The transition to the new web hosting service was made with very few problems so far. I am still checking and testing the files for any issues. The Farm Town Calculators had to be re-coded in PHP and seem to be working well. I am still working on bringing them up to date with the newest seeds, trees and animals.
Where are the Calculators?
The original calculators were written using VBScript for an activer server page which is native to a windows machine. The new web server is a Linux machine which does not support the ASP pages. The calculators were rewritten with PHP which is a more powerful and functional scripting language. The new pages will also be placed within the Farm Town section of the site. When they become ready for use the link will re-appear on the site menu. The new Harvest Time calculator is up and running, I hope you enjoy the new features it offers.
This is Not an Official Farm Town Site
I have been getting emails from people who seem to be under the impression that I am on the development team. Just for the record I am just another Farm Town farmer, I have no contact with anyone on the development team, and this is not an Official Farm Town web site. I put this site together to help all of us learn how to play the game as best we can. I don't mind answering questions if I have the answer or can find one, if not I will still try to reply.
Farm Town Tools
Farm Report has been upgraded with some new features. If you don't already have this tool you should check it out. Farm Report is a stand alone application which will alert you when your crops are ready. This tool takes my harvest time calculator to the next level. I use it on a daily basis to know when my crops are ready for harvest.
Farm Town Production has grown dramatically over the past months, there is now a new Farm Town Production page just to display all the data. There are now 66 Facilities and over 300 items to produce using more than 200 items. The page is dynamically driven by the scripts pulling data in from the database, although it is a long page the load time is fairly fast. Most of the slowdowns on the page load are from the Google or Facebook servers when they are at peak use. The new Game Data page should be ready soon.
The Farm Town Levels Calculators now has the data for all the new game levels up to the current highest player level of 185. This new version is now driven by the database and seems to be working properly.
Version 2.2.1 of my Production Planner workbook is now available for download. This version plans production for one day. It is available for download in a compressed zip file and may be used with Excel version 9 and later or with the Open Office Suite. It includes the latest facilities and products.
The workbook may be viewed in html format Version 2.2.1 or downloaded using this link
Production Planner download
Version 2.2.2 is in the works with some additions contributed by Miranda and some features which were inspired from those. I have also made some corrections in the data and spelling errors. It will be available when tested and debugged and hopefully I will have the real data on Cream and Soup Noodles before the release.
Game Update February 19, 2011
The February 11th. game update added more items and features. Two new facilities and more new products added. Two new tools and new land covers added. The data is now here for Farm 8 and the new production items. The Orange Manure Spreader will now fertilize flowers and can be sent as a gift to players who own the Red Manure Spreader. Direct sell for crops has been removed and the pop up for harvest and sell has been deleted along with some other pop ups. Now all crops harvested go directly to storage. Storage has been increased again and the Facility Manager has been enhanced.
I now have most of the data for production although there are still some items in question as to the accuracy of the data.
Game Update January 17, 2011
Two new facilities and products added. Two new animals classed as Superanimals, Leghorn Hen and Holstein Cow. They produce ten times the harvest than the other animals. Some other updates to the game functions and 25 new levels added.
I am in the process of adding the new data for production and looking for the data on the new levels.
Game Update December 23, 2010
Nine new animals, five on the gift page and four in the store. New items in the Paths/Grounds section in the store.
You can now fertilize trees with the Orange Manure Spreader, you must own the Red one first.
Some game enhancements, gifting has been changed to make it easier to return gift a friend or neighbor, a Facility Manager in the Extended Tool Box, Harvest Storage was increased by 50% more capacity, and some changes to help the game run faster.
The Textile Mill has been renamed to the Textile and Spinning Mill and two new items for production were added to the facility.
Two new facilities were added, the Knitting and Knotting Mill and the Distillery. The data on all the new facilities and production items can be found on the Farm Town Production page.