This is a good news / bad news kinda post, so I’ll get the bad news out of the way first …
The bad news:
With added good news following today’s patch (aug 8 2024)
In-app purchase woes:
EA are aware of this.
Thanks to those of you who posted so I could flag it last night.
The advice to complain to Amazon still applies though …
It seems like Amazon US either never fixed this or they’ve done it again. It is an Amazon problem that needs Amazon to fix it, so do go and complain to Amazon and make them realise how many of you they’re causing problems for.
It works for Kindles in the UK, but not in the US it seems.
I ask you also comment here for 2 reasons.
1: so I know it’s really happening and 2: because if I get enough reports I can flag this for EA to weigh in on it for you too.
I need you to confirm what country you’re in and what device so if the following is spot on copy n paste it into a comment, or edit the Country / Device to suit your problem if it’s close …
I play in the US
I play on a Kindle
My app store does not have the option to buy Future Wiggum
Be nice to hear if it’s fixed too, ta.
Ground Tile woes:FIXED
Tested all the Ground Tiles and they now all work on the new land
(aug 8 2024 patch)
First up – EA are aware and I’m hoping this is patched quickly.
As I type if you go into Design Mode and pick any of theose Ground Tiles from the left-hand Build Menu then the game won’t let you place those on the new land. You also won’t be able to drag and drop an area with those tiles for now.
Land Tokens, or lack of, is still an issue: FIXED
This is now in the Permanent Store.
You can find it under Premium Items ( the golden Homer Buddha icon )
Been a long term cause for me, so a huge THANKS to the Studio for doing that
It costs 150 Donuts and will generate a Land Token every 12 hours.
That can be rushed if you need Tokens quickly.
When the number of Tokens is the same as the amount of not-yet-unlocked land it will pay $$s and XP instead.
This’ll mainly apply to newer players. It’s understandable if you picked up a few rare Land Tokens from Daily Challenges and thought woohoo, free land.
Sadly no-one knew what was coming so we couldn’t warn you how important those are. You need at least 5 to get to the new land and 592 of ’em to unlock all land. You’ll see when I get to that in the good news bit.
What this does mean is the Golden Goose Realty remains essential but it’s been effectively impossible to get for the last few years.
You can play without any other Premium or real-money item, but not that.
For years I’ve been pushing or supporting calls for it to be made easily available. Even got in trouble once so I’ll just say ..
Once again a huge THANKS to the Studio for doing this …
In my opinion the Golden Goose Realty, as the only essential premium item and the only reliable way to earn Land Tokens, needs to be in the Permanent Store as a buy-it-now item so when new players realise how important it is they can just go and get it.
You can get Tokens from Daily Challenges, although they are rare, so please remember to save at least 5 to open the new land. Just get one strip in-line with the Ocean and as soon as you see the first of the new tiles you can get the lot.
My 18 month old town will get it’s 14th Token when I collect today’s Daily Challenge, boy am I glad I didn’t start using them yet !!
… and now the good news:
Item Limits increased – woohoo!!
That’s right, the limit was upped from 16,000 to 18,000 items. With all the new land be careful you don’t go too daft and end up stuck again though!!
Lots and lots of new Land – yay!!
A friendly reminder:
You need to be in Design Mode to see the tiles you haven’t unlocked yet.
I know it’s been a while since any of you last had land to get, to so I figured I ought to say something about that.
960 more tiles to be exact, all costing a million of those Springfield $$s, so if you got the 5 tokens or bought that strip anyway you won’t need to worry about the GGR.
While you have land still to unlock the GGR will create Tokens again too, until the number of Tokens is the same as the amount of unlocked land tiles.
I’d bank those in case the next lot of new land needs ’em.
Got a before and after for you here, and some numbers on those tiles.
You can tap/click the maps for the full-size pic BTW
The land map before this update:
You’ll see all those tiles with a red T that need those Tokens, tiles with a black $ for IGC and the New Frontier for Deeds and Springfield Heights for various currencies you can earn …
With those 960 new tiles, the new map:
Wow, that’s a lot of new land !!
960 new tiles, all for a million in-game bucks. 864 are all grass, 24 are part beach and 72 are ocean tiles.
Here’s the numbers on it:
Before and after counts:
Buying those tiles:
When you tap on the green button with the price on it you’ll get the option to use your $$s or a Token. It’s also the only way to see how many Tokens you have – highlighted with a mahoosive yellow arrow here …
Normal service resumes tomorrow.
I’ll have the Turbo Tappin’ up in the morning and Safi plans to do the calendar later in the day.
TTFN