I've had this since last night. I was moving a lot of my town around & it's that whole section that is now animated. Flags flying, butterflies flying, steel mill lit up. Flags & trees in other parts of town are not animated so I assumed it was because I had moved them? Nice to see the animations. I tried moving the flags in other sections to start them flying but it didn't work :(

I have this in my town every once in a while. It's been going on as long as I can remember.

Is it any specific area of your map? That is, for those who are experiencing this phenomenon (AWESOME, btw) maybe it is the same area on many Springfields. Like, is it near your Landing Zone? Or do you need to move toward the water, or toward the mountains, or toward the corner where the water meets the mountains, or toward the end of the mountains furthest from the water, or ??? Can you describe, in general, where it is happening? I don't see it in my town, but I have no way of knowing whether that's just because I don't have the right decorations in the right, "animated" area.Would love to see it! :)

annettemarc wrote:Is it any specific area of your map? That is, for those who are experiencing this phenomenon (AWESOME, btw) maybe it is the same area on many Springfields. Like, is it near your Landing Zone? Or do you need to move toward the water, or toward the mountains, or toward the corner where the water meets the mountains, or toward the end of the mountains furthest from the water, or ??? Can you describe, in general, where it is happening? I don't see it in my town, but I have no way of knowing whether that's just because I don't have the right decorations in the right, "animated" area.Would love to see it! :)cool detective work, going to look at my town now.

For me it's just random. I assumed everyone has this. I usually notice it when the catapult from CoC is repeatedly firing a cat or the marge tetherball thing is going, but it can be anything with its animation on autopilot. I often have Sequel Stop or the windmills from CoC, anything really.

johncolombo wrote:annettemarc wrote:Is it any specific area of your map? That is, for those who are experiencing this phenomenon (AWESOME, btw) maybe it is the same area on many Springfields. Like, is it near your Landing Zone? Or do you need to move toward the water, or toward the mountains, or toward the corner where the water meets the mountains, or toward the end of the mountains furthest from the water, or ??? Can you describe, in general, where it is happening? I don't see it in my town, but I have no way of knowing whether that's just because I don't have the right decorations in the right, "animated" area.Would love to see it! :)cool detective work, going to look at my town now. Yeah, another possibility is that it's being triggered by a particular structure. Like, everything within a certain radius from the Nuclear whatchamacallit plant or towers. But to find that out, we'd need screencaps of the animated area in a sampling of affected towns, and then play a game of "Where's the aura coming from?" Or maybe EA is testing out something awesome, like keeping our towns animated, but they haven't fully implemented it.

Strange phenomenon in my town....anyone else???

barszap785
10 years ago
I have this in my town every once in a while. It's been going on as long as I can remember.
annettemarc
10 years ago
Is it any specific area of your map?

That is, for those who are experiencing this phenomenon (AWESOME, btw) maybe it is the same area on many Springfields. Like, is it near your Landing Zone? Or do you need to move toward the water, or toward the mountains, or toward the corner where the water meets the mountains, or toward the end of the mountains furthest from the water, or ???

Can you describe, in general, where it is happening? I don't see it in my town, but I have no way of knowing whether that's just because I don't have the right decorations in the right, "animated" area.

Would love to see it! :)
johncolombo
Hero+
10 years ago
annettemarc wrote:
Is it any specific area of your map?

That is, for those who are experiencing this phenomenon (AWESOME, btw) maybe it is the same area on many Springfields. Like, is it near your Landing Zone? Or do you need to move toward the water, or toward the mountains, or toward the corner where the water meets the mountains, or toward the end of the mountains furthest from the water, or ???

Can you describe, in general, where it is happening? I don't see it in my town, but I have no way of knowing whether that's just because I don't have the right decorations in the right, "animated" area.

Would love to see it! :)

cool detective work, going to look at my town now.
barszap785
10 years ago
For me it's just random. I assumed everyone has this. I usually notice it when the catapult from CoC is repeatedly firing a cat or the marge tetherball thing is going, but it can be anything with its animation on autopilot. I often have Sequel Stop or the windmills from CoC, anything really.
annettemarc
10 years ago
johncolombo wrote:
annettemarc wrote:
Is it any specific area of your map?

That is, for those who are experiencing this phenomenon (AWESOME, btw) maybe it is the same area on many Springfields. Like, is it near your Landing Zone? Or do you need to move toward the water, or toward the mountains, or toward the corner where the water meets the mountains, or toward the end of the mountains furthest from the water, or ???

Can you describe, in general, where it is happening? I don't see it in my town, but I have no way of knowing whether that's just because I don't have the right decorations in the right, "animated" area.

Would love to see it! :)

cool detective work, going to look at my town now.

Yeah, another possibility is that it's being triggered by a particular structure. Like, everything within a certain radius from the Nuclear whatchamacallit plant or towers.

But to find that out, we'd need screencaps of the animated area in a sampling of affected towns, and then play a game of "Where's the aura coming from?"

Or maybe EA is testing out something awesome, like keeping our towns animated, but they haven't fully implemented it.
annettemarc
10 years ago
barszap785 wrote:
I have this in my town every once in a while. It's been going on as long as I can remember.

You mean a whole section of your town, or something on a lesser scale than that? I've never noticed anything animated, but then I probably wouldn't if it was only one or two things. Either that, or EA is just messing with your head. ;)
barszap785
10 years ago
Another one that I see every once in a while is the Supercollider. I'll just notice the tree getting sucked in but there won't be anyone assigned to a job there.

I really thought this happened to everyone and never understood the complaints about buildings with great animations but no characters to have jobs there after the quest. I always thought, just wait for it to randomly turn on.
barryriddl474
Seasoned Newcomer
10 years ago
I've never had any one thing randomly animate in my town. I spend a lot time trying to animate all I can. I would love/pay to have this happen in my town.
annettemarc
10 years ago
barryriddl474 wrote:
I've never had any one thing randomly animate in my town. I spend a lot time trying to animate all I can. I would love/pay to have this happen in my town.

Gasp. That could be the next aspirational. Or FP. The Animator. :mrgreen:
suetopia
10 years ago
It's happened in my town on occasion (usually it's El Chemistri that lights up and gets my attention), but I haven't noticed anything recently. When it has happened I think it's just one or two buildings. My pig roaster also seems to go off on its own on occasion. It just spins and spins - it's actually quite hypnotic.

EDIT: autocorrect got me again!