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Idol Manager

Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary. 路 By sadambober, Kuiper

Keyboard shortcuts and "cheats"

A topic by sadambober created Nov 20, 2018 Views: 72,816 Replies: 60
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Developer (1 edit) (+14)
  • 1, 2, 3: time speed
  • Spacebar: pause/resume
  • Right mouse button: close/open side tab
  • Middle mouse button: open next side tab
  • M : mute the music

The beta also includes some debugging tools that are essentialy "cheats". Full list of shortcuts:

Press F7 five times to unlock cheats

  • ~ (Tilde key) : trigger a dialog (some dialogues require a certain number of idols or staffers)
  • Z : trigger an audition (local)
  • X : trigger an audition (regional)
  • C : trigger an audition (worldwide)
  • Y: add 楼1M
  • F : add 100 fans
  • P : add 1000 research points of each type
  • U : unlock all genres for producing singles

How do we trigger dialogue on a Mac keyboard (that does not have a Tilde key)?

Developer

For me it works when I press the " [ ] ~ ' " key next to the left shift. If you don't have it then I'm not sure, I'll add some other key in the next update.

is there a new updated now right now?

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Hmmm triggering a dialogue doesnt work for me with the Tilde Key.

idk if it should be reported here or in bugs but whenever I use the U key it makes it so i cant produce singles.

  • U : unlock all genres for producing singles
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Hello everybody! i don't know if the dev will aprove or not but you can change some value inside your save files!

For example you can change your Idols Name, spec, stamina, you can even change her apparence! (i think it's a start for apparence mods)

You can even change single title, revenue for a contract and many more! i'll gladly help if someone is interested!

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I would definitely be interested in how to change the appearance of the idols!  The ones I get with the good stats are always the ones that don't look that great

Developer(+4)

Okay, first you need to open your save file with a text editor. Save files are here:
Win: C:\Users\*username*\AppData\LocalLow\Glitch Pitch\Idol Manager\data
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Glitch Pitch/Idol Manager/data/

Find your idol in data_girls__Girls and find her "textureAssets". You can change her appearance by editing "asset_id" parameters. You can get IDs from this folder: *game_folder*\IM_Data\StreamingAssets\Textures\IdolPortraits

"textureAssets": [
                {
                    "type": 0,  <- Body
                    "asset_id": "0 5 0"
                },
                {
                    "type": 1, <- Hair
                    "asset_id": "1 5 1" <- First number = same as "type". Second number = Body ID. Third number = Asset ID.
                },
                {
                    "type": 2, <- Face
                    "asset_id": "2 5 1"
                },
                {
                    "type": 3, <- Accessory
                    "asset_id": "3 5 0"
                }
            ],

Thank you so much for the quick response, Sadambober!

Can I do this on the fly? Or I have to kill the game before editing save files?

Developer

Yep, you can (except for auto_save.json)

Any way to heal the idols? I dont know if its a bug, but they are suddenly all mentaly at 0 even tho things are going well. Cant survive for half a year like that :D

Developer(+2)

You can try editing your save file

Open it with a text editor and find "data_girls__Girls". In "parameters" of each girl find "type":"8" (phys stamina) and "type":"9" (mental stamina) and set their "_val" to "100".

Save files are here:
Win: C:\Users\*username*\AppData\LocalLow\Glitch Pitch\Idol Manager\data
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Glitch Pitch/Idol Manager/data/

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Is it Permeant?   

I'm super Dyslexic. I spent 3 mins staring at you comment trying figure out....
"What does he mean is it Pregnant?"
If you don't know what Dyslexia is. google it. Its a reading/writing thing.

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Nono DerpTime, he means Permanent.


I don't think it's permanent but I sure will try, gonna edit my message then.

Edit: Answer is no, it's not Permanent

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Hopefully these will survive into the finished game...   I just now have my first profitable agency, in a large part because I played several "cheaty" games and learned how the game works.  (Not that you can cheat in a single player game anyhow.)

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Is there any new cheats?

Is there a cheat that gives you more than 1m? I need a lot more money and pressing y over and over again gets annoying 馃槶

Developer

You can just edit your save file. Save files are the .json files here:

  • Windows: C:\Users\*username*\AppData\LocalLow\Glitch Pitch\Idol Manager\data\
  • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Glitch Pitch/Idol Manager/data/

Open the file with a text editor (notepad or whatever), in the beginning of the file there should be something like "resources__Resources":[ {"Type":"0", "Val":"5000000"}

You can change the value here and save the file.

Hi sadambober,

I am currently unable to find the save files in this address as you instructed:

  • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Glitch Pitch/Idol Manager/data/

I would like to edit my save file but can't seem to find it anywhere.

P.S. btw I think that there should also be a shortcut button for stamina increase and a way to skip a few weeks ahead ahaha 

Developer

Do you not have this folder at all or are there no files inside? You should at least have auto_save.json

>a way to skip a few weeks

You can press E to speed up the game, you can press it multiple times to make it really fast, there's no limit

I do not have this folder in library at all...

I checked the contents of the icon itself but no files there remotely appear like a save file. Strange because I actually have two saves available as we speak while I play. I just don't know where the game put it

I鈥檝e changed it but it鈥檚 not working for me

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I just found new keyboards:

S : increase idol fame.

B : randomly increase or decrease your relationship ( friendship, love, influence) with a random girl

anymore?

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is there a cheat so I  can level up my staff?

f3

what about for mac?

Try using Fn+F7 5x to activate the cheats.

I tried it, it doesn鈥檛 work for me 馃槶

Do you hear a sound effect when you press those keys 5 times in a row? Do you have the latest build of the game installed? (Beta 20, Version 48)

yes I have the latest update

The dev probably won't approve this but is there a way to increase your chances of getting a platinum idol via game files?

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I am trying to compile a comprehensive list of debug/ cheat  keys, but I seem to be missing a few, hope someone can answer my question.

Press F7 five times to unlock cheats

  • ~ (Tilde key) : trigger a dialog (some dialogues require a certain number of idols or staffers)
  • Z : trigger an audition (local)
  • X : trigger an audition (regional)
  • C : trigger an audition (worldwide)
  • Y: add 楼1M
  • F : add 100 fans
  • P : add 1000 research points of each type
  • U : unlock all genres for producing singles
  • S: Increase all idols' fame level
  • B: Random  relationship buff and debuff for random idol (Careful not to lose all your affinity levels with the idols when using this)
  • F1: ?
  • F2: ?
  • F3:  Resetting the idols' stamina
  • F4: ?
  • F9: Not exactly a cheat, but the assets on the game seem to refresh, not sure what else does it do to impact the game in anyway
Developer
  • F1 - It used to trigger elections, but probably doesn't work right now
  • F2 - Reset special events cooldowns
  • F4 - Remove all scandal points
  • F5/F9 - Quick save/load

will it work for mac?

Developer

Yeah, for mac it should be press Fn+F7 five times, then Fn+F2 etc instead of just F2

F9 could be used if you're testing texture mods and don't want to restart the game? :O

Need a cheat to cancel graduation 

can anyone post a list of traits available in the game... also the sexy and cool stats seems to max out depending on age and averages out along your other stats

Here's a pastebin with the content of traits.json, including all 39 traits' names and descriptions.

Is there a cheat code for increasing influence?

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Not really. I'm positive you could increase/decrease influence levels for specific idols by manually editing your sve files, though.

Thank you for responding but how do i do that?  I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to coding.

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Basically, head to the folder where the game's save files are stored (should be C:\Users\[username]\AppData\LocalLow\Glitch Pitch\Idol Manager\data), and open the save file you wish to edit with a text editor.

Then, look up "Rel_Influence_Points". There will be multiple of those (one for each idol). Find the one corresponding to the idol you wish to gain/lose influence on and just manually change the value on the string.

Thank you

I'm play female character and that very difficult to flirt with idol girl more than male producer .Do you have cheat for increase romantic level or detele Extra "Only interested in dating guys" trait .I can't dating idol girl TT Need this cheat for end cocona route.

Developer

Press F7 five times, then click "Debug romance" (and press F7 again to hide this menu)

Drag the idol into your office and flirt with her. You should get romance points, even if the text says something different.

After this, return to the main menu and click Continue (this disables the cheat, but you should have enough romance points now to invite the girl on a date)

Thanks  !!!

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The F7 x5 command seems to work in the demo version of the Steam version as well.

Also, using the U key multiple times improves the level of all concepts.

Z / X / C is usually a shortcut key for reserving or running an activity, but when debug commands are enabled, the activity loses its functionality and appears to be reassigned to an immediate audition.

Are there any hidden debug mode features that haven't been mentioned yet but are already implemented?

In particular, improving staff capacity is important.

I found it much easier to improve staff skills by editing save files.

Staff skill exp seems to have a maximum value of 500000.

Staff salaries are calculated automatically from skill level, so it seems that you can't hire the best staff cheaply.

By the way, somewhere in the game's main file there should be an audition card rank ratio setting, but does anyone know where it is?

Hey, sorry this is so late, but where in the save file did you find the staff skill? I've been looking and can't seem to find it, so idk if I just can't interpret the strings, or if I'm bling. 

First, make sure you are referring to the correct file location.

"C: \ Users \ [UserName] \ Appdata \ LocalLow \ Glitch Picth \ Idol Manager \ data \ manual_saves \ [saveID] \ save.json"

Then open the file in a text editor and search for the string "skill".

You will find data consisting of four rows: "skill_type", "primary", "exp", "lastFrameWorking".

Of these, "exp" is the experience value of staff skills. You can change this value.

Skill MAX requires 500,000 points, but since the judgment flag of whether it is possible to level up may not work properly,

I change the exp of the two skills to 499999, then load that data in the game and try to give it some task to get experience points.

How can I add 1 million yen

Developer

F7 five times, then Y

There are more cheats and also a guide to edit save file here

Thanks for telling us! And thank you for your hard work!

can you increase the value of  f = fans?

How do you get a million fans? It's really annoying to spam f a million times to get a bunch of fans, is there a way to do this?

you have to modify your save file and give every idols a certain numbers of fans unless it won't work.