The Resetting Thread

[Antonio]

How would I go about transferring over designs?

 

[Akeath]

I'm restarting and I have a question for everybody: what do you think makes a good map? Especially now that we know nearly everything (presumably) that we're getting in the game with updates, like what the pier is for and that the secret beach is for. Has your experience playing the game all this time taught you anything that would change your choices on map layout? What is really working in setups you've tried, and what are things that you wish you'd done differently or restarted so you could do differently? Now that we will have

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a storage unit and atm we can put wherever

, how would that affect the rest of your island's layout and the placement of the airport and plaza?

 

[BakaRina]

I decided to reset once again, mainly to get new everything. A new name, a new island and a fresh start on the game again. I didn’t like having the airport and the main building so close and I have ideas I want to use for my entrance for when I bring people over. It’ll take a few days to get everything back to where it was before, but it’s worth it.

 

[Seelie]

I'm restarting and I have a question for everybody: what do you think makes a good map? Especially now that we know nearly everything (presumably) that we're getting in the game with updates, like what the pier is for and that the secret beach is for. Has your experience playing the game all this time taught you anything that would change your choices on map layout? What is really working in setups you've tried, and what are things that you wish you'd done differently or restarted so you could do differently? Now that we will have

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a storage unit and atm we can put wherever

, how would that affect the rest of your island's layout and the placement of the airport and plaza?

Personally I get bored of resetting maps really fast, so it's easiest for me to prioritize only a few things. The ones that were the most important to me when I was resetting last time (for my current island, Annwfyn) were:

- Airport correctly aligned to Resident Services. It's kind of hard to tell this one so I ran back and forth like twenty times to make sure once I arrived at an otherwise suitable island.
- One south river mouth. I didn't super care about which side the other river mouth was on, and in retrospect, I don't think this one mattered much; I could've made two south rivers work, too.
- Big beach rocks for decorating -- I just like being able to put little 'areas' on them.

I don't think that the new items would affect it much? I do plan on placing them on the island, but imo, the convenience factor is more down to where you put your house, which has always been changeable.

Also pretty ambivalent about the pier and secret beach locations; I think I could've made whatever work for these. I do prefer the longer pier and the larger, rounder peninsula, but ultimately, I would've let those go for an otherwise ideal island.

 

[Fey]

i’ve restarted so many times because i end up regretting my island name. i struggle so much because i just feel like every word relates to a theme (‘seashell’ and it has to be ocean-based, ‘honey’ and it has to be decorated with yellow hues and bears, ‘enchanted’ and it has to be magical/fairycore-) i feel like any word i end up choosing becomes restrictive, how can i stop this? ;o;

I think you’ve just thought yourself into a corner a bit. Sure some names evoke certain aesthetics, but I don’t think you need to be nearly as limited by it.

That said, it might help you picking a name that isn’t tied to a strong association. Here’s a list of names that I jotted down when I was trying to decide on my own Island:

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• Sproutwell
• Everbloom
• Seahome
• Cloudrest
• Bellwhist
• Evenlull

 

[moon_child]

I'm restarting and I have a question for everybody: what do you think makes a good map? Especially now that we know nearly everything (presumably) that we're getting in the game with updates, like what the pier is for and that the secret beach is for. Has your experience playing the game all this time taught you anything that would change your choices on map layout? What is really working in setups you've tried, and what are things that you wish you'd done differently or restarted so you could do differently? Now that we will have

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a storage unit and atm we can put wherever

, how would that affect the rest of your island's layout and the placement of the airport and plaza?

I think pretty much anything could work depending on what you want to do with your island but when I recently reset I looked for some very specific things :

- Centered RS that aligns exactly with the airport but has ample space in between them.
- Big rocks that can be decorated on.
- Long dock.
- Peninsula that’s not too small.
- Peaches for native fruit.
- Green airport.

Now with the update revealed I imagine it’d be easier to reset since airport color doesn’t matter much anymore because Cyrus can now customize the Nook Miles items so that’s one less criteria for those who plan to reset.

 

[Sid]

I can't believe I'm starting over yet again, but I am. Two weeks seems like a perfect window to get prepared for the update, and it seems like a good time to start fresh. I am gonna try to enjoy it and look at it as my last fling with AC 1.0.

 

[HappyTails]

I restarted. I said I wasn't going to but I thought of such a cute name for my island. And it's the perfect time to reset, get all the blah tutorial out of the way before the update.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother even playing this game when I keep resetting it. LOL
This is like the 6th time I reset the game since launch.

Do I regret resetting my last island of 2 months? A little bit, yes. And I still think about it but my new island name is really cute and I need to learn to embrace my new island. And there is nothing to do about the reset now so I just have to learn to live with it.


So my advice to people looking to reset, be 1000% sure you want to reset. If you think of a better name, yes that could be a reason to reset, but you have to be absolutely sure it would be worth it just for a name change. For me, it's worth it, since my last island's name was Klickitat, now it's named Orca Bay. Unfortunately we don't have the luxury of changing the name without restarting the entire island.

 

[Sholee]

Ughs I've been contemplating resetting or not. Haven't played in over a year and it seems there has been a ton of updates since then. My map is alright, I initially spent 50-60 hours when the game released resetting for this map but there's small stuff I would like such as:

• The RS a littttttle further away and off to the side. Currently there's probably like 15-20 spaces from airport to RS?
• A bigger pennisula. Currently, it's an okay size.
• A bigger beach rock. Currently, another okay size one.
• A bigger secret not so secret beach.
• Airport color (Yellow). Currently blue which was my 2nd fav so ehh.

All the above dont seem to justify a reset, I wanted to experience the game from the beginning again... Unlocked nook achievements, upgrading things, donating to the museum. Dilemma dilemma... my husband has a switch which I can start a new island on but then I wonder what happens if I like that island more than my main island and it's not on my main switch. (Is it transferable?)

 

[Sid]

It's taking me forever to get a green airport. I'd even settle for blue at this point but I always get yellow or orange.

 

[juniperhoney901]

I restarted my island around 1 1/2 weeks ago, after spending over a year on my first island… I do miss it, but at least I have more stuff to do now lol

 

[HappyTails]

I restarted my island around 1 1/2 weeks ago, after spending over a year on my first island… I do miss it, but at least I have more stuff to do now lol

And after the update, you will have even MORE to do. and if you get the DLC even even even MORE to do.

 

[juniperhoney901]

And after the update, you will have even MORE to do. and if you get the DLC even even even MORE to do.

I know, I really really really can’t wait for it. To bad we can’t time travel in real life

 

[nocctea]

The entire time I've been an animal crossing fan I've always had a really bad habit of restarting wayy too much lmaoo Did it for wild world even as a kid, new leaf, and even tho I promised myself not to restart, I'm already on my third island in new horizons! And I'm getting that itch again, which isn't helped by the update and everyone else restarting lol!

I did kinda want to change my name, and I haven't played too much on this island so I'm not too far. But! I had transferred all my bells and some cute items from my second island and I kinda don't wanna lose them? But tbh they're not super hard to get.. hmm.. I can't decide loll I always do this. Some one convince me not to! Haha

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I just reset my second island, for a variety of reason, and I don’t regret deciding to reset. Now I am a few days into my new island, so far liking it a lot, have Rory as a starter (and Reneigh) and I really like him, and the island layout is pretty good.

but I realized today that I did not notice at first that I have a blue airport, the only color
I actively dislike. And I dislike it even more than I though I would, it bothers me a lot and I think it is really flat looking and ugly.

but at the same time, that seems like a silly reason to reset, and go through the slog of the first week again for…

what do you think? What would you do?

 

[juniperhoney901]

I just reset my second island, for a variety of reason, and I don’t regret deciding to reset. Now I am a few days into my new island, so far liking it a lot, have Rory as a starter (and Reneigh) and I really like him, and the island layout is pretty good.

but I realized today that I did not notice at first that I have a blue airport, the only color
I actively dislike. And I dislike it even more than I though I would, it bothers me a lot and I think it is really flat looking and ugly.

but at the same time, that seems like a silly reason to reset, and go through the slog of the first week again for…

what do you think? What would you do?

I would just worry about decorating the island. Maybe you’ll find some designs that you like and it’ll go well with the airport color… I’ve been in the exact same situation, I had two great starters (Bam & Cherry) but a yellow plane that I hated. But later I decorated and the airport color went well with *some stuff.. So I didn’t worry about it as much

 

[Moritz]

I just reset my second island, for a variety of reason, and I don’t regret deciding to reset. Now I am a few days into my new island, so far liking it a lot, have Rory as a starter (and Reneigh) and I really like him, and the island layout is pretty good.

but I realized today that I did not notice at first that I have a blue airport, the only color
I actively dislike. And I dislike it even more than I though I would, it bothers me a lot and I think it is really flat looking and ugly.

but at the same time, that seems like a silly reason to reset, and go through the slog of the first week again for…

what do you think? What would you do?

I would say unless everything else is perfect, reset it.
My main island has my least favourite airport. I've had the island since the day the game came out and I still dislike its colour. Its never stopped bugging me.

My second island however I reset many times deleting many good islands.
And now I have an island I really feel has everything.
In many ways I prefer it to my main island.

But yeah it never stopped bugging me

 

[Plainbluetees]

I’m this close to resetting. The only thing stopping me is my attachment to my villagers… but I can get over that, I think. Just not sure. I don’t know why I’m so emotionally attracted to a couple of pixel characters. I’ve already planned it out… the name, the airport, the layout, how I plan to grind my DIYs back… but I can’t seem to let myself believe that I can just invite back any villagers I miss.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I would just worry about decorating the island. Maybe you’ll find some designs that you like and it’ll go well with the airport color… I’ve been in the exact same situation, I had two great starters (Bam & Cherry) but a yellow plane that I hated. But later I decorated and the airport color went well with *some stuff.. So I didn’t worry about it as much

I would say unless everything else is perfect, reset it.
My main island has my least favourite airport. I've had the island since the day the game came out and I still dislike its colour. Its never stopped bugging me.

My second island however I reset many times deleting many good islands.
And now I have an island I really feel has everything.
In many ways I prefer it to my main island.

But yeah it never stopped bugging me

thank you both for your advice!

I wanted to think I could just live with it, but it really did bother me.

ultimately, I ended up resetting, because I figured it was easier to do that early on than realize after sinking a lot of time in that I would always be bothered by the airport,

@Moritz, I admit, your story about the airport was one I remembered you sharing before, and I felt like that would be what happened to me,

the base map is not one I like quite as much, and so I am somewhat sad to have said goodbye to it. but everything unchangeable I like now, and figure I can always terraform into landscape I like better.

 

[Bugs]

I've been toying with the idea of resetting, but I know that I'll lose my museum progress, my villagers, and memories.

I really really want to just change the island name and move the resident services :'( I don't know if it's worth resetting for that