Has this ever happened to you?

[ashubii]

You have a villager move out.
You know precisely when someone new should be moving in.
You make a new character to snoop around and manipulate the new villager's house plot placement.
You cover every inch of your town and find absolutely no plot.
You figure you were off a day.
You restart and get on the mayor character.

And there's a random plot right in the middle of your pathway or flowers.

:|
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[Ras]

Those days, you have to save as the new character to lock in the fact that there are no plots. I'm sure tons of people have had it happen.

 

[kasane]

Yes! That happened to me once TT^TT
There was a plot for an Uchi (the game gave me the 9th villager) and they were constantly changing, from Tammy, to Muffy, to Pashmina. Once it disappeared and I tried again. The plot was there afterwards :/

I started on a new file because I was suspecting that Tangy will move in (camper from yesterday). The first time I checked, no plot. Second time I checked, no plot. So then I loaded my existing first character, luckily no plot.

Weird how they don't appear then pop up randomly...

 

[Skyfall]

Oh my, I thought that that trick worked all the time. I am not that into plotting, but for my next villager, I was going to do it. Thanks for letting us know!

 

[Ropera]

That happened to me yesterday,Boomer made a plot right in the middle of the park I was building.It worked before when I forced Marshal into my town.I think I might have did it a little too early the second time though,next time I won't try this until it's past 7:00 AM.Now I just have to move out Boomer and get a better villager that makes a plot out of my way.

 

[mousehole]

I always start me day as a new player, esp since I'm down to 8 villagers. Once I'm sure there's no Nook refugees planning on staying I save, go in as my mayor, save and then wipe out my second player. Is it a wee bit of work - yes - but since the villagers play such an important role in the theme of the town, and the placement of their houses is vital, I think it's well worth it.