Update: 21 August, 2012, Tuesday

Developer News   2012-08-21

Tweaks to death by inactivity The new adoption and custody request systems solved a lot of troubles that we had in the old version. However, we have seen a few unneccessary deaths of kids in V2, when the request wasn't made 4 weeks before the parent died of inactivity. As of now, we're trying to prevent this by making sure that kids aren't "retired" until five days after their parent. That should give the system time to automatically accept any pending requests. Expect that to occur within 24 hours of the parent's death.

16th August, 2012, Thursday

Developer News   2012-08-16

The Old Automatic Tour Bus Movements Roughly two weeks from now, on the third of September, we'll deactivate the old system for automatically moving tour buses.   This means that anyone who's still relying on automatic touring preferences from the old version of the game should consider activating the automatic transports in the new version instead. The automatic tour bus system in the new version makes life much easier on the road. The travel times are shorter, band members can tag along, they aren't limited to specific city connections, and they are no longer a VIP only option. So there aren't that many reasons left to continue using the old system. Thanks for listening and making the change as soon as possible to avoid interruptions to your touring schedule.

8th August, 2012

Developer News   2012-08-08

Competitions & Fame Like discussed and voted on in the forum a while back ago we've decided to remove the effects on fame and media from competitions. We made this decision to prevent competitions from being used as monotonous tools for harvesting fame and fortune. We think competitions should be held as fun loving social events or to settle personal vendettas instead. The time has finally come to act on this decision.   Here's how the effect on media and fame will be removed from competitions: A month from now on September 8 the effects will be reduced 50%. Two months from now on October 8 the effects will be gone completely. The negative effects on fame for "losers" were removed this morning. Keep in mind that this won't affect fame and media gained from festivals and their qualifiers. What!? Another festival is in the works? YES! When the leaves have fallen to the ground and the harsh winter is looming around the corner.

Update: Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Developer News   2012-07-03

Notifications not working properly? Make sure to reload a few times in your browser. CTRL + R for most Windows browsers, and Command + R for Mac. The reason for this is that sometimes, local ("cached") versions of our resource files (containing code that runs in your browser) are used instead of newer ones. So. Make a habit of reloading once a week, and especially if stuff doesn't work like it used to.

Update 28-06-2012

Developer News   2012-06-28

Prepare yourself for a keyless world In a not so distant future, all apartments will have their locks changed to a keyless system. Instead of using keys, you'll give your friends and family a personal pass code. Since the system is wired to the net, you can add and remove the codes from anywhere in world. If you own an apartment, you can start preparing your access lists already. Actually, those you add to it will be able to enter your home from within Popmundo 2.0.

Update... June 26, 2012

Developer News   2012-06-26

Request sole custody The ability for mothers to request sole custody of fatherless children has now been added. If the father does not acknowledge the child within the its first two years, the mother may visit the court house and request sole custody of it. Please note that this is a Popmundo 2.0 only feature. Also: due to technical reasons, we have now removed the ability to adopt and request paternity tests in Popmundo 1.0. Any pending adoptions in the old system has been cancelled.

Developer News   2012-06-26

Regarding Ticket Limits From now on shows booked in Popmundo 2.0 will have a ticket limit of 10,000. That way nobody will have to worry about the tedious task of altering ticket limits anymore. For now, this won't cost clubs anything. In september however, the clubs will automatically be charged for the "ticket limit costs" at the time of the show. The costs will then be based on the actual audience that showed up for the performance.   NOTE: Shows booked in the old version of the game will still be subject to the old way of dealing with ticket limits.

Developer News   2012-06-25

Adoptions and paternity stuff in P1 going offline It's becoming obvious that our adoption- and paternity request systems are at war. Therefore, we will shut down the option to perform them in P1 in a few days time.

Update June 18, 2012, Monday

Developer News   2012-06-18

Another go att proper screen reader support We've just released an updated version of our status bars and star indicators, which hopefully should work better with screen readers (used by people with impaired vision). Go to your Account details page, click "Content settings" and enable "Impaired vision support". That way, JAWS should be able to properly tell you the values of status bars and star indicators. Everyone should make sure to hit CTRL + R (PC) or Shift + Command + R (Mac) to refresh the CSS and JS files.