Mark

This is a good idea I like it but dont have time to add to 1.2

Its well advanced, ive stopped them only as I didnt have time, ive been posting updates on the facebook page as its very easy for me to do so but ill start again soon.

The limit is 50 dates per tour, ill see if its easy to add more later this week but if it involves a lot of work it will have to wait. So its a fixed tour max limit of 50 not per leg.

Its a good idea but wont make 1.2 im afraid, no future features will come in this version, im just bug testing to get it ready for release. I will definatly consider this for a later version.

Awards are going to get some much needed attention in a later patch along with festivals. They have had their code changed and improved like every other part of the game but not feature wise.

In 1.2 you can have up to 50

The reason is simply down to speed. I'd be here for a while if I write exactly why but let me just say that I limited it to 50 due to the insane speed problems I can cause if I do not limit.

Hi thanks for the comments! To reply to your points. 1. I can add this sure. 2. Technically it should be to a degree but ill see what I can do filtering wise. Not sure if ive actually already done that ill need to double check. 3. Random artwork id love trust me I so would but its impossible. I'll be releasing more info on 1.2 soon.

This increases to 50 in 1.2

A good computer will perform fine but I have to consider lower spec machines and I use VM's to test this out.

The reason this was introduced was due to processing of data. Example. Database of 400 live acts, release around 3 singles a year with album. After 10 years thats 12000 individual sales being created for 130+ countries across physical cd and digital along with all the small stuff in the process. So I decided to limit it as much as I realistically could, so instead of a cd selling 100 copies it ultimately drops off the sales. Now with the new database slowly being integrated this will change there will probably be no releases which will ever be stop sold as its very powerful but this would only happen once I move artist/Band and all release information over to it, this is a very big task that isnt happening yet. So its all down to process speed ultimately and this was my way of trying to make it real in the process.

Promotion has been changed in 1.2 ill post more on it come near release. It will address most of your concerns.

Other parts of this im not prepared to announce yet. Expect to be flooded when its ready.

So the reason for the limitation is down to how many actually need more than the limit is. I could increase it but there are other factors involved. The database has a restriction to it so if lets just say as a stupid example but one to get the point across. The game has 100 bands, average band size is 5 500 artists from the artist pool are used. Now in 1.2 I introduce a new database a much much more powerful one but the artists and bands are not in it just yet and the reason for it is due to the large amount of time to migrate this code, ive moved a lot and that took a long time, artists and bands is a whole another level. The benefit of doing it later however is there is virtually no limit to how many artists there can be and there will be next to no speed increase, in fact I would predict a very big speed improvement. Current list of band combo's in 1.2 DJ & Singer 2 Piece Rap Group 3 Piece Rap Group 3x Pop Group 4x Pop Group 5x Pop Group 1x Singer 1x Guitarist 1x Bassist 1x Drummer 1x Singer 1x Guitarist 1x Drummer 1x Singer 1x Guitarist 1x Bassist 1x Drummer 1x Keyboard 1x Singer 1x Guitarist 1x Bassist 1x Keyboard 1x Singer 2x Guitarist 1x Bassist 1x Drummer 1x Singer 1x Bassist 1x Drummer 1x Singer 1x Bassist 1x Piano 1x Singer 1x Bassist 1x Piano 1x Guitarist 1x Singer 1x Bassist 1x Piano 1x Synthesizer 1x Singer 1x Bassist 1x Synthesizer Instrument/skills Singer Drummer Rapper DJ Bassist Guitarist Piano Saxophone Trumpet Banjo Cello Violin Synthesizer

The only limit the game has is max of 5/6 artists in a band. Ive added a load of new instrument/role types. The only restriction is what has been inputted into the editor, so be it 1 singer, 1 dj etc I'll see if I can remember to post whats in the new editor a bit later

Each artist can do other things, guitar etc but how its exactly used I am not too sure yet. Ive added it to be used later. Artists can be marked up as writers and producers this time however.

It makes sense but it wont make 1.2. I want to see just how common it becomes.

Promotion can be automated in 1.2. Its an area where I see a good amount of expansion.

Some nice points and suggestions. Tours has been redone so ill take another look at it when back from work to see what I can do.

Nice thank you. I will put them into the game late next week to see how they look as im off to work for 4 days shortly. Some images due to colours dont work so well but its not consistant so ill put them in and see how it does.

Making an online version would be amazing and I would really enjoy it but its a big undertaking and until all the database changes etc are settled by around 1.4 or 1.5 I cannot even consider it but I will be looking at this in the future.

If you look in the Images/Backgrounds folder these all work fine. They were heavily compressed but as it works like a glazed image its not a problem. The width of 1.2 is 1200x700

Contracts were redone in 1.2 hopefully this sorts out email problems, it appears to have. You now have a shortlist feature where you can keep track of artists so that appears to be what you're asking for. Mails about other artists will only come now if they're on your shortlist, which will cut down on amount of mails you get. Thanks for the nice words, I am taking away a lot of the icons etc in this version to simplify it and backgrounds have been reworked too. The game isnt graphical so I should be ok but if you can make some nice backgrounds then I'd certainly welcome it!

I cannot risk being sued so what you see in the editor is just for hiatus and nothing more. Artists taking drugs etc etc wont be coming its just too risky for me. It might be something I can get into the editor for users to add but ill need to put some thought into it.

The single is nominated on its genre, the album on its genre also. In 1.2 you can specify the album genre based off of whats on it. So if you have pop and dance you can only classify it as pop or dance.