Construction Ideas, Techniques etc

[Old Goat]

I didn't want to take away from any 'Top 100' threads with a lot of questions so I thought this would be a good place to post. I invite anyone to use it with tips, questions etc. Hopefully others will post here, besides me!

First off, a big thank you to Corogirl. I was wondering where I had seen an alternative to that 'sandy' background other than the straight dirt path and found it on your construction site :) No idea if that was where I saw it originally but that was what I was looking for but couldn't remember what. I started mine with the straight sections but I can use the other for an unfinished beach and see how they look side by side.
I vaguely recall a sand dune design somewhere but I could be mistaken. Its been known to happen. :D

Okay, building a coastline with boulder type cliffs. The cliff base is well on its way, now to go vertical. As explained to Kiwigirl this will hopefully be reminiscent of the old film noire with the high rocky cliffs on the oceanfront, a house of some type on top where the heiress inevitably gets thrown off and falls to her untimely demise :D

I've got a tidal pool shaped, was easy :) Just haven't placed it yet. I plan on using the small plant pod to line the cliff bottom with 'seaweed' and maybe the larger ferny looking one to soften it up a bit. I hope. Also plan on using black crates to shape a winding path from top to bottom.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, come take a look, farm 4. Construction hat required (NOT PROVIDED), under construction.

Hopefully others will take advantage of this thread to post questions and suggestions for other's ideas :)

[Old Goat]

I have placed two coasts side by side, one using straight dirt path sections, the other dirt cross path sections and the cross's look so much better for what I want. No straight lines! :) Now to do the left side all over siiiiiiiiiiiiiiighhhh :rolleyes:

[lab lover]

hi,i tried to visit your farm earlier and it took me to a level 1 farm with nothing on it

[Old Goat]

Odd. Not mine. I'm a level 90.

[lighthouse02]

I have placed two coasts side by side, one using straight dirt path sections, the other dirt cross path sections and the cross's look so much better for what I want. No straight lines! :) Now to do the left side all over siiiiiiiiiiiiiiighhhh :rolleyes:

Like the look!

[Old Goat]

Thanks Lighthouse! Its slowly getting there :) The two coast pieces together make a nice pond for anyone that likes it too. Doesn't have to go on a border and makes a cool fishing hole :)

[lighthouse02]

The two coast pieces together make a nice pond for anyone that likes it too. Doesn't have to go on a border and makes a cool fishing hole :)

I did that on my Farm 2.

[Old Goat]

Farm 4 coming along nicely :) I've decided to use the old 'Mansion' as that one has a balcony that adds a lot to the impression of height.

It can be difficult to get the illusion of totally vertical height with the boulders. Look at the left vertical corner of the raised section and compare it to the wall just to the right of the steps (black crates). The left corner appears to go straight up and down while the wall right beside the staircase to the right of it appears to slope a bit. You can see the difference in how the boulders are stacked. I can change that but not sure I want to.

The tidal pool: When I first started playing with it the rock border to the left of the left coast piece (the border that comes with the coast)couldn't be hidden, couldn't lay square stone path pieces on it without them showing as being placed on top of the coast piece. Every else they appeared to show as being underneath. This is great if you want to use the stone path pieces to give the appearance of pebbles along the coast piece borders. The borders appear on top, no detail hidden by the stone path pieces. However, when I use the stone paths to 'hide' a spot that I want to put a boulder for example, the boulders appear on top of the coast piece. At this point I can change that whole area to a cavern which would be cool but that wasn't what I wanted. Maybe some other time, it would require some major changes.

Making a valley up the middle of the farm and am going to play with having a lake on the top right side. Also going to play with running a waterfall into one end and off the other from the lake into a couple of face-to-face coast pieces and emptying onto the coast line. Maybe :D

Please let me know how it looks so far! :)

[Old Goat]

Jordan, thanks for the vist. If you don't mind would you post here so I can check out the track? Or re visit me :)

Diana, sorry, didn't get to talk much with you. Thanks for the nice comments though :)

[Kdosms]

Awesome thread...just what I was looking for! I want water and elevation. Farm 2 is a valley with a bridge crossing the big river. So needed new ideas for farm 3. Will look into threads on how to link soon.

[Kdosms]

Am I linked yet?

[feistyfarmergirl76]

@ Kdosms-- I don't see a link. Did you manually link your farm and toggle the box that says "Show your signature"? That should do it. Looking forward to seeing your farm. :)

[Angels Shangri-La]

I didn't want to take away from any 'Top 100' threads with a lot of questions so I thought this would be a good place to post. I invite anyone to use it with tips, questions etc. Hopefully others will post here, besides me!

First off, a big thank you to Corogirl. I was wondering where I had seen an alternative to that 'sandy' background other than the straight dirt path and found it on your construction site :) No idea if that was where I saw it originally but that was what I was looking for but couldn't remember what. I started mine with the straight sections but I can use the other for an unfinished beach and see how they look side by side.
I vaguely recall a sand dune design somewhere but I could be mistaken. Its been known to happen. :D

Okay, building a coastline with boulder type cliffs. The cliff base is well on its way, now to go vertical. As explained to Kiwigirl this will hopefully be reminiscent of the old film noire with the high rocky cliffs on the oceanfront, a house of some type on top where the heiress inevitably gets thrown off and falls to her untimely demise :D

I've got a tidal pool shaped, was easy :) Just haven't placed it yet. I plan on using the small plant pod to line the cliff bottom with 'seaweed' and maybe the larger ferny looking one to soften it up a bit. I hope. Also plan on using black crates to shape a winding path from top to bottom.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, come take a look, farm 4. Construction hat required (NOT PROVIDED), under construction.

Hopefully others will take advantage of this thread to post questions and suggestions for other's ideas :)

Corogirl is a great artist on her farms.

[Old Goat]

Thanks to all the visitors and your kind comments, they are greatly appreciated.
I have helped a couple of people with problems on theirs and believe me, I do not mind taking the time out to do this, it literally is a pleasure. I still insist that what I've done is basic, so don't make your questions too complicated, my brain is liable to throw a lug lol
Anyone else with questions or comments, please post them. This isn't my thread, it is your's :)

[mehere]

really like that coast line may have to redo one on ady farm

[SueW170]

Thanks to all the visitors and your kind comments, they are greatly appreciated.
I have helped a couple of people with problems on theirs and believe me, I do not mind taking the time out to do this, it literally is a pleasure. I still insist that what I've done is basic, so don't make your questions too complicated, my brain is liable to throw a lug lol
Anyone else with questions or comments, please post them. This isn't my thread, it is your's :)
Your grotto on farm one made using raspberry plots gone to waste and plowed fields is really creative. At first, until I looked closer, thought you'd used the small wood piles to achieve this effect.

[Old Goat]

Your grotto on farm one made using raspberry plots gone to waste and plowed fields is really creative. At first, until I looked closer, thought you'd used the small wood piles to achieve this effect.
I did it out of desperation lol Originally I had two different dead crops but people plowing would plow them. So now I use alternate plowed rows and raspberries. That way if the berries get plowed they can be replaced and dead again in two hours. That area I refer to as the Dead Zone, or Mother In Law suite :)
I see I have to move a couple of the scarecrows back in place. I moved them so someone could see the vertical lines of the cave entrance. Thanks for reminding me :D

I also placed roses on the sides of the cave entrance and let them die, but found they look better in color. The contrast adds to the surrounding 'dead' look.

[Old Goat]

really like that coast line may have to redo one on ady farm
You've really done a great job with height :) I like your use of the stone fence/picket fence combo. Might use that to top off mine.

[Old Goat]

Coast is pretty much done except for the far right corner. Had a lot of lake on the right side but it didn't look good. Waiting for my wine cellar to empty before I can move it to 4, then I can work more on the rolling land. I keep changing it. Waiting to see how the new update facilities look too, especially the new paths.

[corogirl]

Glad to be of assistance Old Goat. I just wish I could find the time to actually finish mine!! You are going along nicely, looking great!! BTW I stole the dirt corner idea anyway lol!

[corogirl]

Thanks Angels, my worry now is that several of my farms are not decorated now and my neighbours are wondering what I am going to come up with. I have set my bar too high methinks cos I have no idea what I am going to do next lol.

[Country Girl77]

love looking at everyones farms. I'm not that fancy since I don't know how to do many of the tricks...lol

[Old Goat]

love looking at everyones farms. I'm not that fancy since I don't know how to do many of the tricks...lol

Always nice to have a spot you can play on with experiments :) Try it, nothing will break heehee

[Old Goat]

Glad to be of assistance Old Goat. I just wish I could find the time to actually finish mine!! You are going along nicely, looking great!! BTW I stole the dirt corner idea anyway lol!
Steal all the dirt you want :)

[Country Girl77]

Always nice to have a spot you can play on with experiments :) Try it, nothing will break heehee

So true, I've been messing around the last hour or so.

[Old Goat]

So true, I've been messing around the last hour or so.
Interesting results of your square stone path/dirt path combo on your 4. The brown (farm 2??) dirt really makes all the colors stand out. Nice to see someone playing with that. Now I don't have to :)

[kiwirick]

Old Goat. Your farms look awesome!!!! What about the little unharvested square on farm 1?

[Angels Shangri-La]

Thanks Angels, my worry now is that several of my farms are not decorated now and my neighbours are wondering what I am going to come up with. I have set my bar too high methinks cos I have no idea what I am going to do next lol.

You will come up with something spectacular, as usual!:)

[Cropper]

Hi Old Goat, I've made a rocky coastline on my second farm but it's far from finished, if I ever get the time to. I tried to make it kinda look like a seaside resort with all the restaurant facilities etc.. but I'm not happy with it so far, I'll be making changes to it when I get the time to. You can pop over and take a peek anyway. I've also done the sand look with the dirt corners as I did that with my first farm when I kept changing the look and preferred that over the straight dirt paths. Looks a bit better IMO.

My first farm hasn't changed since Christmas, it's still winter there haha. I did link to it at that time but I got so many messages I couldn't keep up with responding to them all so I unlinked my account. Hopefully this link will work for you so you can take a peek and possibly give me a few ideas for my second farm? My third and fourth farms are just crops, trees and factories so nothing spectacular there, not worth visiting :-)

[Cropper]

I didn't save it

Hope it works this time :-)

Edit:

My sig isn't showing up for some reason, even though I've saved it??

Anyway, here's the link:

http://apps.facebook.com/farmtown/?farm_id=710277874PineRiverValley[/URL]

Another edit, I'm useless at this linking game, but no idea why my signature won't show up

Is this working?

[corogirl]

You will come up with something spectacular, as usual!:)

Another whole day gone and not a single change anywhere *sigh* I have a hate/love thing going with the facilities so no time to renovate anything grrrr

[Old Goat]

Is this working?

Yes, it works and all I can say is WOW!!!!!!! :) I'll get back to all you folks that have commented, have to go check out all the new goodies!!!!!

[Old Goat]

Check out the size of the new boulders that came with the new release. Farm 4, right side. WWOOOOOWWW!!!! :) Now THAT is a BOULDER!!!! hmmmm...

[Old Goat]

Okay, the link at the bottom of my farm link, DB whatever, is full of baloney. Leftover from a glitch I believe.

[jesdreher]

Glad to be of assistance Old Goat. I just wish I could find the time to actually finish mine!! You are going along nicely, looking great!! BTW I stole the dirt corner idea anyway lol!

Wow, your farms are really fantastic. I'm very envious of your skills!

[Country Girl77]

Interesting results of your square stone path/dirt path combo on your 4. The brown (farm 2??) dirt really makes all the colors stand out. Nice to see someone playing with that. Now I don't have to :)


Thanks the stone square/dirt part I saw on someone else's farm and I haven't a clue whose, since I've been known to check out many off of these boards.

I did the brown/plain ground on that farm only because I put more of what I felt was *industrial* stuff....lol

[Cropper]

Check out the size of the new boulders that came with the new release. Farm 4, right side. WWOOOOOWWW!!!! :) Now THAT is a BOULDER!!!! hmmmm...

Going to have a look now.. I received one as a gift...well, exchanged it should I say, but not used it yet :-)

[Angels Shangri-La]

Another whole day gone and not a single change anywhere *sigh* I have a hate/love thing going with the facilities so no time to renovate anything grrrr

I have just finished a reno on farm 1. All my own!:) BUT, will maybe change some stuff.

[Old Goat]

Farm 4 is about done, waiting for a look see at whet the devs might come up with that I can use to tweak here and there. :) A couple things on it that didn't come out as planned lol

Starting to remake farm 3. Got a very rough outline of what I'm after, most of it will change :) I've been checking out other's coasts etc and there is some great stuff out there! :D

P.S. Might add an Old Goat's Home for the Mod Squad *snort*

[Angels Shangri-La]

Oh how I HATE those bolders and the sea coasts. Now I remember why live in the bush and still always go bush on the holidays.:(

[Old Goat]

Oh how I HATE those bolders and the sea coasts. Now I remember why live in the bush and still always go bush on the holidays.:(
tsk tsk tsk LOL :D

[Old Goat]

New paths!! Have to try some on my 4 as sand :)

[Old Goat]

I just found the sand patches in 'Gifts" OH GEEZE!!!! :eek:

[jesdreher]

Ok..need some help. I've built an overpass over my new road (loooove the asphalt) but I'm not entirely happy with it. I know how to give the depth illusion for going up the bridge, but can't figure out how to go down again on the other side. Can this be done? Does anyone have steps going both up and down that I can see?

[Double T Dude Ranch]

P.S. Might add an Old Goat's Home for the Mod Squad *snort*

How did I miss this part? Lol. Mmmm would be interested what you would inlcude lol.

[Angels Shangri-La]

Ok..need some help. I've built an overpass over my new road (loooove the asphalt) but I'm not entirely happy with it. I know how to give the depth illusion for going up the bridge, but can't figure out how to go down again on the other side. Can this be done? Does anyone have steps going both up and down that I can see?

Yes it can be done, I've done it and removed it now though. I'm trying to think where I saw one recently, but can't remember. I think it was on this thread. I know the crates have to be angled differently than what you have done to give it a total 3d effect. I think it was on this thread:)

[jesdreher]

Yes it can be done, I've done it and removed it now though. I'm trying to think where I saw one recently, but can't remember. I think it was on this thread. I know the crates have to be angled differently than what you have done to give it a total 3d effect. I think it was on this thread:)

Hrm...I've looked at everyone's farms who have posted in this thread and don't see an example of what I'm looking for. If you can recall where you saw it, definitely let me know. Thanks!

[Old Goat]

How do you overlap the small seacoast?
You can use the square stone paths to cover the overlap. When you're done 'Hide' the coast pieces to retrieve your square stone paths. Takes some playing with :)

[Happy pants]

AHA! That's how you did it, you old goat!

[Angels Shangri-La]

How do you overlap the small seacoast?

With a lot of pain and suffering:D

[Old Goat]

How did I miss this part? Lol. Mmmm would be interested what you would inlcude lol.
Password accessible only Mod room maybe. With pool table, sauna. And rocking chairs :)
Any suggestions? For the Home I mean :)

[Old Goat]

AHA! That's how you did it, you old goat!
heeheehee *snort*

[Old Goat]

With a lot of pain and suffering:D
LOL true enough! ;)

[Double T Dude Ranch]

Password accessible only Mod room maybe. With pool table, sauna. And rocking chairs :)
Any suggestions? For the Home I mean :)

Lol. "the Home" sounds like it's for um, yeah....lol.

[Old Goat]

It does sound like it lol
Old ex mods from all over can come in, talk about their experiences, begin every other sentence with "Back in the day..." :)

[jesdreher]

Ok..need some help. I've built an overpass over my new road (loooove the asphalt) but I'm not entirely happy with it. I know how to give the depth illusion for going up the bridge, but can't figure out how to go down again on the other side. Can this be done? Does anyone have steps going both up and down that I can see?

Ok..I think I got it. Well, at least it looks better. I'm still open to ideas on how to improve it.

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Ok...late edit. Thanks to Ady for suggesting I turn the bridge. It looks much better now and I think I'm pretty happy with it.

[mizrobin]

Thanks Angels, my worry now is that several of my farms are not decorated now and my neighbours are wondering what I am going to come up with. I have set my bar too high methinks cos I have no idea what I am going to do next lol.

Drat, this farm is fabulous. Am going to have to spend a week or two exploding my farm and starting over. ARRRRRRRRGH.

You are my sensei. I am but a bug... I have no idea if my link works yet, still working on that.

[Old Goat]

Welllll.... I've redone the coastline on 3 three or 4 times now, I might have it this time :rolleyes: Maybe. Now all I have to finish is everything else. It would have been sooooo much easier to have covered the whole darn thing in coast pieces.
Maisie and Happy Pants, thank you so much for the critique eh :D

[Happy pants]

I hate to have been so hard on you, Goat, but I think we spurred you on to a truly awesome looking coastline. Good work!

[Happy pants]

By the way, speaking of techniques, creativity, and the like, has anybody ever heard anything about results of the "design your own item" contest? I'd be interested in knowing what it was that won.

[Old Goat]

I hate to have been so hard on you, Goat, but I think we spurred you on to a truly awesome looking coastline. Good work!
Eh? Hard on me? Huh??
Wimmen. tsk :D

[Happy pants]

Eh? Hard on me? Huh??
Wimmen. tsk :D

You love us all... you know you do!

[corogirl]

Wow, your farms are really fantastic. I'm very envious of your skills!

thank you. Now I am seriously thinking of adding a 5th farm so can't see any creativity happening for a while. Arghhhh!!
I have just finished another farm though and the 2nd link farm 4 will take you there ( hopefully)

[Old Goat]

Corogirl, I have the 5th farm and have plans ofr it. Out of creativity? More likely you have so many things you want to try and we have JUST the one extra farm. We need a sixth farm :D

[Old Goat]

You love us all... you know you do!
I won't admit it Crazy Pants but yes, I do.
Oh...wait.. :rolleyes:

[SivNorway]

Old Goats coastlines, are stunning! :)

I wish I have the same patiente with dirtpaths and boulder, so I could build like you do..
mybe some time... :)

I have 4 farms I was really satisfied with, now they are *old* - lol..... but to find new Ideas, its hard at the moment...
Must admit that I love more to decorate than work... ha ha! but work is needed for coins... so what a heck :)

Thanks for visiting me, Thanks for spend ideas with us all

Take care

[Old Goat]

Quite welcome Siv, and your farms are lovely :)
I need opinions folks, please post them here :)
My cave house on farm 3, does it take away from that hill effect? View with buildings on/off.

The lighthouse foundation, I know there are some built similar in real life but maybe mine would look better if I lowered it a bit and make the strict vertical walls more transitional :confused:

[jesdreher]

Quite welcome Siv, and your farms are lovely :)
I need opinions folks, please post them here :)
My cave house on farm 3, does it take away from that hill effect? View with buildings on/off.

The lighthouse foundation, I know there are some built similar in real life but maybe mine would look better if I lowered it a bit and make the strict vertical walls more transitional :confused:

I can't wait to see this when it's finished! For me, I'd say the cave house isn't necessary and you kinda lose that it's a cave at all. I'd love to see you make the cave bigger and more pronounced, removing the small house.

As for the lighthouse, yeah, it could be a little lower....don't lighthouses normally sit in the water...just barely above the surface on some small island or mound of dirt or something? But, that said, I think it looks good as is too, so it's totally your call.

[Happy pants]

I live in a coastal area, and lighthouses are built on whatever makes them most visible to ships at sea... often on the top of a cliff, a rocky promontory, or an island.

[Old Goat]

The general rule for lighthouse locations seems to be that there is no general rule. They're pretty much anywhere and everywhere. To be honest what mine looks like isn't quite what I had in mind. At the time the only way I could give that impression of height was to stack tiny and small boulders perfectly vertical. I'm thinking maybe I can taper off the base, maybe take a layer of boulders off the top. It'll still look good :)

[Angels Shangri-La]

Quite welcome Siv, and your farms are lovely :)
I need opinions folks, please post them here :)
My cave house on farm 3, does it take away from that hill effect? View with buildings on/off.

The lighthouse foundation, I know there are some built similar in real life but maybe mine would look better if I lowered it a bit and make the strict vertical walls more transitional :confused:

Your #3 is coming along nicely, I love the cliffs. I'm glad the cave has gone:), sorry. I suggest you do your hills with heaps of pines for a better forest effect, you can always do crops underneath the lot. I also think you should extend your cliffs and sea coasts along the bottom left and right sides.

[Old Goat]

Your #3 is coming along nicely, I love the cliffs. I'm glad the cave has gone:), sorry. I suggest you do your hills with heaps of pines for a better forest effect, you can always do crops underneath the lot. I also think you should extend your cliffs and sea coasts along the bottom left and right sides.
Hate to tell ya this, but the cave is still there :D You just can't see it with the buildings 'on'. At one time cave houses were very popular in some European countries. Spain still has many old ones left. I believe there is a ban on building new ones, not sure.
I don't recall what the ones in Australia are called but there are many in the opal mining areas. Its a way to get around the ban on new mines lol at least that's what I read many years ago.

I might do more coastline on it later but I need to get this one done as is first, progress from there.
Good suggestions, thanks! :)

[SivNorway]

Quite welcome Siv, and your farms are lovely :)
I need opinions folks, please post them here :)
My cave house on farm 3, does it take away from that hill effect? View with buildings on/off.

The lighthouse foundation, I know there are some built similar in real life but maybe mine would look better if I lowered it a bit and make the strict vertical walls more transitional :confused:


;) thank you Old Goat.. nice to hear that you like my farms. I change them so often that I dont remember anymore how they look... ha ha

Anyway, the lighthouse stand where it should stand. I would tried to moove the house a bit longer back from the lighthouse... so its looks like its stands more out in the ocean/sea.

The hills have their effects, I just wonder if you could put something betwen them? like rocks, or stonepaths or something... I dont know. I would tried out something. Just so there are no open space - than I think of the space whos most open.. lol..

Oh my, english is not my best language.. norwegian is - but I guess you would not understand a thing if I wrote that... ha ha

Take care, love to see your farms again... glad you are my buddy so I can watch you anytime.. lol

Ha en fin dag Old Goat!!! :)



PS! Wonder what those words means? - ha ha, no - I would'nt tell you... :) :)

[Angels Shangri-La]

Hate to tell ya this, but the cave is still there :D You just can't see it with the buildings 'on'. At one time cave houses were very popular in some European countries. Spain still has many old ones left. I believe there is a ban on building new ones, not sure.
I don't recall what the ones in Australia are called but there are many in the opal mining areas. Its a way to get around the ban on new mines lol at least that's what I read many years ago.

I might do more coastline on it later but I need to get this one done as is first, progress from there.
Good suggestions, thanks! :)

I think Spain's caves date from Moorish times, and I have been to both Coober Pedy and Lightening Ridge. Pedy has some fantastic cave homes, and the Ridge has mostly shacks and miners with guns, and a few cave homes. I must have a look at yours with the buildings off.

;)

Oh my, english is not my best language.. norwegian is - but I guess you would not understand a thing if I wrote that... ha ha

Take care, love to see your farms again... glad you are my buddy so I can watch you anytime.. lol
Ha en fin dag Old Goat!!! :)
PS! Wonder what those words means? - ha ha, no - I would'nt tell you... :) :)

Siv I like your farms as well. Well thought out. Old goat, I think he is being very cheeky!:D

It's 3.15 am here, and I can't sleep:)

[Old Goat]

Thank you Siv :) I plan on trees in a lot of the spaces.
Have a great week! ;) ....and your English is wonderful! :)

[Country Girl77]

i'm so behind in here....lol.

Just had to stop by and just plain old say I'm so annoyed....lol. I've been trying to set up a beach area, different from one I've done already and of course some bolders get put UNDER. Course here I sit still trying....LMBO

[Old Goat]

i'm so behind in here....lol.

Just had to stop by and just plain old say I'm so annoyed....lol. I've been trying to set up a beach area, different from one I've done already and of course some bolders get put UNDER. Course here I sit still trying....LMBO
Why are you trying to hide the coast line border? I'm missing something here I think.

[*Farmer Brad*]

I would love some suggestions on what to do with the outside of my farm... I tried to have somewhat of a "blocked-off" area with the black fences, but I think it terribly failed. I regret spending all the money on those fences now.

I am thinking possibly the stone fences, which I had previously, and also continuing the flowers around, but I'd love other opinions. The stone fences aren't really exciting enough for me.

Also, the top of the "hill" with the mansion is a work in progress - I am stuck on which decorations to use and how to set it up. I am not happy with it at the moment. I'd love some suggestions there as well.

Here is the farm (called "Hope 4 Haiti")
http://i25.tinypic.com/11w95dl.png

[PSA]

WOW some great farms here.

[Old Goat]

Nice work Brad and I like the farm name :)
One thing that really sticks out is the stepped area made of stone fence, going up to the top. If you use the top one as a guide for example, the right front corner of the top one would be in line with the right back corner of the fence piece under it.
There are lots of options to use for steps other than the stone fence.The new curved and straight stone benches are another. I've stacked two curved ones as an example on my farm 4.
I'm sure someone will come up with an idea for the blocked off area.
Have you looked around at others?

[Country Girl77]

Why are you trying to hide the coast line border? I'm missing something here I think.

Well I'm not *trying* to hide the coast line. On farm 2 I *had* wanted to make the one corner coast line with just the rocks in the corner connecting the two (if that makes any sense at all) but of course at the same time I'm also wanting to have a slope coming down to it. I just really need to set my mind on one thing....lol

[*Farmer Brad*]

Nice work Brad and I like the farm name :)
One thing that really sticks out is the stepped area made of stone fence, going up to the top. If you use the top one as a guide for example, the right front corner of the top one would be in line with the right back corner of the fence piece under it.
There are lots of options to use for steps other than the stone fence.The new curved and straight stone benches are another. I've stacked two curved ones as an example on my farm 4.
I'm sure someone will come up with an idea for the blocked off area.
Have you looked around at others?
Thanks for the ideas, I am browsing the store for those fences :) and yes, I thought that stepping looked funny, so I'll have to fix that. Just let me know if you have any other ideas - thanks so much!

[Old Goat]

Quite welcome Brad, you did good. Your slope going down to the beach is coming along nice. :)

[*Farmer Brad*]

After almost completing, I ran into a problem. Any fixes? *GRRR*
http://i25.tinypic.com/klv5x.png

[Marlene F Djebara]

I have several nice elevations that I'm quite proud of...opps forgot to add that the farm I'm talking about is farm 4 it's called Chillen in Philly...not sure how to link individual farms(edited to say I added the correct links)
Please visit farm 4 and let me know what you think or ask me questions on how I did it

[bamagirl]

Love all the farms, mine is still under construction. if you have any suggestions please feel free to leave me a message, thanks.

[Haystack Holly]

Farm 4 coming along nicely :) I've decided to use the old 'Mansion' as that one has a balcony that adds a lot to the impression of height.

It can be difficult to get the illusion of totally vertical height with the boulders. Look at the left vertical corner of the raised section and compare it to the wall just to the right of the steps (black crates). The left corner appears to go straight up and down while the wall right beside the staircase to the right of it appears to slope a bit. You can see the difference in how the boulders are stacked. I can change that but not sure I want to.

The tidal pool: When I first started playing with it the rock border to the left of the left coast piece (the border that comes with the coast)couldn't be hidden, couldn't lay square stone path pieces on it without them showing as being placed on top of the coast piece. Every else they appeared to show as being underneath. This is great if you want to use the stone path pieces to give the appearance of pebbles along the coast piece borders. The borders appear on top, no detail hidden by the stone path pieces. However, when I use the stone paths to 'hide' a spot that I want to put a boulder for example, the boulders appear on top of the coast piece. At this point I can change that whole area to a cavern which would be cool but that wasn't what I wanted. Maybe some other time, it would require some major changes.

Making a valley up the middle of the farm and am going to play with having a lake on the top right side. Also going to play with running a waterfall into one end and off the other from the lake into a couple of face-to-face coast pieces and emptying onto the coast line. Maybe :D

Please let me know how it looks so far! :)

Stunning and gives me lots of ideas. Is there a tip for getting things under or on top of other pieces? Part of my sea coast wants to be on top of the beach, part underneath. There's no rhyme nor reason. Thought it might be whatever is put down first, but nothing seems to change it. Thanks for any tips you might have.

[Old Goat]

After almost completing, I ran into a problem. Any fixes? *GRRR*
Delete the top plot in that corner and all plots that are filling in the space, a total of 13 I think. They take away from the impression of slope. You've lost the sides of the slope. You can use boulders if they are stacked nicely or stacked fence to shore up the ends of the two slopes, they'll look like retaining walls, then you have a space you can use for...decoration of some sort? lemonade stand? Picnic blanket? Boat?? Table??

[DeeSweat]

How do you stack the water to get that illusion of a waterfall?

[Capriherb]

B-)

I love the differences and have really not changed the first farm, but the others I have.

[Old Goat]

Hi folks :) I enjoy the visits and chat while I'm working on something, really. I noticed tonight (too late) that I missed a couple of you. I wasn't being rude by not saying Hi, I just don't see anyone when I zoom in on what I'm doing.
Just sneak up behind me and say "HI YA OLD GOAT!!"
Well, maybe not that loud. I'm old ya know :rolleyes:

[Mrs Borgies]

Hi folks :) I enjoy the visits and chat while I'm working on something, really. I noticed tonight (too late) that I missed a couple of you. I wasn't being rude by not saying Hi, I just don't see anyone when I zoom in on what I'm doing.
Just sneak up behind me and say "HI YA OLD GOAT!!"
Well, maybe not that loud. I'm old ya know :rolleyes:

That happens to me as well..... don't always notice someone has dropped in until I see something out of the corner of my eye disappears. It is lovely to have people pop in. I love your farm Old Goat....coming along very nice indeed.

[Angels Shangri-La]

How do you stack the water to get that illusion of a waterfall?

How to's on youtube:)

[Country Girl77]

I always love stopping by peoples farms. Course I'm generally in offline mode when working on things....lol

[SivNorway]

Hi folks :) I enjoy the visits and chat while I'm working on something, really. I noticed tonight (too late) that I missed a couple of you. I wasn't being rude by not saying Hi, I just don't see anyone when I zoom in on what I'm doing.
Just sneak up behind me and say "HI YA OLD GOAT!!"
Well, maybe not that loud. I'm old ya know :rolleyes:


Grrr.. I have visit you 1 million times and no *HI YA SIV"

ha ha.. just kidding...

[*Farmer Brad*]

Old Goat...I'd love for you to see my progress.... I lined the trees along the edge and installed a waterfall. Unfortunately, I have some trees left over, and I have no idea where to put them...but they'll find a home.

[Old Goat]

I'll check it out Brad :)

[Angels Shangri-La]

Old Goat, your beach farm is looking really good. I love the rock walls, and clever use of staggering plots. I used the staggering technique on farm 1 for a while, and then changed it (again):)

[Old Goat]

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. *OG wipes the sweat from his brow. Elvis learned well. * :cool:

[LoreneC]

Old Goat,

Your farm with the victorian house, beach, and lighthouse reminds me of the last scene in the movie "Forever Young".

[Old Goat]

Point Arena is where that part of the movie was filmed. Gee, it does have similarities. And here I was going for Bride of Frankenstein siiiiiiighhhhhhh

[cnbranch]

Would be nice if the bulldozer could do 1,2, or 4 fields same as plow and planter.

[Farmer Dork]

I made some new bridges on Farm 1 because I was bored with it...used fence gates for the railingshttp://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i200/doogie_photo/Picture8.png

[Angels Shangri-La]

Would be nice if the bulldozer could do 1,2, or 4 fields same as plow and planter.

It would be nicer if it deleted a plot of flowers at the same time, instead of one by one.:)

[Farmer Dork]

I think the bulldozer should do what it says. Bulldoze. It should delete, plots crops flowers etc without asking permission. Sure you might lose a few mansions but the thrill of the risk would make it worthwhile

[Angels Shangri-La]

I think the bulldozer should do what it says. Bulldoze. It should delete, plots crops flowers etc without asking permission. Sure you might lose a few mansions but the thrill of the risk would make it worthwhile

That's daring, I already sold my Manor by miskate, not taking note. I was deleting flowers.:( But with all the new facilities you make so much coin that I guess it doesn't matter:)

[hairycoo]

Plowing under trees.

Is there a trick on how to do this-sometimes I can plow under the trees when they are hidden-other times won't work-anyone know the secret ???

[Angels Shangri-La]

Plowing under trees.

Is there a trick on how to do this-sometimes I can plow under the trees when they are hidden-other times won't work-anyone know the secret ???

You have to turn your trees off first, then press the play button. That reloads the game with no trees and no little red squares that show where they are. You can only use a 1 plot plow. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't:) It's not recommended practice though:)

[LoreneC]

You have to turn your trees off first, then press the play button. That reloads the game with no trees and no little red squares that show where they are. You can only use a 1 plot plow. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't:) It's not recommended practice though:)

Prior to starting to plow you need to move something, anything (you can leave flowers on and move one) , then you can use the 4 plow. If that does not work (it usually does) then plow one plot where it will let you, delete it, then you can use the 4 plow.

It is not recommended because of the load on the servers and it can slow your farm down. Many players do it with no problems.

[Angels Shangri-La]

Prior to starting to plow you need to move something, anything (you can leave flowers on and move one) , then you can use the 4 plow. If that does not work (it usually does) then plow one plot where it will let you, delete it, then you can use the 4 plow.

It is not recommended because of the load on the servers and it can slow your farm down. Many players do it with no problems.

I'll try that next time I do a re-landscape. Thanks.:)

[Old Goat]

Sorry folks but due to problems with a couple of very nasty neighbors I think it best that I unlink on the forum.
I truly enjoyed all the visits from members here and all the kind comments and suggestions. You're a great group of people and I'm going to miss the chit chat visits :)
Careful out there.:rolleyes:

[rumur]

hi every time I click on your link it just goes to a L1 farm

[mehere]

hi every time I click on your link it just goes to a L1 farm

as old goat said he's removed his link because of some arrrrrrrrrse

[Happy pants]

You don't have to stop coming to the Forum, OG: just don't link your farm. We promise to be good. Well, as good as we are capable of being.

[Angels Shangri-La]

Sorry folks but due to problems with a couple of very nasty neighbors I think it best that I unlink on the forum.
I truly enjoyed all the visits from members here and all the kind comments and suggestions. You're a great group of people and I'm going to miss the chit chat visits :)
Careful out there.:rolleyes:

Hey OG, just delete your neighbours. Make sure you delete them off FT first, then Facebook 2nd. I deleted some of mine a few weeks ago, that's the way things go sometimes. Like Happy said, you don't have to stop coming to the forum, and you can always post your farm pics here:) Plus, I want to know how your beach is looking!

[*Farmer Brad*]

Don't leave, Old Goat, you've been such a great help to me! Yes, there are always some people who ruin it all, but just ignore them and stay to chat. :)

[Old Goat]

Yikes! I have about 20 tiny boulders disappeared from my lighthouse farm. Hope it doesn't degrade any farther. Happy Pants!!! You said you'd behave eh.:rolleyes:

[Happy pants]

Just call me Rocky Pants.

[Angels Shangri-La]

Yikes! I have about 20 tiny boulders disappeared from my lighthouse farm. Hope it doesn't degrade any farther. Happy Pants!!! You said you'd behave eh.:rolleyes:

Just call me Rocky Pants.

Rocky Pants:eek:

RP and OG?:confused: Who would have thought:confused:

[Tony D]

Yikes! I have about 20 tiny boulders disappeared from my lighthouse farm. Hope it doesn't degrade any farther. Happy Pants!!! You said you'd behave eh.:rolleyes:Consider yourself lucky - last time she visited my farm she stole my virtue :eek::eek::p

[Old Goat]

Consider yourself lucky - last time she visited my farm she stole my virtue :eek::eek::p
You had a virtue? Whoudda thunk???
You know, you people are making it impossible to reply with a straight face.

[Happy pants]

Good heavens, Old Goat, NOTHING in here is conducted with a straight face. Come on, you've MET me.

[Old Goat]

Good heavens, Old Goat, NOTHING in here is conducted with a straight face. Come on, you've MET me.
Yes, and my face has been crooked ever since :/ <--- see??

[Old Goat]

Done any changes on your farms lately?

[Farmer Dork]

Done any changes on your farms lately?

They change every five minutes I think;)

[Happy pants]

Nahhhhh, nothing amusing. I keep hoping for that 6th farm... in the meantime, it's plow and plant, harvest and load, same as always. I have to admit I like the latest toys, though... the fish boat and the poo pump ROCK!

[Angels Shangri-La]

I haven't done a thing. Haven't even got crops planted:eek:

[Happy pants]

You've been spending too much time in here laughing hysterically at Tony.:D

[Old Goat]

They change every five minutes I think;)
Not sure if you had it done 'before', but nice job bordering your river(s) with the square stone paths. Your 3 I think?

[Angels Shangri-La]

You've been spending too much time in here laughing hysterically at Tony.:D

No, it's not that. It's the click to work stuff driving me crazy:(

[MattAlex69]

I want to re-vamp My farm, but I suck at being creative and decorating ~ any ideas?

[Alisonkls]

My personal finds:

You can build castles and allsorts with the oast and malt houses.

Outhouses make wonderful wooden walls :D

[Happy pants]

What's an allsort? I thought it was a licorice candy.

[Angels Shangri-La]

What's an allsort? I thought it was a licorice candy.

It is. Yum. Naughty Happy, I'm dieting. You just made my mouth water:rolleyes:

[Happy pants]

why would you want to build candy with the oast house????:confused:

[Angels Shangri-La]

why would you want to build candy with the oast house????:confused:

Maybe she's building a castle out of all sorts:p

Actually alison, I used outhouses for turrets on my castle of crates. They looked good, I think:)

[tlk1]

where do i see how to build castles/

[Angels Shangri-La]

Go to my FT forum album, I think there's at least one of mine in there:)

[Leyley]

I have placed two coasts side by side, one using straight dirt path sections, the other dirt cross path sections and the cross's look so much better for what I want. No straight lines! :) Now to do the left side all over siiiiiiiiiiiiiiighhhh :rolleyes:


You have great techinque ideas but would like to see your farms linked..