[VERIFIED] I just removed a rock!

[J087]

I just want to see if this happened to others/find out why it happened to me. No need for the negativity.

No it's just this thread. Don't be surprised if people are weary about things they read on the internet. Especially when, like you already discovered yourself, nothing can be found on a similar incident whilst the game already is a year old and when game knowledge dictates that rocks can't be removed and that, when they are too close, you will be notified when building a project.

Look, I'm happy for you if it happened. But it won't solve out "rock frustration" since the campsite can't be removed afterwards.

 

[PlasticPinkPiggy]

Wow awesome! One of my permanent rocks dissapeared when Elmer put his house down, oh sweet dreamies <3

 

[jPottie]

No it's just this thread. Don't be surprised if people are weary about things they read on the internet. Especially when, like you already discovered yourself, nothing can be found on a similar incident whilst the game already is a year old and when game knowledge dictates that rocks can't be removed and that, when they are too close, you will be notified when building a project.

Look, I'm happy for you if it happened. But it won't solve out "rock frustration" since the campsite can't be removed afterwards.

I totally understand, I expect most people to not believe me. I probably wouldn't believe it myself since I don't really have proof, just my word. Just wanting to spread the news.

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Wow awesome! One of my permanent rocks dissapeared when Elmer put his house down, oh sweet dreamies <3

Awesome! Did Elmer move or did he stay? It'd be neat to see if the rock was still there after he left. Maybe certain permanent features like houses/campsites can do this.

 

[PlasticPinkPiggy]

Awesome! Did Elmer move or did he stay? It'd be neat to see if the rock was still there after he left. Maybe certain permanent features like houses/campsites can do this.

Well hes my dreamie so he ain't going anywhere. Hopefully someone else who I dislike will do the same and leave

 

[jPottie]

I just thought of a way I could prove it! I haven't updated my dream town yet, so if someone wants to, they could go visit it and take a screen shot of the area below the waterfall by the mountain. There's a rock there. Then I could post the screenshot of my current campsite without the rock. : D

 

[Justin]

I just thought of a way I could prove it! I haven't updated my dream town yet, so if someone wants to, they could go visit it and take a screen shot of the area below the waterfall by the mountain. There's a rock there. Then I could post the screenshot of my current campsite without the rock. : D

Hmm, I'm pretty curious... what's your dream code?

EDIT: Nevermind I'm a doofus, it's right in your sig. Gonna go check it out shortly.

 

[jPottie]

Here's a picture of the current campsite, below the waterfall. The rock would have been right in front of it, to the right of my mayor. If you view the same location in my dream town (take a screenie if you do) you'll see that there's a rock there.

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Hmm, I'm pretty curious... what's your dream code?

EDIT: Nevermind I'm a doofus, it's right in your sig. Gonna go check it out shortly.

Awesome! Post a screen if you do. I haven't updated it in a while so there should definitely still be a rock in that location.

 

[Justin]

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Bam, there it is.

I lined the picture up with the fruit and snow on the trees in the OP's picture to show that it is indeed the same area. You can see the grass deterioration matches up as well.

So unless it's somehow a gem rock, the rock most definitely did disappear.

 

[jPottie]

Thank you! See, I would never lie : D But why did this happen? I said earlier, maybe it's because I had 8 rocks in my town (a seemingly high amount)? Perhaps there's a certain "minimum" number you must have, but as long as you have that, PW projects (perhaps just permanent ones?) can remove rocks? Just a theory.

I'll update the first post with the pictures :3

 

[KarlaKGB]

Deserves a nobel prize in physics

 

[Pathetic]

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Bam, there it is.

I lined the picture up with the fruit and snow on the trees in the OP's picture to show that it is indeed the same area. You can see the grass deterioration matches up as well.

So unless it's somehow a gem rock, the rock most definitely did disappear.

Mad cool! I wish I could remove rocks without hacking. ; w ;

Tell me your tricks, O' Wise jPottie.

 

[jPottie]

I'm pretty positive that it is not a gem rock, I've gotten money from that rock many times and it's been there since my town startered. If it were a gem rock, wouldn't you still be able to break it, even in the dream world? dat thing is solid : D

 

[Amnesia]

That's awesome n . n

 

[jPottie]

Mad cool! I wish I could remove rocks without hacking. ; w ;

Tell me your tricks, O' Wise jPottie.

I honestly have no idea, I just decided to try & put my campsite there, and for some reason Isabelle let me place it right by the rock. @_@ Animal crossing is weird man

 

[Improv]

Couldn't you have grabbed a shovel from Lloid and hit the rock to make sure? Or do gem rocks not break in dream visits? I'd go there myself but alas I have no town.

oops just read you posted this a couple posts ago.

 

[Jennifer]

I'm pretty positive that it is not a gem rock, I've gotten money from that rock many times and it's been there since my town startered. If it were a gem rock, wouldn't you still be able to break it, even in the dream world? dat thing is solid : D

I went ahead and grabbed a shovel from Lloyd to check and it is definitely not a gem rock (You can even see a Pill bug popping out).

You can still break them in Dream Suite afterall (If anyone wants proof of this, the rock by the cliff next to the cafe is a gem rock in my town--feel free to go visit it and break it).

But yeah, question is just why it actually worked @-@ I am guessing it's what people have mentioned over the Camp Site being bigger when someone moves in. Like you can put 2 patterns in front of the campsite while nobody is in it so they are essentially not accounted for until someone moves in. Because of that, it probably doesn't count those 2 points and thus, registers it as 2 away from the rock which let you build it. However, since the game knows a path goes there, it killed the rock in the way.

Probably one of the nicer glitches though at least. I do find it funny that Villagers can also get rid of rocks but you can't place your house there... yet you can place your house to get rid of Public Works.

 

[Farobi]

^ i think that is enough for confirmation.

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Really cool discovery by the way! My town's rocks are in the worse position ever. @.@

 

[VioletsTown]

wow, i think this is cool. i wish i can move a few rocks myself. some are not in a good place.

 

[Ponyu]

I agree, it must have something to do with the campsite being "bigger" when a camper is there. I also noticed a disappearing path tile when someone moved into my campsite.

Without a camper, the campsite might be 3x3 (C being the campsite, R being the rock, and o being nothing):
C C C
C C C
C C C
o o o
o o R

With a camper, because the space in front of the door will be occupied by the campsite, the rock can't persist because there has to be a space between campsite and rock:
C C C
C C C
C C C
o C o
o o X

This would work analogous with villager house plots, I think. The plot is 3x3 while the finished house is 3x3 plus 1 (which is what PlasticPinkPiggy experienced).

/Edit: Actually, this might also work when creating a new player character? Is anyone willing to try? I might try it myself later.
//Edit: Nevermind, it would not work with a new player character because it will already be a tent with an entrance, not a plot. :/

 

[Twisk]

I'm tempted... There's a single rock in my town that especially bothers me, so I wonder if I should try moving in a villager right above the rock (using the reset trick) and see if it works. But the thing is, I'd definitely want to move the villager out eventually (don't want rocks OR houses in this area), so I wonder if the rock would come back when the villager was gone. Rocks are assigned to certain positions within certain acres, so the game might 'remember' that a rock was there when the villager leaves.