New Release -- August 30th, 2011

[Tiger]

RE: Red Sprinkler Issues

This is just to inform all of you that the developers are aware of the current issues with the red sprinkler and waste times. We apologise that this issue is taking some time to correct, and ask you to be patient while we wait for a fix.

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[Deborah1979]

Originally Posted by Tiger Laybourne

RE: Red Sprinkler Issues

This is just to inform all of you that the developers are aware of the current issues with the red sprinkler and waste times. We apologise that this issue is taking some time to correct, and ask you to be patient while we wait for a fix.

Friendly warning: One detailed post per person is sufficient to make your opinions/concerns on issues on this subject well known. Please do not be tempted to repeatedly "spam" the thread. Those post will be deleted without notice.

Thanks so much, Tiger, for acknowledging the posts, pros & cons, that have been posted about the red sprinkler. This is the first response I am aware of that the devs are actually aware of & looking at the perceived problems & objections!
THANK YOU MODS for passing along the good & the bad!!
THE BEST GAME EVER, EVEN WITH OCCASIONAL GLITCHES!! (Aren't we wonderful test subjects??!!)

[Farmer-JP]

Thanks Raul & slashkey team! Awesome, awesome application!

[Angel7]

Answer me this: our flowers need water but will be ready to harvest in 2 hours and they can wait that long - a neighbor comes by and waters our flowers - can I use the red irrigation tool on my flowers after I harvest them if somebody just watered them an hour earlier? If not, then this is still a problem. We need the ability to not disallow neighbors to water. I've figured out everything else on the red irrigation tool and I love it now that I'm down to keeping track of everything on paper for planning purposes.

[tnbskts]

Originally Posted by Angel7

Answer me this: our flowers need water but will be ready to harvest in 2 hours and they can wait that long - a neighbor comes by and waters our flowers - can I use the red irrigation tool on my flowers after I harvest them if somebody just watered them an hour earlier? If not, then this is still a problem. We need the ability to not disallow neighbors to water. I've figured out everything else on the red irrigation tool and I love it now that I'm down to keeping track of everything on paper for planning purposes.

Having neighbours water your flowers shouldn't affect how you use the red sprinkler; that sprinkler is only interested in how long since you watered your own flowers.

However, people have been reporting that their use of the red sprinkler has been affected by neighbours watering their flowers, and this is something the devs are aware of and are working on, because it wasn't meant to be like that.

[Professor farmtown]

Originally Posted by tnbskts

Having neighbours water your flowers shouldn't affect how you use the red sprinkler; that sprinkler is only interested in how long since you watered your own flowers.

However, people have been reporting that their use of the red sprinkler has been affected by neighbours watering their flowers, and this is something the devs are aware of and are working on, because it wasn't meant to be like that.

well actually it was meant to be that way, they just realized it was a stupid way to do and decided to change it. which shows that they do pay attentiomn after the fact on some things, so kudos to them

[JAS0643]

Originally Posted by Professor farmtown

well actually it was meant to be that way, they just realized it was a stupid way to do and decided to change it. which shows that they do pay attentiomn after the fact on some things, so kudos to them

On the red sprinkler the developers never meant for other people watering your farm to stop you from watering your farm with the red sprinkler. Raul said when he posted this thread that it would not matter if other people watered your farm you could still water your own farm and speed up growth. What I have found is that if someone only has flowers and no crops on a farm if someone else waters them they can not water their flowers but if they plant just one field of a crop on that farm they can water the flowers and speed up growth. So there is just a little glitch the devs need to work out there. Not everything can work perfectly every single time. They will get it working the way it should soon and all will be happy.

[dianedrayson]

Originally Posted by JAS0643

On the red sprinkler the developers never meant for other people watering your farm to stop you from watering your farm with the red sprinkler. Raul said when he posted this thread that it would not matter if other people watered your farm you could still water your own farm and speed up growth. What I have found is that if someone only has flowers and no crops on a farm if someone else waters them they can not water their flowers but if they plant just one field of a crop on that farm they can water the flowers and speed up growth. So there is just a little glitch the devs need to work out there. Not everything can work perfectly every single time. They will get it working the way it should soon and all will be happy.

Thanks Jas. I was going mad today trying to get my irrigator to work on the flower farm. It finally worked on about the fifth visit to the farm. I will now go and put in one plot, just to remind myself to plant something next time it doesn't work.

[susme48]

Originally Posted by caligirl62: the reason the red sprinkler does not work on crops less then 2d...is because it is for ONCE A DAY...which means the 1d crops would b ready in 12hours....which in turn is TWICE a day...the 8h crops could be planted three times a day...

Answered by tnbskts: don't think people are saying it doesn't work, they're just saying it isn't the optimal use of the red sprinkler since you can't speed up a short-term crop and then go back and immediately speed up a longer one.

I find I love it for short term crops as well; in the late afternoon, or early evening, I can harvest a crop that was long term, and watered more than 20 hrs before to speed it up...then plant anything up to a 12 or 8 hr crop (depending on how long I want to stay up) use the red sprinkler, harvest it before bed, and plant a 12 hr crop without the sprinkler to harvest the next morning. It means that technically I get two sped up crops in one day...even tho' I only watered once or that is how I look at it.

Originally Posted by dianedrayson

I too want my brown sprinkler back. I have some farms that have flowers for decoration. I now have to look at them dead and brown as I can't water them without affecting all my trees....

Someone already told you, I believe that the trees will not be affected by the sprinkler (tho' that would be wonderful...lol) but I to have some flowers for decoration, and discovered quite by accident that there is a delightful ♥ addition to the flower choices, that I never had noticed or read about somehow ...to freeze their growth...this not only keeps them at their peak, but also makes it impossible to harvest them, or it has so far...I love it, because I had other flowers next to them and had to harvest them one at a time to spare the others. My farm one has two large decorations involving flowers, and until I decided to raise others this was not a prob...NOW this was a surprise 'gift' I am so grateful for !!

[tnbskts]

Well, according to the OP of this thread, Raul said that it's OK if someone waters your farm in the meantime; it's just that people were finding that it wasn't OK.