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Update Sept 20 - From Test to Reality - Discussion

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  • Thanks very much Data King and Michiru! :D

  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    edited 09.10.2016
    World map is a cool place for basic orientation, although still suffering from some ages old nonsense and also does not always show correctly.  It gives basic overview at a glance.

    • Red circle with a number shows number of events at the market on each farm.
    • White ex. mark with a number on main farm shows how many of above were not visited (nonsense)
    • Green upward arrow shows that building upgrade has finished.
    • Fruit basket shows if there is harvest ready at any farm.
    • Stall shows if there are customers waiting at Organic market.
    Also:
    • Shows the status of the boat. (top middle)
    • Shows if any new deco in deco tower.(lbottom middle)
    • Shows current island event with time remaining and number of tasks (currently Viking at bottom right)
    • Gives access to village, placed below ranch (lefft side in the middle
    I believe island above Viking farm (on the right) is Baha island placeholder and will open when the event is active.
    Likewise below Horse ranch and Village is another active spot as a place holder for Country Fair and Sweetie event, which will again unlock when the event is active.

    With a bit of finetuning it would be an excellent tool for fast intuitive orientation about the game. Still good and usefull as it is despite some imperfections, but could be better..
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  • I just notice my gourmet and flower farms were cheaper,so I upgraded on my flower farm once then went to my flower farm and it had gone back up to what it was original for. Went back to my gourmet farm and the next plot was barley over 800,000 coins so I upgraded it 2 more times. Do nt know how it will be tomorrow but I got it cheaper today :smile:
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    edited 10.10.2016
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    Is there anywhere to see how many hours are left in the Northern Lights event?
    (since the Airport doesn't show anything any more)
    Hi Andy on the world map it is showing how many days left and will show the hrs I guess when we get to that point. Look at world map on the event site.
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    edited 10.10.2016
    Oh my goodness. I did it again! Fell for the trap! My heart nearly stopped when that happened. The near perfect tool turned out to be a lethal weapon. :) I accidentally clicked the Viking farm, and guess what ........... the boat is messed up, hanging in my harbor for 6 useless hours. You couldn't accidentally unlock that before, right? The event farm was not accessible unless you followed the quest. What an evil trickster this is.

    First time this happened I ditched my original level 30 farm after realising the change was irreversable, and started brand new one. So disgusted I was. What now?!? Disgusted, yes. But shall I ditch my level 124 farm? :):)

    Update: Found the thread on this issue. But will leave this post here as a warning for others to avoid this trap if possible. :)
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  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    I really, really, really wish GGS would let us lock the temporary farms back up.  The game urges you to start the farms, but never discloses how they will screw up the ship.
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    Another minor nuisance: Horse market used to signal the arrival of new horses with an exclamation mark flag. It appeared as soon as the 24 hours cooldown timer was zeroed bringing new horses, disappeared after the first visit, and reappeared 24 hours later with new delivery again. Now the flag is gone, so you have to click to check if new horses arrived.

    The way it used to work before update was actually the only Ex. mark flag which made complete sense.

    Removing it is a bug, or a "developement"? :)
  •  i got a e-mail telling me to go to my test farm to feed my animals  they were hungery but i can't  how do i get there. thanks 
  • Uncle John (GB1)Uncle John (GB1) GB1 Posts: 11,004
    edited 11.10.2016
    You can't. It's a bug. It shouldn't have been sent. I got one too.
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    That village thing is a waste of space.   Doesn't do anything you can't do from menus right in the game.
    Maybe they have plans????

    Andy since I never started the island thing, mine still has the task on the left and it shows almost 18 hours left.
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    Art there are lots of building sites and yet to be revealed village dollars so some time in the future i am sure the village will make more sense.
  • The one thing I really dislike is the boat being on the flower farm.Oh yeah and not getting paid for selling goods to customers at the market. One day didn't get pd. for 81 fruit with cream,16 soap,61 peaches and hand cream. ARGG
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    The one thing I really dislike is the boat being on the flower farm.Oh yeah and not getting paid for selling goods to customers at the market. One day didn't get pd. for 81 fruit with cream,16 soap,61 peaches and hand cream. ARGG
    Are you sure they are ripping you off cause I find they did not take the goods or leave money. I think if you look closely you will find the same for you.  The boat is fine you can see it on yr right side bar so i dont understand why so many find this so annoying just something new that takes a bit of getting use to.
  •   The boat is fine you can see it on yr right side bar so i dont understand why so many find this so annoying just something new that takes a bit of getting use to. 
    What's annoying is having to go there to see what I need, come back main farm (where I started), harvest/collect, forget I need to go fill the ship, get side-tracked, remember I need to go back to FF, then see someone walking up the path to the OM, and I have to wait on them or lose my 20% bonus, then remember, oh yeah, I need to go fill the ship.  Get to the ship and forget I need something from the GF, have to wait for someone walking up the path so they can request honeydew or fertilizer I refuse to sell and they take up valuable space for an hour when I could be selling to someone who actually wants goods, not supplies.  Then remembering I need to go to the GF, but forgot what I needed, so back to the FF......  See where this is going?  And this isn't an exaggeration.  This IS my Big Farm life now.  And it has gotten old..... FAST.  Even my dog has given up on me.  ANd before, I didn't even open that side bar because I could get from one farm to the next, without waiting for someone to walk up the path, by clicking the farm name at the top.   My farm names mean something to me and every time I went from one farm to the next, I smiled because of who's farm I was going to.  Now, the only time I see their names is when I log in.  Yeah, I'm not happy about the navigation system. Or the placement of the ship. Or, the only thing walk ups want is honeydew or fertilizer on the FF.  I sell flowers there!  Or, used to.  ::shrug::
  • I posted a similar request under another topic last night, but maybe there'll be a higher chance of it being answered if I post it again under the proper category: Mods, could we please have some kind of indicator that you've heard our complaints and requests regarding this update? I know that you're not the ones who make the decisions, but you're our only link to those who do. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would really appreciate a status update as to what is being considered, what has a chance of being changed back or improved, and what we're just going to have to deal with.
  • edited 17.10.2016
    I posted a similar request under another topic last night, but maybe there'll be a higher chance of it being answered if I post it again under the proper category: Mods, could we please have some kind of indicator that you've heard our complaints and requests regarding this update? I know that you're not the ones who make the decisions, but you're our only link to those who do. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would really appreciate a status update as to what is being considered, what has a chance of being changed back or improved, and what we're just going to have to deal with.
    @CordeliaAnne (US1) Rest assured that your mod team always pass on feedback from the community, both when they ask for it & even before they ask, when it is a hot-topic such as this one. (We have included a link to that thread, so that is the best place for your feedback on that issue) & we are continuing to push for answers regarding the various bugs still outstanding from the last big update. There is not really anything that we can tell you about any decisions that the dev team make, as we only find out ourselves when there is an announcement to be posted. 
    Post edited by WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) on
  • Sorry, WascallyWabbit, couldn't respond before now because I was having trouble logging into the forum. I was actually wondering about any response to the feedback and requests on the Sept 20th update...which would be why I posted my question here...but I guess if you haven't been told anything either, then we're just out of luck. It sounds like the "devs" are just laughing at everyone's temper tantrums (frankly I do too sometimes!) and more or less ignoring all feedback and requests. Unless it suits them, of course. If that is not the case, please let us know of specific examples...because your generic "we pass things on and don't know anything" was rather disappointing. A non-answer, really.
    Like I said in my other post, I understand that you are not the one who makes the decisions, but would you please pass on a request for some better communication? The current one-way street of feedback makes us feel like we're being ignored and taken advantage of, and people are becoming jaded enough that even bugs and honest mistakes are being viewed in the worst possible light.
  • @CordeliaAnne (US1) Yes, I am sorry if that was a bit confusing, I saw your post on the other thread too, asking a similar question & tried to answer both at once, not very successfully it seems. :/  Basically there are different teams dealing with different things, at the same time, so for example the addition of new features, does not take away time from the fixing of bugs. We are currently waiting for a status report on the main bugs being worked on from the update (the ones recently voted on) also on the changes being made regarding the ship slots that were unlocked by the update & on the suggested changes from the update feedback. One of the CMs has been away & should be back tomorrow, which will speed things along. We do know that it is not very specific to say that things are being worked on & the CM that I just spoke to agrees that you do deserve more info & will try to get that to you as soon as possible. We are also still adjusting to a new system since the changes with the CMs, but we are getting better, hopefully. :)
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    Days are passing ................. any fix or smart solution for messed up boat crates due to accidentaly openned event farms?
  • CookieHugs (US1)CookieHugs (US1) Posts: 308
    edited 28.10.2016
    @CordeliaAnne (US1) Yes, I am sorry if that was a bit confusing, I saw your post on the other thread too, asking a similar question & tried to answer both at once, not very successfully it seems. :/  Basically there are different teams dealing with different things, at the same time, so for example the addition of new features, does not take away time from the fixing of bugs. We are currently waiting for a status report on the main bugs being worked on from the update (the ones recently voted on) also on the changes being made regarding the ship slots that were unlocked by the update & on the suggested changes from the update feedback. One of the CMs has been away & should be back tomorrow, which will speed things along. We do know that it is not very specific to say that things are being worked on & the CM that I just spoke to agrees that you do deserve more info & will try to get that to you as soon as possible. We are also still adjusting to a new system since the changes with the CMs, but we are getting better, hopefully. :)

    Days are passing ................. any fix or smart solution for messed up boat crates due to accidentaly openned event farms?


    Winter Farm automatically unlocked:
    We know some players unlocked the Winter Farm by visiting it and are now having difficulties with the 2 extra Ship slots. We want to let you know we are working on an optimization for this issue. We’ll let you know the details and the timeline for this as soon as everything is clarified and confirmed.

    regarding the two extra crates on the ship, we’re working on an optimization so these specific temp farm crates are only unlocked after a deliberate action made by the player. For those that had them unlocked against their will, we are checking what’s technically possible to do there too, but we need a deeper investigation.

    Deeper investigation?  What does that mean?  I'm losing 200K to 400K per day because of this.  I've been patient, but it's now wearing thin.  My small farm is not progressing at the rate it used to and what I had strategized. I do not want to open the tropical island just to get seeds to fill this stupid ship.  I just want those two crates closed since I did not deliberately choose to open the winter farm.  Curiosity killed the cat.  Well, it looks like it also killed my little farm :(




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  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    Fishing…. now that the test thing is over… WTH????  I had little problem fishing with the test server.  But this one is darn near impossible.   What does it mean when the line goes red, even if the bars are both in the green?   And why no matter how I click, hold, feather, fiddle with the line, the damn fish goes DOWN anyway until I run out of time or snap the line.    And though I got  help in the forums learning how to do this, very little was done to fill people in as to how this works.   IF not for the forums I'd be clueless.   I'm sure people who didn't use the test server are.   

    So I need to catch a butt load of bass.   Does it count if I send him fishing?  Or does this only count when I manually do it?    Why sell bass bait if it seems we catch with or without it?  Does sending him fishing for learning points help actually catch the darn things?   

    I get one, then snap snap snap… grrr.   Out of something, never says what.  Gotta go back to the flower farm to buy anything,  kind of a pain right there.   AND… the side bar showing what task is up also seems now to be moving around.  Sometimes that's on the main farm and sometimes on the flower farm.   Either make that visible everywhere, or pick one.   

    Gee I don't know what this winter farm is people are talking about.   I HATE winter (when I play this game most of the time) so hope I never find it.
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    artmaker  the winter farm is the northernlights event,  I agree with you it was buggy on test server but now it is horrendous having same problem as you are. You dont have to go back to flower farm to buy supplies, just have to hit the shop which is in the ring at 1200
  • PCA (GB1)PCA (GB1) GB1 Posts: 839
    edited 28.10.2016
    Fishing…. now that the test thing is over… WTH????  I had little problem fishing with the test server.  But this one is darn near impossible.   What does it mean when the line goes red, even if the bars are both in the green?   And why no matter how I click, hold, feather, fiddle with the line, the damn fish goes DOWN anyway until I run out of time or snap the line.    And though I got  help in the forums learning how to do this, very little was done to fill people in as to how this works.   IF not for the forums I'd be clueless.   I'm sure people who didn't use the test server are.   

    So I need to catch a butt load of bass.   Does it count if I send him fishing?  Or does this only count when I manually do it?    Why sell bass bait if it seems we catch with or without it?  Does sending him fishing for learning points help actually catch the darn things?   

    I get one, then snap snap snap… grrr.   Out of something, never says what.  Gotta go back to the flower farm to buy anything,  kind of a pain right there.   AND… the side bar showing what task is up also seems now to be moving around.  Sometimes that's on the main farm and sometimes on the flower farm.   Either make that visible everywhere, or pick one.   

    Gee I don't know what this winter farm is people are talking about.   I HATE winter (when I play this game most of the time) so hope I never find it.

    There is no need to go back to flower farm. When you want to start fishing, click on the tackle box (ring menu on Oleg), it shows which item(s) you need to purchase. Click on the shop and buy it. You can do this from any farm. Once you bought the missing item(s) you need to transfer (drag) it (them) to the tackle box

    If / when no items are missing in your tackle box you can click on "go fishing"  in that same dialogue window

    The side bar tasks appears in main farm when you need to catch fish from the river (carps for example) and not from sea water   

    The line goes red when either you try to pull the fish up or when the fish pulls away from the bridge from where you are fishing, in either case you need to let go of your mouse button to decrease the tension. If you do so the line won't snap

    :)

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  • aaabbb1 (INT1)aaabbb1 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 1,049
    ...  What does it mean when the line goes red, even if the bars are both in the green? 

    I am ignoring the colour of the line and am looking only the colour of the bar and trying not to move it beyond orange colour. It seems to work fine and I get most of the fish.

    If you have problem with the escaping fish, go for the small ones and ones near the surface. They are easier to catch.  When you stay only with the big fishes and deep ones, just close the minigame window and open it again. Number o fishes will stay the same but their position and size will change.

    So I need to catch a butt load of bass.   Does it count if I send him fishing?  Or does this only count when I manually do it?    Why sell bass bait if it seems we catch with or without it?  Does sending him fishing for learning points help actually catch the darn things?   

      AND… the side bar showing what task is up also seems now to be moving around.  Sometimes that's on the main farm and sometimes on the flower farm.   Either make that visible everywhere, or pick one.   

    -I have no idea if sending Oleg does the job, but I guess not. 
    -Bass baits are totaly useless for now, but I am guessing that they will become usefull once we reach level 15 and start using boats. Same holds for a bucket.
    -Sending Oleg for learning points does means just  the learning points. You do not get any fish.
    -Side bar tasks moves form fam to farm depending on the type of fish it demands. As different kind of fish can be caught in a fresh water (gourment and main farm) and different in a sea wather (flower farm)

  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    edited 02.11.2016
    Sending Oleg counts towards those lover level quests asking for bass. Other quests may have specifics though like "you have to catch it yourself".

    EDIT: It's probably too early to suggest improvements as fishing is still as bugged as hell and game makers are taking forewer to fix it. But it would be usefull to have Oleg returning from fishing trip signaled in "Harvest ready" menu, as for now he's not included. I guess it's not a bug, developers just overlooked that.
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    Any news about "optimisation" of unduly unlocked event crates in the boat? It's suspiciously quiet here. :) 12 hours boat is boring.
  • Any news about "optimisation" of unduly unlocked event crates in the boat? It's suspiciously quiet here. :) 12 hours boat is boring.
    We haven`t heard anything new since the status report on Oct 24th, but we continue to include the issue on every feedback we submit, so that it does not get forgotten.
  • Where is the deco tower now?

  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    Does anybody know if organic market customers bug is just doing nothing, or actually stealing resources from the barn without paying?

    Can't confirm it without checking resource level before every customer just in case it is the bugged one, which i don't want to do. Has anybody checked? Thanks.
  • Data King (US1)Data King (US1) US1 Posts: 7,994
    Where is the deco tower now?

    Check your Gourmet farm bottom right ;)
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