New Release -- December 23rd, 2010
 

Hi There,

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

1. New Animals and Hills (Coins): 5 new animals on the gift page and 4 more animals in the store. Also, 3 different set of Hills now available on the Paths/Ground category: plain grass, tall grass and semi-dry grass. There are also a coupple of Sand Hills at the end.

2. Easy to Return Gifts: When you accept a gift, the confirmation page now have a new section to 'Send a gift back to your friend' to easily return the favor. Notice this section will only be visible if you haven't sent a gift to that friend recently.

3. Fertilizer for Trees (FC): If you already own the *Red* Manure Spreader and you buy the *Orange* Manure Spreader, then every time you fertilize a farm using ANY of them, both, crops and trees will be fertilized. Fertilized trees will produce 2 boxes when harvested and 2 log piles when chopped.

Notice you only need to fertilize a farm once, with any of the Spreaders, it doesn't matter which. You can also use the Manure Spreader in the Extended Tool box.

If you don't like the highliht effect on crops or trees you can disable it in the Preference window.

[UPDATE:] There is no additional consumption of manure, it remains the same as before.

4. Harvest storage increased by 50%.

5. Facility optimization (launched a couple of weeks ago): There should be far less network requests when using your facilities, so working on them should be faster, with less timeouts when you move from one facility to the next or when you start farming after closing a facility.

6. Facility Manager: This is a new tool located on the Extended Toolbox to make it easier to navigate and manage your facilities. For now, you can see all your facilities in the current farm, with summarized information and with the hability to open them and sort them in several ways. In the future we will be adding more functionality to this Manager to make it easier and faster for you to work with them and help friends.

7. Producing Yarn and Rope in the Textile and Spinning Mill: The 'Textile Mill' has been upgraded to 'Textile and Spinning Mill' and will also produce Linen Yarn and Rope from the new Flax crop, and Wool Yarn from Sheep Wool.

8. Knitting and Knotting Mill (FC): Allows you to produce Knitting Clothes and Knotted Products out of the Yarn and Ropes you produce on the Textile and Spinning Mill:

Hay Net
Hammock
Scarf
Snow Cap
Lace Dress
Doily
Boots

9. Distillery (Coins): Allows you to produce Spirits and Liqueurs:

Vodka
Whiskey
Brandy
Rum
Creme de Menthe

Farm 8 and new levels comming on the next release.

Enjoy!

Thanks

--Raul

Thanks Devs :D Merry Christmas!!

Yippee thankyou :D:D:D

Gotta go make space, now where did i put that bulldozer hahaha

Love it Raul! Thanks :) Merry Christmas!

Thank you and a very Merrry Christmas, Devs :-)

Thanks , great job...... *sorry kids Daddy's too busy for Christmas this year :p*

Thanks Raul & The devs :) great release and have a very Merry Christmas

Thanks Raul,
A very wonderful upgrade.

"And Mommy's too" "Daddy can fix dinner"

Thanks Raul and all the devs, good Christmas present!!
I was wishing and hoping for another farm, but oh well, maybe for New Year's, lol

Love you guys,

I love number 6 update! :D

Merry Christmas to everyone working behind the scenes. I have already made my purchase so that I can Fertilize my trees as a present to myself.

A huge THANK YOU from me to you :)

does anyone know if you need more fertilizer if you have both the red and orange truck. If I understand correctly, you would be fertilizing crops and trees at the same time, but I don't have any crops on 2 of my farms where I have the trees and I don't actually have any crops planted on the last farm that I have trees. I think it takes 50 fertilizer to fertilizer ones crops with the red truck, but if I am fertilizing both crops and trees, does it take 100?

Thank you Raul..and all the Devs...another amazing update..with the promise of farm 8 and new levels next time..Wow!!!....
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New year to all at Slashkey

I just bought the new one..Says to fertilize crops and trees at the same time (since I have both now)...to click on ANY of them and select fertilize farm.

I just bought a calf and it has the option to add to a dairy shed. Is there any reason to add it to the dairy shed? I didn't try adding it or anything, as I don't have it on the right farm.

but does it take twice the amount of fertilizer to do that? Or still just 50?

Just like you can add the horse to the stable and the donkey...just gets the animals off your farm...no purpose otherwise the devs would say :)

Excellent Manure Spreader for trees, BRAVO!!!

Is this our Christmas present? 'Cause I love it!:D

Just tried it, still only 50 if you have mixed trees and crops or all trees, 50 for the whole farm

thx love it all :)

Wahoo! Thanks Raul, going to go play now.

I saw that I can now immediately send a gift back to a friend so I thought some good things are happening, I was right.

Yep - insert "Momma" here! LMBO!!!

Love it all <3

Perhaps it might be time to consider a new dealership for tools. I mean, I have already spent 50 farmcash for a manure spreader, but to upgrade, I need to spend another 40? Why not allow me to trade in the older model and pay a modest fee to upgrade to the bigger model. That would have been helpful with all the farm equipment, as I used to have all the 2 x 2's, then moved up to a 4 x 4. Would have helped out a whole bunch to have a trade up value.

I've sent an e-mail to the devs in regards to the error message.

Wow!! Don't have time right now to check out everything, but that Facility Manager is the bestest Farmtown Christmas gift ever! :)

My trees highlighted once I bought the orange manure spreader for the trees on my farms that have crops. I had to fertilize the farm that I have only trees on for them to highlight. But it takes the same amount to fertilize each farm regardless if it's a combo of trees/crops or just crops or trees on it - 50 manure.

Thanks so much for the updates. Would have loved Farm 8, but beggars can't be picky. :) Merry Christmas to all, I know what's keeping me entertained for Christmas.

Well the next update will have farm 8 :)

Thanks, Raul for the awesome Christmas presents!

Thanks Dev's! And a Merry Christmas to y'all, too!
Gift-cards on its way to 2 of my neighbours, and one new facility, and the new fertilizer, it's on my Farms.
Great!

But I still need a horse that seems like he's had some food and love in his life. The one we have now looks rather depressed. LOL

Next update maybe??

Regards
Simera :)

Thanks Raoul! This sounds great! Have a great Christmas also for the developers! You guys make this game awesome for me :) A great play and relaxation (or stress when I choose to), and fun :)

<3 from Norway!

the Facilities manager is a nice step in the right direction

I would still like an 'empty all done' button

Thank you Raul, all very fun. Good job.

YAY! I knew something was going on....can't wait to check everything out!


MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

I LOVE THE FACILITY MANAGER!!!!