If this mod can in theory make a bug free release would it be possible to have a toggle or difficulty setting so that this behaviour can be impeded to keep the difficulty up? I both like the idea you could just auto release once its truly done but not knowing wheter something still has bugs is a bit of the DNA of the games that started this.

best mod

Just going to leave this here if someone has the same issue:
I just opened the game, loaded a previous save, and this mod threw an error and was unloaded.
The fix was simply restarting the game and loading back in, then the error did not come back.

First time this happened, didn't copy the error code unfortunately, but this is a quick fix if anyone experiences the same issue.

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Hi,

1) In theory yes.
2) This mod doesn't effect hiring in any way.
3) I'm unsure what you mean, but this mod doesn't affect how project management works.

Hi! Thanks for your mod, can you please answer few questions?:
1) We don't see total bug amount in GUI, but with your mod I can configure to make bug-free only releases?
2) Is it possible to auto-hire team leads with predefined search filter? (I would like to know if mod api can handle it at least)
3) Is it possible to auto-create printing job for Project Managment with Max value set (to make it work not just once as now but for the whole saling-process)

Can you post the error message please

suddenly getting an error with you mod. it was working fine until today

"The updates only release automatically, they do not start by themselves."

Can you add this as a hint text on that checkbox? Else its quite unclear.

Fantastic mod btw! Keep up the good work.

Noted. Will test again and see, Thanks a lot for your time.

@Hamoudi
I've done some testing but cant find any issues. If it happens again please copy the top couple sections of the error as that should tell me where the issue is.

Thank you really appreciate it. Will provide the error code if needed I tried the first time but it was too long for the comment but will figure a way if that helps you. thanks for your time.

I will have to test this, i haven't played on the new update yet.

Hello. first of all thanks a lot for your efforts for such time saving mod. after the new update to the game I started getting an error code and the mod gets unloaded and can't use it. is it a new save thing or there's an update coming to fix it? thanks.

No, there is a option at the start of the game, that changes with difficulty. You can manually change it if you look in the new games custom options. It applies a boost to the quality of you software, from 0% to 40% i believe. This is taken into account to save time. The design phase sets the max quality but you do still need to have good employees on both design and dev, as well as clear most bugs to get an outstanding rating.

Why would the difficulty of the game matter for this option though? If i play on medium as opposed to a higher difficulty shouldn't the 4th iteration always complete?

I can double check but I believe the setting it Quality Boost or something when you create the game. If you didn't manually change it, only impossible has it set to 0. If its only doing around 1/3 of the 4th iteration id guess you have it on medium ?

In my save, the setting (being set to 0) doesn't actually complete the 4th iteration stops that iteration 1/3 of the way through.

This is by design. There is a difficulty setting which boosts quality. If it is set to 0, you will see it completes the 4th iteration.

Love the mod not sure if its been said yet but "auto promote design phase" if set to 4 iterations wont actually complete the 4th iteration meaning the software will only be "great" instead of outstanding. Personally i like doing a full 4th iteration for outstanding rating

If all the bugs are fixed and released, you won't need the support open anymore, as no one will call. I'll have to check on the affect this causes to the digital market product, but it shouldn't prevent new customers.

Found a bug.
When "End support when all bugs are fixed..." turned on and u end fixing bugs for digital market it closes window with digital market support and game think that this market no longer exists (not making new subscribers).

if you do it. i think it's a smart idea

Currently there is no plan for auto port but is something I could look at. Not 100% sure how it would work though, as these mods and mostly for QOL and cleaning up the view. Ports auto end the work item already when complete. I guess you could have a metric, that if a OS has over a certain amount of users, a port is started for software not on it ? How's that sound?

I love you

Is there any auto porting os mod for develops?

Also reinstalling and reloading didnt cause the same issue and i belive its working again

I will also Say iv really enjoyed your mod before that error btw, 10/10 Mod :)

Hey got a Error Loading into my game, saying your mod had an error and it was unloaded and gave this Error: https://pastebin.com/hzxMknkc

@GamerJSP
everything's been working great, thanks!

The updates only release automatically, they do not start by themselves. Its more so it doesn't get lost and forgotten. I do plan to add this but will likely be a employee role or something as i don't want to invalidate the game completely.

For now, if you want fully automatic updates, i believe you can use a project management, give them the projects as examples, and just give them update teams, and they will handle it.

On second thoughts it might be because I used a modded software to develop. Could that be why? Everything else worked though.

Ok thanks. I just tried it out, the contracts work great but the updating of software isn't automatic after I tick the box. I have to do it manually. I had it set up so it would release an update every 1 month, I didn't specify the amount of bugs to do as I want them done as soon as they come, not to wait for 100 if there's only 10.

@Helios
No at the moment it only works on 1.7+, currently the unstable branch.

Does this not work on the released version of software inc? Do I need to use the unstable beta?

@Derrick
New update out, let me know if there's any issues.
Thanks for the debug / save game.

@KingFredo
You need to be on version 1.7 (unstable branch) for these mods to work. Currently it will not work on 1.6 as MarketingEndQualityEstimate does not exist.

Dear GamerJSP,
your Better-Series mods break with "System.Exception: [CS1061]: Type 'int does not contain a definition for "MarketingEndQualityEstimate' and no extension method 'MarketingEndQualityEstimate' of type 'int could be found. Are you missing an assembly reference? in WorkltemUtilities.cs at [434, 53]"

Sure, thanks. It's the only addon in the save, an in-house dev project.

My mod settings are Y 4 Y Y 0 N Y N 0 if that matters.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kwxQLa4Z2n-X2xd1af1_2WXMAMkCxWEi

@Derrick
As long as your on 1.7 software inc (unstable branch) it should be fine. Mods should auto update so can assume you are on the latest.
Is there anyway to share a save file ?

If not, could you share as much detail as you can about the work items:
Software type,
Under project management ?
Difficulty
Add on type

@GamerJSP @CDog

I have a save that can reproduce an addon finishing dev without a release date causing a mod error and being unloaded. I erased the mod folders and verified the game files (is there a better way to check the mod version?), so it isn't working yet for me. If I run the save and add a release date, there's no error.

@Ayi Oglu Ali
Target design iterations ( the amount before auto promotion) can be found:

Pause menu -> Options -> Mods -> BetterSoftwareDevelopment -> Target Design Iteration

Any decimal between 0 and 4 is accepted.

How to change iteration number? I cant see any options in game.

Which menu ?
Mod options are under Options -> Mods
Version is on the main page, the news will either be 1.7 or 1.6
To change which version you are on, right click the game in steam, properties, and check the beta tab. You can change stable to unstable.

how do i open the menu?

@Cdog
I've just tested add on and they look like they are working fine. However i did find a different bug which may have caused this issue. Please retry and let me know.

Bug was affecting products without release dates, so if you didn't have 1 on your add on, that would have prevented it auto releasing.

@Cdog, i will check how addon's work, they may be a different item so aren't getting picked up in the filters.

on the latest 1.7+ patch and addon is not working. not sure what the issue is but this quality of life addon would be amazing

Oh, this is a feature I really wanted. Thank you so much <3

@Ma1zz
Please check which version of the game you are on. Currently only 1.7+ is supported. Backwards compatibility to 1.6 is hopefully coming soon.