New Release -- September 3rd, 2016

[BarbLH]

Originally Posted by Shellgirlmtl

Just did a neighbour's farms of wall to wall flowers and trees using the new tools... love them but they are only good for farms that are wall to wall, not good for design farms... I am so bummed out ... Please Raul, think about giving us a choice when we buy the tools or have one with the new method and one with the old method, that way some players might even buy both...

I agree! Actually, it would be great to be able to switch back & forth between methods using the same tool, instead of having to buy 2 tools. Some farms are decorative, some farms are designed with functionality in mind. If a SN or hired employee is working different types of farms they'd need the ability to switch methods.

[Shellgirlmtl]

Originally Posted by BarbLH

I agree! Actually, it would be great to be able to switch back & forth between methods using the same tool, instead of having to buy 2 tools. Some farms are decorative, some farms are designed with functionality in mind. If a SN or hired employee is working different types of farms they'd need the ability to switch methods.

That would work for me, be able to switch... Hope the Devs can do something, otherwise I won't be buying the tools... if all new tools are going to be like this in the future I will be stuck with the 16x16 tools... All my farms are realistic farms... I am so bummed out...

[Aussie Rae]

ps.. no problems with any of the new facilities .. they are and have worked perfectly from the minute I purchased them, Cheers to the devs, for a great update..

[amanda1955]

have bought both flower harvester and tree shaker but there is a slight problem, they do work but there is a huge yellow square around them

[Tiger]

Originally Posted by amanda1955

have bought both flower harvester and tree shaker but there is a slight problem, they do work but there is a huge yellow square around them

Hi amanda,

That's how they are supposed to work for those two tools. From the new release post >>

5. Tree Shaker 20 x 20 (FC): This new Tree Shaker harvest up to 400 trees using a new faster method of harvesting. Basically, instead of highliting all the trees, this new tool just highlight a fixed squared section of the farm which works faster and with less manual mistakes.

It may take a few moments to get use to it but after that it performs very well, specially on the biggest farms.

6. Flower Harvester 20 x 20 (FC): This new Flower Harvester harvest up to 400 flowers using a new faster method of harvesting, see point 5) above.

[Liberal Annie]

Facilities still do not show in the Facility Manager.

[jerrbearsr]

We will soon offer a switch mechanism somewhere for the new tools, so you can change back and forth between the new and old method, however, I can confirm that once you get a handle on them they will work much faster on any farm compared to the old tools.

It's true that at the beginning it can be confusing, because the highlight covers the trees by the trunk (where they are planted) not by the top of the trees but we have found it could be mastered eventually.


Master it or not it is still faster then the old way, I will master it but I just did 30 farms with flowers and trees all over the farm and still did it way faster. Thanks Raul and the Dev team.

[Shellgirlmtl]

Post-Release Updates - September 3rd, 7:00PM

- We just rebooted some servers that could have been causing the issues with the new facilities, please report here if you are still having issues.

- We will soon offer a switch mechanism somewhere for the new tools, so you can change back and forth between the new and old method, however, I can confirm that once you get a handle on them they will work much faster on any farm compared to the old tools.

It's true that at the beginning it can be confusing, because the highlight covers the trees by the trunk (where they are planted) not by the top of the trees but we have found it could be mastered eventually.

- New Facilities load perfectly now...
- And thrilled to hear there will be a switch feature coming soon on the new tools... I can use both tools on 4 farms out 30... would have to switch to the other tools for the rest... I really really want to buy them...Can hardly wait for the switcheroo...

Thank you Raul... FT Team is the best...

[Liberal Annie]

It worked. THANKS!

[Aneida]

Wow - great way to start off the month of Sept.
Thank you - hugs