New Release -- June 7th, 2010

[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.

[emptygirl77@cmcoast.net]

i hid all my animals under the trees, ssems to help with them slowing down the farm a bit!!

[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!

[Molly Mew]

Originally Posted by lulu836

Since it is painfully apparent that no amount of pleading is going to get us to the point where the animals can either be moved from one farm to another or put into the buildings I would like to know from an "official" source the real reason why. How about it devs - the least you can do is tell us the reason.

I am not nor do I think a large chunk of us are technically challenged. If the reason is too complicated for some mortals to understand I'm sure that some of us can translate it down to a simple statement.

Take up the challenge and give us an explanation. I'm throwing down the gauntlet which of you devs is going to pick it up?

No "challenge" necessary. This was already addressed in this post from 4th June:

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showpos...2&postcount=40

[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!

[CynthiaSue]

Originally Posted by Deb NZ

well the one given is that you cannot move the animals so how about moving the trees to another farm,straight after harvest of course,and seeing if that makes a difference, only the wool shed must be on the farm with the animals
Can you pack the animals into the 4 corners to spread the load and freeze them?I notice when harvesting on other's farms it is hardest beside the packed animals.

Im afraid right now I do not have the motivation to move that many trees, or even just all those are ready at the same time to another farm. Perhaps someday I will get frustrated enough to do it. I wish now I had moved the wool facility to another farm before buying my llamas and sheep. I didn't really have that many of them until I bought more because of the textile facility. I should have just sold off the few I had and moved the facility to another farm.

[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.

[lulu836]

Originally Posted by Molly Mew

No "challenge" necessary. This was already addressed in this post from 4th June:

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showpos...2&postcount=40

I don't think my question is addressed at all. Just another "no way, no how," sentence. I want to know the mechanics of why manipulating sprites presents such a problem.

[reiergraham@aol.com]

Love the upgrades since I was stuck at level 80. PRoblem though.... I need to find out how to resolve an issue with farm upgrades. I was unable to receive the final two upgrades to farm3, but did receive the addition of the $40 farm cash purchase of farm4. How can I resolve this to complete the upgrades I tried to get for farm 3?

[Double T Dude Ranch]

Originally Posted by lulu836

I don't think my question is addressed at all. Just another "no way, no how," sentence. I want to know the mechanics of why manipulating sprites presents such a problem.

Ellshere stated that at this time, it cannot be done because it is not as easy as they thought it would be. Simple as that.