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A cleaner way to get around the game, less popup noise, and a batch of fixes for things that were getting in the way.
The sidebar has been rebuilt so it scales better as your empire grows.What you'll see
Left rail: workspace icons (Home, Studio, Politics, Tech, and so on)
Screen panel: the list of screens inside whichever workspace you picked
Politics uses the panel for its own sub-views (News, Map, Parliament, and the rest) instead of cramming everything into one flat list
Getting around
Goal
How
Switch workspace
Click an icon on the left rail
Open a screen
Click it in the screen panel (middle column)
Jump anywhere fast
Ctrl+K (or / when the panel is open)
Collapse the panel
] or the collapse control on the rail
You can pin your favourite screens into their own workspace.Set it up
Click the pencil at the bottom of the left workspace rail
Open the My View tab
Tick the screens you want
Drag the handle (six dots) or use the arrows to reorder
Click Save layout
Use it
A bookmark icon appears on the left rail when My View has at least one shortcut
Click it to see only the screens you picked
Workspaces tab (same modal)
Pencil on the left rail → Workspaces tab
Drag to reorder workspace icons, or uncheck to hide a whole workspace
Save layout
Optional: tick Show all workspaces & screens if you want everything visible regardless of unlock progress (good for sandboxing or late saves).
On Pulse and your social network feeds, you can hover a poster's name or handle to see a quick dossier (role, employer, relationship). Click Open full profile for the full Who's Who entry.Path: Founder phone → Pulse or Social Network → hover a post → profile card → full dossierWho's Who is also on the People screen under the phone dock when you want the full directory.
When a platform holder wants a featured slot, subscription deal, or exclusivity, it won't hijack the screen anymore.Where deals live now
Studio → Studio Decisions (or open Studio Decisions from the status bar alert)
Each offer is a card: Accept, Counter-offer, or Refuse
More time to decide
New offers last 12 weeks (was 4)
Counter-offers and bidding-war rounds give you more breathing room too
Paths
Status bar Platform deal alert → Studio Decisions
Weekly Brief mention → Open Studio Decisions
Industry screen still shows deal context per platform if you want the hardware angle
Several decisions that used to interrupt you in random tabs now sit in one place:Studio → Studio DecisionsIncludes things like console war events, property maintenance, salvage offers, internal politics, leadership departures, and platform deals (new this release).The dashboard may still mention pending items; the place to resolve them is Studio Decisions.
I want to…
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Customize nav / My View
Left rail → pencil (bottom)
Jump to any screen
Ctrl+K, type, Enter
Handle a platform deal
Studio Decisions
See all pending decisions
Studio → Studio Decisions
Check someone from social
Phone → feed → hover name → profile
Reorder workspace icons
Pencil → Workspaces → drag → Save layout
Build a personal shortcut rail
Pencil → My View → tick screens → Save layout
If nav looks odd on an old save, open pencil → Workspaces → Save layout (or Reset then Save)