New Release -- December 22nd, 2009 - UPDATE 2

[Double T Dude Ranch]

Originally Posted by Ma Potts

My fuel has disappeared too...will it come back? I had about a dozen or so refills and would really love to have them for when I need them!

Happy holidays to all! <3

Did you refuel at any point?

[Ma Potts]

Originally Posted by Double T Dude Ranch

Did you refuel at any point?

No, I have not refueled for at least a week...

[lmoreno58]

I love the fact that you switched back and it is so much better and faster. I love it harvesting so very fast now and dont have that 5 minute or so delay when i was hired to plow after harvesting and the plowing finishes fast too.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING BACK AND SPEEDING IT UP.

LOVE FARMTOWN AGAIN

[twpogue]

Hi.
A few comments...
Not sure if it's related to the new release, but I haven't had a single hire finish my plowing completely without crashing. Usually it takes 3 hires, after which I finish up myself. Also, a lot of plots seem to be skipped, even thought they say they have trees turned off. I have to keep hiring people (one at a time) to finish a job. I never hire more than one worker at a time, so I never had a collision problem, or any issues with lost coins or exp. (I leave if I am hired as part of a "team").
My screen shows a worker randomly leaping around the screen (not at all near where they are working), and it is quite distressing to watch.
Also, the HUGE harvest cursor is way too big.
I think I will just do the work myself and wait for things to stabilize.

[ed's farm123]

Originally Posted by twpogue

Hi.
A few comments...
Not sure if it's related to the new release, but I haven't had a single hire finish my plowing completely without crashing. Usually it takes 3 hires, after which I finish up myself. Also, a lot of plots seem to be skipped, even thought they say they have trees turned off. I have to keep hiring people (one at a time) to finish a job. I never hire more than one worker at a time, so I never had a collision problem, or any issues with lost coins or exp. (I leave if I am hired as part of a "team").
My screen shows a worker randomly leaping around the screen (not at all near where they are working), and it is quite distressing to watch.
Also, the HUGE harvest cursor is way too big.
I think I will just do the work myself and wait for things to stabilize.

I see the same things, have to re-hire several times, skipping around, nobody finishes anything.

I still am much happier with the new harvesting and plowing, much faster.

[Farmer Laura T]

I liked not having to wait for my avitar to catch up to me. I am sad it was sent back to the original way. Now, I can't see the other people harvesting and next thing you know, a square is gone.

I would like to see a limit on how many people can harvest. When somebody hires five or six people, it takes the fun out. I was hired and by the time I got there, the field was whiped clean. This has happened twice and makes the game no fun to play.

Since the switch back, I am having problems hiring farmers. I click on the person, see the notice go up and the person does not respond. I had to try it five times before somebody took the job.

[teejcee44]

I harvested a farm, only to find that all the harvesting (except a few at the beginning) were already harvested ("Already Done" message started going off for most of the field), even though it looked like they were free and clear for me to go ahead. This fix really is a mess. What ever you did, has really made things much worse. Up until this fix, i was beginning to like what i was doing. Not any more. There are WAY too many messages popping up as well. Can we dispense with these annoying messages, at least to some degree? Maybe make the messages verbose. You know, 1 means someone already harvested the plow, 2 means you can't harvest this plot until it is planted... etc. The messages are worthless.

[Patsy Anne]

I have tried since early this morning (7am uk) until now (10pm uk) and I am so fed up with doing work just to have someone else harvest over me and get the credits. My Avatar does not "teletransport" anywhere in fact its so slow I only get credit for the squares it gets to - meanwhile i am way ahead watching my harvesting/plowing end up as irrelevant. What is up with this? Its so pants. I have cleared the cache, rebooted, etc etc and still no improvement.
I watched my friend harvest and plough my fields and then she watched me harvest hers - her avatar moved quickly with her clicking - mine just acted a tho it was walking through a thick bog. She waited for me to harvest and plow her fields alone - otherwise I would have had a really bum day today.
Please please do something about it - I'm clearly not the only one experiencing the sae thing. At least everyone was playing at the same pace yesterday!
I've really enjoyed the game thus far - but now it's become very disappointing. Please help.

[farmerap]

I have harvested on several farms since the new release and it seems easy and efficient. Wonder why so many people can have such different experiences at the same game? Merry Christmas!

[twpogue]

Seems like when you enter full screen mode while planting the bag of seed grows real big, but adjusts if you choose a new crop. If you are already in full mode when you start planting it comes out in the intended new size.
I hired people at my second farm and things went a lot smoother, so I'll assume the problems I had earlier were transient connection-related problems, not issues with the new release.
Harvesting seems much faster, and I haven't had any hirelings complain about not getting their earnings (though I never hire more than one at a time, so I can't speak to the collision problem).
- Clem Perkins, Level 56 Nutcase