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I am currently trialing a new method for our daily cron.

Currently cron just runs. At 4am EV time every day it ages horses, and all the rest. With the new method, cron will not run in its entirety. The majority of the cron will be triggered when you log onto your account for the first time after 4am and click a button specifically asking to progress your account. Only then will your horses age, lose hunger, etc.

This means that technically you can just not progress your account. Your horses would be safe until the next time you did choose to progress. If you ever need a couple of days away from the game, or are rushed into hospital, and can't access your account so that you can lock it - no problem, the game will essentially freeze everything with this new method.

Instead of making it immediately site-wide and encountering possibly a ton of bugs all at once, I've decided to - for now - make it an opt in system. Basically I need at least 10+ regular players to opt into the new system, keep track of everything that you do, and make sure that all notifications show up (horse care, showing activity, foal notifications), that nothing dies if you don't log in for a few days, etc.

To opt in: go to your Home page, go to your Account Settings, and there is a new dropdown box for "Opt In to Manual Cron". Select "Yes" and update your settings.

This will eventually be applied to every account, and it will not be an option to stay with the old method. I am only allowing an opt in for the bug testing that will be needed.

If you find any bugs, please post them here

I hope I've explained everything well, but if you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

What is cron? Cron is what makes your horses age, become a bit hungry, and reset daily limits like showing/riding as well as training. It's also in control of making your Deluxe/auto-showing/auto-care days tick down, it births foals, checks to see if any horses have been uncared for so a notice can be sent out, etc.


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 Posted by

Abbey 🌸
Posted on
2017-02-17 01:57:35

Comments

YESSSS. I'm so glad you decided to implement this. I've opted in for the trial.

Posted by

Wicked (#103404)
17th February 2017 at 02:14:04

I have also updated for the manual crom, if I come across anything I will leave a comment :)

Posted by
Danzy007 (#80906)
17th February 2017 at 03:30:36

Opted in, will make sure to report any bugs I come across!

Posted by

Maya (#50398)
17th February 2017 at 03:42:39

Yes! This is great!

Posted by
Cheriton Arabians (#38523)
17th February 2017 at 04:28:12

Awesome idea, opted in :)

Posted by

Lúcra (#109179)
17th February 2017 at 04:30:23

Opted in as well! Interesting idea!

Posted by

Vesper (#99363)
17th February 2017 at 04:37:25

Opted in. This is great idea, I always missed the moment when cron run because it fell at time I was in transport on my way home. :)

Posted by

Rook (#30563)
17th February 2017 at 05:20:34

Ooh this will be AMAZING! I am notorious for thinking I'll have time to log in and care for horses when I'm out of town or during special events, then just completely forgetting about them. I opted in.

Posted by
Helix (#69350)
17th February 2017 at 06:18:43

Opted in! Really helpful tool for a busy person and I hope this will be a standard feature in the future! :)

Posted by

Inquisitor (#107022)
17th February 2017 at 06:20:22

I am on daily so WOULD LOVE TO OPT IN!!!

Posted by
Blue Jester (#91792)
17th February 2017 at 06:27:21

I chose to Opt in as well

Posted by

Blue Kat (#108751)
17th February 2017 at 07:25:38

Will not letting your personal cron take up things like Deluxe, auto care, and auto show days?

Will you be able to access the forums? Collect interest?

I'm excited for this to happen, because it's implemented on another game I play just want to know what the limits will be here.

Posted by

Vedette (#38098)
17th February 2017 at 07:51:08

Vendette, if you don't progress your account, your Deluxe/auto-care/auto-show days will not decrease, however I will not be allowing access to any part of the game while logged in unless you progress.

Posted by

Abbey 🌸 (#1)
17th February 2017 at 08:12:41

So the option to progress won't appear till 4am right?

Posted by

Sara (#26334)
17th February 2017 at 08:33:00

This is so useful!

Posted by

Akvelins ⚜️ (#93735)
17th February 2017 at 08:48:49

Sounds a lot like the button you get when you lock your account currently - you might see that you have new messages or a change in money, but won't be able to read them until you hit the progress account or unlock button *musing*

Posted by

Ðemure (#98096)
17th February 2017 at 09:09:16

I love this idea! I just had to borrow hubby's work laptop to to an emergency account lock when the hard drive on my laptop fried itself. This would make things like that so much less scary. I have one question though. When I locked my account, my stable booted out any boarded horses that weren't mine. Will this system boot those horses out also or will they be allowed to stay in our stables? Thank you!

Posted by

Valzed ❤️ 🐀 🐀 (#87263)
17th February 2017 at 09:44:10

Oh, I forgot to mention that I opted in. Whoopsie! Thanks!

Posted by

Valzed ❤️ 🐀 🐀 (#87263)
17th February 2017 at 09:45:06

I'll try it :)

Posted by

Birchwood Farms (#101598)
17th February 2017 at 10:29:22

I opted in this option will be a lifesaver

Posted by
Blue Jay (#99225)
17th February 2017 at 10:47:13