Can anyone help me?!

So basically....

I invited a villager to move in so was prepared to start a new save file when I started playing today to ensure I could use the plot reset hack.

However..

I only just found out that if you place paths down on the ground, when a villager moves in, they won’t put their plot on the paths.

But because I didn’t know this yesterday, I didn’t get a chance to put the paths down.

If I time travel back a day so I can put paths down, will that screw up the whole process of the new villager moving in? For example, if I time travel back a day (the day before the villager’s plot appeared) will their plot in fact be their already?

as long as the last time you played was yesterday, setting the clock back to yesterday won't change a thing. it'll just act like it's still the same day and you haven't moved forward yet

if you started the plot reset trick, that doesn't count as the last time you played because you never saved so the game doesn't remember that you played