Idol Manager on consoles (digital download) has just launched on Aug 25th!

Future Updates

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Gameplay

• Removing an idol from a room won't disable the auto practice setting in this room. However, the idol that you removed won't get picked up for any auto practice for 1 minute.
  

Bugs

• Fixed: Idol salary getting stuck at ¥1,000 when using +/- buttons
  
• Fixed: Popup for manually changing idol salary not displaying any text in Japanese and Chinese versions
  
• Fixed: Idols that work in a cafe could show up in multiple rooms at the same time
  

Mods

• You can now create custom auditions. Use this dialogue effect (available in the latest version of the editor):
  Meta -> Custom Audition -> IDs of unique idols separated with spaces (at least one idol, up to five)
  You can check how it works in the updated Unique Idol Example Mod
  

UI

• Relationship notifications don't block event text anymore
  

Bugs

• Fixed: BGM sometimes not looping
  

Mods

• You can now set which voice your custom idols should use
  
• Use parameter "vo_default" (you can check updated Unique Idol Example mod on Steam Workshop)
  
• Possible values: Idol01-Idol06, Amami, Aya, Azumi, Dance, Doctor, Fujie, Fujimoto, Intern, Kato, Music, Office, RivalF, RivalM, Sawamura, Shimizu, Style, Tanaka, Yuzuru
  
• Keep in mind that some of these characters don't have a full set of sounds
  

Gameplay

• A warning will be displayed if you don't have enough idols or staffers for the next story event
  

Bugs

• Fixed: Context menu for idol's auto practice setting always showing visual traits as not selected
  
• Fixed: Changing single's title when digital only release is selected would make the quantity field visible
  
• Fixed: Projected attendance of a concert not changing after adding/removing songs
  
• Fixed: Levelling up Performance to level 10 on Unfair difficulty was impossible (requirement for concert attendance was higher than venue's max capacity)
  
• Fixed: Bankruptcy warning in the money tooltip still showed up after getting finances into the black
  
• Fixed: Not being able to click anything after getting one of the endings and then loading a save file
  
• Fixed: One of the Phantasm Facade events sometimes not triggering
  
• Fixed: Popup for random event outcomes sometimes appeared with the text scrolled to the bottom
  
• Fixed: Single Formation popup showing idols from the previous formation for a second
  
• Fixed: It was possible to add one idol to the formation twice
  
• Fixed: Scandal points counter could display wrong value after getting new scandal points
  
• Fixed: Full scandal points tooltip didn't show up after loading a game until your number of scandal points changed
  
• Fixed: Some of the random events outcomes added/removed a wrong number of fans (bunny costume, game otaku, old photos)
  
• Fixed: Elections popup - removed the "lock" icon from the single selection button
  
• Fixed: Tooltip with the information about accident chances during a concert was hidden
  

Mods

• Custom BGM songs will play one after another instead of looping until the next event
  
• Fixed: Mods that added custom BGM music caused a memory leak
  

Bugs

• Fixed: Sales chart getting stuck on the same month after playing for a long time
  
• Fixed: Not being able to hire Aya when playing in Russian
  
• Fixed: Music gallery sometimes not working in Russian and Brazilian Portuguese
  
• Fixed: Credits showing old text from the beta
  
• Fixed: The game could sometimes use a random name for the main rival group
  
• Fixed: Single production cost not updating after changing marketing
  
• Fixed: Pushes not saving/loading
  
• Fixed: Stats screen could wrongly display "Bankruptcy" and "Scandal" endings as locked
  
• Fixed: Cloud saves not working on Linux
  

Misc

• Added more backer names to the credits
  
• Added Thai font
  

Gameplay

• Increased speed at which staffers gain experience
  
• Idols that you hire as staffers will have better skills
  
• "Release Single" button will be orange while there's a penalty for releasing singles too often
  
• You don't need to start the game with tutorial enabled to get the "Where do I know that name from?" achievement anymore
  
• Performance improvements in "new day" calculations for players with lots of idols
  
• "Influence" skill of player's staff character:
  
  
  
  • Socializing cooldown reduced by (player's influence skill / 2) days
    
  • Bonus to the amount of influence points you get over your idols
    
  • Bonus to flirting success chances
    
  
  

Bugs

• Fixed: One of the CGs not unlocking (If you needed it for an achievement, you should get it after opening the CG gallery)
  
• Fixed: "We only hire the best" achievement unlocked when you hired a "professional" staffer instead of an "expert"
  
• Fixed: A dating event in Shibuya could freeze if the idol's "cute", "cool", "sexy" and "pretty" skills are maxed out
  
• Fixed: New rival groups being generated with empty names after playing for a long time
  
• Fixed: Story rival groups releasing singles in post-game
  
• Fixed: It was possible to avoid socialization cooldown by using the idol context menu
  
• Fixed: Jankiness when spamming mouse clicks during a concert
  
• Fixed: Idol getting bullied again right after you stopped bullying
  

Mods

• You can now replace gameplay music with other tracks from the game or your own .wav files, check the example mod for instructions
  
• Unique idols: New parameter "can_be_hired_again" in params.json; Set it to true if you want this idol to appear in auditions again after her graduation
  
• Fixed: Auditions freezing if default idols are disabled and you run out of unique idols to hire
  

Gameplay

• Idols will now slowly drain mental stamina if you pay them below minimum wage (¥20,000 /w, only on normal and unfair difficulties)
  

Bugs

• Fixed: Achievements not unlocking ("Sweeter than vanilla", "Parfection!", "Giga-pancake", "Beating like a hammer")
  
• Fixed: Not getting any "sexy" business proposals
  
• Fixed: Final event of Chapter 2 not triggering if the center of your #1 single graduated
  
• Fixed: One of the events of Chapter 2 not starting properly (being stuck on the office background)
  
• Fixed: Spa tooltip not updating as soon as the value changes
  
• Fixed: Theater stats not saving/loading
  
• Fixed: Save/load menu and Continue button not working if there's a corrupted auto save file
  
• Fixed: It was possible to set idol salaries so high that they'd start paying you instead
  
• Fixed: Removed "buzz" from business proposal tooltips (it used to be a resource in old versions)
  
• Fixed: One of the graduation messages showed [date] instead of the actual date
  
• Fixed: Song name generator ignored one of the sets of words
  
• Fixed: Stylists displaying their max stat lower than it actually is
  
• Fixed: Various small fixes in jp and cn localizations
  

Mods

• Unique idols: You can now set stat value but ignore stat potential and vice versa. The missing value will be generated randomly instead of being 0.
  
• Fixed: Custom random event illustrations not working
  
• Fixed: Playing with a texture mod then disabling the mod could break the save file
  
• Fixed: It was possible to create an event that would trigger itself in a loop, making the save file so large the game would stop launching.
  
  If you can't find your save file in the game, this probably happened to you.
  
  Check if your save file is bigger than 15mb
  PC - C:\Users\*username*\AppData\LocalLow\Glitch Pitch\Idol Manager\data\story_mode
  MAC - ~/Library/Application Support/Glitch Pitch/Idol Manager/data/story_mode
  
  The file is probably filled with copies of something like the code on the screenshot. You can just delete the repeating code and it should work again. Or you can send me the file (contact@idolmanager.net) and I'll see if I can fix it.
  
  

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