Changing your villagers shirt without ruining their house?

[trickyfox]

So after a few tries, I came up with an idea which I want to know if it's reliable.
If you mail, or trade/make the villager buy a shirt, it sometimes go to their house, or sometimes they put the old one for display in their house.
But I noticed in my town that, despite them doing the 'clothes fever' (when a certain shirt 'spreads' to almost all vilagers), when one of my originals changed the shirt too, the old one wasn't displayed in their house.
So I decided to make a test - I mailed ALL the villagers , despite this one, the shirt I wanted it to wear.
Then after a few tries, all villagers despite that one were wearing that shirt - and after a half hour, this villager talked to another and changed their clothes finally YAY
BUT
I can't see their house atm.
My question is, if anyone know if the old shirt has a chance of being displayed in their house like when you send them clothes, or if the old one just 'vanish' as it was a trade between villagers?

 

[Jared:3]

Yeah beau wanted me to give Apollo a present, when I gave it to Apollo it was a heart tee, he put it on, it looks hideous on him

 

[Skyfall]

I dont know the answer to your question but the only method i know of to make the villager wear what you want them to wear is to send like 5 same shirts to them via mail. And yes, there is a high likelihood of ruining their house since they may display it. (not all 5... Usually only 1). Only once in a while will this method not work. Most of the time, they end up wearing what you send them

 

[carp]

my villager tia changed out of her normal shirt through a villager chat, it's now in her house.

 

[trickyfox]

my villager tia changed out of her normal shirt through a villager chat, it's now in her house.

Thank you for letting me know. Seems I'll have to wait and see if I got lucky :/

 

[trickyfox]

YAYYY no shirt in the house!
At least for now, I'll use this one as safest method

 

[Aquari]

spam letters with the clothes you want them to wear then when they decide to wear it, spam letters with furniture you want in their haus?

 

[Mellyjan3]

Anytime i mail them shirts they display them instead of wearing them lol so i have no idea

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It might just be a random thing ya know?

 

[trickyfox]

spam letters with the clothes you want them to wear then when they decide to wear it, spam letters with furniture you want in their haus?

It's not a perfect method sadly as they arrange the furniture randomly and not according to the original position. Literally a hell to make them put everything in their right position

Anytime i mail them shirts they display them instead of wearing them lol so i have no idea

It might just be a random thing ya know?

according to my tests, they will only display a single piece of each shirt in their house. so, the 2nd time you mail them it, they'll either use it for trade or wear it. is a matter of keep trying.
Same for making them ping you to ask to buy the cloth - they may use it right away but then they'll display the old one in their house.

But as I don't want them at all to display it in their house, I was wondering about the villagers 'shirt spread' as method. So far, apparently, it works sometimes, and much more successful than the other methods

 

[Kalhyna]

Send the villager a letter with the shirt you want him/her to wear, wait for him/her to invite you and buy the old shirt, then send him/her the same furniture that is gone. I do this all the time and it works for me the furniture will be displayed in the right place this way .

 

[trickyfox]

Send the villager a letter with the shirt you want him/her to wear, wait for him/her to invite you and buy the old shirt, then send him/her the same furniture that is gone. I do this all the time and it works for me the furniture will be displayed in the right place this way .

That seems way easier; although it might take a while to make the villager invite you to their house, i'll definitely give it a try!

 

[Mellyjan3]

It's not a perfect method sadly as they arrange the furniture randomly and not according to the original position. Literally a hell to make them put everything in their right position



according to my tests, they will only display a single piece of each shirt in their house. so, the 2nd time you mail them it, they'll either use it for trade or wear it. is a matter of keep trying.
Same for making them ping you to ask to buy the cloth - they may use it right away but then they'll display the old one in their house.

But as I don't want them at all to display it in their house, I was wondering about the villagers 'shirt spread' as method. So far, apparently, it works sometimes, and much more successful than the other methods

Ohhh i see. Well either way you could always get them to let you comeover and buy it back? Tedious process but it'll give you something to do haha.

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Oop yeah i didnt even see the other person who said the same thing, hehe.

 

[Kalhyna]

That seems way easier; although it might take a while to make the villager invite you to their house, i'll definitely give it a try!

Yes sometimes it takes a while before they invite me but it's the only way I know to be sure that the furniture will stay in the original position. I'm glad I could help