Rising Star 2 News

2.13.171 - March 5, 2021 (RC1 pre-live Windows only)
BUG FIXES:
• Old "watch gig" reminders are now removed from the calendar when days pass, to prevent error when clicking an old one.
• Removed "Force Performance" checkbox for busking instruments.
MISCELLANEOUS:
• Allow keyboard players to busk.
• Added "Grandpa's Synth" for keyboard busking.
• Broke down battle scores display into Performance and Fan scores, so you can see how much of the total scores were derived from each.
• Changed starting clothing to be a gray T-shirt and blue skinny jeans, so you can see the character's figure better when designing body appearance.
• Monetarily bad random events no longer happen in the first 90 days.
• Allow previously released contract songs to be on new contract releases in different regions.
• Limit theaters to 6 per city max.
• Create all the homes in each city.

2.13.170 - March 4, 2021 (pre-live)
BUG FIXES:
• Fixed royalties calculation bug that was resulting in taking too much royalty pay away from the band and giving to former band members that contributed to the CD.
• Fixed "snapping" issue with portrait-oriented imported photos when placing on wall.
MISCELLANEOUS:
• Fixed lighting glitches in Home 2 (the bird house).

2.13.169 - March 4, 2021 (pre-live Windows only)
BUG FIXES:
• Fixed bug where gigs in theaters and arenas could get set to 0 pay when another band offers the gig to you.
• Fixed disappearing odd-jobs when traveling to a different city then returning to the original city.
• Fixed bug that was preventing new musicians from appearing in music store bulletin boards when you're more than a couple years into the game.
MISCELLANEOUS:
• Improved the venue:bands ratio in cities, and made changes to logic for booking NPC bands, to have a better spread of bands in small bars & clubs. Existing games will still use the old counts since the world is already populated.
• Changed maximum song idea values to scale up linearly with music/lyrics writing skills, instead of exponentially. This makes better ideas possible with lower songwriting skills, though they are still more rare than lower score ideas.
• Fixed texture on hanging speakers in theaters and arenas. They were appearing red instead of black.

2.13.168 - March 2, 2021 (pre-live Windows only)
MISCELLANEOUS:
• No longer ignore possible contract offers from small labels if your band is popular enough for larger label offers.
• Logic tweak to make it harder for computer bands to get signed, which may increase the available budget for labels to offer more contracts to player band.
• For contracts that require a specific producer, added an option to receive a smaller recording advance to remove that requirement. Good for self-producing bands or established bands that don't need large advances, reducing the recoup costs.
• Show popularity color/arrows on attitudes on musician profile screen.
• Include the band's earnings for each CD on the weekly sales report dialog.
• Darkened the main menu guitarist's skin tone, because he's not supposed to look like a white dude.
BUG FIXES:
• Fixed bug where playing a low-energy song when high-energy is popular resulted in using more audience energy instead of restoring it.
• Fixed bug with first-person controller not animating in hotel if you check in, then go to another first-person scene then return to the hotel.
• Fixed bug that allowed saving over an existing owned CD or banner design.
• Fixed issue where the hotel's living room mirror wouldn't work properly if you went into the bedroom then exited using X, then re-entered the hotel room.
• Equipment details now refresh when the the selected musician changes, so the bonuses are updated for the selected musician.
• Changed phone call wording "I'm keeping my eyes peeled for another gig..." to "I'm keeping my eyes peeled for a gig...", just in case your band hasn't ever played a gig with the calling band.
• Fixed bug that prevented Top 1/10/100 award not given when album reaches that chart position during vacation.
• Fixed lighting issues in venues that could happen if you're currently checked into a hotel or motel.

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