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[Reese]

Bones moved out of my town today, but his house is still there with a Moved Out sign on it. If I update my dream town now, will he still be gone in the dream?

(I don't see why he wouldn't be, but I don't think I've ever encountered this in a dream. Then again, I don't exactly go around checking every villager's house.)

Edit: Just updated and checked with my other mayor and yep.

 

[dragonair]

Does anyone have any tips on getting natural paths? I know you have to run on them a lot, but I've heard a lot of mixed information. I've heard that saving and quitting and then restarting and running helps. I've heard that you shouldn't time travel. I've heard that you should time travel. I've heard that putting paths down makes it harder. I've heard that I should put paths down. I'm just so unsure of how to do this lmao.

 

[Ettienne]

Does anyone have any tips on getting natural paths? I know you have to run on them a lot, but I've heard a lot of mixed information. I've heard that saving and quitting and then restarting and running helps. I've heard that you shouldn't time travel. I've heard that you should time travel. I've heard that putting paths down makes it harder. I've heard that I should put paths down. I'm just so unsure of how to do this lmao.

Well, firstly, to clear a few things up:

• According to Nintendo, grass wears once per day in ACNL (6:00am), rather than at each load like previous games with grass wear.
• TTing can be used to both grow and wear your grass. For example, if you just TT forward without playing through each day, your grass will grow back (because you haven't been running on it). But if you TT day by day, running on it each day, you'll wear it down as you go.
• Paths don't protect your grass, as it still wears underneath them. Several people start out with paths just so they can wear down a nice, neat line. You only have to check every so often to see how an area is wearing down.

My suggestion? Stepping stone path. You keep an idea of where you want the path to wear down and can still see the progress. (Also, for natural paths, it pays to border them with flowers or plants to keep the grass wear from spreading out beyond the area you desire.)

 

[princesse]

How do u add an image here like a jpeg?

 

[dragonair]

Well, firstly, to clear a few things up:

• According to Nintendo, grass wears once per day in ACNL (6:00am), rather than at each load like previous games with grass wear.
• TTing can be used to both grow and wear your grass. For example, if you just TT forward without playing through each day, your grass will grow back (because you haven't been running on it). But if you TT day by day, running on it each day, you'll wear it down as you go.
• Paths don't protect your grass, as it still wears underneath them. Several people start out with paths just so they can wear down a nice, neat line. You only have to check every so often to see how an area is wearing down.

My suggestion? Stepping stone path. You keep an idea of where you want the path to wear down and can still see the progress. (Also, for natural paths, it pays to border them with flowers or plants to keep the grass wear from spreading out beyond the area you desire.)

Ahh, thank you so much! That clears everything up.
One other question: does TTing backwards reverse grass deterioration, or does it just act like a day has gone forward?

 

[princesse]

Nvm!
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New question: how do u take it out ~_~

 

[Ettienne]

Ahh, thank you so much! That clears everything up.
One other question: does TTing backwards reverse grass deterioration, or does it just act like a day has gone forward?

It just acts like a day forward, so it doesn't really reverse it, just starts it fresh for the day.

 

[dragonair]

It just acts like a day forward, so it doesn't really reverse it, just starts it fresh for the day.

Thank you so much!!

 

[graceroxx]

Does anyone know where I would be able to find a guide that shows all the grass color changes for the year??
I found a really nice guide on Tumblr that showed all of the dates the grass/trees/bushes change and a picture of what they look like, but I can't seem to find it back.

 

[molas]

Was it Angie's?

 

[graceroxx]

Was it Angie's?

Yes, it was! Thank you!

 

[ribbyn]

Would I be able to restore grass deterioration by TTing like a month or two ahead, and then traveling back to my original time? I've been trying to restore with watering flowers over the huge patches but I'm just not noticing any difference. ~_~ Also I heard somewhere that every winter when the snow comes, after it all melts the grass is fully restored, is that true?

 

[Ras]

A month will regrow it everywhere except the permanent dirt spots. Just be sure no one is wanting to move before you do it or they'll be gone. Happened to me once.

Snow supercharges the grass. Places with grass wear look like dirt with no snow on top at first, but on days where it actually snows, you start to see those spots turn into full snow. You can still undo that if you walk on those spots, but the snow really helps.

 

[Ettienne]

Would I be able to restore grass deterioration by TTing like a month or two ahead, and then traveling back to my original time? I've been trying to restore with watering flowers over the huge patches but I'm just not noticing any difference. ~_~ Also I heard somewhere that every winter when the snow comes, after it all melts the grass is fully restored, is that true?

Yes, that would work. The problem with watering it is that you walk over the patch to water the flowers. If you do this method, you'll only want to water the flowers on the edge.

And no, snow is the grass. Like, where your dirt patches are in the grass will be dirt patches in the snow because it covers only areas with grass. Snow precipitation is basically rain.

 

[ribbyn]

Ah I see, that makes sense. Thanks to you both!

(... One more question for now, lol. So in order to TT both forward and backward a large leap, to make sure no one leaves I have to make sure they ping me and I decline, then I can TT immediately after?)

 

[Ettienne]

To TT forward safely, check for moving pings. Once you get one, yes, decline. This'll let you TT forward as far as you need with no move-outs.

To TT back, you can do the same, or simply go back. Backwards only counts as one day forwards no matter how many actual days you go back as long as it's in one big leap so it is a lot less likely someone would be in boxes the very next day. Of course, it doesn't hurt to check.

 

[ribbyn]

Oh I see, somehow I keep forgetting about the TT backwards = one day thing. Thank you very much!

 

[dragonair]

Can villagers wear long sleeved patterns? I want to put up some sweaters in Re-Tail for fall but I'm not sure if they'll wear them. It's okay if they just rip the sleeves off (in a fit of rage or something idk), I just want them to wear it.

 

[okun0ichio]

Can villagers wear long sleeved patterns? I want to put up some sweaters in Re-Tail for fall but I'm not sure if they'll wear them. It's okay if they just rip the sleeves off (in a fit of rage or something idk), I just want them to wear it.

They can. I have one of my villagers wearing the ugly long-sleeved shirt by someone from anytown, unfortunately. It doesn't seem like they wear them with the sleeves though.

 

[dragonair]

They can. I have one of my villagers wearing the ugly long-sleeved shirt by someone from anytown, unfortunately. It doesn't seem like they wear them with the sleeves though.

aaaahh, okay thank you! i hope you can get them out of it soon, lmao!