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WHEN YOU HAVE EVENTS: You should also mention that it's safer to do the TTing when there are no events. Sometimes events screw up villager pinging and stuff like that (Festivale is an example). A villager could end up in boxes the day after an event because they failed to notify you. Villagers who inform you of who will move oftentimes mention an upcoming event instead, so people should TT when there are no events in the near future for maximum safety! This also applies to birthdays as well. Neighbors won't ping to move out if their birthday is coming up soon.(Source: ALLCAPS and karukun)
DON'T TIME TRAVEL OVER 5 DAYS:As long as you don't TT 5 days or more, you're safe from anyone moving out as it takes 5 days for a villager to be boxed up, pinged or not. So what I do is 3 days forward, then if no one pings, 1 day back, and then someone pings. I only TT 6-5 days more when someone has just moved out to be quicker. Just be 100% sure of when the last villager moved out, and you're cool. (Source: ALLCAPS)
BE CAREFUL, CHECK THE DATES FIRST: If you are doing these TT methods, make sure you check the dates first. E.G if it is the 31st in your game and you TT to the net day it will become a new month. Also when changing the dates, you might accidentally change the month/year. So be careful! it has happened before, I accidentally TT-ed a month forward, and lost Francine!
IF NO-ONE PINGS NO MATTER WHAT YOU TRY: When using one of these guides (particularly the 3 day forward method) and no matter what you do, no one pings. Here's what to do. If you TT forward 3 days and no one pings no matter what you do (and no villagers mentions any rumours), what you should do is TT forward another 7 days , log in as New Save File (DO NOT. I REPEAT. DO NOT LOG IN AS MAYOR.) and enter on a new save file, see if anyone's house plot is gone and go into houses to see if anyone is in boxes and most of the time you will know who is moving.
Logging in as a new save file (don't log in on a character that you already created or your mayor file), is the safest way. Once you found out who is moving, TT back to the CURRENT DATE, and log in as mayor and run in front of that villager. And he/she will ping me about moving. (Source: sidewalk)
PUTTING BEAUTIFUL TOWN ORDINANCE TO EFFECT: If you do not want your hybrids dying, and weeds popping everywhere. We highly recommend you put the "Beautiful Town Ordinance" to effect. It costs a mere 20k bells in-game! And you can change it later on. This ordinance will only stop more weeds popping up and hybrids from withering. It does not stop turnips from rotting or anything else.
TURNIPS ROTTING: Do not do these methods if you do not want your turnips to rot. ANY form of Time travelling BACKWARDS will cause them to rot. We highly recommend you sell your turnips before doing these methods.
TIME-TRAVELLING BACKWARDS: Moving backwards in time, no matter how far you go, it will only count as a new day a.k.a the next day. The game only knows you traveled backwards, but not how far you went back. (source: Awesomeperson1)
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~TIME-TRAVELLING 3 DAYS FORWARD AT A TIME METHOD~
Also, this is the current method i'm using. This is my method by the way. It's super unsafe LOL, so I don't think you should try it unless you want to. c:
Also, you can also TT forward 4 days instead of 3. It's a lot faster than TTing 3 days ahead but it is more risky! TTing 4 days can also give you the same results as TTing ahead 3 days!
My personal method;
1. Find out who's planning to leave.. so what I do is:
go around town talking to everyone. If no-one mentions anything, I just save and quite, TT an hour forward and continue walking around to see if anyone pings. If they do ping and it's the villager I like, I tell them no. Now that I know who just pinged.. Step 2.
2. I TT 3 DAYS ahead instead of 2. Sometimes the 2 days forward and back method doesn't really work for me since no villagers sometimes don't ping me when I tt 2 days forward, so I go 3 days forward. I then go walking around to see if anyone pings.
If no-one pings. Go to 2a. If some-one does ping go to step 3.
2a) No-one pings. So I go around talking to 3 of my villagers. Yes 3, don't just rely on one. Because the one villager you're talking to could be the one moving so they won't mention moving. Keep talking to all 3 until they mention someone moving, if they do, Save and quit and enter the game again and walk around the villager that is rumoured to leave and they'll most likely ping you.
2 b) if no-one pings you even after talking to all 3 villagers, go around talking to more villagers. Crankys and jocks (for me) are quite big gossipers so you could try them! It varies though, all villagers are gossipers! if No-one still talks about moving, just save & quit, TT an hour or more forward and enter the game and walk around to see if any other villager pings. Most likely will be.
3. Someone does ping you - if you like them, say no and continue the method. If it's the villager you're trying to get out, then hurray for you! TT to their move date, get someone to adopt them (if you want or you can just void them) and then TT back to the original date. No consequences as far I'm concerned, unless you have turnips, TT-ing backwards will rot.
~SAFEST METHOD. TIME TRAVELLING ONE DAY AT A TIME.~
the super safest/slowest method is going day by day. (So go one day forward, one day back, one day forward, one day back) and walking around to see who pings. Tell them no if you like them > tell them yes if you don't. And continue. This method is however super slow. Make sure you talk to ALL your villagers.
~Fastest cycling if you want ALL your villagers out. (This guide is more directed at cyclers)~
If you don't care for any of the villagers in your town moving, you just basically Time travel day by day continuously until Isabelle tells you what villager is in boxes, you can either give them away/void them. Then continue going day by day.
Here's a more informative explanation:
Turn on 3ds, enter game. Does isabelle say anyone is moving when entering the game? If no then SAVE AND QUIT. Go to 3DS settings, change date to the next day. Repeat. Time travel day by day until Isabelle says someone is moving.
WHEN YOU HAVE EVENTS: You should also mention that it's safer to do the TTing when there are no events. Sometimes events screw up villager pinging and stuff like that (Festivale is an example). A villager could end up in boxes the day after an event because they failed to notify you. Villagers who inform you of who will move oftentimes mention an upcoming event instead, so people should TT when there are no events in the near future for maximum safety! This also applies to birthdays as well. Neighbors won't ping to move out if their birthday is coming up soon.(Source: ALLCAPS and karukun)
DON'T TIME TRAVEL OVER 5 DAYS:As long as you don't TT 5 days or more, you're safe from anyone moving out as it takes 5 days for a villager to be boxed up, pinged or not. So what I do is 3 days forward, then if no one pings, 1 day back, and then someone pings. I only TT 6-5 days more when someone has just moved out to be quicker. Just be 100% sure of when the last villager moved out, and you're cool. (Source: ALLCAPS)
BE CAREFUL, CHECK THE DATES FIRST: If you are doing these TT methods, make sure you check the dates first. E.G if it is the 31st in your game and you TT to the net day it will become a new month. Also when changing the dates, you might accidentally change the month/year. So be careful! it has happened before, I accidentally TT-ed a month forward, and lost Francine!
IF NO-ONE PINGS NO MATTER WHAT YOU TRY: When using one of these guides (particularly the 3 day forward method) and no matter what you do, no one pings. Here's what to do. If you TT forward 3 days and no one pings no matter what you do (and no villagers mentions any rumours), what you should do is TT forward another 7 days , log in as New Save File (DO NOT. I REPEAT. DO NOT LOG IN AS MAYOR.) and enter on a new save file, see if anyone's house plot is gone and go into houses to see if anyone is in boxes and most of the time you will know who is moving.
Logging in as a new save file (don't log in on a character that you already created or your mayor file), is the safest way. Once you found out who is moving, TT back to the CURRENT DATE, and log in as mayor and run in front of that villager. And he/she will ping me about moving. (Source: sidewalk)
PUTTING BEAUTIFUL TOWN ORDINANCE TO EFFECT: If you do not want your hybrids dying, and weeds popping everywhere. We highly recommend you put the "Beautiful Town Ordinance" to effect. It costs a mere 20k bells in-game! And you can change it later on. This ordinance will only stop more weeds popping up and hybrids from withering. It does not stop turnips from rotting or anything else.
TURNIPS ROTTING: Do not do these methods if you do not want your turnips to rot. ANY form of Time travelling BACKWARDS will cause them to rot. We highly recommend you sell your turnips before doing these methods.
TIME-TRAVELLING BACKWARDS: Moving backwards in time, no matter how far you go, it will only count as a new day a.k.a the next day. The game only knows you traveled backwards, but not how far you went back. (source: Awesomeperson1)
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~TIME-TRAVELLING 3 DAYS FORWARD AT A TIME METHOD~
Also, this is the current method i'm using. This is my method by the way. It's super unsafe LOL, so I don't think you should try it unless you want to. c:
Also, you can also TT forward 4 days instead of 3. It's a lot faster than TTing 3 days ahead but it is more risky! TTing 4 days can also give you the same results as TTing ahead 3 days!
My personal method;
1. Find out who's planning to leave.. so what I do is:
go around town talking to everyone. If no-one mentions anything, I just save and quite, TT an hour forward and continue walking around to see if anyone pings. If they do ping and it's the villager I like, I tell them no. Now that I know who just pinged.. Step 2.
2. I TT 3 DAYS ahead instead of 2. Sometimes the 2 days forward and back method doesn't really work for me since no villagers sometimes don't ping me when I tt 2 days forward, so I go 3 days forward. I then go walking around to see if anyone pings.
If no-one pings. Go to 2a. If some-one does ping go to step 3.
2a) No-one pings. So I go around talking to 3 of my villagers. Yes 3, don't just rely on one. Because the one villager you're talking to could be the one moving so they won't mention moving. Keep talking to all 3 until they mention someone moving, if they do, Save and quit and enter the game again and walk around the villager that is rumoured to leave and they'll most likely ping you.
2 b) if no-one pings you even after talking to all 3 villagers, go around talking to more villagers. Crankys and jocks (for me) are quite big gossipers so you could try them! It varies though, all villagers are gossipers! if No-one still talks about moving, just save & quit, TT an hour or more forward and enter the game and walk around to see if any other villager pings. Most likely will be.
3. Someone does ping you - if you like them, say no and continue the method. If it's the villager you're trying to get out, then hurray for you! TT to their move date, get someone to adopt them (if you want or you can just void them) and then TT back to the original date. No consequences as far I'm concerned, unless you have turnips, TT-ing backwards will rot.
~SAFEST METHOD. TIME TRAVELLING ONE DAY AT A TIME.~
the super safest/slowest method is going day by day. (So go one day forward, one day back, one day forward, one day back) and walking around to see who pings. Tell them no if you like them > tell them yes if you don't. And continue. This method is however super slow. Make sure you talk to ALL your villagers.
~Fastest cycling if you want ALL your villagers out. (This guide is more directed at cyclers)~
If you don't care for any of the villagers in your town moving, you just basically Time travel day by day continuously until Isabelle tells you what villager is in boxes, you can either give them away/void them. Then continue going day by day.
Here's a more informative explanation:
Turn on 3ds, enter game. Does isabelle say anyone is moving when entering the game? If no then SAVE AND QUIT. Go to 3DS settings, change date to the next day. Repeat. Time travel day by day until Isabelle says someone is moving.
