Advice for keeping a map!!

[BeanBoy]

I can never keep a map, I don't know why but I just seem to get fed up of the layout quickly, the longest I have ever kept a town is 6 months! I'm looking for any advice on how any of you guys keep your maps for like 1 year/ 2 years! Thanks

 

[Squidward]

I have the same problem
idk just try to make it as good as you can

 

[Rose]

Just be proud of it because it's yours. Just because it's not meeting all these requirements people make up at a first glance doesn't mean it doesn't have potential to be amazing. Originality is always good to strive for.

Honestly, I've never seen an ugly map before and I don't think they exist. Just different ones.

 

[Anine]

Have two towns. One that you keep and one that you reset when you get bored. idek.

Know what you want in a town, what irked you with your old map, what made you get bored? Then pick something that doesn't have those traits.

 

[Belle of Pripyat]

Some people just enjoy restarting. There's nothing wrong with that.

 

[BeanBoy]

Heheh, thanks guys for all your replies, I'm going to make my map work instead of comparing it to others!

 

[Capeet]

Yeah, pretty much any layout can be made to work and look beautiful. It's not about the map but what you make of it. I've had the same problem as you for long and I've been obsessing over maps way too much. But I think I'm finally starting to assimilate this.

 

[Foxxie]

I think it's probably a case of making yourself work at it... I have had Bevelle since I bought the game and have never restarted it... I don't think I could now because I have grown it myself from scratch... it might not be as perfectly manicured as a lot of towns, but I have put so much effort into it that for me, no other town would make me as happy as Bevelle does!

I have recently totally overhauled it... I was playing and it all felt a bit... same-y. So I chopped all the trees down, cut back the flowers and built some new PWP's.. I'm also going to start letting a few villagers move out because it might help refresh things.

I think once you have a town that you are working on and start feeling bored or restless, maybe try renovating rather than restarting altogether... it gives you something to work towards

 

[Annika.]

I have the same problem, but I think I've found a town I really enjoy.

I was so obsessed with getting every little detail right, but then you'd just spend your time restarting and never actually enjoying the game. (They should totally make a spin-off with only designing a town like HHD.)

You can look for possible rivers online and then choose the basic town layout you'd prefer most. I'd always wait for some better map, because I thought it could always get more perfect.

 

[lynnxo]

i originally had the same problem. i've come to love my map from all of the compliments people give me on it. it's different from others. a lot of tumblr towns might make you think yours isn't good enough.

for me, i started loving mine from compliments and the landscaping i did. i simply put some paths, trees, bushes and flowers. now? i'm glad that i never reset my town just for a new map.

 

[BeanBoy]

Thanks for the replies guys! , I haven't reset the town and I don't plan to anymore. Thanks!

 

[PlasticPinkPiggy]

I made my town a few months before I joined any forum or searched any website, meaning I never really saw any other maps or pretty towns. I just chose the first map Rover showed to me and went with it. By the time I saw other nicer maps, I was already deeply attached with my town, thus never had an urge to reset.

I suggest trying to stray away from any screenshot threads, dream towns, tumblr towns or other people's maps for the first month with a new map. Let it sink in and grow on you.

 

[louise23]

i have reset lots of times to count

 

[Barbara]

What you need to remember is when you created this town, something about the map made you choose for it. After a while you 'get to know it' better and will begin to see its flaws, and some people reset at that point. But what you need to realise is that all maps have its flaws and working around them is what makes your town beautiful.
There is no such thing as a perfect map, although you may feel like there is when you look at other people's maps. Those maps have its flaws too, but because the players have made it work you don't see it as a flaw anymore - and if you just see a picture of a map, you never know what rocks or other obstacles there are that the players had to deal with.
Try to love your map for the good things and try to work around those that are bad; if you can't help but constantly have that one flaw on your mind, just start working on another area and think of why you love your map.

 

[marierock13]

I'm glad that you've made the decision to keep your town.

If it ever comes up in the future, though, my advice is to look for the qualities YOU want in a map, not the ones that are most "highly recommended" by the community. After all, you're the one who's going to be playing on it.

 

[Wishii]

Reset forever until its perfect!! And if one strikes you with inspiration, example; Wow a flower clock with bushes around it would look great right there!, then pick it. And if theres a rock where you want your flower clock? drop it like its hot