New Release -- March 19th, 2010

[capricorn1]

Originally Posted by Raul

Hi There,

We just released a new version of FarmTown which contains support for new facilities.

Enjoy!

Thanks,

--Raul

Hi there Raul;

The sugar production rate and the flour production rate are poorly balanced to the production capacity of the land.

A 1000 lot farm produces 1000 wheat units every 40 hours.

Just balancing the facility production to the land production means
that the windmill should process the 1000 wheat units in 40 hours, i.e. processing 25 wheat units per hour.

Likewise for Sugarcane :

A 1000 lot farm produces 1000 sugarcane units every 12 hours.

Just balancing the facility production to the land production means
that the sugar mill should process the 1000 sugarcane units in 12 hours, i.e. processing approximately 84 sugarcane units per hour.

Given than beets and grapes grow in 4 hours, it is reasonable to desire the sugarcane and wheat processing to complete in 4 hours for a batch of 1000 units, produced by a 1000 lot farm.

This requirement leads to the following processing capacities:

1000 units of crop be processed in 4 hours i.e.
a processing rate of 250 units/hour.

The current processing rate of 10 sugarcane units every 2 hours is simply preposterous, as it is
2% (yes two percent!!) of a reasonable processing rate; (5 units per hour versus reasonable rate of 250 units/hour).

So is the processing rate of wheat; at 10 wheat units every 30 minutes it is worse than snails pace at 8% (eight percent !) of the reasonable processing rate ( 20 units/hour versus reasonable rate of 250 units/hour).

I know that you guys want us to enjoy the game.

Please adjust the mills' processing rates to 250 crop units/hour.

[Tony D]

Originally Posted by capricorn1

Hi there Raul;

The sugar production rate and the flour production rate are poorly balanced to the production capacity of the land.

A 1000 lot farm produces 1000 wheat units every 40 hours.

Just balancing the facility production to the land production means
that the windmill should process the 1000 wheat units in 40 hours, i.e. processing 25 wheat units per hour.

Likewise for Sugarcane :

A 1000 lot farm produces 1000 sugarcane units every 12 hours.

Just balancing the facility production to the land production means
that the sugar mill should process the 1000 sugarcane units in 12 hours, i.e. processing approximately 84 sugarcane units per hour.

Given than beets and grapes grow in 4 hours, it is reasonable to desire the sugarcane and wheat processing to complete in 4 hours for a batch of 1000 units, produced by a 1000 lot farm.

This requirement leads to the following processing capacities:

1000 units of crop be processed in 4 hours i.e.
a processing rate of 250 units/hour.

The current processing rate of 10 sugarcane units every 2 hours is simply preposterous, as it is
2% (yes two percent!!) of a reasonable processing rate; (5 units per hour versus reasonable rate of 250 units/hour).

So is the processing rate of wheat; at 10 wheat units every 30 minutes it is worse than snails pace at 8% (eight percent !) of the reasonable processing rate ( 20 units/hour versus reasonable rate of 250 units/hour).

I know that you guys want us to enjoy the game.

Please adjust the mills' processing rates to 250 crop units/hour.

Hi, while I can see where you are coming from I think that the refineries are o.k. as they are. If the sugar refinery only processes 120 sugarcane a day then only plant 120 sugar cane per day - if the mill only processes 120/480 wheat per day then only plant that many.

[capricorn1]

Originally Posted by Tony D

If the sugar refinery only processes 120 sugarcane a day then only plant 120 sugar cane per day - if the mill only processes 120/480 wheat per day then only plant that many.

No, I don't like your suggestion;
you can play your way,
I want to play my way.

This sort of reasoning would never bring about the industrial revolution.

If you were calling the shots, we would be running DOS-5 or Windows 95 on Intel 386 computers.

ENOUGH of it.

[PRT]

I have a question someone might help me out with.

I have two farms, as many do, and they share storage.
My question is: if I have the cows, goats and dairy shed on one farm, can I put the actual processing plant on the other and get the same result?
I think I should be able to since storage is shared, but I don't want to spend 300,000 if it won't work that way.
Any answers? TIA.

[NiMo1960]

Originally Posted by PRT

I have a question someone might help me out with.

I have two farms, as many do, and they share storage.
My question is: if I have the cows, goats and dairy shed on one farm, can I put the actual processing plant on the other and get the same result?
I think I should be able to since storage is shared, but I don't want to spend 300,000 if it won't work that way.
Any answers? TIA.

you can have the same buildings on each farm, and they work fine.

I have a Windmill, Sugar Factory, Dairy Plant on each farm, yet have cows on one farm and goats on the other.

[Tony D]

Originally Posted by capricorn1

No, I don't like your suggestion;
you can play your way,
I want to play my way.

This sort of reasoning would never bring about the industrial revolution.

If you were calling the shots, we would be running DOS-5 or Windows 95 on Intel 386 computers.

ENOUGH of it.

Hi, totally agree with you on you play it your way and I will play it mine !

You are incorrect on one thing though .. I would prefer we went back to the TRS-80 (Z80 16kram 16k rom) or the Commodore 64 !! Now that is when Computers had some serious power

[Rudyskid]

Originally Posted by Tony D

Hi, while I can see where you are coming from I think that the refineries are o.k. as they are. If the sugar refinery only processes 120 sugarcane a day then only plant 120 sugar cane per day - if the mill only processes 120/480 wheat per day then only plant that many.

I have to agree with Capricorn1 - the Red Mill is ok processing wheat, but the sugar refinery is too slow. I currently have 540 units in production, so it will take 4 1/2 days to complete, so no point planting any more sugar cane for a while. The Dairy Processing Plant does ok with butter, but the cheese & goat cheese seem to take forever. I know I don't have to send all the milk to the factory, but since I make more coins that way (exp. pts., too), it seems the reasonable thing to do. I do like the new facilities - much fun!

[Mr. H]

Originally Posted by Rudyskid

I have to agree with Capricorn1 - the Red Mill is ok processing wheat, but the sugar refinery is too slow. I currently have 540 units in production, so it will take 4 1/2 days to complete, so no point planting any more sugar cane for a while. The Dairy Processing Plant does ok with butter, but the cheese & goat cheese seem to take forever. I know I don't have to send all the milk to the factory, but since I make more coins that way (exp. pts., too), it seems the reasonable thing to do. I do like the new facilities - much fun!

We don't yet even know how fast things will be when this is fully implemented. We have to wait until we see what happens when the neighbor interaction phase of this whole thing is implemented.

In the meantime, I'm pretty content with the times. I don't want anymore cows or goats than I have and I'm already growing more wheat than I would prefer. The sugar plant could be a bit faster but we'll have to wait and see what happens next.