Reset Town?

[Asura657]

I need advice: if anyone here is aware of the town layouts picture, I have the layout D5 in the first left hand corner, and I'm getting really frustrated with it. I'm really far along, so I don't really want to reset, but my neighbors houses are everywhere, not in a line, like I wish they were. I don't know what I should do with public work projects to make my town look pretty. Is there a way I can re arrange the other houses (not my own)? Does anyone else have this D5 layout? Any suggestions?

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Is it worth resetting it all to get the desired layout? Is it really that important?

 

[cosmic-latte]

It really depends on your personal preference. If you want your town to be a certain way and have a good layout for PWPs, then by all means reset.

 

[Piyoko]

For future reference, if you want to take a picture of your town map, tell Isabelle that you want to demolish a PWP (you don't have to demolish anything). The map will move to the upper screen and you can take a screenshot.

D5 in the top left box? So, your river starts high in the northwest corner, makes a sharp and narrow oxbow in the middle of the map, and your river enters the ocean in the mideast, correct? I can't really make any suggestions on whether or not your map is "bad" or "good", it really depends on how you want your town to be... If you think that you can't work with the map, then reset. A lot of people here will be happy to hold your stuff as you reset your town, by the way, so you don't have to lose all of your progress. (^^) I have A1 in the top-left box by the way, which I think most people would consider to be a terrible map, but it works well for my town.
You can't arrange villager houses that have already been built, unfortunately.
Here's how to plot-reset:
On a day that a new villager is moving in, go through the process of creating a new human character (do NOT start the day with a character that already exists). After you set your tent down, walk around town and see if you like where the new villager has plotted their house. If you don't like it, reset (new character isn't saved) and go through the process until their house spawns in a place that you like. After it sets in place that you do like, finish the tutorial and save. Afterwards you can delete your new human character.

Some tips on plot-resetting:

• You can set down PWPs in areas where you don't want your villager's house to spawn.
• If after a long time, your villager's house keeps spawning in the same locations, close your game. When you start it up again, the villager should start plotting their house in different locations. I'm guessing this has to do with reloading the game's random number generator or something.
• It can take a long time to get that villager into a perfect area. Spending hours, days, even weeks plot-resetting is not unheard of. I'm not too picky, there isn't an exact spot I'd like the houses to land on, so it doesn't take me an hour to plot-reset.

 

[Asura657]

Thanks - the house setting tips really helped. And how you described my town layout, you're exactly right. That's how it looks. It's hard because when the river goes down, right, then back up, the space in the middle is small, so it takes up a lot of room.
I've been playing for awhile, but I haven't actually set my wifi to my DS until today, so I don't know a lot about visiting friends. I've seen people posting friend codes on the internet. Do you just add them as a friend on your home screen or in game? Could you maybe explain how that works? Because I do have a lot of cool stuff that I don't want to get rid of. If you're playing this game, could I maybe have yours? If you don't mind? Be my AC friend? *hopeful smile*

 

[Piyoko]

Sure! On the Home menu, click on your Friend List (this won't close your game) and add my friend code. On these forums, they're also displayed under people's avatars after 3DS: Mine is 0662-3372-5677 After both people have added each other's friend codes, you can go to the train station and open your gates or travel to the other person's town.

The kind of town I'm aiming for won't be super-developed (paths and PWPs everywhere, exact plot-resetting—I just don't have the time or patience for that), so I'm not sure what advice I can give you on how to organise your town whether you keep it or reset. But you're free to come to my town to see how I'm trying to work things (it's still a WIP), or if you'd like, I can come visit and try to give you useful advice.

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Oh! And if you do decide to reset, I wouldn't mind holding your things for you.

 

[Asura657]

Thanks! That would be greatly appreciated. Because I really like all my stuff. I'll message you my friend code. I just now added you.

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P.S. How do I give you my stuff? Do I mail it to you, or do I visit your town and put my stuff in your train station locker?

 

[Piyoko]

I've added you back! Gate's open too.

The train station locker holds the same stuff that you store in your town, so if you leave things inside they'll be gone after you reset. All you have to do is dump all of your items on the ground in my town, lol. And then once you've reset your town, you can come and pick it up. :3