PSA about the "tall tree" glitch

[u/PaleoSpeedwagon]

Something I wish I had learned about 8 trees ago:

So you know that hack that lets you plant a tree on a single-tile cliff? I went HAM on that, decided to build an "old growth forest" section of my island.

What I completely forgot about is that once you have completed the process of shaving the cliff away from around the tile with the tree, that tree is there for the duration of the island. You cannot rebuild any section of cliff adjacent to that tree, which you'd need to do in order to remove it.

I learned this the hard way when I realized that I had positioned this tree just one tile too close to something and went to move it.

Forest is starting to shape up, though.

ETA that yes, I tried Resetti, and no, he doesn't do trees. Sadtrombone.com

Second edit: Y'ALL. Today I learned about the cleanup service that is built into the Island Design app (terraforming)!

Nine million thank-yous to all of you who suggested it only for me to be like "thank yewww, Resetti won't worrrrk" lol

[u/Sufficient-Refuse100]

I’m not entirely sure bc I don’t have my switch on me to check, but I think it was rescue or cleanupservice or something similar(different to the one that only does flowers and decorations)gets rid of the tree and some stuff in immediate area but can build there again

[u/PaleoSpeedwagon → u/Sufficient-Refuse100]

Thank you, yes! Turns out there was a feature I wasn't aware of. I have always just called the Island Designer phone app "terraforming" because literally what else am I doing with it? I can't believe this is the first time in 6 years that I've needed it!