New Release -- September 1st, 2012

[Ktownkim]

First, thanks for the great update.

Just wanted to make you aware that when you sort the seeds, say A-Z, they are not staying sorted when you come back to them during the same farming sessions as before. Not a huge issue but it was nice not to have to resort everytime when planting.

Thanks again for the hard work you put into my favorite (and only) game!

Kim

[rjohn726]

Thanks I most likely will like the 'new' tools for that layered 'look' as I quit layering awhile back, as I don't need the crops that were layered as I get enough normally, but I do like the look of the rivers, streems and other features that one could layer.

Thanks for this update, but I'll see later what I want to do after thinking about it a bit.

[Don't feed the beggers]

my seeds are all gone...they were there a second ago, I pulled down the menu to get the next lot of now they are ALL gone....

[1fritz]

Originally Posted by youmaycallmemissb

I have a question about this Designer tool - what makes it different from the way some of us use the paths now to overlap items? I was really excited about these tools, but I wasn't sure if I should jump and buy them now, if it's ONLY going to give me the same effect as what the paths and layering do now?

Anyone bought and used them yet?
thanks!

I bought both, this morning, so my time playing with them is limited.. But the big advantage I've seen so far is not having to put down paths to over lap. This is much easier, and faster. Building hook together seamlessly, rivers go over lakes, decorative trees will go on hills. I think it will be worth the investment.

[maggiel29]

Originally Posted by kitt1962

When you go into your storage and use the filter, what is seeds and the realtors office doing in the storage?

Some naughty Gremlins have attacked the menus it seems!!

[youmaycallmemissb]

Originally Posted by 1fritz

I bought both, this morning, so my time playing with them is limited.. But the big advantage I've seen so far is not having to put down paths to over lap. This is much easier, and faster. Building hook together seamlessly, rivers go over lakes, decorative trees will go on hills. I think it will be worth the investment.

THANKS so much - I figured this much that we won't be needing paths to overlap - and definitely will save a lot of time doing paths, overlap/layer item, then delete paths.. ohhh this is exciting! My design time will be cut in half!

[Franny2]

Wow! Thanks for all the updates!! I definitely need farm 16 now LOL!

[Tuckertbnc]

Quote : I don't know if this has anything to do with the update, but when I sort my seeder by "Stored Amount" my seeds all disappear. I have to reload the game to get it back. My seeds seem to be fine as long as I don't sort them out of the default setting. Anyone else having this issue?

Edit: The seeds show up on the initial load....but as soon as you scroll, they disappear. I just called my friend in Oregon and had her try it and she said hers is doing it too.[/quote]


Happening to me too ... I checked to see when I first read this post ... and I always plant by stored amount .. Just to inform I know this will be fixed soon .... Thanks for all the enjoyment this game has given me since I started playing

[JohnAlbertini]

Once again, TOTALLY disappointing/frustration. Coin facilities don't use any CROPS, no new LEVELS.

When will the advanced/experienced players be able to USE our XP?
I have 30 MILLION and the top level only uses 12 million so I have 18 Million USELESS XP until, that is, the devs decide to GRACE us, out of the goodness of their heart NOT, with significant new LEVELS.

All they do is add facilities & tools that cost FC but dribble out levels that would allow us to BUY them.

100 Levels per year (the current release rate) buys AT MOST 3 facilities and ZERO tools. In that time they will have added 24 FC facilities and untold tools. Not to mention expansions.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE give us 50+ levels EVERY update or 250 levels immediately then 32 per update so we can buy AT LEAST 1 facility. We don't give a hoot about what they are named. Don't name them at all for all we care.

Maybe that would add to our enjoyment because it is getting more and more BORING all the time. Same old, same old!!!

Originally Posted by Raul

Hi There,

We just released a new version of the game with the following features and bug fixes:

1. 40 Regular (non Farming) People in the Store (coming on Monday)

2. Faster to work neighbour facilities: If you have a train dispatched, the more diversified your train is (variety of its freight cars) the more the Mayor will help you when working neighbour facilities. The mayor will work 5% more facilities for each different freight car in your train, meaning, if you have at least 10 different freight cars dispatched the Mayor will do all the work for you.

3. Search Bar in the Store: The Store and Realtor windows now have a Search Box in the top right that allows you to quickly type part of the title of an item and it will show you all items from all categories that match that partial word. For example, typing 3 will show you all the 3x3 tools. Typing yellow will show you all items with the word Yellow in the title.

4. New Freight Cars (coming on Monday):

Lumber Car: Brings you Pine Lumber Piles, Oak Lumber Piles, Maple Lumber Piles and Ebony Lumber Piles
Bulkhead Car: Brings you Stainless Steel Sheets, Aluminum Sheets and Copper Sheets
Cattle Car: Brings you Cows, Goats, Hens, Turkeys and Horses (usefull if you don't have enough by getting them as gifts)

5. Toy Trouble Minigame: It's a Toy building minigame. As usual, you have 3 stages and you can go into Practice mode to play each of the stages and improve personal records or you have the option to play multiplayer with all your friends currently in the farm, in this case, the user who finish all the 3 stages first win.

The Goal of this minigame is to combine all same toy parts matching a particular color to build a complete toy and meet the Store demands.

6. Dispatching Trains with any Shape: You can now build trains in all shape and forms with different turns using all available freight cars. ALL the coupled cars will now be dispatched along with the locomotive. They don't need to be in a straight line anymore.

7. Freestyle Farm Designer (FC): There are now 2 tools for the hard core designers which will allow you to get very creative in your farms easily.

Orange Freestyle Farm Designer: Allow Layering of Paths and Ponds. This tool upgrades your yellow hand Edit Tool and enables paths and water items to almost fully overlap other items.

Green Freestyle Farm Designer: Allow Layering of All but Plants. If you already own the Orange Freestyle Farm Designer you can buy this Green Freestyle Farm Designer to allow any item except plants (fields/crops/tress/flowers) to almost fully overlap other items.

You can use these tools while designing on others farms as well.

8. Bug Fixes and Improvements:

- A week ago we released a verison that should experience much less flash plugin crashes
- Situations like been unable to dispatch a train (even if the train was unloaded but not dispatched again) should now be pretty much fixed. If you get this again you most likely dispatched a train from another farm. We will provide soon more information about current dispatched trains.
- When hidding decorations, people will be hidden as well
- Sometimes there were some empty boxes in the belt manager window, this should now be fixed
- This bug "...Since I dispatched the train, that farm is highlighted when neighbors work my faciities" is now fixed
- When you are collaborating with another player designing a farm together, you should now experience less hangs and crashes. Also, you will be able to rotate trains and freight cars as well. In the next release the owner may allow you to rotate farmcash items as well.

9. Playground Gear Factory (Coins): Produces Playground Gear.

Teeter Totter
Slide
Swing
Dome Jungle Gym
Rope Jungle Gym
Train
Merry Go Round
Trampoline

10. French Restaurant (FC): Produces French Food.

Escargots
Croissant
Nicoise Salad
Tartiflette
Coq au Vin
Beef Burgundy
Lamb-Pork Baeckeoffe
Banana-Strawberry Bites

New or Updated related products on other facilities:

Snails in the Semi Trailer Truck
Canned tuna production increased by 50%

11. Playground (Coins): This is a Service Facility that can be stocked with the products below:

(All products from the Playground Gear Factory)

12. Day Care (FC): This is a Service Facility that can be stocked with the products below:

Chicken Noodle Puree
Apple Squash Oatmeal Puree
Macaroni Beef and Veggies Puree
Nasal Aspirator Set
Feeding Bowl Set
Rocker
Rocking Horse

New levels and Farm 16 in the next release.

Enjoy!

--Raul

[Farmer_Susan]

AWESOME!!! I've noticed one glitch so far - when you're trying to plant, if you use the scrollbar, all the seeds disappear. You can use the little pointers at the top or bottom of the scrollbar and they'll star put, but touch the scrollbar and POOF!

Off to play. See y'all laters!