New Release -- October 20th, 2009

[~Farmer Tom~]

Originally Posted by JanMac57

PS What's with this silent timed out message? At least before we had warning! Now I'm harvesting or plowing away and I've timed out and don't even know it! That one really ticks me off. I don't get my coin or XP and most often the farmer has to re-do what I thought I did. I bet this is the reason people suddenly don't get their coin and XP or it's been taken away but they don't realize they've timed out. This one REALLY needs to be fixed.

I agree, this is really a step backwards. Now it would seem the only way to reconnect to your severs is by loading the game over. Most the time you are on someones farm plowing or harvesting and dont recieve any kind of message at all. I click the save icon periodically while harvesting and usually thats when I finally get a message stating im no longer connected to the server. By then, all the work I have done means nothing and I have no choice but to leave the farm, infact the whole game and reload.

For this reason I would rather the whole harvesting thing go back to the way it was to begin with, along with the connection to server errors that popped up. Atleast with the old way you could fight off the errors and stay on the farm and work when you were reconnected.


This is also the reason you keep getting tons of complaint posts in this forum about not getting xp / coins for work being done.


Again, basic game play here.......all the ghosts and gobblins mean nothing without having basic game play. Fix the fundementals first.

[arborist]

mine don't work. they are lemons. they only plow one plot at a time, not 4! please helppppppppppppppppppppppp

[Mistygirl1]

I lost all the fuel I received as gifts. What happened to them? Are you only allowed to keep so many and then they are deleted.

[Susi Allen]

Since this upgrade I have lost fuel tanks gifted by neighbors an friends.
I didn't count them but ha 6 to 8.
The next day after purchasing several of the new tools my fuel tanks were missing. Is there a way to get them back??
Another friend also lost fuel tanks.

Sus i

Originally Posted by Wild

THE NEW FARM TOOLS

Where are the new tools?
The tools are all found under the Tools tab on the store page.

How do I get the new tools?
The tools are all available for purchase with farm coins.

What do the tools do?
All tools work for you on your own farm. They cannot be used by hired help.

• Plowing Tractor - Solar Powered: Gas free plowing tool that allows to plow up to 4 fields at a time - no matter how many neighbors you have!
• Small Harvester: Harvesting tool that allows you to harvest up to 2 crops at a time. Each field consumes 1 unit of gas.
• Big Harvester: Harvesting tool that allows you to harvest up to 4 crops at a time. Each field consumes 1 unit of gas.
• Small Seeder: Seeding tool that allows you to seed up to 2 fields at a time. Each field consumes 1 unit of gas.
• Big Seeder: Seeding tool that allows you to seed up to 4 fields at a time. Each field consumes 1 unit of gas.

How do I get fuel?
Click on the map then click on fuel station or click on the fuel can under your coins and farm cash displays. You earn fuel in the following ways:

• Your Game Level: Your level X10
• Neighbours: Number of neighbors you have X10 also.
• Friends helped: Number of friends that helped you that day X10
• Active Neighbours: Number of neighbors you have that were active that day X10
• Fuel From Friend: Gift of fuel tank

Once you accept a fuel can as a gift from your facebook/myspace page, it will appear in your gift box AND you will see credit for it under the tank (pictured below). Clicking on it from your gift box will not take it out of the gift box, but will bring you to your "gas stattion/tank" to show you how much fuel you have available for your next refueling. The gas can will remain in your gift box until the next time you refuel. When you refuel the credit will transfer from your "gas station/tank" up to the fuel counter under your farmtown cash and the fuel can will disappear from your gift box.

When you click on the fuel station on the map, the fuel icon in the top left corner of your screen, or a fuel can in your gift box, you will be shown how much fuel you have earned and available for the day. You have to click on the refuel button to fuel your machinery. You can only refuel when it tells you that you can and any fuel already showing in the upper left corner of your screen will be lost. The total from your fueling station/tank will replace (not add to) the amount of fuel you have to use.




Various comments

• Once you purchase the Tractor, your plowing tool gains the X4 option, without the need for neighbors.
• Once you purchase the Harvesters, your harvesting tool gains the X2 and/or X4 options (depending which one you bought). If you have only the Big Harvester, you cannot use the X2 harvest option.
• Once you purchase the Seeders, you need to click on them to open a special store to select the seeds. Using the regular store will trigger the X1 regular seeding tool.
• All tools rotate.
• Charges for plowing using the equipment are the same as if you were plowing yourself without the equipment. You do not save the money per plot that you save when you hire someone else.
• The amount you get for each crop when using the equipment is the same as if you harvested it yourself without the equipment. You do not get the extra money per crop that you get when you hire someone to harvest for you.
• If you have your fields plowed up against each other with no space between them, you must have your preferences set so that there is a check mark next to "Remove Spaces Between Fields" before selecting the seeder or harvester.
• If you have your fields plowed with space between them, you must have your preferences set so that there is NO check mark next to "Remove Spaces Between Fields" before selecting the seeder or harvester.

Prices and other info

• Plowing Tractor - Solar Powered: Cost 60,000 coins Give 601 XP Sell for 1800 coins
• Small Harvester: Cost 15,000 coins Give 153 XP Sell for 450 coins
• Big Harvester: Cost 30,000 coins Give 302 XP Sell for 900 coins
• Small Seeder: Cost 20,000 coins Give 203 XP Sell for 600 coins
• Big Seeder: Cost 40,000 coins Give 402 XP Sell for 1200 coins

There are questions regarding the exact meaning of "Friends Helped", we will be contacting the developers to get the final answer and will post that answer here in this thread.

We will also be reporting the fact that some of you are receiving a message that you do not have fuel even after you have gone to the fuel station and fueled up.

Some of you have reported that you are not able to use the fuel you have been given as gifts. We will be reporting that along with the items above.

**Please note that losing fuel you already had showing when you refuel, is NOT a glitch. Refueling REPLACES the amount of fuel you have for use in the upper left corner with the amount showing available in your fuel station. It does NOT add the two together.

[Niki1967]

Why cant we make waterfalls any more?? some people have them but now I cant get it to work ? Keeps saying my stuff has to be placed on grass........ AGGRIVATING

[RHIANN]

Hii,

our new tools were introduced as being "social" but as long i can't use these machines on other farms i can't find them add anything social to the game..

by the way..
the manual plowing is still too messy..why cant it be as swift as the harvest?

but the new release is much more stable now.Thank You!

[dolphlynn]

as for waterfalls, you need to place paths or stone paths on top of the water then add another river section...that's how you get a waterfall...then remove the paths...PM me if you need more help

[Kemper]

I was wondering Why I help people on there farms,but I don't recieve any coins? When can you buy the tractors? Please write back thanks... Holly Jo's Farm...

[IowaJo]

Originally Posted by ~Farmer Tom~

I agree, this is really a step backwards. Now it would seem the only way to reconnect to your severs is by loading the game over. Most the time you are on someones farm plowing or harvesting and dont recieve any kind of message at all. I click the save icon periodically while harvesting and usually thats when I finally get a message stating im no longer connected to the server. By then, all the work I have done means nothing and I have no choice but to leave the farm, infact the whole game and reload.

For this reason I would rather the whole harvesting thing go back to the way it was to begin with, along with the connection to server errors that popped up. Atleast with the old way you could fight off the errors and stay on the farm and work when you were reconnected.


This is also the reason you keep getting tons of complaint posts in this forum about not getting xp / coins for work being done.


Again, basic game play here.......all the ghosts and gobblins mean nothing without having basic game play. Fix the fundementals first.

This has happened to me ALOT...and man, it's frustrating!!

[woolflady]

Ok I can's keep fuel. I have it, go to market, come back AND ITS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!
Will this be fixed soon??