New Release -- September 20th, 2011

[aughty]

Originally Posted by Dakotapainthorse

have no problem with fuel. but bread is a problem (I have increased to 2 bakeries) and it would be nice if the bakery it self was a little larger. Copper is a non-starter, greatful for all the new products, but they use a lot of copper. Cheese, sugar, and lumber are great. Thanks for all the hard work....enjoying my weekend farming.

I hide the bakery under the larger buildings and would like to keep them as is.

[jcassemjr]

Here is what I have calculated I needed to maximize my Diversification Rank by maxing out the Utilization of every facility. I have a diversification rank of 16185, which I like to continue to increase.

I have:
11 Dairy Barns
11 Wool Sheds
11 Coops
11 Dairies
11 Sugar Refineries
5 Textile Mills
4 Wineries
4 Bakeries
5 Saw Mills
2 Oast Houses
6 mineral mines
8 Open-Pit Mines
2 Pasta Mills
3 Metal Mills
2 Rubber Factories

I post my facilities 2-3 times per week, so I need all of the extra facilities to boost the production utilization back to 100%. I do get a ton of extra products that I don't need for use in the other facilities, but when Farm 11 was released, I was able to go to the market to sell all of the ingredients of which I had extra to get the coins needed to by all of the farm upgrades.

With the fertilizer and sprinkler options, I haven't had any issues with being able to grow the necessary crops to keep everything full. In fact, there is not a single crop that I do not have at least 10K of the harvest in storage.

It really is about how you want to play the game. I'm not a decorator, although, I have been able to keep the placement of the facilities nice on roads or on the top left and right outside edges of the my crop areas. So I don't mind having the duplicates across the farms in place of the houses and non-functional buildings.

[HelenJS22]

[quote=spurz;4864166]

Originally Posted by Raul

See Known Issues and Post Release Changes at the end of this post. Last changes released at Sep 25, 2:50PM EST.

Ok..since I can't find a place to post this and since the search was unhelpful, I am posting this here. Another problem with the red sprinkler is this: If I am going from farm to farm to work, and I have just watered the last farm....and I forget that I still have the red sprinkler in use....when I go to the next UNPLANTED farm, the minute I click in the farm, of course I water the farm. So then after I plant the farm....I am unable to rewater it for another 19 hours and that crop doubling is lost to me. I personally spend a lot of money on this game, and that sprinkler should not be a liability to me in any way. And yet..it is quite often a liability. There is no reason that this sprinkler should not water the WHOLE FARM for 19 hours and work the same way the manure spreader works. That way if I forget that I am carrying it from farm to farm, and I sprinkle the next farm inadvertently, it will not be a problem. Thank you for listening.

You're not alone there. I've done that once or twice and kicked myself thoroughly for it. I try to remember to click it off before changing farms, but sometimes I'm in a hurry and forget to.

Agreed, a set up the same as the manure spreader would work really well.

[aughty]

[quote=HelenJS22;4866134]

Originally Posted by spurz

You're not alone there. I've done that once or twice and kicked myself thoroughly for it. I try to remember to click it off before changing farms, but sometimes I'm in a hurry and forget to.

Agreed, a set up the same as the manure spreader would work really well.

I agree too. The manure and water sprinkling should be used as equals, in fact it would be better if you combine the two. This will save us all some time with these steps.

[CSLewis]

Thanks for increasing so many of the products. I was able to go through my farms and get rid of half my multiple facilities like the textile, sawmill, metal mill, and rubber factories. I still need 2 of each but that is better then 4 or 5. I do think a few things were missed.

Sugar was increased but not nearly enough. Sugar is the ONLY item I ever run out of. I would love to see a sugar refinery like the flour one that is FC that produces as much sugar as the wheat production. Before the upgrade on the Stone Windmill I ran out of flour constantly, now I have over 53,000 in storage.

Prosciutto - This needs to be increased. I have 2 smokehouses and still it isn't enough. I always post for help with the Italian sandwich and sometimes I get enough, sometimes not, especially if I need other items.

Air Freshener Factory - We were told the potpourri would be taken out of one and replaced with the car air freshener. But it wasn't. The potpourri and scented candles are used in 2 service facilities but the reed diffuser and incense sticks are not used in anything. A little better balance would be nice. An increase would be nice too. I was going to get another to help stock up but it is a FC facility and last update I spent 177 FC so can NOT spend more.

I have all the factories. I wrote them down as I filled them last time. There are still currently 20 factories that do not have a fill all button. Figuring on the past, there will be 3 more tools needed to have a fill all button on all of them. That will be another 105 FC. Then we have to worry as new factories are added whether those will be included or not. Then if we get a start all button at the top then that will be another 45 FC. I understand the need to make money, to pay bills, etc. But to milk those people who PUT you in business is BAD BUSINESS. And yes I understand I don't have to buy everything yadda yadda yadda, but as many have said to get the full playability and enjoyment out of the game you need those things that cost a fortune.

Lastly, I agree with the several posts I have seen with being able to mark off certain products from being filled with the fill all button. I have multiples of the dairy, soda, and bakery to keep up with what is needed with cheese, bread, and farmade. So to utilize the fill all button I paid for I end up filling things I don't need.

I love this game and will continue playing, I just wish we weren't being nickel and dimed to death and that when a new factory is introduced someone would take the time and do some basic math to make sure what is needed/produced is logical with existing factories or make the changes so that it adds up correctly.

[Sandy Mae]

I really like all of the new changes that we have received. But being me and being VERY dyslexic with numbers most of what is on you lists do not help me in trying to figure out what is needed to make certain things.I have resorted to having mines on all farms. And I guess I will need more fishing areas on all farms too. Still having trouble because we need a ton of trees. Is there some way we can use the red sprinkler on the trees that get chopped so we can get double with them. I am now getting used to the new growing times for all the crops. I just have too many trees!! I know more complaining. On the whole I am very happy with my farms!!!! Thanks to the devs. !!!!

[servocrow]

Thanks for increase in items; I hadn't worked my facilities in a few days and just noticed.

[sylvialmartel]

can anyone tell me if there is a document with the trees in it needed now, the height and harvest time, as i would really like to get my trees in order, and i haven't been able to locate anything on it. thanks in advance for any help with this .

yes i agree with others, we need way to many trees to produce the amount of products, and to have to wait for days to harvest them, the sprinkler should also work on them as well.

I would love to have a decorative farm, but to keep up, there is no room, for pretty, so my farms are all workable farms

last but not least...i would love to have a rainbow (real looking) to add to my farm, would be a nice addition to a sprinkled farm

thanks for all that you all do, you are the greatest.

[Taz D]

Originally Posted by sylvialmartel

can anyone tell me if there is a document with the trees in it needed now, the height and harvest time, as i would really like to get my trees in order, and i haven't been able to locate anything on it. thanks in advance for any help with this .

yes i agree with others, we need way to many trees to produce the amount of products, and to have to wait for days to harvest them, the sprinkler should also work on them as well.

I would love to have a decorative farm, but to keep up, there is no room, for pretty, so my farms are all workable farms

last but not least...i would love to have a rainbow (real looking) to add to my farm, would be a nice addition to a sprinkled farm

thanks for all that you all do, you are the greatest.

There is a list for tree heights, but doesn't list the harvest times on them. That list is here:
http://www.slashkey.com/forum/showth...ht=tree+height

[HelenJS22]

Originally Posted by sylvialmartel

can anyone tell me if there is a document with the trees in it needed now, the height and harvest time, as i would really like to get my trees in order, and i haven't been able to locate anything on it. thanks in advance for any help with this .

yes i agree with others, we need way to many trees to produce the amount of products, and to have to wait for days to harvest them, the sprinkler should also work on them as well.

I would love to have a decorative farm, but to keep up, there is no room, for pretty, so my farms are all workable farms

last but not least...i would love to have a rainbow (real looking) to add to my farm, would be a nice addition to a sprinkled farm

thanks for all that you all do, you are the greatest.

I have a little bit of an orchard on Molly's Farm 10. When I made it I laid out one of each tree that we use, and put them in height order so that I could place them in a way that I liked. It's not packed tight with trees because I like 'pretty' but that was the way I decided on height and size of trees. It won't get me a gazillion trees for my facilities, but I love my orchard.