Big Shortages
 

Glad the team is going to look at the big shortages.

I have played Farm Town on and off, more on than off since July 14, 2009.

I like what you have done with the game especially the tools, all the Plow/Plant/Harvest Tool has made a vast improvement in dealing with these tasks. The complementary ones to make working other people’s farms are excellent also. We have come a long ways since the 1 and 2 field tools. Also the automation of the loading and unloading of the facilities was a great improvement. The introduction of the trains and how they help to automate the working of friend’s facilities by using the mayor to work them, really advanced the game.

By the way, with any acute shortage of any of the feed products or ingredients, I have put 33 of these factories or tools in service and still can’t keep up. It hasn’t mattered whether it was bought by coins or FC, we put as many of them in service as we could. We also put as many trains and ships in the system and have them feeding products into the system. There are all sorts of approaches that could be taken. More trains on farms. Take out the restriction of the number of trains on an account, increase the products in each car, introduce super cars or reduce the time it takes to turn them around, 2x the boosts to 24 from 12. Trains are very popular for both the owner and the people boosting (accelerating them) them. When they come in and are unloaded, they provide a big boost to the goods available to be loaded into the facilities.

Of course there is another solution to some of these problems and that would be to double the production while using the same raw materials.

If we ever introduce the Super Facility, we should increase the production of course and the reduced use of raw materials as you did in the Stone Mill and Red Mill Example.
Red Mill – to make 5 Flour it takes 10 Wheat in 30 minutes
Stone Mill – to make 15 Flour it takes 10 Wheat in 30 minutes
That is quite an advantage, tripling the production, using the same amount of raw materials to get the increases needed.

For instance: The production of Air Filter Masks takes 1 Paper Roll and 1 Rubber Tree to produce 100 Air Filter masks. If we went to 200 masks, we could use ½ the raw materials for the same amount of products. This could be one of the features of the Super Facilities that are bought with FC. We could also increase right away the production with fewer raw materials to improve the immediate situation. Then introduce the Super Facility with the improved production amounts with the use of fewer raw materials. The 7th Dan degree is another help to this problem.

These are just a list of musings and a wish list on what we need and how we might be able to fix them..

So here is a list of acute shortages:

1 .What we need now is increased production of lumber piles from the Sawmills. One way would be to reduce production time from 2 hrs to 1.

The other thing you could do with all of these shortages is introduce a Super Sawmill that could be bought with FC like the Stone Windmill (FC) and Red Windmill (Coin) for flour production. We should be able to have the have both kinds on a farm if we choose, just like we do with the Windmills. It would be advantageous to have the items linked also. In the Windmills, if we turn of the Flour Production off in the Red Windmill, it turns it off in the Stone Windmill also. This is a great feature that should be copied.

2. We need an increase of all the metal sheet production by doubling all 5 in the Metal Mill. I f we get too much of the brass and carbon steel sheets we can turn them off.

Same as in item 1, make a Super Metal Mill, bought with FC, with 3x the production of metal sheets. We should be able to have the have both kinds on a farm if we choose, just like we do with the Wind Mills.

3. We need an increase in the containers produced in the Fish Farming Plant 50 %. That would give us more opportunity to expand our restaurants to feed into the new market for those products.

4. We need an increase in the production of Honey in the Bee Farm by 50 %. I have 33 Bee farms and still can’t supply all of my honey needs.

5. We need an increase in the ink production by 100 % (meaning double it) in the Ink & Pigment Factory. Again I have 33 factories and try everything but am woefully short all the time.

Same as in item 1, make a Super Ink & Pigment Factory, bought with FC, with 3x the production of ink. We should be able to have the have both kinds on a farm if we choose, just like we do with the Wind Mills.

6. We need an increase in production of Silver & Gold Nuggets in the Mineral Mine by 50 % now.

The other fix would be same exactly as Item 1.

7. We need an increase in production of Talc & Marble Rock and Baking Soda by 100 % in the Open-Pit Mine.

The other fix would be same exactly as Item 1.
8. We need an increase in the production of bread in the Bakery. An 100% increase would be much appreciated.

The other fix would be same exactly as Item 1.

9. We need an increase in the Strawberry-Choco Bar in the Ice Cream Factory by 50 %.

10. We need an increase in the production of Cheese in the Dairy Processing Plant by 100%. I have 33 plants and still can’t keep up.

The other fix would be same exactly as Item 1.

11. We need an increase in Paper Roll & Cardstock production in the Paper Mill by 100 %. Again I have 33 Paper Mills and can’t keep up.

The other fix would be same exactly as Item 1.

12. We need to increase all 8 of the rolls by 50 % in the Textile and Spinning Mill.

The other fix would be same exactly as Item 1.

13. We need to increase the production of the Sugar Refinery and it would help if we improved the output and with just a little more of the raw materials used to create the increase in production. One suggestion would be to double the production and reduce the raw product used. Right now it takes 10 Sugarcane to make 15 Sugar in 2 Hrs. We could produce 40 Sugar using 20 Sugarcane in 2 Hrs, or 10 Sugarcane to make 20 Sugar in 1 Hr.

The other fix would be same exactly as Item 1.

Hopefully these suggestions will help you decide how to fix our shortages

Just a reminder: If you have suggestions for improving the game or for what shortages need to be addressed please post them in the Suggestions section where they are grouped by subject for the developers to see to determine what suggestions they want to implement.
You can not start a new thread there, but you can reply to one that fits your suggestions.

strictly speaking, this applies to the last update and not this one but i think the devs have been just a trifle busy in the past few weeks

i like how the outlines go on/off when toggling graphics except when i am making a tree or flower farm. i'm wondering if you could put just enough of a tint where an item is to be able to tell the difference from an empty spot.

i used to turn them off/on a few times and then i could see where trees were missing but now you can't tell as empty spaces with 4 neighbors appear the same as filled ones.

after my bought 26x26 for farm 17 and since the oak were now 1x1, i tried to fill in the gaps on farm 17 and my eyes bled profusely trying to find the holes. i'm sure i still didn't find them all. i'm getting to 26 with my shake and flower farms and want to redo them but can't even imagine stressing my eyes out like that again :eek:

thx for your consideration

Eradani, when I wanted to add oak trees after they became 1x, I put all of the existing oak trees into storage and then replanted them and then added the extras. Much easier than trying to fill in the gaps. It's much easier on the eyes too. :)

unable to load farmtown
error message is as follows
Error saving data, Error Xlink.

It doesn't reload when you clickon the red or green button as instructed

Yep. Mine did that. Now I'm getting this error:

"The page you are looking for is temporarily unavailable.
Please try again later."

Maybe the new quest thingy is being uploaded???????

that would work if i had blocks of the same tree. i make my tree farms packed full but with the trees randomized all over the place

Game is Dead
 

Seems there is an issue with Slashkey Servers been down for a while come on lets get this game running or is it corrupt due to the Chains manager?

why isnt the game not loading, this is gettin past old

Im having the same problem... can't get in to harvest and have planted 8 hr crop, need to get there... I'm sure they are working on the link the farms thing and its messing everything up.. just my thinking..

`The game is a mess at the moment, cant load farm, cant send gifts, cant send request to boast train. Time to give the game a rest.

Hi All,
The developers have been notified about the not loading. Please be patient until they can find the problem and get it fixed. There is nothing we can do until they can find the problem.

Saving Crops
 

Can the developers reset so everyone doesn't "lose crops?" I sure hope so. Mine is now saying The Page is Temp Unavailable, so at least something has changed in the last 30 minutes.:mad:

Hi All,

Try loading the game now, let us know if you still can't get in.

Hiya, I just got in ok, thanks !

Sorry, got a bit carried away, just happy to see it back.

is working now..ty!!
:)

For an hour or so after your posting of this sentence people were still complaining about the server being down and some even suggested that the entire Slashkey staff needed to be replaced. They are wrong of course.

Please let Raul and the rest of the team know that we gamers and computer builders, computer engineers, electrical engineers, etc. know how difficult it is to diagnose a server when it develops hiccups - especially via remote - and that the entire team's efforts are very appreciated! :)

Thanks devs!
 

:):):):):p:):):):) Thanks so much for all the work you put in this morning to get everything up and running. You are great. Lost no crops, did't give up and start cleaning the house - just waited patiently cause I knew you wound't fail us. XOXOX, Snookie

I'll second that

Yes, that is a nice thought and all is back to normal here, so - Thanks Raul & Team- From a retired mainframe and artificial intelligence engineer and former manager in charge of the national technical assistance center at a major wireless company. I know first hand how difficult it sometimes is to maintain and restore network and equipment problems. Your efforts to enhance and maintain FT is appreciated!!

ty to devs for remedying the problem so quickly

Are we about due for this release to be closed ready for the next one?
My guess is the new release will be between the 25th-28th October 2017

Hi Cornish Lil Princess,
No this release is not complete yet. They are still working on the Facility Chains.

Wish they would go back to having everything ready when they put out a new release.

Hi Tom C,
In this case that was not possible because they had to deal with hurricane Irma, so a lot of this release was delayed while they dealt with damage and no power or internet.

i remember when i first started playing FT, we would get a new release every 3 or 4 months. im really happy that has changed over the years. im also super thankful everyone made it thru irma safely. thanks for all you do, devs and team! mods included!!

I too would like to express my appreciation for Raul and the dev team as well as the moderators here on the forum. Thanks for all you do!

I am now seeing a filter in the marketplace when selling my items that is labeled "From Facilities (Export)" Is this new, or did I just miss this in an earlier release?

Hi bliky,
It is for the new facility chains which hasn't been released yet.

Please do not post here about loading issues and the temporary unavailable page. We are collecting all those posts in the Cannot load farm, Errors, connecting to mainframe subject thread in the Help & Support section because this issue has nothing to do with the current release.
Here is a link to that thread:
http://www.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=352666

Hi all :)

I am now closing this thread. Thank you so much to all of you for your feedback and questions. Be sure to watch this section for the next great release!

While we wait for the New Release please feel free to post any problems in Help & Support, any feedback in General Feedback and your ideas in our Suggestion section.