New Release -- March 15th, 2011

[Rob T]

Originally Posted by waterboyintl

ok I really appreciate the upgrades but what happens when I cant use them ? my oil pump, fish farm still only allow 28 as my total how can I fix this ? kindest regards Henk

the number of batches hasn't changed, but the amount in those batches has tripled. so you can still make 28 batches, just they're now bigger batches

[Pam Gossett]

That is terrific news about the oil pump output getting tripled. Thanks so much. That made my day.

[shutterhunter]

Great updates guys, two thumbs up from this long time farmer. The increases on fuel, fish farm, and bee farm is fantastic. Could you do something in that order for wheat/flour production? So many products require wheat flour it is almost impossible to keep up production for these products. With the new diversification ranks it seems like a logical suggestion.

[waterboyintl]

Originally Posted by Raul

Hi There,

We just released a new version of the game with the following features and bug fixes.

UPDATE 18th March... Production in the Oil Refinery, Bee Farm & Fish Farming Plant has been tripled

UPDATE 19th March... Petrochemical Barrels have also been tripled in the Oil Refinery

1.Animal Buildings are now always shown in the Facility Manager.

2.Fishing Boat 5x5 (FC): If you already own the Fishing Boat 3x3, then you can buy this new Fishing Boat to fish almost 3 times faster, up to 25 fish at a time.

3.Summarizing Coins and XP in multitools: When using multitools, the coins and xp are now summarized for every click instead of shown for every single field.

If you want to get rid of all coins, xp and bonus box animations completely, you can now control that with the 'Show Coins and XP Animations' option in the preferences window.

4.Ordering Station w/ Trailer (FC): Enable the 'All' button when Ordering products from the Truck.

Also, with the extra trailer capacity products are delivered twice as fast, it's like duplicating the output of each Truck assuming you have enough fuel.

Note that if you have multiple Trucks, you only need to buy one Ordering Station w/ Trailer, and all your Trucks will benefit.

5.Improved Help System: When you hit any green ? (Help) button on any context you will see now a graphical help system which will allow you to quickly understand things like:

- Detailed view of what can you make in a facility, even before you buy it
- What ingredients are needed to make a product
- Which products can you make with a specific ingredient
- On which water items you can catch a specific fish

You can browse and drill down as deep as you want.

6.Alternate View of the Ice Cream Factory.

7.Soft Drink Factory (Coins): Allows you to produce Soft Drinks. You can get Carbonated Water as gifts or from the Truck. You can make Caffeine in the Coffee Grinder.

Coconut Water
Orange Soda
Lemon Soda
Ginger Ale
Cream Soda
Farmerade
Cola

8.Ice Cream Shop (FC): Allows you to produce Ice Cream treats and smoothies. You can make Whipped Cream in the Dairy Processing Plant. You can make Waffle Cone in the Bakery.

Coffee Waffle Cone
Banana Strawberry Smoothie
Berry Smoothie
Apple Pie a la Mode
Ice Cream Sandwich
Cola Float
Chocolate Mint Shake
Hot Fudge Sundae

9.Harvest Storage space increased once again.

10.Diversification Rank shown in Facility Manager: The header in the facility manager now shows a new measure of success for players using facilities:

Your Diversification Rank: ### Best: ###

Your Diversification Rank is calculated using the following method:

- For each Facility you own you get 25 points

- For each Product in a facility with pending productions you get:

- 5 points if you have 19% or less of the product capacity used
- 6 points if you have between 20 and 39% of the product capacity used
- 7 points if you have between 40 and 59% of the product capacity used
- 8 points if you have between 60 and 79% of the product capacity used
- 9 points if you have between 80 and 99% of the product capacity used
- 10 points if you have 100% of the product capacity used

The 'Best:' value always shows the best Diversification Rank you have been able to achieve at any point in the game.

In the near future you will receive benefits like ingredients or speed or better price depending on your diversification rank.

Note also that you can still use the Utilization and Done filters for an overview of those counters.

11.Two weeks ago we launched a couple of things:

- When you change filtering or sorting options, the change is remembered forever
- Fixed all filters in facility manager and added a new filter 'All Facilities in All Farms' which should speed up things considerably


New levels, Farm 9 and Service Facilities coming up in the next release. Easter items coming up in about a week.

Enjoy!

Thanks

--Raul

ok my refinery has tripled production, my bee farm has tripled production but not my oil pumps ............................. any suggestions ? also once you get this fixed maybe if you could triple the cheese production I would greatly appreciate it Thanks Henk

[Tony D]

Originally Posted by waterboyintl

ok my refinery has tripled production, my bee farm has tripled production but not my oil pumps ............................. any suggestions ? also once you get this fixed maybe if you could triple the cheese production I would greatly appreciate it Thanks Henk

Hi the Oil pumps were not one of the items that were changed. You are welcome to suggest a change in the Suggestion section.

[roarkitty]

Originally Posted by Tony D

Hi the Oil pumps were not one of the items that were changed. You are welcome to suggest a change in the Suggestion section.

The refinery still makes more from the oil you're already producing, it's all good.

[Wouter]

I will join you in this There is simply not enough oil coming to keep it all going, also the cheese is way below what a person needs

[StoneFace]

Originally Posted by Wouter

I will join you in this There is simply not enough oil coming to keep it all going, also the cheese is way below what a person needs

I have "only" 7 rigs, and "only" one refinery.

Each time I re-fuel, I get about 1.5million gallons, and that lasts me for a LONG time.

I also have 5 semi-trucks and the tools that require fuel.

I do not layer. So maybe that is the real issue. That more fuel is required for layered farms.

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[susan gardner jimison]

thanks for all the neat new things, sometimes we dont't think of all the little details that go into what you do.
now if the fish have been trippled where are mine? i am still catching the same amount as before..

[Tiger]

Originally Posted by susan gardner jimison

thanks for all the neat new things, sometimes we dont't think of all the little details that go into what you do.
now if the fish have been trippled where are mine? i am still catching the same amount as before..

Hello,

It's the products from the fish farming plant that has been tripled