PSA for new players: DO NOT TIME TRAVEL

[kitsuneblue]

Felt this was needed there seem to be a number of newer players. Do not touch your clock, do not mess with the dates. By time travel I mean to say for example changing your clock and date on your device to say 12:23 pm 05/13/24 to try to get some edge, for whatever reason, you would then have to wait till 12:23 pm 05/13/24 to play again as nothing will spawn, the shop will not roll over, many game breaking glitches like that. it will fix itself but you will have to wait real time for the clocks to sync back up. it could be a day, months, years. the furthest date and exact time you changed it to is what you will wait for. it can not be fixed other than to just wait it out.

[Tilarta]

This should be Pinned so every new player reads it.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Originally posted by Tilarta:

This should be Pinned so every new player reads it.

It should even be a warning when you start the game. Much better than the "graphics can make you go crazy" warning they currently give.

[Tilarta]

Not crazy, have an epileptic seizure and collapse.
Depending on what happens during the fall, severe injury may result.

[kitsuneblue]

just want to make sure people see it. this is not a joke. this will break your game

[lilacbun]

they should just fix the bug anyways and make it not affect the game at all and no way to change the time in dreamlight idk ik some have been bugged for awhile because they didnt know and time traveled in acnh to set up a house ect

[Xritsken]

I'll assume most people who play this likely played Animal Crossing, and should have learned the harsh lesson of Time Traveling in that game.

It's best to just assume that going forward any game that has a synchronized clock mechanic, I.E: Animal Crossing, or Disney's Dreamlight Valley... Will have some form of defense against Time Traveling.

[Tilarta]

Some have played Animal Crossing and they got rather passive-aggressive when this subject was raised for the first time.

They claimed that "time travelling is mandatory in Animal Crossing" and that the Gameloft Devs should have accomodated for their needs in AC by removing the time travel restriction in Dreamlight Valley.

I found the arrogance of that demand ridiculous, Gameloft are not involved in AC, so it's not their concern and definitely not a case to make to modify their game to accomodate another company's game.

[WraithNWhimsy]

Originally posted by kurumi:

they should just fix the bug in general

Sadly, GL themselves have set the official stance to "Don't do it, we won't fix the mess it makes" so yeah :( I feel bad for newer players who don't have access to the main server or another large community that will give them those early day hints.

[kitsuneblue]

Originally posted by Xritsken:

I'll assume most people who play this likely played Animal Crossing, and should have learned the harsh lesson of Time Traveling in that game.

It's best to just assume that going forward any game that has a synchronized clock mechanic, I.E: Animal Crossing, or Disney's Dreamlight Valley... Will have some form of defense against Time Traveling.

like Tilarta says people from animal crossings player base claimed time travel was almost mandatory so I don'tthink they learned anything

[kitsuneblue]

they really should put a warning up somewhere people can easily find. their announcement was buried long ago

[Tilarta]

Where was that announcement made?
Is it somewhere where the entire playerbase community could have read it?

Me personally, if I wanted to make sure the issue was presented, I would have put it in a splash screen that appears ingame every 7 days.

As a side topic, are some Animal Crossing fans particularly stubborn?
I saw a video which demonstrated problematic behavior in the AC community.

[kitsuneblue]

Originally posted by Tilarta:

Where was that announcement made?
Is it somewhere where the entire playerbase community could have read it?

Me personally, if I wanted to make sure the issue was presented, I would have put it in a splash screen that appears ingame every 7 days.

As a side topic, are some Animal Crossing fans particularly stubborn?
I saw a video which demonstrated problematic behavior in the AC community.

i have had some of them tell me time travel is the only way animal crossing is playable

[Faerytech]

Don't meant to be mean, I guess there are some very young players, but this should be a bit common sense. The option isn't there for people to try and cheat, it's for those rare events that require you to do something at a certain time of day, in case you absolutely can't game at that time. It's not a flaw, as some people are complaining, it's literally a feature that you have to wait a certain amount of time to do certain things, and of course trying to game the system is going to have negative effects. Do some people not realize that the flow of these games is designed for casual, leisurely play over an extended period of time, that it's literally an entire point of the game to make you sit back and relax, taking prolonged breaks between play sessions? People who say that time travel is necessary in AC are probably the same people who complain that Dark Souls should have an easy mode. It's not a flaw, it's a feature, if you don't like it, don't play it.

[kitsuneblue]

this seems to be happening again so bump i guess. please everyone don't time travel

[Tilarta]

Should we be more direct in stating that time travellers make their own mess, so have to climb out of the hole they dug themselves?
There is no solution but to employ the patience they should have used in the first place.

Honestly, it's not that long, 3days is the longest timegate I have seen for a Friendship dependent mission.
Although technically, was 9 days, 3x3.