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The Search for the Silliness

Posted by Doctor Surlee on April 1, 2017 at 2:00 PM

Greetings, Toontown. My name is Doctor Surlee, some of you may know me. I am a scientist from Loony Labs who has been investigating the many anomalies in Toontown, and inventing in my spare time! You just took a step into the silliest week of Toontown, and this year I fear will be the silliest one yet. Welcome one and all to the wacky, weird, and wild April Toons Week!



Every year on the first day of April, the silliness levels of Toontown rise to unimaginable levels. The pranks pulled cause things to go bananas, and while I may be a monkey -- those bananas are too crazy for me.

This year, however... Something is different. We've tied up Sir Max to make sure he couldn't do anything crazy (He says hello! He's in my supply closet at the moment.), but the weirdness is still here! It's mind-boggling. If there is no joke, what could be causing this silliness?

I've listed my findings below of the wacky happenings around town.

Toon sounds have been jumbled!
As I write this post, I currently sound like a bunny. This disturbs me. Silly Particles are swapping between Toons and causing one to sound like the other.

Effects have gone haywire!
It's fun to change the size of your Toon with a ToonTask, but this is just out of hand. Toons are reporting all sorts of size changes due to the amount of laughs floating around town.

Gadzooks! The gravity is gone!
I was awoken this morning by my lab being ripped out of the ground by a wacky wave that affected the gravity. As you roam around Playgrounds, waves of wackiness will cause the gravity to go berserk. Hang onto something!

The S.I.L.L.I. Team is at it again!
To help detect these animated anomalies, the S.I.L.L.I. Team (Scientists Interested in Laugh Levels Increasing) have rented out the Pet Shop once again, and without me in the office they need some lab monkeys! If you didn't help him last year, Professor Prepostera is offering limited time ToonTasks this week to track down this silliness.
This silliness can't just be coming from thin air! But where is it coming from? WHO is it coming from? Toons, I need your help to figure this out. Personally, I suspect the mailboxes.

Something is out there... And this silliness won't stop until we find whatever it is. Grab your friends and start a search for the silliness!

April 1, 2017 [ttr-beta-v1.14.0]

Maintenance
Major Maintenance Upgrade! The technical team has spent several months ripping out the old code and reworking our client and server build process. This is a major upgrade that streamlines the behind-the-scenes update process, and further stabilizes the game.
• Upgraded to the latest version of Panda3D and Astron.
• We're polishing the gears and cleaning up the old pie gunk! This update introduces various performance improvements, code cleanup, and stability enhancements.
• Improved detection and moderation of non-family friendly chat.

Bugfixes
• Fixed a number of memory leaks that hindered game performance over time.
• Fixed a bug that made doors sometimes difficult to enter.
• Prevented a method that allowed Toons to wear Cog disguises in Playground areas.
• Fixed a rare game crash in the C.F.O. boss battle.
• Golf balls now properly slow down the C.E.O. in the final round of the boss battle.
• Fixed a game crash when trying to fire a Cog before it has joined battle.
• Fixed a district crash when ordering items in the Cattlelog at a friend's Estate.

Tweaks
• Tweaked a number of models to reduce the amount of glitches caused by April Toons Week gravity changes.
• Improved appearance of buildings when floating in the air due to April Toons Week gravity changes.
• Adjusted the appearance of some of the winter clothing and accessory items.

Features
APRIL FOOLS! It's the silliest week of the year, and Toontown has gone wild! Enjoy tons of craziness throughout the week.
• The Pet Shop is open once again! Loony Labs has set up shop inside and needs your help to figure out what's going on with Toontown's silliness.
• Gadzooks! The gravity in playgrounds is going berserk!
• Meow? Woof? Oink? Toon sounds and bodies are all jumbled up as a result of April Toons Week!
• With all of this craziness in Toontown, there's no telling what other surprises are in store...

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Flapjack petalspeed said on April 1, 2017 at 2:30 PM
Gaszooks!

Kittenson said on April 1, 2017 at 2:39 PM
OMG yay!!! I love all the new silly stuff, but my favorite bugfix... CEO GOLF :D

Candy said on April 1, 2017 at 2:41 PM
Wow! This week is going to be crazy!

Sir Star Electroboom said on April 1, 2017 at 2:52 PM
Finally I can slow down the C.E.O for once! :)

Stumpy said on April 1, 2017 at 3:01 PM
Happy April Fool's everyone!

Andrea said on April 1, 2017 at 3:08 PM
I always enjoy this time of updates. :P

Giggles SparkleBoom said on April 1, 2017 at 3:14 PM
happy April fools week everyone!

Electroquack said on April 1, 2017 at 3:42 PM
Happy April Toons Week! I enjoy this update!

Giggles Beans said on April 1, 2017 at 3:43 PM
The silliness is coming from Fluffy the doodle!! Just my theory hee hee!

Jade Falcon said on April 1, 2017 at 3:45 PM
I ave to zay! Zis is very exciting! I villy appreciate all of ze new game bugs zat have been fixed! Zank you for all ze vork you guys ave put into zis game, and for eveyzang you guys awe still doing! ZANK YOU! Also, I'm not German. I tricked you. APRIL FOOLS! Haha! :D

Doctor Quacksworth said on April 1, 2017 at 4:12 PM
Doctor Rruff... I mean Mew... I MEAN Oink... Doctor Quacksworth here with a slight problem. I can't sound like myself anymore or say the species I am! Can someone lend a hand?

Lady Peaches said on April 1, 2017 at 4:23 PM
Loving the goofs around town! Going to be a great week of Toontown :D

Blossom said on April 1, 2017 at 4:27 PM
Happy April Fools, Toons!

Buttercup said on April 1, 2017 at 4:29 PM
OH NO! THERE A ROBOT MEGA-INV! JUST KIDDING! GOT YOU TOONS! HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!!!!

Lacey said on April 1, 2017 at 4:31 PM
Happy April Fools Day, everypony!!!!!!! :D

MaxWellPoodleGuy said on April 1, 2017 at 4:33 PM
GadZooks!

Layth said on April 1, 2017 at 5:16 PM
Nice one haha actually got me for a few mins xD

Imaginym said on April 1, 2017 at 5:32 PM
Glad to see all the new updates!

Melody said on April 1, 2017 at 5:50 PM
Happy April Fools everybody!

Barney Wondersnout said on April 1, 2017 at 5:53 PM
Cool! I wonder where the silliness is coming from!

Prince Goopy said on April 1, 2017 at 5:57 PM
Fun update :)

princess rainbow said on April 1, 2017 at 6:07 PM
i love toontown

Wolf said on April 1, 2017 at 6:11 PM
This is just berserk!

Good ol' lollipop sourbee said on April 1, 2017 at 6:15 PM
Wow new update! I always love the april toons day festivities. Happy april fools day everyone :D

Galaxy said on April 1, 2017 at 6:44 PM
Thank you guys so much for the golfing fix for the C.E.O

UnicornBluff05 said on April 1, 2017 at 6:56 PM
Hi

The Duck said on April 1, 2017 at 7:43 PM
You know you're doomed when Dr. Surlee says "This can't end well."

Fluffy said on April 1, 2017 at 8:59 PM
I've been waiting for this! :D

Toon said on April 1, 2017 at 10:54 PM
So, the buildings finally get their touchups... That's good! They really deserved it, considering they've been untouched for a very long time. I can presume many more are in need of it, yet, this still is a very nice improvement. Thanks, TTR Team! Keep those going! Also, Happy April Toons Week, and we can hope the golf balls will actually let more than one Toon slow the CEO down!

Lady Valentine said on April 1, 2017 at 11:11 PM
Can't wait to be part of all the silliness :)

Master Bumpy Robomonkey said on April 1, 2017 at 11:23 PM
Noice

King Ned said on April 1, 2017 at 11:40 PM
Happy April Toons! This is going to be the silliest week of the year! No?

Super Ladybug said on April 2, 2017 at 12:41 AM
Yay for everything!!! Love all the floating makes me feel ten pounds lighter. LOL....woot woot golfing back in the CEO...He will be demoted faster now....ha ha Toons Rock

Sir Trickalot said on April 2, 2017 at 2:14 AM
I suspect surlee.

Sir said on April 2, 2017 at 2:16 AM
Why is there a hand in the middle left of the picture? They must be doing the tricks!

Sarah said on April 2, 2017 at 2:18 AM
Cool fun and exciting new

Honeysong said on April 2, 2017 at 9:36 AM
Does this mean.. DOODLES are coming back!? I'm sooo excited!

Fluffy Greeny said on April 2, 2017 at 10:33 AM
Lets Get Silly!

Clover said on April 2, 2017 at 11:02 AM
I must ask, Dr. Surlee... Why are we just now trying to find the source of the Silliness when, to my knowledge, this has been happening for several years now? Have you been doing more studying than we thought...? No matter. This is personally one of my favorite weeks in Toontown; the skewed gravity is my personal favorite feature, along with the talking Doodles that were in TTO. April Toons' day, TTR Staff! ~ Clover and her friends Snivy, Rosekit and Fire Sparklemist

Crumblepounce said on April 2, 2017 at 11:13 AM
Well, this will be interesting :P

lovelylittletiger24641971 said on April 2, 2017 at 11:29 AM
These updates are amazing!I am a new player an I appreciate all your hard work to improve this fun and enjoyable game!Thank you hard workers.

TheSmallCogBuster said on April 2, 2017 at 1:34 PM
Yup Many people wanted the ceo golf to be fixed. You are the best me lads!

Cool Pinky said on April 2, 2017 at 7:14 PM
Toontastic! I love April Toon's Week! :D It's fun every year!!

Lucky Penny said on April 2, 2017 at 8:32 PM
I can;t wait to see the mayhem and hilarity!

Ned Sourfuddy said on April 2, 2017 at 9:00 PM
I don't think I'll ever know which voice my toon (who is a cat) will have instead.

Buscuit Bagel Noodle said on April 2, 2017 at 9:25 PM
Golly gee wizzo! This'll be a very interesting week.

King Banjo Crunchyfluff said on April 3, 2017 at 4:29 AM
Happy April Toons Week!

Maple said on April 3, 2017 at 5:00 AM
Thanks for this update! And thank you for fixing the golf balls in the CEO battle!

Darragh said on April 3, 2017 at 5:24 AM
OMG. really. this is happning

Miyu Kat said on April 3, 2017 at 6:41 AM
YAY!!! When are the doodles are out? The pet shop is opened! :D

Your Nan said on April 3, 2017 at 8:09 AM
April is here!

Midnight said on April 3, 2017 at 10:16 AM
THE SHOP IS OPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

princess rainbow said on April 3, 2017 at 11:08 AM
happy april fools day

Mr. Tom said on April 3, 2017 at 1:47 PM
Oooooh snap! Get ready for a whole lot of weird!

Gray Falcon said on April 3, 2017 at 2:21 PM
YAY! So exited to get my hands on the prize!

Prof. David said on April 3, 2017 at 2:56 PM
Oh Boy! Other Surprises?

Crazy Fireball said on April 3, 2017 at 10:55 PM
Same as last year. wow

Gold Mouse Cool Toon said on April 4, 2017 at 7:41 AM
Ah, another post from the mysterious but serious Doctor Surlee. Hmm... Sir Max being tied up? Why didn't we take these kinds of cautions long ago? Well, if he's not doing it, I guess I better head down to the Pet Shop and find this ultimate source of silliness myself. Toons of the World, be silly!

12345 said on April 4, 2017 at 1:02 PM
fun fun fun

lanie mia 7 said on April 4, 2017 at 1:03 PM
fun

popcorn6 said on April 4, 2017 at 1:13 PM
Gaszoks

popcorn6 said on April 4, 2017 at 1:15 PM
Have a good day!

BEHAPPY said on April 4, 2017 at 1:18 PM
BEHAPPY

Kaybob said on April 4, 2017 at 1:50 PM
awesome

May said on April 4, 2017 at 3:13 PM
One of my *bark bark* favorite Toonidays! But I've talked too *neigh* much! I'm getting horse!

Crescent said on April 5, 2017 at 10:16 AM
Yes! I already feel the crazy!

Lady Mo Mo Tenderfinger said on April 5, 2017 at 4:52 PM
OMG!! I LOVE THIS SILLNES!!! Is Gearte

Micro Mad Hatter said on April 6, 2017 at 12:17 AM
OMG YES THE GOLFING IS BACK! THE C.E.O. GOLFING IS BACK! THANK YOU SO MUCH TOONTOWN!! Oh, and yes. Please keep Sir Max tied up. Don't want an invasion of butterflies! Toons of the World, UNITE!

Sneezy Honeyflap said on April 6, 2017 at 4:57 PM
I swear, these mailboxes are just cogs in disguise.

Zavitanker said on April 7, 2017 at 6:23 AM
Well, with the stuff going on around here, it's more than funny. It's HILARIOUS! =D

Barney Wondersnout said on April 7, 2017 at 4:49 PM
By the way I think the silliness is TOTALLY coming from the SILLY METER.

wintersnow1014 said on April 7, 2017 at 6:38 PM
That is just crazy!

ahmad said on April 7, 2017 at 7:11 PM
happy April fools week

lizzie said on April 8, 2017 at 12:44 PM
OMG, i am so excited to start playing
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