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I deleted my old island but i am taking a break before i start a new one. When i was resetting for a map for my old island i put an audio book to help me not get bored. Try that, listen to something that makes you feel relaxed like a prodcast or something. I am gonna do this when i start looking for my new island map.
I would suggest to go with a map that is closest to your vision even if it does not check all the boxes. Go with one that is close enough, beause i feel like you need to compromise a little at some point. I decided i might do this with the airport color and just take whichever one. Green would be my ideal but as long as a lot of the other things work for me, i will try to make it work.
Hmm. I feel like right now the thing holding you back is one bridge. I think if you don't allow a tiny bit of wiggle room from your original plan, you're going to be stuck resetting for a long while due to how stacked your criteria for an island is. Is the bridge not being diagonal truly going to ruin the game for you and is that bridge worth going in to possibly another 100+ reset hours?
I know I'm not you so I can't say how bad this would look to you but this would be my suggestion on making the map you have now work and still be within your original dream plan:
I tried to work with the dream map you had posted. For the first example, it could easily connect to the back of the road you plan on adding around the house that goes there. The biggest change to your original dream map is the fact the bridge is not diagonal. You should have space to put a bamboo lead up to the bridge too.
Option 2 would put the bridge in the spot that is empty on your map, which would give you even more space to put a bamboo-y entrance. It would also keep the bridge diagonal due to the river bend there.
As a last idea:
Reverse the bridges! The bridge on the airport side of the map will again land on an empty spot on your dream map. I feel this gives you space to put a bamboo entrance area and still makes you walk through the whole island zen garden to get to the mountain area. If you shape the island a tiny bit I believe you could get the other bridge diagonal too on this idea.
I hope my ideas will help you out. You've been resetting for a while and deserve to get to relax and play the game.
I also hope I didn't come off as rude with these suggestions! Apologies if I did! I know you must be sick and tired of people telling you to stop resetting or do this and that.
Thank you so, so much for the time you put in this. Your first image is definitely the one I like the most out of them and I've sat down and looked at it for quite a while now. I have no time to play/reset/whatever today so I am in no rush to decide what I want to do at the moment and will keep sitting on it and think. I do have to admit, though, that I am leaning heavily towards resetting, but more because of a general feeling - I am not excited about this map. It doesn't feel like "finally, this is it, this is my map" and more like "okay, ugh, how do I make this work, I need to unlock Island Designer ASAP to see how this looks". And that doesn't feel good. I remember how it felt in NL when I finally found my map and also when I picked my first NH map where I thought I had what I wanted (as I hadn't played yet I had no idea that the peninsula would be anything important to me). It felt great. Like homecoming. This map...not so much. It's another compromise, another map layout which isn't the one I wanted, another thing I feel I will be unhappy with when all is said and done.
It's not just about the bridge alone (though the river-island is the only place I had fully done and decorated on my old island and I loved it so much and changing things around would genuinely upset me). It's more about me having had decided that I don't want to compromise anymore in general on maps and now being close to doing that again. I want a map I'm happy with, not one I have to think days about. If I would still feel more motivated about resetting, I would have long deleted the map. And yes, the chance of me ending up not playing at all because I don't feel like resetting anymore if I don't take this map is probably like...50% at this point. But I also feel like even if I stop, I would pick the game back up again in a month or so while if I play this island for hours without this feeling of "this is my map", I will just stop for good, frustrated about having sunken in dozens of hours into something I knew I wouldn't fully like again. Still, of course it's tempting, just to get out of resetting hell - but that had been the case with the first two islands, too, and it hadn't worked out.
i think what you are doing is unhealthy and you should stop. i know it's hard but you must rest and give this game a break. you will not find a perfect island, because there's no such thing.
i understand wanting to restart to find a better island but you are doing it for far too long, at this point i would have just stopped and moved on.
do other things, play other games. animal crossing will wait for you when you will be ready.
because right now you are just stuck in a loop and no island will make you happy enough, you need to rest.
Nah, as long as resetting is not an issue I don't think I'll stop. Not yet. I DO reset less in the last few days because I do indeed stop when I don't feel like doing it anymore, but I do still feel like doing it at least for an hour or two each day. That said, I do have something of a forced break starting Sunday anyway which will last at least until Thursday because I have a crap week with an endoscopy ahead of me, so there's at least a small vacation from resetting, I guess?
I really like the new map!! RS is nice and central, lots of space between river mouths, awesome peninsula with cute little beach behind it! I love that shape peninsula, mine is similar and looks really cute with a lighthouse on it Also lots of space behind airport to do a nice entrance area! How sure are you that you'll want the rivers exactly like that? That may be your favourite design now or what looked best in the other town but you might decide you prefer something else in this one - if there isn't enough space behind RS (sorry I can't help with that I'm pretty clueless there) there's enough possibilities with terraforming that you should be able to shuffle things around enough that you could still have that island, maybe if you needed to it could go just a bit to the left or be reshaped slightly to allow more space behind RS! I do hope you stick with this one it's awesome
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Don't know if this is any help - but if those two top houses don't HAVE to be there you could terraform that cliff, move Able Sisters up a little, and have more room behind RS!
Thank you so much for trying to help me, but that island has to go there, no questions asked. I can move it to the left two spaces, I think, but that's the limit. The island was the reason I had picked my original map, I had it fully decorated and it had looked absolutely amazing and I want it back 100%. And the river coming from above, as well as the museum needing to go there (where the white square is) doesn't give me more wriggle room when it comes to its position, as I had tested these things on my old map.
Don't get me wrong, I LIKE RS high up. Definitely more than too far down. But I'm not compromising on island and cliffs. Of course you're perfectly right - I may one day want to do something else, who knows, but as I had island/cliffs on my first map like that and I KNOW they are what I want because I worked with them before and could also compare them to my second island and what it offered, making drastic changes is not what I'm looking for. If I'd want to change them, there would be a million more maps for me to choose from and I would have never had so many problems in the first place.
ive reset more times than id like to admit, and im planning on resetting again tonight...i dont care much about my airport colour or native fruits and flowers (although i do prefer a green airport with a native fruit other than apples and cherries and a native flower other than hyacinths).
the thing hardest for me when resetting is having to do so much work for the first 3 house plots as well as get all the materials for nooks cranny...definitely the most time consuming part
Oh wow, what are you resetting for, then, if you have done it so often? RS position?
I am not a fan of the house plot thing, either, and getting the irons for the shop is annoying as heck, I agree. But at the very least it can be done in an hour. I suppose, given how many hours I spent at the check-in map selection counter at this point, having an hour of gameplay seems like a great thing in comparision to me hahaha.
Ooh these look cool! Especially the first image (top left) - if it were me I'd do that and then put a bridge symmetrically on the other side of RS, could look really cool (sort of in front of Able sisters and nook shop) In my opinion that would actually look better than the original idea but this is obviously from my point of view! Hope you find something awesome that works!!
Ooh, I know what you mean! The island is a bit too small on the other side for that, though, I think, and it also wouldn't really thematically fit. Erm, so basically, the shop area and the upper cliffs are to be one theme (more like flower fields/fairytale woods) while the mainland and the area with the museum (where the white square is) are to be an eastern-themed town area, with the island being basically the bamboo/park area of the island. On my first map, I loved it when villagers just went on the island and sat there, enjoying the peaceful surroundings. I don't really wanna connect that to a differently-themed "shopping mall" and instead more to the mainland, if that makes sense (because if we ever get more shops, I want them all in that shopping area).
I deleted my old island but i am taking a break before i start a new one. When i was resetting for a map for my old island i put an audio book to help me not get bored. Try that, listen to something that makes you feel relaxed like a prodcast or something. I am gonna do this when i start looking for my new island map.
I would suggest to go with a map that is closest to your vision even if it does not check all the boxes. Go with one that is close enough, beause i feel like you need to compromise a little at some point. I decided i might do this with the airport color and just take whichever one. Green would be my ideal but as long as a lot of the other things work for me, i will try to make it work.
Taking a break before starting a new island is a good idea if you aren't worried about missing fish/bugs/events!
I personally prefer youtube videos to audio books as I am a super visual person and do need to watch something. I'm not good with audio books in general, though, and don't even own any as I prefer reading. It's like my brain decides to not save any information when only listening to things.
I'm willing to compromise on some things - hidden beach position, beach rock formation and native flowers immediately come to mind, though I have preferences for each of those, but I can make several things work there. But yeah, not even gonna deny how picky I am with a lot of stuff, lol. Airport color is, however, super important to me and I wish so much we could just repaint it (because I feel like this wouldn't be a huge thing for Nintendo to implement).
I can indeed, but not too much because of the rest of the river and the cliffs. I did take a look at my screenshots from the old island. The museum is already a pretty tight fit and with the river coming from above, I can move the island exactly two spaces to the left and not more. And that's sadly not enough, I'm afraid, as RS would still be very much in the way.
Thank you so, so much for the time you put in this. Your first image is definitely the one I like the most out of them and I've sat down and looked at it for quite a while now. I have no time to play/reset/whatever today so I am in no rush to decide what I want to do at the moment and will keep sitting on it and think. I do have to admit, though, that I am leaning heavily towards resetting, but more because of a general feeling - I am not excited about this map. It doesn't feel like "finally, this is it, this is my map" and more like "okay, ugh, how do I make this work, I need to unlock Island Designer ASAP to see how this looks". And that doesn't feel good. I remember how it felt in NL when I finally found my map and also when I picked my first NH map where I thought I had what I wanted (as I hadn't played yet I had no idea that the peninsula would be anything important to me). It felt great. Like homecoming. This map...not so much. It's another compromise, another map layout which isn't the one I wanted, another thing I feel I will be unhappy with when all is said and done.
It's not just about the bridge alone (though the river-island is the only place I had fully done and decorated on my old island and I loved it so much and changing things around would genuinely upset me). It's more about me having had decided that I don't want to compromise anymore in general on maps and now being close to doing that again. I want a map I'm happy with, not one I have to think days about. If I would still feel more motivated about resetting, I would have long deleted the map. And yes, the chance of me ending up not playing at all because I don't feel like resetting anymore if I don't take this map is probably like...50% at this point. But I also feel like even if I stop, I would pick the game back up again in a month or so while if I play this island for hours without this feeling of "this is my map", I will just stop for good, frustrated about having sunken in dozens of hours into something I knew I wouldn't fully like again. Still, of course it's tempting, just to get out of resetting hell - but that had been the case with the first two islands, too, and it hadn't worked out.
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Nah, as long as resetting is not an issue I don't think I'll stop. Not yet. I DO reset less in the last few days because I do indeed stop when I don't feel like doing it anymore, but I do still feel like doing it at least for an hour or two each day. That said, I do have something of a forced break starting Sunday anyway which will last at least until Thursday because I have a crap week with an endoscopy ahead of me, so there's at least a small vacation from resetting, I guess?
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Good luck finding it! I know more than well how hard it can be!
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Thank you so much for trying to help me, but that island has to go there, no questions asked. I can move it to the left two spaces, I think, but that's the limit. The island was the reason I had picked my original map, I had it fully decorated and it had looked absolutely amazing and I want it back 100%. And the river coming from above, as well as the museum needing to go there (where the white square is) doesn't give me more wriggle room when it comes to its position, as I had tested these things on my old map.
Don't get me wrong, I LIKE RS high up. Definitely more than too far down. But I'm not compromising on island and cliffs. Of course you're perfectly right - I may one day want to do something else, who knows, but as I had island/cliffs on my first map like that and I KNOW they are what I want because I worked with them before and could also compare them to my second island and what it offered, making drastic changes is not what I'm looking for. If I'd want to change them, there would be a million more maps for me to choose from and I would have never had so many problems in the first place.
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Oh wow, what are you resetting for, then, if you have done it so often? RS position?
I am not a fan of the house plot thing, either, and getting the irons for the shop is annoying as heck, I agree. But at the very least it can be done in an hour. I suppose, given how many hours I spent at the check-in map selection counter at this point, having an hour of gameplay seems like a great thing in comparision to me hahaha.
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Ooh, I know what you mean! The island is a bit too small on the other side for that, though, I think, and it also wouldn't really thematically fit. Erm, so basically, the shop area and the upper cliffs are to be one theme (more like flower fields/fairytale woods) while the mainland and the area with the museum (where the white square is) are to be an eastern-themed town area, with the island being basically the bamboo/park area of the island. On my first map, I loved it when villagers just went on the island and sat there, enjoying the peaceful surroundings. I don't really wanna connect that to a differently-themed "shopping mall" and instead more to the mainland, if that makes sense (because if we ever get more shops, I want them all in that shopping area).
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Taking a break before starting a new island is a good idea if you aren't worried about missing fish/bugs/events!
I personally prefer youtube videos to audio books as I am a super visual person and do need to watch something. I'm not good with audio books in general, though, and don't even own any as I prefer reading. It's like my brain decides to not save any information when only listening to things.
I'm willing to compromise on some things - hidden beach position, beach rock formation and native flowers immediately come to mind, though I have preferences for each of those, but I can make several things work there. But yeah, not even gonna deny how picky I am with a lot of stuff, lol. Airport color is, however, super important to me and I wish so much we could just repaint it (because I feel like this wouldn't be a huge thing for Nintendo to implement).
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I can indeed, but not too much because of the rest of the river and the cliffs. I did take a look at my screenshots from the old island. The museum is already a pretty tight fit and with the river coming from above, I can move the island exactly two spaces to the left and not more. And that's sadly not enough, I'm afraid, as RS would still be very much in the way.
It's definitely a good idea to just sit on it for a while, you're not in any rush after all. Especially since you have that crappy endoscopy week coming up. Ugh, I had one of those once and it's really not a fun experience. I'm sorry to hear you have to deal with it. Hopefully it all goes as smooth as it can. :<
I think having a tiny bit of compromise can be good, but I definitely understand the feeling. If even after thinking it over you genuinely feel that you won't be able to like the map then it can't be helped.
Would you consider being able to start on a map that doesn't have the island built in on the middle, IF the RS building was properly aligned? I think that's another good question to think about since it opens up new options for the next possible resetting batch, even if this island ends up flunking.
While you don't want to time travel you do have the advantage that you already know how most of the early game goes, so you could consider it more like a tutorial stage and then have the real game resume once you get Island Designer. For all intents and purposes you already lived the first days on the first island you had, so you have still already had the experience of what it was like to start on that map. Think of it more as you just picking up where you left off once you've fixed the middle island missing. Returning home if you will.
Thank you so, so much for the time you put in this. Your first image is definitely the one I like the most out of them and I've sat down and looked at it for quite a while now. I have no time to play/reset/whatever today so I am in no rush to decide what I want to do at the moment and will keep sitting on it and think. I do have to admit, though, that I am leaning heavily towards resetting, but more because of a general feeling - I am not excited about this map. It doesn't feel like "finally, this is it, this is my map" and more like "okay, ugh, how do I make this work, I need to unlock Island Designer ASAP to see how this looks". And that doesn't feel good. I remember how it felt in NL when I finally found my map and also when I picked my first NH map where I thought I had what I wanted (as I hadn't played yet I had no idea that the peninsula would be anything important to me). It felt great. Like homecoming. This map...not so much. It's another compromise, another map layout which isn't the one I wanted, another thing I feel I will be unhappy with when all is said and done.
It's not just about the bridge alone (though the river-island is the only place I had fully done and decorated on my old island and I loved it so much and changing things around would genuinely upset me). It's more about me having had decided that I don't want to compromise anymore in general on maps and now being close to doing that again. I want a map I'm happy with, not one I have to think days about. If I would still feel more motivated about resetting, I would have long deleted the map. And yes, the chance of me ending up not playing at all because I don't feel like resetting anymore if I don't take this map is probably like...50% at this point. But I also feel like even if I stop, I would pick the game back up again in a month or so while if I play this island for hours without this feeling of "this is my map", I will just stop for good, frustrated about having sunken in dozens of hours into something I knew I wouldn't fully like again. Still, of course it's tempting, just to get out of resetting hell - but that had been the case with the first two islands, too, and it hadn't worked out.
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Nah, as long as resetting is not an issue I don't think I'll stop. Not yet. I DO reset less in the last few days because I do indeed stop when I don't feel like doing it anymore, but I do still feel like doing it at least for an hour or two each day. That said, I do have something of a forced break starting Sunday anyway which will last at least until Thursday because I have a crap week with an endoscopy ahead of me, so there's at least a small vacation from resetting, I guess?
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Good luck finding it! I know more than well how hard it can be!
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Thank you so much for trying to help me, but that island has to go there, no questions asked. I can move it to the left two spaces, I think, but that's the limit. The island was the reason I had picked my original map, I had it fully decorated and it had looked absolutely amazing and I want it back 100%. And the river coming from above, as well as the museum needing to go there (where the white square is) doesn't give me more wriggle room when it comes to its position, as I had tested these things on my old map.
Don't get me wrong, I LIKE RS high up. Definitely more than too far down. But I'm not compromising on island and cliffs. Of course you're perfectly right - I may one day want to do something else, who knows, but as I had island/cliffs on my first map like that and I KNOW they are what I want because I worked with them before and could also compare them to my second island and what it offered, making drastic changes is not what I'm looking for. If I'd want to change them, there would be a million more maps for me to choose from and I would have never had so many problems in the first place.
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Oh wow, what are you resetting for, then, if you have done it so often? RS position?
I am not a fan of the house plot thing, either, and getting the irons for the shop is annoying as heck, I agree. But at the very least it can be done in an hour. I suppose, given how many hours I spent at the check-in map selection counter at this point, having an hour of gameplay seems like a great thing in comparision to me hahaha.
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Ooh, I know what you mean! The island is a bit too small on the other side for that, though, I think, and it also wouldn't really thematically fit. Erm, so basically, the shop area and the upper cliffs are to be one theme (more like flower fields/fairytale woods) while the mainland and the area with the museum (where the white square is) are to be an eastern-themed town area, with the island being basically the bamboo/park area of the island. On my first map, I loved it when villagers just went on the island and sat there, enjoying the peaceful surroundings. I don't really wanna connect that to a differently-themed "shopping mall" and instead more to the mainland, if that makes sense (because if we ever get more shops, I want them all in that shopping area).
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Taking a break before starting a new island is a good idea if you aren't worried about missing fish/bugs/events!
I personally prefer youtube videos to audio books as I am a super visual person and do need to watch something. I'm not good with audio books in general, though, and don't even own any as I prefer reading. It's like my brain decides to not save any information when only listening to things.
I'm willing to compromise on some things - hidden beach position, beach rock formation and native flowers immediately come to mind, though I have preferences for each of those, but I can make several things work there. But yeah, not even gonna deny how picky I am with a lot of stuff, lol. Airport color is, however, super important to me and I wish so much we could just repaint it (because I feel like this wouldn't be a huge thing for Nintendo to implement).
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I can indeed, but not too much because of the rest of the river and the cliffs. I did take a look at my screenshots from the old island. The museum is already a pretty tight fit and with the river coming from above, I can move the island exactly two spaces to the left and not more. And that's sadly not enough, I'm afraid, as RS would still be very much in the way.
I get where you're coming from and see what you mean about the museum - plus I think the thing I find hardest about resetting, is the more time you put into it the more motivation there is to make sure you get it 'just right' - it sounds like you've made your mind up that you're not happy with this island - if that's the case I'm sending you all my nice-islandy vibes and really hope what you're looking for is just around the corner!! Maybe try listening to music/watching music or any videos you like whilst resetting to make it a bit less tedious!! Good luck
It's definitely a good idea to just sit on it for a while, you're not in any rush after all. Especially since you have that crappy endoscopy week coming up. Ugh, I had one of those once and it's really not a fun experience. I'm sorry to hear you have to deal with it. Hopefully it all goes as smooth as it can. :<
I think having a tiny bit of compromise can be good, but I definitely understand the feeling. If even after thinking it over you genuinely feel that you won't be able to like the map then it can't be helped.
Would you consider being able to start on a map that doesn't have the island built in on the middle, IF the RS building was properly aligned? I think that's another good question to think about since it opens up new options for the next possible resetting batch, even if this island ends up flunking.
While you don't want to time travel you do have the advantage that you already know how most of the early game goes, so you could consider it more like a tutorial stage and then have the real game resume once you get Island Designer. For all intents and purposes you already lived the first days on the first island you had, so you have still already had the experience of what it was like to start on that map. Think of it more as you just picking up where you left off once you've fixed the middle island missing. Returning home if you will.
Thank you so much for the good wishes! I am actually considering not touching the game until all is done on Thursday, just to get a break and because I doubt I will feel like doing much. I never have time to play on Sundays and Mondays anyway and with Tuesday being the day before the endoscopy and me not being allowed to eat normally and having to go to sleep superearly, I doubt I'd feel like playing or thinking much about AC, either.
I'm not sure what you mean with "starting on a map that doesn't have the island built in on the middle". I mean, no island except for one map has that island built from the start so I'll always have to make it myself with island designer. Sorry if I'm being stupid and just not getting it - I'm not a native English speaker and it's almost 1am, so maybe the English-speaking part of my brain has already gone to sleep.
I did TT on my testing map because I wanted to see how the island would work for me (even though I knew I would reset, I wanted to see if I preferred a west river mouth compared to the two south ones from my first island) and it led to me being very...uncaring about the island. Basically I didn't give a damn where I put the villager houses, who moved in, if it looked good - all that mattered was getting it all done ASAP and, if possible, having all the houses out of the way from terraforming places from the get-go. There was zero attachment or care for the island and I dunno if that would be a good start. I mean, I could easily do it again for the island I got now to see how things go and how it would work out with the RS; I doubt it would take more than 6-8 hours to get it all done and unlocked. But if I would then decide to keep the island after all, I feel I would...have missed out on something really valuable, that "bonding time" during the beginning when not much is possible when you get to live on a limited space with limited resources and really get to know your island. I would LOVE to just get Island Designer and "come home", but I'm also worried it would never really "feel like home" if I skip the stage of really going through the stages where it's still an island with less villagers and the like. I dunno. I just really liked how accomplished I felt during the first experience when I finally unlocked the Able Sisters and then Sable started to finally talk to me and all that. I wouldn't mind TTing for a test island, but when it comes to my "final island", I want to kind of go through it all again, or at least for the most part (I would likely skip a few days like that extra, useless day after the campsite it built but no villager has come to visit yet, that was such a useless day ugggh).
I get where you're coming from and see what you mean about the museum - plus I think the thing I find hardest about resetting, is the more time you put into it the more motivation there is to make sure you get it 'just right' - it sounds like you've made your mind up that you're not happy with this island - if that's the case I'm sending you all my nice-islandy vibes and really hope what you're looking for is just around the corner!! Maybe try listening to music/watching music or any videos you like whilst resetting to make it a bit less tedious!! Good luck
Yesss, that's it! I have seen so many maps now and it's like all the pieces of the puzzle are there - the blue airport, the peninsula in the right spot, the peaches, the long dock on the right, the airport on the second spot, the map layout - all the ingredients of my 'perfect island' exist, I've seen them countless times, just not in the combination I need! But it's possible since they are there, so it's really hard to settle for less.
And you have no idea - I usually watch youtube videos and I had suuuuuch a long list of things I still wanted to watch (far over 100 hours) and I've gone through the whole list with my resetting at this point. Pretty crazy. Before, I usually just watched youtube during mealtimes since I live alone and don't own a TV, so youtube was my go-to thing, but now I have watched so many (random) things while talking to Timmy and Tommy over and over...
Thank you so much for the good wishes! I am actually considering not touching the game until all is done on Thursday, just to get a break and because I doubt I will feel like doing much. I never have time to play on Sundays and Mondays anyway and with Tuesday being the day before the endoscopy and me not being allowed to eat normally and having to go to sleep superearly, I doubt I'd feel like playing or thinking much about AC, either.
I'm not sure what you mean with "starting on a map that doesn't have the island built in on the middle". I mean, no island except for one map has that island built from the start so I'll always have to make it myself with island designer. Sorry if I'm being stupid and just not getting it - I'm not a native English speaker and it's almost 1am, so maybe the English-speaking part of my brain has already gone to sleep.
I did TT on my testing map because I wanted to see how the island would work for me (even though I knew I would reset, I wanted to see if I preferred a west river mouth compared to the two south ones from my first island) and it led to me being very...uncaring about the island. Basically I didn't give a damn where I put the villager houses, who moved in, if it looked good - all that mattered was getting it all done ASAP and, if possible, having all the houses out of the way from terraforming places from the get-go. There was zero attachment or care for the island and I dunno if that would be a good start. I mean, I could easily do it again for the island I got now to see how things go and how it would work out with the RS; I doubt it would take more than 6-8 hours to get it all done and unlocked. But if I would then decide to keep the island after all, I feel I would...have missed out on something really valuable, that "bonding time" during the beginning when not much is possible when you get to live on a limited space with limited resources and really get to know your island. I would LOVE to just get Island Designer and "come home", but I'm also worried it would never really "feel like home" if I skip the stage of really going through the stages where it's still an island with less villagers and the like. I dunno. I just really liked how accomplished I felt during the first experience when I finally unlocked the Able Sisters and then Sable started to finally talk to me and all that. I wouldn't mind TTing for a test island, but when it comes to my "final island", I want to kind of go through it all again, or at least for the most part (I would likely skip a few days like that extra, useless day after the campsite it built but no villager has come to visit yet, that was such a useless day ugggh).
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Yesss, that's it! I have seen so many maps now and it's like all the pieces of the puzzle are there - the blue airport, the peninsula in the right spot, the peaches, the long dock on the right, the airport on the second spot, the map layout - all the ingredients of my 'perfect island' exist, I've seen them countless times, just not in the combination I need! But it's possible since they are there, so it's really hard to settle for less.
And you have no idea - I usually watch youtube videos and I had suuuuuch a long list of things I still wanted to watch (far over 100 hours) and I've gone through the whole list with my resetting at this point. Pretty crazy. Before, I usually just watched youtube during mealtimes since I live alone and don't own a TV, so youtube was my go-to thing, but now I have watched so many (random) things while talking to Timmy and Tommy over and over...
Oh no, you're fine! You answered my question. I was wondering if you were only looking at the mini island-maps when restarting or if you were looking at the other ones too. I struggle with English occasionally too so I could have worded it better. :'D
I do agree I would also have trouble bonding with my island and calling it a home if I just sped through it all, even if it was my second time going through it.
I hope you finally get an island you like after you've recovered from all the icky medical stuff, if you end up not keeping this one. I'll definitely keep an eye on this thread to see any updates.
Hey guys, sorry for not replying for such a long time. Had my colonoscopy yesterday and needed to recover. I spent the day in bed and, having nothing better to do, actually decided to play through the island with TT to see how things worked in Island Designer. Well, they didn't (RS was always too close for putting bridges, even when I moved the river-island I had made as far as I possibly could), so I deleted it a few minutes ago. No. More. Compromises.
That said, after having now played through the whole storyline thrice, having had to deal with all the mess and building and island-prettying thrice as well...I was honestly really annoyed. Like, at the end, I just wanted the storyline to be done and was then almost happy when I deleted the island to go back to resetting. It was just all so boring, done it too many times. So I'm actually wondering if it wouldn't be better to take a real break for a month or so because if I'm not even looking forward to the gameplay anymore, being motivated to reset is...not easy at all. So I'm not sure what to do. Don't get me wrong, I do still want to make my dream island with my dreamies so, so, so badly, but these first three weeks until Island Designer gets unlocked are just sooooo tedious and boring since I have gone through them too many times.
So yeah, not quite sure where to go from here, but given that I have a lot of medical stuff coming up next week, too (getting a permanent, lifelong brace on my teeth, eek), I think that after playing through the whole storyline yesterday and today, I might take a break at least until the middle of next week before starting resetting again. And this time, for real, no more island testing, ever. I'm done with testing. Testing is horrible.
I've been following this thread for quite a while since I was super set on restarting my own island after 130h+ but for some reason, a week long break helped me deal with the hate I had for my layout and now I'm actually excited to try and make do with what I have (aka RS placement of doom - close to the beach and way too off-center from the airport. I don't doubt I'll restart my island sometimes in the future as I've always been a serial-restarting in all games I've ever played, but for now, I'll stick with my first island and see where it'll take me!
It sounds like you could really benefit from a break as well! Focussing on your health (both physical and mental) is a good idea and maybe you'll end up feeling more motivated to restart afterwards! Take however long you think you need - a few days, weeks, a month, or longer - you'll know when you feel up to returning to the game again.
I wish there was a possibility for online save file transfers or something so a bunch of people could band together and help you find you perfect map ^^"
Hey guys, sorry for not replying for such a long time. Had my colonoscopy yesterday and needed to recover. I spent the day in bed and, having nothing better to do, actually decided to play through the island with TT to see how things worked in Island Designer. Well, they didn't (RS was always too close for putting bridges, even when I moved the river-island I had made as far as I possibly could), so I deleted it a few minutes ago. No. More. Compromises.
That said, after having now played through the whole storyline thrice, having had to deal with all the mess and building and island-prettying thrice as well...I was honestly really annoyed. Like, at the end, I just wanted the storyline to be done and was then almost happy when I deleted the island to go back to resetting. It was just all so boring, done it too many times. So I'm actually wondering if it wouldn't be better to take a real break for a month or so because if I'm not even looking forward to the gameplay anymore, being motivated to reset is...not easy at all. So I'm not sure what to do. Don't get me wrong, I do still want to make my dream island with my dreamies so, so, so badly, but these first three weeks until Island Designer gets unlocked are just sooooo tedious and boring since I have gone through them too many times.
So yeah, not quite sure where to go from here, but given that I have a lot of medical stuff coming up next week, too (getting a permanent, lifelong brace on my teeth, eek), I think that after playing through the whole storyline yesterday and today, I might take a break at least until the middle of next week before starting resetting again. And this time, for real, no more island testing, ever. I'm done with testing. Testing is horrible.
Hey guys, sorry for not replying for such a long time. Had my colonoscopy yesterday and needed to recover. I spent the day in bed and, having nothing better to do, actually decided to play through the island with TT to see how things worked in Island Designer. Well, they didn't (RS was always too close for putting bridges, even when I moved the river-island I had made as far as I possibly could), so I deleted it a few minutes ago. No. More. Compromises.
That said, after having now played through the whole storyline thrice, having had to deal with all the mess and building and island-prettying thrice as well...I was honestly really annoyed. Like, at the end, I just wanted the storyline to be done and was then almost happy when I deleted the island to go back to resetting. It was just all so boring, done it too many times. So I'm actually wondering if it wouldn't be better to take a real break for a month or so because if I'm not even looking forward to the gameplay anymore, being motivated to reset is...not easy at all. So I'm not sure what to do. Don't get me wrong, I do still want to make my dream island with my dreamies so, so, so badly, but these first three weeks until Island Designer gets unlocked are just sooooo tedious and boring since I have gone through them too many times.
So yeah, not quite sure where to go from here, but given that I have a lot of medical stuff coming up next week, too (getting a permanent, lifelong brace on my teeth, eek), I think that after playing through the whole storyline yesterday and today, I might take a break at least until the middle of next week before starting resetting again. And this time, for real, no more island testing, ever. I'm done with testing. Testing is horrible.
Definitely go for a break now, you sound like you're not having any fun with this and if you're burnt out on the story it might hinder your enjoyment of the game if you go back to resetting now and end up getting your ideal map. I'd say take the break until next week and then decide if you need an even longer one. The game isn't going to go anywhere.
Best of luck with getting your brace! You seem to be going through a lot of physical health stuff right now and I know it can take its own toll on both your mental and physical well-being.
I was in reset hell a while back. I was looking for specific things and it took me a day or two for those to show up. Only things I wanted was a secret beach off to the side (makes it easier to make a path leading to it) and the river outlets on the bottom and right side.
I finally found those in a map that shown up on day two of reset hell. The river is trash but until I unlock terraforming, I'm willing to deal with it for a while longer. Yeah, resetting is a nightmare, considering all the nonsense you have to go though with the names, and the talking and talking and the TALKING, and having to unlock everything again, resetting can be worth it in the end when you find the map you know you're going to love and stick with.
When I played New Leaf, I reset the game so much that I didn't even get to enjoy the actual game because I was always resetting and never progressed. I vowed to not let that happen with New Horizons. Also, setting some personal goals in the game helps. For instance when I reset, my personal goal was to save Bells, because I'm a notoriously bad spender in these games. I don't budget. And it might not be a lot, but I've already saved up 200,000 bells. I'm paying off projects and house loans very slowly and I find it a lot more fun when your striving for something. Your focus in on 'how can I achieve this goal I set for myself' not on 'I don't like the placement of this permanent structure, I'm going to reset' just to end up not liking something in your new map.
OKAY GUYS.
I need to calm down.
So here's what happened.
Since I had 30 minutes downtime, I decided to just boot up the game and reset for like five minutes to see how horrible it feels.
And on the very first reset...I see it. The dream map. Perfect peninsula, perfect spot, one of the two preferred map choices, dock on the right, long dock, airport in the perfect spot. I could not believe what I was seeing.
So of course, I flew in.
Fruit is...not peaches, but cherries. But the airport is blue (absolute requirement)!
So the only freaking thing that is not perfect on this map are the native fruits. The native flower - if I could see it correctly - is Windflowers, which I do like a lot. No big beach rocks, but that's something I can live with.
Granted, since it's day 1 I haven't seen the little beach in the top right or the right beach at all yet, but it looks great on the map.
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Guys, how do I stop being bothered by fruit! I can just replace them with peaches and it's not like I look at the passport ever. But it's irking me and I hate that it does because it really shouldn't and UGH someone hit me over the head. I feel like if I reset this map for the peaches, I don't deserve happiness at all, but it's already gnawing at my mind as a bother. Ughhhhhh I am so stupid and I hate myself.
I've been following this thread for quite a while since I was super set on restarting my own island after 130h+ but for some reason, a week long break helped me deal with the hate I had for my layout and now I'm actually excited to try and make do with what I have (aka RS placement of doom - close to the beach and way too off-center from the airport. I don't doubt I'll restart my island sometimes in the future as I've always been a serial-restarting in all games I've ever played, but for now, I'll stick with my first island and see where it'll take me!
It sounds like you could really benefit from a break as well! Focussing on your health (both physical and mental) is a good idea and maybe you'll end up feeling more motivated to restart afterwards! Take however long you think you need - a few days, weeks, a month, or longer - you'll know when you feel up to returning to the game again.
I wish there was a possibility for online save file transfers or something so a bunch of people could band together and help you find you perfect map ^^"
Thank you so much! I think I really pressure myself too much because of the events I'm missing and how much catching up I have to do (I start all my islands on April 8th, but don't wanna TT anymore). And yeah, it would be so nice to just be able to transfer maps...or, you know, not be subjected to RNG in the first place.
And it sounds like you have a really healthy look at your own game! I'm glad it works for you and that you don't seem bothered by the fact that down the line, you'll likely reset.
Reddit and youtube are horrible and I avoided them like the plague because of it. Thankfully, I know what I want to do with my island. Will it look as cool as the reddit islands? Nope, but you know, that's okay. I know I am not good when it comes to imagining and creative planning. But I don't need an island worthy of a youtube video, I just need an island I put my heart into and which feels like home.
Definitely go for a break now, you sound like you're not having any fun with this and if you're burnt out on the story it might hinder your enjoyment of the game if you go back to resetting now and end up getting your ideal map. I'd say take the break until next week and then decide if you need an even longer one. The game isn't going to go anywhere.
Best of luck with getting your brace! You seem to be going through a lot of physical health stuff right now and I know it can take its own toll on both your mental and physical well-being.
Well, it might be too late, lol. I'm not sure.
But yeah, a break does sound good. But I honestly feel like TTing ruined a lot for me. I think the way to approach my "final" island is to not-TT, or at least not in a usual way. I think the way to go is to play normally until the storyline is done, even though I always start back in April, and once it's over and there's no new, daily things happening, to do 3-4 big jumps to "Event days". From what I've seen on youtube, May Day and the Museum tour thingy are both things that can easily be done in one day, so that would be two jumps and I think that should be fine to then catch up with real time.
Yeah, my health is sadly a bit stupid, though the brace has been planned for half a year, but I'm really scared of it because it's some special life-long thing and it'll also mean I'll have to get new grinding teeth guards and getting those right usually takes a lot of dentist trips for me. It's just a mess sometimes, lol. But thank you so much for being so kind and supportive and following this thread!
OKAY GUYS.
I need to calm down.
So here's what happened.
Since I had 30 minutes downtime, I decided to just boot up the game and reset for like five minutes to see how horrible it feels.
And on the very first reset...I see it. The dream map. Perfect peninsula, perfect spot, one of the two preferred map choices, dock on the right, long dock, airport in the perfect spot. I could not believe what I was seeing.
So of course, I flew in.
Fruit is...not peaches, but cherries. But the airport is blue (absolute requirement)!
So the only freaking thing that is not perfect on this map are the native fruits. The native flower - if I could see it correctly - is Windflowers, which I do like a lot. No big beach rocks, but that's something I can live with.
Granted, since it's day 1 I haven't seen the little beach in the top right or the right beach at all yet, but it looks great on the map.
Here it is, for those interested: View attachment 266841
Guys, how do I stop being bothered by fruit! I can just replace them with peaches and it's not like I look at the passport ever. But it's irking me and I hate that it does because it really shouldn't and UGH someone hit me over the head. I feel like if I reset this map for the peaches, I don't deserve happiness at all, but it's already gnawing at my mind as a bother. Ughhhhhh I am so stupid and I hate myself.
Hey now! Take a deep breath, no need to be mean to yourself! No matter what you do right now it doesn't make you a bad human. Resetting or not resetting doesn't determine your worth.
I think it might be a good idea to take your time on this. Heck, you could even still go on that break until next week. Just save on this map and then spend time thinking about if you could live with cherries. If cherries aren't your least favorite fruit it's definitely worth considering.
Or if it would make it any easier I could come over and bring you loads of peaches so you could replace the cherries on day 1 so you could play the game while having peaches super early. If you want to get rid of the cherry trees I could bring over some axes for you too so you could replace them. Maybe see how doing something like that would make you feel about the island?
I was in reset hell a while back. I was looking for specific things and it took me a day or two for those to show up. Only things I wanted was a secret beach off to the side (makes it easier to make a path leading to it) and the river outlets on the bottom and right side.
I finally found those in a map that shown up on day two of reset hell. The river is trash but until I unlock terraforming, I'm willing to deal with it for a while longer. Yeah, resetting is a nightmare, considering all the nonsense you have to go though with the names, and the talking and talking and the TALKING, and having to unlock everything again, resetting can be worth it in the end when you find the map you know you're going to love and stick with.
When I played New Leaf, I reset the game so much that I didn't even get to enjoy the actual game because I was always resetting and never progressed. I vowed to not let that happen with New Horizons. Also, setting some personal goals in the game helps. For instance when I reset, my personal goal was to save Bells, because I'm a notoriously bad spender in these games. I don't budget. And it might not be a lot, but I've already saved up 200,000 bells. I'm paying off projects and house loans very slowly and I find it a lot more fun when your striving for something. Your focus in on 'how can I achieve this goal I set for myself' not on 'I don't like the placement of this permanent structure, I'm going to reset' just to end up not liking something in your new map.
Yeeeeah, the airport talking is really, really bad, I feel like a lot could have been shortened (like just ask me what hemisphere I want instead of asking for my continent first). And I'm glad you got your island in the end! A lot of the rivers are really bad, I agree on that, but thankfully that can be changed, it's just the river mouths which are an issue. And I totally agree that resetting can be worth it!
And I am also bad with Bell management! Like, really bad. I spend SO MANY on useless stuff instead of saving up correctly, haha. Me not doing turnips adds to that. Also I really, really look forward to finally building my island on my perfect map. Like, I have so many goals, mainly making a living environment for all my villagers (each getting a HUGE garden around their house which is more like a themed area fitting them and their house) and it'll be so much fun. I've long picked out paths and all and I'm excited for that.
OKAY GUYS.
I need to calm down.
So here's what happened.
Since I had 30 minutes downtime, I decided to just boot up the game and reset for like five minutes to see how horrible it feels.
And on the very first reset...I see it. The dream map. Perfect peninsula, perfect spot, one of the two preferred map choices, dock on the right, long dock, airport in the perfect spot. I could not believe what I was seeing.
So of course, I flew in.
Fruit is...not peaches, but cherries. But the airport is blue (absolute requirement)!
So the only freaking thing that is not perfect on this map are the native fruits. The native flower - if I could see it correctly - is Windflowers, which I do like a lot. No big beach rocks, but that's something I can live with.
Granted, since it's day 1 I haven't seen the little beach in the top right or the right beach at all yet, but it looks great on the map.
Here it is, for those interested: View attachment 266841
Guys, how do I stop being bothered by fruit! I can just replace them with peaches and it's not like I look at the passport ever. But it's irking me and I hate that it does because it really shouldn't and UGH someone hit me over the head. I feel like if I reset this map for the peaches, I don't deserve happiness at all, but it's already gnawing at my mind as a bother. Ughhhhhh I am so stupid and I hate myself.
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Thank you so much! I think I really pressure myself too much because of the events I'm missing and how much catching up I have to do (I start all my islands on April 8th, but don't wanna TT anymore). And yeah, it would be so nice to just be able to transfer maps...or, you know, not be subjected to RNG in the first place.
And it sounds like you have a really healthy look at your own game! I'm glad it works for you and that you don't seem bothered by the fact that down the line, you'll likely reset.
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Reddit and youtube are horrible and I avoided them like the plague because of it. Thankfully, I know what I want to do with my island. Will it look as cool as the reddit islands? Nope, but you know, that's okay. I know I am not good when it comes to imagining and creative planning. But I don't need an island worthy of a youtube video, I just need an island I put my heart into and which feels like home.
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I wish you the best of luck! Taking breaks really helps, I agree!
And thank you for the good wishes! I really appreciate it! <3
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Well, it might be too late, lol. I'm not sure.
But yeah, a break does sound good. But I honestly feel like TTing ruined a lot for me. I think the way to approach my "final" island is to not-TT, or at least not in a usual way. I think the way to go is to play normally until the storyline is done, even though I always start back in April, and once it's over and there's no new, daily things happening, to do 3-4 big jumps to "Event days". From what I've seen on youtube, May Day and the Museum tour thingy are both things that can easily be done in one day, so that would be two jumps and I think that should be fine to then catch up with real time.
Yeah, my health is sadly a bit stupid, though the brace has been planned for half a year, but I'm really scared of it because it's some special life-long thing and it'll also mean I'll have to get new grinding teeth guards and getting those right usually takes a lot of dentist trips for me. It's just a mess sometimes, lol. But thank you so much for being so kind and supportive and following this thread!
Ahh this map is gorgeous! Cherries are beautiful and you should totally embrace them - I have peaches but my favourite are apples - however especially with perfect fruit not even being a thing in this (but regardless as I don't remember perfect peaches being particularly special-looking) - cherries make such a cute town fruit and I really like the way they look!! If it's the pink you like about peaches then the red of cherries will go well with pink shrubs and flowers (if anything better than with peaches because of the differing shades of pink vs peach)! Plus having all those cherry trees as your natural fruit could make that cherry blossom season all the more realistic (but for real just writing that I've realised how cool it'd actually be to have cherries as my fruit haha) Hope your health is okay <3
Hey now! Take a deep breath, no need to be mean to yourself! No matter what you do right now it doesn't make you a bad human. Resetting or not resetting doesn't determine your worth.
I think it might be a good idea to take your time on this. Heck, you could even still go on that break until next week. Just save on this map and then spend time thinking about if you could live with cherries. If cherries aren't your least favorite fruit it's definitely worth considering.
Or if it would make it any easier I could come over and bring you loads of peaches so you could replace the cherries on day 1 so you could play the game while having peaches super early. If you want to get rid of the cherry trees I could bring over some axes for you too so you could replace them. Maybe see how doing something like that would make you feel about the island?
Haha, thank you! I know I can take my time, all I need is to remember to keep the date on the 8th to avoid TTing. It's just...frustrating. It's frustrating because it's soooo close but that tiny, little bit makes me unable to fully embrace what is otherwise my perfect map. The thing is that cherries are actually my second favourite fruit, but that doesn't mean that much because I basically think that everything not-peach is pretty crappy lol. But cherries are definitely better than oranges and pears, which I dislike.
Your offer is sooo kind! It's honestly the passport thing that bothers me since the cherries are marked there as an eternal flaw, haha. Your offer is so lovely! Even if I wanted, though - the airport is closed on day 1, so I can't have you or anyone else over.
Also lots of space behind airport to do a nice entrance area! How sure are you that you'll want the rivers exactly like that? That may be your favourite design now or what looked best in the other town but you might decide you prefer something else in this one - if there isn't enough space behind RS (sorry I can't help with that I'm pretty clueless there) there's enough possibilities with terraforming that you should be able to shuffle things around enough that you could still have that island, maybe if you needed to it could go just a bit to the left or be reshaped slightly to allow more space behind RS! I do hope you stick with this one it's awesome 
