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Animal Crossing: New Leaf |OT2| You Can Stack Fruit

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pariah164

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Who else just lost their entire town due to save corruption? I'd like to commiserate with them. It's truly awful.

Sats did. I've been talking to her in IRC. Her donations to the museum, her house, her 16 million Bells... She lost it all. She's gutted and I'm gutted. She's the whole reason I didn't cancel my GameStop preorder, because she was SO enthusiastic about the game.
 

Elija2

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Practicing kung fu? With Peanut? What lies. Suspicious.

Haha, you gotta admit that's a great excuse.
 

yami4ct

Member
Sats did. I've been talking to her in IRC. Her donations to the museum, her house, her 16 million Bells... She lost it all. She's gutted and I'm gutted. She's the whole reason I didn't cancel my GameStop preorder, because she was SO enthusiastic about the game.

That's worse than mine. It's really a sad experience. The worst part for me is that I have a backup. It exists. Mine town is on my computer. The only problem, Nintendo's BS anti-save scumming technology is keeping me from using it.
 

pariah164

Member
That's worse than mine. It's really a sad experience. The worst part for me is that I have a backup. It exists. Mine town is on my computer. The only problem, Nintendo's BS anti-save scumming technology is keeping me from using it.

... Oh what the actual fuck? That's messed up.
 

yami4ct

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I am really digging this Mermaid carpet. I may end up getting the entire set.




I have an extra shovel, net, rod, axe, pears, and oranges. You can also catalog my Raccoon Clock as well.

Oh man, all that sounds amazing. Forgive me for being new to AC, but what's cataloging? I'm actually not familiar with that mechanic.

... Oh what the actual fuck? That's messed up.

Yup. The physical 3DS somehow keeps track of what your last save was. If you try to load an older one, it throws up an error and only gives you the option to start over. It's all sorts of messed up. Seems like the repercussions are worse than the problem it stops.
 

Labrys

Member
Oh man, all that sounds amazing. Forgive me for being new to AC, but what's cataloging? I'm actually not familiar with that mechanic.

At the second Nook upgrade, there's an item catalog you can order most items from. Cataloging is picking an item up, which adds it to your catalog, and putting it back down. You can then order it from your own shop.
Good for re-orderable DLC and item sets.
 

yami4ct

Member
At the second Nook upgrade, there's an item catalog you can order most items from. Cataloging is picking an item up, which adds it to your catalog, and putting it back down. You can then order it.

Cool. That fits my needs just fine. With my use of the awfulness of time traveling to fix my town up quickly, that should work out just fine for me.
 

Refugio

Member
Ok, so new town set up. First order of business, get my fruit and item collection back up to snuff. This time, I'm a cherry town. Any other fruit would be greatly, greatly, greatly appreciated. Also need fossils, rare museum bugs, a mario 1-1 wallpaper, and that Racoon Clock from Best Buy.

Again, thanks anyone that can help me recover from this tragedy. You can't know just how much I appreciate this. I'll try to repay you all in time.

I'd give you some fruits but my sister sold all my fruits today. I can give you my fossils tomorrow though if ya want.

Sats did. I've been talking to her in IRC. Her donations to the museum, her house, her 16 million Bells... She lost it all. She's gutted and I'm gutted. She's the whole reason I didn't cancel my GameStop preorder, because she was SO enthusiastic about the game.

Dang that sucks. She was nice enough to let me sell my turnips at her place last week. I don't have as much as 16 million but I'd be willing to donate some of what i have to help.
 

yami4ct

Member
I'd give you some fruits but my sister sold all my fruits today. I can give you my fossils tomorrow though if ya want.

That'd be amazing, man. I'll send you a PM with my FC and we can figure out when we can meet tomorrow. All this has been so appreciated.
 

HawthorneKitty

Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
So my Prima guide finally came in and lo and behold, most of the furniture that I scoped out for my eventual dream house comes from Gracie's house.
 

Unicorn

Member
I think I'll just go to sleep now...and decide tomorrow if I want to play again or not.

Do what Salsa suggested to someone else and roll the clock back 2 weeks and do that time-sensitive stuff. I'm sure GAF will supply you with Bells to pay debts, and tools so you can begin collecting wildlife again.


But fuck, losing it all to a glitch is fucking disheartening. It'd discourage me from starting over.
 

Salsa

Member
ah I hadnt realized Sats was posting here because of the avatar

I'd start again honestly. Think about the fact that it could have been a lot worse down the line. Try to go for a better layout/better villagers and such, and set the clock accordingly to what you've lost. GAF will help you out with the rest.
 

InfiniteNine

Rolling Girl
Well after a nap that went on way to too long I decided to visit the aquarium and look at the fishies.
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It seems the piranha wants it revenge by nibbling on my face.
 

Salsa

Member
But isn't time-traveling frowned upon? :(

well it feels like cheating when you're doing it because you don't wanna wait (thus not play the game like its meant to be played), but in this particular case it's the closest you can get to getting back the time you "lost"

nothing is affected in-game other than turnip stuff

i'd definetly do it if it's between doing that or not playing the game anymore
 

Elija2

Member
Hearing about people losing their save data due to corruption really sucks. Imagine if you'd put even more time into the game. I'm glad I went physical, but damn.
 

yami4ct

Member
ah I hadnt realized Sats was posting here because of the avatar

I'd start again honestly. Think about the fact that it could have been a lot worse down the line. Try to go for a better layout/better villagers and such, and set the clock accordingly to what you've lost. GAF will help you out with the rest.

Yeah, my previous town was a mess, so I can do a bit better. I still want to go for that whole, town in the middle of a fruit forest look, but maybe a bit more organized.

That's what I thought you meant.

But isn't time-traveling frowned upon? :(

Just heard about your loss. Man, I now really know how that feels. My sympathies. We're in this together now, haha. Let me know if I can help. I'm rebuilding now, but I should be all fixed up for the most part by end of the day tomorrow, barring my bug collection.
 

pariah164

Member
Hearing about people losing their save data due to corruption really sucks. Imagine if you'd put even more time into the game. I'm glad I went physical, but damn.

Not even that is safe. I've heard of people with physical getting fucked up too. I save obsessively for that reason.

And yes, in this case, Time Travel is justified.
 
That's actually the set that permeates my main room!
I love it, but the lamp is totally lacking, though the reddish hue makes sense for a Mermaid room I guess.

Time to farm a ton of medals because this set looks great. I probably won't have it in my main room because I'm holding out for a Modern Wood set, but damn this looks great.
 

Sats

Banned
I wanted to get to 20 million, so I could buy a fuckload of turnips on Sunday.

I got almost all of my current 16 million through beetle farming, so that's what I was doing tonight. But eventually I wanted to do some diving in my own town, and remembered that because of my Wealthy Ordinance, I needed to get a few more medals. I thought it would be fun to do a Club Tortimer game with some random internet people. In the middle of a Bug-catching tour, the game froze, and it said there was an error and the game had to be closed. I turned it back on and there was no save data.
 

yami4ct

Member
Hearing about people losing their save data due to corruption really sucks. Imagine if you'd put even more time into the game. I'm glad I went physical, but damn.

Physical will eventually die as well. 3DS carts still have batteries, right? Still, my issue is a special case, I recognize that. I have no clue how it happened. I'm going to be a bit nervous when I have to replace my SD card again in a couple days when my Amazon order arrive, but I'm just going to backup my saves every time for a couple days just to be sure the card stays alright. If I keep the save the absolute newest, it should work just fine.
 

Salsa

Member
I wanted to get to 20 million, so I could buy a fuckload of turnips on Sunday.

I got almost all of my current 16 million through beetle farming, so that's what I was doing tonight. But eventually I wanted to do some diving in my own town, and remembered that because of my Wealthy Ordinance, I needed to get a few more medals. I thought it would be fun to do a Club Tortimer game with some random internet people. In the middle of a Bug-catching tour, the game froze, and it said there was an error and the game had to be closed. I turned it back on and there was no save data.

shiiiet that's terrifying

i've had crashes during minigames before but nothing like that
 

mrklaw

MrArseFace
If I open the gates for visitors, will it still work if I close the 3DS and it goes into sleep mode (while animal crossing is running?

Does it upload your town at all? Would be kind of cool if others could visit your town even when your 3DS was switched off or you were playing something else.
 

Labrys

Member
Before the patch, yes, both physical and digital versions of the Japanese version suffered from slowdown, glitches and corrupt save files. Our copies came pre-patched with patch 1.1, however, which largely reduces the chances of these things happening.
Granted, there is chances for corruption to happen on the patched copies, as shown by Sats and others. As long as you are careful with SD card/game cartridge treatment, and do not turn off the system while it's saving, you are most likely in the clear. If you'd like, saving once a day at night and backing up that save is an option for people with the digital version although you'd have to do that every day.
Sats, I'd recommend contacting Nintendo of America/Europe with this information, there may be something they can do about it.
 

Unicorn

Member
I wanted to get to 20 million, so I could buy a fuckload of turnips on Sunday.

I got almost all of my current 16 million through beetle farming, so that's what I was doing tonight. But eventually I wanted to do some diving in my own town, and remembered that because of my Wealthy Ordinance, I needed to get a few more medals. I thought it would be fun to do a Club Tortimer game with some random internet people. In the middle of a Bug-catching tour, the game froze, and it said there was an error and the game had to be closed. I turned it back on and there was no save data.
Digital or physical game? Did you do "download later" if it was digital?
 

Unicorn

Member
i'd do it every day if the 3DS' new save-backup tool let me :/

why not allow it for New Leaf and just erase it once it's loaded?

god fucking dammit Nintendo



what does the latter have to do with anything?
A lot of people said that save corruption had a direct correlation with doing download later. I think even saves in games other than AC as well.
 

CheesecakeRecipe

Stormy Grey
This is kinda scaring me since I did the eShop version, but I did choose "download now" so maybe i'm on the safe side.

Sorry your save got wiped Sats, I will submit the miniscule 30,000 bells I have in my bank account to a "Save Our Sats" club.
 

yami4ct

Member
jesus, really sorry to hear that sats

is this the new update that's supposed to allow backups causing it, or wha?

You have to backup after every save to avoid getting screwed like I did, but it's still nice to have the option. It's a little annoying, but it's better than losing it all.
 
I wanted to get to 20 million, so I could buy a fuckload of turnips on Sunday.

I got almost all of my current 16 million through beetle farming, so that's what I was doing tonight. But eventually I wanted to do some diving in my own town, and remembered that because of my Wealthy Ordinance, I needed to get a few more medals. I thought it would be fun to do a Club Tortimer game with some random internet people. In the middle of a Bug-catching tour, the game froze, and it said there was an error and the game had to be closed. I turned it back on and there was no save data.

Holy cow, I had the same freeze/reboot issue today as well, except my saved data was not deleted. Now I'm fearful that it is only a matter of time for me...
 
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