Hey! So I messed up plot resetting today for my most important dreamie, Margie, (foolish of me, yeaa..). Her house spot is between the river and re-tail (it's behind retail). From her house we can see the back of Re-tail :/ Now, I don't know what to do, because I've already got dream villagers in my town (3 dreamies + Margie). I tried working things around her house but It's just a bad house plot. So, is there a way to cycle without losing dreamies or should I just let her go when she asks to and adopt 16 villagers that aren't dreamies? (Which will take a really long time). Thank you!
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Should I do the 16 villager cycle?
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visibleghost
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It's good that you don't have most of your dreamies yet, that'll be easier. If you do want to time travel to get villagers out quicker make sure to only travel 1 day at a time and check your dreamies so you don't accidentally lose them.
How do I cycle out the 16 villagers (of course after Margie will want to leave)? Like I know that I TT 1 day ahead then go back and check if someone pings me (or I hope that's right) but is that going to help having my villagers move out? (Not my dreamies though). Sorry it's just that I'm nervous because I haven't cycled before x)
visibleghost
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yeah if someone wants to move, let them. time travel makes it quicker since a only one (or 0) villager will try to move per day :>
Yeahh okay! Thank you soo much for the advices!
I'm sorry to hear about that... do you think you could work with that placement? I have some villagers who plotted in bad spots but I've worked with it.
Since you only have 3-4 villagers you want to keep, that should be easy! I can share the method I use for moving out only specific villagers without losing others, which is really safe.
Since you only have 3-4 villagers you want to keep, that should be easy! I can share the method I use for moving out only specific villagers without losing others, which is really safe.
Blondieboo13
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I would say definetely do it since you don't have too many dreamies. I'm doing it as well for Deirdre who moved in a terrible spot but is a dreamie. Good luck! ^_^
I would love to know the method! Thank you so much
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Yeahh, I'm thinking abou doing so! Thank you so much!
I would love to know the method! Thank you so much
Ok, here's the method I use... I changed up some of the stuff to take into account the fact that you're cycling.
The method normally starts when a villager pings you - then you can deny a request to move and start by going to your 3DS settings and changing the date to the Monday of a week without any events in it. Load as your mayor on that date, then save the game and quit. Return to your 3DS settings and set the date one year forward. Go to your game but this time, start as a new character. The answers you give Rover don't matter since you won't be keeping this character anyway. Just check the town map to see who's missing and quit without saving. Set the 3DS clock back one year again and this time, load as your mayor. Go talk to the villager who would be missing in the future. If they don't immediately ping them, talk to them a few times, save and quit, load the game, and talk to them again. Do that last step until they ask you to move.
If it's a villager you want to keep, say no. Save and quit. Set the 3DS calendar forward by one year, to date you checked with a new character, but this time load the game as your mayor and just save and quit. Set the calendar forward by another year and check who's missing using a new character, then back one year again (to the date you last saved as the mayor) to talk to that villager. Keep doing this until it's a villager you want to move out.
Once it's a villager you want to move out, tell them go. You then two options. You can stay on that year and move them out on their move out date, or you can return to the present date. Just make a note of the date your villager gives you, because if you go back in time, it counts as a day forward and you'll have to do the maths. For example, if your villager mentioned moving in 5 days, they'll now move in 4 days (in case you want to adopt them out).
Then just keep repeating that process. It's very safe as long as you pay attention to not start as your mayor when you're starting with a new character - when you start as a new character, the state of your town doesn't get saved, so if a villager is missing you can fix that. Whereas if you start with your mayor on those steps, it gets locked in. Also, on the steps where you're supposed to use your mayor, nobody will have moved out because on the last time you played, you denied a request to move. Villagers don't move when on your last played date you denied a request.
Now, because you're aiming to move out more than one villager, when you start or when you move out a villager and want to start the process again, it will be slightly different. Just start up the game normally and save and quit. Set the date some months or years into the future and use a new character to check who's missing from the map. If nobody is, just set the date to a Monday of a week with no events in it (game weeks start on Mondays) and load as your mayor (if you want to be extra safe, you can use a new character to check first). If someone is, go back and use your mayor to talk to that character in a way similar to what I described above. Deny that villager's request to move and then change the date to a Monday of a week with no events in it and load the game as your mayor on that date.
I hope this helps and isn't too confusing... it sounds complicated but it's really easy and it's the method I use when I want to move out only specific villagers without losing others. I find that it's very safe because you're not relying on moving gossip and you're using a new character to check ahead, plus it's fast, because you're not going through small spans of time.
If you have any questions, just ask!Don't forget to enable the beautiful town ordinance to keep your flowers from dying. You'll also get some weeds and bed hair from this method but it's worth it.
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Ok, here's the method I use... I changed up some of the stuff to take into account the fact that you're cycling.
The method normally starts when a villager pings you - then you can deny a request to move and start by going to your 3DS settings and changing the date to the Monday of a week without any events in it. Load as your mayor on that date, then save the game and quit. Return to your 3DS settings and set the date one year forward. Go to your game but this time, start as a new character. The answers you give Rover don't matter since you won't be keeping this character anyway. Just check the town map to see who's missing and quit without saving. Set the 3DS clock back one year again and this time, load as your mayor. Go talk to the villager who would be missing in the future. If they don't immediately ping them, talk to them a few times, save and quit, load the game, and talk to them again. Do that last step until they ask you to move.
If it's a villager you want to keep, say no. Save and quit. Set the 3DS calendar forward by one year, to date you checked with a new character, but this time load the game as your mayor and just save and quit. Set the calendar forward by another year and check who's missing using a new character, then back one year again (to the date you last saved as the mayor) to talk to that villager. Keep doing this until it's a villager you want to move out.
Once it's a villager you want to move out, tell them go. You then two options. You can stay on that year and move them out on their move out date, or you can return to the present date. Just make a note of the date your villager gives you, because if you go back in time, it counts as a day forward and you'll have to do the maths. For example, if your villager mentioned moving in 5 days, they'll now move in 4 days (in case you want to adopt them out).
Then just keep repeating that process. It's very safe as long as you pay attention to not start as your mayor when you're starting with a new character - when you start as a new character, the state of your town doesn't get saved, so if a villager is missing you can fix that. Whereas if you start with your mayor on those steps, it gets locked in. Also, on the steps where you're supposed to use your mayor, nobody will have moved out because on the last time you played, you denied a request to move. Villagers don't move when on your last played date you denied a request.
Now, because you're aiming to move out more than one villager, when you start or when you move out a villager and want to start the process again, it will be slightly different. Just start up the game normally and save and quit. Set the date some months or years into the future and use a new character to check who's missing from the map. If nobody is, just set the date to a Monday of a week with no events in it (game weeks start on Mondays) and load as your mayor (if you want to be extra safe, you can use a new character to check first). If someone is, go back and use your mayor to talk to that character in a way similar to what I described above. Deny that villager's request to move and then change the date to a Monday of a week with no events in it and load the game as your mayor on that date.
I hope this helps and isn't too confusing... it sounds complicated but it's really easy and it's the method I use when I want to move out only specific villagers without losing others. I find that it's very safe because you're not relying on moving gossip and you're using a new character to check ahead, plus it's fast, because you're not going through small spans of time.
Don't forget to enable the beautiful town ordinance to keep your flowers from dying. You'll also get some weeds and bed hair from this method but it's worth it.
Thank you very very muchh!! That was really helpful! Thank you so much again!!
mayorcarlie
Mayor of Callisto
I feel your pain, never thought I'd bother doing the 16 villager cycle until I accidentally lost Julian in a TTing accident.
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