Official Top Post Thread Animals

**Taz D** · #1 Oct 13 2011, 12:25 AM

ANIMALS

This thread is for reporting problems with animals.
Please read the following information BEFORE posting in this thread. Thank you.

Before posting a general question please check the Game Guide : Chapter 12 - Animals

Animals on display can be a huge drain on resources so don't place a lot of them on your farm. If you are buying animals to put into animal sheds we suggest you don't buy more than 100 of any one animal at a time, before storing them, especially if you have an older computer as those will have more problems loading animals on display. It’s always best to place the animals into their relevant buildings wherever possible. You will need animals in your animal sheds to harvest the animals for their products to sell at market or to use in your facilities.

There are two options to help with loading issues on farms with many animals:

In your game preferences, check the box next to “Freeze Animals” option.
When hired to work, you can also deselect the “Show Animals when Not At Home” option.
To get to your game preferences, click on the wrench icon top right of your game screen, it looks like this...

You can have 250 animals of each kind in their respective regular buildings or 500 of each kind in the super buildings.

You can have one of each type regular OR super animal shed on each of your farms NOT both.

Animals from the cattle car train get sent to your Item storage, from there you can place them directly into their buildings using the move feature.

You can change the behavior of whether animals are free to move around the farm or are static. To change the setting go to the farm then click on the name of that farm at the top of your screen and you will be able to select either Always Freeze Animals on this Farm OR Never Freeze Animals on this Farm. Please remember that a considerable amount of animals on a farm, not in buildings can make that farm slow to load.

Solutions for problems moving animals or other items:

If you are trying to highlight an animal to move it or store it and it won't highlight, it might be because it is too close to other items or sitting on top of growing crops that are visible. Hide everything in your preferences and then open your yellow toolbox and click on the Yellow Edit Hand. Try to move it with that. If you are wanting to store it, move it to a clear spot then try to store it.
If you are trying to add animals to buildings and are having trouble clicking on them.... Try using the "Add Animal to Building Tool" located in your extended tool box.

If that does not work open your yellow toolbox and click on the magnifying glass. Type in the name of the animal, then choose the option "Hide Non-matching Items". Everything except the animal you are searching for will now be hidden. You can then either click on the animals to add them to your buildings or try the Add Animal to Building Tool again. Once you are done click on "Show Items" bottom right of your game screen to bring the other items back into view or you can reload the farm.

You can also do this with the "Add to Item Storage Tool" if you're trying to add animals to your Item storage.
In your "preferences" deselect all the options for "show trees, buildings, flowers, decorations" etc, then refresh the farm and try moving the animals again.
If you are in full screen mode, return to normal screen. Zoom in as close as possible to the animal before trying to move.
Try clicking on the animal/item even if it doesn't get highlighted - most times you will activate the menu to move it.
Try deselecting the "Freeze Animals" option checked in your Game Preferences. This could cause the highlighting option to fail when moving your cursor over them. It will also allow the animals to roam to another part of your farm (away from crops, buildings, fences etc) where it will be easier to highlight. Remember to change the setting back when you are done, if you wish to.
Close Farm Town, clear browsers cache and try again.
Often if you are having issues clicking on an item, or getting the drop down menus to function, it is a symptom of having an old version (or corrupted file) in your flash player. Go to the adobe com site and use their uninstaller to uninstall your flash. Then, after clearing your cache and rebooting your computer (to get rid of any remnants), go back to adobe.com and install the latest available version of the program.

When posting for assistance please try and include a Link to your farms and include the farm number you are having problems with.

For help with getting your farm link or linking your farm to the Forum, click on this link: https://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=662838

For Suggestions on Animals go here: Animals both producing and non-producing

Please note:- This thread is for Help and Support only, any off topic posts may be moved or deleted without notice.