Am I plot resetting correctly?

[ethergaunts]

so i've been plot resetting moving in hamphrey by amiibo card for the past day now. i'm probably 25 tries in. i have paths blocking every available spot to move except for three places: the plot i want him to move to, the plot where the previous villager lives, and a plot one square up and a couple to the right from the previous villager's plot that i must have accidentally missed. preparing for this reset fest included setting my time to 5:55am on my current main resident, logging in, saving and quitting before the clock hits 6am, waiting a few minutes until the day change occurs, and then checking the plots with a new save character that gets deleted after every unsaved plot attempt that doesn't put him in the specific spot i want him to move.

one thing i noticed is that every time i make a new save character, the spots for where buried items appear on the map are the same, the weather is the same, and of the three possible plot options for him to move, he moves to the same one every time (the 3rd option, which is neither the plot i want him to be in nor the exact plot of the former villager).

am i missing anything here? am i plot resetting correctly and just getting bad luck? did the most recent update "fix" plot resetting on new save characters?

 

[Spooky.]

I'm fairly sure you don't have to do the old method of plot resetting now that you can set the squares to where you don't want them to move in. Are you sure you left enough space for him to actually put his house in those places? It should be a 3x3 area, IIRC

 

[TooManyBunnies]

I'm fairly sure you don't have to do the old method of plot resetting now that you can set the squares to where you don't want them to move in. Are you sure you left enough space for him to actually put his house in those places? It should be a 3x3 area, IIRC

This is incorrect. Amiibo move-ins strongly favor the spot where the last villager moved out, so it can take a lot of resets to get the new guy into the place you reserved. It took me 29 tries last time.

If you're nervous that you may have made a mistake, time travel back to the day you saved with your mayor. The moving-out character should be in boxes. This also helps if you forgot to lay down any paths. If you time travel backwards and the newcomer's plot is roped off, it means there was already a problem and at least now you know there's nothing you can do about it but force them out and try again.

 

[Flare]

Always, I mean ALWAYS be 100% sure your patterns are set accordingly.

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This is incorrect. Amiibo move-ins strongly favor the spot where the last villager moved out, so it can take a lot of resets to get the new guy into the place you reserved. It took me 29 tries last time.

If you're nervous that you may have made a mistake, time travel back to the day you saved with your mayor. The moving-out character should be in boxes. This also helps if you forgot to lay down any paths. If you time travel backwards and the newcomer's plot is roped off, it means there was already a problem and at least now you know there's nothing you can do about it but force them out and try again.

Basically explained perfectly.

 

[ethergaunts]

thanks for the responses yall! i TT'd back to the day before the plot appeared and the former villager was there, so i just redid my paths to make sure everything was perfect and i'll try again tomorrow!

 

[TooManyBunnies]

Something I've been wondering about is that when I booted W. Link for Julian and it took 29 resets, W. Link was living smack downtown in a house surrounded by dozens of flowers and within walking distance of two PWPs. The plot I wanted Julian in was out in the boonies in a desolate planned development by the west cliff.

By contrast, when I booted Alice for Pecan, Alice was living south of the river in an undeveloped area, and I got Pecan into her space in the mobile-home park in exactly one try.

Both times there were only three open spaces: the move-out spot and two 3x3+1 spots in the sticks. The only differences I can think of between them were the property values. Either they had an effect, or I just got really lucky the second time. It would require a lot of experimentation to figure out which.

 

[NinelivesBobcat]

Just a quick question: Do the house plots appear on the same day someone moves out (as in the day after they've packed their boxes) or do they appear the day after they move out? I'm really curious because after Toy Day, I plan on plot resetting.

 

[Zireael]

Just a quick question: Do the house plots appear on the same day someone moves out (as in the day after they've packed their boxes) or do they appear the day after they move out? I'm really curious because after Toy Day, I plan on plot resetting.

Amiibo move-ins plot their house immediately after a villager has moved out, so yes, the new plot will appear the day after boxes. I really wish they had given us an extra day just to block off their spot with patterns, that would've been ideal.

 

[NinelivesBobcat]

Amiibo move-ins plot their house immediately after a villager has moved out, so yes, the new plot will appear the day after boxes. I really wish they had given us an extra day just to block off their spot with patterns, that would've been ideal.

What about when a villager moves out without the use of amiibo though? Is it the same?

 

[Zireael]

What about when a villager moves out without the use of amiibo though? Is it the same?

Hmm, so are you asking if a villager moves out by itself, and you use an amiibo afterwards? I think the same still applies, the plot would appear the next day, so the day after you use the amiibo. That's probably the best way to do it if you want to prevent them from moving into a previously occupied spot. Hope I understood your question alright!

 

[NinelivesBobcat]

Hmm, so are you asking if a villager moves out by itself, and you use an amiibo afterwards? I think the same still applies, the plot would appear the next day, so the day after you use the amiibo. That's probably the best way to do it if you want to prevent them from moving into a previously occupied spot. Hope I understood your question alright!

I meant without any amiibo at all. As in naturally moving in and out.

 

[Zireael]

I meant without any amiibo at all. As in naturally moving in and out.

Well it would depend on when you have your next move-in, I guess. If you have 9 villagers then the chances of another one moving in on its own are very low unless it's from someone's void. Anything lower than that is random, I guess? It's been a long time since I've had an unplanned move-in so I can't remember any strict patterns. Either way there will be days after boxes where there are no houses plotted, I just can't say how long exactly. Someone else might know but I have a feeling it's random.

 

[ethergaunts]

Something I've been wondering about is that when I booted W. Link for Julian and it took 29 resets, W. Link was living smack downtown in a house surrounded by dozens of flowers and within walking distance of two PWPs. The plot I wanted Julian in was out in the boonies in a desolate planned development by the west cliff.

By contrast, when I booted Alice for Pecan, Alice was living south of the river in an undeveloped area, and I got Pecan into her space in the mobile-home park in exactly one try.

Both times there were only three open spaces: the move-out spot and two 3x3+1 spots in the sticks. The only differences I can think of between them were the property values. Either they had an effect, or I just got really lucky the second time. It would require a lot of experimentation to figure out which.

I've been wondering the EXACT SAME THING. the spot the previous villager's plot was located was near a bench PWP and re-tail, whereas the place i'm trying to get hamphrey to move to is south of fang's house close to the cliff with no PWP and only the town plaza close by.

i'm going to put a temporary PWP just south of the plot i'm trying to get him to move to in order to see if that might make the area more alluring for him to place his house in the plot i want him to be in.

 

[NinelivesBobcat]

Well it would depend on when you have your next move-in, I guess. If you have 9 villagers then the chances of another one moving in on its own are very low unless it's from someone's void. Anything lower than that is random, I guess? It's been a long time since I've had an unplanned move-in so I can't remember any strict patterns. Either way there will be days after boxes where there are no houses plotted, I just can't say how long exactly. Someone else might know but I have a feeling it's random.

So, if a villager pings me to move out and I let them move out, it would take a few days for a plot to be placed after they move out?

 

[ethergaunts]

So, if a villager pings me to move out and I let them move out, it would take a few days for a plot to be placed after they move out?

i believe the chance of getting a villager plot to appear naturally goes up by a certain percentage per day if your previous villager moves out naturally, up to a 100% chance of having a new plot appear by the 7th day after the previous villager has moved out.

in other words, the first day after your villager moves out, there is a very low chance that a new villager plot will appear that day, and the chance that a new villager plot will appear on each subsequent day (vs. no plot appearing) seems to go up with each additional day that a villager doesn't move in. if you have a villager move out, and that villager moving leaves you with 8 or less villagers, by the 7th day after they've moved out and their house has disappeared, there is a 100% chance that a new villager plot will appear in your town.

 

[Zireael]

i believe the chance of getting a villager plot to appear naturally goes up by a certain percentage per day if your previous villager moves out naturally, up to a 100% chance of having a new plot appear by the 7th day after the previous villager has moved out.

in other words, the first day after your villager moves out, there is a very low chance that a new villager plot will appear that day, and the chance that a new villager plot will appear on each subsequent day (vs. no plot appearing) seems to go up with each additional day that a villager doesn't move in. if you have a villager move out, and that villager moving leaves you with 8 or less villagers, by the 7th day after they've moved out and their house has disappeared, there is a 100% chance that a new villager plot will appear in your town.

Interesting, I've always wondered how that worked exactly. Thanks for clarifying!