The Simpsons: Tapped Out Thanksgiving 2014/"Covercraft" episode tie-in content update

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Thanksgiving 2014/"Covercraft" episode tie-in content update was released on November 20, 2014. It was 13.7MB, and a cross between a mini-event and an episode tie-in. An update was later pushed to add Black Friday deals for premium items, where a certain amount of donuts were rebated on items.

The "Thanksgiving" menu in the store was unlocked after completing the "myPad" quest and starting the "Thanksgiving Season 2014" quest. Its description stated, "Thanksgiving has landed! For a limited time, get all the Thanksgiving items here!".

The episode tie-in content was available until 8am GMT on November 25, 2014. The Thanksgiving content was available until December 2, 2014 at 8am GMT, at which point the event will end, as well as the Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals.

Black Friday Deals
''This section is on the Black Friday-Cyber Monday deals. For the gameplay involved with this mini-event, click here.''

On November 27, 2014, Thanksgiving, a 13.8MB in-game update was installed, file-named "v4_11_Thanksgiving2014_Patch2_PostLaunch", adding the Black Friday deals.

The Black Friday deals launched on November 28, 2014 at 8am GMT. There will be an offer to buy the Truckasaurus for on Cyber Monday, December 1, 2014.

Gil, upon entering your town and if there is a new rebate offer, spawned and said: "Check out our newest rebate offer!", at which point he appeared with the over his head, which upon tapping lead to the Black Friday menu, and he disappeared (In Krustyland, this lead to the "Characters" menu). On Cyber Monday, Gil appeared with over his head.


 * Note: You require the original amount of to purchase the item (the first number in the brackets), but only deducted the price in bold.

They’re Hotter Than H.E. Double Hockey Sticks!

 * Note: this quest is only triggered if the player purchases the Heimlich Machine.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 1

 * Requires Level 17.

Notifications

 * On November 22, 2014 at 12:04pm, this notification was pushed: "Rejoice! Thanksgiving is here with a special storyline, limited time items, and cranberry sauce in the shape of a can to kick off the Holidays!"

November 20 update ("v4_11_Thanksgiving2014_Patch1_PreLaunch")

 * Sourced from: TSTOTopix - "What Changed with the Thanksgiving/Covercraft update?"


 * Four new character groups were added: Regular Male, Regular Female, Premium Male, and Premium Female. These are used to send groups of characters to various tasks in the "Covercraft" episode tie-in quests.
 * The sound file "HOMER_JOB-GOOD1.caf" (the "D'oh" sound) was changed from playing when Homer gets assigned a good job to a bad job.
 * This update added the "Heimlich Machine", one frame of the animation of which, now altered, was found in the event.

November 21 update

 * The Mayflower is no longer limited-time, rectifying a change made in the original update.

November 27 update

 * The Thanksgiving Store-front image was re-added, as well as Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals. The Thanksgiving menu-section-image on the Store-Front's description has now been erroneously replaced with "Black Friday has landed! For a limited time, get all the black Friday items here!", which is the description for the Black Friday menu-section-image on the Store Front.
 * Players have encountered a glitch where the "Leftovers" quest will not trigger and Puritan Flanders' "Self Punish" task now required "(Null)*", disabling the task and rendering the task unusable. It also appears the one-time Outdoor Feast Table task "Host a Peace Feast for Puritan Flanders" for Sacagawea Lisa had disappeared as well.
 * Reportedly fixes the years-old Springfield General Hospital glitch that leaves many players without the ability to build it due to Chester's quests involving the building when it might not be built. It is unknown whether something has been fixed for players WITHOUT Chester.

November 28 update (13.8MB update)

 * Fixes "Leftovers" quest not triggering, due to in the original launch files for November 28th is labelled "Thanksgiving 2014 Deprecate Quests". It added a hidden "qst_CheckIfThanksgivingMeal02Complete_" quest in order for the "Leftovers" quest and the rest of the event questline to occur.
 * In the "Move/Build" menu, the River is textured with snow, like in the events.

December 1 update

 * Fixed glitch with Guitar Central where when you try to store it, instead of giving you the option to "Use", it displayed "*null".

Sources/References

 * Tapped Out News - 4.11 Update 7 – Thankgiving 2014
 * Tapped Out News - 4.11 Update 7 – Covercraft Episode Tie-In
 * Tapped Out News - 4.11 Update 8 - Promo Black Friday
 * Reddit.com - Tapped Out - [SPOILERS Black Friday Promo]
 * Reddit.com - Tapped Out - [SPOILERS Black Friday Promo]