Island detail panel - The Dodo Suite Wiki

Back to Super Dodo Terminal for the main window, toolbar, anchors, gates, and map freeze.

New here? Work through Getting Started first (connect, anchors, first gate open).

⇛ Overview

When you click an Island Tile, it opens the Island Detail Panel.

This is the control panel for that island. It’s where you connect to the Switch, manage the map, manage the gates, and setup behaviors.

⇛ What you see on the panel

Host Settings
Website, Discord, Twitch

General Settings
Behavior, access, freeze, speed

Activity Log
Bot log for this island

FAQs
Opens this wiki page

Large Dodo code area — Shows the current Dodo code when the gate is open

Code action buttons — Copy, hide code, hide page, or clear the displayed code

Profile & Switch IP dropdowns
Choose which profile and Switch IP this island tile is using. You can swap profiles or IPs on the fly without opening another menu.

Connect
Connects SDT to the selected Switch IP

Disconnect
Disconnects SDT from selected Switch IP

Open Gate
Open your gate automatically.

Close Gate
Close your gate automatically.

Anchors
Custom set your wait position.

Freeze
Starts or stops map freezing for treasure islands

Map Editor
Custom version of ACNHPokerCore

Map Helper
Transparent background PNG of your island paths

Map Cataloger
Interactive searchable item map for the website

Status Bar — Connection status, visitor count, flight status, session info

💡 Tip - The island detail panel is island-specific. Anything you do here applies only to the island tile and profile currently selected.

Host Settings

Click the Host Settings button () to open this menu. These are settings related to how each island is presented on the website and Discord.

Find a deep dive about this menu and the options in it here.

Island General Settings

Click the General Settingss button () to open this menu. These are the general settings for each individual island. each island tile has its own general settings. Not to be confused with App-wide General settings, which uses a similar icon (minus the Settings label)

Find a deep dive about this menu and the options in it here.

Activity Log

What this is: The Activity Log is your island’s live event feed. If something fails, this is the first place to check. The below sections go over everything the general island activity log communicates.

Click the Activity Log button () to open this menu.

Click each section below to expand it and see the activity log events that are captured for that topic.

✦ Connection

Switch connected successfully! — connected

Connected to [IP]:[port] — technical connect line right after

Failed to connect to Switch — couldn’t reach the Switch

Connection failed: [reason] — more detail when something throws

Disconnected — you disconnected from SDT

Switch connection lost. — dropped unexpectedly

Connection lost cleanup: [reason] — during disconnect cleanup

Not connected! — if you try gate actions while offline

Letting connection settle... — brief pause after connect

✦ Gate opening

Typical order (outdoors path). Waits use your island’s timing settings (seconds shown as X).

Opening gate...
(If player glitches, wait 15 seconds - it may self-correct)
Location detected: INDOORS or OUTDOORS
If already indoors: Already indoors - teleporting directly to Orville... (skips airport walk)
Otherwise: Teleporting to airport entrance...
Walking into airport... DO NOT TOUCH CONTROLLER
Waiting Xs for airport entry loading...
Teleporting to Orville...
>>> TALKING TO ORVILLE - DO NOT TOUCH CONTROLLER <<<
Teleporting to exit...
Walking out of airport...
Waiting Xs for airport exit loading...
Teleporting to spawn position...
Then banner lines: >>> GATE OPENED! YOU CAN MOVE NOW <<< and >>> DODO CODE: [code] <<<

If something went wrong: Failed to open gate: [reason]

✦ Gate closing

=== CLOSING GATE ===

Location: INDOORS or OUTDOORS (close path uses this label)

Then Orville path: teleport / walk in as needed, Waiting Xs for airport to load... (sum of your close-gate wait settings), >>> CLOSING GATE - DO NOT TOUCH CONTROLLER <<<

Success banner: >>> GATE CLOSED (waiting at Orville's counter) <<<

Gates already closed — skipping close gate sequence.

Session flag looked open once, but no valid Dodo code in memory — treating gates as already closed. (why close was skipped)

Errors / abort: Error closing gate: [reason], Gate closing aborted!

End session (minus menu): === ENDING SESSION (sending visitors home) ===, Waiting for session to end..., === SESSION ENDED ===, or End session aborted! / Error ending session: [reason]

✦ Abort

From the Abort button: Abort requested – please wait...

Aborting gate opening... / Aborting gate closing...

>>> GATE OPENING ABORTED <<< plus a note that you may need to finish Orville manually

✦ Crash & auto-restore

Gate closed - crash or manual close detected!
Auto-restore: Waiting for error screen to fully load...
Auto-restore: Dismissing error screen (pressing B)...
Auto-restore: Waiting for game to reload (player appears outside airport)...
Auto-restore: Game should be reloaded. Starting gate open sequence...
Auto-restore: Gate reopened successfully!

If auto-restore can’t finish:

Auto-restore skipped: anchors not set. Set anchors to enable auto-recovery.
Auto-restore PAUSED (firmware safety mode). Disable in settings when Atmosphere is updated.
Auto-restore failed: [reason]
Auto-restore: Gate open failed - [reason] and Auto-restore: Will retry on next monitor cycle if gate is still closed.

✦ Map freezing & zones

Auto-freeze enabled, starting...

Clearing all freezes... / Clearing any stale freezes...

Failed to load map file, will capture current state

Order-zone sync (TI): [Zones] Loaded N zone(s) from disk for profile "...", skip lines like [Zones] Sync skipped — ..., [Map] Could not reload exclusion zones: [reason]

Freezer: lines prefixed with [Map] from the map freezer

Villager freeze (non–villager-mode islands): [Villager] lines from the villager freezer; [Villager] Error on freeze state change: [reason]

✦ Villager prep (behind the scenes)

You may see [VillagerPrep] Skipped — ... (gate busy, suspended, debounce, etc.), [VillagerPrep] Cancelled., or [VillagerPrep] Error: [reason]

✦ Visitors

Visitor incoming: [name] from [island] (awaiting list confirmation)

Visitor arrived: [name] from [island]

Visitor departed: [name]

Fetched N existing visitor(s) on island

While loading the list: [Fetch] Starting visitor list fetch..., [Fetch] ReadVisitorListAsync returned N slots, [Fetch] Added to known: '[name]'

Could not fetch visitor list: [reason]

[Init] Arriver slot initialized with: [name] (no trigger - old data from RAM, no action required) — once per session, avoids false “incoming” on connect

[Villager] Delayed re-check after departure... — optional follow-up when villager freeze is on

✦ Villager rotation

[Villager] Rotation mode activated (settings changed)

[Villager] Rotation enabled but no valid villagers in list — staying in restore mode

[Villager] Rotation enabled in settings but no valid villagers in list — using restore mode (on connect)

[Villager] Switched to restore mode (settings changed)

✦ Anchors

Anchor Setup still shows lines like Anchor 1: Coords=…, Rot=…, IsSet=… (byte values, not map coordinates).

Cannot open gate - anchor calculation failed! / Cannot close gate - anchor calculation failed.

Using custom wait position (Anchor 1) — when recalc keeps your manual wait spot

Order fulfillment bot: may log Cannot open gate — save anchors 1–4 on the island (host wait, outside door, Orville, inside exit).

✦ Other

Settings reloaded from disk

Instant text enabled. (note the period)

Gate is open! / Gate is closed - open it in-game or click 'Open Gate'. — state hints from the monitor

Island: [town name] / Could not read town name: [reason]

Dodo code: [code] / No valid dodo code in memory - gate may be closed / Error reading dodo: [reason]

Monitor error: [reason] — rare loop failure

💡 Tip - If something failed, the most useful clue is usually one or two lines before the final error message.

FAQ Icon

Click the FAQs button () to open this page anytime.

Large Dodo code area

This is the most visible part of the panel. When your gate is open, the Dodo code appears here in large text for quick viewing.

Code action buttons

Under the Dodo code is a row of quick actions:

Copy - copies the current Dodo code
Hide Code - hides the code on the detail panel only
Hide Page - hides this island from the website (solo and team)
Clear - manually clears the displayed code from the panel

💡 Tip The Dodo code is shown on the website as soon as it is read from memory. Use the Hide Code button if you need to keep it hidden until you're ready.

Profile & Switch IP dropdowns

The Profile dropdown lets you swap which saved profile this island tile is using without opening another menu.

The Switch IP dropdown is a quick way to pick the Switch for this island.

Your full saved IP list also appears in Island Settings and the Profile Viewer.

You can swap which existing profile or Switch IP is being used by an island tile at anytime, keep in mind that the previously paired profile will not be stored as a tile pair, the new profile you select takes its place in the existing Tile Pair.

Learn more about profiles here.

Connect / Disconnect

Use Connect () to connect SDT to your Switch.

After connecting, the button turns into a red Disconnect button (), click it to disconnect SDT from your Switch, this also auto clears any current map freezes.

Connecting to your Switch uses sysbotbase. Learn more about that here.

Anchors

The Anchors button () opens Anchor Setup, where you can optionally set a host wait position (where your player stands after opening the gates).

Anchors are saved positions that tell the bot where to teleport your character for gate control and other features.

Auto-generated anchors

SuperDodoTerminal automatically generates all anchor positions for you.

Reads your save data when you connect or open gates
Finds your airport coordinates
Calculates all 6 anchor positions automatically

Customizable position

The only anchor you control is your host wait position.

Default is the pier in front of the airport
This is where your character stands after automatically opening your gates

Anchor Setup window in Super Dodo Terminal

Coming soon
You’ll be able to create automated host behavior like walking paths, reactions, and messages so your player appears active on the island.

Freeze

The Freeze button () starts or stops map freezing. When active, it fills in so you can tell it is running.

You can use the order zone excluder to exclude specific zones from being frozen. Useful for hosting orders, giveaways, or games on an active Treasure Island.

You can generate a freeze map for each island in it's general settings menu, this auto-assigns the file path.

Open Gate / Close Gate / Abort

These are your main gate control buttons:

Open Gate () - starts the airport automation and reads the Dodo code
Close Gate () - closes the gate through automation
Abort () - stops the current open/close process if something goes wrong

Click Open Gate in Super Dodo Terminal. Then don't touch your controller! You don't have to remove your controllers. Virtual controller coming soon.

The program takes over

Teleports your character to the airport entrance

Walks into the airport

Teleports to Orville and handles the dialogue

Opens the gate and reads the Dodo code

Exits the airport and returns to your spawn point

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⇛ Map tools

SDT has several tools for working with your island map to help you create everything you need to host.

➸ Map Editor (Dodo Editor)

Click Map Editor () to use Dodo Editor*, an altered version of ACNHPokerCore. My favorite addition is being able to place paths and roads from the Map Dropper window,making it easier to mark no-fly DIYs and more.

Find a deep dive aboutthe Dodo Editor here.

➸ Map Helper

Click Map Helper ()to use the image exporter. This can create several variations of a pixel map (thanks to ACNHPokerCore) which can then be used to help you create graphics for your website or other purposes.

Eventually I'll add a better explanation for how to use this tool but overall it's mostly self explanatory.

If you want to generate maps that show the patterns and/or item pictures you need to use 128 Tile Size or the image will be too small.

💡 Tip - Use a PNG -> SVG converter to make this tool 10x more useful for creating graphics. See maps at www.thedodoterminal.com for examples of how I personally uset his tool.

➸ Map Cataloger

Creates an interactive catalog of items on your island for your website.

This map is fully interactive including: -displays list of items found here (with 20 flag only) including how many -offers a search box for quick finding -tap the map anywhere to see what item is there -if an item is selected on the map or searched, all instances of it on the map are highlighted -zoom and scroll

Coming soon: Website search page which can list every island an item is found on based on the interactive map catalogs

⇛ Status strip

Quick look view for:

Connection status - connected, disconnected, or reconnecting
Visitor count - always 1/8 to account for the hosting player when gates are closed/no visitors
Flight status - shows when someone is flying in or out, or if the Airport is Idle
Session timer - for a future feature, currently opens the timer which includes an "auto-close gates when timer ends" functions

This section of the island detail panel handles all hosting-related island behavior. You use these to create forever Treasure Islands, order islands, villager islands, queue-only islands, or any combination of them.

⇛ BEHAVIOR

Previously inside Island General Settings, moved to the main panel for faster access.
You may come across older material mentioning the previous layout. Refer to this section for the most up-to-date information.

Need help figuring out which settings you need?
Use this tool to figure out which exact settings you need for each type of island you'd like to host.

How should visitors join?

What kind of island is this?

What should the website offer?

Take villager requests (Request or Cycle mode)?

Take item orders (Order fulfillment)?

Use this as a guide in the island Behavior panel

Behavior diagram (screenshot)

⇛ What each behavior does

Everything below is part of the same Behavior area on the island panel. The overview screenshot is above. Click a heading to open or close that behavior. Extra screenshots are shown inline (smaller); use Click to zoom on each to enlarge.

➸ Auto-Restore on crash (get new dodo)

If this is turned on, the bot will attempt once to restore the Dodo code after a crash. If it fails, it waits for manual takeover.

If you use Close Gate (

) while auto-restore is on, it is automatically paused until the next time you run Open Gate (

), which turns it back on automatically.

➸ Instant Text

Speeds up in-game dialogue during automation. Can be glitchy and mad annoying to actually use, but it does somewhat speed up creating a base save for an island.

➸ Treasure Island Mode

➸ Treasure Island settings: click TI settings icon

to generate or assign a Freeze map file. This panel will also be used for another feature soon.

When TI Mode is on (+ auto-freeze on connect), your map will freeze as soon as you connect that console. A Freeze file path must be assigned for this to work.

➸ Order fulfillment

➸ Order settings: click Order settings icon

to open order settings. Stop the bot, pause the API, set messages, stay time, exclusion zones, timeout settings, or handle presets here.

When in preset-building mode, only share the island page password with trusted people, since they’ll be able to add as many presets as they want.

When order fulfillment is turned on, the website automatically shows the order form, including the current queue if there is one. You do not need to re-generate and publish your Dodo site.

Order form on the website — Example: order form on the website
Click to zoom

➸ Villager modes

Request Mode — uses House 0 for injecting requests
Cycle Mode — click visitors.txt (Cycle List) () and add one name per line. SDT auto-pairs to the closest valid villager and cycles through injecting them as current villagers are adopted.

When either villager mode is turned on, the website automatically shows the villager request form, including the current villagers and upcoming adoptions if there are any. You do not need to re-generate and publish your Dodo site.

➸ Queue mode

Click Queue Settings ( Queue settings icon

) to edit messages, stay time, and see the current queue list.

⇛ Visitor list & Mod Tools

➸ Visitor list

Shows everyone currently on your island:

Right-click a visitor for:

These options are for Discord. Website moderation support will be added here soon.

⇛ What's next

Super Dodo Terminal - Main grid, toolbar, platform tags, app-wide settings, backups
Getting Started - First-time setup
Discord - Bot, webhooks, queue
Your Website - How islands appear online
Troubleshooting - Connection and gate problems