For the life of me I can't figure this game out....

[jfoytek]

Today I managed to play much longer then my last try post demo....

However I just got to a point where
9 Rated script goes to Pre-Production
After Pre production the rating drops too 7

Then go to filming after filming it drops too 5 or even 4

Then go to editing and it sometimes goes up a tiny bit or stays about the same...

My Cinematographer is 100 loyal and 0 happy he is always in a state of being unhappy?!?
I give him a gift after 1 movie he is back too being pissed off

My actors are always unhappy too....
I hire brand new actors and after 1 movie they are at 0 happiness...

I set filming to 5 days 8 hours and it takes 3 months to films and
20 Events popup destroying the crew and all the actors end up at 0 happiness

I set filming to 5 days 12 hours and they all end up unhappy about the 12 hour shifts...
and all the actors are once again back to 0 unhappiness

I set the filming to 7 days 16 hours and they are of course upset but at least the movie gets done quicker and cheeper lol....

Which brings me to problem 2 (1 being the above its impossible to keep people happy)

Now all the movie's its 1933 ish pollux awards just started
and all my movies cost way too much that I can no longer turn a profit on them...

When they were costing around 300-400K to make I made a profit
now that they cost 700-900K to make I lose money

And thank you Pollux awards for giving one of my crappy money losing movies (Movie of the year)

Causing all my people do demand more money... (That I can't afford to pay them) Had just giving most of the people gift's prior to the award win... And now they are all unhappy once again... Because I refused to give them their crazy Raise they ask for.....

Which brings me to me third complain...
Editors/Composers SUCK... Seriously why do they all have 1 skill...
the only editors/composers that have more then the guys I start off with are working for my competitors their is NOBODY to hire if one of your guys decides they want a 500% pay raise....

***Basically this game is pretty much a survival game at this point*** How long can you last till your out of money....

Sure I have a loan available and I still have 3-4 millions left however most of my buildings currently need repairs.... The movies cost far too much to make its no longer viable to turn a profit and my people seem to be impossible to keep happy....

I have started to just hire actors 1 film at a time but all the actors are now at 0 happiness because they have done a movie for me at some point in their career lol.....

[Pedroig]

1. Don't overwork your cast and crew.
2. Landscaping matters
3. 1935 or so is the point where cast and crew get an uptick in quality, have to survive until then.
4. Low happiness decreases film quality.
5. Profit is about cost and butts in seats. Don't overspend on rental seats, for a "safe bet" only rent theaters for first two weeks.

[jfoytek]

Again it doesnt matter if I choose 5 days a week 8 hours a day as I get bombarded with events that destroy happiness because its taking so damn long to finish the filming....

They still end up all unhappy... I give evernyone gifts to fix it and 1 movie latter their angry again...

[crying bird]

How to increase happiness? By overworking means I should not be using the same people multiple times? Hiring more people just makes my savings go faster. I can't progress much. 3 playthroughs, tried different things, nothing seem to work.

[Kalle]

If you want to have an easier time with happiness don't overwork people on set. If you work people more than 8h/day 5days/week they get unhappy.

[Drek Durshell]

I just hire people to do 1-3 movies, not for a period of time.
And I try to only get people who are already happy.
They will regularly ask for time off for various issues, and that's no problem for me, because I pay them per movie. And that increases either happiness or loyalty for them.
And I have hired a lot of people.
Them being happy helps a lot on ratings, but you also need to try to match the quality of people to the quality of script.

Sounds like you need to start fresh, and get a handle on happiness.
NB: I used the people you start with very sparingly, and only for low quality stuff for training.

[Pan Rigass]

LOL Now my balance is more than two hundred million