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This is a long shot.. but since I'm once again plot resetting, and have always wondered this, here goes...

okay, most guides to villager plot resetting tell you when you see a plot you don't like to "press power button, then home" to close the game.
i've never done this and always press home, then close.

recently i found this tumblr: http://tommycrossing.tumblr.com/post/94442848345/plot-reset-tip-pattern-breaking-note-that-this
[basically explains that you can break a plot pattern after pressing power button+home after 5-6 tries, by shutting off your 3ds then turning back on]


so, is there any difference at all to how you close the game?
does the game actually generate a pattern when you press the power button, then home?
and can you actually break this pattern by simply turning off the 3ds?


i've also heard that you can "soft reset" and "hard reset" your game, if thats even related to what im asking. idk, it's all so confusing. :c hoping someone with some game programming knowledge can help. <3
 
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i got a quick question! so say if theres a villager thats in boxes, but i want to keep for them for a bit more by travelling a few hours back and forth. will the villager stay, or will they move out even if im still on the same day?
 
Vertigo said:
i got a quick question! so say if theres a villager thats in boxes, but i want to keep for them for a bit more by travelling a few hours back and forth. will the villager stay, or will they move out even if im still on the same day?
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as long as you keep tting backwards and stay on their boxes day you can keep them.
a new day starts at 6am in new leaf.
so if someone is in boxes on February 9th. they will be gone February 10th at 6am.
 
Alexithymiaa said:
This is a long shot.. but since I'm once again plot resetting, and have always wondered this, here goes...

okay, most guides to villager plot resetting tell you when you see a plot you don't like to "press power button, then home" to close the game.
i've never done this and always press home, then close.

recently i found this tumblr: http://tommycrossing.tumblr.com/post/94442848345/plot-reset-tip-pattern-breaking-note-that-this
[basically explains that you can break a plot pattern after pressing power button+home after 5-6 tries, by shutting off your 3ds then turning back on]


so, is there any difference at all to how you close the game?
does the game actually generate a pattern when you press the power button, then home?
and can you actually break this pattern by simply turning off the 3ds?


i've also heard that you can "soft reset" and "hard reset" your game, if thats even related to what im asking. idk, it's all so confusing. :c hoping someone with some game programming knowledge can help. <3
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I always do this when I plot reset my villagers houses and I can honestly say it does work. My villagers for some reason like to plot their houses right behind town hall and since I have plans for that area I continued resetting but they kept plotting there! When I started using the power button instead it totally works to get them in a new location. But I heard that could corrupt your game if you have a digital copy though. I'm not sure. :confused:
 
hmmm i've gone through like 80 plot resets with chief atm and was writing down each area he plotted in and kept track of when I would home + close, or power button + home. it's like all totally different ;-; so weird.
maybe some others just have better luck with that trick.
 
Question
When you first start the game and you have 5 villagers in your town is it possible to invite a villager from another town to yours instead of it being randomized the next day?
 
I tried plotting all day yesterday and now it's been more than 24 hours so I'm wondering what my next step is. So today is the day that my 10th villager should move in (day after her plot fence shows up). What should I do? Should I keep plot resetting in the new day with a new save file OR go back to the day before her plot fence shows up and reset the time to 5:59AM again? I have a problem in the past where I accidentally changed the date to that same day (It was the 28th, and I reset it to the 28th) and did the 5:59AM trick and a villager settled in permanently. I guess that counted as 2 days?

TLDR: I've been plotting for more than 24 hours, what do I do now?
 
mermaidshelf said:
I tried plotting all day yesterday and now it's been more than 24 hours so I'm wondering what my next step is. So today is the day that my 10th villager should move in (day after her plot fence shows up). What should I do? Should I keep plot resetting in the new day with a new save file OR go back to the day before her plot fence shows up and reset the time to 5:59AM again? I have a problem in the past where I accidentally changed the date to that same day (It was the 28th, and I reset it to the 28th) and did the 5:59AM trick and a villager settled in permanently. I guess that counted as 2 days?

TLDR: I've been plotting for more than 24 hours, what do I do now?
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Just keep making new characters. Remember that nothing is set in stone until you load an existing character.
 
Red Cat said:
Just keep making new characters. Remember that nothing is set in stone until you load an existing character.
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Wouldnt the house be built the next day though? Would making new characters keep the house from being built?
 
lucitine said:
Wouldnt the house be built the next day though? Would making new characters keep the house from being built?
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Yes. As long as you don't load your mayor on any date after you invited the villager to move in, you're fine.

My friend over a course of one month was plot resetting for Julian. of course she had other things going on irl, but she never loaded her mayor and just kept making new characters.
 
Alexithymiaa said:
Yes. As long as you don't load your mayor on any date after you invited the villager to move in, you're fine.

My friend over a course of one month was plot resetting for Julian. of course she had other things going on irl, but she never loaded her mayor and just kept making new characters.
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Oh good! Someone gave me the wrong info then/ Thanks ^^
 
lucitine said:
Oh good! Someone gave me the wrong info then/ Thanks ^^
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No problem :] Also, just to clarify when I had said load mayor, that means -any- existing character that you have.
Basically you never want the text after isabelle that says "Preparing your town.. Do not press power button" to appear while expecting a move in. XD
 
Alexithymiaa said:
No problem :] Also, just to clarify when I had said load mayor, that means -any- existing character that you have.
Basically you never want the text after isabelle that says "Preparing your town.. Do not press power button" to appear while expecting a move in. XD
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Yup! As long as its a completely new character, I'll be able to reset, yes?
 
Alexithymiaa said:
No problem :] Also, just to clarify when I had said load mayor, that means -any- existing character that you have.
Basically you never want the text after isabelle that says "Preparing your town.. Do not press power button" to appear while expecting a move in. XD
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Yup! As long as its a completely new character, I'll be able to reset, yes?
 
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