New Release -- December 22nd, 2009 - UPDATE 2

gwennymarie · #1 Dec 24 2009, 06:13 PM

what is this now????? do all this work and get nothing but ALREADY DONE.

KimmieKim · #2 Dec 24 2009, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gwennymarie

what is this now????? do all this work and get nothing but ALREADY DONE.

yep. ain't it fun? NOT.

Merry Christmas and I hope the Dev get this fixed AFTER some good holiday time. It might be the last down time they have if they don't get it done and many stop playing because they will then have to be working on a new game or huge fix/win us back.

wskibnt · #3 Dec 24 2009, 08:19 PM

I think it was me who said "careful what you wish for". I think you should have just been happy with what you had been given till the dev's had it fixed. I see more complaints now that it went back than the fix they implemented. I'm just glad I don't have to count on the market place for xp or coin at the moment. I did plant a field today and usually when I run out of gas it tells me but now it just keeps planting and you realize too late you don't have enough after you planted half a field that won't plant. Thanks complainers for all you did to have it your way.

butterflylin · #4 Dec 24 2009, 08:49 PM

Before the Dec. 22nd change I never had a problem, never lost coins or xp points. Then the 12/22 disaster. Now with the latest change, I can harvest really fast, but when they hire me to plow right after harvesting, it just says I'm busy and won't let me plow. Happened on 3 large jobs. I'm giving up. It's not fun anymore.

Sapai · #5 Dec 24 2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by krazykatz999

I probably don't have anything new to say, but I figured I'd weigh in on this update debate.

As the one hiring, if I want to switch my employees over to plowing, it is nearly impossible to click on them. I often find that all the fields are harvested, but the avatars are still jumping all over the place.

There is a solution for this situation, if your game is running the same as mine. When you 'put down' (click green walk) the harvesting or plow tool, the avatar reverts to a walking movement. It halts the jumping bean motion. However, I think this may be why my avatar stalled out on field #1 of 4 while plowing, because I have a habit of switching to green walk after I've marked all the squares. So use with discretion.

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Originally Posted by Wild

Before, if the plot had already been harvested by someone else, they got the coins/points for having done it and you didn't. Since there was no notification given, people felt that they were harvesting/plowing and not getting credit for it. Now it tells you that it has already been done so that you will not expect credit that you are not going to get.

This is necessary for the stability of the program because the way it was before was causing problems as two (or more) people would reach and click on a plot simultaneously without any way whatsoever of knowing that another user was trying to click on the same plot. They have "fixed it" so that this will happen much less frequently. As long as you click on plots that are in near proximity of your avatar, you should not need to wait until the avatar reaches the location.

It should also be noted that the way it was for the majority of the life of the game you always had to wait until the avatar reached the plot you were trying to work on and often - no matter whether that plot was right there or not, the avatar would go on a "walk about" all over the farm to get to the plot that they were right next to!! Count your lucky stars that they have gotten THAT fixed!

I think what we are saying is that the same thing is happening. Even after Farmer A has clicked a square, Farmer B can still click the same square. "Already Done" is not mentioned at the time of the click, but rather when it actually reaches the plot in question.

This can possibly best be seen while plowing a layered square. Every plot that is clicked registers a hash mark; the avatar approaches the plot and crosses over it making it appear plowed. After passing over, the "Already Done" message is given, and in the layered case, the plow markings 'lift off' at the same time as we are told it was "Already Done". There is no advance warning. You will click it, your avatar will walk there and cross the square, and THEN are told, sorry, wasted your click and your time walking over here. It's gone. Result; no points.

Capt. Conor · #6 Dec 25 2009, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by butterflylin

Before the Dec. 22nd change I never had a problem, never lost coins or xp points. Then the 12/22 disaster. Now with the latest change, I can harvest really fast, but when they hire me to plow right after harvesting, it just says I'm busy and won't let me plow. Happened on 3 large jobs. I'm giving up. It's not fun anymore.

They did stop the wait, i'm busy message. Do you still get it?