With the arrival of Peter’s Booty Haul TinyCo surprised us with a new event area right bang in the middle of our ocean. It looks great but there’s been some issues and glitches, so I wanted to bring you a post where you can share any issues, it’s never nice to have a problem in our games but sometimes knowing others are in the same boat is a little reassuring so please share any glitches or issues here, that way Bunny, TinyCo and fellow addicts can grab any information they need from one place.
The main issues we’re seeing so far are….
Android users unable to update to 1.28.0 – as per Bunny TinyCo are working on this so hopefully see a fix quickly. Getting conflicting information on whether Android players should have the update available now.
Shipwreck Point (clam dropping premium item) timer is resetting to 24hrs as soon as we reload our games or timer reaches 23hrs – this has been reported to TinyCo, awaiting a response. 2/9 This is showing as fixed in my game and the payout time extended until October 3rd, if you bought this item you should see the game in game pop up below.
On the Water Questline – some players are having issues completing the place 3 tropical fish task. The solution is the fish can only be placed in certain parts of the ocean, some parts are locked as future event content will show there. So if they won’t place, simply move to another part of the water.
Weird loading screen – Some of us are getting the coloured screen with the black line in the centre instead of the usual splashscreen. It’s been reported but since it doesn’t appear to be causing any game issues I’m sure fixing it will be low in TinyCo’s priorities just now.
“Can not save building in bad position” pops up and my game reloads – a number of players are still having this issue and the 1.28.0 update hasn’t resolved it. We are trying find out more on a fix for those affected. 9/2 As per TinyCo “building” error message should be fixed today – players now reporting fix has hit and they are getting back in their games.
UPDATE 9/3 BUNNY: PER TINYCO..
I have an update regarding the bad position error. For players who are currently affected, I will be manually fixing their games. However, to fix their games, I will need to completely remove the affected buildings. So, if players from Family Guy Addicts are experiencing this issue, please have them tap on the Help button when the crash occurs and submit an email with the crash log.
Joker and Lex Luthor no longer showing as dropping cursed treasure. 9/2 Joker and Lex Luthor showing a drop of cursed treasure on their 24 hour task was a “happy glitch” for those that had it, but was never intended nor will it be in players games as an option for the Event.
Thats what we are seeing reported just now, any others send us a comment, and as much as I know it’s frustrating, please remember you’re not alone many players are affected. And if you want to vent this isn’t the post for it, please use the most recent What the Deuce if you want to get something off your chest.
Family Guy Addicts 
I had Daggermouth doing the quest “Catch the News” (Money-Making Machine Pt. 2) I updated the game since the event ended and now I can’t get Daggermouth nor can I finish the quest. I completed the Bonnie portion but when I try to finish the Daggermouth part, it takes me to the blocked off section of the water where Daggermouth should be but it is not there anymore. I am stuck in a glitch….
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Few players have Daggermouth missing, could you please contact TinyCo from your game so they can look at the games impacted by this.
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My juggling monkey won’t juggle 😦 He just stands there. Also, does anyone know how to open up the House of Booty whenever you want? The only way I have been able to is by viewing an item that has a corresponding building in the House. I have none of those atm so I can’t find a way to open it.
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Hopefully his ugliness skills will come soon, but sometimes there is a little delay.
Yes to get to House of Booty,must click on the building in the right corner of the event area that is surrounded by the 3 waterfalls.
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I have not been able to play since the september 1st update.. am getting error,
Empty id in T* Bpc::ConfigObjectFactory::newobjectForld(const string&) Const [with T = Bpc::FGPlaceable; std::string = std::basic_string]
I have emailed TinyCo several times and have yet to hear if they are fixing this error or not, and am extremely disappointed in the way that they handle things. I feel that they should do beta testing release, before final release of the game… If anyone has any insight into this error, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank You!
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Not to mention that I have been emailing TinyCo about this error since i first encountered it, and have yet to get any kind of response from them… Very disappointing if you think about it, since i have been playing the game from day 2 or 3 of release…
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I just noticed that buildings I still have out from the superheroes event only give coins and not experience points. I definitely see this in Poison Ivy’s shop, the Teen Titans building, and the Eccentric Billionaire’s Mansion (the one that gave out a lot of plastic rings during the event). Haven’t checked ones in storage. Is this planned or a glitch? I’m maxed out in XP so I can’t tell if there are invisible experience points being added. All my other buildings are still shooting out XP.
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My buildings are the same, only paying out game currency not XP, there is a similar issue with the dinosaurs not dropping XP to level them up. TinyCo haven’t said anything but I will add this to the list of questions I’m going pass to Bunny when she’s back.
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I am having problems with the gunboat battles. Im fortunate enough that I have a few thousand clams I can use to speed up the game, but none of my gunboat battles are registering at all. Ive had quite a few now. My gunboat is at level 40 (the highest it will go) and even if I rush the battle, it still doesnt register. I do get the payout of limes and salt at the end of every battle though. Has anyone else experienced this? I have a task that involves having 5 battles and Ive already rushed 2 but they have not shown up as completed and I still have 5 left to do. If I dont do all 5 in time, the task will go incomplete and I cant collect the bonus items and the grand prize. This will really annoy me as I spend a fortune on clams just so I can collect everything.
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My attacks are registering fine, but had few comments this morning saying they are having a problem with attacks registering. I can only suggest using your in game support to notify TinyCo. But also ask you maybe reply to this with following details then TinyCo can maybe see if there is a pattern in the games having issue.
Are you playing on Android or IOS?
Who are you using as crew to attack.
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Well, it seems I ‘finally’ found a website that has information regarding the current problems I’m having with this game. I had gone through ‘every’ possible issue, from whether it was problems with my phone and not enough RAM/Data availability, and/or that it was issues with Sprint. So, I uninstalled the game, downloaded two ‘new’ games from the Sprint store, and they played perfectly fine. I was all but ready to give up on this game, when I found this site. I don’t really care all that much on whether I miss out on the current event, but that I’m not losing/wasting all of the money I invested while playing ‘Family Guy: The Quest For Stuff’.
If I may make a few suggestions and/or a request- ‘Please’ eliminate the item status from the game. The status of ‘Always, Common, Uncommon, Rare & Extra Rare’ is something that makes me want to avoid, when having my characters go after an item, especially if the time placed in a character’s task for that item, comes up empty due to it being ‘rare’. It’s wasted time, which ‘could’ have been used for the character to go for an item that I can actually get. Also, give an option to use ‘both’ coins and clams when purchasing items. Maybe if the item (currently purchased only with ‘clams’) costs 100 clams, the option is set to spend ‘1000 coins’. Either way, the coins would be used a lot more, as I currently stand at seven figures. Just a suggestion to consider.
Thank you. I look forward to any reply, and look forward to returning to playing the game.
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Hi Markus, thanks for your thoughts, we’re not TinyCo but always like hear players thoughts. And TinyCo do read the blog so will see them too.
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I find the rare, uncommon, common etc. status info very useful when planning during an event. When I see a rare item needed to unlock a character that will be dropped from a building, I know to prioritize getting that building ASAP to start dropping since there might be a day or more between drops. When I have a choice of item-producing tasks for a character, I can decide how to choose the tasks from the potential drop rate. I might want to work on the rare first, for example, or mix them. More information is always good for me.
If an item isn’t dropping at the expected rate, you need to report it in-game. You should be able to get all the items to drop eventually if you have allowed enough time. When unlocking characters when time is short or there’s a timer, pay attention to the cost of a needed item in clams or the cost of bypassing a task you may not be ready to do (because it requires a character you don’t have yet). This will tell you if you can still afford to buy the character if you are missing some of the items. Often I see I can get the character with well under 100 clams if needed, which is nice to know if I really want it. This only works with characters, costumes to be unlocked for existing characters in Al’s work differently although sometimes the clam cost for the costume comes down to something reasonable.
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Fantastic advice – thanks. I tend to think unless there is a game wide issues drops drop as I expect for their status, apart from uncommon, I just can’t work out what to expect from it, apart from engaging my patience mode 😀
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Shipwreck Point definitely still not working for me despite TinyCo claiming to have fixed it and no longer replying to messages about it (initial response was just copy & paste standard answer anyway). I had to wait more than 24 hours to collect my clams yesterday and just checked the timer today – it was showing 23:58 so had reset yet again!
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Did you use Consuela’s Vacuum…
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Sure, why – does that impact the bug?
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No I mean cos as I mentioned in the rundown the vacuum will also collect your clams. When you go into your game around when it needs collecting, either a) check your clam total before and after using the vacuum, or b) manually collect from shipwreck point before using the vacuum. This way you can confirm if it is working correctly.
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That’s not the problem, I’m sure the clams can’t be collected until the timer has counted down.
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Ok well if you have checked as above and they are definitely not being collected by the vacuum when the timer has counted down then I think you will need to message tinyco using the in game support as the issue appears to have been fixed otherwise.
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I went in to my game at 2am this morning, did the old vacuum, then clicked my Shipwrevk Point instead Tan Lines and noticed it was at 23hrs 59 mins, I thought what’s going on, then realised because it’s in the water I forgot collect from it on my final visit in my town before getting some sleep last night. Not sure if that’s possibility Cheryl, but hope you get things sorted. I will nee speed mine up tonight to get it back on my 11pm schedule. Meh.
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Playing on iphone 5 and still cannot place anything from the house of booty…
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I’m playing on iPad and an iPhone 5, no issues at all. What error see you getting when trying to place things?
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I was able to download 1.28.0 for Kindle from Amazon Store about an hour ago. No in game issues so far.
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I’m seeing the update on my kindle now!
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Great stuff, glad you can finally join us
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Having problems upgrading the ship on facebook version you click on upgrade and then a box comes up saying awesome and txtLabel (as though something is missing) but clicking on the awesome button does nothing and the only way to get out is to restart the game.
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I had a similar issue with my game on IOS but it seems to have resolved itself. Any other Facebook players having this issue?
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I had the problem once on my iPhone, but it worked properly after that. I think it was the first time I tried to upgrade.
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Amazon finally letting me update!!! Hopefully glitches are fixed and I can enjoy the event 😁
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Still no 1.28.0 available for Kindle @ Amazon Store
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Other players reporting its available now.
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I just got clam generating Shipwreck Point yesterday and so far so good. Except I had a brief moment of panic when I couldn’t find it when I woke up today! I had forgotten it was in the water and not on dry land, whew. It’s hard to distinguish from all the rest of the event stuff in the water, so I surrounded it with bright green tropical fish and then placed a string of the fish leading to it from shore like a path in the water… That should help me when I’m half-awake looking for it.
I would say this was a senior moment, except I was like this as a teenager.
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Lol. I’ve placed mines directly behind Tan Lines so I don’t forget about it. I was hunting like a crazy person for a character on task yesterday, one that’s not in FaceSpace yet, must tapped every building until found them.
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No update yet on kindle/amazon. I’d be upset if I didn’t have an android device too. I won’t buy clams on Google though, when I can pay less on Amazon. Wish they’d get it in gear, playing on the phone is annoying.
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Still waiting for update thru Amazon here now at 8:30PM Eastern Time, anyone else? They responded to my email with wait for update when I asked if they had released it to Amazon yet.
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Same here. Most of time it’s here by now. I assume delays due to glitches for Amazon possibly waiting or stable version? For now I try to play it on my phone (but it kicks off… A LOT) and keep checking the app store. I’m with you I feel your pain.
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Same issue can not download from Amazon for Kindle. Tiny Co says they don’t know when Amazon will up date their store. Kindle May Day was no help. They blamed Tiny Co. ..finger pointing. Love it
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My shipwreck point is totally missing. I bought it and placed it, now its gone. It’s also missing from the event menu 😢
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Mine is still in my game and fixed. Have you had the clams cost refunded? If the building is gone and no refund you will need to in game message TinyCo.
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I’m having everyone of these issues 😞
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😰
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Hopefully they will fix the shipwreck timer, especially as it costs 240 clams but why did it say it will pay out 30 days but the event says it ends in 26 days!?! Not cool tiny co!
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It may pay out until the end of the month, 30 days in September, but as of know we need wait for the fix for it to pay out at all.
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It takes 19 days to break even on Shipwreck Point. So Sept 26 wouldn’t give much profit. They’re letting it run until Oct 3 now because of the timer glitch. That will give me about 143 clams beyond the 240 clam price (I just got it yesterday).
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Has anyone got this on kindle yet? Mine not telling me an update. The loading pic changed and I brought some fish last night but no tasks or anything yet
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I was not even able to open on my kindle fire. My Android devices are and were always able to load and work.
Just tried again. It tells me to update, but nothing happens when I try. It actually seems to have frozen my kindle even after restarting. I’m getting nothing but a black screen on my kindle now. Not able to use it at all. I’ve never had much luck with the game on it. I use it really for reading anyway. Hope you are able access it.
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The issue is that once you upgrade on one device, you can’t play the previous version on an another device.
And Amazon is ALWAYS slow on releasing the upgrades.
If you want to keep playing on kindle then you can’t start the event on another device.
One guns the best approach is to play on droid or iPod so I can start the event, and keep checking Amazon store to see if they FINALLY got it.
FYI, in my experience, getting locked out is only an issue with an upgrade ending in .0
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Same here, no update available
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Still nothing new 😢 we normally behind but this is a annoyingly long wait. Is it working for Facebook ?? I could try connect and use my laptop if is .. Wouldn’t mind but I have no other tasks so nothing to do in the game I have over a million coins and max level. Just need peter to get bats to resurrect someone lol and try save clams as always!!
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Not sure if this came up, but we are at day 2 and FB users can’t get on at all. we can load up to the 1st little character blurb where Peter is talking to another character then we get “Child name fingerView not found in fg_shop_tile_v11.json Please reload page”. Reported it to TinyCo – no response as yet…
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There’s quite few issues going around I’m afraid, we are trying highlight them but just can’t say when any fixes will happen.
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I am also having the same issue with Shipwreck Point. No clam drops and the timer keeps resetting. Also, no update on Amazon for the Kindle.
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I am also experiencing the problem with Shipwreck Point. So far no clam drops and the timer keeps resetting. And no update through Amazon yet.
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There’s quite few issues, no word as yet of a fix, soon as we hear we will let you know.
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Mine went down to 21 hours, shut the game down then restarted.. back to 24 hrs!!!
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Yes, it either resets at 23hrs or when I go back in the game. No word on a fix yet.
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Hi everyone, for any Android users out there still unable to get the update try restarting your phone. I often have a difficult time getting updates on time but every time I restart my phone the update is there. Happy pirating!
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I go straight to the Amazon app store and no update available as of 11:30AM EST. Using a Kindle (Android), if this helps anyone.
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Still no update for android. I just checked and it is NOT there.
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Sorry I don’t know what happening, others reported they had it.
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Both my Android devices are updated. I’m having problems updating in kindle. I use android 99% of the time, so I’m good. Bring on the booty! Arrg
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Same here on the timer.
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I keep getting an error message that says empty id in virtual t. Has anyone else having this problem cause I haven’t seen that this issue has been reported. And my game doesn’t load at all.
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That’s a new one, have you tried the basic troubleshooting? Is it allowing you to send the error code to TinyCo?
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No it won’t let me send anything I won’t go past the loading screen. A group forum I am in there is a lot of people getting this same error as me.
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If you can’t send the error code from your game direct, then you can email them a screenshot of the error to help@tinyco.com
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There are also several glitches with the upgrading of the ship, the popups are not showing content and there is no way to close the screen when it pops up
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Yes my game crashed whilst upgrading, however once reloaded the upgrade had occurred.
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I noticed that the tasks that drop stuff for Lois isn’t shown on the character task list – ex Joe using his water gun. I can’t place the tropical fish. I try to repair the boat for 250 coins in 10 seconds and it tells me it would be ending the event early in 2 hours and would cost me 15 clams. Therefore….I am stuck in every aspect of the new version.
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Has the main Questline See No Evil popped up for you? If so what part are you on?
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I actually had that funny splash screen before today. I know for a fact yesterday. Figured it was my device. Guess not. Also got POW points.
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I’ve had it since Tuesday, but it doesn’t seem be causing any issues. I’m sure it’s made brief appearances in the past. What do you think of the new event? Enjoying it I hope.
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So far so good! I like that they are utilizing the water. Thanks for asking.
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Just wondering if anyone else has my problem which has made my
game inaccessible? [ If you have not seen my previous comment – ]
When the DC event ended, I started getting a message which reads “The event has ended. Please reload your game to return to life as a civilian” (referring to the DC event), which immediately pops up as soon as I enter the game. When I press the “GO” button for this message, the message “Can not save building in bad position” pops up and my game reloads. This is a loop, both messages continually pop up (first the “reload your game” and then the “building in bad position”) and I am unable to click on anything else.
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Yes there are other players having this issue, and I’m afraid the only solution we’ve had from other players affected was nuking their town if they were lucky enough to get in for a few seconds. Please keep contacting TinyCo.
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I’m sorry Jacob, wish could suggest something else but this looks like something only TinyCo can fix. I will see if Bunny can bring it to their attention.
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I’ve reported it. Just waiting for full crew in AM to update me. What device are you playing on?
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I have an iPad Mini 3. ios version is 9.3.5
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As per TinyCo “building” error message should be fixed today
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As per TinyCo “building” error message should be fixed today
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Fixed now – or that they are going to fix it today? As I just went into my game but I still have the same problem as I specified in my comment.
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According to TinyCo will be fixed today, I’m taking that as sometime today. Fingers crossed it’s soon for you.
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Yes, my game is finally fixed now. Great to finally be able to play again. I think that would have to be the longest I have ever been locked out of the game. I missed the end of the DC event but at least I had almost everything unlocked before the error started and the event ended.
One thing I noticed in my game is that the Batman Brian statue and Robin Stewie statue (which I had placed in game) are now in my inventory / storage. These were the last two things I had been able to obtain and place before the error “Can not save building in bad position” started occuring. I am now wondering if these decorations have something to do with that error? I really like these decorations and wanted them in my game but am now very hesitant to place them back in the game. If they are a part / or what was causing the error though, would TinyCo have fixed them now – or why not delete them from our games to stop the error from reoccurring? 🤔
Thanks for your help in bringing this to their attention RussianTigger (and you too Bunny, if you are there). 👍😄
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Glad we could help Jacob. And we’ve had confirmation from TinyCo that the Robin Stewie Statue & Batman Brian Statue are the cause of the problem, so probably best to leave them in storage at this time. I’ve put mine in storage just incase they start causing an issue in my game in future. Shame as they looked great.
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Yes, they really do look fantastic.. Shame that they are the cause of the error. I hope that TinyCo can do something about them, so that we can place these awesome decos back in our games. Luckily I didn’t touch them, although I was extremely tempted. Thanks for confirming my suspicion. 👍
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I stored those statues right away because after the event, the Stewie and Brian parts disappeared! The buildings behind them were still visible, except no signals on them. Maybe that was related to the bug also. I’m on an iPhone, latest iOS.
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I have a tick or check mark over a pirate ship and each time I click on it, it takes me directly to Peters ship fighting Blackbeard’s Floatilla(?), the 3 hr task for rewards.
Interesting.
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You need to work through the early parts of the main Questline See No Evil, once you get to part 3 you will repair the Groggy Gunboat and start to battle.
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Thanks for your help! 🙂
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When I placed the 2 new pirate ships they both gave me xp from the superheroes event. Also, I looked thru my inventory to see what other items can be placed on water…a blue spruce? Yep! But none of the other boats!
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I keep getting building can’t be placed or something like that and it won’t let me play. Everytime I hit ok it reloads and does the same thing. It started at the end of the last quest preventing me from finishing it. I have updated, reinstalled, everything I can think of but nothing works. And it does the same on my iPad Air, iPhone, and my android device. I really hope something is done to fix this.
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Some players reported nuking their town solved the issue, but I don’t know if you want go that far or if its the solution for everyone.
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As per TinyCo “building” error message should be fixed today
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I keep getting an error saying you can’t position a building here or something like that. It does the same thing over and over every time I hit ok. It has been doing this since the end of the last quests preventing me from finishing it. I have updated reinstalled nothin works. And it is the same on my iPad Air, my iPhone, and my android tablet. I would love to get started on the new quests but I can’t do anything.
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Some players reported nuking their town solved the issue, but I don’t know if you want go that far or ifs the solution for everyone.
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Send me a screenshot please to familyguyaddicts@gmail.com
I reported it already, but image with exact issue shown always helps
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I’m very glad to see I’m not the only one with the problem with Shipwreck Point. That’s definitely one I didn’t want to be alone in, given what it cost me. Here’s hoping they’re able to establish when we placed it in their fix.
Thanks, RT.
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Mine appears to be working with the countdown around 17h. Is yours working now?
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Oddly, no. I came on here to report an update, but it’s different to yours.
Mine counts down to 23 hours and then resets. It might be just a visual error and it really is counting the hours as well as minutes, but I won’t know for sure until tomorrow morning when my first drop is due.
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I’m having the same issue still Luc, the daily countdown resets to 24hrs every time I reload my game, but the additional timer for when the building expires is typically counting down fine. I’ve contacted them, fingers cross we get a fix soon.
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I’m having the same issue with the timer resetting. I messaged them also and hope a fix can happen Friday before the Labor Day holiday weekend! My fingers, toes, & eyes are crossed that we all don’t lose the 13 clam collect per day, which would make for a poor investment!!!
Also Kudos on all your hard work with this site! It is certainly appreciated!
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Thanks Jennifer. Hopefully TinyCo will be on the ball with this. Enjoy your long weekend when it comes.
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I’m in the same situation with the timer. I have sent Tinyco 2 messages but have heard nothing yet. Hope it gets resolved soon.
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So, this seems resolved now, and I see above that the payout has been extended to 3/10. Does this mean the event is likely to be extended, or the plan is to keep the clam payouts beyond the end of the game?
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At the moment it’s just the clam payout is extended not the event.
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