Animal Tracks

[Ami Mercury]

I have some questions about animal tracks, also known as grass destruction. I have a question about it..While it does get destroyed if you run over it too much, does walking on it destroy it too?

 

[Wholockian]

Walking has the same effect as running. It just happens faster if you run as you cover more ground quickly.

 

[stardrop-crossing]

Walking does cause grass wear, just MUCH more slowly than running. If you don't want dirt trails around your town, you can always lay down paths! It seems like you can run on those and the grass still heals underneath over time? Not 100% sure on that, but pretty confident. You can combat grass wear by watering flowers on top of dirt (and then not walking over them), with rain and snow, and by not playing.

 

[sapphpie]

^ ^Yeah. Also, I remember reading about how starting up the game every time can also affect it.

 

[CR33P]

Walking does cause grass wear, just MUCH more slowly than running. If you don't want dirt trails around your town, you can always lay down paths! It seems like you can run on those and the grass still heals underneath over time? Not 100% sure on that, but pretty confident. You can combat grass wear by watering flowers on top of dirt (and then not walking over them), with rain and snow, and by not playing.

Paths do not prevent grass wear. If you have paths for a while and remove them you will see. This happened to my friend.


You can try time traveling, but I wouldn't as you can lose your villagers.

 

[ALLCAPS]

Walking does cause grass wear, just MUCH more slowly than running. If you don't want dirt trails around your town, you can always lay down paths! It seems like you can run on those and the grass still heals underneath over time? Not 100% sure on that, but pretty confident. You can combat grass wear by watering flowers on top of dirt (and then not walking over them), with rain and snow, and by not playing.

Grass still wears underneath paths. You just can't see it because... it's underneath paths. That's how some people try to make natural dirt paths: lay down tiles and then erase them after a long period of running over them.

Running causes grass to wear about 3x more than walking, so walking is always the best way to avoid it. It still wears, but not as much and can quickly regrow when it rains or snows.

^ ^Yeah. Also, I remember reading about how starting up the game every time can also affect it.

I think this is only in CF. CF had the most terrible case of grass wear, gah. ; A;

 

[sapphpie]

Grass still wears underneath paths. You just can't see it because... it's underneath paths. That's how some people try to make natural dirt paths: lay down tiles and then erase them after a long period of running over them.

Running causes grass to wear about 3x more than walking, so walking is always the best way to avoid it. It still wears, but not as much and can quickly regrow when it rains or snows.



I think this is only in CF. CF had the most terrible case of grass wear, gah. ; A;

I seriously hope it's just City Folk. Cause I'm sure I start up the game like 10 times a day.

 

[stardrop-crossing]

Paths do not prevent grass wear. If you have paths for a while and remove them you will see. This happened to my friend.


You can try time traveling, but I wouldn't as you can lose your villagers.

Ok, good to know! I felt like they did, but I didn't pay enough attention to really know.
At the very least, it will hide dirt trails if natural paths aren't the look you want for your town.

 

[ALLCAPS]

I seriously hope it's just City Folk. Cause I'm sure I start up the game like 10 times a day.

I read up on it and found this out precisely because I load up my game more than once a day. xD I don't like dirt patches in my town.