It's a minor bug that's for sure. Thankfully, not as bad as wiping save data at least. Though, the solution to correcting the exterior as of the moment is really reinviting them again. Some of the AC hacking community attempted to correct it manually (via hacking) but it's hard-coded to the game, meaning it can't be altered in any way. I'm sorry.
If you're the only islander in a host's island, sure. If you're with people besides you and the host, it has the tendency to force kick everyone out (possibly due to timeout.)
I know I'm replying to an old post but,
This is what's SUPPOSED to happen, but in rare occasions the entire save data corrupts.
The Japanese twitter was in a ruckus. It calmed down because everyone was alerted with the bug. Also, it's a very rare case. Doesn't happen often like the villager glitch BUT the fact it exists should warrant extreme caution and attention. If you want an ENG player's case, a TBT user recently got their save file wiped which bumped this thread back up. Also, my twitter thread has reported issues of it as well. (Not a lot but there were people who gave testimonies.)
Keep leaving through the "-" button then. I can't stop you.
Anyway to make long story short, the minus button is very essential safeguard to the online economy of the game. I do hope we have some more news soon. I don't want anyone to lose their islands.
Idk. The minus button doesn't really have any safety because any damage somebody does to your island when they're there, saves. The only way to truly erase everything someone has done is to cut your internet/put your switch in sleep mode so the game doesn't save.I hope this resolves soon. Using the minus button is safeguard as well for those who are getting scammed. So far, I did this because I (stupidly) open my island to all my "friends" in my friend list even though I'm only inviting one and thinking that its just proper etiquette not to go to another person island without their permission. I was wrong.
Perhaps the correct term would be to one of the safety net when it comes to online trading. Doesn't using the minus button save your session unless they leave the island via the airport? Because when I did this, my friend who was getting some flowers from me doesn't have the set of flowers when I kicked her out of the session.
While I know there was that one instance of a person lying about a fake glitch on Twitter for clout, this one is different as there are several documented instances of it happening, as pointed out above.
No worries! I edited it c: Not sure how to pin things but I added it to the first post.
Yeah, that's a relief. I can't imagine the horror if one day you boot up your save only to be corrupted. The JP twitter experiencing it are feeling extremely let down to the point of quitting. It's sad to read the tweets. Some restarted their island twice only to get errors again. I wish there was a way to pinpoint this issue other than stay away from mass multiplayer sessions (i.e turnip runs).
