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[effluo]

Is there anything i can do to an area where a start won't grow? Thanks

All towns seem to have certain "dead spots" where nothing will grow. Also only a certain amount of trees and bushes can grow in any one area. They also can't grow next to rocks or PWP's

 

[Sidewalk]

Thank you

 

[Meg-chan]

Keep setting the date 2 days ahead, check which villager wants to move out, and repeat until he moves. You could get him out by the end of today easily.

So, i should set the date 2 days ahead each time until he moves. Once I do this, the date will obviously be way ahead then the actual date of real life. Is there any way I can get it back to the actual date without reversing his move or messing anything else up? Thanks

 

[Dreamer]

So, my sister had an issue with her Snowman today. She made him and punched the number, but she saved right after and he randomly disappeared. The card is still punched and she can't find any more snowballs. Has anyone else had this problem? She also had a problem where she moved flowers and they moved back the next day. It's freaking her out.

 

[Snow]

So, i should set the date 2 days ahead each time until he moves. Once I do this, the date will obviously be way ahead then the actual date of real life. Is there any way I can get it back to the actual date without reversing his move or messing anything else up? Thanks

Personally I don't recommend the 2 day method, I know too many people who have lost villagers that way. There are a lot of safer methods that have been detailed here.

BUT whatever method you choose, when you are finished, just jump back to the current date -- no matter how long a backwards jump is, it only counts as one day.

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So, my sister had an issue with her Snowman today. She made him and punched the number, but she saved right after and he randomly disappeared. The card is still punched and she can't find any more snowballs. Has anyone else had this problem? She also had a problem where she moved flowers and they moved back the next day. It's freaking her out.

If he was too close to an object (tree, rock, other snowman) the game will move him away when you save; if the direction it moves him pushes him into another object or water he will vanish. Probably that's what happened.

 

[Louis]

My friend is going to buy Animal Crossing as well, and his purchase will be Saturday February 8th.
But on that day there is a Fishing Tourny in the game. Will it have any bad effects if he started on that day? I suggested him to timetravel one day back, but he won't do that.
What happens when you become Mayor on an event day?

 

[mayorvanessa]

When it comes to turnips, what counts as time travel?

 

[pocky]

I re-started my second town 1 month ago. Been playing the game often and running errands for my villagers. Anything that they ask of me I will do. I have also built several of the PWP that are available from the beginning (campsite, cafe, dream suit, museum 2f, 2 streetlights, 1 fountain, 3 bridges) and attended every single PWP ceremony.

Yet I have not had a single PWP request. I have tried the diving trick, but they just ask me to change their catchphrase/greeting or come up with nicknames for me. I spent 3+ hours doing the resetting trick today, but on average I spend about 1 hour on it each day. When I do this trick on my main town I usually get a request within an hour.

 

[Louis]

When it comes to turnips, what counts as time travel?

Well, I've traveled 1 day and they already withered. Don't know about hour or minute travels.

 

[KarlaKGB]

When it comes to turnips, what counts as time travel?

You can travel forwards safely I think, but if you travel backwards, they will rot. I dont know if you can safely travel backwards within the same day, or if going back even a minute will cause them to spoil.

 

[Ras]

My friend is going to buy Animal Crossing as well, and his purchase will be Saturday February 8th.
But on that day there is a Fishing Tourny in the game. Will it have any bad effects if he started on that day? I suggested him to timetravel one day back, but he won't do that.
What happens when you become Mayor on an event day?

When you start the game as a new character, the event should be suspended for the town until the moment you save. An example that doesn't involve the fishing tourney: if you first set up your town at 5am, villagers who are normally asleep are all awake, and Nook is in his office. You go through the process and save your house, and suddenly, the villagers are back asleep and Nook is closed. So, on fishing tourney day, he should be able to get everything set up and the moment he saves, the fishing tournament will be back on. The villagers will be locked into "only talking about fishing" mode, but there shouldn't be any ill effects. And, after 6, the villagers will be more friendly. Even on day one, if he can get a fishing rod, he can even participate. I really don't see how it would be a problem.

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When it comes to turnips, what counts as time travel?

They spoil if you play at a time that is before the last time you played. So, if it's midnight and you tell Isabelle it's 6am and play, you're fine. If you then go to sleep and next play at 3pm and beforehand tell Isabelle that it's 3pm, you're fine. But, if you told Isabelle it was 6am Tuesday morning and you played, then you set it back to 12:30am Tuesday morning, your turnips or bingo cards are dead.

 

[Meg-chan]

Personally I don't recommend the 2 day method, I know too many people who have lost villagers that way. There are a lot of safer methods that have been detailed here.

BUT whatever method you choose, when you are finished, just jump back to the current date -- no matter how long a backwards jump is, it only counts as one day.

Can you please list some safer methods? I would really appreciate it ^-^ Thank you so much

 

[pocky]

I re-started my second town 1 month ago. Been playing the game often and running errands for my villagers. Anything that they ask of me I will do. I have also built several of the PWP that are available from the beginning (campsite, cafe, dream suit, museum 2f, 2 streetlights, 1 fountain, 3 bridges) and attended every single PWP ceremony.

Yet I have not had a single PWP request. I have tried the diving trick, but they just ask me to change their catchphrase/greeting or come up with nicknames for me. I spent 3+ hours doing the resetting trick today, but on average I spend about 1 hour on it each day. When I do this trick on my main town I usually get a request within an hour.

After over a month of extensive gameplay and overuse of the diving trick I finally got my first PWP request on my second game. Lucky has requested the sandbox after 6 hours of doing the diving trick. Not the best PWP, but at least now I know that my game isn't bugged. I'm just unlucky. Posting this to let you guys know that my issue has been resolved

 

[TheEliteEmpoleon]

Do villagers pics appear in the catalog? And does buying things and selling things to villagers count as helping them (like for the badges for completing requests)?

 

[twerkstrider]

Do villagers pics appear in the catalog? And does buying things and selling things to villagers count as helping them (like for the badges for completing requests)?

no, villager pics aren't in the catalog ): and when you buy/sell/trade things with villagers, i don't think it counts because it doesn't have that little melody afterwards (the lil ring-a-ding-ding noise)

 

[TheEliteEmpoleon]

That's what I thought. Thanks!

 

[oath2order]

That's weird, I would think that it would count.

 

[Neriifur]

Hey how can you tell the difference between your permanent dirt and new dirt? I've put sins flowers on different patches.. But I'm not sure if they're on the correct patches or not.

 

[Neriifur]

So here's another question. I built a new PWP last night on my perfect town, and now the animals are saying they want more PWPs. Do the amount of PWPs needed for your town to be perfect go up over the time as days go by?

 

[oath2order]

So here's another question. I built a new PWP last night on my perfect town, and now the animals are saying they want more PWPs. Do the amount of PWPs needed for your town to be perfect go up over the time as days go by?

Is it just something the animals say or is it from Isabelle?