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[lars708]

What is the best method to make villagers move?

I'd like to know this too, i heard a lot of methods but i want to know which one is true. The whack your villagers multiple times with a net method didn't work at all for me.

 

[DoctorGrunge]

Does a villager not ask to move out during a holiday/event? I'm trying to get a certain villager out and It's been 4 days since one of my villagers asked to move out.

 

[Ichigo.]

Does a villager not ask to move out during a holiday/event? I'm trying to get a certain villager out and It's been 4 days since one of my villagers asked to move out.

I don't know the exact answer to this, so maybe someone can elaborate, but I've noticed this too. No one seems to ping me to move when there's a tournament going on or when it's someone's birthday. They will the day after though.

 

[asleep]

hi! i'm new and i was just wondering how many trees your town should have? i feel like my town has too many trees and i really want to chop some down and just keep the fruit trees and a few pines. is this a bad thing to do?

 

[LaBelleFleur]

hi! i'm new and i was just wondering how many trees your town should have? i feel like my town has too many trees and i really want to chop some down and just keep the fruit trees and a few pines. is this a bad thing to do?

Welcome to the forums!

If you want to have a 'pefect town' (which nets you the golden watering can & flower clock PWP, along with the chance of Jacob's ladders growing along cliffs), you will need between 110 & 200 trees. But if that doesn't matter to you, do whatever you'd like, it's your town! Personally, I only have fruit trees and a couple of cedar trees, with only one or two spruce trees.

 

[JeffreyAC]

If a villager is going to be in boxes tomorrow but I need more time to have her adopted can I TT back a couple days to have more time before she's in boxes? Or will that count as a day forward and she'll be in boxes after I TT?

Thanks ��

 

[cherrysplash]

Can I TT forward even when a villager in boxes (from another town) is going to go live in my town? Or would they disappear? I really need to TT but one of my dreamies is having their home plotted tomorrow, and they had come from another town. I don't want to risk it either.

 

[Reese]

If a villager is going to be in boxes tomorrow but I need more time to have her adopted can I TT back a couple days to have more time before she's in boxes? Or will that count as a day forward and she'll be in boxes after I TT?

Thanks ��

Going backwards any amount of time (except within the same day) counts as one new day, so yeah she'll be in boxes. But you can keep TTing backwards within the same day to keep her in boxes for however long you need!

Can I TT forward even when a villager in boxes (from another town) is going to go live in my town? Or would they disappear? I really need to TT but one of my dreamies is having their home plotted tomorrow, and they had come from another town. I don't want to risk it either.

Yes you can, most people do this!

 

[Grumble]

Going backwards any amount of time (except within the same day) counts as one new day, so yeah she'll be in boxes. But you can keep TTing backwards within the same day to keep her in boxes for however long you need!

I was curious about this so I did some reading and figuring out a while ago.

Even going back in time on the same day WILL count as time travel IF you've played at that time before.

So if it's 11:00pm in your game, you cannot set your clock to anything earlier than that or the game will count it as time travel.

You can save and quit, and put it aside for days and days, and then set the clock to 11:01pm today and it will be fine. It's because 11:01pm on Oct 14th has not passed in your game.

Does this make sense? I hope so.

Edit: http://www.thonky.com/animal-crossing-new-leaf/stalk-market This is where I first read about what the game considers time travel.

Daylight Saving Time

You can avoid all time travel problems by making sure that the clock doesn't say the same date and time as it did when you were playing earlier. If you need to turn your 3DS clock back because of Daylight Saving Time, be sure to wait until the repeated time has passed. For example, if you change your 3DS clock from 1:59AM to 1:00AM, be sure to wait until your clock says 2AM or later before you start playing again.

 

[lars708]

I was curious about this so I did some reading and figuring out a while ago.

Even going back in time on the same day WILL count as time travel IF you've played at that time before.

So if it's 11:00pm in your game, you cannot set your clock to anything earlier than that or the game will count it as time travel.

You can save and quit, and put it aside for days and days, and then set the clock to 11:01pm today and it will be fine. It's because 11:01pm on Oct 14th has not passed in your game.

Does this make sense? I hope so.

Edit: http://www.thonky.com/animal-crossing-new-leaf/stalk-market This is where I first read about what the game considers time travel.

Whoa this is incredibly useful! Thank you so much!

 

[Grumble]

Whoa this is incredibly useful! Thank you so much!

I'm happy it was useful!

I lost a villager who was getting ready to move by switching to my hub's 3DS when mine died, and he hadn't put his clock forward for daylight saving time! :O

So I started reading up about it all.

- - - Post Merge - - -

Oh! And it's really helpful to make a "game note" when you save and quit your game of what day and time it was when you quit. I'm really anal about it now, making sure I always know what time it last was in Moga and Qeynos-my two towns.

 

[Kittyinpink87]

Can a villager move back in before they strat walking around the city in new leaf?

 

[Reese]

I was curious about this so I did some reading and figuring out a while ago.

Even going back in time on the same day WILL count as time travel IF you've played at that time before.

So if it's 11:00pm in your game, you cannot set your clock to anything earlier than that or the game will count it as time travel.

You can save and quit, and put it aside for days and days, and then set the clock to 11:01pm today and it will be fine. It's because 11:01pm on Oct 14th has not passed in your game.

Does this make sense? I hope so.

Edit: http://www.thonky.com/animal-crossing-new-leaf/stalk-market This is where I first read about what the game considers time travel.

Yup it does! But since it's still the same day villagers in boxes shouldn't move out.

 

[pafupafu]

I hope this question isn't too obvious, but I was wondering if it was possible for a villager to ping for moving while another villager is already planning to move?
Like if Cheri told me she was moving out on the 17th, would any other villagers ping me about moving in the meantime?

 

[mogyay]

I hope this question isn't too obvious, but I was wondering if it was possible for a villager to ping for moving while another villager is already planning to move?
Like if Cheri told me she was moving out on the 17th, would any other villagers ping me about moving in the meantime?

nope, no villagers will ping you to leave if cheri is planning on leaving

 

[AshAC10]

My villager Tiffany came to me and said she had a dream of someone named Selma and wondered if she would ever see her again. I tried to figure out who Selma was on Google but it led me to an Animal Crossing wiki in another language. Is it a little easter egg for the American version of the game to tie in another version of it?

 

[Ichigo.]

My villager Tiffany came to me and said she had a dream of someone named Selma and wondered if she would ever see her again. I tried to figure out who Selma was on Google but it led me to an Animal Crossing wiki in another language. Is it a little easter egg for the American version of the game to tie in another version of it?

I'm pretty sure that just means someone named Selma visited your dream town and spoke to your villagers

 

[AshAC10]

I'm pretty sure that just means someone named Selma visited your dream town and spoke to your villagers

Ah, wow, I completely forgot about that!! No one had visited my town so it wasn't even an option in my mind. Thanks! That makes a lot more sense

 

[Grumble]

I have 9 villagers.

One is in boxes.

Can I go to another town and invite an in-boxes villager to my town?

Or does my in-boxes villager mess this up?

 

[mogyay]

I have 9 villagers.

One is in boxes.

Can I go to another town and invite an in-boxes villager to my town?

Or does my in-boxes villager mess this up?

you can invite them to your town just fine! it's only if you have ten villagers and one's in boxes when you can't invite anyone