What's your opinion on hacked/moded save files for ACNH?

[meggiewes]

They do ban people if they were caught doing glitches like duplicates to spawn more items just to sell them and make more bells thats something that they don't take too kindly too.

When you say "they" do you mean Nintendo or someone else? Because I don't see how Nintendo could possibly police that unless you are a widely well known streamer person. And even then, I feel like that is a bit overzealous unless a third party starts selling sea bass for real world cash for profit (as a ridiculous and made up example).

 

[tybalt_cake]

Yeah, I remember that.
It was only because this youtuber would mass report people with star trees and encourage fans to do the same. Even if the person they were reporting didn't do anything wrong like hack someone else. Nintendo saw the mass reports and saw that a lot of people didn't like the mods/hacks so they toughened their policies on mods/hacks.

another day where verlisify is a piece of scum and should get a life lul

 

[Sgt.Groove]

As long as its for personal use only and not distributing items its fine in my opinion. Hacked towns can actually look amazing if done right, and in NL tons of em existed due to the bush planting and tree limits. If you hack for trading/profit then eat an egg mister.

 

[Serabee]

I think they're cool to look at it, but I wouldn't risk mine (...nor would I have the technological know-how to do mine anyway)!

And unless you're hacking like in WW with those "seeds" that could damage other people's games, I see no harm in it, because it's not a competitive game. If someone hacked a star fragment tree (RIP those things, they were so pretty!) they put in a different level or work, but still some work, and took on a certain level of risk... so I still feel like they earned those things in a way. But even if they found a way to get them at the press of a button, who cares? Doesn't affect my game at all.

I just don't understand the mentality of people getting angry and vindictive over it when it really, truly, doesn't affect them. The work they put into their island is still an accomplishment, regardless of what other people do on theirs. If you think it's so offensive that they didn't "earn" their stuff, then you should be able to take pride in the fact that you earned yours, and just ignore what they're doing with theirs. AC games are just about as far from a competitive game as possible. The only "competitions" are ones you make up yourself.

 

[Airysuit]

It doesn't bother me but I wouldn't do it myself

 

[Nefarious]

As long as it doesn’t mess up other people’s save files, it’s not being tote around like a legit item and they aren’t selling hacked items for real world money, I don’t really care at all if people want to mod their games. It’s perfectly fine if it’s for personal use.

Though, it’s probably best to wait till support for the game is done, less likely Nintendo will patch stuff like the star trees out then.

 

[Beanz]

i think it's fine, a lot of the hacked islands are cool. as long as the hacker isn't doing something bad to someone else i think it's ok.

 

[VanitasFan26]

When you say "they" do you mean Nintendo or someone else? Because I don't see how Nintendo could possibly police that unless you are a widely well known streamer person. And even then, I feel like that is a bit overzealous unless a third party starts selling sea bass for real world cash for profit (as a ridiculous and made up example).

I was refereeing to Nintendo they ban the people who do duplicate glitches in their games that sell those items for more bells which is considered cheating. FYI I am not a streamer. Not sure where you got that idea from. I said in another comment that a YouTuber was recently banned for showcasing a hacked island which he wasn't the one doing the hacking yet he got his account banned. I don't remember the name, but I do know of that happening.

Don't misunderstand its not like I would do stuff like this. I don't like hacking in the games because I think that is unfair. I am just saying that the people who this tend to use it the wrong way and then get banned. Even people who try to avoid getting banned when they see hacked island they still get banned. Hope this clears up the confusion.

 

[Bluebellie]

I'm fine with it. as long as they're not using them to steal people dream addresses like in NL (and still is happening).

This! They stole my dream address in new leaf and I remember a bunch of others too. It’s made me paranoid in new horizons since I can’t search islands by name like before. I won’t know if my island gets stolen. Not that I have a dream address now ( but it’s something that I think about).

Usually hacking doesn’t bother me too much. I certainly don’t mind if people plant star frag trees, or such. I’m not a hacker, and probably won’t try it ( too scared to corrupt my game). However, if a hacker is doing malicious things that can corrupt someone else’s game, cause someone harm or a bad time, I’m not ok with that. I had my town stolen before and had someone pass it on as their own. It wasn’t fun for me.

 

[Halloqueen]

I don't care what other people do with the games they purchased so long as they don't impact other players negatively. I felt the same way about the matter in New Leaf, whatever they want to do with their town is fine by me so long as they aren't giving other people items that they then can't remove from their inventory or something.

 

[Rika092]

It’s just a game so I don’t really care if people decide to hack or not. If someone derive more enjoyment from a hacked copy of acnh then so be it. In new leaf some people hacked their towns to break free from some limitations that set in the game(such as tree spaces, trees in water, hard to obtain items like clover) and I thought those towns were super neat. I also recall during the early days of acnh people would have hacked star fragment trees and harv’s fences, but these were later removed when Nintendo found out.Honestly don’t really understand why some feel the need to report such hacks to Nintendo, but I guess to each their own.

 

[lemoncrossing]

I was big into ACNL hacking back in the day (shhh don’t tell anyone), so I definitely can’t hate on the hacked ACNH islands. I think it’s cool to see rocks and weeds placed in the water (don’t know if that carried over to NH, but it was big in NL) and the star fragment trees were beautiful while they were around. Nothing wrong with modding your game to make it a bit more personalized, in my opinion.

However, the issue I have is when people use modding to unlock the time-locked items... and sell them to others for real money. I see it all the time on Instagram, where the popular “uwu aesthetic animal crossing” accounts will decorate with time locked items & everyone will be asking “OMG how did you get those?” The account owner always tags an account that sells time locked items for real life currency, and it just seems scummy to me. I mean, you’re going to be able to get the items eventually. Is it really worth it to pay $10 just to get them a week early? Is that even morally right, to sell pixels for real money? I don’t know. But that’s the big issue I have with New Horizons hackers.

I don’t know if this one counts as hacking, but I definitely appreciate the work dataminers do too. I love seeing all the contents of an update as soon as it drops because I love me some instant gratification. It always gives me something to look forward to achieving later in-game.

 

[Che5hire Cat]

I have the same opinion here as I already had back in New Leaf: I don't mind people who hacked their save files, as long as they don't affect other player's files in any negative ways. Some hacked islands do looking good and I'm gonna admit, the star frag trees were cool. I for myself never hacked before and I have no plans to do this, simply because I'm not interested in it nor do I even know how this works at all.

 

[k e r f u f f l e]

I honestly don’t care. Though I’d never do it, some of the hacked/modded islands/towns I’ve seen were insanely creative.

All and all- hackers paid for and own their copy, too, and should be allowed to do whatever they want (as long as it doesn’t start effecting other players’ games negatively).

 

[-Lumi-]

as long as it doesn't come to the expense of other people's unmodded games / files, especially involving transactions and trading, i'm not against it.

you paid 60 bucks for the game, as long as you don't harm others or try and start anything up with glitches, gamebreaking items and such, i'm not going to get into anybody's feathers about it.

This sums up my feelings about it. As long as the way you're playing the game doesn't harm other people, then I take no issue with it. I feel the same way about time travelling and about duping items back in New Leaf.

I won't personally hack my game because I don't know how and can't be bothered to learn. I know it would personally bring me more anxiety than enjoyment because I'd be worried about breaking my game or something. I think it is cool to see the things that people can do with their hacked islands, though! The star trees people had on their islands at one point were really pretty and I remember in New Leaf hacking let people put PWP's in locations they otherwise wouldn't have been able to.

 

[Shellzilla_515]

They're absolutely fine provided they don't negatively impact our own save files. Now I'm curious if we can visit hacked dream islands without any consequence (aside from the person who modified their save).

 

[Kate86]

I chose A. It’s not that I find it super cool, but as long as they aren’t hurting anyone and know that they risk getting their account banned, I don’t care. (I remember back in New Leaf hackers could plant rocks in front of buildings or something and screw up peoples towns which is the main reason I never played with strangers).

 

[tiffanistarr]

I take pretty no much issue with it at all. I don't care if you have star frag trees, trees in rivers and lakes, or if you're duplicating items. You paid your money for the game, do what you want with it.

I do however take issue when people purposely mess up someone else's save file. Like people picking up wrapped hacked items that you end up being stuck with.

I don't see why someone would do that to someone else, it's so crappy and mean spirited.

 

[Brioshi87]

In wild world I had a visitor who tried to plant a tree infront of my door so I couldn't dig it up or get into my house. Luckily I saw them do this before they tried to leave and make the save permanent. I turned off my DS and reported them to the community I was apart of.

As long as no one is doing anything like that then it's fine by me. Hack away.

 

[Marshmallows]

I don't care if people hack... I appreciate data miners and am jealous of the hacked camera... at the same time, I think it's right that Nintendo doesn't allow obviously hacked items in dream addresses. I'm neutral on item duping (the economy is in shambles anyway.)

Obviously anything that tries to ruin another player's fun is wrong.