TT'ing for fashion checks without losing villagers?

[olivetree123]

Last time I had to pass a Gracie check, Beau moved out of my town in the mess of time-traveling all at once to get them done, and a random villager plunked themselves down.

Does anyone have any advice how to get all the checks done by TT-ing, but then also making sure villagers don't move out or in during that time?
It gets kind of confusing for me with the jumps back to 5:58 (which is a new day since you're going back as far as I understand?), then right to 6 a.m for the next check (which is the actual start of a new day)

 

[Eirrinn]

I TT day by day, going around looking for pings every day, its the best way to TT tbh

 

[Raven28]

I tt like this (don't know if that helps)
I tt a couple days check for a ping, decline it. Now that I have done that, I know I am safe to tt up to 4 days without someone moving. In approx. 4 days someone else pings. Then I repeat. However, it'd probably be safer for you to do it day by day... because I have no idea how long ago someone pinged for you. So, just check often for moving villagers after each check. Be careful, good luck!

 

[olivetree123]

The fashion checks make it tricky though, because it's a repeat of the same date for gracie to show, but then I still need to TT back to 5:59 to what I assume the game would count as a day forward (if backwards TT-ing past six = 1 day forward)? and then when it jumps to 6 that makes it another day.

so for example using todays date:
- gracie check at 10 a.m on 1/28
- tt back to 5:59 a.m on 1/28
- 6 am on 1/28 repeats the day for a new check
- repeat until all of them are complete

i'm just confused with the whole process because it's not really a simple day by day jump...or is it and i'm just not seeing the pattern or

 

[Raven28]

What you said confuses me sorry lol I think it is day by day tho... cause backwards = 1 day
I just did this I saw gracie did the check, went back 1 day(check for villagers moving) went forward 1 day, did check(check for villagers moving) and repeat. Is that not day by day???

 

[olivetree123]

I always assumed that that time was important? (setting it to 5:59 and waiting for it to turn over)
so it's just going forward one day then back to the day of the check in any direction, not only backwards? :s

 

[Raven28]

I never thought it was important :? I don't know, it'd still be a new day no matter what though. I never fooled with the time I just went forward and back. It worked for me all times I have done it. I'm not sure though, you might want a second opinion.