter shirt I needed a sailor one... but as time went on I had to narrow all of my must haves down and then the list got smaller and smaller... I just needed a yellow airport, big peninsula, and resident services lined up perfectly and relatively close but not too close..otherwise--->why did I reset in the first place.... but if I could get more of what I wanted that would be amazing.. !!!I reset every minute I could.. i had three or four days until the end of the cherry blossoms. I was wasting time when we could be enjoying the petals.. it felt horrible.. I was exhausted because I had to stay up late to try and find the map... seeing those two little bears squabble over and over again made me sick...I almost gave up completely I felt like it was insane and not worth it ever...and then... after resetting maybe what felt like a thousand times. I thought I found a map after three days....or did i.... I settled in... it was okay I accepted its minor flaws alright...and then i had to continue to play non stop to complete the diy sets for bunny day and cherry blossoms.. i stayed up as late as I could and listened for the balloons all day and completed it..I was exhausted.... I was happy I reset and happy to complete it.. then the update video was released... great until I realized I was wrong... resident services isn't lined up perfectly but it's one off.... I already had taken a liking by then and accepted the things I couldnt change.. like flowers and my rivers and yadda yadda but once I realized this that it wasnt aligned.. i felt as though i am a failure.. and i was like u a kept trying to convince myself to get a new switch... i just couldnt bare going through what I went through with those cherry blossom diys and bunny day eggs [mainly because i was so rushed the first time] and then loose it all and not know if i could get them back [my whole island was themed in my head around it] when I only got a switch for ac to begin with... and i couldnt help it.. even though i knew i shouldnt have.. I pulled the trigger and got a second switch .. now I dont even know what to do...i have even more things on my list that i now HAVE to have it seems since i have a whole new switch a whole new perspective.. i want everything on my list but ofcourse i know itll probably never happen.. my entire "town" plan i fear I'll never be able to find a map for it like the original but lined up right..so theres that out the window.... i thought maybe with the second switch I hoped to reset quick enough to atleast get my stockpile of cherry blossom diys and to return the first one maybe but I cant bring myself to do it anymore I've almost completely given up..I tried for a little while but now I'm at a stand still... i dont have the time.. I dont want to waste my precious hours of free time resetting again.. I'm scared. I'm scarred.. I'm blinded by the light.... I'm a winter birthday I want Rose's ...should I change my birthday and just play as someone else?? Do i want so much really.... is it so much to ask though really?? ?? Simple things..& why have I never seen an orange airport?!?! Why!?!!?I really dont remember ever seeing one... I just want to know!!! Does anyone have a sailor shirt!?!?! Maybe I'll get to it one day... as for now I'm keeping the other town just incase for the cherry blossom stuff .. I think for the second switch I want to start on april first again same as my first town... which kindve just ruins everything and I'm just in a giant conundrum I dont want to be in.. . it felt more special than that's for sure.... is it worth it???? Kinda. Does it ruin the game.. kinda.. right now anyway.. my first switches town i gave up on for the time being so it's just like there and I'm basically trashing it but at the same time falling more deeply into it to the point where I dont want to reset ... I may just have to find I'ts really a bother though for sure.. I wish I didnt have to ... now I think I can maybe fix it with just the path but at the same time I stilLllllll want to reset... I dont want peaches now but then I wanted peaches just because of the song millions of peaches...sort of.. I really wish I had a different flower but maybe I can accept it [already have but Rose's would be amazing] id like to just return the other switch i hope in my heart kindve but its tempting to keep.. I just dont know.. I'll probably atleast give it a shot at finding a better map on the second one because I have time until I need to return it but I've still wasted money on the protectors and things regardless....

I wanna know how many maps are there..

I feel like all of the squares get thrown at a random each time for each map if that makes sense..


I think it would actually be really nice if we could reset and not have to worry about finding a map for hours and hours and hours and hours

But at this point I wish I never did reset at all to begin with and i think it is a vicious cycle like gambling!!!!!!! :O and i dont want to be caught up in the loop.... I feel like nintendo knows what I'm talking about


I really wish u lots of luck finding your map would love to be your friend and message with u about what we find out about maps and resetting...
It's so mind numbing picturing us go through this horrific hell of an ordeal just when we want to relax... im so sorry ♡ I feel like nintendo knew that these little things were an "issue" in NL thats why they gave us terraforming and the abilitie to place and move things in and out all that.. I find it hard to believe they didnt think these other little things wouldnt piss people off.
But it's not even like this is a little thing.... this is what u said 1/.50000 chance or somthin?? So why does nintendo make us reset that many times.... >_< YOUVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME . It's like playing the lotto. <-----end the map resetting nightmare nintendo.. SOS for the love of AC!!
I feel like a lot of it is like the lotto with finding dreamies and all that but it's so repetitive that it drives me a lil coocoo... but at the same time we just have to like accept it for what it is.. but if you reset and get it u did that!!!
I feel nuts saying this but like youll find it eventually?? After like days and days and days and itll be great.... I what did I get myself into. ...

Well that was a story. And yeah, when I started playing today on an island I might keep, I started on April 9th. Well, my old island was on April 8th as a starting date but I forgot to rewind the clock before today's resetting, so it's April 9th and I have exactly one day to gather all the cherry blossom stuff again. Because I'm like you, getting the cherry blossom stuff is really important to me. Not looking forward to that, but I'm willing to manipulate time a bit for that after it was already so bad the first time. And I'm not gonna learn the recipes this time before I know if I'll keep the island - I'll just let them sit around and either I keep the island or I'll send them to my friend for safekeeping if I reset again.
That you really bought a second switch is awesome; if I had more money I would have done that, too... but at least you can abuse the friendship watering system with the two switch now.

Can I just say hi from a fellow actual diagnosed OCD sufferer who also has things that relate to my games/consoles/technology which sounds really stupid to many but like all OCD it plays on the things we value most <3

Also can totally relate, in New Leaf I spent five days obsessively resetting for one town and I think seven for another. Did end up with two great towns. In this version I got lucky on my first try and got near enough everything I was looking for. Some things aren't perfect but it's perfect to me. I think if I were to reset I'd go over the top and in not resetting I'm retaining the town that's perfect to me in it's slight imperfections, because I got so lucky first time. However I can totally understand resetting if something was bugging you as much as it was in your previous town - clearly made the right decision! Good luck

OMG hi! It's both comforting and sad (because I wouldn't wish this illness on anyone) to hear from other OCD-sufferers also playing AC! And yeah, while my OCD mostly leaves me alone during gaming, thank goodness, when it comes to AC it seems pretty mean to me sometimes.
It's so great to hear you got lucky so fast this time with your dream map! I definitely don't regret resetting - I just really hope that the imperfections on the map I am trying out right now won't bug me as much as the ones on the old map.

 

[Campy]

I really hope you'll all find a map you're happy with soon, because all this resetting sounds really bad for your mental health.

 

[BluebearL]

Each to their own, definitely play how you want to play but for me personally I always have to draw a line at a certain point with villagers, maps, island design etc because otherwise the game becomes too obsessive and I am constantly playing in order to reach a certain standard and feeling stressed rather than enjoying it. I did this on occasion with NL and it resulted in me not making much progress in my town at all. I would not recommend being too picky with it, however, you may not have the same problems I had and I understand the urge to reset. Best of luck!

 

[tolisamarie]

I can't even imagine resetting my island! I picked one of the first 4 maps because I was eager to start playing at midnight on 3/20!!

There isn't perfect fruit, so what difference does your starting fruit make? I have an equal number of all the fruit trees in my orchard.

Starting villagers have incomplete houses. Why would you want to keep any of your starters when they have dirt floors and mud walls? Wouldn't you want to move them out ASAP to get the villagers you really want with their complete home decor?

Why would you want resident services to line up with the airport? You can't drop anything in the plaza, so trading will be difficult. Instead of being able to drop & trade items right in front of the airport, you'll have to go somewhere else.

I played the game for weeks before I even knew that airports came in different colors! Mine is orange and I love it, but if it were a different color, I wouldn't even dream of resetting my whole town over it!

What is the peninsula even for? Will it have a specific use down the road, like the private beach is where Redd docks his boat? Is there any reason to prefer it to be in a different location?

 

[J087]

My initial reset lasted about 3 hours before I settled with the island I have now, after passing up several better options which sadly didn't return. I don't regret my decision, though I'm dead certain I'll be resting again someday.

I might be going a little off-topic here but I'm rather curious about the answer. When resetting your island, do you also change your date to March 20th so you won't miss the Easter event?

 

[moon_child]

I was gonna start a thread like this.. yes its hell.. I started off choosing a map from the first four given..mostly because I was introducing the game to someone at the time.. april 1st.. but in the back of my mind I knew I was gonna wanna reset.. so I didn't even pay any mind to the event stuff until I was in the process of reseting.. why I dont know it was a lot to take in all of the time spent on this game all of a sudden.. so after I reset rip paula and rhaold I'll miss my trippy originals..the reason I reset was because of the color of my airport i realized we could get different colors and size of peninsula... I dont even remember what color it was but I really dont want red. I just wanted to feel more planned as well.. I liked yellow to match my switch lite... then I was in a rush to complete the bunny and cherry blossom events but I hadn't even found my map.. the time was ticking.. the person who I was playing the game with who I introduced the game toos middle name was blossom and we needed every single one of those cherry blossom diys
so at first I wanted everything perfect like even my starter shirt wanted a sailor one... but as time went on I had to narrow all of my must haves down and then the list got smaller and smaller...I just needed a yellow airport, big peninsula, and resident services lined up perfectly and relatively close but not too close..otherwise--->why did I reset in the first place.... but if I could get more of what I wanted that would be amazing.. !!!I reset every minute I could.. i had three or four days until the end of the cherry blossoms [_>. I was wasting time when we could be enjoying the petals.. it felt horrible.. I was exhausted because I had to stay up late to try and find the map... seeing those two little bears squabble over and over again made me sick...I almost gave up completely I felt like it was insane and not worth it ever...and then... after resetting maybe what felt like a thousand times. I thought I found a map after three days....or did i.... I settled in... it was okay I accepted its minor flaws alright...but to be honest over time more and more things changed about how I though I wanted my map to be [much different then I had originally though at the beginning of resetting!!!] Well i had to continue to play non stop to complete the diy sets for bunny day and cherry blossoms.. i stayed up as late as I could and listened for the balloons all day and completed it..I was exhausted.... I was happy I reset and happy to complete it.. then the update video was released... great until I realized I was wrong... resident services isn't lined up perfectly but it's one off.... I already had taken a liking by then and accepted the things I couldnt change.. like flowers and my rivers and yadda yadda but once I realized this that it wasnt aligned.. i felt as though i am a failure.. and i was like u a kept trying to convince myself to get a new switch... i just couldnt bare going through what I went through with those cherry blossom diys and bunny day eggs [mainly because i was so rushed the first time] [but maybe it would be nice to not be rushed if we can indeed go back] [ik I still need to try it and shouldve before buying a second switch dont know what I was thinking] and then loose it all and not know if i could get them back [my whole island was themed in my head around it] when I only got a switch for ac to begin with... and i couldnt help it.. even though i knew i shouldnt have.. I pulled the trigger and got a second switch .. now I dont even know what to do...i have even more things on my list that i now HAVE to have it seems since i have a whole new switch a whole new perspective.. i want everything on my list but ofcourse i know itll probably never happen.. my entire "town" plan i fear I'll never be able to find a map for it like the original but lined up right..so theres that out the window....[unless I just make a path!!!] i thought maybe with the second switch I hoped to reset quick enough to atleast get my stockpile of cherry blossom diys and to return the first one maybe but I cant bring myself to do it anymore I've almost completely given up..I tried for a little while but now I'm at a stand still... i dont have the time.. I dont want to waste my precious hours of free time resetting again.. I'm scared. I'm scarred.. I'm blinded by the light.... I'm a winter birthday I want Rose's ...should I change my birthday and just play as someone else?? Do i want so much really.... is it so much to ask though really?? ?? Simple things..& why have I never seen an orange airport?!?! Why!?!!?I really dont remember ever seeing one... I just want to know!!! Does anyone have a sailor shirt!?!?! Maybe I'll get to it one day... as for now I'm keeping the other town just incase for the cherry blossom stuff .. I think for the second switch I want to start on april first again same as my first town... which kindve just ruins everything and I'm just in a giant conundrum I dont want to be in.. . it felt more special than that's for sure.... is it worth it???? Kinda. Does it ruin the game.. kinda.. right now anyway.. my first switches town i gave up on for the time being so it's just like there and I'm basically trashing it but at the same time falling more deeply into it to the point where I dont want to reset ... I may just have to find I'ts really a bother though for sure.. I wish I didnt have to ... now I think I can maybe fix it with just the path but at the same time I stilLllllll want to reset... I dont want peaches now but then I wanted peaches just because of the song millions of peaches...sort of.. I really wish I had a different flower but maybe I can accept it [already have but Rose's would be amazing] id like to just return the other switch i hope in my heart kindve but its tempting to keep.. I just dont know.. I'll probably atleast give it a shot at finding a better map on the second one because I have time until I need to return it but I've still wasted money on the protectors and things regardless....

I wanna know how many maps are there..

I feel like all of the squares get thrown at a random each time for each map if that makes sense..


I think it would actually be really nice if we could reset and not have to worry about finding a map for hours and hours and hours and hours

But at this point I wish I never did reset at all to begin with and i think it is a vicious cycle like gambling!!!!!!! :O and i dont want to be caught up in the loop.... I feel like nintendo knows what I'm talking about


I really wish u lots of luck finding your map would love to be your friend and message with u about what we find out about maps and resetting...
It's so mind numbing picturing us go through this horrific hell of an ordeal just when we want to relax... im so sorry ♡ I feel like nintendo knew that these little things were an "issue" in NL thats why they gave us terraforming and the abilitie to place and move things in and out all that.. I find it hard to believe they didnt think these other little things wouldnt piss people off.
But it's not even like this is a little thing.... this is what u said 1/.50000 chance or somthin?? So why does nintendo make us reset that many times.... >_< YOUVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME . It's like playing the lotto. <-----end the map resetting nightmare nintendo.. SOS for the love of AC!!
I feel like a lot of it is like the lotto with finding dreamies and all that but it's so repetitive that it drives me a lil coocoo... but at the same time we just have to like accept it for what it is.. but if you reset and get it u did that!!!
I feel nuts saying this but like youll find it eventually?? After like days and days and days and itll be great.... I what did I get myself into.

I think to save everyone the time and heartache it's better to never ever reset... maybe... but if you have already then make sure you wont have to do it again because it's a doozie that's all

Hi. Please don’t take this the wrong way, I’m just really concerned for you guys with all these thoughts. If you don’t mind me asking, is New Horizons your first ever Animal Crossing game? The thing is, randomness has always been a spotlight feature of the series and IMO, gives the players more than half the fun. It keeps the game interesting. In old games, even the player’s faces are random and cannot be changed. That’s how crazy the RNG was in AC. In NL, the randomness shaped the player-villager relationships. Having someone move on top of your perfect fruit orchard, for example, made for interesting love-hate relationships with some villagers. Hilarity ensued. Some were hurt with nets in the process. Some villagers gave up and moved, some won over the players hearts over time. That’s the CORE of Animal Crossing. So I don’t really agree with blaming Nintendo at all and demanding them to give us too much freedom at the expense of the fun and actual charm of the game. They were already way too generous in NH with the terraforming. They don’t need to eliminate the randomness altogether because that will result in...well, Happy Home Designer? Have you played Happy Home Designer? Maybe that’s more along your alley? You’ll enjoy that more, probably? It’s more focused on design, rather than experience and you’ll have pretty much access to everything at once and you have control over everything...even the weather. So maybe it’s more your type of game rather than the main title? Just give it a whirl too if you have time, you might enjoy it more.

I do understand we all have things that we want ideally from our games and other non-negotiables for our towns / islands / maps but it’s also a reality that there’s no such thing as a perfect map. There is literally an infinite number of map combinations because of the all the random parts (airports, RS, peninsula, flowers, fruits, river exits, etc.) and you gotta make a decision to pick and choose which you can compromise on. There are really certain compromises that have to be made. There’s absolutely NO way around it. It’s okay to reset but only to a certain point. Not to the point where you’ll completely burn yourself out of the game before even playing the actual game. Please don’t make things too hard on yourself and put yourselves through this harrowing resetting experience that makes you hate the game and forget it’s whole concept—-ANIMAL CROSSING IS A LIFE SIM GAME. And in life, nothing is perfect and there are no do-overs (shoutout to Resetti) but we gotta learn to love our lives for all its imperfections and misadventures because all of those are what makes it interesting and challenging enough to live.

Good luck to you guys and may you find your future islands and start living the animal crossing life full of fun mishaps and adventures.

 

[tolisamarie]

Hi. Please don’t take this the wrong way, I’m just really concerned for you guys with all these thoughts. If you don’t mind me asking, is New Horizons your first ever Animal Crossing game? The thing is, randomness has always been a spotlight feature of the series and IMO, gives the players more than half the fun. It keeps the game interesting. In old games, even the player’s faces are random and cannot be changed. That’s how crazy the RNG was in AC. In NL, the randomness shaped the player-villager relationships. Having someone move on top of your perfect fruit orchard, for example, made for interesting love-hate relationships with some villagers. Hilarity ensued. Some were hurt with nets in the process. Some villagers gave up and moved, some won over the players hearts over time. That’s the CORE of Animal Crossing. So I don’t really agree with blaming Nintendo at all and demanding them to give us too much freedom at the expense of the fun and actual charm of the game. They were already way too generous in NH with the terraforming. They don’t need to eliminate the randomness altogether because that will result in...well, Happy Home Designer? Have you played Happy Home Designer? Maybe that’s more along your alley? You’ll enjoy that more, probably? It’s more focused on design, rather than experience and you’ll have pretty much access to everything at once and you have control over everything...even the weather. So maybe it’s more your type of game rather than the main title? Just give it a whirl too if you have time, you might enjoy it more.

I do understand we all have things that we want ideally from our games and other non-negotiables for our towns / islands / maps but it’s also a reality that there’s no such thing as a perfect map. There is literally an infinite number of map combinations because of the all the random parts (airports, RS, peninsula, flowers, fruits, river exits, etc.) and you gotta make a decision to pick and choose which you can compromise on. There are really certain compromises that have to be made. There’s absolutely NO way around it. It’s okay to reset but only to a certain point. Not to the point where you’ll completely burn yourself out of the game before even playing the actual game. Please don’t make things too hard on yourself and put yourselves through this harrowing resetting experience that makes you hate the game and forget it’s whole concept—-ANIMAL CROSSING IS A LIFE SIM GAME. And in life, nothing is perfect and there are no do-overs (shoutout to Resetti) but we gotta learn to love our lives for all its imperfections and misadventures because all of those are what makes it interesting and challenging enough to live.

Good luck to you guys and may you find your future islands and start living the animal crossing life full of fun mishaps and adventures.

I agree 100% with everything you said. I actually find it a bit disturbing. I hope the admins make a single "resetting" thread so the New Horizons section isn't littered with these posts the way the New Leaf section used to be. For a long time it seemed like every other thread was about resetting.

 

[Flodorf]

Nintendo might release an update in the future that makes you reevaluate your entire island design. Are you sure you know what you find perfect now will remain perfect in the future?

 

[Lotusblossom]

Hi. Please don’t take this the wrong way, I’m just really concerned for you guys with all these thoughts. If you don’t mind me asking, is New Horizons your first ever Animal Crossing game? The thing is, randomness has always been a spotlight feature of the series and IMO, gives the players more than half the fun. It keeps the game interesting. In old games, even the player’s faces are random and cannot be changed. That’s how crazy the RNG was in AC. In NL, the randomness shaped the player-villager relationships. Having someone move on top of your perfect fruit orchard, for example, made for interesting love-hate relationships with some villagers. Hilarity ensued. Some were hurt with nets in the process. Some villagers gave up and moved, some won over the players hearts over time. That’s the CORE of Animal Crossing. So I don’t really agree with blaming Nintendo at all and demanding them to give us too much freedom at the expense of the fun and actual charm of the game. They were already way too generous in NH with the terraforming. They don’t need to eliminate the randomness altogether because that will result in...well, Happy Home Designer? Have you played Happy Home Designer? Maybe that’s more along your alley? You’ll enjoy that more, probably? It’s more focused on design, rather than experience and you’ll have pretty much access to everything at once and you have control over everything...even the weather. So maybe it’s more your type of game rather than the main title? Just give it a whirl too if you have time, you might enjoy it more.

I do understand we all have things that we want ideally from our games and other non-negotiables for our towns / islands / maps but it’s also a reality that there’s no such thing as a perfect map. There is literally an infinite number of map combinations because of the all the random parts (airports, RS, peninsula, flowers, fruits, river exits, etc.) and you gotta make a decision to pick and choose which you can compromise on. There are really certain compromises that have to be made. There’s absolutely NO way around it. It’s okay to reset but only to a certain point. Not to the point where you’ll completely burn yourself out of the game before even playing the actual game. Please don’t make things too hard on yourself and put yourselves through this harrowing resetting experience that makes you hate the game and forget it’s whole concept—-ANIMAL CROSSING IS A LIFE SIM GAME. And in life, nothing is perfect and there are no do-overs (shoutout to Resetti) but we gotta learn to love our lives for all its imperfections and misadventures because all of those are what makes it interesting and challenging enough to live.

Good luck to you guys and may you find your future islands and start living the animal crossing life full of fun mishaps and adventures.

I think theres still enough randomness woth villagers and things like the weather can obviously stay it's just the map shouldnt be insane to get. Nd shouldn't be a head ache to Many.. theres ways around that.

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Kudos to u man you're a boss for having the gnads to reset when it's such an ordeal... may the force be with you... I like the map u have now but I'd keep looking if it isn't exactly what u resetted for and maybe it will come.. blue airport and pears sound great to me now...

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I think I'm gonna start my second switch with a different birthday and on april 1st... I really would love Rose's like it matters...



The day I get my dreamie town I'll feel so much better.. I wish nintendo didnt make it so hard for some of us..

 

[IndiaHawker]

I figured I should at least post a picture of the map I'm currently trying out:
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Hope you guys can see now what I mean with the RS not being really aligned. It's too far to the right to make a proper road from airport to RS, but still too far centered to look naturally away from RS. The other sad thing about the island are the beach rocks. As this is day 1 and I don't have a pole, I can only reach the left two, but they're really small. I had these huuuuge, flat rocks on my last island and really liked them. Can't even put furniture on these ones and the one on the right seem just as small. That's honestly sad - anyone else having these small ones and having figured out how to make use of them?
Wish I could inspect the peninsula already since that's the thing that was the dealbreaker on my last island, but no way to get there yet.
Best thing about the map so far is having Lilies instead of Cosmos as native flower. Much better choice, though Mums would have been even better, but I can live with everything that's not Cosmos lol. Also Agnes is cute; I don't like Uchis but she's my fav of them and that's nice (but if I keep the island, she's still getting booted).

Well that was a story. And yeah, when I started playing today on an island I might keep, I started on April 9th. Well, my old island was on April 8th as a starting date but I forgot to rewind the clock before today's resetting, so it's April 9th and I have exactly one day to gather all the cherry blossom stuff again. Because I'm like you, getting the cherry blossom stuff is really important to me. Not looking forward to that, but I'm willing to manipulate time a bit for that after it was already so bad the first time. And I'm not gonna learn the recipes this time before I know if I'll keep the island - I'll just let them sit around and either I keep the island or I'll send them to my friend for safekeeping if I reset again.
That you really bought a second switch is awesome; if I had more money I would have done that, too... but at least you can abuse the friendship watering system with the two switch now.


OMG hi! It's both comforting and sad (because I wouldn't wish this illness on anyone) to hear from other OCD-sufferers also playing AC! And yeah, while my OCD mostly leaves me alone during gaming, thank goodness, when it comes to AC it seems pretty mean to me sometimes.
It's so great to hear you got lucky so fast this time with your dream map! I definitely don't regret resetting - I just really hope that the imperfections on the map I am trying out right now won't bug me as much as the ones on the old map.

I really like the map actually! Very similar to mine although my river exit is East instead! Try not to let it bother you too much about the dock not being lined up exactly with Resident Services (although that totally spoke to me what you said about wanting it either bang on centred, or far enough off that it's not like it's trying to be centred - lol it's like there's two of me!!) But yeah my dock is one square off of being aligned with the resident services door - that sort of thing SHOULD bother me but it doesn't because I love the position of resident services being just above the airport but with enough space for a nice entrance area! Plus I've seen a lot of people use a horizontal (as in, west to east) path straight above the airport which could help sort of negate the fact that it's not exactly centred - I think there's enough creative possibilities in this game that it doesn't need to be a problem! Good luck Also if you're ever looking for advice or someone understanding to talk to about OCD my inbox is always open

 

[Sheba]

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that I read everything but won't be able to reply before Tuesday as I'm totally swamped with work! Also I only had an hour to play AC today so I got nothing done except gather some cherry blossom recipes (already got 6, just need the rest and then it's TT time to explore the island more), but unless I get a really good surprise, I don't think I will keep the island. Seems like it'll likely be the peninsula again, this one having such an upwards curve that it limits the beach above it so heavily that I can't do what I wanted to do with it. But once more I'll wait until Island Designer, both to test the peninsula possibilities and the west exit thing. I've gotten kinda used to me weird RS position already, but I'll see how much that bothers me, too, once I can make paths.
But yeah, will report back on Tuesday! Hope you all have a great weekend and Monday and I'll answer everyone's posts then!