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~ Mod News Bulletin! ~ 1st Edition

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  • *********************************
      ~ WORLD CUP NEWS ~  

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    [From BF Hub]



    After a whole month of intense games and a lot of excitement our Football Fever event comes to an end as well as the real World Cup 2018. And now after this long time, we are glad to announce the our winners. The first 1000 players in the list will get our lovely in-game trophy as shown in the picture above! And we are also glad to announce the winners of our physical reward packages, who scored the highest from all servers: 

    1. Jannali (GR1)
    2. Asiral (US1)
    3. Мона Бонбона (BG1)
    4. tkd (JP1)
    5. karina59 (BG1)

    Congratulations to our great winners and thanks to everyone else for joining this fun event!
    The first to fifth place will get a nice reward package consisting of all kinds of Big Farm goodies. 

    And our #1 place, Jannali, wins an exclusive 3D version of our in-game trophy we had special ordered for this occasion on top! We'll get in contact with the winners in the following days. Once the trophy arrived, we will show you pictures before sending it to our winner!


    Congratulations @Asiral (US1) 
    B) 
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    HORSE TRAINER NEWS
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    As requested, the special horse trainer will be here continuously for the whole weekend (3 days).

    He will arrive at midnight tonight (Thurs/Friday) CEST & leave at 11:00pm on Sunday

    Enjoy!  B)
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    National Emergency in Greece
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    If any of you are looking for a thread on the Greek forum to post a message to their players,
    there is one here:

    Είμαστε δίπλα σας



  • -NEMESIS--NEMESIS- Moderator, Guest Posts: 7,753

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    National Emergency in Greece
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    If any of you are looking for a thread on the Greek forum to post a message to their players,
    there is one here:

    Είμαστε δίπλα σας



    from the  Greek community, but also and personally, thank you very much for your support, in these difficult moments for our country
  • ************************
    SCHOOL'S OUT!
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    The Master has called our News Desk & asked us to let you know that he is running a bit late opening the School today, as he got woodworm in his sandals and has to go and buy a new pair. He will take his lunch break while he is out shopping & should be with you right after that - He sends his apologies. :)
  • *****************************
    BARNACLE BULLETIN
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    Sorry to report that the latest news on the "ship asking for the wrong fruit", is that it will not be possible to fix it for at least another week or 2  & while there is still a chance that it will get fixed before the Viking Farm ends, you should also prepare for the possibility that it might not. As newly opened Viking farms do not appear to be affected, there is no reason to assume that it could happen again with the next temp farm.  There has been no compensation agreed to at this point, but it also has not been ruled out, so we will have to let you know about that later.

    I am sorry guys, I know that you are all waiting for much better news. :/
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250
    Dear fellow farmers,

    I'm not sure if you are able to see me here, under all the Social Groups post that are presently flooding our "Recent Discussions"  feed.

    It is a little overwhelming, scary even, isn't it ?    :D
    But don't despair, Vanilla Forums is aware of the issue and working on fixing it.
    Hang in there !

    In the meantime if, like me, you usually enter the forum via "Discussions" ....

    rather choose "Categories" for the time being, and scroll down to the category you desire in order to avoid getting swamped by the flood of Social Groups !
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250
    Hi everyone !

    You may have noticed our forums being inaccessible for some hours today ?
    The reason for this was an extended hardware failure at Vanilla Forums.

    It was accompanied by a lot of this:


    Followed by some of this:


    And way too much of this:

     
    But now we are back  and all is good :smiley:
    Happy posting !


    Ps:  And the wabbit did not suffer any permanent harm, in case you were worried  :D
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250
    edited 17.08.2018
    Hello everyone,

    There was a hotfix without a downtime just now to address the performance issues and we are hoping for an improvement (or possibly a complete resolution to the problem so do try to refresh your game).

    Please note: The loading of the ranking list and the challenge list will still take a few moments longer because it's live data.
    It will be awesome if you could give us some feedback on whether you are noticing any improvement ... HERE.


    Ps:    Any players that experienced losses with the harvesting bug at the mills and factories recently, please take a look at this post HERE.

  • ********************
    LAGGY NEWS
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    Hi Everyone,

    As well as the usual issues that we see with lag, there have been some reports of strange numbers & errors, for example, not being able to harvest or sell when being told by your mill that you have too much feed & then seeing unusual numbers like this in your storage:


    The errors come from the strange numbers & the numbers are a result of the lag, so try all the usual things such as reloading your game (CTRL+F5) clearing caches & cookies or switching to another browser or private/incognito window & the display should return to normal, which will stop the errors.

    Also be careful with double clicking - If you are purchasing something from Omar or some other offer & nothing happens when you click to buy, do not immediately click again & definitely do not tap away on the button or you may find yourself buying multiple offers. Try closing the offer & reopening it before clicking the buy button a 2nd time, just to be sure that the 1st click is not still pending.

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    CC News
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    The countdown for the CC should start in the next hour or so & will be shorter than usual 
    ~ Sorry for the inconvenience ~
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    VILLAGE FAIR NEWS - VILLAGE FAIR NEWS
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    The bug that caused multiple rewards to be credited & the issue with the boosters have both been fixed & the event will now be run again to ensure that everything works as expected & to check for improvements in lag & with the end of event pop-ups. After that the changes based on your feedback & previously planed additions will be made in subsequent runs of the events

    As always your feedback is welcome & appreciated, below is a list of optimizations already requested or pre-planned, so there is no need to repeat these:

    • Show current total of players personal points 
    • Restrict starting challenges to leaders & deputies or give leaders control over who can start them.
    • Show who started challenge in activity log
    • Show which 4 items are in the basket before challenge is selected.
    • Add individual player ranking rewards
    • Add buildings to coop village, showing ongoing rankings & hall of fame, accessible between events
    • Improve filters
    • Clarify leagues & divisions
    • Add boosters for cash
    • Make it possible to still see the challenge list while a challenge is running
    • Add more variety of items in the challenges

    You can add further feedback & suggestions about the event on : Village Fair Discussion Thread
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    LOGIN NEWS
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    The HWE ends tomorrow night (CEST) and we have heard that login issues are expected again, with the end of an event. - We have this statement from our source:

    "We are aware that events ending around the time of a server reset can cause players to be unable to login. This is due to the large amount of data that is being processed around these times. This usually lasts only around 10-15 minutes and generally occurs at more 'unsociable' hours as this is when it has the lowest impact. We do our best to schedule around this and will continue to improve.

    In the meantime, if an event has ended and you are unable to login, please try waiting 10-15 minutes and try again, this usually solves the problem and leaves plenty of time for a lovely cup of tea."

  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 12.09.2018

    We will perform the compensation for the wheel of fortune issues from September 5th, in the next update, which is scheduled for the upcoming week.

    We have a list of players who spun the wheel during that time, reached the jackpot round and therefore didn't receive any rewards.

    These players will receive rewards from the jackpot round which should have been enabled, instead of the wrong one.
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250

    Hi everyone,

    Here is some information, keeping you in the loop:

    We are aware the game is running slowly at the moment, this is due to some technical issues within the CC event.
    This issue is not related to the HTML5 update but exists in the Flash version as well. We are working to fix the issue in ALL versions of the game.

    Thanks all!

    Your CM Team
  • *************************************
    PUFF PUFF PUFFIN ALONG!
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    Your Wowdy & Wascally Weporters  have been trying to get info for all you broken Puffin users, but as you know BF is not a Mobile game & there was nothing prepared for you, but all is not lost! 

    We have been told that it is possible to use Firefox, Chrome & even Edge browsers, you just need to look in the respective app store and what is important is, that if you use a mobile browser, you need to enable "Request Desktop Version" wording might be a bit different depending on the browser - if that option is not active, it will redirect you to the download page for  BF Mobile Harvest

    Here is a link that explains how to activate that:
    How to Request Desktop Version of Website on Android Phone or Tablet

    One of our beloved CMs managed to get in on her mobile using Firefox, Rowdy mod tried Firefox on an Android device, but had to reload the page a number of times to get it to work (and it's not working awesomely, sadly). You will probably have the same issues with Chrome that we are already seeing on the forums, if you try using the latest version, apparently it is possible to get older versions, which might work, but that is complicated & beyond the brain capacity of us Critters, so feel free to play around yourselves & see what you can do.

    PLEASE NOTE: We might be able to get you more instructions on Monday, but for now, do what you can with what we have found out so far & if you experience problems please do not report them as bugs, because BF is not "officially" supported for play on Mobile devices.

  • ******************************
    BREAKING NEWS!!
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    Everyone that has been Big Farming for more than 5 years
    should have now received their 5 year deco!



    If yours has not arrived, please relog & it should appear!

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!
  • ****************
    CC News
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    The countdown for the CC is missing some stuff  (like pictures & voting)
    This is because the update is needed for the correct version, so the current timer 
    will disappear shortly & the correct one will appear after the update.
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 23.10.2018

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    HOTFIX NEWS
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    There will shortly be a hotfix run (with no downtime) to fix the following:

    -a bug that prevented, in some rare cases, fields from harvesting
    -display issue in ringmenu where the amount of egdgeplants in combination with humus was too high
    -html5: booster panel: a booster running out will no longer remove the display of all the remaining boosters in the interface [EDIT: Sorry this fix did not make it into the Hotfix afterall, it will be run at a later date]

    Even though there will be no downtime, you will need to refresh your game, after it is run, to get the changes -

    We will let you know when its been done.

    The issues with XP boosters is still being investigated. [EDIT: See Rowdy Bulletin below]
    Post edited by WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) on
  • Hotfix is done - Refresh your game at your convenience :)
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250

    XP booster update

    "The problem players have been reporting with Double XP boosters not working as they should at the moment, has been identified. 

    However, the fix will require a downtime. In order to avoid extra downtimes in the game we would prefer to wait for the next update to implement the fix.

    At that time every player will receive a week long XP booster as an apology for the inconvenience".
  • *********************
    NEWS "TIME"
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    It's that time of year again where we all drift closer together for a week  :)

    Summer officially ends in Europe tonight (Oct 27/28)
    So CEST & BST will go back 1 hour to CET & GMT

    Our friends in the US get another week of Summer
    and will not go back to regular time until next weekend Nov 3/4
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250
    Hi everyone :)

    This is just a reminder to all to be vigilant against people trying to take advantage of, or intimidate them, via in-game personal messages.

    This could range from the somewhat absurd such as someone saying "gimme your password NOW or I will do something terrible to you", to the slightly more plausible sounding (" I can sell you gold at half the usual price, meet me at the App Store").

    Don't fall for this, just delete (or forward the message to Support, and then delete).

  • ********************************
    FORUM CONTEST NEWS
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    All prizes & badges from the 3 Halloween contests have now been credited
    (apart from 2 still choosing their decos)

    We hope that you all had fun!

    The BF Birthday Contest is still running until Monday!
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    BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS

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    There was an update planned for Thursday 8th, which has now been postponed until next week - We had not officially announced it yet, as the date was unconfirmed, but it would appear that Support has informed some of you of that date & it has also been mentioned a couple of times in posts. - We plan to post the announcement of the update contents tomorrow & we will let you know the new date as soon as we have it.
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    BREAKING NEWS  -  BREAKING NEWS
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    Did Matilda make you sweat? lol :p

    She left it until the last minute to extend her Mushroom hunt,
    but if you refresh your game you should have an extra day now! 
  • ****************************
    NOT ENOUGH GOLD
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    Hey All,

    If you are trying to upgrade a kiosk in the Oktoberfest
    & you get a pop-up saying "Not enough gold" 
    Don`t panic, you do not need gold, it is just a display error

    Reload you game CTRL+F5 & the display should be corrected.
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250
    Hi everyone !

    There has been a last minute, very unexpected change in the schedule:

    The CHWE will start in approximately 15 minutes (and not tomorrow)

  • To everyone celebrating today,     
    We would like to wish you a very ....




  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250
    edited 22.11.2018
    Dear Big Farmers, please take note that the timer in-game for the CC is not correct right now. 

    The Cooperative Championship will in fact start after the update tomorrow. 
    This update is planned for the morning, CEST. 
    We are hoping that the timer will get changed soon (-ish) to reflect the correct time.
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