Have you hacked/edited your town, or would?

[katysu]

Two reasons I don't hack
1. I would no doubt make a total hash of it and lose my towns, and I love my towns.
2. I did download a cheat - well over 10 years ago for a casual PC game I was playing - which gave me the equivalent of max bells - great for about 2 days and then it showed me how pointless the whole thing was. And I stopped playing the game & never went back.

I don't want to feel like that about animal crossing, I don't want to feel that I've wasted so many hours on this game.
Its not been a waste as I have got a sense of slow achievement from playing, plus I've had a lot of fun.
So for me, knowing how it was for me & the casual PC game, its better I don't hack.

There are things I like in hacking/editing - the ability to make a back up save of the game, its a worry that the game save could be corrupted. I am careful when I save, and as yet not had data corrupted.
I liked the information on grass wear that was found out about accf from editing the game.
The things I don't like as all players don't, hacking where it causes problems for another players game, thankfully not that many around for acnl.

 

[lars708]

I never hacked or cheated in any game. I did however, visit one of those hacked free item towns for a few Japan-only goodies.

 

[LinkToTheWorld]

Two reasons I don't hack
1. I would no doubt make a total hash of it and lose my towns, and I love my towns.
2. I did download a cheat - well over 10 years ago for a casual PC game I was playing - which gave me the equivalent of max bells - great for about 2 days and then it showed me how pointless the whole thing was. And I stopped playing the game & never went back.

I don't want to feel like that about animal crossing, I don't want to feel that I've wasted so many hours on this game.
Its not been a waste as I have got a sense of slow achievement from playing, plus I've had a lot of fun.
So for me, knowing how it was for me & the casual PC game, its better I don't hack.

There are things I like in hacking/editing - the ability to make a back up save of the game, its a worry that the game save could be corrupted. I am careful when I save, and as yet not had data corrupted.
I liked the information on grass wear that was found out about accf from editing the game.
The things I don't like as all players don't, hacking where it causes problems for another players game, thankfully not that many around for acnl.

Pretty much the same as me. I've been interested in how hacking works, and would probably consider it for my town just for the landscaping possibilities, if it wasn't for the fact I know I would most likely do something wrong and ruin my town altogether. And then there's the temptation of getting pretty much anything you could want. I would probably start off only wanting the hacks for landscaping, but I think with time I would use it to get items and villagers and then it would kind of make the game pointless for me, since something I love doing is collecting items.

Powersaves I might consider, but I've also heard things about them before and again would worry about somehow damaging my game. I don't have any real life experience with these sorts of things. I love the idea of being able to back up my town though. I'm always worrying about it corrupting and losing everything

 

[GuerreraD]

Well, as far as I see it, there are two types of hacking:

1 - You only do minor things that could actually happen in the game but would need extremely luck, like placing a villager in the exact place you want him/her to be, or having your rocks in other spots as well.

2- You go overboard and completely trash the game, doing crazy things like placing PWP on the ocean or such.

Speaking for myself, I don't see anything bad in the first type and is the one I'd like to try someday. About the second... well, I won't judge anyone because is your town anyway, but I simply don't understand the sense in that.

 

[GuerreraD]

Bump!

 

[GuerreraD]

Bump.

 

[AccfSally]

Nope, and if I did it would be just to get rid of those annoying rocks.

 

[Licorice]

You can't screw up your game with hacking unless you do something really dumb like placing Re-Tail in the ocean. It's hard to mess up your game as long as you use common sense.

 

[ellsieotter]

naaahh

 

[GuerreraD]

Bump!

 

[GuerreraD]

Why not, ellsieotter? Any reason?

 

[vel]

no, i don't. having bamboo in ponds does look cool though, i would if i could :/

 

[LinkToTheWorld]

You can't screw up your game with hacking unless you do something really dumb like placing Re-Tail in the ocean. It's hard to mess up your game as long as you use common sense.

Anything is possible with me I wouldn't mind somebody else setting it all up for me and showing me what to do. But I don't think I'll ever do it myself. too paranoid about messing it up or doing it wrong

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

I'm pretty sure discussion about Hacking isn't allowed on this forum.

 

[contententity]

i used to be really jealous of people with hacked towns bc of all the cool stuff you can do

but now i am content with the way my town is without hacks

maybe someday i'll try it out but for now im happy

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I'm pretty sure discussion about Hacking isn't allowed on this forum.

right? this thread's been up for days tho, lol

where the mods at???????????

 

[GuerreraD]

Why wouldn't it be allowed? Please tell me, because I don't want to do anything against rules.
But I am not encouraging it, not asking for it, no nothing. Simply want to know other people's opinions and experiences with editings. Is that really not allowed?

 

[Leen]

Why wouldn't it be allowed? Please tell me, because I don't want to do anything against rules.
But I am not encouraging it, not asking for it, no nothing. Simply want to know other people's opinions and experiences with editings. Is that really not allowed?

I don't see why it would be against the rules to talk about unconventionally editing your town. It's not like your exploiting others on here. You're simply asking for people's opinions on what they do with their towns. Whoever thinks this thread should be banned is being nonsensical in my opinion. It's a thread post about Animal Crossing on an Animal Crossing thread....

right? this thread's been up for days tho, lol

where the mods at???????????

Don't like hacking your towns? Ok great don't do it. Don't put down or judge those people that do hack their towns. Let people do what they want. How does that affect your game and how you play?? Growing tired of judgers.

 

[Oblivia]

This is just a reminder to everyone that while we don't have any issues with people discussing whether or not they hack or sharing their viewpoints on it, posting links to hacking programs and/or tutorials or sharing explicit advice on how to hack your town is not okay. I've had to remove a few posts that violate our rules and guidelines regarding this, so please make sure any posts from this point on don't include links to hacking tutorials or programs.

d. Prohibited Content
Do not post any content that contains or promotes the following:

• Violence, racism, terrorism, or other obscene content
• Hacking information, viruses, or harmful computer software
• Pornography, nudity, or sexual material
• Words that purposely bypass the forum censor, including partially replacing letters with asterisks or other symbols.
• Selling or trading virtual goods/services, including Animal Crossing items and villagers, for real world currency

To reiterate, discussing whether or not you've hacked your town or stating your ethical standpoint on it is fine. Posting links to hacking programs/guides or telling someone else how to hack their town is not. This thread will be closed if we see any more link sharing or posts that very obviously go against the rules stated above.

Thanks!

 

[GuerreraD]

I believed just stating an opinion couldn't be forbidden! Thanks for clearing out this issue, though.

So you already know, people: share your feelings but don't provide any questionable info or link, please! We have private messaging for that.

 

[AnimalCrossingPerson]

I'd be happy to make some minor changes to my town via hacking but really can't be bothered.

I'm against hacking in Bells, obtainable items etc.