Question about time traveling

[WrenCrossing]

I have a question. I started my town in May 2016 by accident somehow. I want to go back in time to the actual date, but will that prevent my shops from upgrading? Will the shops that require it to be 10 days or so past the first day of playing to upgrade not change until I reach ten days past the date that I accidentally set?

 

[Jacob]

No, you can travel back a couple months, and in 9 normal days the shops will still upgrade.
The game does not do a date save, so it does not matter the year.

 

[Vintage Viola]

Traveling backwards in time does is keep your flowers alive and villagers in your. Everything else is otherwise unaffected.

 

[fuzzynumber9]

Not sure what the above poster is referring to about villagers. Please be advised that tt backwards does NOT prevent villagers from moving. If someone has already planned to leave a tt back jump of whatever length still counts as one more day toward the time before they leave.
Your shops are definitely safe, and will open with no issue, but if you have any villager concerns you would be safest to play as normal until someone tells you they'd like to move, then either you tell them you don't want them to or tell them goodbye (if you want them to leave) then save and feel free to set the date correctly before you play again. If you told the villager not to leave then you've reset the move out cycle and should expect someone new to want to move within about six days, if you said the villager could leave their move out date will adjust to a similar time frame from what they already told you.

 

[Vintage Viola]

Not sure what the above poster is referring to about villagers. Please be advised that tt backwards does NOT prevent villagers from moving. If someone has already planned to leave a tt back jump of whatever length still counts as one more day toward the time before they leave.
Your shops are definitely safe, and will open with no issue, but if you have any villager concerns you would be safest to play as normal until someone tells you they'd like to move, then either you tell them you don't want them to or tell them goodbye (if you want them to leave) then save and feel free to set the date correctly before you play again. If you told the villager not to leave then you've reset the move out cycle and should expect someone new to want to move within about six days, if you said the villager could leave their move out date will adjust to a similar time frame from what they already told you.

That's most definitely not what I meant. I never said they won't move when they're in boxes if you TT backwards. Going forward in time runs the risk of them packing their things and leaving, going backwards doesn't. I would know considering I went over a month without playing and TT backwards to make sure no one moved.

 

[WrenCrossing]

No, you can travel back a couple months, and in 9 normal days the shops will still upgrade.
The game does not do a date save, so it does not matter the year.

Thanks so much! I'm so relieved!

 

[Quill]

That's most definitely not what I meant. I never said they won't move when they're in boxes if you TT backwards. Going forward in time runs the risk of them packing their things and leaving, going backwards doesn't. I would know considering I went over a month without playing and TT backwards to make sure no one moved.

That depends on how you TT. If you change the in-game clock to back farther in the same day (when they're in boxes), they'll still be in boxes. If you change the 3ds' clock backward, then they'll still be in boxes. But if they're in boxes and you TT backwards using the in-game clock, they WILL move. Even a jump back is still counted as one new day as far as the game is concerned.

Likewise, since TTing back counts as one new day, if you have a villager who is planning on packing up *tomorrow*, when you TT to the day, they will be in boxes. But no matter how far back you go it still only counts as one time jump = one day, so as long as you're sure no one's talking about moving, you're safe to TT back without losing a villager.

 

[fuzzynumber9]

It was also written very unclear and I didn't want op getting the wrong idea about what can and can't happen when tt backwards.

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And if you have a villager planning to be in boxes the next day tt backwards will still trigger that because it counts as one day advanced whether we as humans know that to not be true, the game still sees it as an advancement.
The difference is that if they decided TODAY they were going to move in five days, but you tt back to a previous date they will count the back jump as one day of the five and will adjust their moving date to four days from whatever date you tt-ed back to so they won't be in boxes or gone but would still be planning their move. If you proceed from there to keep jumping backwards each back jump you load counts as another day toward the move unless you stop them so after four more jumps they WOULD be in boxes.
Back jumping is far safer than forward jumping for those unfamiliar with tt or who are uncomfortable with it, but there are still risks that I thought needed illustrating as I'd hate for dismissive advice to be taken and someone to wind up accidentally losing someone they loved.
I was merely expanding on the topic to clarify for someone who is new to this, try not to get so defensive, it wasn't a shot at you vintage viola

 

[Amilee]

it doesnt matter which amount of time to travel backwards it just counts as one day forward c:
the only thing will be that you maybe have a little more weed but other than that you are fine!