Mid Week Update

Studio Decisions — decision inbox

Studio Decisions is now your cross-tab decision inbox. Choices that used to hide on other tabs show up here so you can resolve them without hunting around the empire.

What appears here

• Console War events (e.g. Viral Moment on Hardware)

• Property maintenance pay/defer calls (Real Estate)

• Car recall fix vs patch (Car Manufacturer)

• Project salvage offers (after dismissing the modal)

• Internal politics events

• Leadership retirement / external-offer decisions

How it works

• Resolve inline on Studio Decisions with the same buttons as before

• Optional “View on {tab} →” link for context on the original screen

• Origin screens still show the same decisions — nothing was removed

• Tab badges on Studio Decisions, Hardware, and Car Manufacturer when relevant

• Dashboard Hotlist count and a “N decisions waiting” strip when anything is pending

Blocking modals for salvage, internal events, and leadership still appear on first trigger; Studio Decisions is the persistent backup if you close or miss them.

Passion Projects / Side Businesses

Pin your side businesses to the sidebar

You can now pin the ventures you’re actively running to a My Ventures section in the left sidebar for one-click access.

What you can pin

• All owned passion projects from Mogul Profile (Racing Team, Football Club, Golf Club, Real Estate, Wine Cellar, etc.)

• Airline Manager — once you’ve founded your airline, it appears as its own card on Mogul Profile with the same pin control

How it works

• Go to Empire → Mogul Profile and click the pin icon on any owned venture card

• Pinned ventures show in My Ventures on the left, using your custom names (club name, airline name, portfolio title, etc.)

• Click a pinned venture to jump straight to its management screen

• Right-click a pinned venture in the sidebar, or click the pin again on the card, to unpin

• Pin up to 5 ventures at a time

• Pins are saved with your game, each playthrough keeps its own favourites

• Selling a passion project removes it from the sidebar automatically

Contracts, Cargo & Workforce

Airline Manager is now an operations business, not just a route network.

Commercial contracts

• New Contracts tab with Charters, Cargo, and Vendors

• Weekly offer board: sign charter passenger deals and cargo contracts (freighter-only or belly cargo on spare pax capacity)

• Weekly A–F grading with bonuses, penalties, and contract failure if requirements are missed twice

• Assign aircraft from the offer wizard or the active contracts table

Vendor deals

• Four supplier slots: ground handling, catering, engineering/MRO, HR outsourcing

• Budget / Standard / Premium tiers with different fees and modifiers (on-time, CSAT, meal/crew/maintenance costs)

• Compare and sign via Contracts → Vendors

Workforce

• New Workforce tab for flight crew, cabin crew, ground ops, and engineering

• Hire or reduce headcount; set recruitment channel and quality target

• Staffing score affects on-time performance and contract grades

Elsewhere

• Overview P&L: charter income, cargo income, vendor fees, payroll, training/safety spend, penalties

• AddedFleetmission labels (Route / Charter / Cargo / Available)

• Map: amber contract lines (dashed = offers, solid = active)

• New freighters in the catalog (S737F, A330F, S777F)