Your Design Pet Peeves

[Luella]

I realize this as I'm decorating my home.

I hate, hate, HATE when things are cluttered and my character has to do that little "scoot skip" motion to get to the other side. So I refuse to allow that and it has strongly effected my design decisions.

If there's a specific purpose for it like a "hidden area" or a purposely messy looking room then I think it would be fun!

What are your design pet peeves?

 

[Mello]

I hate, hate, HATE when things are cluttered and my character has to do that little "scoot skip" motion to get to the other side. So I refuse to allow that and it has strongly effected my design decisions.

100% agreed.

 

[coderp]

We can move items half blocks, but rotating them is still the same as before. Wish there was more in between, the teddy bears always look oddly positioned.

edit: rephrased because I don't know if rotating is determined in 'blocks' but u get the point haha

 

[Luella]

We can move items half blocks, but we can't rotate them half blocks.

This was not on my mind but it is now. Lol

 

[Clock]

That you cannot place natural paths, but place custom paths on the beach.

 

[Aliya]

I hate how you can't just pick up flowers directly like previous games. Using the shovel makes the process so much more tedious when I need to clear out an area to do something.

 

[Corvusrene]

Not being able to place things like flowers on the middle of large tables outside.

 

[Luella]

That you cannot place natural paths, but place custom paths on the beach.

Speaking of custom paths...

I have concluded from different conversations here that villagers are more likely to walk on the premade natural paths instead of the custom made paths.

While I would love to change the colorings of the natural paths I'm gonna probably base my design decisions around it because of that aspect.

 

[coderp]

I also wish we could add some lighting options to ceilings in our houses... A nice chandelier or recessed lighting would be nice. I may also be interested in having a selection of frames for artwork? I am just rattling off at this point.

 

[Luella]

I also wish we could add some lighting options to ceilings in our houses... A nice chandelier or recessed lighting would be nice. I may also be interested in having a selection of frames for artwork? I am just rattling off at this point.

A constant moving and soft sounding cieling fan would be beautiful.

Plants move in the breeze of the electric fans so I have a wall fan for that purpose.

 

[coderp]

A constant moving and soft sounding cieling fan would be beautiful.

Plants move in the breeze of the electric fans so I have a wall fan for that purpose.

Oh wow, never knew that about indoor plants!! I'll have to experiment, that's a neat element to work with!!!

I love the ceiling fan idea as well.

Something just popped into my head.. Sorry I am doing this a lot hahahaha. I looked outside at my patio and saw the string lights, and I now wish these were in the game as well!!!!!! I mean just think how cute you could design stuff with these, both indoors and outdoors!!! (I also secretly would be open to a star fragment DIY version)

(not my image, ripped off of google. If my patio looked like this I would never be inside)

 

[Luella]

Oh wow, never knew that about indoor plants!! I'll have to experiment, that's a neat element to work with!!!

I love the ceiling fan idea as well.

Something just popped into my head.. Sorry I am doing this a lot hahahaha. I looked outside at my patio and saw the string lights, and I now wish these were in the game as well!!!!!! I mean just think how cute you could design stuff with these, both indoors and outdoors!!! (I also secretly would be open to a star fragment DIY version)

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(not my image, ripped off of google. If my patio looked like this I would never be inside)

I wish we could hang the starry garland outside. Actually hang any wall thing outside! I'm so sad that it makes certain items exclusive to being indoors only.

 

[Feraligator]

I wish we could hang the starry garland outside. Actually hang any wall thing outside! I'm so sad that it makes certain items exclusive to being indoors only.

So much yes! I'd hang all the light-up garlands and wall plants along my cliff walls.

 

[alpacalypse]

it really bothers me that we can’t set specific footstep sounds for custom paths! they make a really weird sound when walked on, and as much as i love seeing them in island screenshots, the thought of plastering them over my island makes me grimace a bit :c

 

[Luella]

So much yes! I'd hang all the light-up garlands and wall plants along my cliff walls.

You made me remember another thing!

I know we can use simple panels, but I wish we had a way to make the sides of the cliff into a wall design instead of that brown color. Walls outside, all the walls!

 

[VelveteenCat]

I wish we could place rugs outside, that could really improve certain areas.

 

[Luella]

I wish we could place rugs outside, that could really improve certain areas.

Oooh and flooring. It would be neat if flooring could be placed outside and take up X amount if space. Bonus that they keep their sound effects as well.

 

[Seira]

I love some of the beautiful designs with cliff terraforming, but I hate having to hop over and scoot around things.

 

[Matt0106]

I realize this as I'm decorating my home.

I hate, hate, HATE when things are cluttered and my character has to do that little "scoot skip" motion to get to the other side. So I refuse to allow that and it has strongly effected my design decisions.

If there's a specific purpose for it like a "hidden area" or a purposely messy looking room then I think it would be fun!

What are your design pet peeves?

This is me 100%. I need to make sure I can fully walk through. Especially because if I invite people via Online, sometimes the game makes you just stand there for a sec as you get ready to scoot in.

 

[elphieluvr]

No rugs outside. no design mode outside. No ability to choose whether windows appear in your house or not (you could do this in HHD, some wallpapers in NH remove the windows but it’s not a choice). And I will second not having ceiling mounted furniture options like in HHD.

But I would say my absolutely number one peeve is the seams when you use custom paths by buildings, inclines, bridges, the beach edge, etc. It makes designing something pretty ridiculously difficult.