PSA: Giving a lot of gift can remove items from your villagers' homes

[Mick]

I'm really glad I stumbled on this thread because I had actually given up on improving Hornsby's home when he refused to replace any of his original furniture with the things I gave him (his original home is a literal mess) and instead he kept adding and changing only the furniture that I did give him. It made me pretty sad that one of my favourite villagers would be stuck with his house so sub-optimal...

I actually just asked this in the FAQ thread but I suppose this answers my question so thank you for this information, I guess this means it's time to start ordering him more stuff!

 

[Ras]

Okay, guys. I think the reason she put the tape deck on the ground is because I gave her a silver and I guess her original is white. She didn't put the wall fan, so I assume it should be white like the wiki says, too. So, very important question: should I risk giving her the correct tape deck? Right now, her house is 99% correct, just missing the wall fan and the tape deck is on the floor next to the rattan end table it's supposed to be on. The guide says they will try to put the correct items in the correct places. Should I try giving this tape deck or am I going to be really sorry?
I believe the tape deck is now in what's called a "room marker," and this sentence scares me:

"It is currently unknown if villagers can completely remove furniture from room markers, the current assumption is that it's not possible."

Maybe I should just live with the tape deck on the floor. I hate it, but I could hate what happens even more.

 

[Ras]

Sigh. I sent the proper tape deck this time and it's in place, but the other one is still on the floor next to it. Now, I just really have to live with it. I wish I had paid more attention to it being a white tape deck the first time and this would all be right.

 

[PemaGrey]

Dude I quit giving furniture to my villagers bc of this and the fact they started freezing in town square and getting stuck in changing clothes cycle. And yes things vanished from their homes, too. You can still get photos by doing favors for them.. i got one today for catching a fish they asked for. No more iron wall lamps! Lol

 

[Ras]

I'm ashamed to admit it, but I can now. I didn't live with it. I let Audie go and found her on a mystery island tour. LOL. It only took 44 tickets, but my baby is back. And yes, I understand how lucky I was that it took so few. I was pondering making a TBT trade for 200 more when I found her. So learn from me and don't give them too many gifts and if you do, make *sure* you give them back the right things. In this case. white tape deck=good. Silver tape deck=bad.

 

[Anblick]

I don't mind the inside of my villagers' houses *too* much, honestly. I definitely try to give them stuff that won't bug me if they place it, but I try and focus my energy *way* more on their exteriors since I have so much more control over that, and I see it so much more! Plus, like.. they can make weird choices if they want, I guess? Hahaha that sounds super lame but I don't want to just MAKE them do every single thing I want them to do, it wouldn't really feel like having a lil community with citizens to me if I could mandate all of their decorating even if they sometimes make terrible choices XD

 

[John Wick]

I only give them coconuts.

Wolfgang gave me his pic a couple of days ago from just that.

 

[Ras]

I don't mind the inside of my villagers' houses *too* much, honestly. I definitely try to give them stuff that won't bug me if they place it, but I try and focus my energy *way* more on their exteriors since I have so much more control over that, and I see it so much more! Plus, like.. they can make weird choices if they want, I guess? Hahaha that sounds super lame but I don't want to just MAKE them do every single thing I want them to do, it wouldn't really feel like having a lil community with citizens to me if I could mandate all of their decorating even if they sometimes make terrible choices XD

That‘s the more chill way to play, but I just like the original houses. If we ever get to be Happy Home designers and can fix the most egregious placements, I might get less stressed over it.

I only give them coconuts.

Wolfgang gave me his pic a couple of days ago from just that.

That’s definitely what I’m doing from now on!

 

[Anblick]

That‘s the more chill way to play, but I just like the original houses. If we ever get to be Happy Home designers and can fix the most egregious placements, I might get less stressed over it.

And I mean no judging either, that is so totally fair too. It would be really nice if maybe similar to the frequency of villager requests for catchphrase changes, maybe they'd request you to evaluate their house... and then you could pick an item that you could replace? That would return *some* control to the player but still maintain some of the random elements that I was talking about too.

 

[Ras]

And I mean no judging either, that is so totally fair too. It would be really nice if maybe similar to the frequency of villager requests for catchphrase changes, maybe they'd request you to evaluate their house... and then you could pick an item that you could replace? That would return *some* control to the player but still maintain some of the random elements that I was talking about too.

Yes! If they just had the old mechanic of visiting a house and them saying, "I bet you see something you like," and then you could buy it, I could have removed that stupid second tape deck. I bet something like that will happen in the future, but who knows how far into the future.

 

[Anblick]

Yes! If they just had the old mechanic of visiting a house and them saying, "I bet you see something you like," and then you could buy it, I could have removed that stupid second tape deck. I bet something like that will happen in the future, but who knows how far into the future.

I wish they just had that anyway, but Nintendo is probably just completely onto my dreams of amiibo-ing somebody dumb with great furniture, STEALING IT ALL, and amiiboing them back out again asap. XD