Please be aware that we are expecting a longer (than usual) downtime for today's update. The estimated downtime for the bigger servers could go up to a maximum of 45 minutes.
********************************* IMPORTANT REMINDER *********************************
We reported an issue in 2017 advising you not to make single donations to your coops that exceed $2,147,483,647 (including Research bonus), but to break it up into smaller amounts. - Due to the fact that several items in the game no longer have storage limits, such as fish, the same issue can occur when selling those items, so if you do any transactions in the game where the calculated total exceeds $2,147,483,647 you will need to break it up into smaller transactions otherwise any amount, over that number, will not get paid.
Note: If it is something like an upgrade that costs more than that amount or anything where the number is already stated in the game, then it is not an issue, it is only where a calculation is made, such as selling a lot of fish & the result is higher than $2,147,483,647
************************************************** FORUM EASTER CONTESTS NEWS **************************************************
Hi everyone,
All badges for the Easter contests have now been added, your Gold will be credited some time tomorrow, as it was a bit late for a CM to do them all today.
------------------------------------------------- Golden Week Fireworks Boosters -------------------------------------------------
The following information hot off the CM press:
Tweets have been set up for fireworks boosters during the run of the Golden Week event.
There are usually two time-frames per day that the booster will appear on your farm. Each run of the booster usually lasts 3 hours.
One tweet will be posted every day exactly 1 hour before the first booster of the day appears. In the tweet, you can also see when the second booster of the day will appear (however, the exact time will not be shown)
*************************************************************** SERVER NEWS - SERVER NEWS - SERVER NEWS ***************************************************************
EN, RU, ES, DE, JP, FR, CZ and PL Servers are all went down due to high CPU usage
*Announcement for the closure of the Community Hub*
Today we have to announce that we shall be closing the Community HUB at the end of this month. We created this as another way to connect with our community, bringing you the latest news, events, and updates but also as a way for you to communicate with other players.
During last years event, the HUB helped us to share the instruction for the Village Fair and the information about the HTML5 switch with all of you. We also conducted a small survey for your favourite appearance item through it.
Sadly the uptake and use of the Hub were far lower than expected, and so we will close it. We will, of course, continue to communicate via our usual channels, such as the forum and in-game announcements, to keep you up to date.
It would appear that the fix for the beach garden graphics (level 7-10) did work afterall (sort of) but has somehow been linked to the crop growing animations. So now when you sow seeds in your garden, you grow buildings too & when you harvest they disappear again lol - We have reported it.
************************** CLEAN UP IN AISLE 4 **************************
The forum was getting a bit cluttered with derelict sections, so we had a bit of a clean up, if you are looking for any of the following, this is where you can now find them:
HTML Information (removed) - Contents moved to Tutorials & FAQ Developer's Treehouse (removed) - Contents moved to Tutorials or Questions Drawing Board (removed) - Contents moved to Official Discussions
The feedback in the Drawing Board is now with the other feedback threads, we are not really sure why it needed to be split in the first place, so we will just call that an unsuccessful test.
We currently do not have any devs with time to post on the forums, but if we get any more volunteers in the future, we will certainly make a space for them.
Due to the awesome participation in the "Tick-Tock" Forum Contest, which currently stands at approx 1400 entries, it has become difficult for you to find valid original words, so we have added a 2nd Mystery Minute to each hour that the contest has been running & the closing date has been changed to today (July 31st) at 12PM CEST.
This means the number of available points has increased from 120 to 138
***************************************************** FARMERS LEAGUE & CC MONUMENT NEWS *****************************************************
Hi everyone!
The CC did not link correctly to the Farmer's League, so the FL is going to be stopped & restarted again after the CC, to start with the next event. We do not know at this time, if the FL will be shortened due to one less event or if another event will be included at the end instead.
EDIT: We can now confirm that the re-run of the FL will last for 42 days
It has come to our attention that removing coins from the CC monument costs gold, sorry that this was not included in the announcement, we did not know about it. - The cost is shown above the button, but it is NOT currently triggering the Gold-lock, so please be careful - This will be fixed in the next update.
A change of plan folks - Anyone that purchased the Season Pass for the Farmer's League, does NOT need to contact support now - They are able to generate a list of everyone that bought one & do the refunds automatically
*************************************** EN COMMUNITY TEAM UPDATE ***************************************
Greetings EN Community!
CM_Arjuna has been transferred over to the Empire forums. - He has not left us completely, as he will still help out on BF when needed, during vacations, sickness, emergencies etc
Moderator CuddlyFoxes was hoping to return, but real life has taken over & so our beloved Cuddly one will not be back - At least not in the foreseeable future.
Moderator PicklePaws, did return for a while, but is also swamped with real life & so has also retired from Modding.
A BIG thankyou to all 3, for their dedication & hard work on behalf of the players in our awesome community & we wish them all well!
********************** WHO ARE THEY? **********************
Hi Everyone,
Some of you have already noticed the sudden appearance of farmers called "Player000000000" (all with different numbers), no they are not hackers or anything else to be suspicious of or worried about, they are all real players, who have registered through the new Facebook registration. So far they are still relatively low levels, but have started to appear in various event brackets, coop applications etc.
The team are looking for a way to allow them to choose a username when they register, but for those already here, if you have one in your coop or they start to appear on the forums, you can let them know how to contact support, where they will be able to choose a proper name instead.
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Today's Update
Please be aware that we are expecting a longer (than usual) downtime for today's update.
The estimated downtime for the bigger servers could go up to a maximum of 45 minutes.
These will be distributed on Monday (April 1st), to include both the coins for the last week as well as the very last day.
The rankings will also be shared at that time.
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IMPORTANT REMINDER
*********************************
We reported an issue in 2017 advising you not to make single donations to your coops that exceed $2,147,483,647 (including Research bonus), but to break it up into smaller amounts. - Due to the fact that several items in the game no longer have storage limits, such as fish, the same issue can occur when selling those items, so if you do any transactions in the game where the calculated total exceeds $2,147,483,647 you will need to break it up into smaller transactions otherwise any amount, over that number, will not get paid.
Note: If it is something like an upgrade that costs more than that amount or anything where the number is already stated in the game, then it is not an issue, it is only where a calculation is made, such as selling a lot of fish & the result is higher than $2,147,483,647
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
**************************************************
FORUM EASTER CONTESTS NEWS
**************************************************
All badges for the Easter contests have now been added,
your Gold will be credited some time tomorrow,
as it was a bit late for a CM to do them all today.
Thank you for your patience
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
-------------------------------------------------
The following information hot off the CM press:Golden Week Fireworks Boosters
-------------------------------------------------
In the tweet, you can also see when the second booster of the day will appear (however, the exact time will not be shown)
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SERVER NEWS - SERVER NEWS - SERVER NEWS
***************************************************************
EN, RU, ES, DE, JP, FR, CZ and PL Servers are all went down due to high CPU usage
Maintainance has been activated to fix it
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
*Announcement for the closure of the Community Hub*
We created this as another way to connect with our community, bringing you the latest news, events, and updates but also as a way for you to communicate with other players.
We will, of course, continue to communicate via our usual channels, such as the forum and in-game announcements, to keep you up to date.
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HOT NEWS
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the issues below, you will need to reload to
get the latest version.
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
There will not be a global compensation for this but the Customer Support team will deal with it on a case by case basis.
The team apologizes for the inconvenience.
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Hey hey, its BF football time!!!
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Just to remind you, that first football match starts tonight at 21:00 CEST
The other games this weekend are:
SATURDAY:
SUNDAY:
GOOD LUCK!!!
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BF football time!!!
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Here are the results so far:
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MONDAY schedule:
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TUESDAY schedule:
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GOOD LUCK!!!
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BF football time!!!
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Here are the results so far:
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WENESDAY schedule:
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THURSDAY schedule:
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GOOD LUCK!!!
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BEACH GARDEN NEWS
******************************
Hi everyone,
It would appear that the fix for the beach garden graphics (level 7-10) did work afterall (sort of) but has somehow been linked to the crop growing animations. So now when you sow seeds in your garden, you grow buildings too & when you harvest they disappear again lol - We have reported it.
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
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BF football time!!!
**************************************************
Here are the results so far:
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FRIDAY schedule:
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WEEKEND schedule:
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GOOD LUCK!!!
****************************************************
BF football time!!!
**************************************************
Here are the results so far:
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MONDAY schedule:
****************************************************************************
GOOD LUCK!!!
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BF football time!!!
**************************************************
Results so far
***********************************************************************
Today starts the knockout phase. Here is the schedule:
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Saturday 22. 6.
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Sunday 23. 6.
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Monday 24. 6.
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Tuesday 25. 6.
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GOOD LUCK!!!
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BF football time!!!
**************************************************
Results so far
***********************************************************************
Quarter finals:
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Thursday 27. 6.
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Friday 28. 6.
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Saturday 29. 6.
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GOOD LUCK!!!
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BF football time!!!
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Results of quarter-finals
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Semi finals:
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Tuesday 2. 7.
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Wenesday 3. 7.
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GOOD LUCK!!!
**************************
CLEAN UP IN AISLE 4
**************************
The forum was getting a bit cluttered with derelict sections, so we had a bit of a clean up, if you are looking for any of the following, this is where you can now find them:
HTML Information (removed) - Contents moved to Tutorials & FAQ
Developer's Treehouse (removed) - Contents moved to Tutorials or Questions
Drawing Board (removed) - Contents moved to Official Discussions
The feedback in the Drawing Board is now with the other feedback threads, we are not really sure why it needed to be split in the first place, so we will just call that an unsuccessful test.
We currently do not have any devs with time to post on the forums, but if we get any more volunteers in the future, we will certainly make a space for them.
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
****************************************************
BF football time!!!
**************************************************
Results of semi finals:
***********************************************************************
Match for a third place:
Saturday 6. 7.
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FINALS:
Sunday 7. 7.
GOOD LUCK!!!
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CONTEST NEWS
*************************
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
*********************************
TICK-TOCK CONTEST NEWS
*********************************
Due to the awesome participation in the "Tick-Tock" Forum Contest, which currently stands at approx 1400 entries, it has become difficult for you to find valid original words, so we have added a 2nd Mystery Minute to each hour that the contest has been running & the closing date has been changed to today (July 31st) at 12PM CEST.
This means the number of available points has increased from 120 to 138
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
*****************************************************
FARMERS LEAGUE & CC MONUMENT NEWS
*****************************************************
Hi everyone!
The CC did not link correctly to the Farmer's League, so the FL is going to be stopped & restarted again after the CC, to start with the next event. We do not know at this time, if the FL will be shortened due to one less event or if another event will be included at the end instead.
EDIT: We can now confirm that the re-run of the FL will last for 42 days
*****************************************************
It has come to our attention that removing coins from the CC monument costs gold, sorry that this was not included in the announcement, we did not know about it. - The cost is shown above the button, but it is NOT currently triggering the Gold-lock, so please be careful - This will be fixed in the next update.
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
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MORE FARMERS LEAGUE NEWS
*************************************
Anyone that purchased a Season Pass for the Farmer's League, before it was cancelled, please contact support for a refund of your gold.
If you could let your coop members know, that would be appreciated.
Thankyou
EDIT: SEE NEXT BULLETIN (BELOW)
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
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A change of plan folks - Anyone that purchased the Season Pass for the Farmer's League, does NOT need to contact support now - They are able to generate a list of everyone that bought one & do the refunds automaticallySTOP PRESS - STOP PRESS - STOP PRESS
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If you already did a ticket that is no problem.
Are we having fun yet? lol
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
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HORSEY NEWS - HORSEY NEWS - HORSEY NEWS
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Hi everyone,
The Horse season countdown timer stopped too soon again, it should have had another hour on it - Apologies for the inconvenience.
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
***************************************
Greetings EN Community!EN COMMUNITY TEAM UPDATE
***************************************
CM_Arjuna has been transferred over to the Empire forums. - He has not left us completely, as he will still help out on BF when needed, during vacations, sickness, emergencies etc
Moderator CuddlyFoxes was hoping to return, but real life has taken over & so our beloved Cuddly one will not be back - At least not in the foreseeable future.
Moderator PicklePaws, did return for a while, but is also swamped with real life & so has also retired from Modding.
A BIG thankyou to all 3, for their dedication & hard work on behalf of the players in our awesome community & we wish them all well!
For the current members of the EN Community team see: HERE at the bottom of the Community Guidelines.
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
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The CC timer was triggered by mistake, there is not another CC tomorrow - Sorry for the shock everyone!BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS
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"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine
**********************
Hi Everyone,WHO ARE THEY?
**********************
Some of you have already noticed the sudden appearance of farmers called "Player000000000" (all with different numbers), no they are not hackers or anything else to be suspicious of or worried about, they are all real players, who have registered through the new Facebook registration. So far they are still relatively low levels, but have started to appear in various event brackets, coop applications etc.
The team are looking for a way to allow them to choose a username when they register, but for those already here, if you have one in your coop or they start to appear on the forums, you can let them know how to contact support, where they will be able to choose a proper name instead.
Thankyou!
"I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions!" - Caine