The big Online Update has just been released!
We're continuing to expand the online side of Pitchside Empire, and this update was built almost entirely from your reports and feedback.
Matches now have sound, the pitch is much faster, your facility can continue to grow, and saving will no longer lock you inside the game.
The pitch now has sounds for kicks, passes, goalkeeper saves, and goals.
Crowd ambience continues throughout the match and rises when a goal is scored before settling back down.
Every step of the countdown now has a sound, with the pitch increasing during the final seconds.
Previously, the match screen had no sound at all.
The ball now feels like it is actually being kicked instead of slowly gliding across the pitch.
Match results, goal times, and final scores have not changed.
Only the visual pace of what you see on the pitch has changed.
If "Reduce Motion" is enabled, the previous pacing is preserved.
You can now sign a partnership with a league club and build a stadium at that branch.
All six requirements must be met before a partnership can be signed, and partnerships cannot be reversed once completed.
A stronger club costs less upfront but takes a larger share of matchday revenue.
A weaker club works the opposite way, with a higher upfront cost but a smaller share of your revenue.
Choosing which club to partner with is now a real strategic decision.
After building your stadium, you can also add:
Matchday revenue now appears as a separate line in the end-of-day report.
Every branch after your first one now requires its own staff.
Each branch separately needs:
Without staff, overnight maintenance will not happen, messages will pile up, and nobody will intervene in fights.
All of these situations are shown directly on the branch card.
Plots 2–8 also each have their own exclusive building:
Single-plot facilities and the first 27 days of the game remain completely unchanged.
You can now record and publish your matches to build your own follower base.
Recording quality depends directly on the quality of your facility.
The following factors affect your recording quality:
If you neglect your audience for too long, your follower count will begin to decrease.
You can ask teams for permission before publishing their matches.
You can still publish without asking, but doing so will reduce those teams' trust in you.
The line displayed over disabled buttons in High Contrast Mode has also been removed.
Purchasing the floodlight upgrade no longer freezes the scene.
Worst frame time has been reduced from:
The number of shader programs accumulating during a session has also been reduced from 56 to 32.
Pitch construction costs now stop increasing after the 16th pitch.
Late-game plots have also moved to fixed pricing.
The payback period for late-game plots has been reduced from:
81–103 days to 61–67 days.
The first 60 days of progression remain completely unchanged.
This can no longer happen.
A customer's counteroffer now also counts as a rejection.
If a negotiation ends without an agreement, the offered price is remembered, and the same team will continue rejecting that price for the next few days.
We found the only source of this issue.
An older save created later on the same day could silently overwrite a newer save because the day and pitch count had not changed.
Older copies are now preserved first.
The save slot card can also display a "A newer backup exists" warning.
Before opening the save, the card now shows how many of the following are stored inside:
We still have an open report on Windows where some areas may appear black after quitting and reopening the game.
We were unable to reproduce the issue during this update, so it has not been marked as resolved.
If you experience this issue, please report it through the in-game reporting system.
Your graphics card and driver information will also be included with the report.
Thank you to everyone who continues to send reports and feedback. The big Online Update has only just begun, and we'll continue improving Pitchside Empire with your feedback.