New Release -- September 3rd, 2016
 

See Known Issues, More Information and Post Release Updates at the end of this post. Last changes released on September 16th, 9:00PM.

Hi There,

We just released a new version of the game with the following new features and bug fixes: EN ESPAÑOL AQUI En français ici

1. 25 New Levels: 28 new items in the Buildings, Farming, Motion, Furniture, Fun and Others categories.

2. 7 New Flowers: Sandersonia, Chocolate Cosmos, Bromeliad, Queen of the Night, Sedum Autumn Joy, Chrysanthemums and Ranunculus. 13 more coming in the next release.

3. Last 5 expansions for Farm 30: See prices below:

34x34 - 16500000000 coins or 30 FarmCash
36x36 - 17000000000 coins or 30 FarmCash
38x38 - 17500000000 coins or 30 FarmCash
40x40 - 18000000000 coins or 30 FarmCash
42x42 - 20000000000 coins or 30 FarmCash

4. Recently started the development of a functionality that will introduce Ships as a transportation method to get ingredients, it will have a dynamic different to the trains.

5. Tree Shaker 20 x 20 (FC): This new Tree Shaker harvest up to 400 trees using a new faster method of harvesting. Basically, instead of highliting all the trees, this new tool just highlight a fixed squared section of the farm which works faster and with less manual mistakes.

It may take a few moments to get use to it but after that it performs very well, specially on the biggest farms.

6. Flower Harvester 20 x 20 (FC): This new Flower Harvester harvest up to 400 flowers using a new faster method of harvesting, see point 5) above.

7. Other Fixes and Improvements released on the past few weeks:

- Adjusted the amount of product rewards received with every 'Thanks' message in the Neighborhood Chains Contest.

a) For the 'Thanks' you receive when buying a Farmcash facility, the amount of product rewards have been increased by at least 10 times. In addition to this, it will increase even more based on the amount of Farmcash facilities you have participating in the contest.

b) For the 'Thanks' you receive when a neighbour finishes in the top 3 in her Neighborhood Chains Contest, the amount of product rewards have been increased by at least 50 times. In addition to this, it will increase even more based on how many points you contributed to her Neighborhood Chains compared to others.

- The Processing... phase of the Start All operation in the Facility Manager have been further optimized down to a few seconds, this will be specially noticeable for people with lot of facilities.

- The Saving... phase of the Start All operation in the Facility Manager have been further optimized down to a few seconds. The whole Start All/Load All operation should not take more than a few seconds (5-30 secs) even when you have thousands of facilities.

- The Ingredient Planner screen in the Facility Manager loads faster now and shows a 'Loading Help...' message when loading the ingredient Planner in the Facility Manager

8. New Watercress crop.

9. Appliance Service Center (FC): Provides Appliance Repair Services and can be stocked with products from the Appliance Parts Factory.

10. Restaurant Supplies Factory (Coins): Produces Restaurant Supplies.

Bread Basket
Dessert Plate Set
Food Box
Sign Board
Chef Clogs
Pepper Mill
Outdoor Table
High Chair

11. Vietnamese Restaurant (FC): Produces Vietnamese Food.

Pho Soup
Spring Rolls
Vietnamese Crepes
Sour Fish Soup
Banh Mi
Bun Cha
Shaking Beef
Che

New products from other facilities:

Rice Flour in the Windmills
Rice Paper in the Bakery
Fish Sauce and Nuoc Cham Sauce in the Sauce and Condiments Factory.

12. Restaurant Supplies Shop (Coins): Provides Restaurant Supplies Retail Services and can be stocked with products from the Restaurant Supplies Factory.

Enjoy!

--Raul

Post-Release Updates - September 3rd, 7:00PM

- We just rebooted some servers that could have been causing the issues with the new facilities, please report here if you are still having issues.

- We will soon offer a switch mechanism somewhere for the new tools, so you can change back and forth between the new and old method, however, I can confirm that once you get a handle on them they will work much faster on any farm compared to the old tools.

It's true that at the beginning it can be confusing, because the highlight covers the trees by the trunk (where they are planted) not by the top of the trees but we have found it could be mastered eventually.

Post-Release Updates - September 6th, 4:50PM

- The new flowers are now showing up in storage after harvested.

Post-Release Updates - September 8th, 6:30PM

- When selecting the new 20x20 Tree Shaker and Flower Harvester, instead of the Eye in the bottom right you will see the current tool icon, when clicked, you will see a vertical toolbar with 2 buttons, the one in the top goes back to the old method of highlighting each individual item, the one in the bottom set the new method of highlighting only the perimeter of the area where the tool will operate.

Also, the tool will always operate as if the Eye was closed, meaning, the recently worked items will be hidden once the work on them is completed.

- Ingredient Planner is now reporting correct numbers, for instance, if you uncheck some products that consumes bread, then the amount of bread required to fill the facilities should go down.

Post-Release Updates - September 9th, 4:50PM

- The switch selection between old and new method is now remembered in session, meaning, you can navigate from farm to farm and select different tools and the last selection will be remembered. When you reload the game it will default back to the new method.

Post-Release Updates - September 9th, 4:50PM

- The new levels and the Vietnamese Restaurant will be released Tuesday next week.

Post-Release Updates - September 12th, 10:20PM

- Released the Vietnamese Restaurant.

Post-Release Updates - September 13th, 9:10PM

- Released 25 new levels.

Post-Release Updates - September 16th, 9:00PM

- Released changes to the Neighborhood Chains Contest so competing neighborhoods are more balanced in terms of the amount of participating facilities each neighborhood has in the contest.

Known Issues

- None

way to go raul

i bought the new flower harvester and tree shacker at 50 farm cash a piece, didnt get them, can you see what the deal is, thanks

t y raul for the fast response, i have them now, t y t y

wow thanks

Bug report
 

a super neighbour called rose trying tow work on my farm but it she cannot pick tools or what seeds to use please check.

My dogs woke me early and I find a new surprise. Thanks for the update. Now of some farming fun

Thanks for the opdate

Thank you for the updates!! :)))

ty, been waiting all day for this, can now go to bed happy, :)

Please, please make the new tree shaker work like the old ones. I can't see which trees it is going to harvest, and it doesn't actually draw a line around the trees that I want to harvest, so it takes much longer to harvest them.
Otherwise, great release!

Cheers Raul :-)

I have bought the new flower and tree harvester. They are not highlighting as they should - just get a big square so you can't see which trees/flowers you are harvesting. Am sure the glitch will sort it out soon... as 50fc for each tool is expensive if it doesn't work correctly.

Love the game...dont get me wrong....always wanted a flower stand like the fruit stand....have so many flowers we dont use and imagine my surprise when we get a ton more new ones...I know for decoration but..really...give the rest of us our flower stand...please..love you guys to bits(mods/team/everyone)

Kind of a tame release but if it gets us to ships faster then I am all for it. Thanks for giving us a really fun game!

Thank you for the new goodies!

bring on the new levels and ships will be saving my FC for that

wow, love the new flower and tree tools, work perfectly for those of us with wall to wall flowers and trees, super fast, love love love it!!!!!

Gaaahhhh! Such awesome new tools and I'm broke this week!!! Seriously, though, awesome update, devs. Now to start saving for those tools.

the tools are great, you just have not figured out how to use them.. start in the top right corner.. you can then either move across or down.. they are super fast and can do wall to wall farms with ease, I hope they bring out a chainsaw that operates the same way..

the new tools work just fine, love them, have done a number of farms now, so fast and easy... especially for us farmers with wall to wall trees and flowers, at last we have tools that meet our needs!!

Quest issue
 

In Quest Manager, cannot complete Quest action when clicking on the harvest item. Get an erroneous message and destination. Did go manually to facilities and selected the item successfully.

Hi Valdoe

Please post in this section of Help and Support : http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=594622
and include a link to your farm
Instructions on how here ; http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=590390

THANK YOU..for all you do.. now i need to save more money to buy more stuff.. lol it never ends.. however it is fun.. off to plant new flowers so much for house work...

To Aussie Rae, of course everyone is allowed their own opinion, but please understand not all of us have wall to wall trees or flowers. Also when laying out farms we do not always put trees at the top. Therefore, the tools as they are at this moment only is beneficial to a small percentage of farmers (such as you). They made the new Turbo boat which will wipe out wall to wall fish, but it still uses the old method of point and shoot as opposed to do it this way. There is NO reason why they cannot incorporate the old pointing method to help all of us, and it would work just as well with the wall to wall people. 100% useful to all vs. 10% useful to a few. I think the math speaks for itself.

new method
 

I don't like the 'new method of harvesting'. 20x20 doesn't go where I want it to, it's already established locations on the farm so that I have to click more than 2x's what I normally would have to harvest the trees or flowers.

Closed and reopened browser. All OK now. Strange...

I agree I don't like how the new tree shaker does, all I am doing is clicking more just to get the trees to harvest the big square does take out big chunks but when it comes down to the last few it is real pain in the neck.

Thank you, waiting for the level updates too :)
is it possible to put in an Afgan restaurant? Afgan is savory, spicy without heat, lots of vegetables and a wonderful addition to those who eat both Indian and Thai food. Thank you for the consideration.

Nice Update - Thanks :)
Could you add the names of the new Flowers? :)
Thanks.

Thanks for the update! I noticed the speed change in the facility manager yesterday, VERY nice!!!

I just worked 8 farms, , hired from the market , decorated farms with flowers and trees scattered all over the place.. a nightmare to do with even 16x tool, but they were a breeze with the 20x ones..

Hi LizaLee

Please post your suggeston in the Suggestions Thread so that the Devs will see it ; http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2

You can't start a new thread there but you can reply to the appropriate existing thread :D

They are :
Sandersonia, Chocolate Cosmos, Bromeliad, Queen of the Night, Sedum Autumn Joy, Chrysanthemums, Ranunculus.


That last one sounds like something Hermione Grainger would say :)

Restaurant Supplies Facility did not load with my start all tool. So, I thought it was being refilled over and over and it was not! UGH!

Awesome Job Raul. Love the new tools. Only thing missing is a log truck with Chainsaw. Please don't change them.

Great, looks like fun.
Are you going to fix the facility manager. It does not start all my facilities when I hit "Start All". I have to go thru them and check them individually. Got all turbos, all facilities and products checked.

I have the same problem with all 3 new facilities

Bought all 3 new facilities. When I went to start and load the facility manager they did not start and load. I memcached and reloaded the game and still they did not start and load. I started and loaded them manually but my diversification rank did not change. It's as if they don't exist in my facility manager. Is anyone else having this problem or can anyone help please.

Memcached again, reloaded and nothing changed

Apparently, even after manually loading, it's not staying loaded!

I have the same problem with all 3 new facilities[/quote]

Apparently, even after manually loading, it's not staying loaded!

Hi bjyhey and bugs,
Thanks for reporting this. We are checking on it.

Edfit: have checked this and mine is working just fine. All loaded without problem. Restaurant Supplies Shop did not load with much as all I had for that one was what I got from working neighbors facilities. Two of these are services which do need products from regular facilities, so you may not have anything to load in them.