Villager Plots Aren't Showing Up In Plot Resetting?

[Akimari]

So I'm due for a new villager to move in, and as a result, I've been doing some plot resetting so that they don't move in on any paths and stuff. First plot reset I found the villager, they cut into my bushes, and I restarted. Second villager cut into my paths and flowers, so I reset again.

But now each time I plot reset, no matter how hard I look, I CANNOT find any more villager plots. I haven't changed the date or time on my 3DS since the first two resets, and I can't at all figure out why the villagers aren't there anymore. I'm too scared to change my 3DS a day ahead or anything like that incase that triggers a permanent move-in. Does anyone know what might be causing this? Am I just not looking hard enough? Did I screw up somewhere?

 

[Serif]

Unless it's a set move-in (Camper, Invite over Wi-Fi, etc) you won't always generate a plot. Just like how you won't always generate a campsite. I'm not sure if going more days will increase your chances of generating a plot each time, but from my experience it hasn't done much.

 

[Folia]

I had the same problem awhile ago and found this thread dated a few months back:

Was it a random move-in and did you have less than 9 villagers? If so, there's only a chance that a villager will plot, which is the reason the plot didn't show up every time. Let's say you had 8 villagers, and this was your 9th (though this applies to any number below that). You probably expected a new villager because it had been two days since the previous villager put down their house, right? There's only a small chance that a new villager will move in, and this chance increases during the week, with a 100% chance on the 7th day. Therefore, it's possible that you saw a plot the first time, but not the six times after that, and that one showed up again when you loaded the game with your mayor.

 

[Ichigo.]

this is a villager reset right? not a plot reset? if so, are you sure you're on the right day of move in? sometimes, i'll notice the plots stop showing up and I TT ahead a day and it usually fixes the problem. even if there's a "permanent move in" if you're checking with a new character, you can just reset and go back to the previous day, can't you? you haven't saved it, so there shouldn't be a permanent move in.

 

[Akimari]

It was just a random plot-in, so that explains why there isn't always one coming in! Thank you for the answers everyone. One more thing though... I have my 3DS clock set to today's date since in-game I had TT'd to April 1st, but each time I load up a new save file, it says the day is March 30th. I'm a bit too scared to load up my main file's save right now on the chance that someone plots down so I don't know what's causing the date to change when I put up a new save.

 

[Ichigo.]

If you're scared that someone will plot down when you load up your main character, the best thing to do is check your town with a new character first. If no one's plotted, then you'll have to save that character/set down a plot for their home which you can demolish after. Then when you start up the game as you normally would with your main character, there shouldn't be any surprises.

 

[Akimari]

I HATE MY LIFE. I load up my save file and I find that some villager named "Rudy" has moved in not only right next to me, but RIGHT inside my pink and white flower cosmos. This just isn't fair

 

[Ichigo.]

....Did you time travel when you loaded your save file? That shouldn't have happened if you saved on a new character when there isn't a new plot and loaded your main character on the same day.

 

[Folia]

I HATE MY LIFE. I load up my save file and I find that some villager named "Rudy" has moved in not only right next to me, but RIGHT inside my pink and white flower cosmos. This just isn't fair

That's exactly what happened to the person from the older thread. Always gotta save your town with the new character!

 

[moonfeathers]

This is outrageous

This is happening to me too and I don't understand!
I made a new town and I got Marshal by resetting on a new save file until I got him. But after he moved in I did the same thing (TT forward a day to 5:59 on my mayor profile, then quickly leave, and then get a new save file to scout out the town after 6 am.) There would be no plot, and I looked everywhere multiple times with multiple new save files on the same morning, but there was still no plot. So I decided it was safe to TT forward another day and repeat the process, but I found that a new villager had moved in! They set up no plot the day before, and this keeps happening, every single time. I don't know what's going on!