Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-34560043-20181005110305/@comment-36857645-20181008184731

I'm on Windows laptop. Have to leave game open at all times. Open game, leave open and open up the Calendar panel beside the game, turn off 'auto' on time/calendar and then change calendar back a few days. Trophies relight. Each day moved forward 'leaving game open', never close or minimize. Nothing changed on that except now leaving game open instead of minimizing while doing date change AND they did put a limit on the amount of times they can be harvested to get 'friend charges' before only getting base amount of them. Stops excessive harvesting that was being done. (or definitely makes it harder work and take a heck of a long time if determined to do it.)

On both Apple and on Windows, if out of energy/below your base level.... to do the above, leaving game open and then moving calendar a few days back, you will still have the same amount. Move 1 day forward and you get a lot regenerated. Each day moved forward gives you more until you reach your base. This is Apple and Windows.

Note:  I don't have or use any type tablet or phone with the games, so I cannot speak for how or how not they work. Their independent quirks. I only know that I now have to leave my game open, just like for Apple as Cpl. Ferro stated for hers and energy is replenished 'up to your base' when moving a day forward a few times. OF which to me, 'that' alone with the extra gifting, was good enough when I found it worked. I could keep playing then. But. Then I discovered my trophies did relight too. Just had to have game open at all times when changing calendar or time.

The games could not do this at all, if the developers didn't permit it. Make "hidden extras". They could plug it all completely off, just like they 'did' for "no extra visitations". No matter what anyone tries, it won't work on NO device for extra visits. Not permitted. Period. Only extra gifts and some extra on energy replenishing when moving forward and of trophies relighting for 'some' gathering, *as your chosen device permits it/works in a way that allows the perameters to work*.

Trophies, on Windows at least (and likely on Apple and others), only have 'extra' from friend charges for just so many days back 'now', because if going too many days back, as you move forward, those extra charges disappear and you only get the very base amount from the trophies. That is perameters set into the game. Those perameters were 'changed' on this update, set in place, to reduce the excessive harvesting like some were doing. Going backwards months to build (harvest) '399,000' energy or more, players doing that, is what brought this on, to put 'more' limits in place. (friend of mine mentioned seeing about a "1234 Collection War" challenge.   NOT cool!)  But, it is (must be) still permitted, just in a more limited way, since not completely plugged off, as it 'could' have been. Can't do what is not permitted, unless you go into the game code to make changes. Which is not a good idea. That's illegal.

Even on old Nintendo games and whatnot and on PC games on discs.... many had 'hidden' tricks if someone wanted to learn what they were, how to do it. What was built 'hidden' into the game for the those that want to work harder. These games are no different.