same here, never had any problems with it, in fact don't have any of the problems a lot of people post about... :)

Hi lovetoocraft,
In order to buy the EX 5x5 tools you do have to own the 16x16 tools including the combines if you want the EX 5x5 combines. This is the way it has always been for purchasing tools.
You can look at the tools in the store and it will have an Unlock button if you need other tools and it will tell you what you need before you can buy that particular tool.

Still waiting for better ships.
 

It was the ship time limits that got me frustrated caused me to put my ships into storage. you get your ships nearly filled and oops 24 hours are up and "dang you have to start over" Maybe if I could have hired "trained" loaders. (Pay an insurance fee or a loader fee or whatever you want to call it to make loading go quicker.) I could have gotten loaded sooner. on the one and only ship
I own, or the sixth one. It should not make any difference how many I own nor how many I have sailed. The ship thing still needs to be better thought out.
Now that being said, I like the sounds of the store and the new arrangement so we know what we are lacking for a purchase. also finding tools, not in storage will help folks a great deal. Thanks very much for these grand improvements. The expansions? Well for those that can afford them, Bully! Me I will keep plugging along with what I have and try to grow a little here and there.

Ditto!
 

New possibilities won't help me at all. Ships for me are probably always going to be decorative. :(

Where are these tools? It has been more than 24 hours and is now the NEXT day.

Cargo Ships
 

Why can't they put a cancel button to cancel a cargo ship? Sometimes, when I've made a mistake & chosen the wrong container or ship, I want to cancel it, but I can't. So I need to wait a full 24 hrs before I can start over. There should be some type of option for us to cancel a ship or container.

EX Crop Hover info
 

When are they going to put the crop info when using the Combine EX? I need to know the crop info when I hover over the completed crops. I don't always plant the same crop on each farm. I have several crops on 1 farm that I use for the quests. So that, even if a crop is ready to harvest, I don't always harvest it right away, there are times when I need to know what crop I'm replacing. Because I can't always identify what the crop is & how long it will be good for before spoiling, so I need to hover over the crop to get the crop name & time frames. When are they going to fix that option? I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to know.

Hi knolan :)

It is better to post your idea in our Suggestion section to have all ideas in the same place.

You cant start a new thread there, but you can post as a response to a thread that fits with your idea.

This is the link to Suggestiosn:

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2

Hi all :)

From Raul's notes for the New Release:

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.

Release Notes: 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.

Thank you Raul & Co., like always you guys rock... THANK YOU!!

It would be nice to have everything ready for once when putting out a new release, instead of, later today, tomorrow, later this week. Just for once it would be nice to have a whole release ready.

Very useful, thanks. :)

Thanks!
 

Thanks for the changes, I always think that you are working to improve the game and resolve problems for us.

I especially liked the idea that improvement on the ships may come - I had put mine all in storage. I could accomplish the loading and sending out each day (I'm retired), but honestly it just took so much energy that I started getting very tired and it wasn't fun. Once I put them where I couldn't see them it was better. I did them nonstop for about 3 weeks.

I am looking forward to trying out your ideas for improvement, and have brought them back out again to see how you handle the next iteration of this feature.

Another comment - it would be so helpful to have a filter in the Tools section of the store that was "Not Owned" - like the one in the facilities.

Thanks for all you do to keep the game fresh and fun!

Hi JoGilliam,
Please put your suggestion in the Suggestions section where the developers can see all of the suggestions together. You can not start a new thread there, but you can reply to an existing thread that fits your suggestion.

Zoom Out Farther
 

Hello !
I would like to suggest that it be enabled for us to zoom out farther now with the bigger farms. It would make working the farms much easier :)

Hi TGrrrr,
Please put your suggestion in the Suggestions section where the developers can see all of the suggestions together. You can not start a new thread there, but you can reply to an existing thread that fits your suggestion.

why not prepare one container and send that out?

I also have seen this when I tried to post the new items to my wall. the factories were fine so far. just on the new items..

Hi DianeCK,
The developers have been made aware of this. As this is a Facebook security message then they may have to be the ones to fix this.

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.
I am so waiting for new tools! Wanted to thank Devs. for the delay. Making sure they're working right is awesome :)

I, too, got the security issue this morning when trying to post copper ore and petrol barrels for a quest. I closed out FT, returned about an hour later and was able to post for petrol barrels and something else. However, I had already started the process for copper ore so don't know if that was the initial trigger.

BTW, love this game and am totally confused about the new EX tools and what I don't have to already own to buy them. :confused:

Hi Rugged Barbie,
The ingredient requests Facebook security message is intermitent. It's happening with some posts but not all. You will not know until you try if there will be a problem. As it is a Facebook security message that pops up we may well have to wait for them to resolve the problem.

For the EX tools you first have to own the 16x16 original tools before you can buy the EX 5x5 tools. Then the EX 6x6 and EX 7x7 (when they are released) would have to be bought in order.
If you go to the store and hover your mouse over a tool and see an Unlock button instead of the Buy button you can click on that and it will show you what you need to buy first before that tool will be unlocked.

Graphite
 

Any hope for graphite to be added to the ores in the ships and/or trains?

Thanks for all you do.

Hi JoGilliam,
If you wish to make a suggestion, please post it in the Suggestions section where the developers will see it with all the other suggestions. You can not start a new thread there but you can reply to an existing thread that fits your suggestion.

The tools will come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be some!

Thank you for the update.

I have dispatched a ship and yesterday and when I started loading the Pink Ship and the loading time is still 48 min. Should be 43 min buy my calculations.

Hi dofford,

The reduced preparation time for the ships has not been released yet.

AGREE!!!
Thanks Raul & Team!!

This idea to reduce the loading time of the containers is stupid. I would still have to come back to ft several times a day to load the next one. I do not have the time for that, I need to be able to load all containers at once. That is the only way the ships are of any value. I will not be sending out ships or opening my port until that time.

I said a few months ago that having a new release every month should be changed to a few a year since they are never ready when released. Case in point this release the big stuff in this release does not work or has not been put in play. No tools working and the time to load ships still has not been put in place.

Love the new ex tools, waiting patiently for the 7 x 7's! Please, could you find a way to do something like the seaport manager for the trains? I have 8 or 9 trains and it is difficult to keep track of which are ready to unload. Like if you have 2 or 3 friends who didn't click to move train on and you have 8 or 10 more hrs before unloading, the time going to the farm that has that train is wasted. If you have only 2 or 3 hours to be on 'puter every minute counts

H craftyoldlady7 :)

It is better to post your idea in our Suggestion section to have all of them in the same place and easier for the developers to read them.

You cant start a new thread there, but you can post as a response to a thread that fits with your idea.

This is the link to that section:

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2

Or not ...........

Thanks for the encourgment.

Hey craftyoldlady, There is a tool I use everyday. Go to the toolbox, open it, find the pic of the clock (Show times), open it and click on the button named "Trains" and it will give you a list of all your trains. Any with a green check mark is ready to be unloaded, and any with an # of hours left will be on all still out for pickup. Hover your mouse over the number and it will tell you if any are still available to send more requests for help out. I use this tool daily. I think you will find it very valuable with all the trains you have.

Cargo ships: - I thought the dispatch remaining time would decrease if you had sent out ships in the previous days? I dispatched ships every day for three days. My 4th ship - the brown one is preparing. It is still showing its normal time of 56 mins - does this new feature only apply when you get to day 7?

Hi maggiel29,

It hasn't been released yet.

Hi Tiger - thanks for the response about the ships and the preparation time! I missed the vital sentence "coming in a few days" duh .................