New Release -- June 1st, 2012

[psycho_mommi]

OH IT'S TOMORROW!!! IT'S TOMORROW!!! YIPPPPPEEEEEEEE!!!!! :D:D:D thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!!!

[Bonnie Jo]

Mine now says 139 markets to go. They have picked up 48 (long one door box car) 51 (long 2 door box car) and 40 (long container) products.

[WilliamV]

It says 7224 units.

That works out to 1680 x 4 Pigments, 336 Cardstock & 168 Paper Rolls. All this after 7 days. The quantities are far too low to meet requirements. Also all the items available are from Coin facilities (I think), nothing from FC Facilities. :confused:

[bayoubes]

I can't believe we waited patiently and not so patiently for this. I don't need any of this, already have 100k to 200k of this stuff, nor can I afford it. Oh, well, at least I have more trains to decorate my train farms. I don't get the 7 days for the train to deliver the goods, in 7 days I could get all if not more of the products the old fashion way.

[corogirl]

Think I will wait until the one train I have dispatched is finished. (in 7 days :o( ) then will attempt to get all boxcars on one farm. Am putting them in storage... the ones I coulnd't dispatch for now.

I did the same as you did and I think that is a bad fault. I boughgt the Locomotive and bought one box car and dispatched it. Then I got the other two box cars and I cannot dispatch them, I have to wait 7 days Argh!!! 110FC That's not good enough IMHO

[Bonnie Jo]

What "Boost Feature" are you talking about? I don't see anything in the release notes about any boost.
When you click on Boost Trains in the train status area it says "Coming Soon". Similar to asking people to work on your other facilities.

[adinar]

This just can't be right. If my Stone Windmill were in storage, I wouldn't be able to load it with the Facilities Manager (would I?). So maybe - does the train load your facility and also store everything? What if - say with the Stone Windmill one - what if I don't have any wheat in storage? What would my Stone Windmill boxcar do then?

the train works similar to the semis you no longer have to load the facs from what i understand like the stone windmill even if you have it in storage you don't have to plant the wheat for it any longer unless you have other facs that need the wheat but not for the windmill . When the train is finished collecting and you click on it to unload or something then i 'm pretty sure it goes into your storage for the other facs to use same as the semi truck.I think this is how it works

[Taz D]

I'm lost. Right now I only have trains on one farm - so that means I'd either have to put the Oil Refinery, Stone Windmill and Ink & Pigments Factory in storage or on my train farm, right? And if I buy all 3 boxcars, I can still only use one at a time, right? One week for Stone Windmill, one week for Oil Refinery, etc?

But the part I really don't get is - what do they do? Say the Stone Windmill one - does that mean that I load my Stone Windmill like always, then I send my train out so I don't have to use my Facilities Manager to store the flour for 7 days? What if my neighbors work my facilites so much that all the flour is processed before the 7 days is up. Is the train still out for 7 days? Using the "Store All" button is so easy - I can't imagine why I'd want my train to do that for me, so I'm thinking I must be missing something. Can someone explain?

I also don't like that once you send a train out, it becomes semi-transparent. Being able to design my farms to look a certain way is most of why I love this game and I think a semi-transparent boxcar is going to make me nuts. Is it possible to have a different way to display this?
Susan, you can buy and place the car on the farm with the facility where ever it is. Then put the car into storage and move it to your train farm. No need to move your facilities. If you buy all 3 cars you can use all 3 at the same time on the same train. You just cannot use 2 of the same.
The train is independent of your facility production and provides additional product. You can still fill your facility and neighbors work it and the train has nothing to do with that. What you get from the train is additional product if you can't make enough. And the train has nothing to do with your Store All button.

[Taz D]

When you click on Boost Trains in the train status area it says "Coming Soon". Similar to asking people to work on your other facilities.
Oh ok...missed that...:D

[charlies4ng3ls]

Well for the first time I have to say I'm sorely disappointed, despite buying the FC, I will not be spending it on Freight Trains, all of the things they bring we have in plentiful supply .... We are short on Wool, Milk, Eggs, Meat, Chicken and Sugar ... even stuff for the metal mills can be difficult despite having those on every farm .... Is it known if these things will be available using Freight in the future?

I'm sorry guys but I'm passing this one up ... looking forward to the new facilities (which I now have plenty of FC to buy) and the new crops.

[lewlin]

So we waited with baited breath and they arrive in a blaze of glory.....then we buy them, place them, click a button and now wait for 7 days!!!! lol. And if that wasn't riveting enough, the train looks totally rubbish while on it's travels. Woop woop FT!

[Debbie_T]

This might help: :):):)

Farmtown players:

8. Freight Trains: It can bring you high demand products from outside markets to use in your facilities.

Currently there are one Standard Freight Locomotive and 6 Freight Cars. The regular freight cars are just decoration items and don't provide any functionality. The Long Freight Cars are the ones who can be dispatched with a train to bring you products across all the markets. To check the products and quantity that each Long Freight Car can carry, click the help button in the Store.

To prepare your train for dispatch you need to have at least one Long Freight Car coupled to the Freight Locomotive. Place the Long Freight Car right behind the Locomotive without any space between them. If you mouse over the Locomotive all Freight Cars (including short and long cars) correctly coupled together will be highlighted.

To manage your train click the Locomotive and select 'Show Train Details'. The Long Freight Cars that are correctly coupled to your Locomotive will be highlighted in white. The ones that you don't own or that are not correctly coupled will appear disabled.

To dispatch your train click the 'Dispatch Train' button. Only the Freight Cars correctly coupled to your train will be dispatched to carry goods. Once you dispatch a train it will be locked and will appear semi-transparent in your farm until it returns. The Standard Freight Locomotive completes the trip across all markets in 7 days.

To check the progress of your train click on the 'Train Status' tab. You'll see how many units are being carried and how many are pending to load. The progress bar indicates the progress of the train across all the markets.

As soon as the train visits all the markets and returns to your farm, you can click the 'Unload Train' button to move all products to your Storage. At this point your train will be fully visible again so you can add or remove cars for the next dispatch.

Currently, only one Locomotive across all your farms can be carrying products at any given time. In other words, you can build several trains but you can't dispatch one until the other one returns.

Currently, only one Long Freight Car of each type per train can be carrying products. That is to say, you can have all 3 Long Freight Cars coupled to a train (the Container, the One-Door and the Two-Door cars) and they will all carry products, but if you purchase another Long Freight Car and couple it to that train it will not carry any additional products at this time.

The products that each Freight Car carries will cost you coins and 420 fuel.

Once you purchase any Long Freight Car you can move it to any other farm, the facility requirement in the Store is only needed at purchase time.

9. Cashew Tree and Lemongrass Crop: To be used in the Thai Restaurant.

10. Plant Milk Factory (coins), Thai Restaurant (coins), Board Games Factory (FC), Nursing Home (FC) (Coming Next Week).

Farm 15 and new levels coming in the next release.

Enjoy!

--Raul

[corogirl]

There is nothing in these trains that any reasonable farmer would run out of, maybe wheat. It would have been better to be able to load things like Milk and eggs seeing we can only have 100 in each pen and there is no way that's enough eggs and milk for facs like Dairy,Ice cream and Bakery etc. Sugar is another one that is disproportionately used.

[barbaraelwart]

Where does one find the 'Train Status' tab?? am I being thick???:confused:

[Petuniaflower]

I am still going to plant..wheat...sugarcane..etc..etc...until..I see..how this works...I am thinking..this is just a helper..

[Farmer DeDe]

I am beyond confused about the freight train and boxcars. I'll wait until "FT Freight Train for Dummies" is published before I spend over 100FC. I'm dizzy..gonna have a beer. lol.

[Bonnie Jo]

Where does one find the 'Train Status' tab?? am I being thick???:confused:
Click on the train and select "Show Train Details"

[barbaraelwart]

Click on the train and select "Show Train Details"

Thanks Bonnie Jo, I could not see for looking!!! lol!:)

[Taffyapple]

I am gonna pass

wait and see how others like them and if they are worth it :confused:

[Dutch85]

Susan, you can buy and place the car on the farm with the facility where ever it is. Then put the car into storage and move it to your train farm. No need to move your facilities. If you buy all 3 cars you can use all 3 at the same time on the same train. You just cannot use 2 of the same.
The train is independent of your facility production and provides additional product. You can still fill your facility and neighbors work it and the train has nothing to do with that. What you get from the train is additional product if you can't make enough. And the train has nothing to do with your Store All button.

Now that's an explanation I can understand! LOL Thank you Taz D

And thank you devs for all your hard work...and on a weekend no less! You deserve extra pay for this!

[Ms Helpful]

Well for the first time I have to say I'm sorely disappointed, despite buying the FC, I will not be spending it on Freight Trains, all of the things they bring we have in plentiful supply .... We are short on Wool, Milk, Eggs, Meat, Chicken and Sugar ... even stuff for the metal mills can be difficult despite having those on every farm .... Is it known if these things will be available using Freight in the future?

I'm sorry guys but I'm passing this one up ... looking forward to the new facilities (which I now have plenty of FC to buy) and the new crops.

I agree on this and I was thinking they should have the animal sheds continued to produce stuff like the mines do but then I thought maybe the animals might blow up :D

i too will be passing on this and with the restricted only 25 levels on the levelling up thing I will just make do with what i have. :(

[cfjoseph]

Does anyone have the new crop or new tree?

[adinar]

Does anyone have the new crop or new tree?

nope not released yet

[Chris the Farmer]

Raul, we need a trains category in the storage. Have to currently use All filter to see them.
Also have to have locomotive on the farm to purchase so have to buy all you want at the same time or store and bring the locomotive back to the farm with facilities to buy. Tedious.

Looks like your wish is granted. Just saw a category for trains in storage. :cool:

[Angel70]

Well for the first time I have to say I'm sorely disappointed, despite buying the FC, I will not be spending it on Freight Trains, all of the things they bring we have in plentiful supply .... We are short on Wool, Milk, Eggs, Meat, Chicken and Sugar ... even stuff for the metal mills can be difficult despite having those on every farm .... Is it known if these things will be available using Freight in the future?

I'm sorry guys but I'm passing this one up ... looking forward to the new facilities (which I now have plenty of FC to buy) and the new crops.

I agree. At this point in time, I don't need the freight train for I have more than enough of the items it brings in storage. If however in the future the devs will come out with a freight train that would bring me milk, eggs, sheep wool, chicken, meat, etc, I would buy it in an instant.

[max_river]

they look cool but i not spending my fc because i have enough of the things that it offers. such flour coffee corn flour and metals ect. kind of disapoint that they fc and not a helping thing for everyone. oh well

[KnightRider]

The should have cattle cars for the train so that they could bring animal products to the farmers, right now I just need 1 of the cars, I am using the one for the paper roll.

[SunnyD]

lol the trains have a customer service desk for us with selective understanding..and maybe some of us have sometimes disease ... lol just click on help .. maybe this will help us??? who knows i am trying it.....

[Petuniaflower]

I have a semi truck trailer..on I believe 12 farms..and I have a abundance of chicken meat..and all they carry..eggs..are my main thing to run out of...I bought 2 train..and 2 of each of the cars..so I didn't need..2..Raul..needs ..the cash..to pay the DEV's..and our mods..are probably busy..remembering..all the new things..and know it is going to be crazy for awhile...:eek:

[vicki kneese]

I had to refresh my farm to make them unlock.

ok i will try that thanks

[kellyb64]

What "Boost Feature" are you talking about? I don't see anything in the release notes about any boost.


it is on the train details. when it is functional your neighbors who come work your farm can make the train pick up the products quicker

[max_river]

ya know, max_river, most of us are just having fun with this, lol. Some may be seriously irate, but you will find most of us are finding humour in it all. ;) Of course we know we will get it when we get it....but we can have loads of fun waiting for that "when" :D

i am sorry if i offended you. i also like to joke around that all i was doing but again i guess i offend people. oh well it is just a game and just a forum.

[NiMo1960]

My train say 'Locked', so cant by them.
How do I unlock?

[FarmerMcLashwood]

Quote"To check the progress of your train click on the 'Train Status' tab. You'll see how many units are being carried and how many are pending to load. The progress bar indicates the progress of the train across all the markets."

I must be really dim........ where is is "TRain Stauts' tab"

And....... what is this Boost thing some people have mentioned??? I can't find anything pertaining to this.


Completely befuddled

[FarmerMcLashwood]

Quote"To check the progress of your train click on the 'Train Status' tab. You'll see how many units are being carried and how many are pending to load. The progress bar indicates the progress of the train across all the markets."

I must be really dim........ where is is "TRain Stauts' tab"

And....... what is this Boost thing some people have mentioned??? I can't find anything pertaining to this.


Completely befuddled

Ignore..... I found it lol

Had to reload farm though to see it.

[KnightRider]

My train say 'Locked', so cant by them.
How do I unlock?

To unlock if you have the requirements, just reload your farm and it should be unlocked.

[SunnyD]

Quote"To check the progress of your train click on the 'Train Status' tab. You'll see how many units are being carried and how many are pending to load. The progress bar indicates the progress of the train across all the markets."

I must be really dim........ where is is "TRain Stauts' tab"

And....... what is this Boost thing some people have mentioned??? I can't find anything pertaining to this.


Completely befuddled

the boost thing shows up when you look to see how your items are progressing , i am thinking it is like when you post your facilities on your wall to ask your friends to help you with speeding up production...

[NiMo1960]

To unlock if you have the requirements, just reload your farm and it should be unlocked.

I have one farm (12) that has every facility on it.
I laid the track and place a loco, but still wagons say locked.
What am I missing?



OK sussed it.
You need to also buy a building called 'Train Depot', something I don't see mentioned anywhere.

[KnightRider]

I have one farm (12) that has every facility on it.
I laid the track and place a loco, but still wagons say locked.
What am I missing?

Sorry, I should have said to reload the program instead of just the farm, have you tried to reload the program?

[Taz D]

This just can't be right. If my Stone Windmill were in storage, I wouldn't be able to load it with the Facilities Manager (would I?). So maybe - does the train load your facility and also store everything? What if - say with the Stone Windmill one - what if I don't have any wheat in storage? What would my Stone Windmill boxcar do then?
The box car doesn't need your wheat to get the product, so if no wheat you still can get flour. That same car also brings corn flower and ground coffee.
You don't have to keep your Stone windmill in storage. It only has to be in storage or you have to be on the farm with it to buy the car. Once you have bought the car then you can move the facility back to the farm if you put it in storage to buy the car.
The boxcar is totally independent of the facility after you purchase and it does not have to stay on the farm wioth the facility either. That is only for the actual purchase.

[rabbit8]

I wholeheartedly agree. We shouldn't have had but to purchase the one tool.
very disheartening. And by the way, this week is past where are the new facilities and trees?

[ln43055]

I'm not happy at all!! I went about bought the train track and cars when it was first talked about being available. Then I get in here today to find that in order to purchase a functioning train, I have to also purchase Farm Cash.... this was never mentioned in former upgrades, I blew coins for nothing, and feel that this game is getting to be too much for me , if everything to make the game a lil easier has to purchased with Farm Cash. I can't remember when I started to play this game but have been a loyal player for many years, purchased Farm Cash as long as I have been playing!!! Unhappy about having to spend money on items that should also be available with my coins that I have spent so much time acquiring..

[Taz D]

Well something is wrong with my freight train. I got it all hooked up on my Farm #3 ... I hit the "dispatch" and it went translucent ... but when you click on the Locomotive and then click "show train details" - it shows the following now on each one of the Boxcars - "Carrying - 0" "To Load (gives diff number for each boxcar)" "To Go: 140 markets 7 Days" ... I don't understand? Where is the amount each one is carrying? Does this go the opposite that the Semi-Truck does? Just wondering, I'm confused. :confused:
Yes...it starts out carrying 0 and the To Go shows what is to be picked up.

[FarmerMcLashwood]

I wholeheartedly agree. We shouldn't have had but to purchase the one tool.
very disheartening. And by the way, this week is past where are the new facilities and trees?

Pending

- Lemongrass and Cashew sometime later today.

- New Facilities 3-4 days
Last edited by Raul; Today at 07:57 PM.

[ImajeanB]

I am really confused about where the freight train gets the supplies and how it benefits us. Can this be explained for dummies like me?

[KnightRider]

I am really confused about where the freight train gets the supplies and how it benefits us. Can this be explained for dummies like me?

It goes to like 140 markets and they put the items on the train that is delivered to you in 7 days, it does not use any supplies that you have and the benefits is that is extra products given to you after it returns.

[FarmerMcLashwood]

It states that the freight train takes 7 days to complete.

Now we all know that FarmTown day is 20 hrs.

So is that 7 days Farmtown days or 7 days real days

[max_river]

it think it would be farm town days

[matt88]

i just dispatched my train with the 2 door box car, so in 7 days it will return with a bunch of pigment (which i don't need) and only 168 roll's of paper (which i can't get enough of)?

[Tiger]

I am really confused about where the freight train gets the supplies and how it benefits us. Can this be explained for dummies like me?

I'll try........


Freight trains are a way of allowing you to get more of certain types of products, if you found you were always running short of them.

For example. If you were constantly running out of flour and corn flour and owned the stone windmill, you could benefit by also owning the Standard Freight Locomotive and the Long One-Door Boxcar as after a period of 7 days this would bring you more of those products. In effect boosting the amount of flour you have for use in facilities.

Different Freight cars bring different products.

Once you have bought the Standard Freight Locomotive and whichever fright cars you want, you connect them together on a farm. Click on the train and that allows you to “Dispatch Train” (costs you coins and fuel ) which sends it off into its virtual world collecting the goods from virtual markets. 7 days later, you can “Unload Train” to collect your goods. You can check your Train’s progress during the 7 days by looking under the “Train Status Tab “.

[bvoyce]

So I'm not 100% sure about the train thing, but if the point is to get more of the much needed items, they really didn't pick the right items. The only thing out of all of them that I ever run out of is the paper rolls and that just started recently.

I am always looking for more meat, chicken, hotdog sausages and leather (I own 3 trucks and the device to double production and it is still never enough), and canvas textile rolls. I have my farm pretty well set up to be able to produce everything else I need on my own and keep my factories full. I ran out of blue ink recently for the first time, but I don't know if I accidentally sold it or if the new items that require it finally added up to more than I produce.

Another possible need is more tree fruit, for me mainly apples and maybe lemons and oranges. I have so many trees in my farms that I just don't want to use up more space for them. I'd rather be able to get more elsewhere.


P.S It sucks when new trees are added! You have to use up so much permanent space and grow so many to keep on top of the need. It sucks. Plus every time you add a new tree I have to rearrange my tree farm which is not easy to move around thousands of trees one by one. (I have 2 farms dedicated to fruit trees, and they are laid out tallest to shortest for easier harvesting) At least if there was a way to move lots of trees (and flowers too) at one time it wouldn't be such a time consuming mess to deal with...although I'm running out of space too and I don't want to start a 3rd tree farm.

[lewlin]

This train thingy is new and so I'm presuming that more freight cars could and probably will be added in the future with different ingredients. However...the thing that's got my goat with it is I put my old train in storage to place this brand new train....only to find it practically disappears once it's set off to get the ingredients. I can't see a way of moving it somewhere else more discreet so I can get my old train back. It's totally ruined the design on my farm :-(

[cbeckner80]

ty but i do not think i will spend my fc right now on them because i never run out of that stuff. i would rather spend it on the tools

I agree. Not much use to me personally. I'll use the short ones for decorations.

[JW2009]

Is it normal for them to become GHOSTLY like after starting them UP?

[Jwebb]

The things that I and most farmers run out of continually are Hen eggs and Milk. I hope to see a train car for these item ASAP

[KnightRider]

Is it normal for them to become GHOSTLY like after starting them UP?

Yes it is this is from the release notes:

Once you dispatch a train it will be locked and will appear semi-transparent in your farm until it returns.

[Tiger]

Is it normal for them to become GHOSTLY like after starting them UP?

If you have dispatched the train, yes, it will be locked and will appear semi-transparent in your farm until it returns.

[bvoyce]

The things that I and most farmers run out of continually are Hen eggs and Milk. I hope to see a train car for these item ASAP

Yes, these too! I totally agree!

[Hornyroo]

I do believe the devs are beginning to walk a fine line with the Farm Cash for the best tools options ... players are going to leave, some players just cannot and never will purchase FC - why are they being punished? I purchase plenty of FC, but I do feel for those who cant - why haven't they been given the option to trade coins for FC as you can in some other games - the FC from level ups will never be enough... sorry, just my opinion..

[pythonis]

i thought getting extra product was why they started the whole belts/dans thing. why not just add more dans instead of adding more fc items?

[Farmer_Susan]

Mine now says 139 markets to go. They have picked up 48 (long one door box car) 51 (long 2 door box car) and 40 (long container) products.

But what in the world does that mean? At first, I thought "outside markets" meant our neighbors - like it was an automated way to work our neighbors' facilities. But that doesn't seem to be it.

[KnightRider]

But what in the world does that mean? At first, I thought "outside markets" meant our neighbors - like it was an automated way to work our neighbors' facilities. But that doesn't seem to be it.

It just means it goes to 140 virtual markets, it is about the same way when you purchase items in the semi, it just takes longer with the train and you can't store any of the items before the train returns in 7 days. I hope this helps you understand it.

[ianski71@btinternet.com]

quick question?
if we are not going to get the 4 new facilities for another 3-4 days does that mean that the udates will be 3 weeks from then or 3 weeks from the 1st of June??

[Tony D]

quick question?
if we are not going to get the 4 new facilities for another 3-4 days does that mean that the udates will be 3 weeks from then or 3 weeks from the 1st of June??Hi, sorry but we have no idea , we will just have to wait for when it comes.

[Farmer_Susan]

Susan, you can buy and place the car on the farm with the facility where ever it is. Then put the car into storage and move it to your train farm. No need to move your facilities. If you buy all 3 cars you can use all 3 at the same time on the same train. You just cannot use 2 of the same.
The train is independent of your facility production and provides additional product. You can still fill your facility and neighbors work it and the train has nothing to do with that. What you get from the train is additional product if you can't make enough. And the train has nothing to do with your Store All button.

Thanks, Taz. NOW it sounds like a good thing! :)

[StoneFace]

I'll try........


Freight trains are a way of allowing you to get more of certain types of products, if you found you were always running short of them.

For example. If you were constantly running out of flour and corn flour and owned the stone windmill, you could benefit by also owning the Standard Freight Locomotive and the Long One-Door Boxcar as after a period of 7 days this would bring you more of those products. In effect boosting the amount of flour you have for use in facilities.

Different Freight cars bring different products.

Once you have bought the Standard Freight Locomotive and whichever fright cars you want, you connect them together on a farm. Click on the train and that allows you to “Dispatch Train” (costs you coins and fuel ) which sends it off into its virtual world collecting the goods from virtual markets. 7 days later, you can “Unload Train” to collect your goods. You can check your Train’s progress during the 7 days by looking under the “Train Status Tab “.

The best thing about this particular explanation is that

1] it is concise

2] it is clear

3] it is relatively short

4] and all the words are spelled correctly.... :cool:


.thanks

/

[Farmer_Susan]

The box car doesn't need your wheat to get the product, so if no wheat you still can get flour. That same car also brings corn flower and ground coffee.
You don't have to keep your Stone windmill in storage. It only has to be in storage or you have to be on the farm with it to buy the car. Once you have bought the car then you can move the facility back to the farm if you put it in storage to buy the car.
The boxcar is totally independent of the facility after you purchase and it does not have to stay on the farm wioth the facility either. That is only for the actual purchase.

Ok, so given that all of my facilites are full right now - will this work? Go to the farm where the facility is, buy the box car. Put the box car in storage to move it to my train farm. Do the same thing for the other 2 boxcars. Dispatch all 3 from my train farm. That works?

[adinar]

Is it normal for them to become GHOSTLY like after starting them UP?

yes it is normal

[Farmer_Susan]

I'll try........

virtual markets.

Just those two words help enormously. I was going WAAAAYYY to concrete and trying to figure out where the "outside markets" were! LOL

[bvoyce]

i thought getting extra product was why they started the whole belts/dans thing. why not just add more dans instead of adding more fc items?

You know, I was just thinking the about that too.... It used to also be that if they added factories that started using up too much of something, they would change that item to produce more of it....like when they increased cheese, fuel and petroleum, etc.... I don't think its quite right we pay cash for factories and then have to pay more cash to be able to fill them. I bought 3 trucks and the ordering station to double the production and can never keep enough of several meat items and leather.... that isn't right. If I pay cash for the new factories and then I start using up all my paper rolls, they should increase paper roll production (after all it only produces half of what cardboard and paperboard produces anyway)

I do like the train idea...its something new which is cool, but I think the purpose should not be to get items that we should be able to manage enough of on our own. It should have another use altogether....something different..unique. A new feature to the game altogether. The factories have been overused and played out for a while. Time to add a new concept to the game. Think about it, if a train travels, what new face to the game could that bring? Possibilities are endless! Maybe you could go to state fairs and sell items at an even bigger profit, maybe you could travel to exotic places to get bonuses.... Since the factories came to FT, the only new concept has been the minigames...although a cool feature, its just not my thing really. I've played them, but wouldn't spend a lot of time on them...But that's just my preference and the idea was cool and I'm sure many people enjoy them. The point is there should be more focus on evolving the game and less on increasing the same used up ideas.

[Taz D]

Ok, so given that all of my facilites are full right now - will this work? Go to the farm where the facility is, buy the box car. Put the box car in storage to move it to my train farm. Do the same thing for the other 2 boxcars. Dispatch all 3 from my train farm. That works?
Yes. You will have to buy the locomotive first and place it on the farm with the facilities. Then refresh or reload ( haven't figured out whether refresh works for this) your farm, go into store and buy the 3 cars. You do not have to put down track to do this. Just need space to set them down and click to add to storage.
Put locomotive and 3 cars into storage and then set them linked together on your train farm and then dispatch from there.

[Mrs Borgies]

But what in the world does that mean? At first, I thought "outside markets" meant our neighbors - like it was an automated way to work our neighbors' facilities. But that doesn't seem to be it.

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to work our neighbours farms so it isn't so time consuming....we also would then gain more products for our facilities at the same time. It seems that isn't going to happen for some time even if it ever does. Not while they are wanting to sell Train Carriages/Freight Cars to the players to gain more products. I for one will not be spending my money on these items. I will pay real money for a quick way to work my neighbours facilities though.

Like myself, I have noticed in the last few month that many of my neighbours are not playing to the same degree as they used to. Only a matter of time before I put the game on the back burner...only so much acorn squash that I will grow. Pity really...it is the only game I play after deleting and becoming bored with others. :(

[Farmer DeDe]

OK..looks like I won't have to wait for the FT Freight Train for Dummies book. I think I got it. Lets see...I buy the freight head car and the box car I need and buy and place it on the same farm where the facility is I need to get the extra items. Once I place the order..the train "ghosts" until it is ready to be unloaded. Just one question..does the train have to stay on the farm or can it be placed in storage until all the items arrive? I only can use the one for paper rolls for now. As most here, I have more than enough of the other products.

[KnightRider]

OK..looks like I won't have to wait for the FT Freight Train for Dummies book. I think I got it. Lets see...I buy the freight head car and the box car I need and buy and place it on the same farm where the facility is I need to get the extra items. Once I place the order..the train "ghosts" until it is ready to be unloaded. Just one question..does the train have to stay on the farm or can it be placed in storage until all the items arrive? I only can use the one for paper rolls for now. As most here, I have more than enough of the other products.

It has to be on a farm, cause once it is set on its way it is locked and can't be moved from that farm, but after you purchase the freight cars you can move the train and cars to any farm you want

[StoneFace]

OK..looks like I won't have to wait for the FT Freight Train for Dummies book. I think I got it. Lets see...I buy the freight head car and the box car I need and buy and place it on the same farm where the facility is I need to get the extra items. Once I place the order..the train "ghosts" until it is ready to be unloaded. Just one question..does the train have to stay on the farm or can it be placed in storage until all the items arrive? I only can use the one for paper rolls for now. As most here, I have more than enough of the other products.

Once you have "dispatched"... the ghost train is stuck there until all the product is "delivered"

so...

buy the engine... put it on the farm where you will want it to stay.

buy a freight car and put in on the farm where the corresponding facility is currently placed

then put it in storage

then move it to the farm where you want it, and hook it up to the engine

repeat with any other freight cars you want and can afford

once they are all joined to engine.... dispatch... and they all go "ghosty"

When the "bonus" button is enabled (coming "soon"), it appears that your freight cars will be able to be worked along with other facilities.


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[Taz D]

I am trying to figure out why I would want to buy a 2nd train. Only one can be dispatched at a time?

[maggiel29]

The requirements are only to buy it plus having the loco on the farm (maybe storage but unconfirmed). Once you own the cars you can put them on any farm you want, even if there are none of the "supported" facilities. The train will still be allowed to operate. Proven on wife's farm.

Thank-you I wasnt keen on moving the Facs.

[Farmer DeDe]

Once you have "dispatched"... the ghost train is stuck there until all the product is "delivered"

so...

buy the engine... put it on the farm where you will want it to stay.

buy a freight car and put in on the farm where the corresponding facility is currently placed

then put it in storage

then move it to the farm where you want it, and hook it up to the engine

repeat with any other freight cars you want and can afford

once they are all joined to engine.... dispatch... and they all go "ghosty"

When the "bonus" button is enabled (coming "soon"), it appears that your freight cars will be able to be worked along with other facilities.


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Thanks I think I got it now :)

[Rob T]

If it helps anyone, i've now released a new chapter in the Game Guide for the freight trains :)

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5185334

[Farmer_Susan]

Ok - I managed to buy all boxcars, get them linked up and dispatch them. Two things and then I think I'll be happy:

1. How do we see what products each car is bringing?
2. And again - now that I see the "ghost train", that's going to drive me NUTS. It wrecks the look of my farm. I agree that we need some kind of status indicator, but . . . can it either be something that only appears on mouseover and/or, can we turn off the ghost effect if we don't like it (like we can turn off the fertilized crop thing)? The only other thing I can think of is to hide it behind a bunch of trees or put it on a farm I don't care about - but it LOOKS cool - I'd hate to have to hide it.

[Farmer DeDe]

Oh great.. the locomotive does not rotate.

[HelenJS22]

Ok - I managed to buy all boxcars, get them linked up and dispatch them. Two things and then I think I'll be happy:

1. How do we see what products each car is bringing?
2. And again - now that I see the "ghost train", that's going to drive me NUTS. It wrecks the look of my farm. I agree that we need some kind of status indicator, but . . . can it either be something that only appears on mouseover and/or, can we turn off the ghost effect if we don't like it (like we can turn off the fertilized crop thing)? The only other thing I can think of is to hide it behind a bunch of trees or put it on a farm I don't care about - but it LOOKS cool - I'd hate to have to hide it.

You click on the query box at the top of each box car in the store and it tells you what products it carries.

[bvoyce]

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to work our neighbours farms so it isn't so time consuming....we also would then gain more products for our facilities at the same time. It seems that isn't going to happen for some time even if it ever does. Not while they are wanting to sell Train Carriages/Freight Cars to the players to gain more products. I for one will not be spending my money on these items. I will pay real money for a quick way to work my neighbours facilities though.

Like myself, I have noticed in the last few month that many of my neighbours are not playing to the same degree as they used to. Only a matter of time before I put the game on the back burner...only so much acorn squash that I will grow. Pity really...it is the only game I play after deleting and becoming bored with others. :(

I've been playing since the beginning and I feel the same way. It takes too long to work people's factories cause there is too many and it isn't fun. But I try to do it so that people will work mine. Lately it seems that no one wants to work anymore. I have so loved this game for so long, but its getting old and I'm tired of the updates being so much more of the same thing. I just keep hanging onto the hope that they will once again prove themselves greater than that ridiculous FarmVille. I've invested so much time and $ in this game that I used to love... it has disappointed me so much lately though. I really hate to leave it, but I feel my attachment to the game dissipating quickly.

[HelenJS22]

I am trying to figure out why I would want to buy a 2nd train. Only one can be dispatched at a time?

and sad to say, but I'm trying to figure out why I would want to buy any of the freight train at all :(

I may not have got my head around all the instructions yet, but from what I have got so far, the products that I can send my box and container cars off to get for me are things that I already have a huge supply of, and nothing that I really need to be able to send out for.

We already have a way of asking our neighbours for extra produce if we need it, via the plus sign in each facility box, and the extra produce that everyone has been begging for more of are not the ones obtainable via the freight train.

I really had a huge hope that somehow we would be able to send our freight train off to our neighbours' farms to work their facilities and bring back our share of the booty. No such luck.

very sad from my point of view ..... unless I am missing the whole point.

[bvoyce]

and sad to say, but I'm trying to figure out why I would want to buy any of the freight train at all :(

I really had a huge hope that somehow we would be able to send our freight train off to our neighbours' farms to work their facilities and bring back our share of the booty. No such luck.

very sad from my point of view ..... unless I am missing the whole point.

Agreed! Wouldn't that have been cool. I think they really blew the train idea. It could have had so much potential to improve the game. If it worked your neighbors factories that would have been amazing!

[pythonis]

On a side note, does anyone else have Guns n Roses "Night Train" stuck in their head right now?

[zippity]

Bring on the seed and tree.

[HubCityCarolinaBlue]

I am trying to figure out why I would want to buy a 2nd train. Only one can be dispatched at a time?

I'm thinking if we/you would like to start different trains at diff times, and dont hook them all up to the same engine, maybe have 3 different farms with three diffent engine's and 1 box cars, one of each of three diff. farms.
Maybe? :) do ya fellow me. not three full trains, just one of each with engine, on three different farms. maybe can start them at different times if ya want. Iduno, just thinkin/typing out loud.

[maggiel29]

If it helps anyone, i've now released a new chapter in the Game Guide for the freight trains :)

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5185334

Thanks so much Rob -

However I have a problem - I cant figure it out at all - I bought the box car for the stone windmill OK, but it wont let me buy the other two - I have the necessary facs on the same farm? What am I doing wrong/

Never mind I had some inspiration and cleared my cache etc and reloaded it works now I can buy them.

[HelenJS22]

On a side note, does anyone else have Guns n Roses "Night Train" stuck in their head right now?

Snap :) I went to Farmer Susan's farm to have a look at the 'ghost' train and straight away thought of that song :eek:

Thanks Susan :)

[Angel7]

I don't get it:

1. I can make 360 paper rolls per day in 1 paper mill and I can put down a paper mill on every farm = 5040 paper rolls every day, with another farm coming soon = 5400 per day.
2. the freight train brings me 168 paper rolls in 7 days

Sorry, but I don't think the developers really thought this one through unless I'm not understanding something or there is ALOT more coming in the future to make these trains worthwhile.

[pelicn]

Don't dispatch the train until it is placed where you want it...it can NOT be moved when dispatched

[Farmer DeDe]

Bring on the seed and tree.

I agree. I also agree the freight train would have had more BANG if it worked your neighbors facilities/services. Or at least gave you a double or triple supply in a week. I am sure there will be more boxcars to come but I think those the Devs could have started the freight system with those items most of us need such as eggs, canvas, meat and chicken. Maybe down the road Raul and the gang will come up with something to do that. Some of my neighbors I can't work because they have so many and I time out while working them. As for the freight train, I will pass for now. :(

So I will wait for the new facilities, crop and tree. I've cleared space so I hope I am all set. Regardless, I still enjoy the game..for now anyway. :D

[HubCityCarolinaBlue]

I got my train all loaded up, all on the same farm @ 6.30 pm 6/10/12. will be nice to see how it plays out.

[pythonis]

i dont understand. Are people wanting to have the ability to work all their farms, facilities, neighbors facilities, and whatever else with the click of one button resulting in a game play time of less than 10 seconds? Because im sorry but thats what it seems after reading random posts in various threads.

[KnightRider]

I don't get it:

1. I can make 360 paper rolls per day in 1 paper mill and I can put down a paper mill on every farm = 5040 paper rolls every day, with another farm coming soon = 5400 per day.
2. the freight train brings me 168 paper rolls in 7 days

Sorry, but I don't think the developers really thought this one through unless I'm not understanding something or there is ALOT more coming in the future to make these trains worthwhile.

Your math is a little bit off, to complete 360 of paper rolls takes 15 days, you can start 360 paper rolls, but you can not store the total of 360 for 15 days, paper rolls is 1 every hr, so that is 24 in 24 hrs, which is 360 every 15 days, which is the same as the train, it is just the train does not take any of your supplies and can't be stored before the train is done.

[ghostkitten]

ok I gave in and bought the trains that did the flour and glass....BUT for the love of god its driving me crazy...I got the train on F14 going but the train on F2 will not load and its saying its the same train I bought for farm 14...And I DIDNT......Can someone go have a quick peak and tell me I,m not going crazy...I,m not that silly to waste 35fc on the same thing.......:eek::(:(:(

[KnightRider]

ok I gave in and bought the trains that did the flour and glass....BUT for the love of god its driving me crazy...I got the train on F14 going but the train on F2 will not load and its saying its the same train I bought for farm 14...And I DIDNT......Can someone go have a quick peak and tell me I,m not going crazy...I,m not that silly to waste 35fc on the same thing.......:eek::(:(:(

You can only have one train per account going at one time.

[Farmer DeDe]

ok I gave in and bought the trains that did the flour and glass....BUT for the love of god its driving me crazy...I got the train on F14 going but the train on F2 will not load and its saying its the same train I bought for farm 14...And I DIDNT......Can someone go have a quick peak and tell me I,m not going crazy...I,m not that silly to waste 35fc on the same thing.......:eek::(:(:(

Only one train can be running at a time.:(

[zippity]

ok I gave in and bought the trains that did the flour and glass....BUT for the love of god its driving me crazy...I got the train on F14 going but the train on F2 will not load and its saying its the same train I bought for farm 14...And I DIDNT......Can someone go have a quick peak and tell me I,m not going crazy...I,m not that silly to waste 35fc on the same thing.......:eek::(:(:(

you can only have 1 train going at a time

[HelenJS22]

i dont understand. Are people wanting to have the ability to work all their farms, facilities, neighbors facilities, and whatever else with the click of one button resulting in a game play time of less than 10 seconds? Because im sorry but thats what it seems after reading random posts in various threads.

Pythonis, I think the point is that those of us who have a few diligent neighbours left, find that they also have 14 farms filled with every conceivable facility and service resulting in it taking sometimes up to an hour to work each of their farm sets.

One of my neighbours has 14 copies of every single facility on her farms, then those farms are layered as well as covered in trees. Even my fast computer struggles to complete working for her in under an hour. My friend who is also her neighbour has a much slower computer and one which simply freezes if she even tries to work that particular farm.

Problem is that Miss 14 copies of everything has been my neighbour for three years now and is a good neighbour. If I want her to work my facilities, I must try to do hers, but it becomes extremely time consuming and sometimes very frustrating.

I have several neighbours which huge numbers of facilities to be worked, and apparently there are many more out there.

I have also found that those of my neighbours who continue to play are those who love the challenge of keeping up with it, but also have busy lives outside of FarmTown. Hence the need to be able to work our farms, without having it take all evening, or in some cases, all day.

[Farmer DeDe]

i dont understand. Are people wanting to have the ability to work all their farms, facilities, neighbors facilities, and whatever else with the click of one button resulting in a game play time of less than 10 seconds? Because im sorry but thats what it seems after reading random posts in various threads.

What I was trying to say is there should be a tool or something to speed up working a neighbors facilities/services. Some of my neighbors have 50 - 60 places on ONE farm and I time out. Also, it takes 15 minutes to go through 14 farms of 20+ facilities/services each with all the time outs. If there was a way to do all the services and facilities on each farm I for one, would be able to work them for more of my neighbors. As for regular farming (harvest/plow/planting) the way it is now with the tools, etc works for me.

[maggiel29]

and sad to say, but I'm trying to figure out why I would want to buy any of the freight train at all :(

I may not have got my head around all the instructions yet, but from what I have got so far, the products that I can send my box and container cars off to get for me are things that I already have a huge supply of, and nothing that I really need to be able to send out for.

We already have a way of asking our neighbours for extra produce if we need it, via the plus sign in each facility box, and the extra produce that everyone has been begging for more of are not the ones obtainable via the freight train.

I really had a huge hope that somehow we would be able to send our freight train off to our neighbours' farms to work their facilities and bring back our share of the booty. No such luck.

very sad from my point of view ..... unless I am missing the whole point.

Sadly I agree - I dont need any of the products, now sugar, cheese, canvas textile rolls would have been good - hoping more products will come later but Devs could you please ask us what we need most of please?
Working our neighbours Facs would have been really great - a much better idea!

[ghostkitten]

Only one train can be running at a time.:(

tyvm...And thanks to the ppl who came to my farms..Apparently I bought 2 of the same.......Now I know i didn't but that's a whole new kettle of fish.......And then I find out i can only have ONE of them going at once?..........Now thats just stupid.......I,m really mad and disappointed at the trains.....:(:mad:.

[adinar]

you can only have 1 train going at a time

she was asking if she bought duplicate cars on two different farms

[SunnyD]

I agree. I also agree the freight train would have had more BANG if it worked your neighbors facilities/services. Or at least gave you a double or triple supply in a week. I am sure there will be more boxcars to come but I think those the Devs could have started the freight system with those items most of us need such as eggs, canvas, meat and chicken. Maybe down the road Raul and the gang will come up with something to do that. Some of my neighbors I can't work because they have so many and I time out while working them. As for the freight train, I will pass for now. :(

So I will wait for the new facilities, crop and tree. I've cleared space so I hope I am all set. Regardless, I still enjoy the game..for now anyway. :D

just curious ... but i thought one of the things that sets Farm Town Apart from the other games on FB is that we can interact with other players.. wouldn't it defeat that purpose if you never have to leave your farms to work for others?? just saying.... don't beat me up for this ...

[kataltay]

Major questions about this freight train, which I hope a *moderator* will read and perhaps offer answers.

1. The train does the same thing as the semi does. It transports goods. Since we can move the semi from one place on the farm to any other, while goods are in transit, why can we not move the train also? What's with this locking it into place on *our* farms for a full 7 days?!?!

2. All facilities, services, and the semi are "actively working" as long as they have goods in production or in transit. None of these appear as ghost images on our farms. We merely have to "check facility details" to learn how production is going. Why does the train have to fade out of visibility just because it is working? We get that it is "travelling" and so therefore "shouldn't" be seen when it may be on another farm doing its thing. But, the semi technically is "travelling" too, and yet we see it clearly.

It is disappointing enough that the products gathered from the train are not really "high demand" products. But to lock the tool into place so it cannot be moved, and furthermore have it appear semi-transparent (totally taking away from the realistic look of some avid decorators' farms where appearance does indeed matter), only add to the disappointment in this new, but far from original, feature. There was so much hype over this commerce train for several months, I am betting most farmers expected far more than we got today. 105 FC spent on items I cannot move for 7 days (I wish I had read THAT detail before randomly placing it), only to get goods I never had trouble getting anyway. Thumbs down, developers. Thumbs down.

[LOVELESS]

but what in the world does that mean? At first, i thought "outside markets" meant our neighbors - like it was an automated way to work our neighbors' facilities. But that doesn't seem to be it.

out side markets are the same thing used by your semi trucks, you pay with coins and gas when you load the truck up, the freight train works on the same principle.

[Taz D]

I don't get it:

1. I can make 360 paper rolls per day in 1 paper mill and I can put down a paper mill on every farm = 5040 paper rolls every day, with another farm coming soon = 5400 per day.
2. the freight train brings me 168 paper rolls in 7 days

Sorry, but I don't think the developers really thought this one through unless I'm not understanding something or there is ALOT more coming in the future to make these trains worthwhile.
You can only make that much in 1 day it people work your facilites. Otherwise it takes 15 days.

[Padme]

Your math is a little bit off, to complete 360 of paper rolls takes 15 days, you can start 360 paper rolls, but you can not store the total of 360 for 15 days, paper rolls is 1 every hr, so that is 24 in 24 hrs, which is 360 every 15 days, which is the same as the train, it is just the train does not take any of your supplies and can't be stored before the train is done.

Your math is correct but you are not factoring in people working the paper mills. If people work them you get them done a lot faster then the 15 days.

So far the trains in my opinion are not worth the fc and I will not be buying them. The developers need to rethink the quantity the trains carry or the time it takes them to travel the markets.

[jcassemjr]

I LOVE THE TRAINS!!!!

I am always out of Paper Rolls, and was looking forward to Farm 15 so I could add another Paper Mill. The Train is going to bring me the same amount of paper each week as another Paper mill on Farm 15, without the need to make the other items in the facility.

I'm glad they didn't start with Milk, Eggs, Wool, or Sugar. I have plenty of the FC animals in each animal barn that I never run out of those. I don't need any chicken or items from the Semi's, as I have 6 semi's that deliver everything I need. IF the train brings any of these, it would seem to me that I wasted my cash of the FC animals.

I do hope that they enable the neighbor help button soon, to speed up the train, and add additional cars.

[Farmer DeDe]

just curious ... but i thought one of the things that sets Farm Town Apart from the other games on FB is that we can interact with other players.. wouldn't it defeat that purpose if you never have to leave your farms to work for others?? just saying.... don't beat me up for this ...

You would still be interacting with other players by working their farms. I am not suggesting to change that part of the game. What I was suggesting was when you go and work their services and facilities. They will still have to send a notice that they have services/facilities ready to work and you would still have to go to their farms to work them. But to make the working of them easier, I was suggesting is to come up with a way to work all the facilities and services on that farm faster. Now we can one click once we open the facility/service. Just take it one step further and have us be able to work all on that farm faster. I guess waiting for the freight train has caused me not to be clear with my thought this evening...:o

[bvoyce]

It was my understanding that this forum is to discuss the development of this game. The game has its frustrations for its players. What the heck do you do with those people whose only frustrations are actually aimed AT the other players? Everyone enjoys the game for different reasons and play differently. You CAN'T criticize someone for wanting to keep factories full or not playing the identical way that you do! This is not a forum to critique the players. Sorry, the developers don't have control over that!

I'm sorry, I have shelled out quite a bit of $ on this game and I expect to be able to put my input in so that hopefully the game stays amazing. Do NOT come at me saying that I am playing wrong because my strategies in the game don't match your own. This forum is NOT to force everyone to play by your own preference. Speak about the game, don't message me with ridiculous complaints that don't even make sense because personally I think your way is the stupidest way to play the game. I like my way, as I expect you all to like your way and I don't bother your game preferences... Its a GAME! Make the game better, not the people.... everyone plays just fine for themselves...they way they WANT to! That's the point of the game! Personalization!

[Dutch85]

I just want to plant my lemon grass and trees before bed LOL

[KnightRider]

just curious ... but i thought one of the things that sets Farm Town Apart from the other games on FB is that we can interact with other players.. wouldn't it defeat that purpose if you never have to leave your farms to work for others?? just saying.... don't beat me up for this ...

There is two things that I like Farm Town better than the other games on FB.

1. You can play as long as you want, unlike some of the games you can only play games as long as you have lives or hearts or whatever they use, then you have to wait for them to regenerate.
2. You don't have to beg other members for items to be able to continue to increase your game, I quit one game cause I needed an item to increase in level and asked many times for someone to send it to me and no one would.

I have put my facilities up for work but the couple of neighbors that I still have don't help me with mine, so I quit helping with theirs, which doesn't really bother me that much, cause when someone is doing my farms or harvesting and stuff they don't have time to chat anyway.

[SunnyD]

You would still be interacting with other players by working their farms. I am not suggesting to change that part of the game. What I was suggesting was when you go and work their services and facilities. They will still have to send a notice that they have services/facilities ready to work and you would still have to go to their farms to work them. But to make the working of them easier, I was suggesting is to come up with a way to work all the facilities and services on that farm faster. Now we can one click once we open the facility/service. Just take it one step further and have us be able to work all on that farm faster. I guess waiting for the freight train has caused me not to be clear with my thought this evening...:o

ahhh i got ya ... that does sound nice to be able to do...

[Dutch85]

There is two things that I like Farm Town better than the other games on FB.

1. You can play as long as you want, unlike some of the games you can only play games as long as you have lives or hearts or whatever they use, then you have to wait for them to regenerate.
2. You don't have to beg other members for items to be able to continue to increase your game, I quit one game cause I needed an item to increase in level and asked many times for someone to send it to me and no one would.

I have put my facilities up for work but the couple of neighbors that I still have don't help me with mine, so I quit helping with theirs, which doesn't really bother me that much, cause when someone is doing my farms or harvesting and stuff they don't have time to chat anyway.


EXACTLY! I feel the same way.

[Farmer DeDe]

It was my understanding that this forum is to discuss the development of this game. The game has its frustrations for its players. What the heck do you do with those people whose only frustrations are actually aimed AT the other players? Everyone enjoys the game for different reasons and play differently. You CAN'T criticize someone for wanting to keep factories full or not playing the identical way that you do! This is not a forum to critique the players. Sorry, the developers don't have control over that!

I'm sorry, I have shelled out quite a bit of $ on this game and I expect to be able to put my input in so that hopefully the game stays amazing. Do NOT come at me saying that I am playing wrong because my strategies in the game don't match your own. This forum is NOT to force everyone to play by your own preference. Speak about the game, don't message me with ridiculous complaints that don't even make sense because personally I think your way is the stupidest way to play the game. I like my way, as I expect you all to like your way and I don't bother your game preferences... Its a GAME! Make the game better, not the people.... everyone plays just fine for themselves...they way they WANT to! That's the point of the game! Personalization!

Umm..I think I'll sign off now. Looks like my suggestion is being taken way off the track I intended. Good night everyone and Happy Farming.

[matt88]

i was hoping the boxcars would have a list of products to choose from with a max amount the the car could hold. maybe 15 items per boxcar and different types of cars for different products, then we could order what we needed. So for instance a "freight car" would have paper rolls, canvas and the sheet metals and a couple other items in it and you could choose the products that get loaded on the car. if the car had a limit of 5000 units i could send it to get 2000 alum sheets, 2000 paper rolls and 1000 canvas and if we wanted to get more i could buy another freight car making the max 10,000 units. As it stands now i am horribly disappointed and when my train returns with my 168 paper rolls (a weeks production from a coin facility) it will be going into storage with the hope that one day it will be worth taking out again.

[bvoyce]

Umm..I think I'll sign off now. Looks like my suggestion is being taken way off the track I intended. Good night everyone and Happy Farming.

Hun, it wasn't you. Someone sent me a private message.... You never said anything about the way people play. I was basically told that I play the game wrong. Completely untrue. I was simply pointing out that this isn't about the players, its strictly about the game in order to improve it.

[Farmer DeDe]

Hun, it wasn't you. Someone sent me a private message.... You never said anything about the way people play. I was basically told that I play the game wrong. Completely untrue. I was simply pointing out that this isn't about the players, its strictly about the game in order to improve it.

No worries..I guess I read your response the wrong way. Been up since 4AM with a sick niece so I am a tad tired. :o

[Snookie Sue]

WTF!!!! Please help me understand this thing. VERY frustrated, VERY disappointed, spent ral money and am ready to toss my computer out the window

[cabonario]

The train is a bit of a disappointment to me. It doesn't bring anything I need :( I was hoping that it would give us the ability to sell any extra high demand products (flour, sugar, milk, eggs, crops, flowers and tree products) we have to our neighbors. I usually spend between ten and twenty dollars a month on this game, but I won't be spending any on the train components.

[pythonis]

Pythonis, I think the point is that those of us who have a few diligent neighbours left, find that they also have 14 farms filled with every conceivable facility and service resulting in it taking sometimes up to an hour to work each of their farm sets.

One of my neighbours has 14 copies of every single facility on her farms, then those farms are layered as well as covered in trees. Even my fast computer struggles to complete working for her in under an hour. My friend who is also her neighbour has a much slower computer and one which simply freezes if she even tries to work that particular farm.

Problem is that Miss 14 copies of everything has been my neighbour for three years now and is a good neighbour. If I want her to work my facilities, I must try to do hers, but it becomes extremely time consuming and sometimes very frustrating.

I have several neighbours which huge numbers of facilities to be worked, and apparently there are many more out there.

I have also found that those of my neighbours who continue to play are those who love the challenge of keeping up with it, but also have busy lives outside of FarmTown. Hence the need to be able to work our farms, without having it take all evening, or in some cases, all day.

Understandable, but honestly id say "aint worth the hassle. Bye"

[pythonis]

I dont understand what you all mean by interaction. If you mean chatting it up with others im sorry but i never get anything other than an occasional thank you.

As for telling others how to play, nobody is doing that. People complain they can never get enough stock and other players give them ways of getting extra stock. Those people can take our advice and see if it works or not, or in some cases can tell us they aint gonna be changing the way they play and that we can just keep our advice to ourselves. Fine by me either way. im done helping ppl. If you want to go spend your hard earned money on putting 15 semi trucks and oil refineries on every farm then hey more power to ya.

[beautysmom]

Pending

- Lemongrass and Cashew sometime later today.

- New Facilities 3-4 days

Is this coming, or should I go to bed? Tired guys from staying on and waiting for something to be happening.... And the freight train was a complete disappointment--no help to me at all....

[zippity]

okay...but its 15 minutes. Its just 15 minutes. Just how busy and hectic of a life do you and anyone else live that ya cant spend 15 minutes. Heck i stare into the fridge for 15 minutes trying to decide if i want ham or turkey on my sandwich. If youre some soccer mom constantly running around doing errands, changing diapers, cleaning messes, paying bills, chatting on the phone, entertaining guests, etc then my gosh why even bother playing a game online. If that was me id never turn the stupid pc on.

The problem is not 15 minutes. The problem is when you spend 15 minutes per friend, that can turn into 4 hours. Trust me I have spent 4 hours working facilities once and don't work them now and if i do I choose which friends I work for and limit the time to 1 hour. I don't know about anyone else but I do have a life outside of FT and yet I may not work outside the house I do have to keep it clean and laundry done and meals on the table. I can not spend all day and night at the pc clicking on facilities,and I am certain I am not the only one that feels this way. I would like to see a facility manager so when I do do others facilities I can use it and not have to go from farm to farm just like at our farm .

[beautysmom]

It was my understanding that this forum is to discuss the development of this game. The game has its frustrations for its players. What the heck do you do with those people whose only frustrations are actually aimed AT the other players? Everyone enjoys the game for different reasons and play differently. You CAN'T criticize someone for wanting to keep factories full or not playing the identical way that you do! This is not a forum to critique the players. Sorry, the developers don't have control over that!

I'm sorry, I have shelled out quite a bit of $ on this game and I expect to be able to put my input in so that hopefully the game stays amazing. Do NOT come at me saying that I am playing wrong because my strategies in the game don't match your own. This forum is NOT to force everyone to play by your own preference. Speak about the game, don't message me with ridiculous complaints that don't even make sense because personally I think your way is the stupidest way to play the game. I like my way, as I expect you all to like your way and I don't bother your game preferences... Its a GAME! Make the game better, not the people.... everyone plays just fine for themselves...they way they WANT to! That's the point of the game! Personalization!

HUNH? What's the problem here?

[kataltay]

pythonis, you need to refrain from verbally attacking other paying players like that! This forum, this thread, is about "feedback", and some feedback has been positive since the release of the trains, and some has been negative. All of it has been constructive, and one farmer's opinion is as valuable as the next farmer's. There is no reason that players cannot suggest a tool to expedite how a task gets done in the game. There are tools that now allow us to "cash out all", there are tools which allow us to "Load all", there are tools which allow us to harvest/plow/sow all in one, and there are numerous other tools which offer us "shortcuts". I do not know what is so wrong with *suggesting* tools which make working for others a little easier. As we get more farms, and more facilities, and sometimes duplicates or triplicates of facilities across our farms, it is a fact which cannot be denied, that working these farms' facilities gets monotonous and time-consuming. If I want to help all the neighbours I have who post their facilities, and they all have 14 farms, and well over 100 facilities in most cases, yes, it would be great if there was some way to do so with greater speed. I know many of my neighbours have said they wished all of my facilities were limited to a couple of farms, because they just don't have the powerful PC's that make loading 14 farms as easy as someone with a more powerful system. Does this mean they should not play, simply because their computer becomes more easily taxed, and faster, than mine? Those whose computer time may be limited to a few hours after the children go to bed, etc, still have every right to play this game, and they even have a right to suggest ways of making it easier to work others' farms. Moderators have said often, that feedback and suggestions, good and bad, are welcome. Attacking other players, they have often said, is not.

[Texas Belle]

Well for the first time I have to say I'm sorely disappointed, despite buying the FC, I will not be spending it on Freight Trains, all of the things they bring we have in plentiful supply .... We are short on Wool, Milk, Eggs, Meat, Chicken and Sugar ... even stuff for the metal mills can be difficult despite having those on every farm .... Is it known if these things will be available using Freight in the future?

I'm sorry guys but I'm passing this one up ... looking forward to the new facilities (which I now have plenty of FC to buy) and the new crops.

I should have thought of that but was so excited that bought them all, BIG mistake, like you I think they put there the things we don't really need and we can get before the 7 days that it takes the train to come in to the station. We need CANVAS, CHICKEN, EGGS and all that other good stuff. The only wagon worth something is the red one that brings flour, corn flour and coffee, and then it takes less time to plant the whole 14 farms with wheat and harvest that to wait 7 days for the train. Anyway bought them and stuck with them if they decide in the future to really help us with the things we need I may used them again. Now waiting for trees, crops and the facilities as promised. It is almost midnight here and still no lemon grass or cashew trees... lol

[pythonis]

The problem is not 15 minutes. The problem is when you spend 15 minutes per friend, that can turn into 4 hours. Trust me I have spent 4 hours working facilities once and don't work them now and if i do I choose which friends I work for and limit the time to 1 hour. I don't know about anyone else but I do have a life outside of FT and yet I may not work outside the house I do have to keep it clean and laundry done and meals on the table. I can not spend all day and night at the pc clicking on facilities,and I am certain I am not the only one that feels this way. I would like to see a facility manager so when I do do others facilities I can use it and not have to go from farm to farm just like at our farm .
yeah that seems to be the basic problem from everyone posting. They all have lives outside farm town. Those ppl want farm town to be easier for them while ppl like me dont have families or anything else. all we have is the game and we dont want our pastime turned into a 3 minute one click and youre done game. Now my thing is if it takes forever to work everyones farms then apologize to those ppl that youll only be able to work their farms every other day. or only on the weekends. if youve got neighbors that are saying they wont do for you unless you wont do for them then those are neighbors i usually get rid of. I wouldnt want friends or family in real life like that so i sure as heck dont want to have to put up with it online. if you have to pull a June Cleaver then by all means set your priorities. Do what you need to do in real life. Dont worry about farm town. Itll still be there when you log in next time.

[Farmer_Susan]

You click on the query box at the top of each box car in the store and it tells you what products it carries.

Thanks, got it!

[Texas Belle]

out side markets are the same thing used by your semi trucks, you pay with coins and gas when you load the truck up, the freight train works on the same principle.

With good that we don't need, it would have been good if they had included one with milk, cheese, chickens, canvas, but no. I wish I had read the fine line before I bought them.

[adinar]

I should have thought of that but was so excited that bought them all, BIG mistake, like you I think they put there the things we don't really need and we can get before the 7 days that it takes the train to come in to the station. We need CANVAS, CHICKEN, EGGS and all that other good stuff. The only wagon worth something is the red one that brings flour, corn flour and coffee, and then it takes less time to plant the whole 14 farms with wheat and harvest that to wait 7 days for the train. Anyway bought them and stuck with them if they decide in the future to really help us with the things we need I may used them again. Now waiting for trees, crops and the facilities as promised. It is almost midnight here and still no lemon grass or cashew trees... lol

don't forget the milk:D

[KnightRider]

With good that we don't need, it would have been good if they had included one with milk, cheese, chickens, canvas, but no. I wish I had read the fine line before I bought them.

This should just be the beginning of the train boxcars that they will bring out, that is probably why they made them their own tab in the store.

[adinar]

With good that we don't need, it would have been good if they had included one with milk, cheese, chickens, canvas, but no. I wish I had read the fine line before I bought them.

don't forget the eggs :) and wool etc I'm allways running out of that too

[Farm Lady]

If it helps anyone, i've now released a new chapter in the Game Guide for the freight trains :)

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5185334

Rob, I read your instructions but am confused about the posts regarding putting it on the farm w/ the facility and then putting it in storage and then taking it out.... If I put the engine and 1 car on the farm I have my other trains on - and the facility for it is on another farm - will that work?

[Farmer_Susan]

i dont understand. Are people wanting to have the ability to work all their farms, facilities, neighbors facilities, and whatever else with the click of one button resulting in a game play time of less than 10 seconds? Because im sorry but thats what it seems after reading random posts in various threads.

Not less than 10 seconds but as it is now, I can easily spend several hours each day keeping up with everything, working my neighbors' factories, etc. Would be nice to bring it down to under an hour a day and still be able to feel like I'm on top of things and progressing.

[susiefry]

So what does "later today" mean in farm town language since its 10pm my time???? Another disappointing night learning farm towns language isnt the same as mine i guess. Oh well. One of these days Ill learn. Left 1 farm unplanted ALL day just so i would have a free farm to plant new crop and sure enough, wasted my time.....lol
Better get off here too before someone bullies me again. Later......

[adinar]

This should just be the beginning of the train boxcars that they will bring out, that is probably why they made them their own tab in the store.

sure do hope so and maybe reduce the time in half

[Texas Belle]

i was hoping the boxcars would have a list of products to choose from with a max amount the the car could hold. maybe 15 items per boxcar and different types of cars for different products, then we could order what we needed. So for instance a "freight car" would have paper rolls, canvas and the sheet metals and a couple other items in it and you could choose the products that get loaded on the car. if the car had a limit of 5000 units i could send it to get 2000 alum sheets, 2000 paper rolls and 1000 canvas and if we wanted to get more i could buy another freight car making the max 10,000 units. As it stands now i am horribly disappointed and when my train returns with my 168 paper rolls (a weeks production from a coin facility) it will be going into storage with the hope that one day it will be worth taking out again.

Amen to that, maybe it will stay in the farm as decoration but never to be used again until something worthwhile comes along.

[Texas Belle]

Oh and a reminder to me of wasteful use of money. To always investigate before buying recklessly.....

[jcassemjr]

With good that we don't need, it would have been good if they had included one with milk, cheese, chickens, canvas, but no. I wish I had read the fine line before I bought them.

I don't need any milk, cheese, chickens or canvas. I have 99K Cows milk, 63K Hen's Eggs, 18K Llama Wool, 116K Sheep's wool, 12K Cheese, and 19K Chicken Meat in stock. I need Paper Rolls, and that is in one of the box cars. I can always buy more of the FC cows, hens, and sheep, but I can't have more than one working paper mill per farm. So Great Job Raul! You gave me exactly what I needed! Keep up the Great Work!

[KnightRider]

sure do hope so and maybe reduce the time in half

Shortening the time is probably what boost time will be when they get it working so that neighbors will be able to help with your train. That is just a guess tho.

[adinar]

Rob, I read your instructions but am confused about the posts regarding putting it on the farm w/ the facility and then putting it in storage and then taking it out.... If I put the engine and 1 car on the farm I have my other trains on - and the facility for it is on another farm - will that work?

You're supposed to have the fac required for that car on the same farm or you can have that fac in storage.If you want to move the train engine and cars you can put them into your storage to move them to another farm only if they haven't been already dispatched.Only one train and cars can dispatch for all your farms at one time not both trains at the same time I hope that helps

[Texas Belle]

Hun, it wasn't you. Someone sent me a private message.... You never said anything about the way people play. I was basically told that I play the game wrong. Completely untrue. I was simply pointing out that this isn't about the players, its strictly about the game in order to improve it.

That is why this game is so wonderful and unique, you can play whatever the way you want to play, whether everyday or whenever, do what you want on your farms, decorate as you wish, do not have to go begging for things to accomplish (?). I love it, you go your own pace and do what you can and don't worry about what other think.... one of my farms is Hakuna Matata, and that is live with no worries.

[zippity]

yeah that seems to be the basic problem from everyone posting. They all have lives outside farm town. Those ppl want farm town to be easier for them while ppl like me dont have families or anything else. all we have is the game and we dont want our pastime turned into a 3 minute one click and youre done game. Now my thing is if it takes forever to work everyones farms then apologize to those ppl that youll only be able to work their farms every other day. or only on the weekends. if youve got neighbors that are saying they wont do for you unless you wont do for them then those are neighbors i usually get rid of. I wouldnt want friends or family in real life like that so i sure as heck dont want to have to put up with it online. if you have to pull a June Cleaver then by all means set your priorities. Do what you need to do in real life. Dont worry about farm town. Itll still be there when you log in next time.

I don't think they are asking for it to be a 3 minute and you're done game. At least that is not what i am asking for, just a way to make things easier so as I can do more of my friends facilities instead of having to be selective. I would like to be able to do them all but when you have over 1000 friends and well over half of them play FT regularly and post regularly I know it would be a far fetch out of realism to think I could do all their facilities when they post but it sure would be nice to.:)

[Texas Belle]

This should just be the beginning of the train boxcars that they will bring out, that is probably why they made them their own tab in the store.

I sure hope so, but I don't want also an engine with 12 cars behind and 6 that I don't want..... so maybe i will buy another engine and put those cars that are worth nothing to me and probably a lot of people just for decoration and a lesson learned don't buy with euphoria or with your heart and look really close at what they offer....

[Farmer DeDe]

I don't think they are asking for it to be a 3 minute and you're done game. At least that is not what i am asking for, just a way to make things easier so as I can do more of my friends facilities instead of having to be selective. I would like to be able to do them all but when you have over 1000 friends and well over half of them play FT regularly and post regularly I know it would be a far fetch out of realism to think I could do all their facilities when they post but it sure would be nice to.:)

Exactly the point I was trying to make earlier. I have quite a few neighbors and I feel bad when I can't get around to working their facilities/services when they come and work mine. I can't play FT except for an hour or two when I get home from work and on the weekends. Added to that, I travel for my job and the laptop I have to take with me has all social media sites blocked (belongs to the company). It would be nice to have a shortcut to give back to those who help me.

[weedville]

over all the freight trains are a work in progress , it is a good start . I know the developers have just begun to build on this concept like all the factories and tools before... been playing since one click at a time to harvest and level 45 was tops... we have come a long way

[Farmer_Susan]

Shortening the time is probably what boost time will be when they get it working so that neighbors will be able to help with your train. That is just a guess tho.

Shorter time would be good. I'm already eager for mine to pull back into the station! LOL

Btw, is the 7 days 7 Farmtown Days? Or 7 "real" days? I sure hope it's FT days. Waiting for stuff isn't something I excel at. ;)

[Texas Belle]

yeah that seems to be the basic problem from everyone posting. They all have lives outside farm town. Those ppl want farm town to be easier for them while ppl like me dont have families or anything else. all we have is the game and we dont want our pastime turned into a 3 minute one click and youre done game. Now my thing is if it takes forever to work everyones farms then apologize to those ppl that youll only be able to work their farms every other day. or only on the weekends. if youve got neighbors that are saying they wont do for you unless you wont do for them then those are neighbors i usually get rid of. I wouldnt want friends or family in real life like that so i sure as heck dont want to have to put up with it online. if you have to pull a June Cleaver then by all means set your priorities. Do what you need to do in real life. Dont worry about farm town. Itll still be there when you log in next time.

I am like you, I have all the time in the world, I am retired, my husband passed away 6 months ago, and I am by myself (oh with my cat) and enjoy my time with cyber friends. Now if I were 30 yrs younger working, and with kids, and a house to maintain I would not be able to do all I do here, you have to prioritize and think that this game is a way of maintaining and exchanging with the world for many people that are retired and alone or have some physical illness that keeps them busy and functioning and thinking.
Like my boss told me one day "I don't know how you work with all the social life you have". Priorities, take precedence on anything you do and don't blame or try to change the others because you can't.

[vonalm]

when will the following facilities come?
Plant Milk Factory (coins)
Thai Restaurant (coins)
Board Games Factory (FC)
Nursing Home (FC)
they also were suppose to be here "next week"...
since the train container don't have anything i really need, i would like to have the new facilities to play with ;) :D

[Tony D]

when will the following facilities come?
Plant Milk Factory (coins)
Thai Restaurant (coins)
Board Games Factory (FC)
Nursing Home (FC)
they also were suppose to be here "next week"...
since the train container don't have anything i really need, i would like to have the new facilities to play with ;) :DHi, hopefully within 3-4 days

[Texas Belle]

I don't need any milk, cheese, chickens or canvas. I have 99K Cows milk, 63K Hen's Eggs, 18K Llama Wool, 116K Sheep's wool, 12K Cheese, and 19K Chicken Meat in stock. I need Paper Rolls, and that is in one of the box cars. I can always buy more of the FC cows, hens, and sheep, but I can't have more than one working paper mill per farm. So Great Job Raul! You gave me exactly what I needed! Keep up the Great Work!

Wow, that is a lot of cows, sheep, and llamas, how do you figure the math with only 100 of each on each farm.... I've heard of people being able to put 2,000 in each shed but I have not been able to. And I can always put a paper mill on each farm also.

[bonsai jeanne]

Uh, remember the days when you worked your neighbors' facilities by having to click on EACH product????? I do. The current method is a big help timewise. But I have to admit, I'd be one of the first to buy a "Work All" tool that would do the whole farm with one click of the mouse LOL Thanks for the upgrades on how we do things. :D

[jcassemjr]

Wow, that is a lot of cows, sheep, and llamas, how do you figure the math with only 100 of each on each farm.... I've heard of people being able to put 2,000 in each shed but I have not been able to. And I can always put a paper mill on each farm also.

I bought 10 of each of the FC animals for each barn on each farm. It's easy, just have to support the game by buying Farm Cash.

I have a paper mill on every farm, and with the new shipping facility, I just can't keep up with the production with 14 mills.

[JW2009]

[B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Hi, PLEASE remove this GHOST effect -I would like to see it on my farm the same way we do the truck, it COST so much fc that we should be able to see it. keep it in transit that's fine, but don't make it look like this - Thank You and Happy Farming

[Snookie Sue]

Still sending you real money despite my current frustration. Please give us a better explanation of the current freight train "advantage". Wish you had forgone it and just released the new facilities and crops. Your devotees,for sure,and you are probably at wits ends. In the future realize we don't want or need mind-benders like you have just released. We do this for RELAXATION Raul.

[max_river]

could we pls have the seed and tree pl the train was useless for me so i would like something to play with because in my real life the kids are asleep and the wife is gone to work and what else is there to do and it would be nice if you add the other stuff today to but i know that is pushing things.so just give me the tree and seed ty

[vonalm]

Hi, hopefully within 3-4 days
thanks Tony :)

and i'm just going to hold of on the train and containers til it has something that i need like canvas and the metal sheets :)

[Angel7]

Your math is a little bit off, to complete 360 of paper rolls takes 15 days, you can start 360 paper rolls, but you can not store the total of 360 for 15 days, paper rolls is 1 every hr, so that is 24 in 24 hrs, which is 360 every 15 days, which is the same as the train, it is just the train does not take any of your supplies and can't be stored before the train is done.

I can start that many every single day as long as my neighbors clean me out every day, which they do - I can actually get even more than that if I refill them after each neighbor works the factories.....:D

[zippity]

I can't wait for the seed and tree any longer am going to go ahead and plant ,and after I get done watch it be here

[NJones277]

Is there any chance that we can get a caboose? All these trains look "unfinished" without a caboose. I realize that in real life, trains don't have them anymore, but I think it would be cool to have a caboose for each train. Just a thought.

[NJones277]

I can't wait for the seed and tree any longer am going to go ahead and plant ,and after I get done watch it be here

They may be there in the morning. Can't wait any longer either. I've done all I can do, but remember, the train and seed and trees were supposed to be out during the week. At least they do come out eventually. I've just reserved room for the new stuff and will deal with it when it's available. :)

[zippity]

Is there any chance that we can get a caboose? All these trains look "unfinished" without a caboose. I realize that in real life, trains don't have them anymore, but I think it would be cool to have a caboose for each train. Just a thought.

for the freight train I used the green passenger train as a caboose:)

[Hyacinth Bucket]

There are NO actual facilities you need to USE your trains, you only NEED the specific ones mentioned for when you BUY them ie on the same farm or in storage. Once you've purchased them you can put the trains onto ANY farm you like and that's it. Nothing else required but coins & gas to fill them up and start them.

Originally Posted by Farm Lady
Rob, I read your instructions but am confused about the posts regarding putting it on the farm w/ the facility and then putting it in storage and then taking it out.... If I put the engine and 1 car on the farm I have my other trains on - and the facility for it is on another farm - will that work?

[Cayjay]

I purchased the engine but I can get a freight train....it will let me send but not buy I have the big windmill on my farm with the freight train but still can do anything. What am I doing wrong? thanks so much.

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Cayjay, reload your farm by clicking on PLAY, you'll need to do that after each one your've bought, it will then release them so you can buy them, just a small glitch that I've come across before, no big deal.

[pythonis]

I am like you, I have all the time in the world, I am retired, my husband passed away 6 months ago, and I am by myself (oh with my cat) and enjoy my time with cyber friends. Now if I were 30 yrs younger working, and with kids, and a house to maintain I would not be able to do all I do here, you have to prioritize and think that this game is a way of maintaining and exchanging with the world for many people that are retired and alone or have some physical illness that keeps them busy and functioning and thinking.
Like my boss told me one day "I don't know how you work with all the social life you have". Priorities, take precedence on anything you do and don't blame or try to change the others because you can't.

I agree. Yes this game is playable in many different ways but if youre going to go and bang your fist on the table and scream that youre going to play the way you want to play and everyones advice be ****ed then i think you forfeit the right to come in and complain that youre not being given enough or that youre treated unfairly.

[Regina5553]

Ever since the release of the 6x6, my 5x5 combine no longer is able to harvest, plow and plant. I have to harvest, then plow and only then will combine 5x5 plant. Any Help in this??

[HelenJS22]

Ever since the release of the 6x6, my 5x5 combine no longer is able to harvest, plow and plant. I have to harvest, then plow and only then will combine 5x5 plant. Any Help in this??


Just a possible explanation. Are you sure you are trying to use the correct tool. The combine tools were shifted within the facility manager to the forth column from the left.

[kataltay]

it is now 1a.m EST, June 11. Cashew tree and lemongrass seed never made it for scheduled "later today" which is now yesterday. Would not have expected release of these to be problematic, but I can only predict the facilities will not come out as scheduled either. :( What a terribly disappointing series of releases this extended June 1 update has brought. My opinion, and I know some will disagree. To each their own.

[melizabeth5]

Cayjay, reload your farm by clicking on PLAY, you'll need to do that after each one your've bought, it will then release them so you can buy them, just a small glitch that I've come across before, no big deal.

Didn't work for me! Clicked on Play...nothing. Went to Facebook and back...nothing. Logged off on Facebook...nothing. HELP!

[WilliamV]

it is now 1a.m EST, June 11. Cashew tree and lemongrass seed never made it for scheduled "later today" which is now yesterday. Would not have expected release of these to be problematic, but I can only predict the facilities will not come out as scheduled either. :( What a terribly disappointing series of releases this extended June 1 update has brought. My opinion, and I know some will disagree. To each their own.

I agree, this has been the most disappointing month with nothing happening on schedule, the train has been a major disappointment, specially considering the high expectations. The only redeeming feature of the entire release would be the new facilities, hope they are on schedule. This would be second weekend lost. I have kept an entire farm vacant now for the new crops & trees for nearly ten days now. I have a good mind to ask for rent & damages, maybe 1 FC per day :D

[SunnyD]

I agree, this has been the most disappointing month with nothing happening on schedule, the train has been a major disappointment, specially considering the high expectations. The only redeeming feature of the entire release would be the new facilities, hope they are on schedule. This would be second weekend lost. I have kept an entire farm vacant now for the new crops & trees for nearly ten days now. I have a good mind to ask for rent & damages, maybe 1 FC per day :D

LOL LOL wow......... quite a few folks have kept their at least one farm just plowed... I am one too.. I am still keeping one with only 1 day crops and plan on sprinkling the crops .. just so i can get it harvested if the new stuff comes in....

[FarmerWitch]

So the trains have arrived ... "Thanks" but what a disappointment. I was really expecting the train to be able to bring raw products like Sheep Wool, Milk, Eggs, Tomato, Sugarcane and wheat

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Have you already purchased the 'standard freight locomotive' for 100,000 coins, you have to do that first, that will then unlock all the other ones.

Didn't work for me! Clicked on Play...nothing. Went to Facebook and back...nothing. Logged off on Facebook...nothing. HELP!

[Hyacinth Bucket]

If you are having problems with unlocking the new trains to purchase them try this:-

Buy the 'standard freight locomotive' FIRST, put it onto the tracks on the farm you have set up for them.

IF the other three cars (ft cash) still show 'locked' then reload your farm by clicking on 'Play'.

To buy the 'Long Container Car' you MUST have an Oil Refinery, go to the farm that the Refinery is on and buy that train car.

Put the train car into storage after buying it. Now go back to the farm you want to put the trains on and get the new one out of storage and put it with the Locomotive, it must be touching it.

IF the other two cars (ft cash) still show 'locked' then reload your farm by clicking on 'Play'.

To buy the 'Long One-Door Boxcar' you MUST have a Stone Windmill, go to the farm the windmill is on and buy that boxcar.

After purchasing do the same as before, put it into storage etc. and do the same for the last boxcar, you will need an INK & PIGMENTS Factory to buy that one.

Hope this helps those who are confused, it is very confusing.

[max_river]

we still have 50 min and there day will be over it is only 1113pm in cailfornia

[FarmerWitch]

Lemon grass is available! One day crop
Cashew tree - 3 days

[kahra01]

A huge thanks for the trains release.. the concept is going to be great! I had wondered what direction the devs would go once all the tools covered all products etc in the facs. Let's remember peeps.. this is a new concept and of course new releases will bring new carriages that will eventually cover all things. I love how it becomes a ghost once its departed. I realise people are annoyed that they cant move them once they have departed.. but clearly you cant move something that has gone right? :rolleyes: Overall I love the concept and think it will develop brilliantly so thanks a ton Devs! Cant wait for new facs when they arrive :)

[kahra01]

Lemon grass is available! One day crop
Cashew tree - 3 days

LOVE the Cashew tree and happy the Lemongrass is a 1 day crop.. heaps of time to gather them before the facs come and we need them. Thanks again Devs! :)

[max_river]

ty Rual for not letting us down you where running out of time

[cocosfarm]

Lemon grass is available! One day crop
Cashew tree - 3 days

YEA! Where are the facilities?? We need more cavas rolls. Please triple the production!

[kataltay]

A huge thanks for the trains release.. the concept is going to be great! I had wondered what direction the devs would go once all the tools covered all products etc in the facs. Let's remember peeps.. this is a new concept and of course new releases will bring new carriages that will eventually cover all things. I love how it becomes a ghost once its departed. I realise people are annoyed that they cant move them once they have departed.. but clearly you cant move something that has gone right? :rolleyes: Overall I love the concept and think it will develop brilliantly so thanks a ton Devs! Cant wait for new facs when they arrive :)

You can move the semi once it has gone, and you can still see it, too. Both semi and train do same thing : transport goods. Locking it into place and fading it out makes no sense at all. If it were "gone" from my farm, it would not be the hideous looking thing it is now, thats for sure.

[Farmgirl_Su]

i was saving and waiting for the trains but looking at them and reading on here.i think I will 'pass' for now.a big disappointment and i didn't want to have to move my facilities to the train station either....so I'll sit this one out and see if it improves.. a big disappointment!1 ahh well!!

[max_river]

one thing i would like to see with trees that you harvest not the chopping ones. how come we can not get a free harvest when you plant them just like you do with the ones you chop.

[maggiel29]

i was hoping the boxcars would have a list of products to choose from with a max amount the the car could hold. maybe 15 items per boxcar and different types of cars for different products, then we could order what we needed. So for instance a "freight car" would have paper rolls, canvas and the sheet metals and a couple other items in it and you could choose the products that get loaded on the car. if the car had a limit of 5000 units i could send it to get 2000 alum sheets, 2000 paper rolls and 1000 canvas and if we wanted to get more i could buy another freight car making the max 10,000 units. As it stands now i am horribly disappointed and when my train returns with my 168 paper rolls (a weeks production from a coin facility) it will be going into storage with the hope that one day it will be worth taking out again.

This is what I was hoping too - maybe link the box cars to a group of facs but let us choose what to send out for - I need Rubber sheets but I dont need plastic granules and glass sheets.

And please Devs dont make them "ghost trains" - my semi-trailer doesn't ghost when I order stuff!

[Guldfisk Hansen]

I really dont want to enter the discussion of how anybody play their farmtown game, cuz each to his own, and thats the beauty of this game :-)
I just want to add, that I also think it would be so great, if they made a special train or other tool, that would make it a bit easier to work neigbours facs and services. I like to help my neighbours but I dont have the energy or time to spend hours on it, and it litterally do take hours when they have dublicate of all facs.
A fast train that would make it possible to work all facs on one farm or something like that.
Anyway thanks to the devs for reinventing this game all the time. I got myself a train, and this is just the beginning of the farmtown 'train-era', so lets give the devs a chance to develope it further. We know they listen to us. I would also like to be able to send a train off for more canvas :-)

[kahra01]

Anyway thanks to the devs for reinventing this game all the time. I got myself a train, and this is just the beginning of the farmtown 'train-era', so lets give the devs a chance to develope it further. We know they listen to us. I would also like to be able to send a train off for more canvas :-)

Well said! Let's not shoot the Devs down before we really give this a go. I think they have done a great job. I admit I was one that was getting shirty waiting so long but when you think about everything thats been released on the 1st of June and still continuing, its been a huge update! I was even more impressed when, for the first time that Ive ever seen, the Devs gave Tony information to pass on to us and stuck to the time frame. Cant wait to see how it all plays out over the coming months. :)

[Hyacinth Bucket]

You don't need to move your facilities at all Farmgirl, leave them where they are, they have nothing to do with the trains.

i was saving and waiting for the trains but looking at them and reading on here.i think I will 'pass' for now.a big disappointment and i didn't want to have to move my facilities to the train station either....so I'll sit this one out and see if it improves.. a big disappointment!1 ahh well!!

[Angeljinx13]

You don't need to move your facilities at all Farmgirl, leave them where they are, they have nothing to do with the trains.

The Boo-Kay residence...the lady of the house speaking...

Hi Hyacinth...love your screen name!


On a FarmTown note...very excited about the freight train...it will be wonderful to readily get more wheat, sugar, etc...

[Farmgirl_Su]

You don't need to move your facilities at all Farmgirl, leave them where they are, they have nothing to do with the trains.


Well when I went to buy one on the train trailers it said
ie you must have the Stone Windmill either in storage or on the current farm. my windmill is on farm 4 and my train is on farm 14

Plus I think $35 each is a bit steep...this game is getting too expensive os I'll sit the trains out..

[Farmgirl_Su]

You don't need to move your facilities at all Farmgirl, leave them where they are, they have nothing to do with the trains.


Well when I went to buy one on the train trailers it said
ie you must have the Stone Windmill either in storage or on the current farm. my windmill is on farm 4 and my train is on farm 14

Plus I think $35 each is a bit steep...this game is getting too expensive os I'll sit the trains out..:(

[carolann43]

The trains don't impress me. Where are the new facilities. New levels for more FC....heck with the trains.

[FarmerMcLashwood]

Well when I went to buy one on the train trailers it said
ie you must have the Stone Windmill either in storage or on the current farm. my windmill is on farm 4 and my train is on farm 14

Plus I think $35 each is a bit steep...this game is getting too expensive os I'll sit the trains out..:(

You can still buy the train trailer and put it on yr farm that has the stone windmill.... refresh... then put it in storage.... and put it on the farm with your tracks.

[JuneRedding]

Oh dear :( sure I am just being dim, but all I am getting on the freight wagons is (LOCKED) will keep trying till I understand it lol :) I went to the farm that has the facilities needed but still no joy but it did stop telling me which facilities I needed for each :)

[earlgray]

Well when I went to buy one on the train trailers it said
ie you must have the Stone Windmill either in storage or on the current farm. my windmill is on farm 4 and my train is on farm 14




According to what Raul wrote, "Once you purchase any Long Freight Car you can move it to any other farm, the facility requirement in the Store is only needed at purchase time". So you can purchase the train car on farm 4, then move it to farm 14.

But... I guess I don't get it. If I read it correctly, it takes a train car one entire week to "get" the same amount of an ingredient as what the facility that makes that ingredient produces in one week. So if you were buying a train car for just one ingredient (which suppose people wouldn't usually do), they'd get the same benefit (extra amount) by buying one more of the facility that makes that ingredient. That doesn't seem like enough to me to justify the cost. For the things I run short of, like canvas, I need an increase of a lot more than the weekly output of one facility to meet my needs.

Nor does the idea of a semi-translucent train car appeal to me. I want my farms to look nice, and that doesn't sound attractive. Just my initial reaction.

The freight cars do look cool.

[Dutch85]

What is up with the forum this morning? It has taken me hours to get in here. I keep getting a page that says the page I want is not available at this time. Also my neighbors bar at the bottom of my farm doesn't load completely about 50% of the time. I have done all the self help things and still won't load properly. help? Sorry if this is in the wrong thread, but it's the only one that would let me in.

[maggiel29]

What is up with the forum this morning? It has taken me hours to get in here. I keep getting a page that says the page I want is not available at this time. Also my neighbors bar at the bottom of my farm doesn't load completely about 50% of the time. I have done all the self help things and still won't load properly. help? Sorry if this is in the wrong thread, but it's the only one that would let me in.

Ive been having the same problems - only just let me in just now - hopefully its working for you now as well.

[Dutch85]

Ive been having the same problems - only just let me in just now - hopefully its working for you now as well.

Thank you so much for the quick reply. Sorry you are having trouble, but I'm a little relieved that's it not just me. Hopefully we both are ok now.

[Mimikrie]

Same happened to me. Was already wondering if the forum was down lol Just got in :)

[FarmerMcLashwood]

definitely a glitch on the forum.... I ended u p posting 3 times.. even though I only did it once lol

[jcassemjr]

IMHO, the train goes "Ghost" and the Semi-Truck doesn't for a simple reason. The train is not unloadable for the full time it is "away", whereas the Semi-Truck can be unloaded as goods are ready based on the delivery time frame. It is a visual that the Train is not ready to be unloaded. I would imagine there would be 100's of posts "My train is missing" if it completely disappeared, and 100's of post "We need some way to know that our train is still visiting the markets" if there wasn't something visually telling us that our train isn't ready.

I suppose they could make us buy a freight station that we could hoover over that would say "Train will return in X days"... But then we would have comments that we had to buy yet another facility/tool/building.

I think that if we can just give it a little time to see where they take this new train concept, we will be happy in the end. We created the expectations for the train, the comment by Raul is simple in the original post when it was written. I think that many of us created the "utopia train" in our minds, and now the train is not living up to it. It's not the developer's fault for our created expectations.

Not everyone needs the same goods. As I posted earlier, because I have purchased many of the FC animals, I don't need the milk, eggs or wool. I don't need items from the mines, since I have one of each on every farm. I don't need cheese, sugar or canvas, because I have a dairy, sugar refinery and textile mill on every farm. What I do need is paper rolls, and I have paper mill on every farm, and still cannot produce enough to support all of the facilities that use it. But I know that others cannot buy the FC animals to meet their production needs, and if a train car is released that will bring these items, I won't be commenting that it doesn't meet my needs, since it does meet other players' needs. It will allow me to not have to buy any additional FC animals for Farm 15 and beyond, ultimately saving me money.

I recognize that there are many, varying directions that the players would like the game to go, and I don't know which would be best in the long term of the game, and which wouldn't. I once read a post for a total farm combine - 14 clicks and all of my harvesting plowing and planting would be done. If I had a tool like that, IMHO the game wouldn't be fun, and I'd have to find a new game that consumed my time. But for the players that posed that option, they have a medical issue that all of the clicking aggravate, so for them, it would enhance their game play. Who is right? Who is wrong? Who am I to say?

With the train cars available, and future cars, I think I may be able to delete some of my duplicate facilities, if the trains are able to bring just the highly used items out of some of the facilities. This in turn will make it easier when my neighbors work my facilities, and improve the overall game play, as I play it. I'm excited about the direction they have chosen, and will find a way to use them to my advantage in they way I play the game.

I'd encourage everyone to stop and think about how our personal ideas and needs played into our "disappointment" with the trains.

[dansd111]

Thank you for the update. I can see the future potential, especially when the "boost" button is active and more products are available. Personally, I don't need the products offered.

None of my neighbors enjoy working facilities so I don't post them anymore. Because of that, I almost never run out of anything. These are the first Farm Cash items that I have not purchasing. I have every Farm Cash tool and Facility, but I just don't have a use for the train. If the facility working process becomes easier in the future, that might change because I will start posting for workers again.

I'm looking forward to the new facilities and have already planted the new trees and crops.

[theoxman]

These trains are a good idea...that the devs screwed up. Let me get this right...I have to spend all of this FC to wait SEVEN DAYS for a pathetic amount of goods?

CMON SK...hire some new devs...the past 3 releases were pathetic...this is a good idea gone bad.

[Angel7]

I have to speak my mind here. The complaints on the train are getting out of hand. Yes, it's not what we expected, but this game is a work in progress and the start of the freight trains should be small so they can work out ALL bugs before they add to it and make it beneficial to higher end players. I would rather they do it this way than having massive problems for everybody all at once. I see this as a tool for lower end players at the moment and maybe someday it will work for the rest of us. There is nothing wrong with this and everybody should quit complaining. I so appreciate everything that the developers do to this game with each and every update, even if what they produce is not something that I'm going to spend my real money on. Fact is, if I were a developer and hearing all these complaints about my hard work, I would think twice about doing anything else. And while I'm on my rant, maybe it would just be a fantastic idea if they never ever told us anything that may or may not be coming in the future so everybody will quit with the negative comments when it doesn't happen on schedule. It's like having a baby - it will be ready when it is ready and not a moment earlier. There is enough in this game to keep lots of people happy doing lots of things and if this game is irritating you to that degree, maybe you should not be playing. OK, I've ranted enough - I'm off to quietly and contently play farm town - God bless all of you, especially the developers who do work hard trying to keep alot of people happy.

[FarmerMcLashwood]

These trains are a good idea...that the devs screwed up. Let me get this right...I have to spend all of this FC to wait SEVEN DAYS for a pathetic amount of goods?

CMON SK...hire some new devs...the past 3 releases were pathetic...this is a good idea gone bad.

7 days FT days = 5.8 days in real time lol

[NiMo1960]

Oh dear :( sure I am just being dim, but all I am getting on the freight wagons is (LOCKED) will keep trying till I understand it lol :) I went to the farm that has the facilities needed but still no joy but it did stop telling me which facilities I needed for each :)

Mine also wouldn't unlock, until I bought the 'Train Depot' building from the 'Building' tab (3rd page down, bottom right).

[JbarLFarms]

I have to speak my mind here. The complaints on the train are getting out of hand. Yes, it's not what we expected, but this game is a work in progress and the start of the freight trains should be small so they can work out ALL bugs before they add to it and make it beneficial to higher end players. I would rather they do it this way than having massive problems for everybody all at once. I see this as a tool for lower end players at the moment and maybe someday it will work for the rest of us. There is nothing wrong with this and everybody should quit complaining. I so appreciate everything that the developers do to this game with each and every update, even if what they produce is not something that I'm going to spend my real money on. Fact is, if I were a developer and hearing all these complaints about my hard work, I would think twice about doing anything else. And while I'm on my rant, maybe it would just be a fantastic idea if they never ever told us anything that may or may not be coming in the future so everybody will quit with the negative comments when it doesn't happen on schedule. It's like having a baby - it will be ready when it is ready and not a moment earlier. There is enough in this game to keep lots of people happy doing lots of things and if this game is irritating you to that degree, maybe you should not be playing. OK, I've ranted enough - I'm off to quietly and contently play farm town - God bless all of you, especially the developers who do work hard trying to keep alot of people happy.

Thank you Angel7 !! ;)

[rjohn726]

Noticed you got the train, saw the amount that they will move in a weeks time, about a half a load of what those facilities can produce in two or three days. Guess that's ok. In the fall when I have more time available I'll most likely get one or two of those trains as well as the purple tools for the larger farms. Thanks for both, Gotta take care of the Gardens and lawns outside till then and that is where I spend most of my time these days

[janelouise]

Happy to finally be able to buy the cashews and plant the lemongrass- now where are the facilities!

[Audrey45]

I agree Angel7 I enjoy this game keep it up devs

[Texas Belle]

Is there any chance that we can get a caboose? All these trains look "unfinished" without a caboose. I realize that in real life, trains don't have them anymore, but I think it would be cool to have a caboose for each train. Just a thought.

Yes, we need a caboose, a RED one please... and we need a freight train station also, the passenger one won't do. We need to put lifts and trucks and heavy equipment there so when the trains come in we can get the stuff on the trucks and send them to wherever they need to go, lol

[sszymarek]

This is all wonderful, but when are we going to get the problem sending gifts fixed? It has been two months and I'm really upset that I cannot send or receive gifts. PLEASE CAN SOMEONE FIX IT.

[cbeckner80]

We need to be able to rotate the trains; please!

[Franny2]

I bought the freight locomotive and one of the cars (all I could afford right now). I'm looking forward to seeing how they work. Thanks, Devs!

[Texas Belle]

I have to speak my mind here. The complaints on the train are getting out of hand. Yes, it's not what we expected, but this game is a work in progress and the start of the freight trains should be small so they can work out ALL bugs before they add to it and make it beneficial to higher end players. I would rather they do it this way than having massive problems for everybody all at once. I see this as a tool for lower end players at the moment and maybe someday it will work for the rest of us. There is nothing wrong with this and everybody should quit complaining. I so appreciate everything that the developers do to this game with each and every update, even if what they produce is not something that I'm going to spend my real money on. Fact is, if I were a developer and hearing all these complaints about my hard work, I would think twice about doing anything else. And while I'm on my rant, maybe it would just be a fantastic idea if they never ever told us anything that may or may not be coming in the future so everybody will quit with the negative comments when it doesn't happen on schedule. It's like having a baby - it will be ready when it is ready and not a moment earlier. There is enough in this game to keep lots of people happy doing lots of things and if this game is irritating you to that degree, maybe you should not be playing. OK, I've ranted enough - I'm off to quietly and contently play farm town - God bless all of you, especially the developers who do work hard trying to keep alot of people happy.

Well said Angel, I was one that complained at first, but I am liking the idea of the trains and the future of FT. I remember when we started and had a little bitty farm and no big tools to work with, we have come a long way and the devs are wonderful at listening and doing things for us. There may be some that started later when the game was enhanced and it is a breeze to do things now. Don't blame the developers, they do all they have to do and give it to us without bugs and problems, I rather wait and have it this way. We are the ones that sometimes get out of hand with our requests and complains.

IMHO I amazed that they don't loose their cool and come out and say "hey people, we are doing the best we can to give you what you want, so let us do our job".

I think its wonderful that with all the grumbling and madness in here they still work to try to please us even when we disagree of a release product.

Thank you, thank you, for all you guys devs, mods and everybody involved in the game you are the best of the game world in Facebook.

And got my lemongrass and trees planted already, so c'mon with the facs. LOL

[debcorley]

tbh wasnt sure about spending farmcash on something i didnt really understand ( i know blonde moment !) but after reading rob's explaination of how the freight trains work mine is up and running and im loving it :D cant wait for new facilities and farm 15 whoop whoop ..or should that be choo choo !!

[Petuniaflower]

thank you angel7 !! ;)



a big amen....;)

[Petuniaflower]

I have to speak my mind here. The complaints on the train are getting out of hand. Yes, it's not what we expected, but this game is a work in progress and the start of the freight trains should be small so they can work out ALL bugs before they add to it and make it beneficial to higher end players. I would rather they do it this way than having massive problems for everybody all at once. I see this as a tool for lower end players at the moment and maybe someday it will work for the rest of us. There is nothing wrong with this and everybody should quit complaining. I so appreciate everything that the developers do to this game with each and every update, even if what they produce is not something that I'm going to spend my real money on. Fact is, if I were a developer and hearing all these complaints about my hard work, I would think twice about doing anything else. And while I'm on my rant, maybe it would just be a fantastic idea if they never ever told us anything that may or may not be coming in the future so everybody will quit with the negative comments when it doesn't happen on schedule. It's like having a baby - it will be ready when it is ready and not a moment earlier. There is enough in this game to keep lots of people happy doing lots of things and if this game is irritating you to that degree, maybe you should not be playing. OK, I've ranted enough - I'm off to quietly and contently play farm town - God bless all of you, especially the developers who do work hard trying to keep alot of people happy.


A GIGANTIC AMEN AMEN..AMEN!!!!!!!:o:o:o

[maggiel29]

[QUOTE=Angel7;5187134]I have to speak my mind here.

Well said ............... ........................

[susiefry]

I agree, AMEN angel.
I think thou, we cant put down the people complaining though just cuz that's the whole point of this thread is to talk about what you like and didn't like on the new release. But very much on the other hand we need to understand the old saying "you cant please everyone" and although there's many that don't like the train there's definitely some that do. Me, Im on the list that don't find the train useful but I know many others do so I just don't spend my cash on it and wish the ones that do like it, to enjoy :) Thats all there is too it.
Happy Farming :)

PS: Angel the part of NOT letting us know when new stuff is coming, is an AWESOME AWESOME idea cuz i know i for one got in trouble in here for speaking my mind out of frustration for things being said were coming out and werent yet. Never been frustrated with this game until then....lol

[Hornyroo]

This last release has been a strange one for sure.. Ill patiently wait for my facs, still stocking up on the new lemon grass and belts for that and the cashews, Im holding my judgement on the Trains for now until we see them fully rolled out, I believe there is more to come with those for sure.. at least we have been given the chance to build up our train collection bit by bit, rather than get slugged for the whole set up in the future and everyone complaining about how much FC it cost...

My only hopes for future goodies are small - I dont want this to turn into a one click wonder game, im happy with harvesting.plowing planting set up, but I would like a couple of improvements - the facilties manager is lacking in two major departments - a one click for animal harvests, and more detrimentally, a work all function for each farm on neighbours work requsts - I would love to work my neighbours facs again, but I just cant because of the sheer bulk of them...

[LoreneC]

- the facilties manager is lacking in two major departments - a one click for animal harvests, and more detrimentally, a work all function for each farm on neighbours work requsts - I would love to work my neighbours facs again, but I just cant because of the sheer bulk of them...

This is an excellent point. Many of my neighbors don't work my facilities and I often wonder if they are overwhelmed. I visited their farms out of curiosity to see if they were still farming and they are! They harvest, plant etc but only post their facilities once or twice a month and never work mine.

[silverladyaz]

With you, Dave, on the shelling out aspect. Choice is nice. Restricted access is discouraging.

[kataltay]

Well said Angel, I was one that complained at first, but I am liking the idea of the trains and the future of FT. I remember when we started and had a little bitty farm and no big tools to work with, we have come a long way and the devs are wonderful at listening and doing things for us. There may be some that started later when the game was enhanced and it is a breeze to do things now. Don't blame the developers, they do all they have to do and give it to us without bugs and problems, I rather wait and have it this way. We are the ones that sometimes get out of hand with our requests and complains.

IMHO I amazed that they don't loose their cool and come out and say "hey people, we are doing the best we can to give you what you want, so let us do our job".

I think its wonderful that with all the grumbling and madness in here they still work to try to please us even when we disagree of a release product.

Thank you, thank you, for all you guys devs, mods and everybody involved in the game you are the best of the game world in Facebook.

And got my lemongrass and trees planted already, so c'mon with the facs. LOL
Let's remember, we are paying money to play this game, and the developers are not doing all this for free. If the moderators themselves did not state that feedback, both positive and negative, is welcome, then I would perhaps understand where you claim the right to order us to all play nice and grateful, regardless of what possible *fixes* some of see would be useful. We know when our animal sheds are ready...how? By hovering and reading "ready to harvest in......". To say that making the train nearly invisible is the only way we can know the goods have been transported is really insulting our intelligence, and the intelligence of the developing team. If hovering over an animal shed, a tree, a crop, a flower can all tell us when these are ready, then I for one do wonder why this could not be done with the train.

And, for what it is worth, I think I have done my part in thanking the developers for each and every update : I spend real money to buy the new things. And as a paying customer, you bet I have the right to voice disappointment, or "complain" as you put it. I think the developers have enough "Yes" men/women singing their praises, that those who truly see room for improvement are not going to cause them undue stress or hurt feelings. No one is perfect at everything they do in their job, and I personally could not find a thread or post where players posted en masse that they needed more of the goods that the train takes 7 days to bring us.

[Texas Star]

Thanks for letting us know about new items and approximately when to expect them. I am holding off on the freight train, until I see how it develops. Most of the items in these first cars are being produced in sufficient quantity by my facilities, but new cars may have just what I need. In the meantime, I'm growing a little lemongrass to stockpile in the event I buy the Thai Restaurant. It is fun guessing what might be in the new facilities so the advanced notice is great for me. I also appreciate advanced notice of the release of a new farm, which allows me to plan expansions and budget for the new farm.

[Tuckertbnc]

This is an excellent point. Many of my neighbors don't work my facilities and I often wonder if they are overwhelmed. I visited their farms out of curiosity to see if they were still farming and they are! They harvest, plant etc but only post their facilities once or twice a month and never work mine.


:o
I feel bad that I don't work many of my neighbor's work posts .. but my hand just can't handle all those clicks .. I have neighbors that have factories on EVERY farm and lots of multiples ...
:D
I would love a 'Master Factory' option when we go to work our neighbors posts to do ... at least All factories on that 1 farm if not all active factories period ..

This help with working neighbors Help Wanted posts is being asked by a LOT of players ... We know we will have to pay for it but it would put more people back to playing the game I believe ... I could load my factories more fully if I could work more neighbor's easily ...

Please come up with a quicker easier way for us to go work our neighbors postings ...

I'm not all that happy with the new train either ,, I bought them all but wish I had waited ... I don't need any of the stuff the boxcars bring because I have built up a storage of raw and basic goods and I just don't work my factories that intensely .... Wish we had a return policy too :p

But I do LOVE this game ..

[pythonis]

Yeah it is a fun game especially since you can play it alone. Too much drama once you start talking to other people and reading the market comments.

[pythonis]

:o
I feel bad that I don't work many of my neighbor's work posts .. but my hand just can't handle all those clicks .. I have neighbors that have factories on EVERY farm and lots of multiples ...
:D
I would love a 'Master Factory' option when we go to work our neighbors posts to do ... at least All factories on that 1 farm if not all active factories period ..

This help with working neighbors Help Wanted posts is being asked by a LOT of players ... We know we will have to pay for it but it would put more people back to playing the game I believe ... I could load my factories more fully if I could work more neighbor's easily ...

Please come up with a quicker easier way for us to go work our neighbors postings ...

I'm not all that happy with the new train either ,, I bought them all but wish I had waited ... I don't need any of the stuff the boxcars bring because I have built up a storage of raw and basic goods and I just don't work my factories that intensely .... Wish we had a return policy too :p

But I do LOVE this game ..
You mean something like a farm town mall where you could place all of your facilites for a small fee each (maybe 3-5 fc per fac) that would let one click work every facility in the mall at the same time and would let neighbors do the same

[Hornyroo]

You mean something like a farm town mall where you could place all of your facilites for a small fee each (maybe 3-5 fc per fac) that would let one click work every facility in the mall at the same time and would let neighbors do the same

hmmm intersting idea, but why make it so difficult, one tool, say a purple forklift or something, fc of course, that will allow you to click work requests on friends feeds, load up their farm, instead of the **** facs showing one by one, it brings up the fac manager with a button up top saying "Work All", I really cannot beleive this hasnt aleady happened

[pythonis]

hmmm intersting idea, but why make it so difficult, one tool, say a purple forklift or something, fc of course, that will allow you to click work requests on friends feeds, load up their farm, instead of the **** facs showing one by one, it brings up the fac manager with a button up top saying "Work All", I really cannot beleive this hasnt aleady happened

I dont see it as difficult i see it as emptying up space.

[KnightRider]

You mean something like a farm town mall where you could place all of your facilites for a small fee each (maybe 3-5 fc per fac) that would let one click work every facility in the mall at the same time and would let neighbors do the same

I could see putting them in there to empty up some space, but the one click would have to be one option or you could go in to the mall and work each factory separately, there might be some facilities that I don't want every item in the factory started or maybe some factories I don't want to start at all. It could be when you click on the mall it brings up a mall manager which would show all of the facilities in the mall just like the facility manager, but it only show the facilities in the mall and at the top it could have a button for start all and store all or you could click on the factories and go into them and the neighbors could load the mall and have a work all button at the top which would work all the facilities in the mall.

[NiMo1960]

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I feel bad that I don't work many of my neighbor's work posts .. but my hand just can't handle all those clicks .. I have neighbors that have factories on EVERY farm and lots of multiples ...
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I would love a 'Master Factory' option when we go to work our neighbors posts to do ... at least All factories on that 1 farm if not all active factories period ..

This help with working neighbors Help Wanted posts is being asked by a LOT of players ... We know we will have to pay for it but it would put more people back to playing the game I believe ... I could load my factories more fully if I could work more neighbor's easily ...

Please come up with a quicker easier way for us to go work our neighbors postings ..

I've been wanting this a while.
I have a farm with every facility on it, 97 of them, and even doing them myself via another account I can see why others don't want to do it.

I believe in having the option to do just one click per farm to work all facilities on that farm would save time and get us working together again.
14 farms with facilities, then 14 farms for client work, that makes a total of 28 clicks, now compare that to the (about) 300 clicks it currently takes to do my farms and you can see my point.

[Tony D]

Hi, Please remember keep in mind that this thread is for feedback on the New Release and not for discussion about other changes to the game. Any off topic posts may be removed.

Thanks :)

[JW2009]

[B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Hi, since the release of this new update i also have noticed that if i went to the market to 'SELL' my non-ingredients i would sell off allot of things i need that should be in 'FROM FACILITIES' - Please look into this and wondering if others have this problem too, I know someone pointed it out, but i can't find the original post - Thank You & Happy Farming :)

[Tony D]

[B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Hi, since the release of this new update i also have noticed that if i went to the market to 'SELL' my non-ingredients i would sell off allot of things i need that should be in 'FROM FACILITIES' - Please look into this and wondering if others have this problem too, I know someone pointed it out, but i can't find the original post - Thank You & Happy Farming :)Hi, which particular items did it sell, have you checked under "All' to see if there was a tick in the box of the items that sold ?

[JW2009]

I never sold anything since i noticed the items were there, I am very careful at the market. It's all messed up, under ALL nothing is checked off, i will just wait Tony until all the new things are out and then maybe it will be fixed - Thank you very much and Happy Farming :) Hi, which particular items did it sell, have you checked under "All' to see if there was a tick in the box of the items that sold ?

[PKT]

Regarding Freight Trains - Hi, my apologies if this has already been suggested but I'm not keen on reading 99 pages of posts - hope you can appreciate that.

It would be nice to be able to move and rotate the freight trains. It currently only gives the option to hide which is a little disappointing. Perhaps its because they are loading and en route ? Maybe be able to move them once they're done? I know that rotate is not an option at this time, but it would be a nice feature. Thanks!

[JW2009]

When they return from the 'Markets' they will be Full - not Transparent and you will be able to move them around your farm and in the future they will be rotatable. Thank You & Happy Farming :) Regarding Freight Trains - Hi, my apologies if this has already been suggested but I'm not keen on reading 99 pages of posts - hope you can appreciate that.

It would be nice to be able to move and rotate the freight trains. It currently only gives the option to hide which is a little disappointing. Perhaps its because they are loading and en route ? Maybe be able to move them once they're done? I know that rotate is not an option at this time, but it would be a nice feature. Thanks!

[PKT]

Hi, which particular items did it sell, have you checked under "All' to see if there was a tick in the box of the items that sold ?


I just went and checked mine as well at Market , as I haven't sold anything for awhile pending the update. I normally sell off my non ingredients that aren't used anywhere. The items used in facilities used to have a question mark in the top right corner and those that didn't, I would select all of those with the check box and sell. Well, now it appears they ALL have question marks but when I click on the question mark, I just get a blank pop up. Hmmm - I hate to sell off something that I'll need in a service facility. I'll have to be extra careful too and really pay attention so as not to accidentally sell something I've been hoarding :p. As I haven't sold in a couple of weeks, I'm not sure if it just started with the update, or if it was before the update.

[PKT]

When they return from the 'Markets' they will be Full - not Transparent and you will be able to move them around your farm and in the future they will be rotatable. Thank You & Happy Farming :)


Thanks!!! :D I'm happy to hear that. I was in such a rush to get them and see what they would do, that I didn't put a lot of thought into where they "fit" into the design. Glad that I can move them once they're done. Happy Farming to you too!

[Khan7]

I found my long box trains to be locked. Is there a particular reson (I do have the locomotive)

[our gu]

I found my long box trains to be locked. Is there a particular reson (I do have the locomotive)

do u have the facillitys on the farm that is needed for the long box ,mine were locked till i put the factorys on the farm

[pythonis]

I could see putting them in there to empty up some space, but the one click would have to be one option or you could go in to the mall and work each factory separately, there might be some facilities that I don't want every item in the factory started or maybe some factories I don't want to start at all.
Im sorry but when you click to work your neighbors facilities youre agreeing to work them all not just pick and choose which ones you want. Ive removed over a dozen neighbors for doing just that. As for not wanting some started i see what youre saying. Perhaps a checklist for which facs you want/dont want worked by your neighbors.

I am wondering why one would even bother loading up any or all of a facility if they didnt want it started at all. Not harking on anyone just wondering what purpose it would serve. If its a logical one heck i may start doing it.

[Rob T]

As Tony D has already stated, please keep on track to the New Release, any ideas and suggestions, please post in the appropriate place, suggestions forum. Thankyou

[maggiel29]

The items used in facilities used to have a question mark in the top right corner and those that didn't, I would select all of those with the check box and sell. Well, now it appears they ALL have question marks but when I click on the question mark, I just get a blank pop up.

Yep just checked mine - this is recent over the last day or so - exactly the same.

Its only the goods made in facilities - I have crops and flowers that arent ingredients no ? mark.

[1fritz]

I have to speak my mind here. The complaints on the train are getting out of hand. Yes, it's not what we expected, but this game is a work in progress and the start of the freight trains should be small so they can work out ALL bugs before they add to it and make it beneficial to higher end players. I would rather they do it this way than having massive problems for everybody all at once. I see this as a tool for lower end players at the moment and maybe someday it will work for the rest of us. There is nothing wrong with this and everybody should quit complaining. I so appreciate everything that the developers do to this game with each and every update, even if what they produce is not something that I'm going to spend my real money on. Fact is, if I were a developer and hearing all these complaints about my hard work, I would think twice about doing anything else. And while I'm on my rant, maybe it would just be a fantastic idea if they never ever told us anything that may or may not be coming in the future so everybody will quit with the negative comments when it doesn't happen on schedule. It's like having a baby - it will be ready when it is ready and not a moment earlier. There is enough in this game to keep lots of people happy doing lots of things and if this game is irritating you to that degree, maybe you should not be playing. OK, I've ranted enough - I'm off to quietly and contently play farm town - God bless all of you, especially the developers who do work hard trying to keep alot of people happy.

Well said Angel7.. I agree totally with your post.
Fritz