FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions [READ FIRST]

[spacemilk]

quick question! why don't item trades get automatically cancelled like pet trades? will this ever be fixed? apologies if this a bit of a dumb question!

Items are coded differently than pets, which is why this happens!

Each individual pet has its own unique ID number. No two pets will have the same number. When you trade a pet away, the system registers that you no longer own that ID number and so auto-cancels any of your trades that included that pet.

Items are different; they do not each have a unique ID number, but instead each type of item has an ID number. So like a gold bracelet could be item #12 (just an example), and every gold bracelet that exists has that same number. The system wasn't made to tell when you run out of gold bracelets. It only identifies the item, it doesn't know that you have x amount of gold bracelets. So that's why trades don't auto-cancel when you trade away an item.

ohhh okay that makes sense! thank you so much!

[TheEnforcer]

How do I search for users by username? I do updates on my website with new art my OCs got in batches, and want to link to the profiles of CS folk I got art from, but I can't find a searchbar and trying to find which specific free art thread something came from using the rather lackluster forum search is a bit of a mess.

[axelandria]

How do I search for users by username? I do updates on my website with new art my OCs got in batches, and want to link to the profiles of CS folk I got art from, but I can't find a searchbar and trying to find which specific free art thread something came from using the rather lackluster forum search is a bit of a mess.

On the top right, it will say "View bookmarks • Members • Search". Select "Members", there will be a text box where you can search for users by username!

[CoyoteT33th]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this but I’m trying to make a post in the free pets forum and it says that I already have an open thread, I think whoever started it deleted their account maybe so I’m the first comment on it now but I can’t do anything with the thread thank you in advance
https://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=4986169

[Kaizoku]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this but I’m trying to make a post in the free pets forum and it says that I already have an open thread, I think whoever started it deleted their account maybe so I’m the first comment on it now but I can’t do anything with the thread thank you in advance
https://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=4986169

You can hit the report icon in the first post of the thread and ask for it to be closed by staff. (:

[midousuji]

sorry if i'm asking in the wrong place- i checked the first page and couldn't find an answer to this question?

what is a hoard / why do people hoard one pet or one group of pets? i have seen people on the halloween event forum hoarding the candy apple foxes and such where they make a group and add tons and tons of the same pet to the group. what is the purpose of this?

at first i thought it was to grow up all of the pets, but i noticed the candy apple foxes are already full grown so there are no different outcomes! and i've seen some hoards that are just dozens of duplicates of a single type of pet.

no judgement from me! i'm just really curious to the reason why hoards are a thing!

[Ashki]

sorry if i'm asking in the wrong place- i checked the first page and couldn't find an answer to this question?

what is a hoard / why do people hoard one pet or one group of pets? i have seen people on the halloween event forum hoarding the candy apple foxes and such where they make a group and add tons and tons of the same pet to the group. what is the purpose of this?

at first i thought it was to grow up all of the pets, but i noticed the candy apple foxes are already full grown so there are no different outcomes! and i've seen some hoards that are just dozens of duplicates of a single type of pet.

no judgement from me! i'm just really curious to the reason why hoards are a thing!

Hey there!

'Hoarding' is essentially what you described - collecting a bunch of a single pet (or a litter) in a single group, or sometimes a theme of pets in one group (for example, hoarding all food-related pets).

The great thing about CS is that there are so many ways to play the game! A lot of people enjoy collecting just the pets they like rather than one of every outcome, and hoarding is a great way to do that - if you really like a certain pet, litter, or even species, it can be fun to collect a bunch of them rather than just a single outcome. Though that isn't to say that you can't do both - many people like aiming for one of every outcome and also have hoards.

Hopefully this helps clarify things, but if you have any further questions or need clarification feel free to reach out!

[midousuji]

sorry if i'm asking in the wrong place- i checked the first page and couldn't find an answer to this question?

what is a hoard / why do people hoard one pet or one group of pets? i have seen people on the halloween event forum hoarding the candy apple foxes and such where they make a group and add tons and tons of the same pet to the group. what is the purpose of this?

at first i thought it was to grow up all of the pets, but i noticed the candy apple foxes are already full grown so there are no different outcomes! and i've seen some hoards that are just dozens of duplicates of a single type of pet.

no judgement from me! i'm just really curious to the reason why hoards are a thing!

Hey there!

'Hoarding' is essentially what you described - collecting a bunch of a single pet (or a litter) in a single group, or sometimes a theme of pets in one group (for example, hoarding all food-related pets).

The great thing about CS is that there are so many ways to play the game! A lot of people enjoy collecting just the pets they like rather than one of every outcome, and hoarding is a great way to do that - if you really like a certain pet, litter, or even species, it can be fun to collect a bunch of them rather than just a single outcome. Though that isn't to say that you can't do both - many people like aiming for one of every outcome and also have hoards.

Hopefully this helps clarify things, but if you have any further questions or need clarification feel free to reach out!

oh that is fascinating! at first i thought there had to be a way to change or grow the pets you hoard- but it's just based on preference of how you want to play the game!!

i think it's a fun idea to have a big hoard of of the same pet, it'd be like walking into a room and 25 identical rats are just in there chilling and the owner loves all 25 of them equally as much lol!!! because that's just their favorite rat ever!

[Kiwiana]

Is this pound adoption thing only lasting like 4 or 5 rounds and then suddenly stop although there are still many pets to adopt something new? I experienced that a few times now and it irritates me^^

[SkywardtheDragon]

Is this pound adoption thing only lasting like 4 or 5 rounds and then suddenly stop although there are still many pets to adopt something new? I experienced that a few times now and it irritates me^^

It’s probably because of the event, so more people are on more often.