New Release -- March 6th, 2017
 

See Known Issues, More Information and Post Release Updates at the end of this post. Last changes released on March 16th, 8:15PM.

Hi There,

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

1. 8 St. Patrick items: 1 as gift, 5 in the top of the St Patricks category in the Store and 2 at the bottom.

2. 25 New Levels: 13 Buildings, 9 Farm Decors, 3 Motion items and 2 more in the Other category in the Store. Highest level is now 825.

3. Last 5 expansions for Farm 32: See prices below:

34x34 - 20500000000 coins or 30 FarmCash
36x36 - 21000000000 coins or 30 FarmCash
38x38 - 21500000000 coins or 30 FarmCash
40x40 - 22000000000 coins or 30 FarmCash
42x42 - 22500000000 coins or 30 FarmCash

4. Crop tools 5 x 5 with extended mode support (FC): This new set of crop tools will work all fields in a squared area the size of 5x5 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 400 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, very similar to the experience of using the Tree Shaker 20x20 to harvest up to 400 trees, or when using the Fishing Turbo Boat 20 x 20 to harvest up to 400 overlapped water items in a squared area the size of 5x5 fields.

Notice these tools only work on items that are already present on the farm, that's why there are only 4 of them:

Seeder Ex 5x5
Harvester Ex 5x5
Combine Harvest-Plow Ex 5x5
Combine Harvest-Plant Ex 5x5

The Plower Ex 5x5 with extended mode support is not part of this release.

The price will be 50 FC for each tool. In the next few moths we plan to continue improving the performance of these tools.

Also, when these tools works in extended mode they work on an area of 5x5 fields, but when you disable the extended mode, they will start working on an area of 16x16 fields and will behave in the exact same way as the current crop tools 16x16 that we already have in the game.

5. Ships Improvements released in the past 3 weeks:

a) For dispatched ships, the Ship Logbook tab is highlighting in pink the disabled neighbour ports. These will be ports that were disabled after the ship was dispatched.
b) When someone load your ship, if the next port in the itinerary is disabled, the ship will automatically skip that port and move to the next port in the itinerary that is currently enabled for ships
c) You can now work your ships while visiting other players farms and perform all operations on them as if you were on your own farm, prepare containers, dispatch, etc. For this just use your Seaport Manager as usual, and open any ships you like to work on. When you open your ships from the Seaport Manager those will always be your ships. When you open a ship located on another player farm, then you will see the information of that player ship.
d) The Ship Manager will not allow to start preparation for containers if there is not enough time for the container to complete it's preparation in the 24 hours available to prepare the ship.
e) When a container finishes preparation we will alert you with a message box so you can go and start preparing another or dispatch the ship without losing much time.
f) When a ship is Dispatched, you can now go to the help of each container (? sign) in the Ship Manager to check how many of each products are currently loaded in the container, just mouse over the product images.
g) There is a Closed Eye in the Seaport Manager that will allow you to hide those ships that you don't want to see in the Seaport Manager, ex: ships that you have sold, added to storage or are using as a decoration.
h) We have increased the rewards for working others ships in the Seaport Manager. Instead of 500 coins per container, the amount of coins will depend on the user level, going from 500 coins up to 2500 coins per container.

6. Ships Improvements:

a) If you remove a neighbour that is part of your itinerary, from that point on we will show it's name as "Deleted" and will show the correct picture instead of the generic silhouette.
b) Show real facebook names in a tooltip when mouse over user photos in Cooperative Quests, Neighborhood Chains Contest, Ships and Neighbour Bar screens. This will help people identify better their neighbours.
c) We have removed the capability of ships to become transparent when dispatched. It was working only when ships were dispatched from the farm that they were located, but since the introduction of the 'My Ships' tab in the Seaport Manager, you can dispatch any ship from any farm and therefore the transparency on ships would not work as expected. Fixing this will require a considerable amount of changes and since the 'My Ships' tab already provide a comprehensive status for all your ships in one place, we decided to remove the transparency feature instead.

7. Western Supplies Factory (FC): Produces Western Supplies.

Stirrups
Saddle Bag
Bandanna
Western Boots
Womens Fringe Jacket
Womens Wallet
Belt Buckle
Boot Polish

8. Bar Supplies Factory (Coins): Produces Bar Supplies.

Cocktail Shaker
Wine Opener
Liquor Pourer
Spill Mat
Beer Keg
Martini Glass
Cocktail Sticks
Blender

9. Cowboy Shop (FC): Provides Western Wear Retail Services and can be stocked with products from the Western Supplies Factory.

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

Enjoy!

--Raul

Post-Release Updates - March 8th, 4:50PM

- Bugfix: The images of the new facilities appeared wrong when asking for help, also there were issues when asking for help from the 2 new service facilities.
- Released the Crop tools 5 x 5 with extended mode support
- Released ships improvements a) and c) in the item #6 above in the main post.

Post-Release Updates - March 8th, 7:35PM

- Bugfix: We introduced a bug with the latest fix for the facility posting that is causing issues with other facilities. Please reload the game for this fix to take affect. Also, the posts that were already made will not work, the fix will only correct new posts from this point on.

Post-Release Updates - March 9th, 9:20AM

- BugFix: Some players were experiencing XLINK errors when visiting other players farms, including (but not limited to) when trying to work their facilities.

Post-Release Updates - March 10th, 9:30PM

Bugfix: When using the new crop 5x5 extended mode tools, as an employee/super-neighbour, the recently worked fields do not completely disappear from the farm.
Bugfix: Pictures not showing for non neighbours in the Seaport Manager
Bugfix: Hidden ships in the Seaport Manager showing again after a while
Bugfix: Occasionally, all containers were shown in pink when dispatching ships

Post-Release Updates - March 11th, 6:00PM

- Bugfix: Recently harvested items are reappearing even with the eye closed when using the harvester tools in regular, non-extended mode.

Post-Release Updates - March 15th, 5:00PM

- Released 25 new levels. Notice that the amount of XP points to reach each level higher than 800 have been increased compared to the usual previous increases.
- Released ship improvement b) in the item #6 above in the main post
- The smaller harvesters (non extended mode tools) were not highlighting the targeted fields correctly, sometimes it was highlighting fields that were not in the correct squared area for the tool
- Bugfix: Fixed issues when navigating to other players farms from the Seaport Manager.

Post-Release Updates - March 16th, 8:15PM

-BugFix: Missing navigation bar in the Cooperative Quest screen.

Known Issues:

- None

thanks....love you guys.....

Thanks very much Raul and development team :D

thanks a million :)

Thanks Raul!

Thanks again ! You all keep this game interesting , always something new to try out !

the realtor wont let me get the expnsions, it says i have gottin all of them, but my fm 32is still 32x

Hi beverduster,
Please try clearing your memcache (link below), then when the page of unsetting text opens close that as it is done.
If your farm is open close it. Then reopen and try again.
https://apps.facebook.com/farmtown/p...lear_memcached

thanks taz, its workin now,

Thanks for the update, always nice to get shiny new toys :)

Well I see we did not make the preparing the contains any faster for the ships.

AWESOME!!!!! The thing I've wanted MOST for FOREVER is a faster way to plant! I am SO excited to get these tools! Thank you!

ty ty ty for the good stuff

Thanks for the update

Belts and Dans
 

Great Update, looking forward to the new Tools and Levels.

Any idea when we'll start earning Belts and Dans for Facility products?

We have 21 Facilities now that don't earn them yet. And well, I don't have any to earn (got them all).

Thank you for the new release!

Thanks for the new release! Can't wait to get the new tools. One thing I noticed with the ships, three of mine are still transparent and they're not dispatched. Will all the ships stay as they are or can we look forward to all ships being non-transparent?

You guys gave us stuff that I didn't see anyone ask for, but all is awesome and appreciated. Just goes to show why this game is so special.

Thanks for the new release. Looking forward to the new tools. Though my heart breaks a little every time a new facility needs blue or red ink. I can never keep up even with an ink and pigments factory on all 32 farms.

Just an observation , If layering farms is not officially endorsed by the developers , why are they bringing out Farm cash tools to speed up planting ?? This is real hard earned money they are wanting us to spend on something they do not agree on !!!!!!!! mmmmmmmmm not impressed with your morals here Raul !!

When I posted today and used the bar supplies services facility, it came up as the bar supplies factory so it looked like I had posted the factories twice. This happened with two of my friends also. Had to go back and post from another services facility.

I doubt that it's about morals. If FT says they're endorsing layers, then they have to be willing to support it, i.e., to stand behind it and fix everything that might go wrong. I'm guessing here, but I'm thinking that layers can sometimes cause things to go awry in a way that might be difficult - or at least time-consuming - for them to fix. So this way, they can let us have our fun but it's sort of "at our own risk", yanno? Personally, I can hardly WAIT to get this tool! And I'm very grateful that they're willing to try to help those of us with layers. I think it's an awesome compromise, i.e., they don't have to technically support layers and yet they can help those of us who have them. 'Tis perfection and I CAN HARDLY WAIT!!!!

Actually, what I had originally asked for a couple of years ago was one-click planting, like we have with our turbo boats. And I even said, "And make it work for those of us with layers, please????" LOL Looks like maybe we're headed in that direction!

They have stated some time ago that even though it is not endorsed they do have the ability to remove the possibility. They just do not want to anger us long term farmers who have been playing since everyone had only 1 farm and factories were just decor and have kept it possible. :p

I'm not seeing the "Accept/Exchange All" buttons on the requests page???? I feel like it MUST be there and I'm just overlooking it and am going to feed exceedingly dumb but . . . I don't see it.

Hmm . . . bigger problem. I was going to accept them one by one. The Exchange button works but the Accept button doesn't. So I can't get gifts at all at the moment.

Minor issues: The image on the Bar Supplies Shop is wallpaper - and the image on the Western Supplies Factory is a pile of stones or pebbles or something. :)

Hi, if you are talking about gifts received that you want to accept all/exchange as far as I am concerned I don't have any problem here. Have you tried to clear your cache mem

Hi Susan :)

As you are having multiple problems, please try to clear your browser cache, I am talking about your problems posted in Animals thread and with gifts.

Take in mind that the first time you load your farm after the clearing, it will take a little more time as all graphics need to be loaded again.

You have instructions on how to clear some browsers cache in the following link:

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=421890

About the pictures showing up when you post from the new factories, we have emailed the developers, thanks!

So take peoples money by way of giving tools to work them, but then say.......any problems and you are on your own!!!!
If you don't support, then don't allow and certainly do not take our money !!!

I don't feel that this game has EVER "taken my money".

I give it up freely to further enjoy this game in the ways that I play it.

I also understand that layering 'could' cause an issue and 'could' need some dev help to resolve.... but it has never happened to me.

Thank you team, for the updates. I'm so happy to have tools that make it easier for me. You guys rock socks! :)

My neighbours are having the same problem when they post those facilities.

Why?
 

Why are the land upgrades so expensive? I can't ever afford to enlarge them. It's disappointing because I want to plant more & purchase more facilities, but I am limited because I don't want to use farmcash to buy land, I prefer to save the farmcash for the facilities & other items. Why do they have to charge so much for land when making land more affordable will create an opportunity for players to spend more farmcash. Overcharging players for everything, instead of planning well is better for business.

Ditto
 

strange pic when requesting increase production for new facilities

Hi JudyD and cocosfarm,

We have let the developers know about the wrong pics.

Just a reminder that this is not a discussion thread about the pros and cons of layering. Any more posts concerning this will be deleted. If you wish to discuss layering there is a discussion thread n=in the General Feedback section.
Please only post about the release items and any problems you may have with them so that those can be fixed.

I've cleared my browser caches on both FF and Chrome and have run memcache on both of them (wasn't sure if that was necessary but I did it). I'll try rebooting.

My buttons are back! Too soon to tell about the other issue but hopefully all is fixed now. Thanks. :)

Thank you Raul, very nice release... like always you guys rock... thank you again...

knolan, I can only speak for myself, but several years ago, I posted about wanting some long range goals to reach for. Farmtown was getting a little boring at the time because I had everything - no more goals. So for me, the super expensive land upgrades give me goals to work for. Like you, I never spend FC for the upgrades - but that's part of the fun - still having "carrots" in front of me.

Hi, I posted requests to work my facilities and services. The requests do not show the picture of a facility. It shows the lined notebook for my factories and the wallpapers for the services. Is that normal?

Hi Palmarina,

We have let the developers know about the wrong pics.