Help with TT'ing and villager adoptions

[cheezu]

Today, one of my villagers is in boxes (first move-out - yaaay).
Someone was interested in adopting him and was going to pick him up today.
However; now this person hasn't been responding so I'm worried that the transaction might fall through and he won't be adopted.

I've been given a chance to adopt one of my ultimate dreamies who is also in boxes today but the trouble is, I have very little experience with TT'ing (I've done it in New Leaf sporadically but have never tried it in this game and didn't intend on it initially).

So these are my questions -
1. If Rowan, doesn't get adopted today, can I TT to tomorrow and adopt Zucker that way or is there a possibility that Rowan's plot will be taken by a random move-in?
2. How do you even TT in this game - the option doesn't appear there when the game boots up - am I supposed to mess with my Switch's settings? Could this potentially cause issues?
3. If Rowan gets adopted and his house has the "moved out" sign on it, can I go over to adopt Zucker or does a new villager actually need an EMPTY plot of land in order to accept my invite?
4. After (and if) I invite Zucker, can I TT back to the current day or should I wait for him to move in first?

I'd like to keep the game in sync with the real time since I really didn't intend to TT at all in this title (no offense to who anyone else that does).
Sorry for all these questions but I'm just really worried now that I might mess up something and miss out on this opportunity.

 

[senb0]

If you TT a day forward, Rowan (who's currently in boxes ready to be picked up I'm assuming) will have left your island already, and you'll be left with an empty plot where he used to live. There shouldn't be anyone else moving in unless you leave that plot empty for a while (I think? maybe a few days or something)

When he leaves and you have that plot, you can go to Zucker and tell him to move to your island, and the next day Zucker will be in your island!

To TT, you have to change the date / time through your switch settings. If you have any other games that use real time it might mess it up but not sure b/c I only play ACNH so it doesn't matter for me...

When Rowan gets adopted, his house will still be there, but when you press A on his door, it'll say "I've moved". You have to wait for or TT to the next day for his plot to be empty, where it'll say it's available. When you get Zucker (same day), and convince him to move to your island, the plot back at your island will say it's reserved for Zucker.

When you pick up Zucker, I wouldn't recommend moving time BACK until he actually settles in, just because I want to make sure he's actually in your island (I know from NL that things get kinda funky when you TT backwards...). Once he's in your island (sweeping, still in boxes) I'd say it's safe for you to TT back to the day you want to play again!

Because you don't really want to TT or mess things up, maybe talk to the person giving you Zucker and see if they can hold him for another day! Because even if you don't trade Rowan, he'll be out of your island when the new day starts...

 

[cheezu]

If you TT a day forward, Rowan (who's currently in boxes ready to be picked up I'm assuming) will have left your island already, and you'll be left with an empty plot where he used to live. There shouldn't be anyone else moving in unless you leave that plot empty for a while (I think? maybe a few days or something)

When he leaves and you have that plot, you can go to Zucker and tell him to move to your island, and the next day Zucker will be in your island!

To TT, you have to change the date / time through your switch settings. If you have any other games that use real time it might mess it up but not sure b/c I only play ACNH so it doesn't matter for me...

When Rowan gets adopted, his house will still be there, but when you press A on his door, it'll say "I've moved". You have to wait for or TT to the next day for his plot to be empty, where it'll say it's available. When you get Zucker (same day), and convince him to move to your island, the plot back at your island will say it's reserved for Zucker.

When you pick up Zucker, I wouldn't recommend moving time BACK until he actually settles in, just because I want to make sure he's actually in your island (I know from NL that things get kinda funky when you TT backwards...). Once he's in your island (sweeping, still in boxes) I'd say it's safe for you to TT back to the day you want to play again!

Because you don't really want to TT or mess things up, maybe talk to the person giving you Zucker and see if they can hold him for another day! Because even if you don't trade Rowan, he'll be out of your island when the new day starts...

Thank you! This is so thorough and helpful! Just one more question-

Is it even possible to adopt Zucker when Rowan's house is still there (even though his house would say "moved out" and someone would have adopted him) or would I have to TT anyway to get the plot empty for Zucker?

If the latter is the case, I think I'll take my chance with TT'ing and just TT by one day (won't change the time as it will be evening my time). then once Zucker officially moves in, I'll just TT back to the real date.

I still need to figure out how to do this though as I've never actually set up my date on the Switch - I think it just synced automatically with online settings.

 

[senb0]

Thank you! This is so thorough and helpful! Just one more question-


If the latter is the case, I think I'll take my chance with TT'ing and just TT by one day (won't change the time as it will be evening my time). then once Zucker officially moves in, I'll just TT back to the real date.

I still need to figure out how to do this though as I've never actually set up my date on the Switch - I think it just synced automatically with online settings.

I think you need to wait to actually have the plot, so you would need to TT the day forward!
If this makes it easier to follow:

Day 1 - Rowan is in boxes (today?)
Day 2 - Rowan's house is an empty plot <-- PICK UP ZUCKER (plot will say reserved for Zucker)
Day 3 - Zucker's house is the plot, and he's inside sweeping

Up to you to TT back to original time on day 3, but I like waiting until day 4.

You go to your switch system settings, and there's the option to have the time synced to real time, you can press it and it'll switch OFF then you have the ability to 'manipulate' what time you want it to! Just do it carefully to make sure nothing goes wrong!

You just need to make sure that when you're changing the time, you close the ACNH game because if you only change the time and not the program, it'll keep playing on the time before you changed the date.

 

[cheezu]

Thank you so much!
This makes so much sense and also makes me feel a bit better.
I mean I wanted the person to adopt Rowan because they seemed really interested but can't do anything if there's no response plus he's not a very popular villager anyway so though I posted him on the Trading network, I doubt he'll get much interest.
And yes, I'll probably wait until day 4to TT back just to have Zucker out and about on the Island to TT back to current time.

Now, fingers crossed that everything goes well with the adoption!

 

[Loriii]

To add, it's probably safer to keep time traveling a day forward (day by day) once you adopt Zucker until he can go out of the house before returning to the actual date/time. That's how I've been doing it since New Leaf and had zero problems.

 

[cheezu]

To add, it's probably safer to keep time traveling a day forward (day by day) once you adopt Zucker until he can go out of the house before returning to the actual date/time. That's how I've been doing it since New Leaf and had zero problems.

I thought I wouldn't TT the following days, and only once he's out and about on my Island, I'd TT back those 3 days or whatever to sync with actual time.
Do I actually need to travel day by day?

 

[Loriii]

I thought I wouldn't TT the following days, and only once he's out and about on my Island, I'd TT back those 3 days or whatever to sync with actual time.
Do I actually need to travel day by day?

Once you invited Zucker to your island, save then just TT forward to next day (he'll be moving in but still in boxes). Save then TT forward again to next day so he would or could go out of his house. Then, that's the time you TT backwards to current date. No need to do it day by day when you go back Good luck.