Mad Television Tycoon

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• Patch Notes·3 Sept 2026Official

  Update: EA2026-07-24A / 09-03A

  __ EA2026-07-24A / 09-03A ____________________■ You can now produce sequels to movies and new seasons of TV series and shows in the film studio.■ An icon will now appear on the right side of the screen to indicate whether the current TV show is trending or unpopular.■ Film Studio: The subgenre is now factored into the film ratings.■ Film Studio: The actors genre is now included in the film ratings.■ Film Studio: If you select the “Cartoon” genre, some film crews will be disabled, and you can then select the animation studio.■ Film Tooltips: For cartoons, “Voice Actor” is now displayed instead of “Cast Member.”■ Game Options: You can now set the game so that you have unlimited space in the archive.■ Film Studio: If “Cartoon” is selected as the main genre, “Voice Actor” is now displayed in the cast list.■ New movies, series, and shows have been added.■ Balance: Production costs for shows have been reduced.■ Balance: Prices for shows have been reduced.■ Bug: Sometimes you couldn't take your finished film out of the film studio.■ Bug: Sometimes, production wasn't halted when you picked up your finished film from the film studio.■ Bug: In the archive, \ was displayed twice for old shows.■ Bug: If you bought a movie in the Movie Store, another movie has also disappeared from the list.■ Bug: Sometimes you could use advertising contracts that you already had on file.■ Bug: Fixed a few errors in the movie database. ■ Bug: (Broadcast Schedule) Sometimes, the text indicating the status of pirated copies doesn't disappear even after you've replaced the program.■ Bug: If you changed the UI scaling, the bar indicating the current time was not positioned correctly in the broadcast schedule tooltip.■ Bug: The “Exit Game” button was no longer working in the start menu.■ Bug: You could no longer delete save games from the Start menu.
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• Patch Notes·22 Jul 2026Official

  Update: EA2026-07-10A / 22A

  __ EA2026-07-10A / 22A ______________________■ Three new genres added (cartoon, erotic and historical film)■ The programme overview tooltip now also displays the number of blocks and highlights the current time in colour.■ (Custom game) The feature where new TV stations are randomly created when a TV station goes out of business now works.■ The game's start menu now includes buttons to set a random name and logo for the TV channels.■ (Custom Game): You can now set the film studio’s production speed.■ (Custom Game): The daily licence fees are no longer linked to the difficulty level, but can be set by the user.■ When you hover the mouse pointer over the channel buttons on the TV, today's schedule is displayed. This feature can be disabled in “Custom Game.” Starting at the “Hard” difficulty level, you can no longer view the opponents' schedule.■ NPCs can now enter the shop and buy items there.■ If a pirated copy is in poor condition, the test family produces unhappy smileys.■ When you start a new game, the current trend is now chosen at random.■ Bug: When music or talent shows were broadcast, the test family was not shown.■ Bug: The NPCs have never rented satellites.■ Bug: Random events that affected the purchase price of movies and TV shows also influenced the daily licensing costs.■ Bug: (Film studio) The button for selecting a random screenshot wasn’t working properly.■ Bug: (Film Studio) It was possible that the genre and the subgenre were the same.■ Bug: Fixed several display errors that occurred when the Deutsche Mark was selected as the currency. ■ Bug: Once you've aired a movie, the “actuality” of the pirated copy on the pirated market remained at 100%.■ Bug: (Office) In the broadcast statistics, the channel names were not updated when they were changed.
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• Patch Notes·8 Jul 2026Official

  Update: EA2026-06-19B & 07-08A

  __ EA2026-07-08A ________________________________________■ Pirated copies now have a condition. The more often you send them, the worse their condition becomes.■ You can now set an infinite amount of money in “Custom Game.”■ The opening hours for the rooms are now displayed as tooltips in the elevator menu. ■ People now watch TV for longer periods of time on the weekend. As a result, viewership ratings are significantly higher late at night on the weekend.■ Added a new random event. (Solar Storm)■ The day is now displayed in the broadcast schedule.■ (Movie tooltip) The rarity descriptions are now easier to read.■ The hotkey is now displayed in the tooltips for game speed.■ Bug: (Multiplayer) Shop items did not work on clients.■ Bug: (Multiplayer) Animation speeds for walking animations were not transmitted correctly to clients.■ Bug: (Multiplayer) The “Add All Items” button in the Waste Disposal section did not work for clients.
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• Patch Notes·18 Jun 2026Official

  Update: EA2026-06-03A / 18A

  __ EA2026-06-03A / 18A ___________________________■ You can now enter the store. Three items are already available for purchase.■ (Marketing) A viewer poll can now be launched to find out what the next trend will be.■ (Mod) The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia have been added as film production countries.■ To be eligible for an award for your own films, shows and series, the programme must now have been broadcast at least once.■ (Broadcast schedule): You can now hide movies, TV series, and shows that are already in the schedule and rental films.■ You can now filter films and TV series in the programme schedule by “all” age ratings.■ (Film tooltip) You can now see the purchase price for live events, rental films, shows, pirated copies and production costs for in-house programmes.■ (Advertisement tooltip) The required audience share, expressed as a percentage, is now calculated using the coverage area of the transmission masts and ‘satellites’.■ Bug: (In-house production) If you selected a screenshot that was in the ‘USER’ folder, the ‘No Signal Screenshot’ was displayed.■ Bug: If you had the rating menu for your own productions open and the day ended, the mouse controls stopped working.■ Bug: The AI has only broadcast one episode of a multi-episode live event series.■ Bug: (Multiplayer) The office update to reduce transmission tower costs did not work for clients.■ Bug: If you wanted to hire a satellite but cancelled the action whilst it was still being prepared, the timer would still be displayed.■ Bug: (Multiplayer) Waste disposal did not work for clients.
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• Patch Notes·28 May 2026Official

  Update: EA2026-05-21A / 28A

  __ EA2026-05-21A/ 28A _____________________________________■ The TV station’s special genre is now calculated only once at the start of each day. In addition, a message box appears when a new special genre is selected.■ (Random events): Pirated video tapes may now contain a different movie than the one you purchased.■ You can now hide pirated copies in the broadcast schedule.■ If a show is outdated, it now displays 10% actuality instead of 100%.■ Mod: If a screenshot of a movie cannot be loaded, a “No Signal” screenshot will appear on the TV.■ Bug: In the custom game, you could mistakenly set the broadcast time to 25:00.■ Bug: (Multiplayer) In multiplayer, not all players left the room after two hours or when the room was closed.■ Bug: (Multiplayer) When a player left a room, it generated an unnecessary amount of network traffic.■ Bug: If you chose a new destination while exiting the elevator, your character would be teleported.■ Bug: News items could be sorted by the unused ‘Rating’ value.■ Bug: The live event penalty icon was not shown transparently when no live event was airing.
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