Squidport update - Buildings, Characters, Decor, Quests (with pics)

bryantvb84 wrote:
That's exciting. I'm glad we get the land expansion with it because I will need it!

Unfortunately the land expansion won't be useful for buildings we already have. Those 3 rows of land were getting can only be used for the boardwalk and the shops and decos that are for the boardwalk. Regular buildings like Moes, Kwik E Mart, etc.. Can't be placed on the boardwalk. So even though we are getting more land, it's not gonna change the layout of your current city.

decisions, decisions.

I've been playing since around the android release in February, managed to make it to level 29 and am up to the quests to build the adult education annex and the legitimate business man club.

I had planned on saving up the cash to build them both at the same time and should hit that tomorrow, but with this rather large, and expensive update seemingly around the corner I suppose i'll have to put off that and just start saving all my monies for this update.

with this much content though i'm not sure it will be a limited time event, or does the data seem to imply that it will be a timed event?

I cant wait for this update, My problem is I am low on in game cash atm... So i guess i need to start saving up.

SWNJim wrote:

chrisp530 wrote:

bryantvb84 wrote:
That's exciting. I'm glad we get the land expansion with it because I will need it!

Unfortunately the land expansion won't be useful for buildings we already have. Those 3 rows of land were getting can only be used for the boardwalk and the shops and decos that are for the boardwalk. Regular buildings like Moes, Kwik E Mart, etc.. Can't be placed on the boardwalk. So even though we are getting more land, it's not gonna change the layout of your current city.

Why is that? I would think it would be a PITA to program completely new sets of buildings than to just allow the wharf to be a buildable surface.

Not entirely sure, but in the game scripts, if you try placing the boardwalk buildings anywhere but the boardwalk, you get an error message saying you must place the shop on the boardwalk. 26 of the 39 plots were getting are water plots that have to have boardwalk tiles placed on them. Maybe it will be possible to use the 1 row of land in front of the water for buildings, but judging by what I read in the quests, it doesn't seem likely.

SWNJim wrote:

chrisp530 wrote:

SWNJim wrote:

chrisp530 wrote:

bryantvb84 wrote:
That's exciting. I'm glad we get the land expansion with it because I will need it!

Unfortunately the land expansion won't be useful for buildings we already have. Those 3 rows of land were getting can only be used for the boardwalk and the shops and decos that are for the boardwalk. Regular buildings like Moes, Kwik E Mart, etc.. Can't be placed on the boardwalk. So even though we are getting more land, it's not gonna change the layout of your current city.

Why is that? I would think it would be a PITA to program completely new sets of buildings than to just allow the wharf to be a buildable surface.

Not entirely sure, but in the game scripts, if you try placing the boardwalk buildings anywhere but the boardwalk, you get an error message saying you must place the shop on the boardwalk. 26 of the 39 plots were getting are water plots that have to have boardwalk tiles placed on them. Maybe it will be possible to use the 1 row of land in front of the water for buildings, but judging by what I read in the quests, it doesn't seem likely.

I have to believe that incompatibility will be resolved by launch. It makes no sense what so ever to have two exclusive building zones. If the quest requires that they be started on the wharf, I can see that, but as a building it should be moveable to a non-wharf section afterwards.

That's the thing, the quests for each building do require them to start on the boardwalk. For instance, in one, the Sea Captain and Lisa are talking about camping out for a concert, and Lisa prompts the build of Just Rainsticks, and it says something about build this store on the boardwalk. Also, the error message I was referring to isn't like a game/system error , its a message from Homer that says something like "stop being stupid and place the building where they told you", so it's a message that is part of the game, not something that will be taken out. A couple of the other TO blogs/fan pages have also confirmed that the majority of the new buildings(all boardwalk shops) are boardwalk exclusive , with the exception of Herman's store, Zestys, community center, etc.. In the past , these sites have been 99% accurate, but I guess we really won't know until the update hits. Personally, I hope they can go anywhere,
I'd rather have Planet Hype in my downtown than on the boardwalk, but I'm not holding my breath, since all the evidence in the files suggests otherwise.

mikeydluffy wrote:

-Spooky-II- wrote:
I really hope you can connect a river to the sea :D

I designed my river / town in the hope the coast would be freed up. If the river doesn't lead into the sea (which I don't expect) I will be mightily disapointed.

this. it never occurred to me that the rivrrs wouldnt connect to the sea. now im worried. haha. they are diffrrent colours slightly. :/

Linky2g wrote:

mikeydluffy wrote:

-Spooky-II- wrote:
I really hope you can connect a river to the sea :D

I designed my river / town in the hope the coast would be freed up. If the river doesn't lead into the sea (which I don't expect) I will be mightily disapointed.

this. it never occurred to me that the rivrrs wouldnt connect to the sea. now im worried. haha. they are diffrrent colours slightly. :/

If they don't, maybe a few well placed trees would hide it? Like with the Waterfall?

Can't wait for this update since everything in the Yard Sale was just that, a yard sale. EA dropped the ball there. If you're going to bring back premium items, bring back specialty ones too like the Duff Racer and Cool Brown House.

any idea when we going to get this update? im guessing it going be a thursday like usully

All that content looks pretty amazing!!! Can't wait to get more land.