I've played with this mod for a while, and I really, really like the concept. But there are a few things that seem a bit unfinished, and that disturb the immersion and atmosphere.



A) Some sound for the piano, maybe for the plays and stand-up aswell.

- I placed a radio from another mod next to the piano, and manually set it to play "Für Elise", whenever a pawn starts playing the piano. It's really beautiful, and it fits so well to the scene.

- You know the sound of a theater, shortly before the play starts? The muttering voices create a very cozy atmosphere. Maybe, when the pawns are gathering to wait for the act to start, you could play this sound? Maybe there could be 3 sound clips, depending on how many people attend.

- Maybe some applause for a good act, and a "boo!" for a bad one? Just some audible reaction.

This mod takes the attention of all my pawns, and so it grabs my attention aswell. It would be lovely, if there would be more to support the feeling of really watching your pawns perform a play, or a pawn playing the piano. The pawns walking around on stage is a wonderful start, but the performances still feel empty, especially without sound.



B) A menu/inventory/library for the active plays/music sheets.

This one really annoys me:

Once a pawn starts playing a music piece, the corresponding music sheet item disappears forever. Same goes for a play. Since I have two pawns prioritized for acting/playing music, they play the piece shortly after its creation. This means that I have no chance to burn the item, or read its description, if I miss the few minutes in which the Item is still in the stockpile before its being played. Even if I use the "Burn play" bill, I cant be sure that it will be burnt before my artists grab it for play.

It has happened several times now that I had no chance to read the interesting item description, check out how good the piece turned out and decide on whether or not to keep it, since my pawns already started playing it. Once the piece is in the invisible, inaccessible "play inventory", I can only see the name of the play, and that only once it's being played. There's no way for me to find out how good the piece is, or to read its description, if I missed the time window shortly after its creation.

Idea: It would be wonderful if there was some kind of inventory menu for the piano and stage. A play could be crafted and added to the stages inventory. Only plays that are in the stages inventory would be played. Plays could be removed from the inventory list, so that they won't be played anymore.

This would also allow to replace existing plays with better ones, once the artists eventually level up and manage to create better music/plays.



C) More options for stand-up:
You know how some comedians are making fun about other people, some are talking about daily things that everyone recognizes, and some talk about their own weird experiences?

There could be several options for the content of the stand up show, and pawns with different likes could react accordingly:

- A kind and open-minded pawn might dislike a show that's making fun of other people, but a bloodthirsty pawn might love it.

- A stand-up program about the comedians experiences might only be liked by people who have things in common with the pawn, like traits or skills (besides social). Pawns that have nothing in common with the comedian might just not connect to those stories.


Also the trait "Annoying voice" should make really impact the stand-up performance, and the theater play.



D) Some theater lights

I tried to find lights that would fit to the atmosphere. I found some chandeliers from another mod which fit pretty well, but it would be amazing if there was a light that turns off once the show starts.

I could install a permanent light above the stage, and once the show starts, the audience room goes darker, and all the attention focuses on the brightly-lit stage, the muttering voices stop and the show begins....