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dang it ;-;
i wanted to start today, but i guess i'll wait. i refuse to time travel. at least i have my down payment done!!
anyways thank you!!
No problem! You need to have your house built in order to earn it, so you're already halfway there~
Just need that 100% approval rating!
 
One of my custom designs keeps disappearing off a mannequin I have it displayed on. Why is this happening? How do I stop it?
 
One of my custom designs keeps disappearing off a mannequin I have it displayed on. Why is this happening? How do I stop it?

In Able's or in your home? Unlike Able's, the mannequin items do not permanently hold designs. If you overwrite it in your inventory with a new one, this will remove the design from the mannequin.
 
If you have a villager about to move in (They are in the tent/camp site) that you dislike or don't want, do you ignore them and leave without talking, or talk to them until they ask and try to convince them not to move in?
 
If you have a villager about to move in (They are in the tent/camp site) that you dislike or don't want, do you ignore them and leave without talking, or talk to them until they ask and try to convince them not to move in?

If they're in the campsite, then you just don't talk to them.
 
If you have a villager about to move in (They are in the tent/camp site) that you dislike or don't want, do you ignore them and leave without talking, or talk to them until they ask and try to convince them not to move in?

They only move in from the campsite if you have room and invited them.
 
In Able's or in your home? Unlike Able's, the mannequin items do not permanently hold designs. If you overwrite it in your inventory with a new one, this will remove the design from the mannequin.


It's in my home, but I'm not overwriting the design. It's never left my pattern tab.
 
If you have a villager about to move in (They are in the tent/camp site) that you dislike or don't want, do you ignore them and leave without talking, or talk to them until they ask and try to convince them not to move in?

So you convinced them to move in, then decided you didn't want them?
The only way to get a camper to move in is by talking to them until they decide to move in. They won't automatically move in unless you say yes when they ask.

If you did indeed invite them to move in & decided you didn't want them, you can quit without saving if you haven't saved yet. That way, there will be no record of inviting them to move in.

You could also ask a villager to move in from another town. I'm pretty sure that when you invite two villagers to move in on the same day, the latter will overwrite the former, but I'm not 100% sure on that and I'm not sure it will work with a camper since they can sometimes take a couple of days to move in.
 
Phil moved in today, but he moved in RIGHT behind my house. I know the best way of getting someone to move out is to ignore them, but I read somewhere that you have to introduce yourself then never talk to them again. Is this true/does it work?
 
I've had a perfect town raiting for almost 20 consecutive days now. I check with Isabelle every day and she still tells me the villagers are saying it's the best town ever, yet I've only had three Jacob's Ladders spawn in total. They spawned on the first three days from the moment I reached the perfect rating, so why are they not spawning anymore? There's plenty of space by the cliffs and I haven't lost the rating. Am I just having severe bad luck or is there something else stopping them?
 
I've had a perfect town raiting for almost 20 consecutive days now. I check with Isabelle every day and she still tells me the villagers are saying it's the best town ever, yet I've only had three Jacob's Ladders spawn in total. They spawned on the first three days from the moment I reached the perfect rating, so why are they not spawning anymore? There's plenty of space by the cliffs and I haven't lost the rating. Am I just having severe bad luck or is there something else stopping them?

Severe bad luck. They spawn randomly, so there's always going to be days when you get none.
 
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I'm laughing so hard.

Anyways, I'm confused about my town tree. I recently hit over 500 hours but I only have the 50 day/hours tree in my plaza. I've played for over a year, skipped some days, but swear I've played more than 100 days (actually getting on that day).

Is there any way to check how many you've played outside of estimating from what is in the activity log? I've played over 250 times but when I stop and play again it's usually to time travel to the next day for things. I don't think I've played multiple times in the same day more than a few times.
 
Thanks to The221Believer for answering, by the way!

Silly question: what does "in boxes" mean? Like when someone says a villager is in boxes.

It's a term people use for when a villager is preparing to leave town the next day. They have their furniture packed away in boxes, hence the term. It's the point where you can talk to the villager and ask them to move into your town, assuming it's possible for them to.
 
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It's a term people use for when a villager is preparing to leave town the next day. They have their furniture packed away in boxes, hence the term. It's the point where you can talk to the villager and ask them to move into your town, assuming it's possible for them to.

Thank you!
 
Still hoping someone can tell me why my mannequin in my house is losing a pattern when I'm not overwriting the pattern. Please? It gets irritating to realise 'Sherlock' is running around the flat naked again (not that this violates canon in the slightest).

Also, just to refresh my memory, it takes two days for a campsite villager to move in, yes? I just invited Tia to town and I want to make sure she plots somewhere nice.
 
So i talked a camper about moving in and the camper said yes, That was yesterday and i turned on my game today finding he is still camping, is there something wrong?
 
So i talked a camper about moving in and the camper said yes, That was yesterday and i turned on my game today finding he is still camping, is there something wrong?

Nope! Sometimes campers will stay for a few days before moving in. Totally normal. :)
 
Is it possible for one villager to start using another villager's catchphrase? Kidd keeps on saying "nutty", but that's Poppy's catchphrase. Poppy still uses "nutty" as well so it's really odd. Is something wrong or is this normal?
 
Is it possible for one villager to start using another villager's catchphrase? Kidd keeps on saying "nutty", but that's Poppy's catchphrase. Poppy still uses "nutty" as well so it's really odd. Is something wrong or is this normal?

It's normal, they pass around catchphrases and nicknames a lot - a bunch of my villagers have been passing around 'venison' for a while, no matter how many times I've changed it when they've asked.

And my question - I have yet to see Gracie, and I've had my game pretty much since release. Is there a certain spending mark at T.I.Y. I have to hit before it triggers her ability to show up? Or am I just really really unlucky?
 
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