Hey there Hoppereenos!
More MONORAIL Stations! WOOHOO!!
The New Act Two is now live in our silly lil games, that means it is time once again to earn some New Materials to get some New extra “Stuff” in our game… Act 2 that New Material will be Duct Tape.
The amounts seem a bit scary so of course that means you are stressing on just HOW you are going to do it all. Well no worries. My handy dandy Calendar for Act Two is here.
ACT TWO WILL END SEPTEMBER 4TH
EVENT CALENDAR STARTING AUGUST 24th/DAY 2 OF ACT 2
As per usual, I will be starting the Calendar one day AFTER Act Two releases so you can factor in time you will need to send Characters on tasks, get Buildings, and fully launch the New Event. I will also be stopping it the night BEFORE Act Two ends, as it will give you enough time to focus on all the other last minute stuff.
Again, do not panic. Remember that it is slow going at first so you may “appear” to be behind, but as you progress in Act Two you will start to see that you are getting more and more and more each day. So just go at a pace that fits you, but remember the more you play the more you will get.
Now you have a basic daily breakdown for 11 days based off of approximately 12,064 Duct Tapes a day.
ACT TWO PRIZES
Here’s the rundown of the prizes available during Act 2 that you can win by just playing the game and collecting Duct Tapes. The following are what I got in my game.
Tetanus Terminal- 4,450 
Also comes with 3 straight track pieces
3 Track Pack- 10,800
3 Track Pack- 20,200
Terminal Station Pieces-36,850
5 Track Pack- 48, 450
Terminal Station Pieces- 65,100
5 Track Pack- 78,150
Terminal Station Pieces-94,800
5 Track Pack- 109,300
Uriah’s Heap Recycling Center- 132,700 (includes Hippie)
AHEAD OF THE TRACK BONUS
The similar Bonus Track offer is back. For every X amount of Duct Tapes beyond 132,700 you earn, you will be able to get additional pieces of Tracks for your Monorail.
Word of caution on this one, if you are NOT in your town when you hit the bonus, any additional Duct Tapes collected may not count towards the Bonus (they will only add to your main total). So be careful. If you are close, you may want to go back to your Springfield just before you hit it. This is due to once it triggers the final prize, it will take a few minutes to go through all the pop ups for it. This causes the Bonus Round Pop Up to delay as you tap through them. That means any additional beyond the 132,700 earned when you hit it will NOT count to the Ahead of the Track Bonus until you see the Pop Up. For instance if you earn 132,800, the extra 100 will go to your total, but nothing will add to the Bonus until Ahead of the Track Bonus pops up. So the counts may be slightly off.
This is what I saw in my game…
Once you hit your 132700, you will see the Tap Finger pointing at your Task Menu towards a Track Piece Icon.
Tapping on the Track Piece Icon will then pop up the Ahead of the Track Bonus. You will see what the Current Amount of Additional Duct Tapes are required in order for you to earn ONE additional Piece of Rail Track to your game. Mine started at 0/3000. It seemed to trigger it twice.
Just like last Act, it seems this just keeps going and going and going. Each time adding more to the Required additional Duct Tapes to earn.
For instance this is what happened in my game…
+3000
+3000
+4000
+5000
I am currently at earn +5000 more Duct Tapes.
Each time it only rewarded me the ONE piece of Rail Track when I hit the Required amount of Duct Tapes. It automatically jumped to the next amount as soon as I got the Track Piece Pop Up. So far, I have only got Straight Pieces.
So no Bonus Donuts from Personal Prizes again, just more Tracks.
There you have it. A Calendar of Duct Tapes to keep you on track for all 10 Personal Prizes. Plus some MORE Tracks to wrap your town in Monorail!!
What do you think of it so far? Where are YOU in the game? How are your totals coming along? Let us know.
~Bunny
Yesterday was a good day – good glitch (shhhhh) as I received two Daily Prizes in a row, the first of which was the Day #5 – 5000 Duct Tapes. Don’t know how I’m doing it, otherwise, but at 41,500 I am about 1 1/2 days ahead of schedule.
In the mean time, I’m Building my bank account and after another $150,000 I’ll hit the $10 million – and then I buy land!
The two daily prizes (5th then 1st) have been happening for me as well since the event started.
Great article as always, but what do you really mean by the progress being slow-going at first? I can’t see any changes in rate of progress, it’s just a matter of grinding out junk, metal, and plastic. Or did I miss anything?
Because as people get used to a new Phase or Act… it take them a bit to figure out what pays out best for them. It could be adding more tracks to get more possums as you earn them. Planning neighbor visits better. Having better Neighbors visit back. It all depends. Mainly… due to things are added as you progress helping you with the Material earning (rail tracks).
Lol. Just realized. I am playing TSTO and collecting Duct Tape, AND, in between checks I am also playing Fallout: New Vegas, AND STILL collecting Duct tape. :-I
Ok so the Tetanus Terminal is my favourite building that they’ve added in a long time! There’s a Dive Throo, rickety tracks, moonshine brewery and even a clothesline. So wonderfully hillbilly!
anyone know if there is a maximum length to the trains? i’m up to four cars plus the two locomotives at each end if i connect up all my track into a single line. another couple of cars and the trains will be too long for the stations, even with the extra station pieces.
From what I am seeing… 6 cars MIGHT be the MAX, but honestly… no way to know until the Event reaches the end.
Well, sir, there’s nothing on earth
Like a genuine, bona fide
Electrified, six-car monorail.
I had to separate all my stations to stop the glitch from happening where I was getting 2 of everything, incl 2 crustyland stations! Made complete circuits for all the stations n got 4 carriages plus trains on each.
Yippie! Yippie! My Springfield needs a Hippie!
(Rather have Seth and Munchie or the S.E. Teacher but it’ll have to do)
Yippie! Yippie! My Springfield needs a Hippie! :p
still cant store my springfield heights buildings. tried uninstalling and reinstalling. any advice?
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/08/24/act-2-questions-clarifications-and-concerns/
Didn’t get my duct tapes for daily tapping. That’s a lot to lose
Crash and lagging issues. I’ve been having trouble with the game not loading and it crashing my kindle. I plugged it in and all worked fine. I’ve done this twice now and it seems this current event is requiring of my kindle hd7 that it either have an almost full battery or it needs to be plugged in. Thought I’d pass this on for others having issues.
Add it here too please…
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/08/24/act-2-questions-clarifications-and-concerns/
Bunny how do you get 42 tasks?
Play 7 games for a site of Addicts and intentionally leave items “on the board” to test out. 😉
Not to mention… IT IS 42!!! THE ULTIMATE ANSWER! 😛
see you at the restuarant at the end of the universe ? Leave Marvin the paranoid android at mome though Bunny .
But he is perfect for the POV Gun. Someone has to make them stop reading the Vogon Poetry.
If vogon poetry is on the cards , I’m with the dolphins , so long and thanks for all the fish !
Just don’t forget your towel. 😉
That or we can just use the infinite improbability drive and turn them into yarn people. OR… a whale and a Flower Pot. Then drop them down to Humma Kavula to deal with. 😉
Where’s my pan galactic gargle blaster ? Don’t panic ! That’s it , got to find my old copy of hitchhiker`s and read it again . Might have the BBC radio show tape somewhere . Did you read the books , Bunny ? Guess you wouldn’t have heard the BBC radio show . .
I would like to get my hands on the full version of the radio broadcast. I had heard some clips in the past, but I do not think it was the complete Broadcast. The book is AWESOME. I giggled so hard when I found the place I was staying at during San Diego Comic Con… they had a huge hard back version of the book in my room. LOVED IT!! 😉
Brilliant bedtime reading . Bunny , checked out Amazon in the UK and they have a box CD set – Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy , the complete radio series which apparently has the original and a newer 2005 version on it . Maybe on Amazon over there ? Not cheap though .
The ones I have seen on and off there are usually $75 USD.
Yup fifty five pounds over here so that’s about the same . Think I’ll stick to the books . The original BBC radio series is worth a listen if you can swing it but pity it’s not available on its own without the later version so it would be cheaper . Oh well , and now for something completely different , the architects sketch . SORRY wrong show !
http://www.intriguing.com/mp/
Lol… Better take this feed to the Open thread. It’s getting a bit long. 😉
No problem I’m all quoted out , just leave you with nobody expects the Spanish inquisition and what have the Romans ever done for us ? STOP IT . That’s it , all over, Number three , the Larch , the Larch . STOP IT . Done , definitely done now . Goodnight .
***rides away with a coconut horse***
Lol . Good one Bunny .
42 incomplete tasks,
oh my eyes 🙂
Lol. Test games. It is hard to complete EVERYTHING in 7 games. Not to mention I intentionally let things “sit” to see just how long I can access them or if things change as more items are introduce. Gives us a better perspective when we can see the games from multiple eyes and probabilities. 😉
Not to mention… IT IS 42!!! THE ULTIMATE ANSWER! 😛
I saw this in towards end of Act 1 but I am seeing it again in Act 2. I play on both a tablet and on a phone. For the Daily Task Bonus (Complete 2 tasks etc) I can complete it on one device then switch to the other device and collect it again. So I am actually collecting the daily task bonus twice.
Since no one else seems to have noticed yet, you still have a blueprints that needs to be changed to tape in the text. No biggie, just thought you would like to know.
Lol. Sleepy typing. Thanks for catching it. At least I am doing OK and saying EA instead of TinyCo too many times too. 😉
What happens if you join Tetanus Terminal to the rest of your monorail? I’m afeared of a train crash.
Nothing. 🙁
So far it turns into a single route, though it took a little trial and error to get the tracks aligned, and even longer to get the darn thing to run from station to station.
Try it 🙂
I was hoping those “s” curves would be ramps to access the heights. Fingers crossed for act 3.
Why can’t I turn in more “projects?” It says daily challenge complete, do I really have to wait 12 hours before I can earn more duct tape!?
Yes. Just like Act 1, there is a cap on the amount you can get from it. No worries, lots of other stuff around to do.
I never once hit the daily limit on the first act, so I’m trying to figure out what in the world I’m doing differently that I’ve hit it both days of act two. wahhh
After daily challenge is complete you can hand in more projects till you hit the cap 🙂
I think my game has crashed/frozen. Tried all the things like reloading it and uninstalling it, turning off device…any other hints on how to get my game back?
Contact EA
I talked to EA support last night and all they told me was it is a known issue and they are working on it.
Was moving parts around my town as you do n suddenly noticed that half of it had disappeared, gone! Went into the build menu n there it was again. Rebuilt it n found the original was back along with all the other items. Result is i now have 4 crustyland studios (yes 4!!), 2 crustyland stations n varous other duplicates! When I go to build them as well half the time it says I don’t have the resources to complete, so I click on go to and the build disappears into the mountains between SFH and main Springfield closest to the ocean! Has anyone else had this issue?
If anyone would like to check out my town n let me know if it looks as messed up as it sounds my username is nicolagigod. Cheers.
A few others reported it, yes… if the store/replace does not help… try the other basics and reach out to EA for further support.
Well for the moment I’ve just placed everything n it seems to be all good…I’m hoping that EA will put out a fix to it soon though!
Mine was also, lost buildings and people, did all troubleshooting, no luck then bit by bit, it all came back. I was tempte to rebuild some to see if I could get 2, but didn’t want to totally crash my game. After 2 days (and playing phone tag with support and chat), it all eventually came back and was back to normal. I stowed all my fountains, flags and other animated decorations up for now until event is over, not sure what finally fixed it but no problems past 36 hours so hope it’s better.
Bunny-I forgot to finally add the last e
Detail that all the skins came back, so I ended up not missing anything except chance to recycle and do projects (due to missing people).
Hi there,
are there any hints about date of the third source – glass depot?
At the beginning I thougt every part will be one source only, but we got the plastic at the middle of the first part.
As we always find out every Event… and saw with Plastics just recently… EA can, has, and will change dates and content whenever they feel like it. So… honestly… all we can do is wait and see what happens as the Event progresses. Just another reason we don’t post “spoilers”. EA likes to switch it up. Every time. 😉
You get the glass depot by doing the mission ” one track mind part 2″ and “project management: Glass” but it unavailable until the beginning of act 3 starting September 4th
That is what I was getting at. EA is messing with some releases. “Too soon”. So we are seeing items in Act 1 set for Act 2, and in Act 2 that should not appear until Act 3. 😉
I’m currently close to getting the Terminal Station Pack(4). I wish they didn’t put a daily cap on things. I have to wait 13 hours before I can submit for more duct tape.
Patience 🙂
Is anyone else’s game crashing whenever you tap on a smelly building? It is almost unplayable. I have never had this much trouble with this game and I have played for years now.
Yes. Try storing it then replace it. Report it to EA if it keeps happening.
Awesome !!!
I’ve been waiting for your calendar 🙂
I’m well ahead in both my towns.
Got appx. 25k in my a game
Got apps. 30k in my b game (all due to my b game getting a daily bonus faster) 🙁
thanks for the calendar bunny it really helps and I look forward to the maths post too : )
…a little tip for those of you suffering crashes and freezes in game and visiting neighbours…please place your project board away from the event animations as this not only makes it easier for your friends to visit but also help stop your game lagging when you log in ; )
So glad to see the calendar. I have already done 24800. First time ahead of schedule in this event.
I am sitting at 25,000 and only got three jobs in. I am ahead of the curve so was annoyed when I did the three jobs and it said I had hit my limit for the day.
Either really addicted to TSTO, or a typo, but what is duct tap? 😀
Special words that only autocorrect and TSTOADDICTS can provide. 😉
…does it quack when you tap it? : p
That would be the DUCK tap… not Duct. 😉
Knew it had to be part of the addiction. Have similar symptoms myself. I need help 😀
Do you know what the duct tape caps from the project board are for Act 2? It looks like they are starting where they left off Act 1 at 9000, but do you know if they will rise like they did before and on what day? Thanks for your help!
Still working on it. Will take a few days of testing to really get a feel for it.
I hope you can buy track peices towards the end of the event. Hard to get enough to make a good monorail system. I don’t want just a small circle in the corner of my town.
I agree. Something just like the boardwalks.
Hoping for that myself. There is no way I’ll have near enough tracks to circle the entire town by the time of event end. Just pray they don’t make it like rakes and available for donuts.
I hope they do make extra track available for donuts. One reason to hope for track available for direct sale is all of the tappers locked out of their games. But so far no sign that it will be. The big question is what the price will be. Even 10 donuts per piece is expensive since 300 donuts, the price of a floating station, would buy only 30 pieces, i.e. 7.5 block sides. I see by the TSTO calendar, all 12 days are required to reach Uriah, but I will get there in about 8.5 or less. How much of that is Lisa’s plant I did not calculate. This estimate is based on the first two days of play, which should yield about 29000 tapes in my case without a bonus or Krusty station. I do play longer per day than TSTO calculates, which also increases my daily total.
I wish they had less train station parts and more tracks. My station parts go straight into my inventory when I get them.
You should hide them behind buildings instead of storing. The pieces give the much desired “obedience” trait.
I’m using mine to build auxiliary stations- local stops as opposed to the big express terminals, as it were.
It’s speculated the final Act 3 prize Rail Yard will produce tracks after completing the initial 5-day prize quest.
I hope I only get straight pieces too. There were too many curves in part one.
I need more curves! I need more straight bits too though
Any indication on the project board caps? I rushed and spend donuts to complete the prize track but unlike in act 1 it seems the cap is not lifted! However I am still working on the final (part 3) of the project management free donuts task and am hopeful that maybe completing it PLUS the prize track will lift the pb cap. Otherwise I guess the ahead of track bonus is going to be much harder to earn and progress.
Still messing around with them. It will take a couple of days testing to see. 😉
I have done the same thing since I am a baller and make it rain on Springfield.
I am extremely upset with the cap not being lifted. It’s a punishment to the people who actually fund them churning out this content! Without us premium folks, nobody would ever have gotten a monorail in their Springfield. I may demand my donuts back.
I have a question for some reason both of my stations are now smoking & broke down. It’s not even running & all tracks are in place but I can’t seem to understand why. Could u please tell me?
Part of the questline. 😉
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/08/19/one-word-plastics-turbo-tappin-rage-against-the-rail-plastic-depot-info/
Okay good but do u know when it will go back to normal by chance?
Just keep playing the questline. 🙂
Thank u =)