New Release -- May 3rd, 2017
 

See Known Issues, More Information and Post Release Updates at the end of this post. Last changes released on May 23rd, 6:20PM.

Hi There,

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

1. 10 Mothers Day items: 3 as gifts, 6 on the top of the Mothers Day category in the store and 1 at them bottom.

2. 44 x 44 Farm expansions for farms 11 to 20: 25,000,000,000 coins or 30 farm cash each.

3. Belt and Dans for the next 10 facilities: Scout Supplies Factory, Puerto Rican Restaurant, Polish Restaurant, Hat Factory, Appliance Parts Factory, Restaurant Supplies Factory, Vietnamese Restaurant, Learning Toys Factory, Cajun Restaurant and Storm Supplies Factory.

4. Regular Harvester, Plower and Combine Harvest-Plow 18 x 18 (FC): If you already own their 16 x 16 versions, then you can buy these regular crop tools and work on 324 crop fields at a time.

Note: To buy these tools you *do not* need to own any of the extended mode crop tools.

5. Harvester Ex and Combine Harvest-Plow Ex 7 x 7 with extended mode support (FC): These crop tools will work all fields in a squared area the size of 7x7 fields using the new faster method of farming, only highlighting a fixed squared section of the farm.

The main benefit of these tools is for working up to 784 partially overlapped fields at once. Overlapping fields is still not officially supported but if you do it on your farms or work on other players farms that do overlap fields, these new set of tools will enable a much faster farming.

Note: To buy these tools you *do not* need to own any of the regular crop tools 18x18. However, say you are using a Combine Harvest-Plow Ex of any size, if you switch to the highlight mode and you also own the regular Combine Harvest-Plow 18 x 18, then that's the Combine that will be selected instead of the regular Combine Harvest-Plow 16 x 16.

6. Easier to know which tools are required to buy another tool in the Store: When a tool X is locked because of required items that are still not owned, instead of just hiding the 'Buy' button we are now showing an 'Unlock' button. This 'Unlock' button will remove all tools from the screen and display only those tools required to buy the tool X. If any of those required tools is also locked because of other required items still not owned, the same thing will happen, an Unlock button will appear and so on.

This way you can drill down and back (using the Back button on the top) and navigate the full required items structure for any tool.

7. Significantly reduced container preparation time for all ships based on the amount of total dispatched ships in the past 7 days, for example:

If you have dispatched a total of 2 ships in the last 7 days the container times for:

Cargo Ship Blue will be 36 minutes instead of 60 minutes
...
Cargo Ship Yellow will be 27 minutes instead of 45 minutes


If you have dispatched a total of 6 ships in the last 7 days the container times for:

Cargo Ship Blue will be 6 minutes instead of 60 minutes
...
Cargo Ship Yellow will be 4.5 minutes instead of 45 minutes

To check how exactly the container times for each ship varies based on the amount of dispatched ships, click the ? sign in the container currently being prepared.

8. Other Improvements:

a) Added a new 'Total Price' sort in the Storage and Market screens.
b) When buying a farm cash tool X that require owning a previous tool Y, if the Y tool is currently on a farm and not in storage, it will still be detected and the Store will show a 'Buy' button for the tool X.
c) Released more optimizations for all crop tools, including extend and highlight mode (released 2 weeks ago)

9. New Anchovy fish: You can catch this new fish in the Small Sea Coast and use it in the Italian Restaurant.

10. Italian Restaurant (FC): Produces Italian Food.

Bruschetta
Pizza Capricciosa
Gnocchi with Pesto
Mushroom Risotto
Spaghetti Puttanesca
Chicken Marsala
Ossobuco Milanese
Cannoli

New product used as ingredient: Anchovies

11. Cargo Port Supplies Factory (Coins): Produces Cargo Port Supplies.

Container Locking Bars
Port Cargo Net
Mooring Post
Cone Fender
Crane Hook
Crane Ladder
Crane Counterweight
Crane Master Control

12. FTown Landscaping Services (FC): Provides Landscaping Services and can be stocked with products from the Landscaping Supplies Factory.

13. Cargo Port (Coins): Provides Cargo Port Services and can be stocked with products from the Cargo Port Supplies Factory.

Enjoy!

--Raul

Post-Release Updates - May 3rd, 11:50PM

- There has been some complications in the release of the new tools, we expect to release them soon, most likely tomorrow.

Post-Release Updates - May 4th, 9:09PM

- We have found additional complications with the release of the new tools, we expect to release them in the next few days.

Post-Release Updates - May 9th, 9:00PM

- Release the pending tools:

1.Regular Harvester, Plower and Combine Harvest-Plow 18 x 18
2.Harvester Ex and Combine Harvest-Plow Ex 7 x 7 with extended mode support

See more info in the release post above.

Note: The regular Combine Harvest-Plow 18x18 is right above the regular red Combines 16x16 in the toolbox.
The regular Harvester 18x18 is right above the regular red Harvester 16x16 in the toolbox. The other 3 tools are in their expected positions in the toolbox.

Post-Release Updates - May 10th, 6:00PM

Bugfix: The EX tools are not being selected automatically when working as a super neighbor or a hire from the market, instead the 16x16 or 18x18 are being selected.

Post-Release Updates - May 16th, 9:10PM

- Significantly reduced container preparation times for all ships based on how many total ships you have dispatched in the last 7 days. See more information in the release post above.

Note that the dispatched ships will start counting starting today.

- Released an optimization that will cause the game to consume less memory so you will be able to navigate more farms without experiencing Flash crashes. Many more optimizations coming in the next weeks.

Post-Release Updates - May 18th, 3:10PM

Bugfix: After loading the game, the container ready notification from a previously dispatched ship was appearing continuously. This should start working correctly once you prepare your next container or dispatch your next ship.

Post-Release Updates - May 18th, 11:30PM

- We had severe server emergencies in the afternoon, everything should be back to normal now.

- It's possible that the issue with the containers time to be reset back to the original times because the ship dispatch history was lost for the past 2 days may have been related to the server issue above but we are not sure of this. If you dispatched a ship again after May 18, 11:30 PM, and suddenly this ship dispatch date disappear from the dispatch date list, please report it on this thread.

Post-Release Updates - May 23rd, 6:20PM

BugFix: Reduced container preparation times in ships is working again based on the amount of ships dispatched in the last 7 days.

Known Issues:

- The zoom in and out using the mouse wheel is not working on the latest update of the Chrome browser when in full screen mode. It should work when you are not in full screen mode or when you click on the + and - icons in the bottom panel. We hope they fix this issue quickly, as it's also happening on other games in facebook.

oh wow thanks :)

Thanks Dev Team!!

Thank you!

Thanks Raul!

Thanks Raul - need distractions today - perfect :)

FYI preparation time for yellow ship is currently 45 minutes NOT 30 minutes LOL

Thanks. Now how about adding at least one dish that uses those poor neglected Brussel Sprouts? :) And it sure would be nice if we could sort Tools for 'not owned'.

Useless tools! 18x saves no time compared to 18x tools. Will not be buying! Takes as many clicks for 18x as 16x.

Thank you for the new goodies!

Thanks so much for the lovely new things, can't wait for the new 7x7 ex tools. I must be missing something though, how do we switch between extend and highlight mode, or does it just depends on which tool you choose at the time?

Thanks team!

As always, thanks for the wonderful update!!!

Thanks for all of the updates and all of the work you put into this game!

Thanks a lot Raul and Team!! :)

I find the Cargo ship reduction in times extremely discriminative, One point they have forgotten here is not everybody can get on for 10 hours a day. Not sure about the legality in this forcing people to try. A much better idea would be, simply supply tools bought with farm cash , that reduce the timing to prepare. 1st tool reduce all ships by 10% 2cnd tool 20% and so on to 50% or less.And yes might as well charge $50 Farm Cash like everything else.

This is a game, not real life. No one is forcing anyone to play Farm Town or forcing anyone to buy anything.

Farm Town is not like other games that have timelines to complete quests, which does force people to play said game multiple times a day, if person wants to complete them. Those other FB games do not take into consideration the people who have limited time to play games.

Nothing illegal going on here.

Re using the mouse wheel to zoom in and out not working in the latest version of Chrome when in full screen mode - mine is working just fine :D

Yes, thank you for the new products. :)

I completely agree with you. I don't think there should be a time frame at all. If you can get them all done quicker, that means you benefit by processing your ships sooner & can process them more often than someone who can only be online for a couple hours a day, which would take them maybe a week to fill up 1 ship. The bigger reward would be for those who can be online for more hours in a day. There are times when I can get only 2 containers done in 24 hrs & then it expires by the time I'm on the next day. I do find it completely unfair for those who work vs those who are retired or unemployed.

I have wanted this SO MUCH! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!!!

It still amazes me the amount of coding that needs to be done to accomplish changes. Example might be when helping neighbors and Mayor finishes farms for you; boggles my mind that the system can so quickly calculate the amount of ingredients or items in facilities on neighbors farms ~ which is ever changing and different for each neighbor.

Thanks to whoever puts forth the effort to continually make improvements, keep the game fresh with new items for so many years. Good job.

Nice surprise...thank you

I don't think the new possible rules for the cargo ships are fair. Especially when you consider reducing the time for only those who have dispatched 6 ships in 7 days. Why not just reduce the time frame, period. For everyone? I am online quite often, but I still can't seem to get all of the containers done in 1 day. Most of the time, I can get 2 or maybe 3. I do find it quite unfair & like the man previously said, discriminatory, against those who work or those who can't be online for 20 hrs in a day (or even 10 hrs/day).. Why not make it simpler? For the majority instead of the minority? Why not allow everyone to enjoy the game, instead of a select few? It's the same issue with having too many farmcash items.

Farms upgrade
 

Thanks for the new update....I managed to get my farms 11 & 12 upgraded to 44x44 but after that the other farms 13-20 that are at 42X42 tell me that I already have all the upgrades available...is there a delay on these farms for some reason? Love Farm Town...the only game for me Sandy

It doesn't say the ship has to be fully loaded. If you dispatch a ship with only 1 container, it counts toward the reduction time. If you can dispatch 1 ship a day then you get the reduced time.

He's (or she) just trying to make a point. This is a game yes, which should be fair to the majority of the players, not just a select few. There are times that having a time frame should be acceptable & there are times when it isn't necessary. Allow the majority to enjoy the game, not just a few. It is a game, which should be enjoyed by ALL of the players. The advantage goes to those who can afford to purchase all the nice toys that cost farmcash (real cash), and not just using coins for purchases. Try to remember, that people use different words that mean the same thing, he's not talking about the police coming to your door, he's talking about being able to enjoy the game just the same as those who do have the cash & time to play the game equally.

wow thanks for the updates!!!

yes but I can't even seem to get a ship out every day. Even if the ship has only 1 container. Why bother? for 1 container? The problem is, each day I play the game, with the intent on adding another container, something comes up & I can't get back on the game until the next day, that means that I have to wait until that expires (if it hasn't already expired). Just that 1 day loses my eligibility for the entire weeks worth of time reduction for the container. Why not let everyone enjoy the benefits of reducing the time to process the containers?? WHY NOT LET EVERYONE ENJOY the FULL BENEFITS of the REDUCED TIME of the CONTAINERS?

Farm Town Posts Flagged as Spam
 

Request for ingredients flagged as spam by Facebook

When I tried to post a request for seal food (Frozen Foods Factory) face book flagged the post as spam. I have used the link provided by Facebook to report the error. :rolleyes:

thanks for a great game . was hoping you would have a tool to buy to load theses ships faster even if its cash to buy it .disapointed you going to 44x44 land.we do not need them bigger than 42x42 .want more farms not more land

Thank you!!!!!

What would they put in their place as a non-ingredient though? :p Great suggestion about the tool sorting!

The idea is to reward those of us who do all the hard work. And most of my farming friends are senior citizens, disabled, or disabled senior citizens, so it would still be a majority!

Awesome! Thanks Raul and team! xx

Thanks for a really nice update.

Cannot request Products
 

Is anyone else getting a message that they cannot request facility products from friends? The error reads

"Our security systems have detected that a lot of people are posting the same content, which could mean that it's spam. Please try a different post.
If you think you're seeing this by mistake, please let us know."

I reported it to Facebook, but it may be an issue with this release.

It would be fantastic to have another source of graphite or increased supplies of graphite with all these facilities you create with carbon steel requirements. I have to turn them off in every new facility because I can't keep up at all with the graphite requirements (I have mines on 32 farms) ... Please put graphite in the ships and trains too. I have 7 trains with the appropriate train car to get more carbon steel sheets and it still isn't enough. Thanks

Can you please make restaurants that are purchased with coins on future releases? All of the restaurants in the past year with the exception of 2 have been for purchase with FC. Those of us who are FC poor are starving to death. We like to eat too.

Thank you very much..