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It's been 7 days since the last time a villager pinged to move and I'm starting to get a little nervous >.< I talked to everyone 5 times today and no one's talking about anyone wanting to move. Am I doing something wrong? Also, what's the highest amount of days that can pass until someone pings?
 
It's been 7 days since the last time a villager pinged to move and I'm starting to get a little nervous >.< I talked to everyone 5 times today and no one's talking about anyone wanting to move. Am I doing something wrong? Also, what's the highest amount of days that can pass until someone pings?

How many villagers are in your town right now? I think if you have 8 or less no one will move out.
 
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If I demolish the bridge here, will I be able to rebuild it again, or is it too close to that villager's house?
 
I want to stop playing the game til I can get my friend to finally get wolfgang out (it's taking a while ;-; ), but I'm worried my town will get screwed up because I'm not playing, and thus villagers will move out. Am I forced to play then, or is there a way to, say, pause events and time and everything? xD

I'd assume not though. :C

if i were you i'd make a note of the day i stopped playing. then when wolfgang is ready, time travel back to the last day i played. it works like you just paused time haha. then you'd have to TT your way back to the right time gradually

OR, you could wait until a villager asks to move out. tell them not to move, then stop playing. then (im pretty sure) no1 else can move out either until you started playing again
 
iyou could wait until a villager asks to move out. tell them not to move, then stop playing. then (im pretty sure) no1 else can move out either until you started playing again

This is the safest way to do it. It's how I leave my town for entire school years at a time without a problem.
 
How come my mayor got a bedhead, but not my second character? I TT'd 15 days to give my second character the bedhead, but gave my mayor the bedhead instead.

BTW, I loaded my second character up first.
 
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How come my mayor got a bedhead, but not my second character? I TT'd 15 days to give my second character the bedhead, but gave my mayor the bedhead instead.

I'm pretty sure when you time-travel 15 days/15 days pass it affects all your characters, so all of them get a bedhead. I time-travelled a year before and all of mine got bedheads.

Maybe check if they're wearing a wig too. I didn't realize my mayor got bedhead once since she was wearing a wig.
 
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I'm pretty sure when you time-travel 15 days/15 days pass it affects all your characters, so all of them get a bedhead. I time-travelled a year before and all of mine got bedheads.

I don't get what you're talking about. I loaded up my second character first, and she didn't have a bedhead. When I loaded up my mayor, he had a bedhead.
 
Nope. All I was did give her a haircut at Shampoodle's to give her a certain hair color.

Did you go on your second character the day you TTed? Maybe if you didn't use your mayor, that was day one for him. But for your second character, it was a day behind? That's the only explanation I can think of.
 
question about bugs/fish

is there a limit of how many bugs/fish appear at the same time in the map?? I always thought there is so whenever I go to the island I chase away bugs I don't need to leave a space for the ones I want to appear, same with fish until I thought I might be wrong and that this isn't the case, or is it?
 
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is there a limit of how many bugs/fish appear at the same time in the map?? I always thought there is so whenever I go to the island I chase away bugs I don't need to leave a space for the ones I want to appear, same with fish until I thought I might be wrong and that this isn't the case, or is it?

I don't know what the limit is, but I'm pretty sure there's something like that in place, which is why it's recommended that you cut down all your non-palm trees on the island so more beetles show up as opposed to the worthless fruit beetles and miyama stags and what not. It's also why you wanna remove all your flowers and stumps, so no emperor butterflies or stump-exclusive bugs appear. I know that I've had a LOT more beetles show up since doing that since the only other bugs that spawn are the occasional hermit crabs, wharf roaches, and tiger beetles.
 
whats the tree limit? like, in a given area. I remember hearing something about it being no more than 15 in a 7x7 area or something, but then i also heard it was no more than 8 in a 5x5 area. looking for some clarification before i try to build a forest.
 
whats the tree limit? like, in a given area. I remember hearing something about it being no more than 15 in a 7x7 area or something, but then i also heard it was no more than 8 in a 5x5 area. looking for some clarification before i try to build a forest.

http://animal-xing-3ds.livejournal.com/126262.html
http://animal-xing-3ds.livejournal.com/126850.html

I've always used those two links when helping friends landscape and we've never had problems.
  • No trees/bushes next to buildings, projects, rivers, cliffs, or each other (trees only).
  • No more than 12 connected plants in a row. This includes diagonally touching.
  • No more than 15 plants in a 7x7 area.
  • You are able to plant rows upon rows of plants, one space apart on all sides. BUT you must cascade your planting. I.e., plant the back row then next row, moving forward a row each time. (Or sideways.)
  • If you cut down a plant that is surrounded in a grid, you will not be able to plant another until you cut down some of the outer plants.
  • Bushes can also be smothered in a straight row, if you plant them 3 or more at the same time or one between existing plants.

I'm sure I missed some specifics, so you'll want to read through the articles. Plus, the contain awesome pictures to help clarify things. The number one rule of thumb is to cascade your plants. c:
 
http://animal-xing-3ds.livejournal.com/126262.html
http://animal-xing-3ds.livejournal.com/126850.html

I've always used those two links when helping friends landscape and we've never had problems.
  • No trees/bushes next to buildings, projects, rivers, cliffs, or each other (trees only).
  • No more than 12 connected plants in a row. This includes diagonally touching.
  • No more than 15 plants in a 7x7 area.
  • You are able to plant rows upon rows of plants, one space apart on all sides. BUT you must cascade your planting. I.e., plant the back row then next row, moving forward a row each time. (Or sideways.)
  • If you cut down a plant that is surrounded in a grid, you will not be able to plant another until you cut down some of the outer plants.
  • Bushes can also be smothered in a straight row, if you plant them 3 or more at the same time or one between existing plants.

I'm sure I missed some specifics, so you'll want to read through the articles. Plus, the contain awesome pictures to help clarify things. The number one rule of thumb is to cascade your plants. c:

I planned on this structure:

X_X_X_X_X_
___________
_X_X_X_X_X
___________
X_X_X_X_X_
___________
_X_X_X_X_X

i wish trees could be in diagonals with each other.
 
Has anyone else been constantly getting "error 018-0512" when trying to visit someone else's town? I feel like it might be my internet that's causing the problem, and I really want it fixed, but I move out in a week and everything that gets fixed won't even matter since I won't be coming back to this apartment. I just don't know if it's worth all the trouble to fix for just being here another week?
 
Does anyone know if it's actually 100% impossible to get the 10th villager to move out? I'd like to TT out my 10th villager but I probably would just leave my current 10 if I'd have to get rid of someone else first. If anyone has successfully done this I'd love to hear about it!
 
Does anyone know if it's actually 100% impossible to get the 10th villager to move out? I'd like to TT out my 10th villager but I probably would just leave my current 10 if I'd have to get rid of someone else first. If anyone has successfully done this I'd love to hear about it!

It is nearly impossible for the 10th villager to move out. But, I think I found a solution. If you talk to him/her to point of thinking, you might make her friendship increase (which is why a villager refuse to move (low friendship level)). Once you get their friendship level to the middle, you have to wait if he/she ping you. That can take a long time to do so.

To me, Sally is like the 10th villager. While my other villagers always ping me (I save and quite twice or more after about two days back and forth), Sally never ping me at all. It all comes down by talking to her which makes her thinking. As such, I made Sally friendships in the middle which she starts to give me free gifts. When I start my usual time to wait for her to ping me (for few hours of TT), somehow Sally starts to ping me. I was so happy that when I tell her to move out, she happily agree to do so.

You can find my other reaction in my Miiverse post.
 
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