New Release -- April 10th, 2015
 

See Known Issues, More Information and Post Release Updates at the end of this post. Last changes released on April 28th, 7:45PM EST.

Hi There,

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

1. 8 Tractor Tracks, 1 Train Tunnel and additional Train Bridge straight parts without support.

2. Farm 26: See prices below:

12x12 - 7000000000 coins or 50 FarmCash (New Farm)
14x14 - 7500000000 coins or 20 FarmCash
16x16 - 8000000000 coins or 20 FarmCash
18x18 - 8500000000 coins or 20 FarmCash
20x20 - 9000000000 coins or 20 FarmCash
22x22 - 9500000000 coins or 25 FarmCash

3. New Facility Manager filter: You can now filter and show only the 'Non-Workable by Friends' Facilities like the Truck, Mines, etc, when you do this the Start All will only start production on those facilities.

4. Better feedback when using the Start Batch / +10 / +30 / All buttons in Facilities: The feedback text stays in place and is easier to see what you have produced so far. Also, when you fill the product to capacity there is no message box anymore.

5. Belt and Dans for the next 10 Facilities: Farm Buildings Factory, Beekeeping Supplies Factory, Restroom Supplies Factory, Pool Supplies Factory, Healthy Juice Stand, Honey Derivatives Factory, Dental Supplies Factory, Laundry Supplies Factory, Tropical Shakes Stand and Peruvian Restaurant.

6. Transplanter 16 x 16 (FC): Transplant up to 256 plants at once.

7. Bulldozer 12 x 12 (FC): Delete up to 144 plants at once.

8. Market Improvements:

- When you receive a Hire Request you can now see for how many farms you are been hired for and if your Employer is sharing the tools and/or the fuel.
- When you receive a Hire Request if you don't respond in 30 seconds the request will disappear. Later on we will add a countdown so you know how much time you have to accept the request.
- When your employee arrives at your farm, we will include the Farm Name in the notification.
- When your employee receive a Job Completion Bonus we will send you a notification so you know the job was fully completed on that farm.
- In the Market the Sell Price in Coins now show commas (,) to make it easier to read.
- In the Market there is now a Total Value on the top for everything that is currently been displayed, this number change as you change filters or categories.

9. Grass with Guidelines (FC): This is a ground cover located in the Ground/Paths category, is the same as the green default grass but with red lines on top which should help designers align items much easier.

The First Time purchase price is 35 FC, and after that is only 100 coins, like the rest of the ground covers.

10. Facebook Upgrade: We have finished the work required to comply with new facebook policies, most of the changes were transparent to the user but some did impact some functionality on the game:

a) Facebook do not allow access to your 'Facebook Friend Lists' anymore, to compensate for that we have added a new filter 'Recently Sent To' in the 'Farmer Lists' section, so when you are sending gifts that filter will show you all the friends that you have sent gifts in the past few days. The same happens when you are sending Train Boost requests.

b) The capability provided by Facebook to read your Home Feed to retrieve the Farm Town posts made by your friends is very unstable, we have completed a work around that should be working much better. Still, we anticipate that in the future this may break again and we will have to find another workaround.

c) Facebook limited the amount of friends to show on a Request window to 1000, so if you have more than 1000 friends with the Farmtown game installed you may not find all your friends when using the 'All Farmers' filter, see more information at the end of this post in the Post Release Updates section.

11. Other Improvements:

- More robust system when purchasing farm cash
- When sending Farm Cash Facilities, Tools or Trains as gifts to friends you will receive a warning if your friend already had it. In the case of the Tools, the warning only works if your friend had it in the Item Storage.
- When fishing, instead of the % Grown you will see exactly how long will it take for the fish to grow
- The Search tool is now available when visiting/working other people farms, the only difference is that it will only search the items in the farm not the storage, for privacy reasons.
- When using the Hide Tool (the closed Eye in the extended tool box) you can now see the item names when you mouse over them. Also, you can now hide any type of fields as well.
- Remove the pop up when storing Super Animals
- Farm Selector now shows the size of the farm when visiting others
- Some users will experience an increase in their Gift Box size as we are now only storing the first 15 chars of the sender's name.

- Bug Fix: When you unload a train you don't have to refresh the game for the product to show up in storage
- Bug Fix: 'Duplicate' button sometimes appearing incorrectly in the Store for the Semi-Trailer Truck
- Bug Fix: When visiting others the quest icon on the top was showing the farm owner Quest Managers instead of the current playing user Quest Managers
- Bug Fix: Invite tab is now working for Spanish and French users

12. 4 New crops and trees: Chia (6 days), Leek (1 hour), Hazelnuts (2 days) and Brazil Nuts (3 days). The Blue Agave crop can now be used in facilities.

The Hazelnuts Tree is available as gift only.

13. Vegan Supplies Factory (FC): Produces Vegan Supplies.

Egg Replacer
Vegan Burgers
Vegan Instant Food
Vegan Instant Noodles
Vegan Butter
Vegan Cheese
Vegan Bars
Vegan Icecream

New Products from other Facilities:
Agave Syrup produced in the Syrup Factory and the Flaxseed Meal produced in the Watermill.

14. Library Supplies Factory (Coins): Produces Library Supplies.

Rolling Ladder
DVD Storage Cabinet
Magazine Box
Book Return Box
Fantasy Section Label
Alphabet Label Set
Barcode Scanner
Barcode Printer

15. Vegan Market (FC): Provides Food Retail Services for Vegans and can be stocked with products from the Vegan Supplies Factory.

16. Library (Coins): Provides Book Reference and Borrowing Services and can be stocked with products from the Library Supplies Factory.

Enjoy!

--Raul

Post Release Updates - April 11th, 3:00AM EST

- I mentioned on point #5 that we had released Dan 7 for those facilities, this was incorrect, it should be just the regular Belts and Dans for those facilities.

Post Release Updates - April 12th, 11:00PM EST

- Issues sending gifts and boosting trains should now be solved, please report if this is not the case for you.

Post Release Updates - April 13th, 8:30PM EST

- We just found out that there is another limitation introduced by Facebook that limit the amount of friends that can be shown on the Request Window to 1000, so players with more than 1000 Farmtown friends (these are friends with the Farmtown game installed) were still experiencing the never ending loading screen (the 3 animated vertical bars).

We changed the 'All Farmers' filter to show only the first 1000 friends so at least the window loads correctly and you can use the rest of the options like My Neighbours, Recently Sent To and Friends Helping Me.

If you still want to use the 'All Farmers' filter, we recommend that you do a clean up in Facebook and un-friend all your Farmtown friends that you do not interact with anymore, this way you will end up with less than 1000 Farmtown friends which is fine. In the next few hours we will release another update that will notify those users that have more than 1000 Farmtown friends and will show exactly how many Farmtown friends you have, so you know how many you need to remove.

If you don't want to do the clean up because is too time consuming and you are searching for a specific friend that you can't find using any of the other filters, you can use the ‘Suggested By Facebook’ section and then manually search for the name of your friend. You will have to type the name of your friend on the search bar which is located next to the 'All Friends' filter button.

Post Release Updates - April 14th, 6:20PM EST

- The Eye preferences including the radio buttons 'Dimmed and On' and 'Hidden and On' are now working as usual. This issue may have caused that sometimes the Non-Workable by Friends filter in the facility manager didn't work correctly either.

- When you receive a hire request, there is a countdown on the last line that indicates how many seconds until the request expires.

Post Release Updates - April 15th, 6:20AM EST

- New Facilities, Crops and Trees released.
- Added rotation capability for several trees in the Store, if I missed any trees please report it.

Post Release Updates - April 15th, 8:00PM EST

- The Hazelnut Tree should now always appear in the gift section.
- New facilities will stay filled after a refresh, please report if this is not the case.

Post Release Updates - April 16th, 4:00AM EST

- Products from the Reading Accessories Factory are now used on the following service facilities:

a) Tablet Holder, Book Ends, Reading Magnifier and Page Nibs in the Library
b) Cookbook Holder, Book Weight, Reading Support Pillow and Reading Pen in the Bookstore

Post Release Updates - April 17th, 8:00PM EST

- We just found out that the issue "The page you are looking for is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later." was actually due to a hardware issue on our side, not facebook, we just fixed the problem.

Post Release Updates - April 20th, 8:30PM EST

- Issues with quests involving the Egg Replacer and the Book Return Box are now fixed.

Post Release Updates - April 28th, 7:45PM EST

- 14 Mother's Day items released, 4 as gifts, 5 at the top and 5 at the bottom of the Mother's Day category in the Store.

Known Issues

- None

Thanks Raul...always look forward to new release's...Happy farming to all!!

New Release
 

Thank you for the new release. Will you be removing the "Beta" tag finally?

I am unable to boost trains at this time.

Same here; wondering if it has to do with FT no longer having access to FB friend lists....:confused:

Hi fyreladee and Begonia Wildwind:)

Could you please tell us what happens when you try to boost your trains?

Are you trying to boost a train recently dispatched, or one you have dispatched a few days ago? Thank you!

lets hope the fb friends list doesn't alter as an earlier post from raul stated he was putting the facbook friends and buddys list people in the coop area for doing coops when you spin through the quest manager

I just dispatched my train then clicked on the boost link. I just get the little thinking circle that keeps spinning. I cleared my Farmtown memcache and even my browsing data, but still does the same thing.

Thank you fyreladee:)

Try to do the clearing as follows please:

Click on the memcache link, you will see a list of unsettings, close that window and the farm if it is open. Then clear your browser cache and close it. Reopen and try to boost your train again.

https://apps.facebook.com/farmtown/p...lear_memcached

Strange. The train boost just worked fine for one of my partial trains. I wonder if it would be any different for either one of my trains with 10 or more boxcars.

I've just boosted my train with 10 cars on it fine :)

Enquiring minds want to know ...
 

It would be nice if Raul could share just *what* changes had to be made that FaceBook had requested!

"Enquiring minds want to know!" ;)

Thanks,

~Raenie

Same here as well. tried to clear memcache/flashplayer/ccleaner....no change

Hi, mine was (still is) doing the same as fyreladee. Did as you directed, no change. Not even after complete reboot. These are trains that I have just dispatched. I had five to do; the first two boosted successfully. Had trouble on the third one. That was right about the time the new release happened.

It;s in the Farm Town Wall Requests. It's working again in compliance with Facebook changes

Facebook has required all the third party applications to use a newer system to communicate with it by the end of April 2015. Perhaps that is what he is talking about.

Anyway, it is nice to have farm 26 now. I was wondering what I was going to do with my billions of coins!
:D :D :D

I just boosted 2 different trains with no problems

Hello everyone,

For the ones that is having problems with boosting trains could you specify which train it is that you can't boost.

Cannot Use Farmer Lists
 

Since today's update cannot use Farmer Lists. Only get box with the moving lines.

Hi Wendy,
Please try clearing your memcache (link below), then when the page of unsetting text opens close it and your farm, then clear your browser cache and close your browser. Reopen and try again.
https://apps.facebook.com/farmtown/p...lear_memcached

heck to make sure you have allowed 3rd party cookies and pop ups in your browser settings. Those are needed for the in game pop up screens to show.

If you do not want to open up your browser to all 3rd party cookies or all pop ups you can add the following web sites to the exceptions for those settings:
Slashkey.com
L1.slashkey.com
Facebook.com
Apps.facebook.com
Trialpay.com

Also , if you have an ad-blocker plugin in your browser make sure the above web sites are also allowed in that too.

I see also they are trying to put in something where you can just select the facilities where your neighbours dont work them like the oil pumps and mines etc, doesnt quite look like they have it right yet cos lots of other workable facilities show up when you click on it as well, but at least they are trying to do something which i have been after for years, thank you

The Gifts are all messed up now when I just went in to collect. I did NOT know about any changes today prior other than I did notice in the market place when Hiring someone the popup you get from the person has a description of what you are being hired for more than it did before.

The ISSUE I am having currently is when I went in to collect a couple gifts, IT automatically collected ALL 50 that I had in there!!! NOT happy as there were things I intended on exchanging to receive first!!! PLEASE FIX THIS back again or tell me how to get it to work again. Thanks

I am using Opera browser an the most recent version. I also cleared the mem cache an it didn't help!

Hi Brenda,
Did you also uncheck the services and animal buildings? If not those will show too.

Hi Lollipop,
I just tried it and only got the gifts I accepted. I did 2 for just accept and 2 for exchange and accept. They worked fine. The only thing I can think of is you accidently clicked on accept all.

I'm using the Chrome browser. I can't send gifts anymore, although I can "return" gifts when someone has sent them to me. The FARMER LISTS won't load, it just keeps showing those wavy lines. I tried SUGGESTED BY FACEBOOK but it only brought up 5 or 6 names. I tried running the FT memcache, clearing my cache, etc., but still no luck. Sure hope you can help. Thanks!

Hi Barb,
Sorry this is happening. Check to make sure you have allowed 3rd party cookies and pop ups in your browser settings. Those are needed for the in game pop up screens to show.

If you do not want to open up your browser to all 3rd party cookies or all pop ups you can add the following web sites to the exceptions for those settings:
Slashkey.com
L1.slashkey.com
Facebook.com
Apps.facebook.com
Trialpay.com

Also , if you have an ad-blocker plugin in your browser make sure the above web sites are also allowed in that too.

With the changes it may be that your browser is not allowing those lists to open because it is a new way of doing this.
Alos please try a different browser and see if they will open in it.

Farm 26 is great, weldone cant wait until the other stuff comes out.

Thanks for all your hard work

Wow...I just opened the Farmtown Wall Requests link and I got requests from now to 24 hours ago!!!!! TY!!! :)

Hi Taz,
I double-checked, third-party cookies are allowed. I also disabled the Ad Block. I tried Firefox, too. Still no luck. :(

NOTE: That 1st tab never worked for me, anyway. I always used whatever tab it was that allowed me to choose FRIENDS HELPING ME, NEIGHBORS, or FARM TOWN PLAYERS.

I am also unable to boost my train. It was a train I just dispatched.

Hi Barb,
Now those selections are in that first tab. It used to be the Facebook Friends was the first tab. It is not just the cookies but the pop ups too that need to be allowed as those lists are pop ups. The best way to do that is go to the advanced settings and add all those sites to the exceptions for both cookies and pop ups to be allowed. You can also list those sites in the ad blocker exceptions to allow from thier and not have to turn that off. Be sure you close and restart your browser after you have made any settings changes.
We have tested Chrome for that list and it is working, so it has to be the settings.

From the Facebook Friends List Tab when Sending Gifts.
Facebook no longer allow us to access your Facebook Friend Lists. To compensate for this limitation we have added a new filter 'Recently Sent To' in the 'Farmer Lists' section.

That is the latest message from FB so no more mass sending of gifts it seems. It has nothing to do with pop ups... Barb is correct, if your Friends List is large it tries to load them all and takes forever, so the Recently Sent To or the ALL Farmers option will never be displayed for those with large friend lists as the Farmer List tab will not load.

The only option to send gifts now is Suggested Friends which allows 6 at a time.

Hi,

Can you describe exactly what happens when you try please? At what point does it stop working?

hi and thanks for the updates

When sending gifts;

I can now select from the drop down menu;

1. All Farmers
2. My Neighbours
3. Recently Sent To
4. Farmers Helping Me

I love it! So much easier than doing all of that clicking of sending gifts to folks who probably haven't played FT in years ... lol

Thanks for the update! And Farm 26!! I named it 'Secret' Garden ....since I didn't know it was even in the update ;) Good surprise!!!

train boost
 

Hi, I tried clearing everything, still won't boost on train that was dispactched. It just keeps spinnng....Farm 20

Hi,

What keep spinning? The list to load your friends?

The three I haven't been able to boost are:
Farm 9
Turbo and Supreme

Farm 15
Turbo

It just acts like it is trying to connect but keeps on spinning. I tried another train, same thing, so now I have Farm 20 and 22 that I can't request boost. It happens right after I dispatch, and of course now I have tried to go back in and the same thing happens.