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[FraudulentDimetrodon]

Hi, am new here, and am in a bit of a pickle. The wedding event in game has not triggered for me even though its June for me in game. i didnt recieve a call from Harv, and when i visited his island his dialogue remained the same as ever. Is there smth i need to do first? Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you!

When you run the game, does it say that your game version is 1.2.1 c?

If not, to get the update, you need a Nintendo account linked to the Switch.

Did that solve it, or is it something else?

 

[voltairenism]

Can you travel backwards with an open plot?

 

[Xara]

Can you travel backwards with an open plot?

not unless you want someone random to move in

 

[kolete]

One of my villagers decided to leave... got my approval, but they aren't going anywhere? when are they going to move out?

 

[FraudulentDimetrodon]

One of my villagers decided to leave... got my approval, but they aren't going anywhere? when are they going to move out?

Villagers who ask to leave will be in boxes the following day. This is your day to find someone to adopt them if you'd like. The day after that, they will have moved out and the plot will be empty. This is your day to find a new villager to move in.

 

[ellienoise]

Will I be able to encounter a villager who was once in my town one day in my campsite, or are they banned forever from reappearing? is there a cooldown period?

 

[FraudulentDimetrodon]

Will I be able to encounter a villager who was once in my town one day in my campsite, or are they banned forever from reappearing? is there a cooldown period?

There's a "cooldown period" in the sense that they will be able to show up in your campsite in the future, but it literally requires you to "encounter" all other villagers of that specific personality either as a camper or as a villager. For that given personality, after seeing all its villagers either as a camper or having them as a villager, then all villagers of that given personality can be encountered again as a repeat in the campsite, but then it's purely up to random chance which villager you'd see.

So, in practice, it's very hard to encounter that villager again without use of TTing or Amiibo.

You can see details of how the campsite works here.

 

[soomi]

Is there a deadline for an empty plot to be filled? My villager moves out tomorrow, and I won't be able to go island hopping til night time. Thanks in advance!

 

[FraudulentDimetrodon]

Is there a deadline for an empty plot to be filled? My villager moves out tomorrow, and I won't be able to go island hopping til night time. Thanks in advance!

Once the plot is empty, you have one day to find a villager yourself. Once 5 a.m. rolls around, you'll start having a chance for an RNG villager, or you'll get a void villager if you've been visiting/hosting other islands. If you don't have any villagers from the void who are ready to move in, there's a chance that the plot will remain empty longer as it waits for an RNG villager, but there's no guarantee, so it's best to take advantage of that one day.

So you can wait until night, but you'll obviously have less time to do your island hopping.

 

[LCookie]

I invited Tangy as an Amiibo Villager and fulfilled her request for some cardboard boxes. I assumed I was was done, until I realized that I was supposed to ask her to live on my island. It was the next day when I realized this. Will I have to invite Tangy three more times because of this?

 

[MrODJ]

When you run the game, does it say that your game version is 1.2.1 c?

If not, to get the update, you need a Nintendo account linked to the Switch.

Did that solve it, or is it something else?

thanks for the tip, i just linked my account. However when i launch the game its still on 1.2.1, is there a way for me to force update?

 

[tajikey]

Just for peace of mind, if I put the cartridge in my system after all this time playing digitally, it won't erase my progress, right? Please Like or Quote this post if/when you respond so I get notified of the answer. Thanks!

 

[FraudulentDimetrodon]

thanks for the tip, i just linked my account. However when i launch the game its still on 1.2.1, is there a way for me to force update?

Hm... You're just on regular 1.2.1., not 1.2.1 c? I'm not sure how to force it to update because it doesn't really download an additional update to get it to the a, b, c, etc. versions like with the main updates.

In the thread that I linked, someone said that they went online and checked out the Nintendo eShop briefly, and then it updated? I'd suggest maybe just restarting the Switch, doing that, and then checking the game. If that doesn't work and if no one else here has any ideas, maybe send a message to them or the OP of the thread to see if they can help?

 

[MrODJ]

Hm... You're just on regular 1.2.1., not 1.2.1 c? I'm not sure how to force it to update because it doesn't really download an additional update to get it to the a, b, c, etc. versions like with the main updates.

In the thread that I linked, someone said that they went online and checked out the Nintendo eShop briefly, and then it updated? I'd suggest maybe just restarting the Switch, doing that, and then checking the game. If that doesn't work and if no one else here has any ideas, maybe send a message to them or the OP of the thread to see if they can help?

THANK YOU! the eShop thing worked i have the event triggered now!

 

[meela]

I'm sorry, this has probably been asked before. Is there a post somewhere on this site which clearly explains how to trade villagers? Like rules, important information, etc? I want to start shopping for my dreamies and I want to really know exactly how to do so.

 

[courtky]

Just for peace of mind, if I put the cartridge in my system after all this time playing digitally, it won't erase my progress, right? Please Like or Quote this post if/when you respond so I get notified of the answer. Thanks!

I'm pretty sure it won't. The save isn't tied to the game!

 

[YueClemes]

snowball wont spawn on friend island even ur ground cover in snow and it is a snowy day right? i tried to find dung bettle on my friends ( he on July ) but didnt manage to find a single snowball. It appear after i went home and noone else except him on his island. Anyone can confirm this?

 

[Sicariana]

Yesterday, Chevre asked to move out and I allowed her to. I assumed she would be in boxes today, but her house looks the same and her dialogue doesn't suggest she is leaving. Is this a bug?

 

[DJStarstryker]

Does anyone know if there's a place where I can check which bugs can spawn when it's raining and which bugs can't?

 

[Dewasa]

Just for peace of mind, if I put the cartridge in my system after all this time playing digitally, it won't erase my progress, right? Please Like or Quote this post if/when you respond so I get notified of the answer. Thanks!

No, you will not lose your progress. I do this on my Switch Lite in the case my wife wants to play on it while I play on my main Switch. She uses the physical game from her Switch and insert it into the Switch Lite. The Switch Lite and my Switch shares a digital copy of AC via my linked Nintendo account.

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Yesterday, Chevre asked to move out and I allowed her to. I assumed she would be in boxes today, but her house looks the same and her dialogue doesn't suggest she is leaving. Is this a bug?

Wait, I read your message wrong. So you're saying that Chevre is in her house, but not in boxes? Is she moving around the island?