Time traveling to place paths down

[HappyTails]

I'm not the one for time travelling but in this case I'll make an exception because I'm getting fed up with this plot resetting. so how do I go about time traveling to place patterns down for a villager that's moving in today?

 

[Laureline]

When you first started up the game today was it on a new character?

 

[Vonny]

Use the system settings to go back one day, place patterns, go back and start plot resetting again

Apparently the villager will drop their plot if you time travel backwards using the game/Isabelle. So use the system settings instead.

 

[Jeannine]

I thought when you load a character (be it new or not), the plot will have already been put down, even if you TT backward. I could be wrong though.

 

[CaramelCookie]

First go to the system setting on your 3DS and set the clock to the same day as you adopted the villager (remember the day begins at 6 am! So if you adopted her yesterday, it has to be somewhere around 6 am on saturday and 5:59 on sunday). Then, load you mayor and pay attention to the day and time Isabelle says. If it's within that frame, it's all right to load your mayor, there will be no plot. So you can set the patterns, save and quit. Then go to system settings, change to the right date and time and plot reset as usual. I've done this in the past and it worked.

 

[Jeannine]

Oh, ignore me! I think CaramelCookie's right ^

 

[Laureline]

The general rule is if you didn't load your mayor up at six am or after. When the new day starts. You can tt back to five thirty am or however much time you need. And then place down your patterns. That's usually what I do for plot resetting.

Turn the game on> make new character> look for house plot> determine if I like the plot> if not then exit game> start up mayor but change time to 5:45 am.> load mayor and place patterns> wait for 6 am and then make new character.

 

[Voldecourt]

Just what CaramelCookie said! If you're really paranoid you can do what I did, and use a new character to scout on the day you time traveled back to make sure that you have the time frame right. You don't need to save with them, just scout things out.

 

[Haydenv019]

Since I have a 4th character, I just go with the flow. I somehow placed enough patterns that they are moving into the plots I want them to move in to anyways lol

 

[HappyTails]

First go to the system setting on your 3DS and set the clock to the same day as you adopted the villager (remember the day begins at 6 am! So if you adopted her yesterday, it has to be somewhere around 6 am on saturday and 5:59 on sunday). Then, load you mayor and pay attention to the day and time Isabelle says. If it's within that frame, it's all right to load your mayor, there will be no plot. So you can set the patterns, save and quit. Then go to system settings, change to the right date and time and plot reset as usual. I've done this in the past and it worked.

Okay this makes sense. I adopted her yesterday so exactly what time should I put for yesterday?

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So will 5:30am THIS morning work?

 

[CaramelCookie]

Okay this makes sense. I adopted her yesterday so exactly what time should I put for yesterday?

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So will 5:30am THIS morning work?

Yesm it'll work!
Just don't put it too close to 6 am today, because if the clock turns with your mayor on screen, the plot will become permanent.

 

[HappyTails]

Okay I'll give it a shot. I'm plot resetting one last time and if it still doesn't do what I want, I'll time travel. I just pray I don't mess it up.

 

[Laureline]

Yeah just set it to then do what you need to do. Then save and quit, and wait for 6am. Hopefully you'll only have to do this once. If you need to do it again, just repeat the process.

 

[CaramelCookie]

Okay I'll give it a shot. I'm plot resetting one last time and if it still doesn't do what I want, I'll time travel. I just pray I don't mess it up.

Just remember to set the time on the game system with the game closed! Take off the cartridge if you're paranoid x)
I was really scared the 2 times I did it, but it worked well both times.

 

[Laureline]

Just make sure it says am and not pm, and you should be fine.

 

[HappyTails]

I didn't change the time, I just changed the date back to yesterday so it said September 30th 2017 at 11:59am

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Just remember to set the time on the game system with the game closed! Take off the cartridge if you're paranoid x)
I was really scared the 2 times I did it, but it worked well both times.

LOL the game automatically closes when you load the system settings

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It worked. She now plotted into one of the 4 spots I had designated for houses. Thank you all so much for helping me, especially since I don't time travel and was nervous as all get out. Now I just got to save and load my mayor.

 

[BlueCicada]

I think it does! Since a new day starts at 6:00 am you can place patterns before, and when the cut scene arrives, a villager could plot their house somewhere else

 

[Jeannine]

Great news! Glad it worked out for you

 

[CaramelCookie]

Whew, glad it worked!

 

[BlueCicada]

I'm glad it worked out for you! I hope you enjoy having Katt in your town.

As for me, well, I'll try to adapt to this, and put more patterns