Mac FarmBot Update
As we mentioned in our post the other day, FarmVille adjusted their zoom levels which crippled FarmBot temporarily.
We’re happy to announce that the Mac update is now available and we did more than just fix the zoom problem! We added some features:
- Stop Key – You can now press the "Escape" key on your keyboard at anytime while FarmBot is running to stop the automation.
- Start Key – Instead of pressing "Shift and Space" to tell FarmBot to begin you now only have to press "Space".
- Zig-Zag Pattern – In previous versions of FarmBot for Mac, after finishing a row of crops it would return to the start of the following row. In our Windows version it would instead just move down and work backwards. We have added this to the Mac version. It is ultimately much faster since your FarmVille character will not have to walk all the way back to the start of each row to plow, plant or harvest.
- Memory – Now when you close FarmBot and launch it again later on, it will remember the X,Y coordinates you used previously.
- Speed Slider – Some users reported that FarmBot would occasionally skip over plots in their farm. This occurs on slower machines or machines with too many other programs running in the background. Due to this we had to cap the speed of FarmBot to ensure that few users would experience this problem. We have now instead added a speed slider so you can adjust it yourself and find the best possible speed. We recommend you start in the middle and work your way up or down depending on if it skips or not.
- FarmVille Zoom Adjustment – We changed the pattern in which FarmBot moves the mouse cursor to accommodate FarmVille’s recent changes.
- Other – Added up/down steppers to the X,Y value. Changed the "Go" button to "Start" and "Stop".
You can download this version by using the link we sent to you in your e-mail when you first purchased. Or you can request it at our support page.
Please feel free to e-mail us if you have any questions or run into any bugs. We hope that everyone enjoys the best FarmVille bot available for Mac!
15 Responses:
Radovan SABO says:
May 14th, 2010 at 2:19 am
federico says:
May 14th, 2010 at 4:47 am
tnx
craig says:
May 14th, 2010 at 6:39 am
anyone else experiencing that everytime they click start, then click on their farm that farmbot just ‘unexpectedly quits’ every single time?
admin says:
May 14th, 2010 at 10:32 am
@craig – This is before pressing the spacebar? What version of Mac OS X are you using? You can check by clicking the “Apple” menu in the top left corner of your screen and selecting “About this Mac”. Please e-mail us and we’ll assist you further from there.
Jeff says:
May 14th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Thanks for the quick update!
craig says:
May 15th, 2010 at 10:58 am
do i need to be using snow leopard 10.6 maybe?
Farmer says:
May 16th, 2010 at 1:33 am
Hello all!
Well, like craig said I have at my Macbook 2 Ghz ( 2GB memory ) And OSX Leopard version (10.5.8) also the problem that the new farmbot-update quit ( after I press the space-bar ).
Strange enough on my other Macbook ( Pro ) 2.53 Ghz ( 4 GB memory ) and OSX Snowleopard version (10.6.3) the new update works PERFECT. Even at the fastest speed.
Hope u have enough information… if not just ask me.
Greets,
Farmer
wdz says:
May 17th, 2010 at 3:13 am
i found that the cursor doesn’t move in the correct line against the square.
if i put the top of the cursor in the bottom line of the first left square, it will end up at the top of the middle square ( i use 22×22) and it will be out of the square when the cursor reach the last right square.
craig says:
May 18th, 2010 at 4:48 am
Hello Farmer
Please let me know if you manage to get the new farmbot working on your macbook, and if so, what changes you made to help remedy the cause
Craig
Courtney says:
May 19th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I am also experiencing program failure after I press the space bar. OSX 10.5.8.
admin says:
May 19th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
@wdz – This is due to the change in FarmVille’s zoom size. Now when you are zoomed out all the way, FarmVille’s plots of land are not all exactly the same size. We are looking into this. Currently it is best that you do your farm in two different parts at a time. For example if you are trying to plow a 22×22 farm, do 11×11 two times instead. It’s slightly slower but it should be more accurate. Please let us know how that works out for you. We’ll keep any updates posted here once we release an actual fix for this problem.
@Courtney, Craig, Farmer and everyone else regarding the OS X 10.5 issues – We are also aware of this and currently working to fix it. Although there is unfortunately no temporary fix at the moment we will keep you posted here in the blog.
Sorry for all these issues everybody. The software was working flawlessly for 6 months until FarmVille’s new zoom size change. But we’ll get it taken care of and post here when an update is available. Our first priority is currently the 10.5 issues.
If anyone who is experiencing problems would prefer a refund instead of waiting for an update, please just let us know via e-mail.
jared says:
June 1st, 2010 at 6:19 pm
danggg, i just bought it and i have 10.5.8 and mine is closing too
jared says:
June 2nd, 2010 at 9:37 am
when do you think you guys might have this fixed?
craig says:
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:14 am
Anybody with the 10.5 freezing issues managed to resolve it yet? And any updates in the pipeline for the foreseeable future?
admin says:
June 4th, 2010 at 6:31 am
Hey everyone… we now have a temporary fix for the 10.5 issues! You can read about it here:
http://farm-bot.com/blog/2010/update/mac-os-10-5-update/
Terribly sorry it took us so long. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.