When do you start landscaping a town?
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i would rather have it landscaped at all times, so i start right away then change it whenever necessary.
It's honestly up to you! If it doesn't bother you then you can wait, but if it does, there's absolutely no harm in starting immediately
Just start wherever you'd like, it's your town and your game after all!
Good luck!
It's honestly up to you! If it doesn't bother you then you can wait, but if it does, there's absolutely no harm in starting immediately
Just start wherever you'd like, it's your town and your game after all!
Good luck!
Like sarahac said, it's up to you; it's best to start wherever you'd like
I have most of my villagers (I need to move one out and get one more possibly), but I have already started to landscape my town!
It's only certain areas, but I have design patterns in designated areas so I can plan out/change things if need be.
I'm no landscape expert, but do what you think would look best! I look to dream towns for inspiration as well~ It sometimes gets my creative juices flowing
I have most of my villagers (I need to move one out and get one more possibly), but I have already started to landscape my town!
It's only certain areas, but I have design patterns in designated areas so I can plan out/change things if need be.
I'm no landscape expert, but do what you think would look best! I look to dream towns for inspiration as well~ It sometimes gets my creative juices flowing
In my town it helps me to just do it every now and then to make it slowly come together, otherwise I think I would have been overwhelmed with all the options 
Like the other posters have said though, it really depends on your playstyle 
I like my villager's houses and the pwp's scattered around randomly so I'm okay with not waiting for all my dreamies before I landscape, but I see a lot of other towns that have the houses and pwp's very neatly arranged, which probably took more planning
Like the other posters have said though, it really depends on your playstyle I like my villager's houses and the pwp's scattered around randomly so I'm okay with not waiting for all my dreamies before I landscape, but I see a lot of other towns that have the houses and pwp's very neatly arranged, which probably took more planning
ScaryGhosts
stump maker
Well, i plan things out from the beginning, especially since i have natural paths and woulnt want to wear grass out around them, BUT i’ve found that actually landscaping is nearly impossible until you have all of your dreamies, because of all of the qr designs. When I was moving in my dreamies, all I had were trees and bushes lining my path, and thats about it. Things like flowers and clovers would be especially tricky because they would probably cover at least a 3x3 area in your idea design, and youd have to remove some to put dont qrs, and that’s just a pain in the bum. While i was moving my dreamies in, i was focusing on breeding the hybrids i wanted for my town and just filling my beaches with them for the time being as well as getting the starts and saplings i needed saved up.
Sorry this was long, i just woke up and my brain is fuzzy.
Sorry this was long, i just woke up and my brain is fuzzy.
BrookieYoCookie
Senior Member
Hi there!
I personally landscaped my town once I had all of my gold tools and a decent amount of money saved up. The first thing I did though was make sure all the villager houses were in a spot I like, and if they weren't I would wait until they were. Second I waited until I had all buildings or larger projects done, such as the cafe and police station. Once I had those things done I always brainstorm ideas of things I want to do or things in the past I did that I liked and would do again, so for example:
- Graveyard
- Camping Area
- Patio for cafe
- Lunch area for cafe
Etc. Once I have brainstormed ideas I think of what I typically picture or see when I think of these things, and where you would want it to be. Next think about the little things like Public Works Projects you could include, like signs, benches etc. Next is your path, I recommend having several different paths, one more natureish path, one main path, then a more modern one that can be used for patios or for anything you like. Next keep in mind that QR Codes can give effect to Public Works Projects, for example, if you take the water pump, and grab yourself a QR Code of a drain, you can give that its own area and everything. I typically have one by several different places, and I love the effect it gives. Keep in mind once again you can do the same thing with signs, for example place a sign by the cafe with a picture of coffee on it, or even in a campsite, or by the beach with a trash can near it! When I start though I fully finish the area I work on and move onto a different area. Once I have completed a bunch of areas I connect them and begin working on landscaping those areas of connection.
Important note: When you choose your paths I recommend making them solid, as in it takes up the whole square with no grass in it. This can cause issues down the road with the changing of seasons and you will need to paste a new path in that slot. It's much easier to just find a solid path!
When you are choosing plants keep in mind of cedar trees, oak trees, different bushes and what they look like year around, four leaf clovers for a grass effect, etc.
I really hope this helped!
I personally landscaped my town once I had all of my gold tools and a decent amount of money saved up. The first thing I did though was make sure all the villager houses were in a spot I like, and if they weren't I would wait until they were. Second I waited until I had all buildings or larger projects done, such as the cafe and police station. Once I had those things done I always brainstorm ideas of things I want to do or things in the past I did that I liked and would do again, so for example:
- Graveyard
- Camping Area
- Patio for cafe
- Lunch area for cafe
Etc. Once I have brainstormed ideas I think of what I typically picture or see when I think of these things, and where you would want it to be. Next think about the little things like Public Works Projects you could include, like signs, benches etc. Next is your path, I recommend having several different paths, one more natureish path, one main path, then a more modern one that can be used for patios or for anything you like. Next keep in mind that QR Codes can give effect to Public Works Projects, for example, if you take the water pump, and grab yourself a QR Code of a drain, you can give that its own area and everything. I typically have one by several different places, and I love the effect it gives. Keep in mind once again you can do the same thing with signs, for example place a sign by the cafe with a picture of coffee on it, or even in a campsite, or by the beach with a trash can near it! When I start though I fully finish the area I work on and move onto a different area. Once I have completed a bunch of areas I connect them and begin working on landscaping those areas of connection.
Important note: When you choose your paths I recommend making them solid, as in it takes up the whole square with no grass in it. This can cause issues down the road with the changing of seasons and you will need to paste a new path in that slot. It's much easier to just find a solid path!
When you are choosing plants keep in mind of cedar trees, oak trees, different bushes and what they look like year around, four leaf clovers for a grass effect, etc.
I really hope this helped!
Well, I don't have 10 dreamies. I like to keep cycling through villagers every now and then to get fresh faces. So I had to landscape while keeping in mind that I would still be moving villagers in and out.
I start by planning my town out on a gridded map. It's a tedious process to go through my entire town placing patterns to count out every tile, but it's worth it in the end for me to be able to plot everything out and visualize it better. In my grid map, I start by laying out where all the villagers' houses will go, making sure I leave adequate space around cliffs, ponds, rocks, etc. Next, I decide where my major PWPs will go, like the cafe or campsite. Then, I figure out how to make my paths connect all the main buildings and houses. Finally, I plan out where to place smaller PWPs, trees, bushes, bamboo and flowers.
After I've finished doing everything on my grid map, I start landscaping an area at a time. I don't do everything all at once. If a villager is in an area that I have other plans for, I wait for them to move to tackle that area. The whole time, I keep QR patterns placed every 2 spaces apart to force new villagers into the plots where I want them.
Now that I have all 10 villagers plotted where I want them, I pick up the extra QR patterns. But when I'm ready to move a new villager in, I replace the QR patterns. It takes a while, but I have enough open spaces in my landscaping so that I only have to move a few flowers around.
I start by planning my town out on a gridded map. It's a tedious process to go through my entire town placing patterns to count out every tile, but it's worth it in the end for me to be able to plot everything out and visualize it better. In my grid map, I start by laying out where all the villagers' houses will go, making sure I leave adequate space around cliffs, ponds, rocks, etc. Next, I decide where my major PWPs will go, like the cafe or campsite. Then, I figure out how to make my paths connect all the main buildings and houses. Finally, I plan out where to place smaller PWPs, trees, bushes, bamboo and flowers.
After I've finished doing everything on my grid map, I start landscaping an area at a time. I don't do everything all at once. If a villager is in an area that I have other plans for, I wait for them to move to tackle that area. The whole time, I keep QR patterns placed every 2 spaces apart to force new villagers into the plots where I want them.
Now that I have all 10 villagers plotted where I want them, I pick up the extra QR patterns. But when I'm ready to move a new villager in, I replace the QR patterns. It takes a while, but I have enough open spaces in my landscaping so that I only have to move a few flowers around.
I only started doing it after I got most of the PWP?s that I wanted and my dream villagers. I found it way easier to plan paths, tree placements, and flower arrangements after I got those placed in town.
I did start collecting hybrids and saplings way before I got everything placed once I had a color scheme planned out, but I didn?t get everything organized really until I got those placed and picked the best paths to place in town.
My town structure is really based on my path placement, though, so it was kinda necessary for me to wait for all that. Placing tiles and then erasing and replacing them again is really time consuming! And planting saplings and bush starts is wasteful if you?re not even sure where you want it yet because once you dig them up they?re gone
I did start collecting hybrids and saplings way before I got everything placed once I had a color scheme planned out, but I didn?t get everything organized really until I got those placed and picked the best paths to place in town.
My town structure is really based on my path placement, though, so it was kinda necessary for me to wait for all that. Placing tiles and then erasing and replacing them again is really time consuming! And planting saplings and bush starts is wasteful if you?re not even sure where you want it yet because once you dig them up they?re gone
I just start with the landscaping right from the beginning, even if I don't have all villagers or PWPs yet.
I do as much as I can and just change things later when it's needed. Most of the time, I start at one
point, moving then forward to another point till I got rough the landscaping done like I wanted. I go
then more and more in detail, also stating at a certain part and then working through each part of
my town. Of course at some points I have to change things up like when villagers moved in or out
or when other changes happened, like PWPs or alt character houses got built etc.
I do as much as I can and just change things later when it's needed. Most of the time, I start at one
point, moving then forward to another point till I got rough the landscaping done like I wanted. I go
then more and more in detail, also stating at a certain part and then working through each part of
my town. Of course at some points I have to change things up like when villagers moved in or out
or when other changes happened, like PWPs or alt character houses got built etc.
2kimi2furious
Sleepy Bear
I just kind of do it as I go along. I plan out what kind of PWPs I want for my town, but I don't plan out where I want them. I like to play in my town and let the ideas grow organically. It might mean that my towns won't be as pretty as someone who meticulously plans them out, but to me it feels like it's growing like a real small town would. And also it is kind of a surprise for me to see how everything will turn out when it is finished!
I put down the main path for routing through the island first. Then I have an idea of where I want villager's houses after that and which zones I want free for pwps/landscape features. Bridges with paths is usually at the same time but I always hold off on the third naturally to unlock the pwps but just note and make sure to block off the area I'll eventually plan to build it.
I feel like the main path influences a lot for me from bushes to tree placements and so forth. I'll generally start stock piling tree starts before I chop down a large amount of trees to redo them how I want. Trees is probably one of the last parts until I have all my villager houses where I want them perm.
I feel like the main path influences a lot for me from bushes to tree placements and so forth. I'll generally start stock piling tree starts before I chop down a large amount of trees to redo them how I want. Trees is probably one of the last parts until I have all my villager houses where I want them perm.
I already had an idea of what I wanted, so I had mostly just jumped into it.
I cannot remember exactly when I did what, but I know the process went something like this:
1. Placed public works projects.
2. Decided which villagers I wanted.
3. Filled town with tiles. Most are to avoid random plots, but some are for landscaping direction.
4. Moved in villagers while gradually doing landscaping.
I cannot remember exactly when I did what, but I know the process went something like this:
1. Placed public works projects.
2. Decided which villagers I wanted.
3. Filled town with tiles. Most are to avoid random plots, but some are for landscaping direction.
4. Moved in villagers while gradually doing landscaping.
I've never landscaped
Foreversacredx
Senior Member
I started landscaping straight away and would use the picture designs to put down as bushes, trees pro etc while I waited to get them. Landscaping is my favourite thing to do in animal crossing!
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