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Free Cows Bug

FarmVilleDate 133 (Saturday, October 31, 2009) 2 comments

Several weblogs like FarmVilleMania, FarmVilleFreak and the forums are reporting on the by know very well known bug that let you have a lot of free cows to fill your dairy farms.

Since it is a bug in the game we won't publish the details here but you can head out there to read it if you are interested. Personally we think you should not exploit known bugs and certainly not communicate them to the wide world. You can report bugs here.

Compare it to finding out a trick to hack a vending machine: by using a combination of buttons you can get the complete contents of the vending machine. What we would do is inform the owner of the vending machine and then keep quiet about it.

What do you think?

Ghost Cows

FarmVilleDate 125 (Friday, October 23, 2009) one comment

A while ago we wondered about the "something unusual" message which appeared when tombstones were placed. As of today Numerous reports of ghost cows are coming in. So I guess we know why they were so "unusual".

image21 Ghost Cows

Gal submitted these pictures:

image137 Ghost Cows

FarmVille introduces Dairy Farms

FarmVilleDate 125 (Friday, October 23, 2009) 2 comments

image140 FarmVille introduces Dairy Farms

This is the first in a series of buildings "that have a purpose".

The dairy farm can take 20 cows and the benefit is that you collect milk from them all at once. It costs either 10.000 coins or 20 FV (excluding the cows). Note that the building is non-rotatable, so you have to pick a spot where it is most logically placed e.g. the northern border or against another building.

image141 FarmVille introduces Dairy Farms

It works like this: after you have placed it you drag your cows into it or, if you buy a new one, you simply click no the building to add it to that building. With each set of 5 cows another cow head appears in the building:


Added 5 Cows	Added 10 cows

Added 15 cows	Added 20 cows

Note 1: that even if you put pink cows in it, somehow the head of the cow will still be the "normal cow" (I think the designer found that idea over the top).

Note 2: if you put cows in it that are already in a state of ready then it will mix the ready state of the dairy to a certain percentage in between.

Profitability

Now… cows used to be extremely unprofitable / square:

Pink Cow	$ 3,13
Brown Cow	$ 2,09
Normal Cow	$ 1,04

When compared to e.g. swans ($ 27,83 per hours per square). They only made sense of putting on your land if you wanted to collect the Zoologist Ribbon.

With the new building we have to calculate the room it takes and the profit it makes. That leaves one question open: does the dairy take into account a mixture of pink, brown and normal cows? Or will it deliver just 20* $1.04 ? I have to test that in a day).

So… let me update my spreadsheet and I will come back to you :)