News Tower - Gameplay & encountered issues FAQ

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My production chain isn’t working. My typesetter is stuck in a line.

Make sure that all your food providers and toilets have resources. Your typesetter can get stuck in line due to a lack of resources.

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My chain isn’t working. My employee is just standing at the desk (broken desk).

It could be that your desk was broken by the mafia when they visited and you didn't have anybody to repair it. In this case, you should hire a repair utility employee and assign them to a workbench so they can get repairing!

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Is there a financial overview and where do I see my loan balance?

Yes, if you click on the money counter in the main HUD, it opens the finance menu.
The tutorial does refer to it when it advises you to take a loan.
The loan menu can also be found here and shows your loan balance.

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The Mafia asks for a purple tag, where do I find it?

This is a special mafia tag that doesn’t give sales. It can be found in normal news items that spawn on the globe. The tag will only spawn when an NPC quest is active. (All NPC factions have their own type.) The quest introduction gives a small hint about what category the tag can be found in.
The Mafia Quest “Time to start playing ball” tells about a sports event.
So, in this case, the Mafia tag will be in a sports category news item.

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My reporter just stands outside and isn’t coming in. (Protesters)

There might be protesters in front of your building which block reporters from entering the building and dropping off their reports at the typesetters.
make sure you hire security employees to remove the protesters from blocking your tower entrance.

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How do subscribers work?

Subscribers are just guaranteed newspaper sales for now.
As long as you at least print one newspaper, they will always buy it.
Where normal “loose” sales are based on the tag you printed.
We will upgrade this system a bit while in EA.

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In the content drawer I don't see the progress bars on my news items anymore.

At the top of the side drawer, you can see these arrows: you can toggle between showing the tags online, showing title and tags, or fully open with the sub item progression bars underneath.

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Part of my News item is ready but another sub part is still in progress. Can I stop that part and only print the already done part?

Yes! If you open the right content drawer, you can see the sub item progression bars underneath. On the far right side of every sub/story-file part, there is a trash bin icon to delete that part. It removes that sub part of the item.

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I'm experiencing issues with mouse controls in the game (e.g., unable to drag and drop items, difficulty interacting with the interface, buttons flickering).

We've observed that certain controllers, particularly joysticks, throttles or racing wheels, can interfere with mouse controls in News Tower. If you encounter control issues, we recommend unplugging these controllers to see if it resolves the problem.

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Is it possible to continue a game started in the demo version?

Save games from the demo version are fully compatible with the base game and can be loaded into the Early Access version!
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Can't find your save?

There's an autosave of your latest print at the top of the load game list!!
For now, there is only a single autosave card for now, meaning that if you print in a different save game, it'll overwrite that other autosave.
We know it is not optimal, and we will soon improve it :)

[[SOT]bar10dr]

Needs a way to skip all the chat bubbles, especially for the intro, for those that just want to play and not read a billion lines of text.

[[CPC] Zenodius]

Great game concept, but it really miss a section to see our actual employees and their skills.

If it's added, i will buy the game with great pleasure !

[Causus]

Originally posted by CPC Zenodius:

Great game concept, but it really miss a section to see our actual employees and their skills.

There is such just click current jobs or so.. but sorting is definitely needed there.

[kilotangoalpha]

Dev -

Please add an option to change cursor size or change the design on your end. The large cursor occludes help/flavor text I need to see. xo Thanks

[Stefan]

The stash option which you showed in one of your videos is not included in the full game version. Will it be, if so, when?

[[CPC] Zenodius]

Originally posted by Causus:

Originally posted by CPC Zenodius:

Great game concept, but it really miss a section to see our actual employees and their skills.

There is such just click current jobs or so.. but sorting is definitely needed there.

Thanks i've found it. Effectively, a way to sort employee by type and skill is needed, it isn't understandable here.

[jm_]

Pls, add autosave at the end of the day

[susplayz]

I never can find the purple tagss!!!!

[[CPC] Zenodius]

Originally posted by jessbasta84:

I never can find the purple tagss!!!!

Ni need to !!!!ing us or the dev.

Purple tags are rare, so it's normal they are rarier. Maybe try to have better reporter.

[aifkerenz]

Sometimes when I am moving inventory from place to place my cursor would be stuck in the holding inventory symbol and I could not click on anything using my mouse.

[andreyesman]

How does the editor desk work?

[Johnnybon]

Big Gamebreaking Bug.

If I am placing a wallpaper and hold down the mouse button, but use Escape to cancel out before placing, I am stuck with the placement 'pinch' cursor, and cannot use any prompts, click, save, or quit

[Madoka]

why is the top menu too small ? and why is it stuck at portrait ? I cant see ♥♥♥♥

[ttreger]

I completed the entire launch version of the game and loved it, but there are definitely some things that need to be balanced. Specifically, the tower either needs to be significantly wider, or floors need to be much cheaper. The narrow tower completely bottlenecked my progression after I got through 1931.

[Sparrow Night]

Originally posted by Johnnybon:

Big Gamebreaking Bug.

If I am placing a wallpaper and hold down the mouse button, but use Escape to cancel out before placing, I am stuck with the placement 'pinch' cursor, and cannot use any prompts, click, save, or quit

Hi there. mm that looks like a bug indeed.
Noted and will try to fix it asap.

Thanks for pointing it out.