I have finished VV2 and am just seeing how many Totems I can earn. However, now none of the villagers are Esteem Elders, even after they master 3 skills. I have about 30 totems but none of the newer ones are appearing. Any suggestions?

that's weird... the max is 50 totems

(hopes someone to put a spoiler tag)

Well, there's my answer, I have 50. What a bummer.

I wish there were unlimited totems; that would be cool... Cool, but maybe annoying.

I wish they didn't even have the 50. They're a pain. I finally stacked them on top of each other in the bottom left corner just to get them off the game board.

I think I would have liked it better if there was a "totem collection" page instead of having all those big totems all over the place. Or maybe if they were smaller and had a place to go that's out of the way.

I think it was LadyCFII that made a mod for smaller totems. Not sure now as I accidently found her post by reading some of the other threads. I downloaded it and love it!! Even though I never had 50 totems, the small size suits me much better!

Yes, it's in this thread. The link takes you to the screen shot, and the download is a couple of posts below that.

I may do that; thanks for the info and link!

Before I go to the trouble of downloading and installing it, can you answer a quick question? Does the "clickable" space shrink to match the smaller totem? I might actually put them somewhere other than the corner if I can fix their size, especially since I have all of my collectables so I don't have to worry about them being hidden by the totems now.

No, graphic mods don't change the game's perception of the object, so you'll have to click above the totem to pick it up. However, I've found that it's really not a problem, and it doesn't adversely affect anything else in the game. It's no worse than having to click at the base of the coconut tree to drag a wayward villager out of the tree and back to work elsewhere.

yep 50 is the limit! but i guess anymore would be too crowded

That's what I thought based on some mods I did to the totems. I think I'll just keep mine in the corner. They served their purpose. Now, they just need to be put in storage in the corner.

No, it doesn't adversely affect the game, I can vouch for that. I really love them! Makes it perfect for scooting into an out-of-the-way place. Especially IF I ever get 50 or 51 totems!! Thank you so much for sharing the mod LadyCFII!!!

so how do some people get 54 plus elders if the max for the totem poles is 50? i was trying to get my name up on the leader board!! please help someone?

@ Skangar

they edited the hex codes... i think

Not all the time Robert... there are other, legitimate ways of that happening. I cannot say because it would be a spoiler but it is possible... Not ALL of us cheat.

Ya, i almost put in the spoiler, until i noticed the topic title

thaks... at least i know there is a chance! so can you give me a hint? or do we need to start a new topic with a spolier tag? and how do you do that? (can you tell i am a newbie?)