New Release -- June 7th, 2010

[CynthiaSue]

I bought alot of llamas and sheep in order to use the new textile facility and also, got gifted mulberry trees. Now the main farm where I keep trees and animals is lagging alot and when I hired people to do the trees I think they had trouble loading, as one, never moved once arriving and finally poofed and another said it froze on her and she didn't do much and also disappeared. The facilities are great, but they need a solution for the animals and loading.

[Deb NZ]

Your answer is in your first sentence.Animals en masse slow the application down enormously, are you using IE because it is not particularly good to game on.

[driverdave]

Originally Posted by CynthiaSue

I bought alot of llamas and sheep in order to use the new textile facility and also, got gifted mulberry trees. Now the main farm where I keep trees and animals is lagging alot and when I hired people to do the trees I think they had trouble loading, as one, never moved once arriving and finally poofed and another said it froze on her and she didn't do much and also disappeared. The facilities are great, but they need a solution for the animals and loading.

May i suggest you utilise the 'freeze animals " in the wrench (tools) at top of farmtown screen on right hand side ...the animals all make little movements...which your computer has to use resources to display thus causing you to lag if you have a large number of them
hope this helps

[lnthomp]

Originally Posted by SueW170

Interesting to hear from a Linux user. I'm a Mac user and computer consultant and my friend who is the local Mac dealer and grew up with computers (and is a genuine guru), swears than Linux is the best operating system from a technical point of view. I have a friend who is a computer technician and consultant in South Africa who also has good things to say about Linux despite the fact most of her customers are PC users, so she works primarily with Windows computers -- and has a few less than complimentary things to say about Microsoft systems (with which I often agree).
How does Linux work out for doing FT and other online games in general?

I mostly don't play online games, so I can't comment in detail...Flash Player has minor differences in the Linux version that made a few things look different for a long time. Either the Flash Player updates have improved it, or the developers of Farm Town fixed something recently, or both, now FT looks the same on my computer as it does on my wife's WindowsXP computer.

There is a Linux version of Second Life that I've looked at, but don't play.

Linux has the same advantage as Macs in terms of viruses and malware--it just isn't as attractive a target, with the smaller market penetration. Linux has an additional advantage in that anyone with programming skills who discovers a way to fix a security flaw (or any bug for that matter) can submit the fix and have it available to Linux users everywhere in a matter of days, rather than having to wait for a monolithic company headquarters-released fix.

There is also the same disadvantage Macs have, which is if a company makes a proprietary Windows-based game (or other software), it simply won't work on Linux. Beyond that, most game companies work out ways to release Mac versions of their Windows software, but not so many find it worthwhile to make Linux versions.

But there are programmers around the world writing stuff for Linux all the time, and there aren't a lot of things that don't have either a Linux version or a Linux-based competitor with similar functionality. Some web sites claim to only work on Windows and Mac computers, but work fine in Linux. But tech support lines mostly refuse to have anything to do with Linux if you have issues, like with my internet service provider.

[SueW170]

Thanks for your comments. The Big Fish story games which I would like to do haven't been programmed yet for Mac's latest OS (Snow Leopard, 10.6 and up). Other than that, there's not much I would use which isn't Mac compatible. MS Office for Mac is pretty much fully compatible and I can import and work with MS Word for PC and MS Excel for PC files with just a little adjustment of formatting features. Even that often isn't necessary. I'm not happy with the newest version of Print Shop, but that is a Print Shop issue and not a matter of Mac OS compatibility.

Originally Posted by lnthomp

I mostly don't play online games, so I can't comment in detail...Flash Player has minor differences in the Linux version that made a few things look different for a long time. Either the Flash Player updates have improved it, or the developers of Farm Town fixed something recently, or both, now FT looks the same on my computer as it does on my wife's WindowsXP computer.

There is a Linux version of Second Life that I've looked at, but don't play.

Linux has the same advantage as Macs in terms of viruses and malware--it just isn't as attractive a target, with the smaller market penetration. Linux has an additional advantage in that anyone with programming skills who discovers a way to fix a security flaw (or any bug for that matter) can submit the fix and have it available to Linux users everywhere in a matter of days, rather than having to wait for a monolithic company headquarters-released fix.

There is also the same disadvantage Macs have, which is if a company makes a proprietary Windows-based game (or other software), it simply won't work on Linux. Beyond that, most game companies work out ways to release Mac versions of their Windows software, but not so many find it worthwhile to make Linux versions.

But there are programmers around the world writing stuff for Linux all the time, and there aren't a lot of things that don't have either a Linux version or a Linux-based competitor with similar functionality. Some web sites claim to only work on Windows and Mac computers, but work fine in Linux. But tech support lines mostly refuse to have anything to do with Linux if you have issues, like with my internet service provider.

[Mayo]

Excellent I'd like to know WHY i can't work in my friends/neighbours factories? I have tried time after time, but it doesn't seem to work for me!! HELP lol

[dottyF]

Originally Posted by Mayo

Excellent I'd like to know WHY i can't work in my friends/neighbours factories? I have tried time after time, but it doesn't seem to work for me!! HELP lol

I dont think you can just go to their farms and work the facilities. I think they have to ask for help by posting it on the feed?

[lulu836]

You can go to their FB page and check if they have posted for help. I only post on my FB page but get plenty of help. I hate to paper anybody's wall with help requests for FT.

[Irish355]

I absolutely love all the new additions to farmtown and I have almost all the facilities. If I may make a couple suggestions. Would you consider making the trees that are only available through gifts, available to purchase for the higher levels? It's so irritating having millions of coins and at the top level having to beg others for fruit trees I can not purchase. And one more suggestion; would it be to much trouble to hire people crops, trees and flowers? Unless I am mistaken, I don't see that choice available. Thanks so much for the opportunity to express my views. And your team is brilliant!

[bittyboop5]

We need more levels ASAP! I hate jumping from 80 to 90 with nothing to look forward to. Other than that, FarmTown beats FarmVille any day!