Animal Crossing: City Folk - Gen. Discussion and info

[quote name='crunchewy']Hold on. You seem to be answering yes. Also you seem to be assuming that there will only be 3 or 4 such hacked DLC's when you can be absolutely positive that more then 256 hacked DLCs will be produced, if they haven't already been produced. If every single one has a unique ID, that would leave none for Nintendo. Lastly, you also talk about Pikmin hats and lightsabers which are all fine and dandy and which I couldn't care less about. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that it won't be long before, shall we say, less then intelligent folks, will be inundating the system with their favorite images. I play Animal Crossing, but my kids, 6 and 7, play the game with me too, in the same town. Now what am I suppose to do? Do I have to delete all my FCs to prevent crap like that from showing up? Do I have to delete my town if they do?[/quote]
No. The absolute worst that can happen is you miss out on Nintendo-approved DLC in place of some hacked DLC because the hex numbers match/you have used your 256 DLC slots. Currently, the program used is held only by the creator, and possibly close friends. (AFAIK just the creator) There has been five pieces of DLC. Three are hacked. It is impossible for DLC items, be it Nintendo-approved red Pikmin hats or some dumbass' favorite shock image as a hat, to appear in Tom Nook's. The only way you would see it is if they were on your friends list, you met up, and they had the item with them and were using it. I think it would be far more likely that they would be using a pattern on a hat, and not go through the extra trouble. Seeing as the program isn't even out in the wild yet, and may stay that way for a while, you don't have much to worry about. (The creator also created a popular tool for modifying AC:WW, and didn't bring full functionality to it that was very easy to do for a year.)

To my knowledge, the only person with the DLC on CAG is Filler2001.
 
So when did Nintendo start handing out the DLC for North America, and what are those pieces of DLC? And what pieces are in the "hacked" DLC category?

I know I'm on Filler's friends list, but I'm wondering if I'm on a black list of sorts now.
 
So everyone is afraid to visit each other now? :cry: Well I'll still be around. I'm not about to give up wifi. Filler, I deleted you a while ago. Due to inactivity, not necessarily because of the hacking ;)

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Annnd I just finished putting down paths all over my town. I realized that with all of the flowers I have now, people might think they can't run around in my town. Here in Texas we pride ourselves in ruining everything, I mean, running everywhere.

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I made the paths out of the grass pattern so they can be easily seen :rofl:

Hopefully this will cut down on the number of trampled flowers.
As in me trampling my own flowers :roll:
 
You wanna hear something I just realized that is extremely funny in a messed up sort of way? If I were to restart my town and come back as one of the people without an AC STD (This conversation sounds so much like 1st semester of health XD), I can't actually come back with my regular stuff, because think of it this way:

1) Let someone hold my stuff (minus the sabre and hat)
2) They become infected
3) I come back with my new account to pick up stuff
4) I become infected again

Man, I really gotta see what I can get for this game now, this is just freakin ridiculous. Its like the game wants me to sell it now...and no way in hell am I restarting from scratch. fuck Nintendo.
 
I have a question. I just finished paying off my final exapansion and donated 165k to the town fund after my borther had already donated 35k meaning the total should be over 200k. Its on the second day now and I still see no announcement of a bridge. Do i have to donate it all myself or how long does it take to see the announcement.
 
[quote name='Daisydog']Ah, more new people. Well the last time I added new people many of them disappeared and didn't add me back. I'm going to replace them with newer people :bouncy:


Hooray! :rofl:

I wonder if Jason ever got his. Is he still not back yet? :cry:[/QUOTE]


Yeah, I just got back yesterday. I'll have to check tonight.

Looks like I need to go through my list again and figure out who is still playing and who isn't.
 
Mikatu- 1-2 full days at most

Broly: The hacked items Im speaking of (though there are others) are the lightsabres (blue and red), as well as ShinyBluePikmin (inverted red one). These items were released as "fake" DLC from the hacker known as DSpet which have potential to do nothing up to corrupt your game due to the hex numbers of the DLC (see Doomeds posts on previous page for more info). I got these items right before the entire DLC problems became widespread, and as far as CAG knows I am the only contaminated one (as I own these items - thought for simply connecting to me you become infected too) which causes me to be pissed that I cant go on wifi with CAG now so I dont contaminate them, that there is no way to uncontaminate myself besides starting from scratch at the moment, among other things. On the bright side the TIV is 24 bucks before bonuses.
 
[quote name='KingBroly']Filler, what are the hacked items?[/quote]
[quote name='AiboPet, AKA DsPet, AKA creator of the hacked DLC']
The current version [of the program that adds the hacked DLC] supports 5 different "DLCs"

Nintendo Official:
  • "red Pikmin" - hat item (released Xmas 08 in Japan) - item code $AEB0
  • "top" - furniture item (released New Years 09 in Japan) - item code $C840
Unofficial 'hacked' DLC:
  • "ShinyBluePikmin" - like 'red Pikmin hat' but shiny blue. Catalog it and buy from Nook - item code $CA00
  • "RedLightSabreV1" - acts like a golden axe. Can not catalog. Get one from a hacker friend - item code $CA04
  • "BlueLightSabreV1" - acts like a golden axe. Can not catalog. Get one from a hacker friend - item code $CA08
[/quote]The program also has a tool to remove DLC from your save file, say, to gain official DLC if there's overlap. For an item from Nintendo to overlap with a hacked DLC, say, the RedLightSabreV1, it would have to have the code $CA04. Any other DLC from Nintendo would work fine until 256 DLC pieces.
 
I found a Golden Slingshot yesterday. \\:D/

[quote name='Filler2001']YMan, I really gotta see what I can get for this game now, this is just freakin ridiculous. Its like the game wants me to sell it now...and no way in hell am I restarting from scratch. fuck Nintendo.[/QUOTE]

Why all of the bitterness towards the game? :whistle2:s
 
Everyone who goes to this thread: I just made a blog post regarding my decision to sell this game AND the future of this thread. Read it if you care to...
 
Daisy, how did you manage to get a grass patt like that? i assume you made it, but how do you put it on the ground?

BTW to whomever added me, I think I told you to put Kaiser in, well i realized my whole town is all capitals its KAISER
so if thats preventing me from getting to you guys / you getting to me.. that could be why.
 
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I'm still looking for WFC's to explore, if you could please add me (info in sig) and let me know so I can add you.

Thanks.
 
I don't understand what the big deal over the hacked items is. If you get one, the absolute worst that can happen is that you miss out on three pieces of DLC from Nintendo, which could probably be fixed by hackers. If you're that worried enable homebrew on your Wii and quit bitching. So far Nintendo DLC has been lame anyway. Light saber>Pikmin hat. I'd be fine connecting with Filler even if I didn't have a way to remove the hacked DLC. That being said, Filler, this isn't Nintendo's fault at all.
 
I guess you're right, I guess I said that because I was kinda pissed that this whole thing is seen as a quarantine on GameFAQs, the place where I primarily go to for AC. I plan on getting rid of this game anyways, I think I can get like 35ish shipped for it if I try...there just isn't any appeal anymore in this game (for me) and I need to save up for the 90$ RE5 CE
 
Welcome back Jason! :) I did get your fossils in case you missed that post. Thank you very much.
[quote name='applecrisp']Daisy, how did you manage to get a grass patt like that? i assume you made it, but how do you put it on the ground?

BTW to whomever added me, I think I told you to put Kaiser in, well i realized my whole town is all capitals its KAISER
so if thats preventing me from getting to you guys / you getting to me.. that could be why.[/quote]
The grass pattern is from the Walrus, Wendell. If you give him certain fish/fruit/items he'll give you different patterns. I gave him a Black Bass to get that one, and I can put it at Able's if you'd like to come get it.

To put it on the ground you just select (don't grab/drag) it from the pattern menu. It will give you the option to drop it on the ground. You can also do this in your house to drop your pattern as wallpaper, carpet, clothing item, etc.

For friend codes, as long as the code is correct you should be fine. It doesn't matter what you put for your friend's town name or character, it will correct itself when you connect to them for the first time.
 
Doomed - one big deal from my perspective is the virus aspect of this. I don't want the hacked items and yet I can end up with them in a form. The notion that I should "just" hack my system, install some probably crappy and possibly even dangerous tool to remove them (and which may not be available anyway? What?) is silly.

I'm not going to shut out wifi, but do want to make it clear that I want no part of these hacked DLC and do not want people with them in my town, nor do I wish to visit a town that has them. I trust all of you to inform us if you have this stuff. Also if you have them and are playing with others, please do not display them without first asking if it is OK.
 
[quote name='crunchewy']Also if you have them and are playing with others, please do not display them without first asking if it is OK.[/quote]

It doesn't matter if you see the item or not. As long as the person you connect with has the item data in their save file, it also gets transferred to your save file (and anyone else who is in the same town at the time) just by connecting with them. Even if you don't see the item, it doesn't mean you're safe from not getting the data for it.
 
[quote name='Daisydog']Welcome back Jason! :) I did get your fossils in case you missed that post. Thank you very much.[/QUOTE]


I checked during lunch, and I did receive your fossils as well. Thanks a bunch!

I'm fine with people doing what they want to enjoy the game, for me it would make the game have diminishing returns, but whatever floats their boat. The problem is where it crosses the line into where it affects other people playing the game, like myself. If you plan on obtaining these items please let me know so I can remove you from my list.

The only thing I've done is reset the grass, but that shouldn't affect anyone else and I only did so due to a minor game flaw.
 
I'm not infected :p and I have my gates open if people want to just visit a new place. Nooks has a Robo Chair, a blue wall, and a classic blue/green floor.
 
hey guys! wow, looks like I missed a lot. So who isn't playing anymore? I will delete them from my list. I still play. I haven't been able to get on this site or on line at all thanks to comcast. My internet had been going on and off for over two weeks. It finally went out completely about 5 or 6 days ago. It magically came back today. Comcast is supposed to fix it tomorrow morning. grr! Anyway..once my internet is stable I will be up for visiting or letting people in. I don't hack so I am pretty sure my game is clean.
 
Hmm, well, I haven't been online since before these DLC/hacked item problems started cropping up. That blows, and I agree that those who intend to keep those items should mention that somewhere so that we know who to remove or not add.

I do still play, I've just been playing catchup with my own town before I hop on again. Though if anyone has me on their list and is hurting for friend space, feel free to remove me for any new CAGs or others who play more than I do.
 
Daisy, I would LOVE if you did that, i figured it out by fooling around at the able sisters and created some really gross pattern hahaha, So I would love to snatch that from you :)
and hopefully your gates open now... when I added you though, it didn't display a heart? and i made sure i copied everything right, so maybe i'll check again here.
 
[quote name='VioletArrows']I'm not infected :p and I have my gates open if people want to just visit a new place. Nooks has a Robo Chair, a blue wall, and a classic blue/green floor.[/quote]

Could you please get that Robochair for me. I will totally pay you back.
 
I hope Nintendo will come up with a way to patch either the game or the system to block out the hacked DLC and hopefully make this issue moot. In the mean time, I hope CAGs will refrain from partaking of it, or if they do, be upfront about it and perhaps create your own circle of FCs and even a separate thread for it. Sort of an "All Drug Olympics" of Animal Crossing. :)
 
Speaking of patterns from Wendell... oemor - today I got another track pattern from him. This time a curved track. That's two track patterns in a row. Hopefully he gives me the other curves each time.
 
[quote name='crunchewy']Speaking of patterns from Wendell... oemor - today I got another track pattern from him. This time a curved track. That's two track patterns in a row. Hopefully he gives me the other curves each time.[/QUOTE]

Here is a guide telling you how to get specific patterns from wendell..

http://accf.wikispaces.com/Wendell :)
 
[quote name='Filler2001']Also, about the group circle for infected players...Im the only infected one, Im stuck playing with myself[/quote]
I wouldn't care playing with you. Not only to I have the tools to remove it, (only the tools to create completely new DLC like what happened with the sabers is not widespread) but if I did miss out on three pieces of DLC I wouldn't care. So far Nintendo's DLC has sucked. Unless they offer NES games like in ACGC, I don't care.
 
[quote name='ProfWho']Could you please get that Robochair for me. I will totally pay you back.[/quote]

Sure thing, in fact, you can come get it if you like in about 10 minutes. I'm opening my gates back up since nothing's on.
 
Prof - I have the Robo table, lamp and sofa if you need those. Somebody dropped them off in my town and I don't think they intended to leave them here, I think somebody else was suppose to pick them up but they didn't. I'm not even sure who left them!! EDIT: I mean, I forget who left them. I remember the event itself. :)
 
oh dear... daisy... did you go to my town and it wasn't open? I'm so sorry. When I went back to mine, I never opened the gate (when i dropped that fruit off). Tell me sometime you wanna come visit, and i'll let you come.

and stole your idea about the paths. well i'm sorta started anyways.
 
Oh, no. I didn't go back to AC. I've been playing Smash Bros Brawl.

Crunchewy, I dropped those robo things off in your town. They were for anybody to take but I guess no one did :lol:
 
[quote name='VioletArrows']Sure thing, in fact, you can come get it if you like in about 10 minutes. I'm opening my gates back up since nothing's on.[/quote]

Damn, I go on now and you are not on. :(

[quote name='crunchewy']Prof - I have the Robo table, lamp and sofa if you need those. Somebody dropped them off in my town and I don't think they intended to leave them here, I think somebody else was suppose to pick them up but they didn't. I'm not even sure who left them!! EDIT: I mean, I forget who left them. I remember the event itself. :)[/quote]

If you find them I would love to have them. I seem to be collecting Robo stuff. Now if only you weren't so popular that I can never get to your town.



CL, thanks for stopping by and spreading the wealth. You must be insanely rich. Did you strike it big in the stalk market or something?
 
Nooooooo! This really has nothing to do with AC except that this happened when I put my AC disc in and my Wii powered on.

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It's a launch Wii, so I'm going to have to shell out $75 if I want it fixed. :whistle2:(

I knew AC freezing on me (happened quite a few times) was a bad sign of things to come. I'm not sure if a cleaning kit would help with corrupt system files.

Nintendo products have always been solid for me. I was expecting my 360 to red ring on me first before I ever had to send my Wii in to get repaired.
 
[quote name='ProfWho']Damn, I go on now and you are not on. :(
[/quote]

Yeah, it was 10 mins to closing time, so I just grabbed it for you. I'll probably be on and off tomorrow.
 
[quote name='ProfWho']Ouch that sucks. What could have caused that?

My launch Wii has not had any problems yet. Knock on wood[/quote]

I googled it and some people think it could be related to overheating.

I put it in the stand for now to see if that helps with ventilation.
 
[quote name='VioletArrows']Yeah, it was 10 mins to closing time, so I just grabbed it for you. I'll probably be on and off tomorrow.[/quote]


Thanks, I should be on tomorrow night sometime (probably after 10) and on and off during the day.
 
I finally came up with the info I needed to find. My "infected" game is not actually as infected as we thought. First off, there may be 256 slots, but within those there are thousands of actual possibilities for items that can go into the game. Secondly, this thing CAN NOT and WILL NOT destroy your (in this case my) game. The worst thing that could possibly happen is that you may be unable to get an item if Nintendo happens to put it in the same exact spot (which is extremely unlikely, as like I mentioned, there are thousands of possible item places and Nintendo would probably try to avoid those spots getting over 043218301298310830480 calls about this already. So in conclusion, nothing bad is actually caused from this.
 
Well, it snowed like crazy here overnight, so I'm home from work. Therefore, I'll hopefully be playing quite a bit later on this afternoon (in between all the inaugural hoopla). Hope to see some of you online later :)
 
[quote name='Filler2001']I finally came up with the info I needed to find. My "infected" game is not actually as infected as we thought. First off, there may be 256 slots, but within those there are thousands of actual possibilities for items that can go into the game. Secondly, this thing CAN NOT and WILL NOT destroy your (in this case my) game. The worst thing that could possibly happen is that you may be unable to get an item if Nintendo happens to put it in the same exact spot (which is extremely unlikely, as like I mentioned, there are thousands of possible item places and Nintendo would probably try to avoid those spots getting over 043218301298310830480 calls about this already. So in conclusion, nothing bad is actually caused from this.[/quote]
Which is what I've been saying for a while now.
 
i also had that problem all u have 2 do is when da kids r sleep @ da beginning of da game go into other things and change da time from 9 pm. to 9am.
 
I know.....I was just saying it in a more obvious and to the point sort of way.....also, when do you want your hacked stuff back? Either you take it back or I sell everything for CAG charity
 
[quote name='Filler2001']I know.....I was just saying it in a more obvious and to the point sort of way.....also, when do you want your hacked stuff back? Either you take it back or I sell everything for CAG charity[/quote]
Why would I care what you do with stuff that took almost no effort to create? Do whatever you want.
 
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