OFFICIAL Cargo Ships

[marymarcel]

Originally Posted by VeraN

When we moved away from Facebook, I was told that Buddies would be able to fill in ports on our ships. Was I imagining that? I have someone who I thought was a buddy that was on my last few ships but when I went to prep this ship, he isn't available, and I know his port is open.

Hi VeraN

I'm not sure who told you that, but since we got the Ships feature they were only available to send to our neighbors.

You can send trains boosts to neighbors and buddies but ships are only for neighbors.

[RFMad]

I have a neighbor in my ship list that is red. When the ship gets to that port, it sits there. Shouldn't it skip to the next one like it does when the person turns off their port?

[marymarcel]

Originally Posted by RFMad

I have a neighbor in my ship list that is red. When the ship gets to that port, it sits there. Shouldn't it skip to the next one like it does when the person turns off their port?

Hi RFMad

When you see a neighbor in red in your ship list, that means that person only set their status as unavailable but they didnt close their port.

To be able to skip that port automatically, your neighbor should have closed the port and also set the status as unavailable. In that case you should see them in pink, not red, and the port should be automatically skipped.

From the Website game guide:

Example of Unavailable in Ships Logbooks:

Mouseover a Port with a red background and you will see a tooltip with more information about how long they will be away for. For example it could show you This port is unavailable and will become operational in 4 days. They have not closed their Port, they might be expecting to be able to return to the game sooner than 4 days.

Remember that the pink background means that the farmer HAS disabled their port. They may not be participating with ships OR they may be away on a vacation for an extended time. Mouseover the Port and it will show you a tooltip saying This port is out of service. When the background colour is pink you may prefer to replace them with a port that is currently open.

If they do both things, set themselves as unavailable and disable their port the background in ships logbooks defaults to pink. They may not be away for long so if you own the Overhead Cranes you could self load their port if you wish or you can skip that port instead of replacing it. When this happens, you can still check how long they are away for in your Neighbours bar or in your Farmers Lists.

You can find it in the following link:
https://www.slashkey.com/forum/showt...78#post6574778

[RFMad]

Originally Posted by marymarcel

Hi RFMad

When you see a neighbor in red in your ship list, that means that person only set their status as unavailable but they didnt close their port.

To be able to skip that port automatically, your neighbor should have closed the port and also set the status as unavailable. In that case you should see them in pink, not red, and the port should be automatically skipped.

From the Website game guide:

Example of Unavailable in Ships Logbooks:

Mouseover a Port with a red background and you will see a tooltip with more information about how long they will be away for. For example it could show you This port is unavailable and will become operational in 4 days. They have not closed their Port, they might be expecting to be able to return to the game sooner than 4 days.

Remember that the pink background means that the farmer HAS disabled their port. They may not be participating with ships OR they may be away on a vacation for an extended time. Mouseover the Port and it will show you a tooltip saying This port is out of service. When the background colour is pink you may prefer to replace them with a port that is currently open.

If they do both things, set themselves as unavailable and disable their port the background in ships logbooks defaults to pink. They may not be away for long so if you own the Overhead Cranes you could self load their port if you wish or you can skip that port instead of replacing it. When this happens, you can still check how long they are away for in your Neighbours bar or in your Farmers Lists.

You can find it in the following link:
https://www.slashkey.com/forum/showt...78#post6574778

Thank you. I understand now.

[Vivienne57]

Why do I keep getting a notification that my ships container has completed it's preparation when I don't even have a ship in preparation mode. This notification keeps popping up so many times. Even if my container is half way completed I keep getting this notification. It's driving me nuts....thanks

[Taz D]

Originally Posted by Vivienne57

Why do I keep getting a notification that my ships container has completed it's preparation when I don't even have a ship in preparation mode. This notification keeps popping up so many times. Even if my container is half way completed I keep getting this notification. It's driving me nuts....thanks

Hi Vivienne,
I moved your post to the thread about the cargo ships.
It happens sometimes if you complete the container befor e then notice shows up. It should only show the one time though.

If it is the same one showing multiple times or after the ship preparation has completed then try restarting your farms. If that doesn't stop it then try clearing your memcache (link below), then when the page of unsetting text opens close that as it is done.
If your farm is open close it. Then reopen and try again.


For clearing from Slashkey:
https://apps.slashkey.com/farmtown/play/?do=clear_memcached

[RFMad]

I have a question about loading the ship to get it to the next port. I have one friend who has 2 profiles. She's turned red since she's away but hasn't closed her ports. I can load the first one and can't load the second one right away. Why can't I load the second one and how long do I have to wait to load the second one? Thanks.

[Taz D]

Originally Posted by RFMad

I have a question about loading the ship to get it to the next port. I have one friend who has 2 profiles. She's turned red since she's away but hasn't closed her ports. I can load the first one and can't load the second one right away. Why can't I load the second one and how long do I have to wait to load the second one? Thanks.

Hi RFmad,
That depends on what ship it is. Each different color ship has different numbers of self loading and different times that you have to wait before you can self load the next one.
That information is in the Gamne Guide chapter 21 about tools. Here is a link to that information:
https://www.slashkey.com/forum/showt...94#post6337494

[RFMad]

Ok, I understand. I just have to wait the loading time. Thank you!

Originally Posted by Taz D

Hi RFmad,
That depends on what ship it is. Each different color ship has different numbers of self loading and different times that you have to wait before you can self load the next one.
That information is in the Gamne Guide chapter 21 about tools. Here is a link to that information:
https://www.slashkey.com/forum/showt...94#post6337494

[Ky1960]

I have a friend with all 7 cargo ships. When she clicks on the toolbox then clicks on the seaport manager it will not let her see her ships status saying she doesn't own any ships. All her ships are on her farm 1. Her user ID # is: 1715790660. Any help would be appreciated.