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[Sheba]

"Voiding" basically means your villagers leaving your town and being thrown into almost a pool of other villagers which have left your town and have yet to move to a new one (i.e. a friend's town/someone who visited your town/streetpass). When a villager has left your town, for example, say Rasher leaves your town, you need to have 16 other villagers leave your town before you can ever have the chance of getting Rasher back. It's unlikely you'd get that exact same Rasher back but it means you could get Rasher #2 from the campsite, for example. This is known as "cycling".

Unfortunately, TTing to get villagers out will mean having to advance in the game. You can TT backwards and no matter how many days you TT back it will only ever count as one day. I'm not totally sure on how TTing backwards works, like whether you could get rid of a villager from TTing backwards one day at a time but I'd say it'd definitely be a lot easier TTing forwards.

I hope this helps in some way!

Alrighty, thanks so much, that already helps me quite a bit. More questions, though, since I'm still confused (sorry for being dumb): Since my Wi-Fi is so shaky that I can't really use the online features much, my voided villagers just won't go anywhere else and will stay in that pool, then. Will that hurt my chances of getting them back after 16 others have left or is that unimportant?

I also have new questions about other things:
- Is it worth to build the reset center? I don't really feel like dealing with Resetti, haha. xD Is there any advantage to the thing?
- Is it worth to build the police station? I got that PWP suggested yesterday, but neither station will fit into my planned town theme well (I wish they had the four theme options like the town hall and train station have...). I faintly remember getting lots of stuff from WW's Lost and Found, so I would love to know if it's like that in NL as well and therefore really important to have the police station.

 

[Sour of Abnaxus]

After 16 villagers have moved out, your game should have "forgotten" that they were ever there. So I suppose they have just as great a chance at showing up at your campsite (if you have it) or be the random move in when you are at 8 villagers. But since there are so ridiculously many villagers in this game, the chances are small that you'll get exactly the one you want. You would have a better chance if you found someone who has the villager you want, and is willing to let you have them.

I think the only thing you get from the reset centre is Resetti's picture? I have the reset centre, but I haven't gotten anything yet. But I will say that it's fun when you see that it's open and you jump down there and talk to Resetti for a bit.

It's pretty rare to get anything good from the police station, but if you're at all interested in getting the sloppy and cardbord furniture, you should get it. The lost and found also picks up any items that has been crushed by houses and tents on your plaza. Copper/Booker are also useful, as they'll tell you what special characters that currently are in your town.

I was wondering, since me and my brother will be getting AC:NL on christmas, when i start my town will the event be there... Or will it be winter? Im worried it might glitch or sometig.

Your game will be like everyone else's, assuming that you set the date to the actual date. I can't remember when Christmas stuff happens, but it'll happen when it's supposed to happen

 

[Sheba]

Thanks for the help! And yeah, if I could get my Wi-Fi to work for more than two seconds, I totally would try to buy them from someone. x_X But since I only have the old Wi-Fi connector and a mobile webstick, things are difficult on that end. DSL is not available where I live.

Haha, okay, I'll not build the reset center for now then. And hm, I'm not interested at all in those furniture series, but at the same time, another facility would be nice. But. I'm always too scared to place these things anywhere when they can't be demolished, haha.

Since you said something about items being crushed, I thought of another question (so many questions): I'm trying to get the perfect town rating as quickly as possible, so I'm planting stuff anywhere and building PWPs every day. However, I have also heard that throwing stuff that's not fruits, seashells and the like is bad. The question is: Does that count as soon as I drop the stuff or does the game check for these things only at the 6am rollover? I tend to drop items on the ground before going to the island for beetle-hunting (so that I can go to Re-tail directly after I come back with full pockets) or before doing the wetsuit-trick for PWPs, so knowing that would be important. I don't want to ruin the 15-day-thing just because I drop something, after all.

 

[Sour of Abnaxus]

The game does register if you have too much stuff on the ground (other than the things that don't count as garbage), but you won't get penalised for it unless they're there at 6am. So if Isabelle says that there's too much junk laying around when asked about citizen satisfaction, you can just sort that out before closing the game for the day and everything will be fine

 

[Sheba]

Great, thank you so much! This helps me tons and will save me a lot of trips.

...And I already thought of another question. ^^; So sorry that I only manage to think of them one by one.
I know I can't plant trees directly next to water or next to each other. But is it possible to plant them directly next to the fence that separates the train tracks from the town (so essentially the first tile row you can do something with) or directly next to the walls?
And what about the bushes? I managed to nab eight from the island today. I heard they can even grow next to trees, so if the trees can't be planted directly below the train tracks (something I pretty much assume), can the bushes do that? I just really want to cover the train tracks as much as possible since I want to do a Zen town and trains don't fit well in there in my opinion. XD;

 

[Sour of Abnaxus]

Don't worry about asking too many questions - that's what this thread is for
Neither trees nor bushes can grow next to structures (fences, buildings, PWPs). Bushes can be planted next to trees and other bushes, but like you already know, trees can't grow directly next to other trees.
Though you can plant both trees and bushes by the stone tiles by the official buildings (re-tail, town plaza, town hall, train station).

 

[Sheba]

Aw shucks, okay. I'll have to plant stuff one tile away then.
I have read somewhere that you can only grow so many bushes and trees close (next?) to each other or something about not bng able to use them to fully fence an area in. Is that true? I don't really understand what happened to the last trees I planted, either - I got nine cherries and planted them like that
oxoxox
xxxxxx
xoxoxo
xxxxxx
oxoxox

o=cherry
x=empty space

For some reason, two of the trees in the middle row - the middle and the right one - didn't grow but instead died while every other tree grew normally. I'm so confused by all this tree stuff, haha.

 

[Sour of Abnaxus]

Yeah, there can only be a chain of 12 bushes/trees - and bamboo, I presume.
About your cherry trees... According to what I've read, if you plant a bunch of trees near each other all at once, it might cause some of the trees to not grow, particularly the middle ones. I guess the logic is that they would be growing in the other trees' shadow and aren't getting any sunlight. So it might be a good idea to stagger the tree planting over a few days, one row at a time. This is just my reasoning. I haven't actually had this happen to me, so if anyone else knows more, please jump in

 

[Sheba]

Alright, chain of 12 it is then. Hmm. If it's better to stagger tree planting of trees close to each other, is something like that recommended as well if it's a tree and a bush being planted directly next to each other? As in, can I plant them at the same time or do I have to plant the bush (or tree) first?
Also, I assume that the chain of 12 also works diagonally, like hybrid breeding with flowers, right? As in, if it's like that:

tbtbt
xxxxxb

That bush in the row below the long tree-bush-line continues the chain because it touches diagonally.

Thanks so much for all your help! I'm planting trees right now, haha.

 

[Ras]

I find when I plant bushes, sometimes the game puts them where I didn't intend them to go, and I then have wasted a bush. I like to surround the spot I want to plant the bush in with flowers, and that way it has to go in that spot. It's tedious, but it's better than wasting a bush, since you can get a limited number per day (unless you have tons of medals and they are on your island).

Just a tip that may or may not be helpful.

 

[Bon]

You also have "dead spots" around you town where stuff just simply won't grow. :c

 

[Sour of Abnaxus]

Alright, chain of 12 it is then. Hmm. If it's better to stagger tree planting of trees close to each other, is something like that recommended as well if it's a tree and a bush being planted directly next to each other? As in, can I plant them at the same time or do I have to plant the bush (or tree) first?
Also, I assume that the chain of 12 also works diagonally, like hybrid breeding with flowers, right? As in, if it's like that:

tbtbt
xxxxxb

That bush in the row below the long tree-bush-line continues the chain because it touches diagonally.

Thanks so much for all your help! I'm planting trees right now, haha.

Well, I personally prefer to do one plant type a day, if I'm going to make a fence of trees and bushes (btbtbt and so on), but only because I want to give my plants the best possible conditions. I don't know if it's even needed to be so careful, but I don't want to waste my time and bushes.

 

[MistahBlaze]

Heya, i asked earlier but got no answer, since my post was so puny, if i get the game on christmas, should i time travel later so that it wont be christmas when i make my town?

Also, is there any way at all to regrow grass?

 

[Ras]

Sour of Abnaxus actually did answer on the previous page.

Your game will be like everyone else's, assuming that you set the date to the actual date. I can't remember when Christmas stuff happens, but it'll happen when it's supposed to happen

I'd still think you might be limited since there are so many things you have to do when you first start. But, I have no idea.

You can regrow grass by either leaving the game alone for a long time or time traveling a month ahead. Be aware that you very well might lose a villager if you do. The first time I did it, I hadn't talked to my villagers that day, and I lost one. The next time, I waited until someone pinged me that they were moving, I told them no, and then I saved and time traveled. Didn't lose anyone, got my grass back. But, it's a risk. And, shortly thereafter, I was back to a lot of grass erosion both times. And that's without running, like I had been when I first started the game.

 

[Sheba]

Thank you, everyone. This helps me lots! I think I'll wait until I'm able to use the dream suite to look in other towns (if my Wi-Fi permits it) if I like the bushes next to trees or next to flowers more before I waste the ones I have. I wish it would be easier to get them.

About the dead spots: Are they visible somehow? Since the place where two of the trees I had planted and then never grew had dirt, not grass, since I started the town.

 

[JellyBeans]

Hi guys. Question time.

So, my birthday is on Thursday. And so is the harvest festival. Will villagers still celebrate my birthday? I mean, the event is on 6-10. I'll be on at like 7am, 4pm and 9pm. I'm pretty sure they will, but I just want to check :3

And Sheba, dead spots aren't visible unfortunately. It would be so useful if they were though!

 

[Sheba]

Ah, bummer! How many of them are in each town, though? Or does it vary (both in size and amount)? It's kinda hard to plan a town layout when such stuff lurks, haha.

 

[Byngo]

Ah, bummer! How many of them are in each town, though? Or does it vary (both in size and amount)? It's kinda hard to plan a town layout when such stuff lurks, haha.

I don't think anyone has ever counted how many dead spots are in towns, or at least not to my knowledge.

But yeah, those dead spots are annoying especially with bushes. :x

 

[Sheba]

Hah, okay. Guess I'll just have to hope to get lucky then and not plant my most valueable stuff on one by accident. =/ It will be quite some time since I can buy non-island bushes anyway, so maybe I'll discover where mine are until then. Thanks!

 

[JellyBeans]

Good luck with your town planning. I wish I had some bushes. x.x To the island!