[Test saves]

For anybody who wonders what happened to that save:
 

 

Here we continue with a new save. 

I'm making a 90s db but I want to test how it goes.

First up:

Guns N Roses

 

I have to test how they would do with their skills and reputation. I'm also testing whether or not the putting on hiatus works if you make a retro mod.

[New save!]

3 minutes ago, TobyLouis said:

Theres cobwebs in here...

I'm waiting for the bug be resolved before picking this one up. I'll be doing a new test save soon in my other thread.

[Genre name editing]

Hi Mark. 

 

Not a bug but I feel you read the bugs threads more than you do the suggestions right now. (I could be wrong, my apologies)

Could you make the genre names editable please?

It would be great to replace Reggaeton with Grunge and some other things, like I could have Jazz instead of JPop or whatever.

 

Thanks.

[90s mod]

Who am I forgetting? 🙂

 

2Pac
2 Unlimited
4 Non Blondes (One Hit Wonder)
50 Cent
Aaliyah
Ace Of Base
Adele
Aerosmith
Afrojack
Alanis Morissette
Alicia Keys
Alien Ant Farm (One Hit Wonder)
Alice In Chains
All-4-One (One Hit Wonder)
All Saints
Amy Winehouse
Anastacia
Angie Stone
Annie Lennox
Aqua (One Hit Wonder)
Ariana Grande
Armin van Buuren
Army Of Lovers (One Hit Wonder)
Arrested Development
B-52s
Backstreet Boys
Beastie Boys
Beck
Beyoncé
Billie Piper
Billy Joel
Billy Ray Cyrus
Björk
Black Crowes
Blackstreet (One Hit Wonder)
Blind Melon (one Hit Wonder)
Bloodhound Gang
Blu Cantrell (One Hit Wonder)
Blur
Britney Spears
Bruno Mars
Bobby Brown
Bomfunk MC's (One Hit Wonder)
Bon Jovi
Bow Wow
Boyz II Men
Brandy
Bryan Adams
Bruce Springsteen (1990-still active)
Bush (One Hit Wonder)
Busta Rhymes
C&C Music Factory
CeCe Peniston (One Hit Wonder)
Celine Dion
Charles & Eddie (One Hit Wonder)
Charli XCX
Cher
Chic
Chris Isaak
Christina Aguilera
Christina Milian
Coldplay
Color Me Badd
Coolio
Counting Crows
Crazy Town (One Hit Wonder)
Craig David (One Hit Wonder)
Crowded House
Cypress Hill
Daft Punk
David Bowie (singer/songwriter) (1990-active until January 2016)
David Guetta
Dee-Lite (One Hit Wonder)
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Dido
Drake
Dr. Alban
Dr. Dre (rapper/writer/producer)
Duran Duran
EMF (One Hit Wonder)
Eminem (rapper/writer/producer) (active 1997-now)
Enrique Iglesias
En Vogue
Eric Clapton
Estelle
Evanescence
Eve
Extreme
Faith Hill
Faithless
Faith No More
Fatboy Slim
Fine Young Cannibals
Flo Rida
Gabrielle
Gala
Game (One Hit Wonder)
George Michael
Girls Aloud
Gloria Estefan
Green Day
Guns 'N Roses
Heavy D
Hillary Duff
Hole
House Of Pain (One Hit Wonder)
Iggy Azalea
Inner Circle (One Hit Wonder)
INXS
Jamelia
Jamiroquai
Janet Jackson
Jason Derulo
Jay-Z
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Paige (One Hit Wonder)
Jesus Jones
Jon Secada (One Hit Wonder)
Joss Stone
Junkie XL
Justin Bieber
Justin Timberlake
Kanye West
Katy Perry
Keane
Keith Sweat
Kelis
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Rowland
Kesha
KLF
Kris Kross
Kylie Minogue
Lady Gaga
Lana Del Rey
Las Ketchup (One Hit Wonder)
Lauryn Hill
Lenny Kravitz
Lil' Kim
Lil' Wayne
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Lionel Richie
Lisa Stansfield
LL Cool J
Los Del Rio (One Hit Wonder)
Lou Bega (One Hit Wonder)
Luis Fonsi
Macy Gray
Madonna (1990-still active)
Manic Street Preachers
Mariah Carey
Marky Mark (One Hit Wonder)
Maroon 5
Martika
Mary J. Blige
Massive Attack
MC Hammer (rapper/writer/producer)
MC Lyte (One Hit Wonder)
Meat Loaf
Metallica
Michael Bolton
Michael Jackson
Miley Cyrus
Milli Vanilli
Missy Elliott
Moloko
Monica
Montell Jordan (One Hit Wonder)
M People
Mr. Big (One Hit Wonder)
Natalia Imbruglia
Naughty By Nature
Nelly
Nelly Furtado
New Kids On The Block
New Radicals (One Hit Wonder)
Nickelback (One Hit Wonder)
Nicky Minaj
Nirvana
No Doubt
Oasis
One Republic
Outkast
Paula Abdul
Paul Young
Pavement
Pearl Jam
Peter Andre
Pet Shop Boys
Pharell Williams
Pink
Pitbull
Prince
Portishead
Puff Daddy
Pulp
Pussycat Dolls
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine
R.E.M.
Ricky Martin
Right Said Fred
Rihanna
R. Kelly
Robin S.
Robin Thicke
Rob Thomas
Queen
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Robbie Williams
Roxette
Salt 'N Pepa
Santana
Savage Garden
Seal
Sean Paul
Selena Gomez
Shaggy
Shakira
Shania Twain
Sheryl Crow
Shola Ama (One Hit Wonder)
Simply Red
Sinead O'Connor (One Hit Wonder)
Sir Mix-a-Lot (One Hit Wonder)
Sisqo
System Of A Down (One Hit Wonder)
Smashing Pumpkins
Snap
Snoop Dogg
Snow (One Hit Wonder)
Solid Harmonie
Soul Asylum (One Hit Wonder)
Soul II Soul (One Hit Wonder)
Soundgarden
Spice Girls
Spin Doctors (One Hit Wonder)
Sting
Sugababes
Take That
Taylor Swift
Tears For Fears
Technotronic
Tenacious D (One Hit Wonder)
Terence Trent D'Arby
The Afghan Whigs
The Cardigans
The Corrs
The Cranberries
The Offspring
The Rolling Stones
The Verve
The White Stripes
Thelonious Monster (One Hit Wonder)
Tiësto
Timbaland
Tina Turner
TLC
Tom Jones
Tom Petty
Toni Braxton
U2
UB40
Ugly Kid Joe
Underworld
Usher
Van Halen
Vanessa Carlton (One Hit Wonder)
Vanessa Williams
Vanilla Ice (One Hit Wonder)
Warren G
Weezer
Wheatus (One Hit Wonder)
Whitney Houston
Will.i.am
Will Smith
Wilson Phillips
Xzibit (One Hit Wonder)

[help with 64 bit?]

From google:

If you have a desktop or laptop running the 32-bit version, you can upgrade to the 64-bit version without acquiring a new license. The only caveat is that there is no in-place upgrade path to make the switch, making a clean installation of Windows 10 the only viable option.

 

[Song database suggestion]

Hello Mark. Hope you're doing well. Thanks for all your help. It's great.

 

I have a suggestion for the Song database (in-game).

What I mean is this:

 

My suggestion is this: could you add a filter to it, so that you can filter it by genre. 

Also would be nice if you could sort them by lyrical rating.

 

Thanks!

[New game, I start out with 3968 e-mails]

I'm not sure what happened but since then I started a few more saves and didn't have it. After three times in a row of having it.

[My artist doesn't show up in the yearly charts (USA)]

Just now, Mark said:

This is fixed in next patch. I had to rewrite some code, took two hours but got there.

I appreciate it. Thanks a lot.

[Album Sales In Unreleased Countries]

1 hour ago, Scotland2013 said:

Also, it wasn't released physically in any continent apart from europe

Maybe they mail-ordered it!! 🤣

 

But yeah no, because you were sold out in Europe.

[New save!]

Re-start!!!

Game: Hard

But don't get too excited... sigh. Because they still can't write simultaneously, even though I sent them all to different studios.

 

 

[Extremely long writing sessions]

I started a new save again. It's still as if they can't write simultaneously.

First the first report comes in, then he is finished, then the second starts and gets reported on, and finishes, and the third one is reported on.

I'm on March the 2nd now.

I made sure to send them all to different studios this time.

 

Thanks.

[Melody rating in the editor]

Hello Mark.

 

Can you please make it so that the melody rating is editable in the database?

I tried to make a perfect studio but the melody rating is off and I can't edit it.

 

Thanks.

[New save!]

Hmm. Jennifer Hudson's writer came back 12 February with 19 songs.

[Extremely long writing sessions]

So I restarted the same save on level Normal to see if it would make a difference but it didn't. 

I'm starting to think it has to do with sending them all to the same studio.

The order in which they finish writing is the same as the order on my screen.

I.e. the first one I sent on a writing session finished first, the second finished second, and so forth.

[New save!]

Screw playing on hard and 20 day writing sessions that take over 120 days. So I restarted on Normal.

 

I started with sending all on writing sessions again. Some on mixing sessions (to see what it does).

 

The same thing happened. I'm starting to think it's because I sent them all to the same studio.

 

 

 

[New save!]

I'm letting Anouk produce an album. 

The vocal producers available are all shitty:

So I'm not hiring one.

[New save!]

The writing sessions take extremely long.

Bruno Mars was done after 21 days or so.

Jennifer Hudson after 61 days.

It is now March 23rd in the game and Anouk just finished her writing session. That's 81 days.

She wrote 16 songs though!

[Extremely long writing sessions]

I started a new save. Start date 1/1/2021. Level Hard.

I play as an existing label with 12 artists.

I sent all of them on writing/mixing sessions on Day 1.

It is now March 3 (so 61 days later) and the second of those twelve writing sessions has just finished.

So 10 of them are still writing. 

I wonder if it is a bug or because this is level Hard. 

Thanks.

I'll update a bit later how long the sessions actually were when they are all finished.

[New save!]

It's 8 February on the game and only Bruno Mars has returned from his writing session (he wrote some bangers).

I wonder if it's a bug or because I am playing on level hard.

Writing sessions are supposed to last 20 days it's been like 38 days now since they started.

[Outstanding offers]

It would be nice if we could accept/decline offers in the e-mail/home screen. Would save a lot of clicks.

What I mean is an accept/decline button in this window:

 

Thanks.

[New save!]

Danny Vera has been asked as a spokesperson for London Pride lol.

And Beck for Pride in two cities.

[New save!]

I love playing with multiple artists but it is a lot of work. 

 

Sent them all on 20 day writing sessions except the DJ. He's mixing.

 

Hired 5 excellent staff for every department and optimized the working conditions in the office.

[Kylie Minogue]

Three releases within a month! Wow.

[New save!]

I apologize for the crosspost but I think this one deserves its own thread. It's much more fun than the other save I think.

 

NEW SAVE!

The label's reputation is 50 everywhere.

Artists:

Drew Goodman (Hip-hop): Rapper/DJ, One Hit Wonder, born in LA, 20 years old.

stats and reputations imported from Bruce Springsteen:

 

But he's a one hit wonder so we will see how that plays out.

 

I'm still curious how a country singer will work so here we have:

Jessie Parker (Country): Singer/Guitarist, born in Tulsa, 22 years old.

These are her abilities:

 

So she is professional and cute, patient and charismatic and responsible. But she isn't great at making music.

And she starts with 1 reputation everywhere.

 

I would like to add a band but I'm too lazy for to create like four people plus a band profile for it so I'm going to stick with solo artists.
 

But let's do a rocker:
 

Jason Jones (Rock/Pop Rock): Singer/Guitarist, born in Indianapolis, 34 years old.

50 reputation in USA, 35 in European countries and Canada, 20 in the rest.

Here's his profile:

 

So he's really a good musician.

 

And then a DJ:

D.J. Jurgen (Techno/Drum & Bass, EDM): DJ, born in Bremen, Germany, 19 years old.

Starts with 1 reputation everywhere.


Hozier (Indie):

Low reputation mostly everywhere.


Jennifer Hudson (R&B, Soul, Pop):

Great recording and live ability! Decent rep in the UK and Africa and Australia, but only 13 in the USA. 

 

Bruno Mars (R&B/Pop):

 

Anouk (Indie):

Dutch singer, 45 years old, kind of alternative. Very famous in Holland and Belgium (also here in the game), not much outside of it.

 

Danny Vera (Country/Rock/Blues) but blues isn't in the game...

 

Reputation of 60 in the Netherlands, 25 in Belgium, 20 in Germany, 1 elsewhere.

 

Warren Ziggy (Reggae): Singer/Keyboard, 26 years old from Jamaica.

Great artist with a great personality. But he only makes reggae. Maybe a little bit of indie. I don't know yet.

Reputation in Jamaica is 20, 5 in Africa and 1 in the rest of the world.

 

Beck (Indie/Country/Soul):

 

Rep is around 25 worldwide.

 

Jeff Francis (Punk): Singer/Guitarist, 23 years old from Seattle.

Strength of genres:

Hip-Hop: 40

Rap: 36

Country: 32

Rock: 34

Pop Rock: 35

Techno: 24

Drum & Bass: 20

Dance (EDM): 37

Indie: 33

R&B: 38

Soul: 25

Pop: 40

Reggae: 12

Punk: 15

 

Game played on level hard. Start date 01/01/2021.

I started with $50,000,000 so I can produce whatever and don't have to worry about production/promotion/distribution.

It's mainly a save to test out reputation and different genres.

 

Thanks for reading/following!

[New game, I start out with 3968 e-mails]

Started as an existing label (with 12 artists).

Edited RealArtists Database.

It doesn't make the game unplayable at all but I figured it's good to report it.