Discussions about Tools

[JAS0643]

Clogger, that's an excellent idea, thanks for that ;)


How many trucks do you have? If it is just one then it is better to buy a new truck but if you have more then one truck then the ordering station will cut the time in half for all trucks. If you have 2 trucks the ordering station cuts the time in half on both trucks, so it doubles what you get out of each truck in a 7 day period in a way turning 2 trucks into 4 trucks.

[peekachoo]

Oooh Jas, that really hurt my brain reading that,lol.

Well, thanks to Clogger, I now have 2 trucks. I'll probably get an ordering station next time I decide to fork out some real money ... thanks for explaining the maths for me though.

[Grumpa]

Oooh Jas, that really hurt my brain reading that,lol.

Well, thanks to Clogger, I now have 2 trucks. I'll probably get an ordering station next time I decide to fork out some real money ... thanks for explaining the maths for me though.

doesn't the ordering station also speed up the delivery time of the trucks?

[Taz D]

doesn't the ordering station also speed up the delivery time of the trucks?
The way you are getting double from a truck is that the time is cut in half for delivery.

[HelenJS22]

Oooh Jas, that really hurt my brain reading that,lol.

Well, thanks to Clogger, I now have 2 trucks. I'll probably get an ordering station next time I decide to fork out some real money ... thanks for explaining the maths for me though.

Such a shame that all of this won't fix your UK roads though :D

[caligirl62]

Hi there is a item in the store under the tools called the "ordering station with trailer"

this will double the production of the semi trailer truck.

you only need 1 and it will work on all trucks.

you can add it to storage or have it sit behind one of your semi trailer trucks to make it look like a double :)

do any of these new tools have to b on a farm?

[StoneFace]

do any of these new tools have to b on a farm?

The semi-truck has to be on a farm. You can have one on each farm that will produce.

The Ordering Station can be either on a farm or in storage.... and it will work from either place for any and all trucks you may have (one per farm)

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[caligirl62]

The semi-truck has to be on a farm. You can have one on each farm that will produce.

The Ordering Station can be either on a farm or in storage.... and it will work from either place for any and all trucks you may have (one per farm)

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what about the rest of these kinds of tools? belt dryer, bottling machine etc...

[al_bundy]

what about the rest of these kinds of tools?

Hi

all the tools can either be in your storage or on a farm

with the exception of the plowing/harvesting tools they need to be in storage.

[peekachoo]

Such a shame that all of this won't fix your UK roads though :D


Lol, Helen it does make for exciting driving though, as you swerve around potholes in the road that formed last year after only 2" of snow . Sometimes it's like being on a motorcross rally for wimps :D

[peekachoo]

Sorry for digressing !

The second trailer is working well for what I need, so thanks for all the tips folks.

[Vaunda]

I keep buying tools to use the start all then you turn around and I can't use those tools for facilities I bought tools for. I am not buying any more things to use in my facilities. This is unfair.
We are told if we buy these we can use the start all not expecting you to add more we have to buy to do the things we already bought tools to use.:mad:

[JAS0643]

I keep buying tools to use the start all then you turn around and I can't use those tools for facilities I bought tools for. I am not buying any more things to use in my facilities. This is unfair.
We are told if we buy these we can use the start all not expecting you to add more we have to buy to do the things we already bought tools to use.:mad:

I am not sure what you are talking about all the start all tools work the same now as they did when they where released there is nothing you need to buy now to keep them working.

[katrina719]

If you don't place the tool in your storage it will only work the items on the farm it sits on. Mine works like a charm!

[dornon77]

My problem has nothing to do with tools. When farmtown went down on myspace the last time it took alot of my neighbors off my neighbors tool bar and i would like them back. Because i visit my neighbors and water their flowers and just like to know when they are on so i can chat with them. Myspace/slashkey/farmtown i don't care who is at fault i just want to know how i can fix my problem. I want all my neighbors back that have gone missing. I checked and they are all still all my neighbors. Please help me to get them back. Thanks, dornon77

[tnbskts]

It'd be nice if the red manure spreader gave a warning/error message on farms without plots and didn't let you go ahead if you clicked it by mistake. I've just accidentally fertilised a farm that only has trees and flowers, which means 50 units of manure have been wasted.

[Aussie Rae]

It'd be nice if the red manure spreader gave a warning/error message on farms without plots and didn't let you go ahead if you clicked it by mistake. I've just accidentally fertilised a farm that only has trees and flowers, which means 50 units of manure have been wasted.

you need to get the orange manure spreader, then your trees and flowers will be fertilised, lol:)

[Aussie Rae]

It'd be nice if the red manure spreader gave a warning/error message on farms without plots and didn't let you go ahead if you clicked it by mistake. I've just accidentally fertilised a farm that only has trees and flowers, which means 50 units of manure have been wasted.

you need to get the orange manure spreader, then your trees and flowers will be fertilised, as well, lol:)

[slartismum]

Before I do the wrong thing, can I click on the spreader to put it into storage or will it fertilize the farm I am on?

[Taz D]

Before I do the wrong thing, can I click on the spreader to put it into storage or will it fertilize the farm I am on?
Yes you can click on it. The only thing that will happen is a pop-up menu in which you click on add to storage.

[slartismum]

Thank you for that, Taz. I have already fertilized one field by mistake, which was already done. Didn't want to do it again - lol.

[Taz D]

Thank you for that, Taz. I have already fertilized one field by mistake, which was already done. Didn't want to do it again - lol.
If the field is fertilized already then it won't fertilize again.

[tlsweetness]

I am really disappointed in this tool. I thought this was to help out those of us who could not afford the farm cash tool, but less. It will not harvest what it says. I have had this tool for 3 months now and thought it was just me, but now I find out it isn't. It won't highlight right and it misses trees, a lot!. I so love this game. It is why I came to facebook, which I have posted in other threads. I can't believe this is on purpose. I am so hoping that this is just a problem that needs fixed. I really do love this game. I hate complaining about it.

[al_bundy]

I am really disappointed in this tool. I thought this was to help out those of us who could not afford the farm cash tool, but less. It will not harvest what it says. I have had this tool for 3 months now and thought it was just me, but now I find out it isn't. It won't highlight right and it misses trees, a lot!. I so love this game. It is why I came to facebook, which I have posted in other threads. I can't believe this is on purpose. I am so hoping that this is just a problem that needs fixed. I really do love this game. I hate complaining about it.

Hi for the tree shaker to grab all trees (within its limit) the trees need to be grouped together.

it also cannot be used on others farms. :)

[katrina719]

Try to use it in a "right to left" action. perhaps it will be better for you too.

[slartismum]

Cannot fertilise if already done? Didn't realise that. Now I can click away without wasting any. Thanks for the update.

[slartismum]

Tried fertilizing even though the plants were fertilized to see if it worked. It still fertilized the farm (not that it mattered as there was plenty of manure).
Is there a way that the fertilized crops could be highlighted separately from the farm?

[Tiger]

Tried fertilizing even though the plants were fertilized to see if it worked. It still fertilized the farm (not that it mattered as there was plenty of manure).
Is there a way that the fertilized crops could be highlighted separately from the farm?

Hello,

Hover over your crops and when you see (F) it means it is fertilised.

Another way to tell is to turn on an option in your game settings "Highlight fertilised crops/trees" which puts a white glow around everything fertilised.

Using the extended tool box is also a quick way to check how much fertilisation time is left on a farm. Just open it on each farm and hover your mouse over the manure spreader without clicking on it, the remaining time will be shown. Make sure you do this on every farm as the times may vary according to when you last fertilised.

Any crop that is still growing when you fertilise will remain fertilised until it has been harvested/chopped. So if you planted a 3day crop on just before the fertilisation ran out, even though the fertilisation has run out on the farm, the crop will stay fertilised until it is harvested.

Fertilisation does not work on anything that is ready to be harvested/chopped. The easiest way to make sure your farm stays fertilised is to check the manure spreader in the extended tool box as explained earlier.

[slartismum]

Thank you for the info. You mods are awesome!

[Tuckertbnc]

Hi , My sister is at level 27 - 1 farm ... and has none of the Farmcash tools ... If I buy and send to her > the harvest/plow tool so that she can use it on her own and neighbors farms .... can she use it ???

Since 'I' had to buy the '1st' farm cash tools 'before' I was able to buy the multiple use tool ... I wanted to ask before I bought it for her farm??

[Tiger]

Hi , My sister is at level 27 - 1 farm ... and has none of the Farmcash tools ... If I buy and send to her > the harvest/plow tool so that she can use it on her own and neighbors farms .... can she use it ???

Since 'I' had to buy the '1st' farm cash tools 'before' I was able to buy the multiple use tool ... I wanted to ask before I bought it for her farm??

Hi there,

No she won't be able to use it without first owning the smaller FC tools.

The way to look at it is the 4x4 tools are the the actual tools, the bigger tools 5x5 and upwards are all upgrades to those tools, which is why they are cheaper than the original 4x4.

So for her to be able to use the Harvest/Plow combine, she would 1st need to own...
4x4 plow
4x4 harvest
5x5 plow
5x5 harvest
once you own those you can then buy the Harvest/Plow Combine.

To be able to use the other combine, which again is an upgrade, she would also need to own the 4x4 and 5x5 seeders.

[JAS0643]

Hi , My sister is at level 27 - 1 farm ... and has none of the Farmcash tools ... If I buy and send to her > the harvest/plow tool so that she can use it on her own and neighbors farms .... can she use it ???

Since 'I' had to buy the '1st' farm cash tools 'before' I was able to buy the multiple use tool ... I wanted to ask before I bought it for her farm??

If one fc tool is required to buy another fc tool you can not send the bigger tool if they do not own the smaller one.

[slartismum]

You can send the 4x4 harvest tool separately and then the 4x4 plow tool to your sister (or the other way round). These can be used on other farms.

[Robin55]

I don't think it's fair that we can't cash in some of our coins for cash to buy facilities and such or that the facilities aren't available in coins. I have over 9,000,000 in coins but can't buy a lot of things because I don't have the cash and I'm not going to pay actual money to get cash. I think this should be changed.

[Taz D]

I don't think it's fair that we can't cash in some of our coins for cash to buy facilities and such or that the facilities aren't available in coins. I have over 9,000,000 in coins but can't buy a lot of things because I don't have the cash and I'm not going to pay actual money to get cash. I think this should be changed.
If this was to happen then no one would buy Farm Cash, which would mean that Slashkey would have very little income to keep the servers running or feed, clothe, and house their families. No income means the game dies and goes away. Is that really what you want then?
It is your option to not buy Farm Cash, but to make it easy to get Farm Cash by exchanging coins for it is not the answer.

[Robin55]

If this was to happen then no one would buy Farm Cash, which would mean that Slashkey would have very little income to keep the servers running or feed, clothe, and house their families. No income means the game dies and goes away. Is that really what you want then?
It is your option to not buy Farm Cash, but to make it easy to get Farm Cash by exchanging coins for it is not the answer.

I totally get that they are trying to make money and support themselves and their families. I'm just thinking that for every million coins I make, maybe they could give me 1 cash buck. I don't think that would be unreasonable, but that's just me.

[StoneFace]

I totally get that they are trying to make money and support themselves and their families. I'm just thinking that for every million coins I make, maybe they could give me 1 cash buck. I don't think that would be unreasonable, but that's just me.

that would be great for me....

with 8 billion coins... that would be $8,000 Farm Cash... heheheh

[DancingRaven]

The first Manure Spreader is Orange $40, the second is Red $50 (Green money not coins) Regretfully they both essentially do the same thing and then you still should buy the top irrigation system. There is no way around it if you want to spread the manure you have to purchase the orange manure spreader. I am tired of purchaseing a tool that is all encompassing then FT/Slaskkey Developers make another that cancels out the first purchase. In this case Orange Manure Spreader MUST be purchased before you can purchase the Red. You will most likely never use the orange one again, I don't and have not. Go see if you can purchase a used one in the market place. The irrigation (orange) system speeds the entire process up. But first you have buy the first irrigation system and advance just like the manure tools above. I do not condone this type of marketing I think it is bad business. But if you want the extra product and the convenience you MUST pay the price or earn more money through working. Otherwise you will spend 20 hours a day working your okoele off. I've put in 1000's of hours to make millions then billions and they keep coming out with more tools. I can't afford the constant demand so I do a lot of work or hire someone from the market to do it for me they cannot spread manure. Good luck. For what it is worth I really like the Manure System it makes the fruit easier to see and you get extra harvests.

[Taz D]

The first Manure Spreader is Orange $40, the second is Red $50 (Green money not coins) Regretfully they both essentially do the same thing and then you still should buy the top irrigation system. There is no way around it if you want to spread the manure you have to purchase the orange manure spreader. I am tired of purchaseing a tool that is all encompassing then FT/Slaskkey Developers make another that cancels out the first purchase. In this case Orange Manure Spreader MUST be purchased before you can purchase the Red. You will most likely never use the orange one again, I don't and have not. Go see if you can purchase a used one in the market place. The irrigation (orange) system speeds the entire process up. But first you have buy the first irrigation system and advance just like the manure tools above. I do not condone this type of marketing I think it is bad business. But if you want the extra product and the convenience you MUST pay the price or earn more money through working. Otherwise you will spend 20 hours a day working your okoele off. I've put in 1000's of hours to make millions then billions and they keep coming out with more tools. I can't afford the constant demand so I do a lot of work or hire someone from the market to do it for me they cannot spread manure. Good luck. For what it is worth I really like the Manure System it makes the fruit easier to see and you get extra harvests.
You cannot buy used tools in the market.

[tlg7345]

I don't have that many pigs and it rough trying to get my neibor to send me some gifts. So I am stuck waiting and waiting for 4 pigs to produce.

[Taz D]

I don't have that many pigs and it rough trying to get my neibor to send me some gifts. So I am stuck waiting and waiting for 4 pigs to produce.
Sounds like you need some more neighbors.

[Charo]

I am really disappointed in this tool. I thought this was to help out those of us who could not afford the farm cash tool, but less. It will not harvest what it says. I have had this tool for 3 months now and thought it was just me, but now I find out it isn't. It won't highlight right and it misses trees, a lot!. I so love this game. It is why I came to facebook, which I have posted in other threads. I can't believe this is on purpose. I am so hoping that this is just a problem that needs fixed. I really do love this game. I hate complaining about it.

The coin shaker needs trees to be close together to use them, and no larger than a 3x3 square, or one farm tile.

Not much better with the yellow shaker, either. It's 8x4, and you have to move the mouse just right to highlight, though most times it is fairly easy. Any tree tool, you have to highlight just right and you'll eventually figure out the sweet spot to get the maximum amount in one click.

[jeannieb]

When u use farm cash to purchase an item for someone and they have already purchased the same item why does it not tell you this info? I could have purchased the same item for myself instead of wasting the 15.00

[4 x 4]

As I level up to where I want to hold my own in the wider Farm Town world of the Market Place I am facing the decision of whether to buy a pair of 4x4's to work on other farmers' crops.

But $45 for a Harvester and $30 for a Plow? Who decided these figures were fair? It's a social netwroking game for goodness sake!

Am I not seeing something here? What do people think - ripoff or not?

[Winny]

My water sprinkler is no longer working on my neighbors farms, what's happened?

[Taz D]

My water sprinkler is no longer working on my neighbors farms, what's happened?
They split the Brown from the Red & Orange one. So now you have to make sure you grab the brown one when you go to water someone elses flowers. This was in the new release tonight.

[4 x 4]

I applaude the idea that the Plow is solar powered, but the Harvester and Seeder and other machinery are fossil fuel powered. This of course gives a dimension to the game where we can exhange gifts, sell fuel and to a point limits how long we can play on for.

But there are Wind Turbines, Wind Pumps and Solar Panels which are just ornaments on Farm Town. Surely they could be used as an alternate renewable fuel source equally viable and usable as the fuel is in the game?

I think its an exciting idea - what do others think? :)

[thonotosassa49]

Naw. Have to keep good diesel power. :)

[caligirl62]

nothing wrong with any of that 4 X4!! should b an option...

[caligirl62]

As I level up to where I want to hold my own in the wider Farm Town world of the Market Place I am facing the decision of whether to buy a pair of 4x4's to work on other farmers' crops.

But $45 for a Harvester and $30 for a Plow? Who decided these figures were fair? It's a social netwroking game for goodness sake!

Am I not seeing something here? What do people think - ripoff or not?

quite expensive for every thing...including the latest farm enlargement for 1-4!! 10bil!! for each one?! how the heck do they think we can get that far?!

[caligirl62]

Hi there,

No she won't be able to use it without first owning the smaller FC tools.

The way to look at it is the 4x4 tools are the the actual tools, the bigger tools 5x5 and upwards are all upgrades to those tools, which is why they are cheaper than the original 4x4.

So for her to be able to use the Harvest/Plow combine, she would 1st need to own...
4x4 plow
4x4 harvest
5x5 plow
5x5 harvest
once you own those you can then buy the Harvest/Plow Combine.

To be able to use the other combine, which again is an upgrade, she would also need to own the 4x4 and 5x5 seeders.

does this not also have to do with her needing to b at higher levels...and maybe possibly more neighbors? or not the neighbors part?

[Docperk]

It has been a while since anyone posted in here hopefully I can still get an answer. I currently have the red sprinkler and thinking about buying the orange one. My question is, if I have used my red sprinkler on my fields will I have to wait the 20 hours before I can use the orange one to do my trees?

thanks

[lilmoondancer]

the orange sprinkler waters crops flowers and trees at the same time

[swd]

If you could buy only one, which would you buy.

How much can you order with the semi and how long is the delivery time?

[Taz D]

If you could buy only one, which would you buy.

How much can you order with the semi and how long is the delivery time?
You can order up to 7 days worth and the delivery time per batch is 1 hour. I would buy the truck as you can get more products that way than you can normally get from gifts.

[swd]

Thank you, that is what I have been thinking

[Grammy 11]

Hi! I would pay real dollars for a tool that would tell me when I have enough of an item to max out my facilities without having to check my storage AND keep track of how many of each item I need to max all facilities. For instance, how many more trees must I chop? How many tomatoes do I need? I know how many I have of everything, now I would love to move my mouse over a crop or a tree and see how many more I need before I load my facilities. A real luxury, I know, but if the devs can do it, I would buy it! Happy farming!

[rjohn726]

Hi! I would pay real dollars for a tool that would tell me when I have enough of an item to max out my facilities without having to check my storage AND keep track of how many of each item I need to max all facilities. For instance, how many more trees must I chop? How many tomatoes do I need? I know how many I have of everything, now I would love to move my mouse over a crop or a tree and see how many more I need before I load my facilities. A real luxury, I know, but if the devs can do it, I would buy it! Happy farming!
I prefer an Excel spreadsheet for that analysis and do it myself, just enter the data after things are done by the date it's done and compare the results of that.

[Grammy 11]

I prefer an Excel spreadsheet for that analysis and do it myself, just enter the data after things are done by the date it's done and compare the results of that.

Good idea, but I have reached the point where I don't seem able to learn new things like that, so I offer to pay for them. I can barely link my farm. But, again, thanks for the idea. Maybe one day one of my grandchildren will offer to set up such a thing for me. (If I can figure out how to describe it.)

[caligirl62]

they just need to stop 'improving things' when all is well!!

[artisanrox]

As I level up to where I want to hold my own in the wider Farm Town world of the Market Place I am facing the decision of whether to buy a pair of 4x4's to work on other farmers' crops.

But $45 for a Harvester and $30 for a Plow? Who decided these figures were fair? It's a social netwroking game for goodness sake!

Am I not seeing something here? What do people think - ripoff or not?

Not a ripoff. The tools are simply things that make you play the game less, in a way, and not more.

Don't play just to keep up with the Jonses. You're going to be disappointed. There will ALWAYS be someone with more expendable cash/tools/crops/coins than you.

I haven't bought any tools because I hate working on others' farms. Oh, wait, I have the boat, but I STILL never work on others farms to even use it much. Instead, I've invested in facilities and I'm pretty self-sufficient with crops and work, and I'm not subject to the whims of an employer (oh if only that was real life!).

Something can happen in real life where you won't be able to play, and then you're "behind" again.

But hey, if you want to play the game just to keep up, knock yourself out, but you're going to regret all that money you plopped into it.

Yes this is a "social networking game" but the beauty of this game is that you are not SO depenedent on others that you will NEVER be able to get anywhere at all of you don't have a thousand neighbors. It's truly a game to play the way YOU want to play it. And therefore, you take the responsibility of what you put into it financially.

[Grammy 11]

Not a ripoff. The tools are simply things that make you play the game less, in a way, and not more.

Don't play just to keep up with the Jonses. You're going to be disappointed. There will ALWAYS be someone with more expendable cash/tools/crops/coins than you.

I haven't bought any tools because I hate working on others' farms. Oh, wait, I have the boat, but I STILL never work on others farms to even use it much. Instead, I've invested in facilities and I'm pretty self-sufficient with crops and work, and I'm not subject to the whims of an employer (oh if only that was real life!).

Something can happen in real life where you won't be able to play, and then you're "behind" again.

But hey, if you want to play the game just to keep up, knock yourself out, but you're going to regret all that money you plopped into it.

Yes this is a "social networking game" but the beauty of this game is that you are not SO depenedent on others that you will NEVER be able to get anywhere at all of you don't have a thousand neighbors. It's truly a game to play the way YOU want to play it. And therefore, you take the responsibility of what you put into it financially.

I agree. At first I kept up with the game fine with no tools. As I gained more farms and more facilities, I had to make a decision - time or $$..... I decided the tools are worth it to keep my repetitive clicking (and frequent lockups) to a minimum. One opinion, hope it helps. Happy farming!

[Majik Merlin]

I'm glad I finally got most of the tools and 'aids'. Took awhile, just added one here and there. Each one made such a big difference. I still need to get a few, but eventually will most likely add them. Coming up with the FC has been a real challenge.

I rarely work anyone else's farms-never had time - and was getting frustrated because I couldn't get anyone at market to help on mine. It was taking so much of my time just working my own that I was no longer getting any enjoyment out of it. It was beginning to feel like 'work' instead of fun.

Now I can spend less time with the maintenance and growing of crops and more time with the 'creativity' when I want w/o the worry of having crops fail or having enough product.

[caligirl62]

not a ripoff. The tools are simply things that make you play the game less, in a way, and not more.

Don't play just to keep up with the jonses. You're going to be disappointed. There will always be someone with more expendable cash/tools/crops/coins than you.

I haven't bought any tools because i hate working on others' farms. Oh, wait, i have the boat, but i still never work on others farms to even use it much. Instead, i've invested in facilities and i'm pretty self-sufficient with crops and work, and i'm not subject to the whims of an employer (oh if only that was real life!).

Something can happen in real life where you won't be able to play, and then you're "behind" again.



But hey, if you want to play the game just to keep up, knock yourself out, but you're going to regret all that money you plopped into it.

Yes this is a "social networking game" but the beauty of this game is that you are not so depenedent on others that you will never be able to get anywhere at all of you don't have a thousand neighbors. It's truly a game to play the way you want to play it. And therefore, you take the responsibility of what you put into it financially.

very well typed!!

[SailorCallie]

I'd rather perfer having to purchase Farm Cash-related items using my hard earned Farm Coins instead of having to spend my real life cash purchasing Farm Cash. But, the folks at Slashkey need their money, and the using of Farm Cash helps.

Besides, if I haven't done that, I wouldn't have purchased the Manure Spreader for my farms.

[evemarie]

Good idea, but I have reached the point where I don't seem able to learn new things like that, so I offer to pay for them. I can barely link my farm. But, again, thanks for the idea. Maybe one day one of my grandchildren will offer to set up such a thing for me. (If I can figure out how to describe it.)

LOL! my daughter is a spread sheet queen. she showed me the basics - and then laughs at me because i, too, have a farmtown spreadsheet!

[jmn120176]

quite expensive for every thing...including the latest farm enlargement for 1-4!! 10bil!! for each one?! how the heck do they think we can get that far?!

If they made everything easy to achieve, the game's longevity would suffer. I'm glad the prices are high-- gives me something to shoot for and another reason to keep playing.

[barbara nixon]

i don't consider it a ripoff having to spend real money on my game..i could spend way more going to the movies and all i will have to show for it is a flat soda and unpopped corn kernels..so being this is my only source of entertainment as i'm retired...i have everything and will continue to get the new as it comes out...i look forward to it..i stash my coin just to get the new farm when it is released..i consider it a challenge..it is all in the way u manage ur farms..i don't want it to be too easy as i would get bored real quick...devs,...keep up the good work..love this game..

[BamaNana]

Do any of you have the loading tools...belt dryer, express checkout, bottling machine, etc? I'm considering buying them, but the total for all adds up to be quite pricey! And it seems (to me) that without all of them, I'd still have to spend quite a bit of time loading my facilities. That's the one thing I dislike the most...takes quite a bit of time when I'd rather be doing something else. I added it up and to get all the loading tools would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 of honest-to-goodness cash dollars. :eek: Soooo...if you own them, do your think it's worth the RL investment?

[blue nile]

Do any of you have the loading tools...belt dryer, express checkout, bottling machine, etc? I'm considering buying them, but the total for all adds up to be quite pricey! And it seems (to me) that without all of them, I'd still have to spend quite a bit of time loading my facilities. That's the one thing I dislike the most...takes quite a bit of time when I'd rather be doing something else. I added it up and to get all the loading tools would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 of honest-to-goodness cash dollars. :eek: Soooo...if you own them, do your think it's worth the RL investment?

Hi! Yes I have them all and I really wouldn't be without them! They save me a lot of time and i actually like loading them now! You just have to make sure you have plenty of stock! I got them gradually as they came out and eventually had to have them all!!

[BamaNana]

Thanks, blue nile! I don't have the patience to get them gradually, since they're all available now. :) I'm thinking I might bite the bullet and spend even more money on this game! Shhh...don't tell my husband!

[Daisy Mariposa]

I own them all and I also couldn't do without them. I did buy them gradually. They are a huge time-saver.

[caligirl62]

Do any of you have the loading tools...belt dryer, express checkout, bottling machine, etc? I'm considering buying them, but the total for all adds up to be quite pricey! And it seems (to me) that without all of them, I'd still have to spend quite a bit of time loading my facilities. That's the one thing I dislike the most...takes quite a bit of time when I'd rather be doing something else. I added it up and to get all the loading tools would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 of honest-to-goodness cash dollars. :eek: Soooo...if you own them, do your think it's worth the RL investment?

i too own them...and yes it is well worth the money!! :D

[rjohn726]

Do any of you have the loading tools...belt dryer, express checkout, bottling machine, etc? I'm considering buying them, but the total for all adds up to be quite pricey! And it seems (to me) that without all of them, I'd still have to spend quite a bit of time loading my facilities. That's the one thing I dislike the most...takes quite a bit of time when I'd rather be doing something else. I added it up and to get all the loading tools would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 of honest-to-goodness cash dollars. :eek: Soooo...if you own them, do your think it's worth the RL investment?
I got them all slowly over time and yes as 'time' for me is important in playing Farm Town and the reduction in time that those tools gave me, I can spend more time to do other things, at this time now in playing this game those tools have been a great investment for me. I didn't get them all at the same time but over months, over-all I spend $40 bucks here and there maybe a bit more than others, but I also am retired and need something to do and Farm Town is for me that something.

[*Country Girl]

I too have all the tools and I think it is definitely worth it. I would spend more than that per year on interactive computer games that I would play once and then put on a shelf in the closet never to play again. Plus I don't mind paying some real money for fake money because it helps pay for the developers to keep the game interesting with new things being added. I also think it is worth getting them because too much clicking will hurt your arms, neck and shoulder. Yep, been there done that!! LOL. So anything that helps with less clicking is definitely worth the real money spent !]

[HelenJS22]

Do any of you have the loading tools...belt dryer, express checkout, bottling machine, etc? I'm considering buying them, but the total for all adds up to be quite pricey! And it seems (to me) that without all of them, I'd still have to spend quite a bit of time loading my facilities. That's the one thing I dislike the most...takes quite a bit of time when I'd rather be doing something else. I added it up and to get all the loading tools would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 of honest-to-goodness cash dollars. :eek: Soooo...if you own them, do your think it's worth the RL investment?

I actually have two sets of farms and on one I have all of the loading tools. The second farm set has no loading tools, and I surely notice the difference when I go to load the facilities on that second farm.

To me they are well worth their farm cash.

[BamaNana]

Thanks to you all for your input! I still haven't gotten to the "jumping off" spot where I'm ready to spend the cash, but I know myself pretty well. Sooner or later, I'll have those tools! :D

[HelenJS22]

Thanks to you all for your input! I still haven't gotten to the "jumping off" spot where I'm ready to spend the cash, but I know myself pretty well. Sooner or later, I'll have those tools! :D

So your next stop will be to the Farm Town Addicts Anonymous thread to join the rest of us addicts ?? :D

[BamaNana]

So your next stop will be to the Farm Town Addicts Anonymous thread to join the rest of us addicts ??

I'll have you know I can quit anytime I want to. :D :D :D

[HelenJS22]

I'll have you know I can quit anytime I want to. :D :D :D

Sounds like you'll fit right in on the addict's thread ;)

[Taz D]

I'll have you know I can quit anytime I want to. :D :D :D
We have reserved you a spot at the next meeting of the FTAA...:D

[BamaNana]

We have reserved you a spot at the next meeting of the FTAA...

Okay, okay, my name is Lulu and I am a FT addict. I bought the tools. :D :D

[HelenJS22]

Okay, okay, my name is Lulu and I am a FT addict. I bought the tools. :D :D

Hahahahaha - Welcome to the gang :D

[susiera]

I am a FT addict when is the meeting?

[BamaNana]

Thanks. :D

[barbara nixon]

i too have all the tools..i got them as they came out as i could afford them..i spend certain amount each mo when i get sss so i don't have a big amt. coming out at once.. like now i'm waiting for my ss for march to finish getting the last 2 factorys..they cut loading time but i have found u can run out of goods fast if u don't pay attention..i still leave some factorys unchecked for the all tab so i can manage them better and still have goods for others..the 1 thing i would like to see is the option to check 10,30 or all so i wouldn't have to leave them all unchecked..

[DancingRaven]

If I had the discretionary money initially I would have bought them as it would save me hours of time. Unfortunately, I don't have that luxury so I must do most of it by hand. I do harbor some resentment over the fact that when I started buying the "facility tools" they were described as all encompassing. But, then they started adding more and more to the point of no return and it is totally way too time consuming. BUT due to principal, I refuse to purchase anymore of anything until certain things are fixed. There are many buggy tools and until they take the bugs out of the tools I will not purchase anymore tools. Finally, after a year of fighting it they got the chain saw working properly just recently. I am tired of being charged for everything and anything. At some point it is "just too much". I truly wish they would do something with the Avatar and boundaries as it is counter-productive with it always in the way!

[Taz D]

If I had the discretionary money initially I would have bought them as it would save me hours of time. Unfortunately, I don't have that luxury so I must do most of it by hand. I do harbor some resentment over the fact that when I started buying the "facility tools" they were described as all encompassing. But, then they started adding more and more to the point of no return and it is totally way too time consuming. BUT due to principal, I refuse to purchase anymore of anything until certain things are fixed. There are many buggy tools and until they take the bugs out of the tools I will not purchase anymore tools. Finally, after a year of fighting it they got the chain saw working properly just recently. I am tired of being charged for everything and anything. At some point it is "just too much". I truly wish they would do something with the Avatar and boundaries as it is counter-productive with it always in the way!
When did they release a fix for the chainsaw? Mine has been working fine since the day they released it.

[HelenJS22]

When did they release a fix for the chainsaw? Mine has been working fine since the day they released it.

I was having the same thoughts. Initially there was a rumour going around :eek: including from my neighbours that the chainsaw would only work if you planted your trees in little regimental blocks of 8, but I soon found that not to be true, and my chainsaw has worked like a dream from the moment I bought it.

[blue nile]

I just timed myself and it took me 6 minutes to load all my facilities and service facilities(i have a good few) using the loading tools!! It used to take me up to an hour i'm sure so yes i don't regret buying them!! In fact i love all my tools :D

[rjohn726]

Time is important in playing this as well as any game

[barbara nixon]

i have 1 sty and 130 pigs..never run out...

[supertrucker]

a while back, i crunched some numbers on the combine harvest-plow-plant tool... the tool itself cost $45 FC, which sounds pretty good, right? until you spend the other $180 or so in FC to get the tools that this one tool requires... given that many tools are 'upgrades', why can't they be cheaper than the tools they are rendering redundant? an alternative would be a lower price if the buyer 'traded in' whichever tools the upgrade would replace, with the caveat being that if you want to keep all your tools, you'll pay full price for the upgrades -- does this make sense to anyone, or am i wasting my broadband?

[bigem24]

Makes perfect sense to me. That's the reason I and many neighbors do not have upgraded tools. With the economy the way it is we can't afford to buy the FC to buy all the upgrades, Also the outrageous price for expansions on the farms is sp unreal. Thank you for the cahnce to unload all this.

[4 x 4]

Suprtrucker - I've come to the conclusion that you and I are wasting not only broadband but time, energy and life itself creating non-existant farms and houses we will never live in and basically mouse-clicking our lives away. This is the last posting I will be making before I walk away rom Farm Town completely as I recognise I am addicted and no longer enjoying the experience.

[LoreneC]

I think having the large seeder would be sufficient. There are plenty of people at the market with combines willing to harvest and plow.:)

[dorissau]

Makes perfect sense to me. That's the reason I and many neighbors do not have upgraded tools. With the economy the way it is we can't afford to buy the FC to buy all the upgrades, Also the outrageous price for expansions on the farms is sp unreal. Thank you for the cahnce to unload all this.

I agree wholeheartedly. Lots of retired people with medical issues play FT and we absolutely DO NOT HAVE any extra money. I haven't bought a FC facility or tool in ages and the paltry cash we get in the upgrades won't buy anything. I'm just playing along with what I have and being satisfied not to have the latest & best.

[carolannb]

I have been wondering when we will be able to gift our tools that we have up graded ...to others....They just sit in storage....seems like it would be soooo benificial to a player just starting out!!!! And.....These are the players that still wanna play....Most of my old school neighbors have said ADIOS....LOL...They are tired of how much time it takes to do anything...Like harvest and plow...ONLY...on 14 farms takes over an hour....Most leave after a couple farms...Soooo....Who agrees we need better tools to accomidate all the land and new facilities????? Really....My neighbors have been dropping like flies....

[Rob T]

Just a friendly reminder, please keep this thread on track of this topic, which is about tools. Not about what constitutes cheating. And any attacks about such will be deleted.

Thankyou

[lizabetta]

Someone please clarify something for me regarding Harvesters! I purchased a 3x3 harvester and I didn't realize that that particular harvester only allowed me to harvest my own farm...I don't ever harvest my own farm...no money in that now is there? So therefore it just sits there doing nothing. I now contemplate buying the 4x4 harvester..will that work on other farms or is it also just for my farm?

[KnightRider]

Someone please clarify something for me regarding Harvesters! I purchased a 3x3 harvester and I didn't realize that that particular harvester only allowed me to harvest my own farm...I don't ever harvest my own farm...no money in that now is there? So therefore it just sits there doing nothing. I now contemplate buying the 4x4 harvester..will that work on other farms or is it also just for my farm?

The 4x4 will work on other farms, that is the one I have and it does work on other farms.

[lizabetta]

Thanx kitt962...I'm taking your word for it!!!!

[drr30]

I have been wondering when we will be able to gift our tools that we have up graded ...to others....They just sit in storage....seems like it would be soooo benificial to a player just starting out!!!! And.....These are the players that still wanna play....Most of my old school neighbors have said ADIOS....LOL...They are tired of how much time it takes to do anything...Like harvest and plow...ONLY...on 14 farms takes over an hour....Most leave after a couple farms...Soooo....Who agrees we need better tools to accomidate all the land and new facilities????? Really....My neighbors have been dropping like flies....

Carolannb:

I agree it would be cool if we can gift our old tools. Here is the problem when you start buying cash tools it like a project in process. Here an example when you own a 5 x 5 harvest plow sow tool you need to own 3 4 x 4 tools the harvest plow and seeder and the same 3 tools in the 5 x 5 plus the 5 x 5 harvest plow tool. That requirement alone makes it impossible to gift the other tools. If you sell one of the required tools the main tool will not work.

[Rob T]

Carolannb:

I agree it would be cool if we can gift our old tools. Here is the problem when you start buying cash tools it like a project in process. Here an example when you own a 5 x 5 harvest plow sow tool you need to own 3 4 x 4 tools the harvest plow and seeder and the same 3 tools in the 5 x 5 plus the 5 x 5 harvest plow tool. That requirement alone makes it impossible to gift the other tools. If you sell one of the required tools the main tool will not work.

You can sell the previous tools, the main tool will still work... however i would advise strongly against doing so.... if you sold the previous tools, and you accidentally delete ithe main tool (which is known to happen) you will no longer have those previous tools in order to repurchase the main tool.

[barbara nixon]

i would never get rid of my tools..i still use the smaller ones on occasion..for smaller jobs..for example..i use the 4x4 for my quests as i don't need a big field to plant for them...

[jrtpup]

My green mobile sprinkler doesn't work - it waters, but doesn't reduce the harvest time? Yes, I cleared my cache and all.

[Taz D]

My green mobile sprinkler doesn't work - it waters, but doesn't reduce the harvest time? Yes, I cleared my cache and all.
Did you already use it on the crops/flowers/trees the day before? It will only shorten the time once. If this is the second time then no it won't shorten the time more than that.

[jrtpup]

Did you already use it on the crops/flowers/trees the day before? It will only shorten the time once. If this is the second time then no it won't shorten the time more than that.

This is for crops I just planted - so they should either have their harvest time cut in 1/2 if I need to water, or if the farm is already watered with the green sprinkler. I planted sugarcane this am, watered, and it's taking 12 hrs to mature.

[Taz D]

This is for crops I just planted - so they should either have their harvest time cut in 1/2 if I need to water, or if the farm is already watered with the green sprinkler. I planted sugarcane this am, watered, and it's taking 12 hrs to mature.
Just one misconception. If the farm is already watered less than 20 hours before, the newly planted crop will not have its harvest time shortened.
However if it let you water after planing the sugarcane then yes it should show that it is ready in 6 hours. Did you try clearing your cache, closing your browser and then reopen and see if it shows the shorter time.

[Great Scott]

I know this sounds really strange, but could I get a list of the tools I have purchased today ?? 5/26/2012 I also upgraded farm 9 &12 to 26x26. I thought I bought a green flower harvester, but I don't have it. Also my amounts do not balance.. I had 3 cash and I bought 250...Please help me, I am lost. Thanks bushels

[amycichow]

Anyone that wants to upgrade to the new 36 x 36 tools most likely has purchased the gamut of 25 x 25 tools. I'm at the top level, and have carefully spent my farm cash on mostly tools, as that is what helps me work my farm the quickest. I own the 25 x 25 combination harvest/plow/plant tool, and have absolutely no interest in back sliding to separate harvest then plow then plant commands. But to get to the only tool that I have interest in, the 36x36 combo, I will need 140 farm cash.

There is no incentive for me to buy the new tools. I'm not willing to drop 140 FC at one time and I won't buy them individually because I wouldn't use them.

You need an option to purchase the 36x36 combo when you have the 25x25 combo equivalent as a prerequisite.

Love the game, but it doesn't look like you thought this one thru all the way.

[thorups]

I am very UNHAPPY with the new tools coupled with the CANCELLING of the last generation of tools I had PURCHASED (Actual $$$ out of my checking account) to be able to work efficiently on FarmTown at the then top level. It is fine to raise standards and improve tools...but DO NOT TAKE WHAT WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO OBTAIN to play at the level we strive for. I am NOT willing to continue and feel CHEATED for my participation to date.

Farmtown is cutting off its nose to spite its face...always about the MONEY...more, more, more MONEY. So disappointing.

[adinar]

I am very UNHAPPY with the new tools coupled with the CANCELLING of the last generation of tools I had PURCHASED (Actual $$$ out of my checking account) to be able to work efficiently on FarmTown at the then top level. It is fine to raise standards and improve tools...but DO NOT TAKE WHAT WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO OBTAIN to play at the level we strive for. I am NOT willing to continue and feel CHEATED for my participation to date.

Farmtown is cutting off its nose to spite its face...always about the MONEY...more, more, more MONEY. So disappointing.

I don't understand what you mean about Cancelling the last generation of tools when you can still use them I didn't buy the combine to p/h/s I'm still using the last generation this is the reason I'm confused about your comment of cancellation of them

[Sandy Mae]

I am confused too on cancelling tools. I know we have too many tools. If we have an old tool it would be nice if we can trade them in and with a little real life money have the new tools! Money is tight for every one right now. The devs as well as the farmers. I think a trade in like in the real world with cars we could all be happy. For Slashkey this is an income. For the farmers is is a place to hide out from the real world. Just stinkin' thinkin'!!!

[LoreneC]

I am very UNHAPPY with the new tools coupled with the CANCELLING of the last generation of tools I had PURCHASED (Actual $$$ out of my checking account) to be able to work efficiently on FarmTown at the then top level. It is fine to raise standards and improve tools...but DO NOT TAKE WHAT WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO OBTAIN to play at the level we strive for. I am NOT willing to continue and feel CHEATED for my participation to date.

Farmtown is cutting off its nose to spite its face...always about the MONEY...more, more, more MONEY. So disappointing.

The old tools were moved, not cancelled. Look to the left.

[JbarLFarms]

I LOVE this game! Everyone makes the best decision for them on how to play the game and what to spend farm cash on,that being said, I will not be forking out 140 fc to upgrade to the 6x6 combine. The 5x5 is working perfectly fine. BUT I am anxiously waiting to see what the freight train will bring next week! Thanks to the dev's for all the hard work you do for us virtual farmers. (I am a farmer in real life)

[martha(tools)]

4. 6x6 tools: Harvester, Seeder, Plower, Harvest-Plow Combine and Harvest-Plant Combine are now available in 6x6 mode, this will allow you to perform farming operations over 36 fields at a time.
I purchased the 6x6 combine and only got the the harvester..I feel cheated farmtown as I spend lots of time and money on this game and this is the second time I have gotten the wrong tool. Please do something as I spend alot of money here every month.

[Taz D]

4. 6x6 tools: Harvester, Seeder, Plower, Harvest-Plow Combine and Harvest-Plant Combine are now available in 6x6 mode, this will allow you to perform farming operations over 36 fields at a time.
I purchased the 6x6 combine and only got the the harvester..I feel cheated farmtown as I spend lots of time and money on this game and this is the second time I have gotten the wrong tool. Please do something as I spend alot of money here every month.
You cannot purchase the combine unless you have purchase the harvester and plower before that.

[annalienjvr]

I just can't keep this up anymore. It's not only me who play FarmTown, but my husband too. I just can't afford buying farmcash anymore. I'm South African. For each dollar I have to pay ZAR 8.15 To buy everything double will cost me over R400.00. That's a lot of money.
Why should all the good stuff be paid in fc??????
I drop all the Zynga games because of the fact that the best stuff always have to be bought with facebook credits.
People get in debt trouble by using their credit cards to easily for this stuff.
Come on people, this is only a game, don't be rediculous.

[Angel7]

Here's my two cents for what it's worth. I have the 5x5 tools and combine and everything that led up to that point. But with each new tool, I have always had the expectation that it would actually speed things up. Frankly, this has never happened. The developers made a change to when you are harvesting and plowing together at a neighbors farm, your avatar is instantly there, quickly jumping from click to click, yet when I do my own farm, she still just lazily very slowly walks around the farm clearing and/or planting, plant & walk, etc. etc. I thought I would see a difference in time between the 3x3 and then again with the 4x4 and really with the 5x5, but it still takes just as much time to do my own farm as way back at the 3x3. I won't be fooled again with the 6x6. It only saves on the number of clicks you have to make. If it doesn't save me time, it is worthless. I hope this makes sense.

[KnightRider]

Here's my two cents for what it's worth. I have the 5x5 tools and combine and everything that led up to that point. But with each new tool, I have always had the expectation that it would actually speed things up. Frankly, this has never happened. The developers made a change to when you are harvesting and plowing together at a neighbors farm, your avatar is instantly there, quickly jumping from click to click, yet when I do my own farm, she still just lazily very slowly walks around the farm clearing and/or planting, plant & walk, etc. etc. I thought I would see a difference in time between the 3x3 and then again with the 4x4 and really with the 5x5, but it still takes just as much time to do my own farm as way back at the 3x3. I won't be fooled again with the 6x6. It only saves on the number of clicks you have to make. If it doesn't save me time, it is worthless. I hope this makes sense.

You don't have to wait for your avatar to finish, after you have worked on your last plot click on the save button and it will save your progress so you can move on to something else.

[storm36]

Anyone that wants to upgrade to the new 36 x 36 tools most likely has purchased the gamut of 25 x 25 tools. I'm at the top level, and have carefully spent my farm cash on mostly tools, as that is what helps me work my farm the quickest. I own the 25 x 25 combination harvest/plow/plant tool, and have absolutely no interest in back sliding to separate harvest then plow then plant commands. But to get to the only tool that I have interest in, the 36x36 combo, I will need 140 farm cash.

There is no incentive for me to buy the new tools. I'm not willing to drop 140 FC at one time and I won't buy them individually because I wouldn't use them.

You need an option to purchase the 36x36 combo when you have the 25x25 combo equivalent as a prerequisite.

Love the game, but it doesn't look like you thought this one thru all the way.

I totally agree .. when i read about the new 6x6 combines i figured you would be able to get them as long as you had the 5x5 combines but nope .. have to buy the 6x6 plow, harvester and seeder before you can get the 6x6 combines .. i already have all the smaller FC tools just sitting around wasting space in my storage but since i paid FC for them i refuse to sell them since you only get coins for them and not a reduced FC price .. I refuse to spend 140 FC just to have the 6x6 all in 1 combine, not worth 140 FC just to have all the others taking up more storage space and never get used.

[dkarnie]

I am still unable to buy the purple harvest, plow, sow. I have all green tools. Why won't it work for me??

[Tony D]

I am still unable to buy the purple harvest, plow, sow. I have all green tools. Why won't it work for me??Hi, are the 5 x 5 tools in storage ?

[Vivienne57]

I totally agree .. when i read about the new 6x6 combines i figured you would be able to get them as long as you had the 5x5 combines but nope .. have to buy the 6x6 plow, harvester and seeder before you can get the 6x6 combines .. i already have all the smaller FC tools just sitting around wasting space in my storage but since i paid FC for them i refuse to sell them since you only get coins for them and not a reduced FC price .. I refuse to spend 140 FC just to have the 6x6 all in 1 combine, not worth 140 FC just to have all the others taking up more storage space and never get used.

I totally, totally agree with you, it's a rip off. Anyway I am quite happy with my 5x5 combine and other tools. I definitely will not be forking out FC to upgrade to 6x6

[bjcblue]

how do I use the solar panels? I have a solar plow, but don't know if the panels or link to the plow or if the panels are just for decorations. Thanks for any in put!!!

[knolan]

I think the basic tools for 6x6 harvesting, plowing, sowing should be purchased with farmcoins, but if U want the combines, U can pay with farmcash. It's crazy with the charges, the farmcash items should be cut in half. They are taking advantage of those who are addicted to farmtown, they have an illness, & are willing to do whatever it takes to make sure they get every single item, regardless of cost. The company is going to crash soon if they don't get control & start working for those who aren't addicted (seriously). It's not too late for them to make amendments to the charges for items.

[knolan]

If U look in the upper right hand corner of the box in the store for the solar panels, if there isn't a small light green question mark, it means that there are no uses for that item, except for decoration.

[Taz D]

how do I use the solar panels? I have a solar plow, but don't know if the panels or link to the plow or if the panels are just for decorations. Thanks for any in put!!!
The solar panels are just decoration. They don't do anything.

[FarmerMcLashwood]

how do I use the solar panels? I have a solar plow, but don't know if the panels or link to the plow or if the panels are just for decorations. Thanks for any in put!!!

Solar panels are just decorations... solar plow just means it doesn't use any fuel I believe.

[Hornyroo]

we surely are needing a work all button for neighbours facilities, i beleive its the only the detrimental issue to this game

[LazyHousewifeRanch]

I agree. I don't go to my neighbors farms and they don't come to mine anymore. It takes a good ten to fifteen minutes to work some farms.

[Mr. H]

we surely are needing a work all button for neighbours facilities, i beleive its the only the detrimental issue to this game

I agree. It's getting harder and harder to get people to work my facilities...and my farms aren't hard to work. And, I don't blame my neighbors. I don't like working theirs either. Too time consuming for too little reward. The developers have to find a way to make working facilities faster and perhaps a little more rewarding.

[beegy]

Devs might want to think about creating a super duper farmer we can hire to do our facilities...at a cost of course..in coins please:)

[CynthiaSue]

I agree. It's getting harder and harder to get people to work my facilities...and my farms aren't hard to work. And, I don't blame my neighbors. I don't like working theirs either. Too time consuming for too little reward. The developers have to find a way to make working facilities faster and perhaps a little more rewarding.


You make TONS of coins working others facilities. I have made over 10 million I believe on some and that isn't counting the items I keep for myself. I think for what one can make working facilities, that really clicking on each facility is not that big a deal. Sure, one can't work everyones, but one makes plenty considering the time spent comparing it to anything else you do in the game. It is totally worth it if one can be one of the first ones to work the faciities. If anything they could do away with the x ing out of the facility, and just have the facilities pop up one right after the other one. Actually when the facilities first came out we had to click on each item in each facility. This here is a big improvement. Of course, back then, there were only a few facilities, so it wasn't that big a deal either. Even than, the facilities made it so that new players could do in a week what it took me months to accomplish.

If they make it super easy, than I probably won't make much on others farms because then all those not willing to work them, will beat me to them. If they make it so that one can work them easily with a farmcash item, than there won't be any reason at all for me to click on others farms if I can't get the farmcash tool. It will increase the gap between those who have real money to spend on the game and those who don't.

[Grammy 11]

I add my request for a "work all facilities on this farm" option. I don't know which I find more daunting - 100 facilities on 1 farm or 2-3 facilities on every farm. For now, though, I'd opt for the ability to work all facilities on each farm at once.

[Mr. H]

You make TONS of coins working others facilities. I have made over 10 million I believe on some and that isn't counting the items I keep for myself. I think for what one can make working facilities, that really clicking on each facility is not that big a deal. Sure, one can't work everyones, but one makes plenty considering the time spent comparing it to anything else you do in the game. It is totally worth it if one can be one of the first ones to work the faciities. If anything they could do away with the x ing out of the facility, and just have the facilities pop up one right after the other one. Actually when the facilities first came out we had to click on each item in each facility. This here is a big improvement. Of course, back then, there were only a few facilities, so it wasn't that big a deal either. Even than, the facilities made it so that new players could do in a week what it took me months to accomplish.

If they make it super easy, than I probably won't make much on others farms because then all those not willing to work them, will beat me to them. If they make it so that one can work them easily with a farmcash item, than there won't be any reason at all for me to click on others farms if I can't get the farmcash tool. It will increase the gap between those who have real money to spend on the game and those who don't.

Sorry, but 10M is nothing in FT these days not to mention that I have few neighbors where I can make that kind of coins. It's typically 2-5M which is not much when you consider the price of expansions and the fact that I can make 200-500M when I post my own facilities. I have a couple of neighbors that the first person in will probably make 20M...the problem is you better have at least 30 minutes to work their facilities.

I do not think a FC work all button is the solution. Too few of my neighbors would spend the money...it wouldn't be worth it.

[Mr. H]

I add my request for a "work all facilities on this farm" option. I don't know which I find more daunting - 100 facilities on 1 farm or 2-3 facilities on every farm. For now, though, I'd opt for the ability to work all facilities on each farm at once.

That's what I'm asking for...allow us to work all facilities on one farm. You'd still have to go to each farm that has facilities. And it should not be another FC tool. It's needs to be a free added feature because of all the facilities they've added.

[KnightRider]

It has been suggested before that they should have an employee manager like they have for the facility manager. The employee manager would open when you go to a neighbors farm to work and all of the workable facilities would be there and all you would have to do is go down the rows and hit work factory on each of the factories on the neighbors farms.

[tnbskts]

I'd love to have an employee manager or something like it. I have most of my facilities on two or three farms but small numbers on other farms too, and I feel bad about hiring people to work on a dozen farms when most of them have only three or four facilities. If we could go to some central area like the facility manager and access all of our neighbour's farms from there rather than going from farm to farm to farm just for the sake of a dairy and a sawmill, it would save a lot of time.

[CynthiaSue]

I don't think it has ever taken anywhere near 30 minutes to work anyones facilities, even those that I have to visit over half their farms. I still think the coins and items made are worth the time. I think it is monotonous when you have 90 facilities on one farm, but still I think for the time spent, it is well worth the 10 million you make. I do think that it isn't much considering the cost of the expansions, but it is still alot of coins per time spent.

I just figured it out. If I plant a field of 1000 plots with Acorn Squash, I will get 2000 cause I fertilize, so will make approximately 1600 per plot. Multiply that by 1000plots, and you have 1,600,000. Making 10 million plus ingredients I keep pays off alot better than planting a field of Acorn Squash. I think perhaps that people just enjoy planting a field more than they do working facilities. It could be the same thing as fishing. Some things are just not enjoyable enough for people to put the effort into doing them.

[coinman1952]

Please make the green irrigation work the same as the manure spreader i.e good for 3 days or reset it each time a crop is harvested. Please put the timer on a real 24 hour clock, the current method is way too confusing. The start all tool does not always work on all products in all facilities, the peaches in the food preserve and the horse rug in the sewing are two that come to mind.

[crafty chris]

What tools do I need in my Facility Manager to enable me to check a little box on the left side to produce a product or uncheck not produce a product? TY

this link to game guide should help you http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489090 as there are different tools to do different things its hard to say what they do :)

[Rob T]

Hi Crafty Chris..TY for the links, however my answer to the ? I asked is not in any of the items listed. There has to be someone that knows what I am talking about. All I need to know is what do I need to do to get that little box in all my facilities except the animals, service, oil..all that do not produce products. When in my Facility Manager and say I go to my Bakery...I open it up and all the products are there for you to produce. With this little box in the left corner you can check it if you want to produce Pumpkin Pie or you can uncheck if you do not want to produce Pumpkin Pie. Someone has to have an answer to this question....you produced it...PLEASE HELP ME

The link that Chris gave you has all the tools listed... starting from the bottling machine onwards, each of those tools activates the checkmarks and the load all buttons. There are too many to list here individually, but that chapter in the game guide has all the info you need

[CynthiaSue]

Tags are not helpful at all..this really makes me feel that ft doesn't know it all...?????

I don't have any boxes to check or uncheck in my bakery to decide which ones to start and which ones not too. If you go to the store and look under tools and go to the bottem of the list, the loaders are all there. There are different loaders for different stores. If yo click on the question mark it will let you know which stores that loader loads. It would take a good bit of farmcahs to get them all. However, I believe that if you own a loader for the store you open up that yo will have the opportunity to check or uncheck which items yo want to load, so that when yo click to load the whole store, it will only load the items yo want to be loaded. Kind of confused how you would already be seeing the boxes to check or uncheck unless you already have the loader for that store, but I suppose, I too, am not understanding your problem.

[Taz D]

I am very upset by now....in this "game guide" it does show the tools, but it does not show me what tool or tools I need to accomplish what I need to do..
If you look at the bottom of page 2 of that chapter and on to the next pages each tool for the facility manager is listed and what facilities they work on.

[Aussie Rae]

I would gladly pay 250fc for a tool that enables me to work all facilities on all farms with one click!!!! some of my neighbours have in excess of 800 facilities and its hard work!!! my poor little hand is almost ready to drop off after the long tedious process...

[CynthiaSue]

I would gladly pay 250fc for a tool that enables me to work all facilities on all farms with one click!!!! some of my neighbours have in excess of 800 facilities and its hard work!!! my poor little hand is almost ready to drop off after the long tedious process...


Are you talking on top of the like 400 farmcash it would take to buy all the loaders that are already for sale?

Sorry, I think I was tired when I wrote this response. I thought you were talking about loading the facilities. I agree with another poster who said that if they make one, it should be coins cause many won't have the farmcash for the tool and so will quit working others facilities, me maybe being one of them. When Im home, I work facilities alot. But if there was a fc tool I didn't have to work them, I probably would give up on working them. They could make it coin but really expensive I suppose, but it wouldn't make them any real money and may in fact cost them. Not sure how that works.

[LoreneC]

I would gladly pay 250fc for a tool that enables me to work all facilities on all farms with one click!!!! some of my neighbours have in excess of 800 facilities and its hard work!!! my poor little hand is almost ready to drop off after the long tedious process...

I know many people would pay cash for this. But more people will not.

Just my opinion if the devs want to keep FarmTown growing they will offer this one for coins.

Having facilities worked is an important part of the game and I have noticed a huge decline in neighbors who are willing to do so. They still plant and harvest but do not do facilities.

[Gregh]

CynthiaSue sez ...

I just figured it out. If I plant a field of 1000 plots with Acorn Squash, I will get 2000 cause I fertilize, so will make approximately 1600 per plot. Multiply that by 1000plots, and you have 1,600,000. Making 10 million plus ingredients I keep pays off alot better than planting a field of Acorn Squash. I think perhaps that people just enjoy planting a field more than they do working facilities. It could be the same thing as fishing. Some things are just not enjoyable enough for people to put the effort into doing them.

Don't sell the cash crop short.

Add 71% bonuses from belts and dans to the Acorn Squash and you'll get more like 2.7 harvests per plot, netting about 2100 coins per plot if you use a hired harvester. With a 5x5 Combine a good player can harvest/plough, sow, or harvest/plough/sow 1000 contiguous plots in about a minute. Ten farms at 1000 plots per farm (no overlapping or layers), fertilised and irrigated, nets you about 21 million every other day, for perhaps 15 minutes of your own time to hire the harvester and sow the fields. (I don't count the time it takes for your hired hand to harvest and plough for you, as you can spend that time doing other things.)

Of course, many facilities use crops - some need lots of crops to keep 'em filled. So even if you choose to be an industrialist and even if you hire others to harvest and plough for you, you are still going to spend a lot of time pushing a seeder! :D


[Later] I wrote the above when sleepy and lazily used OP's 800 coin net return. The net return on Acorn Squash is actually better than shown above because the 500 coin seed cost is paid only once. Thus the potential net return on a fertilised 6th dan plot of Acorn Squash, harvested and ploughed by a neighbour (10 coins to plough), is actually up to (1342 * 2.71) - (500 + 10) = 3127 coins, not a mere 2100. So the 10,000 plots in my example could return 31 million coins every other day for just 15 minutes work.

[ckpeer@gmail.com]

I would gladly pay 250fc for a tool that enables me to work all facilities on all farms with one click!!!! some of my neighbours have in excess of 800 facilities and its hard work!!! my poor little hand is almost ready to drop off after the long tedious process...

Great idea, I second that motion. Yes, there are those who will not buy it, but many will.

[LoreneC]

Great idea, I second that motion. Yes, there are those who will not buy it, but many will.

The real coinage from facilities comes from having them worked. I help my neighbors because they help me. The coins I make having people work my facilities greatly exceeds what I get helping a neighbor. If the "work all" is cash it could prohibit my cash facilities being worked by someone who is saving their FarmCash for a different purchase.

I think it would benefit the devs in the long run because when people work your facilities you are more willing to pay cash as new ones are released.

Also when facilities are being regularly worked those cash "start all" tools become more valuable.

Just my humble opinion of course!

[odatpotter]

After the last update, has anyone noticed the big tree shaker kinda sucks? It has slowed down, and misses some rows. I don't know the best way to describe how it changed, but if no one else has problems, then it's just me.
Thanks for any feedback.

[KnightRider]

After the last update, has anyone noticed the big tree shaker kinda sucks? It has slowed down, and misses some rows. I don't know the best way to describe how it changed, but if no one else has problems, then it's just me.
Thanks for any feedback.

I don't have the 8x8, I have the 8x4 but I haven't noticed any changes on the 8x4.

[Gregh]

I've always noticed selection issues with the 8x8 tools on farms where people have their trees/flowers on top of crops rather than on grass.

[CynthiaSue]

The tools that load the facilities are great. I don't have the farmcash harvester or plower, but I did break down and use some of my farmcash for 3 of the loaders. I tried to get the ones that would save me the most clicks. Loading faciities is a monotonous job, but if you want to make aot of coins it needs to be done regularly. I know that the game wants to make money, but they also want to keep players. I think if they made the game more "fun" even for those who can't buy alot of farmcash, they would keep more players. These loaders would certainly make the game more fun. If they cost less, or if you had deals where you bought a certain number of them and got one free or perhaps won a cheaper price on them by doing well on quests, that would help. They just cost too much to get all of them. I personally won't be getting all of them. I may get one more and I may not. I do really like the 3 I have and they have made filling my facilities alot easier. Much more worth it to me then the harvester or plower since I rarely work on others farms.

[pythonis]

The tools are totally worth the money after youve bought them

[odatpotter]

I would gladly pay 250fc for a tool that enables me to work all facilities on all farms with one click!!!! some of my neighbours have in excess of 800 facilities and its hard work!!! my poor little hand is almost ready to drop off after the long tedious process...

WOW, Can I get a link to this farmer with 800+ facilities?

[pythonis]

WOW, Can I get a link to this farmer with 800+ facilities?
800? Who could ever need that many? Is that a literal number or an exaggeration? Yeah id like to know who he/she is so id know not to add the guy. Id never work 800 facs. Heck i wouldnt even work 400.

[CynthiaSue]

How does one find out which tool loads the newer facilities? I was particularly interested in knowing which one loads the electronics components factory, but it doesn't appear to tell in the store and I can't find it listed in the guide, but perhaps I am overlooking it.

[KnightRider]

How does one find out which tool loads the newer facilities? I was particularly interested in knowing which one loads the electronics components factory, but it doesn't appear to tell in the store and I can't find it listed in the guide, but perhaps I am overlooking it.

The easiest way to find out is to click on start all and if you don't have the tool it will tell you which tool is needed. I would tell you but doesn't look like they have put the new facilities in the tool section yet and I have all of the tools so I can't tell which tool it uses, especially since the tools doesn't have to be in storage to be used. I have them all all one farm.

[rogerthedodger]

the mixer does the electric components bit of a strange choice but hey ho

[CynthiaSue]

I haven't bought the electronics components facility. I am considering it, but haven't made up my mind. I can't afford to buy all the tools to load, but have some of them. It may come down to whether I have the tool to load it or not. Dumb I suppose, but it takes me awhile to load my facilities since I don't have all the tools. I love the loading tools, but just don't want to use up all my farmcash.

[onamission]

:D How did we ever do without it? I'm having a ball fixing up my unfinished beach farm cos it's so easy to build rocky beaches now. No more tedious sticking things down with dirt paths! :D:D

And now the animal sheds and mines are all hidden under the buildings that I WANT to have there :D It really can be just a beach farm just like I've wanted for a long time. Bliss!

Thankyou devs :)

hurries off to the beach again... hehehe

[trina531]

Oh my I have played around a bit with my bff ...but must go off and see how I can hid those buildings! thank you so much for sharing!

[onamission]

Oh my I have played around a bit with my bff ...but must go off and see how I can hid those buildings! thank you so much for sharing!

Pleasure Trina :) I'm so pleased with what my green glove does that I just had to talk about it in the forums and thank the devs!

I got the idea of how to use it from reading the new release thread, decided that it was worth buying and I'm so glad I did :D

And I also love the filter in the shop so I can find all the beach stuff without scrolling through the different sections. Such a useful and user friendly enhancement and it makes decorating even more pleasurable.

Thankyou devs for that one too :D

[maggiel29]

I agree - I have the duplicate Facs and ones with ugly buildings on a farm that otherwise has crops. Ive just been stacking them all with the green hand - now I have more planting room - love love love this tool. Next Im going to attack my holiday resort farm and have some nice hills. Just one thing - would love to be able to put the non-harvestable tres on top of hills.

[LoreneC]

I am in designers heaven! So much better than using the paths or stones! So much easier on my finger joints.

Best tool ever!:);)

[kittykat1958]

onamission can you post a link toyour farm so we can see what you havedone using the glove

[AlabamaLady]

Add me to the list of farmers who LOVE LOVE LOVE the green glove! Excellent addition, thank you so much!

[Pesto Farmer]

It's a marvel!!!!

[topmop]

I agree. This tool lets you store facilities inside other facilities. For me it will pay for it self in just not having to expand farms that I have for just facilities. Great idea!!

[clogger]

How does it work? I know what Raul's post said, but couldn't visualize just what it would do. It was a lot of FC for something I mightt not use, so I haven't gotten it yet. Plus I'm a dunce designer. Thanks in advance for explaining it simplier terms.

[Ozigirlwa]

:D How did we ever do without it? I'm having a ball fixing up my unfinished beach farm cos it's so easy to build rocky beaches now. No more tedious sticking things down with dirt paths! :D:D

And now the animal sheds and mines are all hidden under the buildings that I WANT to have there :D It really can be just a beach farm just like I've wanted for a long time. Bliss!

Thankyou devs :)

hurries off to the beach again... hehehe

I love it to, worth the money spent :)

[GoalieAunt]

How does it work? I know what Raul's post said, but couldn't visualize just what it would do. It was a lot of FC for something I mightt not use, so I haven't gotten it yet. Plus I'm a dunce designer. Thanks in advance for explaining it simplier terms.

It works like the yellow glove in that it lets you pick things up and move them. But it lets you put non-plant items it front or behind or in between other items. If you visit my farm 13 you can see where I tucked the waterfall behind the edge of the castle and if you look closely at the fish farming plant you maybe able to make out the open pit mine, but it is also in the same space as the farm, the pig sty and the coop. My mother is really happy with it as she can finally put her rooster wind compass on the top of a building.

[Petuniaflower]

Been redoing all my farms with towns, have to say, It is pretty handy :D

[KnightRider]

It works like the yellow glove in that it lets you pick things up and move them. But it lets you put non-plant items it front or behind or in between other items. If you visit my farm 13 you can see where I tucked the waterfall behind the edge of the castle and if you look closely at the fish farming plant you maybe able to make out the open pit mine, but it is also in the same space as the farm, the pig sty and the coop. My mother is really happy with it as she can finally put her rooster wind compass on the top of a building.

I must be the opposite way than most, I want people to see my facilities in my little villages/towns and not hide them behind other buildings, with the exception of my load all and store all tools, those I have in between my trees on one of my farms, that is just so I don't have to keep them in storage and waste the space in their. It isn't easy trying to make one County out of all of my farms, but I enjoy it. Right now I can't see anything that I could use those hands on, but maybe later I will need it and then I might purchase it right now, cause what I do need to layer is very little so I just use the dirt paths.

[sandra.l.huffman]

am i to assume both orange and green when put in storage .. well become 1 green?

[Taz D]

am i to assume both orange and green when put in storage .. well become 1 green?
Yes. It is like the manure truck and the sprinklers, the highest one you have is what shows in the toolbox and does all the functions.

[Farmer DeDe]

As one of the many designers here, I LOVE the new designer tools! Worth every penny! Thanks so much. :)

[happylady0382]

I love love the green glove. Now I can have my fancy farms and my my fields and my not so pretty buildings on one farm.
Thank You So Much.

[Jesusisrisen]

I'm with clogger. How is this green glove used? I've tried clicking on my plowed fields with no change. How do you layer fields?

[Tony D]

I'm with clogger. How is this green glove used? I've tried clicking on my plowed fields with no change. How do you layer fields?Hi , you cannot layer fields or crops with the gloves, there is information on the gloves in this section of the game guide... http://slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489090&page=4

[Shaldimar]

OMG I thought at first about those new gloves and wondered why pay so much to make a job a little easier that we always did anyway with paths, but today I just took the plunge and bought both the orange and the green gloves. A bit pricey yes, but wow so worth it. Thank you Slashkey. A worth-while addition for sure. :-)

[wallydog]

Plant Milk Factory is there not a tool that does the start all for this factory as i have them all and i have do do it manually , i have checked what they do in the store but cannot find any thing about it , thanks

[KnightRider]

Plant Milk Factory is there not a tool that does the start all for this factory as i have them all and i have do do it manually , i have checked what they do in the store but cannot find any thing about it , thanks

Yes, there is one that works that one, I can't tell you which one since I have all of them and didn't see it in the Game Guide tools section yet, if you have all of them you should be able to use it, go into the factory and click on all on the top and see if it says that you have to have a certain machine.

[wallydog]

Yes, there is one that works that one, I can't tell you which one since I have all of them and didn't see it in the Game Guide tools section yet, if you have all of them you should be able to use it, go into the factory and click on all on the top and see if it says that you have to have a certain machine.

thanks i have tried that before coming on here but it says no products can be produced at this time :confused: maybe its a glitch that will sort it self .

[Taz D]

thanks i have tried that before coming on here but it says no products can be produced at this time :confused: maybe its a glitch that will sort it self .
Make sure it has the check marks beside the products to allow them to be made.

[DancingRaven]

Yes, I know it has been a very long time in responding to your question Taz about ChainSaws being fixed but I couldn't remember where your question was it was in order to respond, so sorry... I don't know if it was just my chainsaw, operator error, or another quirk, all I know is that one day all of sudden my chain saw was working 1000% percent better than it had from the beginning. It seems to work better most days but there are times that it is very maddening.

It is just like the Fishing Bait, each day this week I wake up, start working on my farm and there isn't any bait! But the day before I had about 10,20 thousand fish available prior to going to bed and then the next day they are all gone. Granted, I love to fish but not fishing in my sleep. So back to the chainsaw issue who knows what the issue is....I have a very slow ISP, then FB and or FT "throttles" our accounts, and my upload is only 1MB anyway.

The answer to your question is, "I dunno". What I know is when something doesn't work and then when it does so the only answer I have other than maybe the Menehunes have been messing with my account, is my chainsaw works sometimes and sometimes the Avatar needs to be tied to the tree and laid over the railroad tracks as it is a determent to getting work done! Does that answer your long-awaited answer to your question? Dancing Raven :D\
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[wallydog]

Make sure it has the check marks beside the products to allow them to be made.

when i try to start all it is saying ,no products can be sent to production now , it will allow me to start a batch of 30 at a time so i know its ready to be filled , i have rechecked this morning and can still not find any info on which tool SHOULD work it as i have them all and all other factories and facilities i have are working fine with the tools , i have been playing a good few years so i am not a novice , the comment above seems to make out i am not sure on what i am doing ;)

[texasbabe77]

what is the scanner

[Taz D]

Yes, I know it has been a very long time in responding to your question Taz about ChainSaws being fixed but I couldn't remember where your question was it was in order to respond, so sorry... I don't know if it was just my chainsaw, operator error, or another quirk, all I know is that one day all of sudden my chain saw was working 1000% percent better than it had from the beginning. It seems to work better most days but there are times that it is very maddening.

It is just like the Fishing Bait, each day this week I wake up, start working on my farm and there isn't any bait! But the day before I had about 10,20 thousand fish available prior to going to bed and then the next day they are all gone. Granted, I love to fish but not fishing in my sleep. So back to the chainsaw issue who knows what the issue is....I have a very slow ISP, then FB and or FT "throttles" our accounts, and my upload is only 1MB anyway.

The answer to your question is, "I dunno". What I know is when something doesn't work and then when it does so the only answer I have other than maybe the Menehunes have been messing with my account, is my chainsaw works sometimes and sometimes the Avatar needs to be tied to the tree and laid over the railroad tracks as it is a determent to getting work done! Does that answer your long-awaited answer to your question? Dancing Raven :D\
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Wow, since I am not sure what the question is, then hard to figure out your answer. :D
However, if as you say you have a slow ISP, then that is probably what is causing a lot of your problems. And if you are being throttled it would not be FB or FT but would be from your ISP. Many ISP's do that to handle more clients without expanding their own bandwidth which would cost them more.

[Taz D]

when i try to start all it is saying ,no products can be sent to production now , it will allow me to start a batch of 30 at a time so i know its ready to be filled , i have rechecked this morning and can still not find any info on which tool SHOULD work it as i have them all and all other factories and facilities i have are working fine with the tools , i have been playing a good few years so i am not a novice , the comment above seems to make out i am not sure on what i am doing ;)
Since I have all the tools too, I can't look it up for sure, but it should be the bottling machine. That is the only one that makes sense.
When you open the facility, is there a box with a check mark in it for each item? If that check mark is not there then the Start All will not start production on that item. I am not trying to make you out as a novice. It is a very easy item to overlook.

[Taz D]

what is the scanner
No idea to what you are referring. How about some more information?

[wallydog]

Since I have all the tools too, I can't look it up for sure, but it should be the bottling machine. That is the only one that makes sense.
When you open the facility, is there a box with a check mark in it for each item? If that check mark is not there then the Start All will not start production on that item. I am not trying to make you out as a novice. It is a very easy item to overlook.
Taz you are a marvel and i am an idiot :o i had totally not thought about the tick boxes , :eek::eek::o:o:o:o:o

[bella1405]

Why do you make us buy 2 tools we dont need ,I will never use to get the 6x6 combine ?? I have the 5x5 combine,that should be enough,why should I buy a 6x6 harvester and a 6x6 plower,I dont need them and will never use them,soo very very stupid !!!!

[ceciliawells33]

Why do you make us buy 2 tools we dont need ,I will never use to get the 6x6 combine ?? I have the 5x5 combine,that should be enough,why should I buy a 6x6 harvester and a 6x6 plower,I dont need them and will never use them,soo very very stupid !!!!


Bella1405 i didnt see anywhere saying we "had" to buy these the game is played the way you want to play it you dont have to buy anything if you dont want too i dont get annoyed often but its a great game and the devs do a great job but as i say you dont have to buy anything........................

[FarmerMcLashwood]

Why do you make us buy 2 tools we dont need ,I will never use to get the 6x6 combine ?? I have the 5x5 combine,that should be enough,why should I buy a 6x6 harvester and a 6x6 plower,I dont need them and will never use them,soo very very stupid !!!!

You didn't have to buy them.... nothing in the rules says we have to buy every tool.

[Digger Margee]

THE NEW TURBO BOAT is available to work on my farm; but, it is not available to work on other peoples farms.

[Taz D]

THE NEW TURBO BOAT is available to work on my farm; but, it is not available to work on other peoples farms.
This is a known glitch and the developers are aware and looking into it.

[loveko2]

when can we have the purple flower harvester & purple tree harvester? these tolls are very important in the farms. thanks.

[Queen.of.Clutter]

I am torn on the green glove - I haven't bought it yet, since I don't decorate and even if I did, I don't layer stuff on top of stuff.

How is this glove different than people layering buildings and trees and things on top of fields ? I know it won't layer crops or trees, but won't it mess up the game the same as we have been told other layering does ??

[KnightRider]

I am torn on the green glove - I haven't bought it yet, since I don't decorate and even if I did, I don't layer stuff on top of stuff.

How is this glove different than people layering buildings and trees and things on top of fields ? I know it won't layer crops or trees, but won't it mess up the game the same as we have been told other layering does ??

That is what I was wondering, to me it would seem like it is the same thing.

[Taz D]

First thing is it will not layer anything over crops. And the amount of layer using it as it stands is not near as much additional data as layeringf crops is.

[KnightRider]

First thing is it will not layer anything over crops. And the amount of layer using it as it stands is not near as much additional data as layeringf crops is.

My question is mostly about the overlapping of facilities being the same as overlapping crops. I know it won't layer anything on crops or work with plant items, but it says in the Game Guide that it will almost fully overlap other items, so it sounds like it will do like overlapping crops, which Slashkey says that they do not support that type of layering of crops, but if you can put a facility in the corner and then overlap that facility 75% of the way with another facility and continue to do that, many people have stated that they have put several facilities in the space that only a few would fit into, so the data that has to remembered is all of the facilities and all of the ingredients inside each of those facilities. It still seems like to me that it is the same just doing it with facilities instead of crops.

[Taz D]

My question is mostly about the overlapping of facilities being the same as overlapping crops. I know it won't layer anything on crops or work with plant items, but it says in the Game Guide that it will almost fully overlap other items, so it sounds like it will do like overlapping crops, which Slashkey says that they do not support that type of layering of crops, but if you can put a facility in the corner and then overlap that facility 75% of the way with another facility and continue to do that, many people have stated that they have put several facilities in the space that only a few would fit into, so the data that has to remembered is all of the facilities and all of the ingredients inside each of those facilities. It still seems like to me that it is the same just doing it with facilities instead of crops.
It is basically the same thing, however it is a low number of items as opposed to several thousand plots for crops. The statement about layering and condoning has been modified because of these tools. The only discussions not allowed are about layering crops, trees and flowers now.

[Scarlett128]

I have been unsuccessful twice in getting a response to my question about the Start All tools. Perhaps the 3rd time will be the charm! Chapter 21 of the Game Guide needs to be updated to include the Start All tools for each of the facilities included in the last five (5) New Releases.

Which Start All tool is required for:
(1) Plant Milk Factory
(2) Board Games Factory
(3) Thai Restaurant
(4) Nursing Home (Service Facility)
(5) Electronics Components Factory
(6) Electronics Equipment Factory
(7) Handyman Tools Factory
(8) Electronics Store (Service Facility)
(9) Mediterranean Restaurant
(10) Beach Gear Factory
(11) Hardware Shop (Service Facility)
(12) Beach Gear Rentals (Service Facility)
(13) Playground Gear Factory
(14) French Restaurant
(15) Playground (Service Facility)
(16) Day Care (Service Facility)
(17) Funeral Supplies Factory
(18) Party Supplies Factory
(19) Funeral Home (Service Facility)
(20) Party Store (Service Facility)

I have searched everywhere in the Forum for the answers with no luck. It would be extremely helpful if the Devs could mention the proper Start All tool for each of the new facilities at the time they are released. Failing that, Chapter 21 should be updated as soon as possible after each New Release. Chapter 21 in the Game Guide has the "Updated" flag, but it hasn't been updated since May 12th, I believe.

I have all the Start All tools, so there is no way that I can query each facility in question. :) Many thanks for any light you can shed on this subject.

[Tony D]

I have been unsuccessful twice in getting a response to my question about the Start All tools. Perhaps the 3rd time will be the charm! Chapter 21 of the Game Guide needs to be updated to include the Start All tools for each of the facilities included in the last five (5) New Releases.

Which Start All tool is required for:
(1) Plant Milk Factory
(2) Board Games Factory
(3) Thai Restaurant
(4) Nursing Home (Service Facility)
(5) Electronics Components Factory
(6) Electronics Equipment Factory
(7) Handyman Tools Factory
(8) Electronics Store (Service Facility)
(9) Mediterranean Restaurant
(10) Beach Gear Factory
(11) Hardware Shop (Service Facility)
(12) Beach Gear Rentals (Service Facility)
(13) Playground Gear Factory
(14) French Restaurant
(15) Playground (Service Facility)
(16) Day Care (Service Facility)
(17) Funeral Supplies Factory
(18) Party Supplies Factory
(19) Funeral Home (Service Facility)
(20) Party Store (Service Facility)

I have searched everywhere in the Forum for the answers with no luck. It would be extremely helpful if the Devs could mention the proper Start All tool for each of the new facilities at the time they are released. Failing that, Chapter 21 should be updated as soon as possible after each New Release. Chapter 21 in the Game Guide has the "Updated" flag, but it hasn't been updated since May 12th, I believe.

I have all the Start All tools, so there is no way that I can query each facility in question. :) Many thanks for any light you can shed on this subject.Hi, we have asked the developers for the information. If you have all the start all tools then all new facilities released will work with one of them.

[Scarlett128]

Hi, we have asked the developers for the information. If you have all the start all tools then all new facilities released will work with one of them.

Thanks so much for the reply, Tony! As I said, I own all of the Start All tools, so when new facilities are released, the proper Start All tool is automatically selected when I fill those facilities. However, I am trying to help a friend who cannot afford to buy all of the tools. I have done an analysis of her farm to determine which factories and service facilities she owns in order to recommend the most logical and efficient Start All tools for her to buy. Before I can make that recommendation, I need to know which Start All tools are used for the facilities released since the last update to Chapter 21. My friend has quit buying any new facilities, because it takes so long to load them without at least some of the Start All tools!

I appreciate your asking the developers for the information I need. Hopefully, you will hear from them soon. I assume when you get that information, you will add it to Chapter 21? That's where I will check unless I hear from you to the contrary. :)

Many thanks!

[Petuniaflower]

Love the GREEN GLOVE but wish it would let you rotate items with glove in hand especially anyone like me who decided i liked the neighbors brown mountains and changed mine with limited space :rolleyes:

[KnightRider]

I have been unsuccessful twice in getting a response to my question about the Start All tools. Perhaps the 3rd time will be the charm! Chapter 21 of the Game Guide needs to be updated to include the Start All tools for each of the facilities included in the last five (5) New Releases.

Which Start All tool is required for:
(1) Plant Milk Factory
(2) Board Games Factory
(3) Thai Restaurant
(4) Nursing Home (Service Facility)
(5) Electronics Components Factory
(6) Electronics Equipment Factory
(7) Handyman Tools Factory
(8) Electronics Store (Service Facility)
(9) Mediterranean Restaurant
(10) Beach Gear Factory
(11) Hardware Shop (Service Facility)
(12) Beach Gear Rentals (Service Facility)
(13) Playground Gear Factory
(14) French Restaurant
(15) Playground (Service Facility)
(16) Day Care (Service Facility)
(17) Funeral Supplies Factory
(18) Party Supplies Factory
(19) Funeral Home (Service Facility)
(20) Party Store (Service Facility)

I have searched everywhere in the Forum for the answers with no luck. It would be extremely helpful if the Devs could mention the proper Start All tool for each of the new facilities at the time they are released. Failing that, Chapter 21 should be updated as soon as possible after each New Release. Chapter 21 in the Game Guide has the "Updated" flag, but it hasn't been updated since May 12th, I believe.

I have all the Start All tools, so there is no way that I can query each facility in question. :) Many thanks for any light you can shed on this subject.

The Service Facilities are a little easier there is only 2 Start All tools for them, they are the Express Checkout Station and the Manual Lift truck. According to the Game Guide all the Service Facilities only use those 2 tools.

I would say the Service Facilities that goes with the Express Checkout Station would be:
1. Electronics Store
2. Hardware Shop
3. Beach Gear Rentals
4. Party Store

I would say the Service Facilities that goes with the Manual Lift truck would be:
1. Nursing Home
2. Playground
3. Day Care Center
4. Funeral Home

The above is just guesses at which ones each of those Service Facilities would go with.

[KnightRider]

Love the GREEN GLOVE but wish it would let you rotate items with glove in hand especially anyone like me who decided i liked the neighbors brown mountains and changed mine with limited space :rolleyes:

Same as with the yellow glove, would be nice if could rotate something while you have it in your hand instead of dropping it then rotate it then pick it up again and decide that you like it better the other way so then you have to drop it again and rotate it again then pick it up and move it.

[bella1405]

You missed my point.I really would like to have the combine 6x6,I just dont get why we have to buy toools we dont need to get it .I just started playing again after a long break from the game.I had played for some years and had tons of money and xp and there was nothing to play for.Now I am some levels behind,so at least I have that to play for.

[Petuniaflower]

Same as with the yellow glove, would be nice if could rotate something while you have it in your hand instead of dropping it then rotate it then pick it up again and decide that you like it better the other way so then you have to drop it again and rotate it again then pick it up and move it.

Maybe that is something they can do in the future,all this Great Stuff they created surely they could do that :D

[Queen.of.Clutter]

My question is mostly about the overlapping of facilities being the same as overlapping crops. I know it won't layer anything on crops or work with plant items, but it says in the Game Guide that it will almost fully overlap other items, so it sounds like it will do like overlapping crops, which Slashkey says that they do not support that type of layering of crops, but if you can put a facility in the corner and then overlap that facility 75% of the way with another facility and continue to do that, many people have stated that they have put several facilities in the space that only a few would fit into, so the data that has to remembered is all of the facilities and all of the ingredients inside each of those facilities. It still seems like to me that it is the same just doing it with facilities instead of crops.

Not replying directly to you kitt1962 - just quoted to be in line on the original statement I made a few days ago .... so, since the game guide has been changed stating Slashkey does NOT support layering or crops (since this tool came to be, the wording has been changed to accomodate the use of this tool) -- it just seems to me that first it was frowned upon, but now -- for 90 Farm Cash -- it is not.

I still don't know whether to buy it or not .... I have everything that ever came out, but these two gloves, and a few of the train cars .... I am on the fence about.

[KnightRider]

Not replying directly to you kitt1962 - just quoted to be in line on the original statement I made a few days ago .... so, since the game guide has been changed stating Slashkey does NOT support layering or crops (since this tool came to be, the wording has been changed to accomodate the use of this tool) -- it just seems to me that first it was frowned upon, but now -- for 90 Farm Cash -- it is not.

I still don't know whether to buy it or not .... I have everything that ever came out, but these two gloves, and a few of the train cars .... I am on the fence about.

I don't have either of the gloves, what I need to overlap I just use the paths, I don't overlap a lot of items. I try to make farms that could be seen in real life and you don't usually see one building on top of another building. I do sometime have to use the path like if I need a sign where part of a fence is. There is a couple of the train cars I don't have either, I have 10 dispatched so when I work a neighbors farm the mayor does the work for me and as for the extra stuff I get in the train car, I will just sell the extra stuff.

[Queen.of.Clutter]

I don't have either of the gloves, what I need to overlap I just use the paths, I don't overlap a lot of items. I try to make farms that could be seen in real life and you don't usually see one building on top of another building. I do sometime have to use the path like if I need a sign where part of a fence is. There is a couple of the train cars I don't have either, I have 10 dispatched so when I work a neighbors farm the mayor does the work for me and as for the extra stuff I get in the train car, I will just sell the extra stuff.

I can't seem to get 10 cars that I feel are useful to me .... I have seven. I am hoping they will continue to release different ones, so I can have 10 dispatched. Maybe next release we will get a few more ....

[KnightRider]

I can't seem to get 10 cars that I feel are useful to me .... I have seven. I am hoping they will continue to release different ones, so I can have 10 dispatched. Maybe next release we will get a few more ....

The cars I picked I have enough of I just will sell what I don't need one of these days, I just like the trains, I have several of the freight engines and several of the coins cars all around my farms. I am like you I hope they keep adding a few more cars.

[Vivienne57]

Wahooooooooo I absolutely love the new fishing boat. I hated fishing before even with the green boat but now I love it. Best thing Ft has created so far. I am loving all the new people as well which I was able to use for my beach theme......thaaaaaaaaaaank you FT Dev :O)

[crafty chris]

i hated fishing now with the new boat im fishing once a day ... before ... once a month if i felt like it so a big THANK YOU for my boat i love it!!

[Taz D]

I love the fact that it saves on fuel too. Only 1 fuel per water section instead of anywhere from 3 - 10.

[blue nile]

I think I might buy the new purple boat after reading all the positive comments! I couldn't decide whether to get the boat or maybe another train (i have 4 carriages) I love things that speed up my work load!! :)

[jim v]

I would like to get the boat but it has been impossible for me to buy FC and I have so many xp that the developers only let me level up every 2 or 3 months.

[Taz D]

I would like to get the boat but it has been impossible for me to buy FC and I have so many xp that the developers only let me level up every 2 or 3 months.
What happens when you try to buy FC?

[carolann43]

Ok fishing boat might be great, but where are the cod? Haven't gotten any in 3 days. This might be the wrong place to post this but several of us are so frustrated. We buy the seas and no cod....

[Taz D]

Ok fishing boat might be great, but where are the cod? Haven't gotten any in 3 days. This might be the wrong place to post this but several of us are so frustrated. We buy the seas and no cod....
They are only in the large seacoasts for Farm Cash.

[crafty chris]

I love the fact that it saves on fuel too. Only 1 fuel per water section instead of anywhere from 3 - 10.

i never noticed that ... makes it 2 reasons why i love it now lol

[preston_digitation]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the purple boat!!!! so any ideas when we can boost that train??

[carol0]

I love the new boat! It is so hard to find someone to fish for me and I have so many lakes and seacoasts that when I find someone to fish them, they usually dont get them all.

I do wish that I could use it on other farms though. It wouldnt be worth buying if I didn't have so much water.

[FarmerMcLashwood]

I love the new boat! It is so hard to find someone to fish for me and I have so many lakes and seacoasts that when I find someone to fish them, they usually dont get them all.

I do wish that I could use it on other farms though. It wouldnt be worth buying if I didn't have so much water.

You can use it on other farms.

[priscillar]

I am still using the green boat which is a pain but just noticed while fishing that I have a - in front of some of my waters. Anyone else see this?

[Taz D]

I am still using the green boat which is a pain but just noticed while fishing that I have a - in front of some of my waters. Anyone else see this?
It is a known glitch and they are looking in to this.
Known Issues

- Somtimes your water items fish count go into negative numbers, it will allow you to continue fishing, although the fish will dissapear from the storage when you refresh. This will be corrected on Monday.

[psycho_mommi]

i have a question.. i have a friend that has all 3 boats, were in her storage, and today they are gone! anyone else having this issues? i have had her run the memcache, and clear her net files. idk what else to suggest

[Tony D]

i have a question.. i have a friend that has all 3 boats, were in her storage, and today they are gone! anyone else having this issues? i have had her run the memcache, and clear her net files. idk what else to suggestHi, ask her to post on the forum with a link to her farm and we can check it for her.

[KnightRider]

I went and purchased the new boat and it is amazing on how good and fast it is to do my waters, now I can purchase more of them.

[snow_angel]

I love the new boat! It is so hard to find someone to fish for me and I have so many lakes and seacoasts that when I find someone to fish them, they usually dont get them all.

I do wish that I could use it on other farms though. It wouldnt be worth buying if I didn't have so much water.

Put your boat in storage then you can use it on all your farms that have water.

[rogerthedodger]

loves the turbo boat can u do the same for tress to 1 click and there all done all these farms r very time consuming , becoming a full time profession

[pythonis]

LOL now that the one click boat is out people have to beg to fish in the market.

[Taz D]

LOL now that the one click boat is out people have to beg to fish in the market.
And before you couldn't get people to fish from the market. What a turn around.

[pythonis]

When you buy the waters they each tell you what they have in them.

[Tony D]

Ok fishing boat might be great, but where are the cod? Haven't gotten any in 3 days. This might be the wrong place to post this but several of us are so frustrated. We buy the seas and no cod....Hi this is covered in the fishing section of the game guide .. this link may help http://slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4362718#post4362718

[Yude]

Turbo Fishing Boat...
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):

[Sandy Mae]

I also love my new turbo boat!!!!!!:D:cool:

[carolann43]

50 FC......not me....not putting another cent into this game. Doesn't work that great lately. Not throwing any more money away.

[Bonnie Jo]

I thought the green boat was great but the purple turbo one is SUPER!!!

[sholman]

best TOOL in Farm Town, now if we could just plow or harvest or sow a whole farm with one tool, that would be worth buying!!!!
thanks for the Turbo boat

[rocker grrrrrl]

Add me to the list of farmers who LOVE the turbo boat! Crazy good...... Now I am holding my breath for a turbo tree shaker, and turbo harvester, and turbo plower, and turbo seed sower, and, and, and,...... LOL

I can cover a lot more ground in a lot less time and I love it. Much appreciated. Thanks so much!! :D

[gffarmer]

Me too! I love...love...love the new boat!!

[KnightRider]

I wouldn't say that I love it, but it is very good, makes it easier to make waterfalls and to overlap the waters and not have to worry about not being able to get all of the fish without having to reload the farm.

[sod farmer]

I think the turbo fishing boat is one of the better tools they have offered. It has taken a source of frustration (fishing) and brought it up to speed (literally) with the other tools.

Thanks! :D