Foolproof Cycling Method

[box3d]

It is! ^_^ it'll only work if you have a pure cycling town without any villagers you want to keep.

Actually if you load up the final date as a new character instead of mayor, you can see who moved and if it's someone you like then you can just quit and return to the previous date with your mayor and get them to stay before repeating all the steps again.

 

[~Mayor Bella~]

this will literally mess your game up big time weeds everywhere dirty place horrible

 

[GirlPolarBear]

How do I get a villager to move out to start this?

 

[Cai-crossing]

this will literally mess your game up big time weeds everywhere dirty place horrible

It's only meant for cycling towns, aka towns used specifically for cycling villagers~ This method isn't really meant for active gameplay.

How do I get a villager to move out to start this?

My first 9 wouldn't move out even with a 10th villager until I befriended one of the villagers. I talked to everyone once and then someone finally moved 8 days later. I was already in month 3 of time traveling day-by-day by time I figured out what was wrong.

Other than that, just TT one day at a time until someone moves.

(sorry if this is late / if I shouldn't have revived the thread, I misread the posting dates)

 

[mayorcarlie]

Question! Do you have to have 100% mayor approval before beginning the cycling process? Because I really cbf

little_caicai - don't apologise for resurrecting! I never knew this method before so I'm thankful

 

[acornavenue]

Good to know thank you so much. I am going to be making a cycling town soon so I wanted to make a fast easy way to do it too.

 

[Energytree]

THIS WORKS!! Thank you sosososo much! Thanks to this method, my town is now a popular(ish) cycling town

 

[namiieco]

Question! Do you have to have 100% mayor approval before beginning the cycling process? Because I really cbf

little_caicai - don't apologise for resurrecting! I never knew this method before so I'm thankful

No, you do not.
Make sure you have completed the advice for living thing that Isabelle requests and you have 9 villagers

 

[skylucario]

I've actually lost several villagers to the void due to holidays... :c Does this actually have anything to do with them, and if so, do I just TT to a day before the event to get villagers in boxes?

 

[maplecheek]

Yay thanks for this.

But, does switching DS mess up the time? I have 2 consoles and when I switched from one to the other, the time in my cycling town changed and I accidentally voided someone. Is that the reason? I didn't notice when I logged on for a pick up.

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Yay thanks for this.

But, does switching DS mess up the time? I have 2 consoles and when I switched from one to the other, the time in my cycling town changed and I accidentally voided someone. Is that the reason? I didn't notice when I logged on for a pick up.

 

[moonbunny]

Yay thanks for this.

But, does switching DS mess up the time? I have 2 consoles and when I switched from one to the other, the time in my cycling town changed and I accidentally voided someone. Is that the reason? I didn't notice when I logged on for a pick up.

Are the dates in your consoles different?

 

[maplecheek]

Are the dates in your consoles different?

Nope, they are not... I just checked. Hmmmm.

 

[Paperboy012305]

Soon, we wont need this method anymore. *cough*update!*

 

[Charlise]

I have a question. I am currently cycling on my main and only town. I'm using the go back a year and 5 days then back method. Is this safe? I've only cycled out 2 villagers so far.

 

[moonbunny]

I have a question. I am currently cycling on my main and only town. I'm using the go back a year and 5 days then back method. Is this safe? I've only cycled out 2 villagers so far.

It's not if you have villagers you want to keep. With this cycling method, you can't choose who stays and who goes.

 

[Charlise]

It's not if you have villagers you want to keep. With this cycling method, you can't choose who stays and who goes.

I don't like any of my villagers other than Mira, but I could probably live without her.

 

[moonbunny]

I don't like any of my villagers other than Mira, but I could probably live without her.

In that case, I don't see why it wouldn't be safe. However, when you do get a villager you want to keep, I would seriously suggest that you stop using this cycling method. It's a lot better to take it slow and talk to your villagers frequently rather than lose your dreamies due to impatience.

 

[Charlise]

I used this method, and it did work flawlessly, but now I am using a modified method which suits me a little better.

When I got to 2050 then went back many years in one go, instead of going one year forward, it got me thinking. Going back only really counts as a day, so perhaps we don't need to go forward a year twice for each moveout.

I am doing this instead, and getting the same results:

1. When a villager is in boxes, go BACK 1 year and 5 days from your current date. Save game.
2. Go forward 1 year. Save game.
3. Go forward 5 days. The next villager will be in boxes.

The advantage of this method is that it you can keep your game ultimately to the current date. It's also a little easier for younger players (like my daughter) to just move it between three predefined dates, rather than having to remember...how far am I going forward this time?

To give you an example, the last few cycles in my town have been like this:

May 14 2014 - Pashmina in boxes, Chrissy new
Set game to May 9 2013, save and quit.
Set game to May 9 2014, save and quit.
Set game to May 14 2014, Jitters is in boxes, Bree new (all other villagers the same)
Set game to May 9 2013, save and quit.
Set game to May 9 2014, save and quit.
Set game to May 14, 2014, Bones is in boxes, Katt is new (no other changes to villagers).

THIS METHOD IS PERFECT IF YOU ARE CYCLING ON YOUR MAIN TOWN WITH NO DESIRED VILLAGERS!

 

[kaisaj]

I just found this and it works perfectly! thanks for posting it!!

 

[Hectical]

is there any way to get a villager to move out faster so i can try this :0