EA 0.5

Movie Attribute Overhaul

• Added a new 22-attribute movie system to give films more personality, strategy, and replay value

• Movies can now have up to 4 attributes based on budget, stature, runtime, cast, franchise context, and other production factors

• Player studios can now choose attributes during production

• Film Format traits are now tied directly into format selection

• Added a new Movie Attributes picker for non-format traits

• AI studios now generate attributes for original movies, sequels, and Industry productions

• Movie attributes now influence demand, pricing tolerance, ratings, concessions, merch, format requirements, presentation fit, and popularity

Studio Distribution Improvements

• Player studio movies can now receive licensing offers throughout their theatrical run window instead of only around opening week

• The Movies panel now refreshes more reliably in multiplayer when studio terms and movie data arrive separately

• AI theatre buyers now do a better job evaluating player studio movies before signing deals

• AI buyers now account for current studio deal load and give underserved player studios a better chance to land deals

• AI buyers now re-score movie options after each signing so deal distribution feels more natural

Multiplayer Improvements

• Improved lobby password privacy

• Fixed player-to-player trade and lease payments not settling correctly

• Fixed the Trade modal failing to open

• Improved multiplayer lobby labels, AI slot text, compatibility messaging, chat, saves, and leaderboards

• Added clearer review and confirmation flow for multiplayer trades

• Improved Discord and Steam invite handling

Studio Mode Fixes

• Fixed Studio Box Office showing the wrong weekly earnings

• Fixed studio loan interest being charged incorrectly

• Fixed several studio income, royalty, budget, wage, upkeep, and currency displays

• Improved studio campaign, distribution, talent, script, and soundstage information

• Improved the first-movie wizard flow and wording

• Improved studio navigation, studio modals, and weekly animation text

Scheduling Fixes

• Fixed controller schedule placements not being undoable

• Fixed Schedule Review remove buttons not working

• Fixed D-pad input changing ticket prices while the pause menu was open

• Improved schedule context menus, tooltips, icons, and controller access

• Improved schedule messages across supported languages

Controller & Steam Deck Improvements

• Fixed controller disconnects soft-locking players behind overlays

• Fixed PS button and touchpad inputs incorrectly moving UI focus

• Improved controller support for demo screens, lobby setup, chat, schedule actions, and modal choices

• Improved controller access to tooltips, dismiss buttons, drag-style actions, and confirmation prompts

Localization Improvements

• Improved localization across all supported languages

• Fixed missing or raw text in save slots, cloud conflicts, schedule messages, rival effects, rival events, PTO text, and demo messages

• Improved localization coverage for Studio, Theatre, Multiplayer, Memberships, achievements, research, tax letters, and concept pages

• Fixed mixed-language schedule and staff messages

• Improved Turkish virtual keyboard behavior

Economy & Balance Fixes

• Fixed 0% custom tax settings being treated as 10%

• Fixed projected staff wages not matching real weekly payroll

• Improved money displays, currency conversion, negative money formatting, and number formatting

• Improved expense reports so totals line up more clearly

• Improved marketing effect wording to use clearer percentage-based values

• Improved ticket pricing, concession pricing, and financial tip clarity

Reports & UI Improvements

• Fixed historical reports showing current-week information

• Standardized Weekly Report naming

• Improved report tips, expense breakdowns, satisfaction deltas, and financial labels

• Fixed several icons rendering incorrectly or appearing as raw text

• Improved active deal cards, deal chips, counteroffer expiry text, delivery timing, and affordability warnings

• Improved campaign, membership, research, construction, renovation, and maintenance panel clarity

Save & Cloud Fixes

• Fixed manual saves failing silently when storage limits were reached

• Fixed older autosaves incorrectly reporting that no save was found

• Fixed cloud conflict dialogs showing raw labels

• Improved save slot, autosave, quicksave, overwrite, and delete confirmation clarity

• Fixed startup and menu background behavior around cloud-sync delays

Achievements & Presence

• Fixed multiple theatre-tier achievements not unlocking correctly

• Fixed the Industry Titan achievement being unreachable

• Fixed Discord and Steam presence showing the wrong theatre tier

• Improved achievement localization coverage

General Bug Fixes

• Fixed animation speed toggles skipping or rewinding progress

• Fixed rival event logs showing the wrong victim or role

• Fixed menu background loops, resize issues, and startup callback behavior

• Fixed log handling when a second app instance opens from an invite

• Fixed overlapping locale switches applying the wrong language

• Fixed lifetime stats pluralization

• Fixed player names, theatre names, movie titles, studio names, and membership tier names breaking UI text

• Fixed tutorial checks, outdated tutorial copy, and misleading tutorial instructions

• Fixed many small UI, tooltip, modal, icon, report, deal, campaign, and formatting issues across Theatre, Studio, Industry, Multiplayer, and Demo modes