train count

I have a major problem with train drop off/ pick up. It typically happens after being away overnight.

I have PAID for upgrades to 7 passengers and 21 total visitors. However, there are times when the train arrives so quickly after entering the town that I don't have an opportunity to clear the town folk who are done. Happens nearly every morning when I first get up and check the farm.

Seems like the game should either wait 5 minutes after first coming into the town, or compute the "finished" players when determining how many will be dropped off.

This morning, I had 19 out of 21, but 5 were finished and ready to leave. I couldn't clear them before the train arrived. Instead of dropping off 7 people (2 available plus 5 finished) it dropped only the 2 availabe slots, wasting my upgrade.

This happens constantly when I have to be away from the game several hours and the times overlap. Really ticks me off, and I'm done spending diamonds to "fix" the programming oversight.

Really needs to be fixed. Even a pause option for the train would be nice.

I've always quite enjoyed that bit where you frantically tap away at all the visitors! I think as long as they're on their way back to the station they don't count as your quota, so the key is to get as many as possible with gifts tapped on.

I've never monitored how many new visitors I get very closely, but I think I'm rarely maxed out. Maybe up your town capacity?

Velcro is right - the train does give you enough time to zoom around town to tap madly at the visitors waiting. You can't slow down to see what they give you, you just have to "release" them from their buildings. They don't have to be on the platform for it to count, either. You just have to tap them. I've never lost a visitor yet by doing this.

Also, Velcro is again right - it might help to increase your town's capacity. My suggestion is increase that along with the train's capacity in tandem. For every one or two train increases, increase your town's capacity as well. It'll make a difference! Good luck on the next train!

Edit: I read your post again, and a town capacity of 21 should be fine with 7 visitors. Therefore, go around tap tap tapping madly when this situation next comes up. :)

Pilot you may already be doing this:

When I leave the game at night I make sure I leave it on the Town and not the farm. When I open my game in the morning it is on the town and I make a mad tapping dash around my buildings. This has worked for me and I am able to get all my incoming passengers. The only time I can't is when I open the game and it's on the farm and I have to go to the town, then I don't have time to get everyone.

Hope this makes sense!

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Originally Posted by LeslieA

Pilot you may already be doing this:

When I leave the game at night I make sure I leave it on the Town and not the farm. When I open my game in the morning it is on the town and I make a mad tapping dash around my buildings. This has worked for me and I am able to get all my incoming passengers. The only time I can't is when I open the game and it's on the farm and I have to go to the town, then I don't have time to get everyone.

Hope this makes sense!

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This is a good idea. I am usually a little frustrated in the morning, trying to release everyone. I will try leaving it on my Town when I go to bed at night. Thanks!

Lulu, I hope it works for you! All the visitors don't always make it on the train but they do register as finished. Not a bad thing since this leaves them available for my neighbors to pick up if they want. Also, I didn't mention that I play on an iPad with a cover so I just close the cover to put the iPad/game in stand-by.

Good Luck! :)

I do the tap tap dance too but I agree with the OP I wish the train would either hold off just a little bit or take a little longer coming in in the morning. Many times I am at 21/21 at night with my businesses pretty maxed out and there are times when I get absolutely no new folks with my first train. I still have people because some of the others still have places to go, but it would be nice to get at least a few.

I too think it is quite silly that you have to do this mad tapping exercise.. The easy solution would seem to be that the visitors would be finished already before you tap on them. I have been able to tap on them on time so far but it would be nicer to look at the gifts and do it more calmly.

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Originally Posted by Elanor

I too think it is quite silly that you have to do this mad tapping exercise.. The easy solution would seem to be that the visitors would be finished already before you tap on them. I have been able to tap on them on time so far but it would be nicer to look at the gifts and do it more calmly.

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I shouldn't have to spin on my head to get the game to behave correctly. These suggestions to "madly dash around", while well meaning, becomes more and more foolish as your town size increases. I'm currently at 21, and I manage the people so that I should always, ALWAYS have room for my next incoming train, the capacity of which is 7. When you have 3 or 4 finished it might be easy to handle, but I may be close to double digits. I can't get 7 people cleared before the train arrives, dumps them off, and leaves.

At the very least, the game programming should be able to identify when a visitor is finished and give you credit for that open or soon to be open slot. You can't avoid releasing them when you use the building so why the hassle? Its not like you're going to hold on to them - they're DONE.

To me, it comes down to poor programming and/or the developers know there's a higher chance you'll go ahead and spend diamonds to get the train back again because you didn't get to fill your quota. I'm done spending diamonds, which for me means RL money, as a work around to game glitches.

I'm glad you brought attention to this. Compounding the problem, for me anyway, is the slight annoyance that there is a delay in clearing the gifts that pop up, thus blocking people behind in the queue. Also its not very intuitive when often you seem to have to tap the building rather than the character to activate the payment/gift giving. I would like it to be more direct with a faster clearance. Not sure if that made any sense. :)

I happen that too. There are only 2 solutions for this problem:

1.Hurry up clicking every building and getting all the gifts so the visitors will reach the platform before the train leaves
2.Beg the staff to let the train stay around 5 minutes in the town.

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Originally Posted by Stripper

I happen that too. There are only 2 solutions for this problem:

1.Hurry up clicking every building and getting all the gifts so the visitors will reach the platform before the train leaves
2.Beg the staff to let the train stay around 5 minutes in the town.

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....adding a 3rd option.

Don't fill your town capacity at night. My town capacity is 30. My train capacity is 9. I do not wish to do the tap race as I like to see what I receive so I don't fill my town at night.

I allow the train to arrive, load the departing and unload the arriving visitors. I then collect my gifts which allows my NH friends to have a nice selection of 15+ visitors to choose from my town to visit theirs.

Nice and easy.

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Originally Posted by Madge

I'm glad you brought attention to this. Compounding the problem, for me anyway, is the slight annoyance that there is a delay in clearing the gifts that pop up, thus blocking people behind in the queue. Also its not very intuitive when often you seem to have to tap the building rather than the character to activate the payment/gift giving. I would like it to be more direct with a faster clearance. Not sure if that made any sense. :)

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I agree. Plus, I especially don't like the idea that we have to "madly rush" through so quickly that after spending hours feeding these greedy town folk, you don't even get to see what gift you've received because you're clicking so quickly to make it through the gauntlet. Bad planning, and needs to be fixed.

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Originally Posted by LeslieA

Pilot you may already be doing this:

When I leave the game at night I make sure I leave it on the Town and not the farm. When I open my game in the morning it is on the town and I make a mad tapping dash around my buildings. This has worked for me and I am able to get all my incoming passengers. The only time I can't is when I open the game and it's on the farm and I have to go to the town, then I don't have time to get everyone.

Hope this makes sense!

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In my town, the new train doesn't arrive until I go to Town. Is your idea based on the train arriving even if you are not presently "in town"? Cos it wont arrive even if you are playing on your farm and train is schedualed to come, it's when you go to town that it actually arrives. Or maybe I did not understand your post correctly..?

UPDATE: read your post again and NOW I think I understand what you mean, LOL, sorry. Those few extra milliseconds when train is arriving is what you mean, right? To be able to tap tap tap. I haven't experienced the issue because I maxed out Town Hall pretty quickly so sorry if I'm a bit slow here ;)

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Originally Posted by pilothaggard

I have a major problem with train drop off/ pick up. It typically happens after being away overnight.

I have PAID for upgrades to 7 passengers and 21 total visitors. However, there are times when the train arrives so quickly after entering the town that I don't have an opportunity to clear the town folk who are done. Happens nearly every morning when I first get up and check the farm.

Seems like the game should either wait 5 minutes after first coming into the town, or compute the "finished" players when determining how many will be dropped off.

This morning, I had 19 out of 21, but 5 were finished and ready to leave. I couldn't clear them before the train arrived. Instead of dropping off 7 people (2 available plus 5 finished) it dropped only the 2 availabe slots, wasting my upgrade.

This happens constantly when I have to be away from the game several hours and the times overlap. Really ticks me off, and I'm done spending diamonds to "fix" the programming oversight.

Really needs to be fixed. Even a pause option for the train would be nice.

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I absolutely agree with you, the train should be modified to wait at the station for 5 minutes to pick up and drop off passengers. I run around like crazy when I first open the town to send customers on their way, but it doesn't seem to work, I often get 3 of 6 potential drop offs and then end up with 3 or 4 empty spots in my town anyway (and then I have to send off the personal train to try to make up some of the difference). It shouldn't be that way.

~powdermonkey

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Originally Posted by powdermonkey

I absolutely agree with you, the train should be modified to wait at the station for 5 minutes to pick up and drop off passengers. I run around like crazy when I first open the town to send customers on their way, but it doesn't seem to work, I often get 3 of 6 potential drop offs and then end up with 3 or 4 empty spots in my town anyway (and then I have to send off the personal train to try to make up some of the difference). It shouldn't be that way.

~powdermonkey

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No, it shouldn't. I have the same problem, and while I appreciate the suggestion from the individual who said they leave the game on the town, I have to play on my Nook, and it doesn't leave me in the town when I start the game again. It always seems to start on the farm. Anyway, as I've said before, the solution is for the programmers to fix the issue, not the players to develop half-♥♥♥♥♥ work arounds.

If there isn't enough time to get all the served visitors on the morning train, then there are more visitors waiting on the platform to be picked up by my hoodies. As I myself much prefer the visitors I pick up by NH train from my NH friends (one building only to get a present) to those delivered by the official train (2 or 3 buildings per present), I'm against a change in the game which would reduce the number of visitors hanging around my hoodies platforms.

happy farming
Greebie

makeupinternet - your second reading is correct. Those few extra milliseconds allows me to 'finish' my visitors. I find that if I'm on the Town when I open the game the train has not yet begun to arrive-this is where I get those milliseconds. If I'm on the farm and then go to the Town, the train is already coming down the track. :)

And to others, I do agree that the train should be tweaked so that we don't have to figure out ways to make this work! This is just something that helps me complete the task, I know it's not a solution to the issue and it's not going to work for everyone. :)

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Originally Posted by Greebie0

If there isn't enough time to get all the served visitors on the morning train, then there are more visitors waiting on the platform to be picked up by my hoodies. As I myself much prefer the visitors I pick up by NH train from my NH friends (one building only to get a present) to those delivered by the official train (2 or 3 buildings per present), I'm against a change in the game which would reduce the number of visitors hanging around my hoodies platforms.

happy farming
Greebie

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Absolutely! I don't mind my visitors taking their time getting to the train station so that my neighbors can pick them up. I think the issue here is that there isn't enough time to "finish" those visitors so that when the Eggspress train arrives we can get our allotted number of new visitors off the train.

It must be pointed out that visitors don't have to actually BE on the platform to count as finished. They just have to be released from their respective buildings by a quick tap, therefore, quick tapping around the town can release all visitors in just those few seconds needed for the express train to "read" them and drop off the correct number of new ones. Of course this doesn't help for those who like to actually see and enjoy each prize (myself included), but when it comes down to it, I don't mind doing the whiz-tap on the occasions that I need to hurry up and free up a few visitors for the new train.

On the other hand, if you have a big enough town, you don't have to worry about the numbers as much. Having a big enough town ensures some free space and flexibility with this whole issue.

Again, visitors don't have to walk all that way and be on the platform to be counted as finished. They just have to be released from their buildings.

And for the record, I usually go to the town from the farm on purpose so that I am alert and prepared and can be quick on the draw when tapping the visitors. The train doesn't arrive until one gets to the town regardless of where one starts, be it when opening the application or coming from the farm. If I open directly into the town, my phone sometimes lags a moment which costs me the moment(s) needed to get to those visitors. Coming from the farm prevents this.

I would lean towards letting the train stay around longer and continue to check if it can offload visitors every minute for about 3 minutes if that is possible. It may interfere with being able to use the personal train during that time.
That frantic 30-36 taps every morning is a little insane (though I am only trying to make about 11 spaces before the train leaves). And I would love to appreciate the gifts they give and watch what I get instead of tap tap tap tap tap tap tap.

The solution would seem to be a pause button, or the ability to click on the train when you are ready for it to unload.

That way, if you want you NH to pick up passengers, you are in control of the load/unload process.

For the rest of us, who resent having to do a grand slam around the town, losing the ability to see the actual gifts after feeding greedy people multiple times, racing to finish (which is SO stupid) just to get the count we worked hard to acquire (and probably paid RL dollars to get) before the train arrives and departs, the ability to unload the train on OUR time frame is also solved by the ability to click on the train to unload.

Developers: consider having the train arrive AND STOP, and let the players click on it to unload when ready.