Leaving Islands: Airport vs -

[Mashkaaaa]

Hello

So I have a question about leaving an island via the airport or -, what exactly is the difference? I've been noticing a lot of people specify that visitors should only leave through the airport. Could anyone explain?

 

[Katzenjammer]

Hello

So I have a question about leaving an island via the airport or -, what exactly is the difference? I've been noticing a lot of people specify that visitors should only leave through the airport. Could anyone explain?

Thank you for asking this, I was curious about this too! Great question, @Mashkaaaa ! I can't wait to see the answer

 

[Toska]

Not entirely sure myself, but I believe leaving via the "-" button may result in a glitch. Hope somebody can clarify better!

 

[MayorofMapleton]

Some people have uploaded their games after someone has left by - to find that their save data had been corrupted.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1250448459603177472

"It is reported that there's a bug that potentially causes save data corruption caused by online communication inconsistencies.
This is caused by returning back to your island using the "-"/minus button during online play [for example].

Try to return to your island via Dodo Airlines as much as possible!"

 

[JellyBeans]

as said above, leaving via - potentially can corrupt save data. aside from that risk, it is generally just more irritating because if somebody leaves via - it is said that they 'left quietly' and then everybody reloads back at the airport, and I've found it sometimes doesn't save data so anything between the last autosave and the person leaving is gone. so overall leaving via the airport is much easier for everybody involved, even if it does meant travelling all the way back to the airport!

 

[Mashkaaaa]

as said above, leaving via - potentially can corrupt save data. aside from that risk, it is generally just more irritating because if somebody leaves via - it is said that they 'left quietly' and then everybody reloads back at the airport, and I've found it sometimes doesn't save data so anything between the last autosave and the person leaving is gone. so overall leaving via the airport is much easier for everybody involved, even if it does meant travelling all the way back to the airport!

Thank you so much for explaining! That's super helpful and makes a lot of sense. It is unfortunate that there is a bug there but I'm glad that there is a way around triggering it.

 

[loveclove]

It is usually considered pretty rude, because the host can't see who left, it just shows "someone quietly left". Other than that, if I'm not mistaken, it's easier for you but a pain for everybody else because it may end the session and send everyone else who's in the island home, and the host might have to get another dodo code. I have also experienced it sending everyone back to the airport, and progress loss due to the game not saving properly.

 

[CodyMKW]

It is usually considered pretty rude, because the host can't see who left, it just shows "someone quietly left".

Would only say "someone quietly left" if someone has menu open preventing the person leaving normally so it'll just force them to leave which will show "someone quietly left" and kicking everyone back to the airport

 

[Marshmallows]

"Quietly left" means someone disconnected.... but it only happens with the - button with something is preventing the person from leaving (either by having chat open or talking to an npc.) The button can work fine, but it's more finicky than the airport.

Say you go to an island with 7 other people. Everybody is doing their thing, and several people want to leave. The game saves when anyone enters or leaves.. and only one person can enter or leave at a time (unless the host ends session with -.) So the first person leaves, second person is leaving, and fourth person says I'm not waiting, I'll use -..... But if someone has the chat open, he can't leave, and a countdown starts until he's disconnected. Everybody loses any progress from the last the save.

I don't know about save data getting corrupted, but it's possible since a disconnect causes things to go back to the last save and potentially cause issues, but more it's about not erasing progress.

When you speak to the dodo you simply won't be allowed to leave until people close the conversation.

 

[Peach_Jam]

besides the possible glitch, I've heard that it resets where an NPC is located. So if someone trapped Celeste by their entrance, they'd have to look for them and re trap them all over again if someone leaves through the minus button :< not to mention it can cause communication errors and end the whole session.

 

[dino]

besides the possible glitch, I've heard that it resets where an NPC is located. So if someone trapped Celeste by their entrance, they'd have to look for them and re trap them all over again if someone leaves through the minus button :< not to mention it can cause communication errors and end the whole session.

haven't encountered a glitch, but echoing this. using - absolutely 'frees' trapped NPC and will also halt any villager that is currently crafting on the host island. occasionally causing communication errors, as well. sometimes the host can exit the game, reload it and the villager will resume crafting, but it's not for sure.

just for respect for other players, always leave via the airport!

 

[saucySheep]

I honestly have no idea why they want people to leave via airport. I've never heard of it causing glitches.
I never leave via airport because if I can just use one button and leave so much quicker... why walk across the whole island to face several lines of dialog just to get back to my island....
Anyway. Do watcha want. No diff between the two options. I recommend -, though...

 

[NyattaSama]

When there's only one person on your island or you're the only person on their island and there are no more people coming, it's definitely easier for the host to use the - button to end the session because it closes their airport at the same time. Me and my friends would do that to send each other back.

Me personally, would not use the - button when visiting others and I would always leave via the airport because I'm afraid that some people might find it rude if I leave using the - button. I'm fine if they use the - button to send me back, but I would try to leave via the airport out of courtesy. I used to do water trades a lot, and I would only use the - button if the host tells me to do so.

Another thing with leaving with the - button is that when there are multiple visitors on that island and you decide to leave via the - button, you reset everyone's position back to the airport and also resets the locations of special NPCs like Celeste. It's very inconvenient for the host to try and trap their NPC again. I've hosted once for Celeste and meteor shower before, and one of the visitors decided to leave quietly via the - button and I ended up spending another 20 minutes to try and spawn Celeste as close to my airport as I can so that I can trap her again. It was a hassle and I had to apologize to everyone else that was in line.

Also when there are multiple visitors, there's a potential that leaving via the - button might mess up the save data. If one of them has a dialogue open like selling turnips or something, leaving via the - button would mess up that transaction. I haven't encountered any issue with it because I only use it when I'm visiting my friends and I would ask them to send me back.

 

[Mashkaaaa]

When there's only one person on your island or you're the only person on their island and there are no more people coming, it's definitely easier for the host to use the - button to end the session because it closes their airport at the same time. Me and my friends would do that to send each other back.

Me personally, would not use the - button when visiting others and I would always leave via the airport because I'm afraid that some people might find it rude if I leave using the - button. I'm fine if they use the - button to send me back, but I would try to leave via the airport out of courtesy. I used to do water trades a lot, and I would only use the - button if the host tells me to do so.

Another thing with leaving with the - button is that when there are multiple visitors on that island and you decide to leave via the - button, you reset everyone's position back to the airport and also resets the locations of special NPCs like Celeste. It's very inconvenient for the host to try and trap their NPC again. I've hosted once for Celeste and meteor shower before, and one of the visitors decided to leave quietly via the - button and I ended up spending another 20 minutes to try and spawn Celeste as close to my airport as I can so that I can trap her again. It was a hassle and I had to apologize to everyone else that was in line.

Also when there are multiple visitors, there's a potential that leaving via the - button might mess up the save data. If one of them has a dialogue open like selling turnips or something, leaving via the - button would mess up that transaction. I haven't encountered any issue with it because I only use it when I'm visiting my friends and I would ask them to send me back.

That makes a lot of sense! Before I only went to my friend's island and I was their only visitor and I've never had more than 1 visitor on mine, so it didn't make a difference in using the -. But knowing the issues it causes with multiple players I can definitely see why people prefer visitors leave through the airport.