Addicts Questions Corner: Act 3 – “Maggie” Event

Hey there yah bunch of Babies!! 😛

Bouncing by to go over some of the repetitive Questions we keep seeing in the comments. Figured it would be easiest to just drop them all here in one spot.

Take a look see below and see if YOUR Question is answered.

Addict Tech Support


BEAR IN THE CAVE

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Alissa already did a really good job on the Should I Buy for this Premium Item, but there still seems to be questions on it.

For now, with all the info we CAN confirm, it does absolutely nothing what so ever. NOTHING.

As for what it “might” do in the future, well I “might” win that gigantic Lottery going around right now and be a millionaire. Lol. Short story long, if you so choose to purchase this item, you do so at YOUR own risk. There is absolutely no guarantee the Bear will do anything other than what it is doing right now. 🙂

If YOU want to take the risk that something “might” happen, that is definitely your choice.

 


MARGE WALK MAGGIE

Marge

For those of you just joining us in the TSTO game, you now get to see lil Maggie as her very own Character. For those of us that are seasoned Players of the game, the ONLY way we ever got to see Maggie in the past was Marge’s Task to walk her. Now that Task has been changed and it is a joint Task requiring them both to be free.

Enter the issue. Many of you now are confused as to why this isn’t working during a random Questline, A Mothers Work . Well if you look up at the previous info you may understand why. The game is looking for use of an older Task (without Maggie) and so it is having issues trying to put her back in Mommy’s arms for a Task that originally she was not in the game to be placed there. She was only an animation for the Task.

Directional Arrows Movement Menu

The way around this? Well the Basic of all, store the Character involved. In this case it is Maggie herself. How to do this? The same way you store anything in the game. The “press and hold until it becomes highlighted” option OR Tap on the “Movement Menu” Icon in the lower right of your screen, go find Maggie and tap on her, then select the option to store her in Inventory (cardboard box icon). Then send Marge on the “Walk Maggie Task”. Then return Maggie from Inventory back to the game.

Store Maggie

If that does not work, all we can do is wait til EA patches it. Here is a link to an EA Forum Post already started on it. Keep in mind though, this is an optional Task so it is not really critical.

http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Simpsons-Tapped-Out/Marge-walking-Maggie/m-p/5075913#U5075913

 


DOES MAGGIE NEED TO BE FREE?

Maggie floating with Balloon

Seeing many ask if Maggie needs to be free in order to Play the “Where’s Maggie” Game.

As with all Characters, yes… she must be free in order to perform any Task. If she is not, you can’t make her do two tasks at a time so you will have to wait until she is done with what she is doing. The game will even tell you she is busy when you tap on the Playdough Factory to star the game and give you the option to “GO TO” her where she is currently on that task.

Maggie is Busy

 


CAN’T TAP MAGGIE!

Maggie on Building

Still seeing a lot report on this “issue”. I gave some suggestions in my “Where’s Maggie” Game post already, but I will place them here again with a bit extra.

Now it may be due to how close the Buildings are in my game… but I had to literally tap all around her, on her, and on the Building in order for it to recognize I found her.

If you find yourself having a hard time, zoom in as close as you can to see her and just tap everywhere around her and on her within the screen.

Here are a few additional suggestions. Isolate the Buildings she goes to. I found that anytime during any tap in the history of the game, the game is temperamental when objects are close together. You want to tap on a Building, but tap a Tree instead. Or like now, in a Neighbor you want to tap a Bear but tap a Building instead. So move those Buildings away from a lot of other surrounding items if possible. Otherwise, contact EA.

I created a Forum Post here. Feel free to light it up too.

http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Simpsons-Tapped-Out/Can-t-Tap-Maggie-in-quot-Where-s-Maggie-quot-Game/m-p/5081964#M113409

 


I CAN’T EARN PACIFIERS FROM NEIGHBORS??!!

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For those of you just joining us, there is something very specific that happens every Event. And I really mean EVERY SINGLE EVENT. That is a MAX on the amount of Event Currency you can earn from visiting your Neighbors. There is always a cap, and it is always ever changing.

For right now, in Act 3, here is the CURRENT MAX for getting Pacifiers from your Neighbors towns.

Now if you “Oops” and tap on a Building instead of a Bear, that will still count as a Neighbor Action so you will lose that Pacifier collection. The MAX is coded to the amount of taps, not the payouts. Make sure you zoom in and try to tap a Bear with nothing around it.

Baby Bear

ico_xmas2015_soother_lg+3 Pacifiers First 9 Actions (if you tap a Bear)
ico_xmas2015_soother_lg+1 Pacifiers for the Next 41 Actions (if you tap a Bear)
This gives you a Grand Total of ONLY 50 Daily Neighbor Actions per 24hrs. Roughly a chance at 68 ico_xmas2015_soother_lgPacifiers Daily from Neighbors.

If you are NOT seeing Pacifiers pop up when you tap the Bears, then you need to wait for your Neighbor Visits to reset. That is determined by the first place YOU tap on every 24hrs.

 


R.O.S.A. TASKS?

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During the Main Questline of Act 3, you will get the chance to collect Robot Parts and build R.O.S.A. The End of the Beginning Pt. 16.

As many of you noticed, she seems to be showing up in Town Hall as a “Character” but with no tasks listed. All we can assume at this time as that she may come into play a bit later in the Event or possibly after. Until then, don’t stress it. Just have fun and keep playing.

 


WHY ISN’T *** IN THE GAME YET? 

We do get that you may venture elsewhere and to other sites seeking information for TSTO. Just keep in mind that we have a specific method and standard here on our site, so you may not see items here at all… yet.

Our site Guideline is this… NO SPOILERS!! This means we will NOT release information just because it is in the files onto our site. This is mainly due to time after time EA can, has, and WILL change their minds. Just because it is in the coding does not mean it will actually hit the game… or hit the game when dated too… or in the form it shows in the coding.

We deal ONLY with what we can verify and see in our games. Live in the game means it is verified, so if you do not see an item mentioned as “released” it is a very good guess that that particular item is not live in the game.

(Now there are very rare times we may cover details IF we feel the Players need this information, but again… we are very cautious on this as it is not verified or released and will note that on the post with the information and several warnings it is a Spoiler.) 

Again, patience. When/IF the item goes live… there is a good chance we will have a post up shortly about it and all the details. 🙂

 


WILL YOU BE WRITING A POST ABOUT…???

Nope. Never. Not in a million trillion kajillion years. Sheesh, what do you think this is? A helpful site with lots of posts about TSTO? Pssh. 😛

KEEP CALM. CHILL. BREATHE. PATIENCE. DON’T PANIC.

If there is an item released in the game, I am sure you will EVENTUALLY see some kind of post on it… if it is not already on the site. We have a specific way of doing things, that and we have lives… shocking I know… so we are not gonna cram 40 posts down your throats in one day. Just wait, I am sure the post will come.

If you are really THAT impatient, ask your fellow Players their thoughts, opinions, etc in the Addicts Open Threads.

 


There you have it. Some of the MAIN Questions we are seeing repeated lately. The majority of the rest, they are already in posts on the site. Just use our AWESOME Search features on the site and use Key words to find the info you are seeking. When in doubt, ask. 🙂

Did this cover your questions? Got the answers you needed? Got a lovely bunch of coconuts? Going nuts? Let us know.

~Bunny

214 responses to “Addicts Questions Corner: Act 3 – “Maggie” Event

  1. Thanks for all y’all do… We totally wouldn’t mind the 40 posts a day though. 🙂

    • I disagree. Lol. I have been on sites with that many posts a day and 99% of the info is never looked at or skimmed over, forgotten, and still requested. Just look at what we see now with 3 to 4 posts a day. Still questions asked when the answer is right in the post. 😉 😛

  2. I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere, but is anyone aware of characters other than Maggie and Lucille (Babysitter Bandit) that earn event currency in this round? In the Halloween update there were some tasks associated with characters in their alternate costumes, so I thought that might hold true here again. I’m gunning hard to collect enough for Baby Gerald so I want to exploit everyone that I’ve got! 🙂

  3. The sound in my game isn’t working. I have verified that it is only my Tapped out game with no sounds. I have also verified that the sounds in the game settings are both set to the highest volume. I’ve tried synchronizing it & reloading the game & still no sound. It of course hit just as I finished part 22 & played find Maggie for the 1st time. Looked right over her twice, would have found her if I had, had sounds. Any ideas on what is causing this and what I might do about it? Thanks.

    • That is up to your device. All we can offer is basic info. Check the game settings in the game under the CogWheel to make sure they are turned up. Device “media” has to be turned up. Other than that, I would suggest looking online to troubleshoot your device.

      • I had already checked all those things. It is only happening in that game though so it makes me think it’s the app not the IPad. I can get the sound sometimes now if I go to Krustyland & go back but, I do not have the sucking sound when I play where’s Maggie just the music playing. I did find her today though! 😁 That made me happy! I always have crazy issues at the end of events in this game, maybe old technology is to blame. Thanks for posting back!

  4. WHY ISN’T Shelbyville IN THE GAME YET?

  5. Hi, sorry if this was already answered or posted somewhere else… but I want to know a little more about Wall E. Weasels… is it possible to know if anyone else can have tasks done there besides Bart and Milhouse?? Lol Thanks! 😆 😀 😀 😀 😉

  6. thanks for all your work! I’ve played “find Maggie” once, and I tried to turn the sound on my phone on to play it, but I heard nothing. at some point I must have turned all sound in the game off, and I don’t know how to turn it back on. any tips?

    • Try checking the settings in the game (the cog wheel icon in any menu). Try checking the sound settings on your device for “media”

  7. Uhhh, my rosa does have jobs, she got them 1 or 2 parts later in the questline, not sure if you guys missed something, but yeah, she does also still show up in town hall, other than that, great post as always

    • Sounds like a faulty game or you are mistaking dialog in a questline for a task. She does NOT have any permanent tasks for her as of now and tapping on her only makes her do some animation. 😉

  8. note: if you click on the back button in the top right corner, when the box comes up asking if you really want to leave the maggie game, just remember that the timer is still going the whole time. i didn’t actually leave the game, but when i closed the box the timer was up. if only i woulda known about that force close glitch sooner…

  9. If I blow up my Springfield what will I lose?

    Sent from my iPad

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    • Your mind trying to put it back together again…

    • You won’t ‘lose’ anything, but everything in your Springfield gets stored, except your squidport entrance, Simpson house, KL shuttle, red blazer real estate and all the SH production buildings, which stay out. All characters are stored, except Homer, Lisa and Cookie Kwan. Your krustyland stays unless blow that up separately. I’ve probably missed something, but it should all stay in one way or another. Don’t forget to pull out all of your characters without a building, I like to do this first, personally.

    • You *shouldn’t* lose anything, in terms of objects or people. I’ve read comments (not too often) about thinking that something or other was missing after they nuked their town, but I don’t think it’s a common/big problem.

      • And without knowing, I’d guess it’s like when people “lose” an item in the inventory, only to find it later, just maybe not where they expected it to be. But, of course, anything is possible.

    • I haven’t used the nuke feature bc, someone once posted that you will lose all “non-storable” items, like the lemon tree. I just stored everything but, my buildings, xp bonus items, & those non-storables last week & redid my entire Springfield, kept my mind as well! I’m at level 59 & have a fairly large Springfield & I’m big on decorating so I have tons of stuff in it. Just make sure you have time for it when you do it. I put out items in mass bunches while I worked on it so I maintained my 5 stars while I was doing it. Hope this helps. 😊

      • No, I think what the person said about the lemon tree (and a few other items) is just that they won’t be in your inventory because they won’t get stored in the first place.

        • EA has firmly rooted the Lemon Tree in the ground. This is to prevent that the inhabitants can’t steal the tree.
          In the very early stages of TSTO it was possible to steal the lemon tree from your neighborenos. EA pulled this possibility from the game, due to serious glitches.

  10. Hey i just now imagine if R.O.S.A Have Tasks it will be a lot of fun i even imagine a joint task with Maggie and R.O.S.A.Or im reading too much in this.

    • I’d like to see a 24-hour “hand out donuts” task, where she rolls around town with her donut tray open.
      (I wouldn’t expect this task to actually pay out a donut, but that would be cool too. Hey, we’re potentially getting a donut a day from the railyard and the playdough factory, why not from the robot?)

  11. Hi!

    This doesn’t have anything to do with the post above, apart from where you mentioned “The Files”. You have mentioned them before, and I was wondering what the files are, and how they are important to the game?

    Thanks
    DragonElf308

  12. You guys are the best! Thanks for taking the time to field all these questions and concerns and providing such well informed and thorough posts!

  13. Thanks for all the info! Very helpful too. Hope all is well with you!!
    Thanks Bunny, Alissa and the Wookiee for all you do!
    Gailyn aka gpikky

  14. Sorry if this is the wrong place for this, but it is TSTO related, Ling Bouvier is now in the shop! My TSTO did not show the 1 for a new item, but checked the shop and she is there.

  15. Does anybody else have the problem where the fortress of lonelitude never got fixed?

    I wanna contact EA about it, but haven’t found a way. I posted my question on one of their forums but never got response other than people saying: “me too”

  16. Just for the sake of a player report, my friend bears stop paying out at about the 17th friend each day.

    • Michelle pearson

      My bears seemed to stop paying out after my 14th neighbour today.

    • Tell them to watch the taps. I noticed just scrolling around that I would accidentally catch a building or two and lose those precious taps for Pacifier payouts.

      • That happens to me several times a night, either because I catch a piece of a building by accident or because I forget that I’m supposed to be tapping bears and not buildings. I get so annoyed each time that happens and I realize I’ve lost another precious “paffer” (as my brother used to call them when he was a baby…as a 44-year-old man, he may or may not appreciate my sharing that with the world, lol!). It doesn’t help that my neighbor visits are kind of out of sync, so I’m finishing “yesterday’s” taps for about an hour before I’m able to start tapping bears for pacifiers (and then I usually have to go back to tapping for cash/XP/donuts for a bit after the pacifiers run out).

  17. Hi Bunny,
    You really in hospital?

    • Not admitted…or committed 😉

      They’re just thinking about doing some digging to make sure everything’s still there. I may have hit her in the head one too many times 😉

    • Back n forth while the docs figure out what “Parts” of me they like the most and want to keep with them. I swear EVERYONE just wants a piece of me! 😛 😉

      Thank you for the kind concerns. This Bunny don’t give up easy and it’s probably just something simple, but hopefully it will make my future health a lot easier. (And no, not back… I still refuse to let them start fusing this and operating on that just yet.) 😉

  18. I found Maggie in 5 seconds. I tapped on her for apx 1 min and 50 seconds and didn’t receive credit. Not a fan on this mini game. Lame

    • I just tap all around her. Many times. So far, that seems to do the trick.

      I’d go with the suggestion to space out the buildings she visits, but it would require a total overhaul. So…multi-tapping her is how I’ll have to get through it.

      What’s funny…the flying tasks for Arnie and Kodos seem to have super-sensitive hit “boxes.” I can tap far from them, only to get zoomed to the Simpson’s house or Channel 6. They need to do that with Maggie 🙂

  19. I can’t reply on the EA forums, keep getting an error. I played where’s maggie today for the first time and firstly, there was NO sucking sound at all, I found her right away and it was not in a cluster of buildings, I tapped to no avail. I really hope they fix this soon.

    • I had a problem with that too, until I realized that you have to log into the site first and THEN try to respond.

  20. Not impressed with find Maggie game. I found her in 5 seconds and tapped on her for apx 1 min 50 seconds and never got credit…..lame

  21. ADDICTS. If you guys are having problems with the where’s Maggie mini game, just tap on the BUILDING Maggie is on instead of Maggie. It has worked multiple times for me and I’m sure that it will work for you guys.

    • Agreed. Not sure if device matters, but I’m playing on an iPhone 5. When I tap the building Maggie is on I’ve won 2/2, but I lost the first time when I focused on trying to tap Maggie herself.

      • Worked for me both times I’ve played. I tapped near the building “footprint”. It took a moment to register, but I was credited with a win both times. Also, it took a bit for the sucking noise to kick in….I was too far away initially and had to scroll around my town before I was close enough to Maggie to hear her.

  22. Looking forward to the Maggie game! I hope I’ll be able to play it a few times. At the moment, I’m still collecting ROSA bits 🙂

  23. Wow, you guys sure get a lot of grief for using your free time to help us. For those doing doing it….stop! Go somewhere else if you’re unhappy! No need to nit pick and be negative! They do this for free and for the love of the game, be grateful! I for one just wanted to say THANK YOU for all of your wonderful insight and help playing this game. You are always very helpful and fast on getting the information we need.

    Thank You!

    JohnTappedOut

  24. I have found when playing Find Maggie that when she is located in a cluster of buildings (like in my $ farm) that it’s hard to tap on her or the building she’s on. Zoom in & tap, it’s much easier.

  25. Tracy - 1ltwoody920 - Retiree😎

    Regarding your comments on “when will we post…”,
    You wrote “we have lives”, yet here you are posting, 5 hours ago, midnight my time and 3:00am your time. On a work day. And you are a poor, humble working stiff. Hmmm? Oh well, cat’s been fed, time to roll over and back to slee…….. Zzzzzz.

    • Nope.. in the hospital finding out if I have to prep for surgery or not. No need to nitpick. Just sayin. 😉

      Like I said… we have lives. A two second comment isn’t the same as a post that can take hours.

      • Tracy - 1ltwoody920

        I certainly don’t want this to become a maudlin pity forum, nor you either, however……
        Darn! My thoughts and hopes (and the rest of us certainly) are with you that the issue is relatively minor and soon left far in your rear view mirror. 🙏🏽🙏🏽😕😕
        And, regardless, for now and in the future, if anyone gives you to much grief (on anything) – “fart in their face”.
        There are other suggestions that I could make, but Addict rules are to keep these posts “PG”.
        Stay well my friend.

      • Prep for surgery?!? 😳 Are you potentially helping to perform surgery or the one potentially being operated on?!? I’m worried about you!!!

        • She’s fine…they’re just gonna dig around inside of her and make sure all her parts are still there lol

          • This related to a comment you had the other week or so about Bunny being “under the weather”? Have to admit, my first thought that came to mind, do we have another mini tapper on the way that they aren’t telling us about? lol Like others, I hope the best for her, that she has a quick recovery, and may the Force be with her 😀

            • Lol no let’s clear that rumor up now.

              • LOL wasn’t trying to start a rumor, but was the first thing that came to mind when you mentioned she was “under the weather”, since if I recall that was Bunny’s response as well involving you during your pregnancy lol.

              • lol i promise she’s not preggo 🙂

            • Bwahahahahaha… not unless there is some “divine intervention” and some “angel” drops a bun in there unbeknownst to me… that ain’t happening. Nope Nope Nope. 😉

              • hehe Hope you joking around means you are feeling better. Are you out of the hospital or get wi-fi hooked up? 😀

              • Still got more to do this week. Docs can’t make up their mind what “part” of me they want to keep. Will know by Wednesday, Friday at latest. For now, back home resting. 😉

                And just ask Alissa, I could be shot and bleeding out and still making jokes. It is how I “deal” with the crap life deals me. 😉

              • Kinda sensed that about you, something we have in common more or less. Just glad you are well enough that they felt you could go home for a few days. Always more restful in your own bed.

              • Life has dealt me way too much drama, tragedy, and sorrow… I can’t help but laugh or I would go insane… oh wait… guess too late for that. 😉

                I prefer my blankies n squishy snuggle pillows any day. Lol. I honestly hope they just tell me tomorrow that it’ll be Wednesday. Just want it over with n done, so I can recover and get back to getting better. I don’t like bed rest. My mind needs to be busy. I need busy work. Lol. That and I need to be 100% so I can harass Alissa on an hourly basis. 😛

              • Well, if you do end up on bed rest and need something to keep you busy, I’m sure we could keep you busy right here! (See how helpful I am? 😉 )

              • ***looks***

                Nope. Don’t see nuttin 😉 😛

              • I’m awaiting my hourly harassment…(and you’d still harass if you were at 50% 😉 )

          • Ummm….okay….. I always do prefer the solid chocolate bunnies to the hollow ones, so I guess I’d prefer a solid Bunny to a hollow one. 😉

          • @Bunny Felt I should clarify my innitial “like” of your last comment. Was only regarding the harassing Alissa on an hourly basis part of your comment, not so much the first part. Drama, tragedy and sorrow is not good 🙁

        • I wish it was to perform. I loved working with Doctors in school learning about anatomy. Watching surgeries. Was fascinating to me. Lol.

          For now it’s just something I hope simple that will help my health improve. Just got to wait to see what this week brings. This Bunny is a fighter and won’t give up easily. 😉

      • Don’t know what’s going on with your health, nor is it my place to know, but I hope everything works out for you Bunny!!😟💐

      • Fingers crossed they’ll keep your insides in but if not, wishing you a speedy recovery Bunny! Surgery’s the pits (2 years later and I /still/ haven’t recovered from an appendectomy 🙁 but I digress…) Get well soon!

  26. Hmm, looks like there might be a few bugs still to work out. Just played my second Where’s Maggie? game, and she wasn’t even displayed! Based on sound alone, I’d looked at and tapped on the very building she was on (a Purple House,) and nothing. When the game ran out and zoomed to her hiding place, she still wasn’t showing (and she wasn’t obscured by a taller building,) and then she suddenly appeared out of nowhere and zoomed off again. Then the game replayed the “Play-Annoyed Grunt” dialogue (which I didn’t recognize at first, so I had a brief, wonderful moment when I thought we were finally going to get Roy!) rewarded me for completing the quest (again) and played the Maggie video.

    Humph. 16 hours wasted!

  27. Hi, my Playdough factory do absolutly nothing, no options to do something.. I tried to store it in Invetory, sign out my account, but still do nothing. And all my characters, Maggie included, were free.. I’m almost at the end of the Maggie event. What can I do to start “working” my Playdough factory?

    • Tap on the “Where’s Maggie” links in this post. 😉

    • Besides the “Where’s Maggie” game, Maggie has a 4-hour task at the Playdough factory (or at least my Maggie does…). When she’s in the building, the building animates, squishing out playdough. Have you checked Maggie’s task list? (I don’t remember at what point that task was added, since I’ve already finished the questline and all…)

  28. I’m also having problems when tapping Maggie for the free donut game, and the worst part is that the game will crash every time trying to tap Maggie and I have to wait for the timer to cool down since it RESETS after the crash. So to repeat its 100% guaranteed to crash every time attempt to tap Maggie. So this is my 6th attempt and it still crashes. Aargh!!

    My device is iPhone 6plus and I’m lvl 59, very minimum decorations in my town and all characters that have indoor jobs are indoors, so I don’t see why this game would crash constantly 🙁

  29. The best thing to remember with Find Maggie is that you’re not tapping her, you’re tapping the building she’s on. Almost everyone should have figured out by now that when buildings are clustered together, you need to tap on a particular building’s footprint (i.e., where it touches the ground) to select/harvest it.

  30. Has TSTO ever released a decoration/building/whatever that had seemingly no use until later in the game? I joined right before the Clash of Clans event, but nothing strikes me… just wondering if something like the Bear Cave having a purpose when an event is over is something that’s ever happened? Digging deep into Tapped Out history here. lol

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