Player-Made Trails

[Megamannt125]

cluttered trees= win...just my opinion if i were you plants trees in areas that lack them. same with flowers

 

[KingKombat]

Explain how.
How in the hell is that ruining it?
So a little grass is gone.
IT'LL GROW BACK :OOO

God, you guys just whine, and whine, and whine.
It's just the way it happens in real life. While Animal Crossing may be far from it, it adds to the realism it has.

Just make more trees.

 

[Zephent]

Explain how.
How in the hell is that ruining it?
So a little grass is gone.
IT'LL GROW BACK :OOO

God, you guys just whine, and whine, and whine.
It's just the way it happens in real life. While Animal Crossing may be far from it, it adds to the realism it has.

Just make more trees.

Animal Corssing isnt meant to be real though.

And it takes away from the aesthetic appeal of some people's towns, a lot of people work hard to make their town look as nice as they can, and when theres dead grass all over the place, it just looks gross, and ruins everything you've been working for.

 

[Blue Cup]

Explain how.
How in the hell is that ruining it?
So a little grass is gone.
IT'LL GROW BACK :OOO

But it won't grow back as long as we keep running over it, and with how my town is set up it's impossible not to run over day in and day out. Even with flowers and trees around, it isn't helping(I barely noticed a difference in the regrowth this morning in a heavily green area).

God, you guys just whine, and whine, and whine.
It's just the way it happens in real life. While Animal Crossing may be far from it, it adds to the realism it has.

But who honestly wants a desert town?

Just make more trees.

I would, but my tree wife is out of town. =/

 

[KingKombat]

Then stop running.

 

[Anna]

Hmm Thats weird maybe just walk over the patches and it should grow back but still what a supid thing to add to the game
Nintendo WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

 

[Blue Cup]

Then stop running.

Tried that over areas that are still filled with grass and noticed that it too was wearing it down.

 

[Anna]

Maybe it just does this in winter?

 

[Khengi]

Maybe it just does this in winter?

Smartest thing I've heard all day, grass withers in winter. I doubt this'll happen in Summer.

 

[Blue Cup]

Maybe it just does this in winter?

That was one of my first hunches, but then I read the latest Iwata Asks and they revealed that the grass is an additional layer over top of the dirt in every town.

Kobayashi:
Around the town, there is what I suppose you could call undergrowth. There's green grass, but underneath it, there's earth. This time, we stuck the grass on so it feels a little like it's floating on top of the earth. When a player walks on the grass, it wears it away so you can see a little bit of the earth below.

Iwata:
So there is data for each square of earth in the grid in Animal Crossing, and the information about whether each of the squares has been stepped on is retained?

Kobayashi:
Exactly. So as the player walks around, the grass is gradually worn away. We made it so that it starts to grow back after a day has passed. But if, for instance, you were to go to Tom Nook's store every day...

Iwata:
I see! You would leave animal tracks.

Nogami:
Well, the player controls a human character, so I suppose you would call them footprints. (laughs) So if a player is doing nothing but going fishing, the grass on the path from their house to the seashore or the river will be worn away. And where there's a bridge which everyone has to walk across, the grass will be completely worn away.

Iwata:
So all someone needs to do to see if their mother is always sneaking off to go fishing is to follow the trail in front of their house!

All:
(laughter)

Kyogoku:
So even if when you visit a friend in their town, you wouldn't always have to check the map. You could just follow the path from the checkpoint and make your way straight to their house.

Iwata:
I see. That's an unexpected bonus! (laughs) Out of interest, how often would you have to walk over an area of grass to leave a trail?

Kobayashi:
If you walk over it for about two weeks, it would have begun to look a little like a path.

Moro:
And it would take perhaps two months for it to look like a proper path.

Iwata:
I'm speechless! I mean this as a compliment, but all I can think to say is what on earth possessed you put a feature like that in the game? (laughs)

All:
(laughter)

Kobayashi:
Remember that while the grass will slowly grow back, the speed at which it grows will change depending on the environment. If it's an area full of trees and grass, or where flowers are planted, the grass will grow back more rapidly.

Iwata:
So before you knew it, you had ended up with a small-scale gardening simulator built into the game! (laughs)

Nogami:
You can even cultivate the grass on your lawn! (laughs)

Kyogoku:
When an animal moves away from the town, a rectangular patch remains in the place where their house used to stand. When you see that and realize that this animal has moved away, it really makes you feel sad!

Moro:
But of course, little by little, the grass will grow back, and as the traces of where the animal's house used to stand disappear, your memories of that animal will also fade.

Kobayashi:
So by the time the grass has fully grown back, you'll have completely forgotten that anyone used to live there! (laughs)

"Two months" my foot! It took just two days for a huge difference.

 

[Anna]

Hmm so it does this in summer aswell?

 

[Blue Cup]

It must as it is a part of the game every single day.

I wonder if the snow will lay over top of it and give it time to regrow over the winter?

 

[Anna]

How stupid

 

[Anna]

Here's some before and after shots of my town.

Sunday evening.

Last night.

And this isn't just on that neat little hill, it's EVERYWHERE. It's really killing the fun I had with this game.
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I just gotta ask, Did your hair grow or did you get a new haircut?

 

[solsticeviolet]

Oh, WOW. Now I can see why some people are kinda ticked off about the grass wearing away. That is really a dramatic difference. :blink:

 

[Sugar J]

I need to plant more flowers ASAP!

 

[Megamannt125]

stop running so much take your time and go slow, animal crossing isnt a race

 

[Khengi]

stop running so much take your time and go slow, animal crossing isnt a race

So you walk ALL THE TIME?

You have much more patience than I do.

 

[Lman013]

In every single game...Everyone runs unless they don't have a choice to run. You would never find a person always walking - UNLESS the game only allows you to walk.

 

[Zephent]

stop running so much take your time and go slow, animal crossing isnt a race

Seriously if they did that to keep people from running, all they did was slow down the gameplay and make it more boring, im just gonna plant trees and flowers and hope to high hell my town never gets that bad.