Does the Amiibo Update really include that villagers won't move on paths?

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I read it somewhere that villagers moving in won't place their houses down on paths.

I was wondering if this was true and if it could work with flowers or anything else? I really don't want to go through the hassle of covering my whole town for exact spots with designs then have to sweep them all away one by one.
 
They'll only move into 3x3 blank spots, which means they'll still destroy to one tile on front. ALSO if the entire town is covered in paths and there are no 3x3 spots, they'll just move wherever they want.

EDIT: Don't forget about spacing requirements either. Buildings/PWP need at least 2 spaces between each other and one space in between everything else (rocks, river, etc.)
 
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So far I haven't had any problems with them moving in on paths since the update. What has worked for me is that before I start moving in a new villager I make it impossible to move in on most of the land by spreading patterns, but make sure to leave a couple of 3x3 plots like Apparition said or they'll just move wherever. If I didn't have so many hybrids and bushes etc that I want to protect I wouldn't lay so many patterns down, but if you have as many as I do and hate villager plotting I would recommend it haha.
 
There's something about only having a certain number of buildings (houses, etc) per acre also. i think it's like, 3 buildings per acre? I had my entire town covered in patterns (not like, 100%, i did a lot of diagonal lines and just making sure there were no 3x3 open spaces where I didn't want them) and the first 9 villagers move exactly where I wanted. but hte 10th refused to go in the open spot I had left for her and kept plotting down elsewhere on top of patterns. Turned out I had too many buildings already in the acre I wanted her Dx
 
ashubii said:
There's something about only having a certain number of buildings (houses, etc) per acre also. i think it's like, 3 buildings per acre? I had my entire town covered in patterns (not like, 100%, i did a lot of diagonal lines and just making sure there were no 3x3 open spaces where I didn't want them) and the first 9 villagers move exactly where I wanted. but hte 10th refused to go in the open spot I had left for her and kept plotting down elsewhere on top of patterns. Turned out I had too many buildings already in the acre I wanted her Dx
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Yesss I hate this so much. Soooo confusing.
 
BrinaLouWho said:
Yesss I hate this so much. Soooo confusing.
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It was so disappointing when I found out, because my plan had them plotted in nice symmetry. x_x I make gridded maps of my towns to plan on so I can see the acres, so next time I'll know better lol
 
I haven't had any issues since the update plotting my villagers. I believe it does work so they dont plot on paths.
 
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