Discovered easier way to reset which villager leaves!

[CrankyCupcake]

Instead of time travelling weeks and days ahead, just reset your time of day.

If it's been at least a couple of weeks since someone asked to move, and you find someone in the morning with a thought bubble, and it's not a villager you want to move out, don't talk to him, just reset the time of day. Fast forward to the afternoon. A different villager will have a thought bubble. (Or the same.) Again, if it's not the villager you want to move out, don't talk to him, just reset the time of day. Fast forward to the evening.

It's like how you can collect DIY recipes from your villagers in the morning, afternoon and night. Villagers with the thought bubble reset in the same way.

Hope this helps. I've just managed to move Julia out this way. (Morning it was Goldie, afternoon it was Wolfgang, and finally in the evening it was Julia.)

 

[kojuuro]

Oh this is really helpful! It'll probably save me a lot of time next time I want to get a specific ping.

 

[petaI]

this is useful!! i'll try it out later

 

[Ceres]

Thank you for this! Literally about to try to move someone out so I can get Wolfgang in my town. I'll definitely be trying this method instead of TTing a day ahead.

 

[Blood Eclipse]

Very helpful. Thanks! Bookmarked!

 

[CrankyCupcake]

Glad to share! I hope it helps everyone who wants a specific villager to leave.

The last time I tt-ed with the campsite method (to get a certain catty smug), I was so annoyed with the amount of weeds that appeared on my island. And clearing my mailbox after that was plain annoying. I don't want to have to tt like that again. So when I realized I could just reset the time of day to get a particular villager to move out, I was happy!

 

[Rinpane]

Thank you for sharing! I will have to try this next time. I also did the same thing for that particular cat, and geez, the amount of mail...(sweet letters yes, but so much mail)

 

[Clock]

Thanks for sharing! This might be helpful in the future so I saved it

 

[Dewasa]

Question - I see villagers with thought bubbles and most times it's not due to them wanting to move. Is there a different hint that the villager is thinking about moving by what they say or do?

 

[Sheep Villager]

I have a few questions!

Any dice you could list times that work for morning, afternoon and evening?

Also when you go to change time do you close the game without saving or do you keep it open?

Finally, once you have the villager moving out, can you TT back to earlier on that same day. If I get someone moving at evening, can I go back to my morning or will it mess things up?

I don't TT but this feels like a light enough alternative for me to ease the process of moving animals out.​

 

[CrankyCupcake]

Question - I see villagers with thought bubbles and most times it's not due to them wanting to move. Is there a different hint that the villager is thinking about moving by what they say or do?

Actually, there's no way to tell from the thought bubble as to its content. But if it's been at least two weeks since the last villager moved, chances are the thought bubble is about moving. But, yes, it might also be something else like the villager wanting to give you something.

Any dice you could list times that work for morning, afternoon and evening? Also when you go to change time do you close the game without saving or do you keep it open? Finally, once you have the villager moving out, can you TT back to earlier on that same day. If I get someone moving at evening, can I go back to my morning or will it mess things up?

Try a mid morning, mid afternoon and late evening time when most of your villagers will be up and about. I closed my game without saving, then reset the time. I don't know if you can travel backwards after agreeing to the villager's move. What I did was travel one day forward to make sure the villager is in boxes. Then another day to get the empty plot.