Version 1.6.2 Game Update Now Available

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by tictacktoe5

First off, just want to say that I appreciate all the work that has gone into this game. The game is really coming along great and I see a lot of effort going into it.

I do have a question. I know there is another patch coming out that's going to deal with the match engine. My question is, will that be the last patch for this game as you guys focus on the next installment of FHM, or will we be getting some smaller patches as well?

No, there'll be a patch before then to deal with issues that are currently being discussed, then the match engine patch, then a followup patch to correct any problems with that, and then we'll have to move on to focusing on the next version.

[tictacktoe5]

Alright thanks guys. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the match engine patch.

[Trebro]

Originally Posted by JeffR

No, there'll be a patch before then to deal with issues that are currently being discussed, then the match engine patch, then a followup patch to correct any problems with that, and then we'll have to move on to focusing on the next version.

Do you have an approximate timeline? I'm considering the game*, but I don't want to buy this version if the second one will be out in a few months. I'm not asking for a specific date, but if a release of FHM2 is sooner rather than later, it would kind of suck to get FHM1 now.

*I'm still a tad disappointed that asking about the game itself garnered almost no replies. Found that strange.

[StrikeFour]

Originally Posted by panelpatter

Do you have an approximate timeline? I'm considering the game*, but I don't want to buy this version if the second one will be out in a few months. I'm not asking for a specific date, but if a release of FHM2 is sooner rather than later, it would kind of suck to get FHM1 now.

*I'm still a tad disappointed that asking about the game itself garnered almost no replies. Found that strange.

Everyone must understand that a lot who work 'behind the scenes' are located in different time zones, countries, and schedules. Jeff sleeps during the daylight hours so he can be up at night when the guys from Germany are stepping into the office in the morning.

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by panelpatter

Do you have an approximate timeline? I'm considering the game*, but I don't want to buy this version if the second one will be out in a few months. I'm not asking for a specific date, but if a release of FHM2 is sooner rather than later, it would kind of suck to get FHM1 now.

FHM2 will be out next fall; we released the current version in September, but that date will likely move back a bit next time. The exact timing of the next patch depends on how testing goes in the next few days (the coding should be done tomorrow), but it won't be very long as it'll only involve changes to existing systems, not the introduction of entirely new ones. The date of the match engine patch will be harder to predict, I won't really have a good idea of that until I can see how it functions once we drop it into the game.

*I'm still a tad disappointed that asking about the game itself garnered almost no replies. Found that strange.

It's asked fairly often, so that may have something to do with it - the guys who respond regularly may feel that they've already had their say. I generally don't respond to those threads myself as I'm not really going to add anything credible to them - you're presumably looking for opinions a little more unbiased than mine.

[Kalmah]

Is the editing of players and such expected to always be locked to a certain date per year or will it eventually be unlocked when it's more stable?

Basically is it just a temporary solution for crashes/crashing or is that how it's going to be for FHM 2014 from now on?

[Trebro]

Originally Posted by StrikeFour

Everyone must understand that a lot who work 'behind the scenes' are located in different time zones, countries, and schedules. Jeff sleeps during the daylight hours so he can be up at night when the guys from Germany are stepping into the office in the morning.

I meant the user community. I asked about the game in general and got basically nothing back. And clearly, the folks who post a lot aren't always charitable.

[Redeemed143]

Originally Posted by mgom27

Please don't remove Coach Hiring and bring back Trade Deadline Date because can't Trade after 2013-14 season.

can't Trade after 2013-14 season.
really?
i haven't gotten thru a season since the update

[mgom27]

Trading is greyed out after 2913/14 season and some Transfers and Trades happen in NHL and have Trades set to the highest number it can be.

Also editing needs to be turned start of game so if somebody wanted to do Drafted by teams,what if team meaning the Blackhawks for 2 past Stanley Cup teams with Players that didn't resign or Trade after 2011 season added to last years teams or lets say the Blues were to resign Miller Tomorrow.

[asilvermtzion]

thats odd, i hit 15/16 and everything is ok. no crashes, trades still work...

[Redeemed143]

Originally Posted by asilvermtzion

thats odd, i hit 15/16 and everything is ok. no crashes, trades still work...

i guess i'll find out in the the not too distant future.

[scootermojo]

The new playoff format the NHL is using this season is now not being used correctly after this latest patch when starting a new game (2013/14 game). The playoffs seem to be using the top 8 teams in each conference of previous years using both division leaders as the top 2 seeds (as opposed to old format of 3 division winners being the top 3 seeds.

What should be happening based on the NHL's new playoff format this year is that the top 3 teams in each of the two divisions in each conference qualify and then two wild-card teams irrespective of division also qualify. The first round would be the team with the best record in it's conference vs. the wild card with the lowest point total; 2nd best record vs. the wild-card with the 2nd lowest point total; the other two playoff series are matched up within division solely with the 2nd place team playing the 3rd place team in each respective division. The rest of the playoffs go top remaining seed vs. lowest remaining seed, 2nd best seed vs. 2nd lowest remaining seed, etc.

The 2013-14 NHL season I just simulated ended with these standings:

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
Boston 99 Pts
Florida 99 Pts
Ottawa 96 Pts
Toronto 95 Pts
Buffalo 94 Pts
Detroit 90 Pts
Tampa Bay 86 Pts
Montreal 74 Pts

Metropolitan Division
Pittsburgh 102 Pts
NY Rangers 100 Pts
Columbus 98 Pts
Philadelphia 90 Pts
Carolina 89 Pts
Washington 88 Pts
New Jersey 83 Pts
NY Islanders 76 Pts

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Pacific Division
Anaheim 96 Pts
Edmonton 92 Pts
Phoenix 89 Pts
Vancouver 85 Pts
Los Angeles 85 Pts
Calgary 84 Pts
San Jose 82 Pts

Central Division
St. Louis 101 Pts
Chicago 97 Pts
Winnipeg 89 Pts
Minnesota 85 Pts
Nashville 82 Pts
Colorado 75 Pts
Dallas 73 Pts

Playoff match-ups are:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Pittsburgh vs. Buffalo
NY Rangers vs. Toronto
Boston vs. Ottawa
Florida vs. Columbus

WESTERN CONFERENCE
St. Louis vs. Vancouver
Chicago vs. Minnesota
Anaheim vs. Winnipeg
Phoenix vs. Edmonton

What the playoff match-ups for the first round SHOULD be based on the NHL's new format is....

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Pittsburgh vs. Buffalo
Boston vs. Toronto
NY Rangers vs. Columbus
Florida vs. Ottawa

WESTERN CONFERENCE
St. Louis vs. Minnesota
Anaheim vs. Vancouver
Chicago vs. Winnipeg
Edmonton vs. Phoenix

I also think some of the regular season tie-breakers between teams may not be correct, either.

[Mordrehl]

Originally Posted by asilvermtzion

beginning my 4th season, the cap is at $79million...

a22 year old defenceman who has never played a game in the nhl just asked for 4/$4.8million... is only coming down by $10k per offer. signed at $4.5million.

and a 22 year old goalie who has played a total of 78 nhl games is asking for 4/$7.29million. seems excessive. comes down to $7million, not worth resigning...

Do you recall the current and potential abilities of these two players?

Seems to me the salary demands of players is based PURELY on their ability/potential rather than actual performance/experience.

And I agree, 22 yr old with no NHL experience should not be demanding 4+ mil/year, same as the goalie is out of whack with reality as well.

[asilvermtzion]

Originally Posted by Mordrehl

Do you recall the current and potential abilities of these two players?

Seems to me the salary demands of players is based PURELY on their ability/potential rather than actual performance/experience.

And I agree, 22 yr old with no NHL experience should not be demanding 4+ mil/year, same as the goalie is out of whack with reality as well.

with the player potential not updating, its difficult to tell. but, for the goalie it says 6.5/8 (actual is 8/8), the d is 6.0/8 (actual is 7.5/7.5).

[zergforums]

I asked about 3 months ago if the Enforcers in the game fight realistically now and that the stats reflect this?

Was this bug fixed and can you now get 2 enforcers to fight each other often if you choose to?

How is the fighting aspect in the game now?

If an enforcer wins a fight does this give his team a slight morale boost for the remainder of the match?

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by Mordrehl

Do you recall the current and potential abilities of these two players?

Seems to me the salary demands of players is based PURELY on their ability/potential rather than actual performance/experience.

And I agree, 22 yr old with no NHL experience should not be demanding 4+ mil/year, same as the goalie is out of whack with reality as well.

Not only but very heavily. The main problem is that (good) performance is factored in (raising the demand) but not the other way around. We made some changes in this area now and wait for the beta test feedback if it works better now, otherwise we will tweak it a bit more.

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by zergforums

I asked about 3 months ago if the Enforcers in the game fight realistically now and that the stats reflect this?

Was this bug fixed and can you now get 2 enforcers to fight each other often if you choose to?

How is the fighting aspect in the game now?

If an enforcer wins a fight does this give his team a slight morale boost for the remainder of the match?

This will be part of the match engine update. So I'm afraid the answer is no for the moment.

[zergforums]

Originally Posted by Sebastian Palkowski

This will be part of the match engine update. So I'm afraid the answer is no for the moment.

As soon as it is in i will buy FHM guaranteed, can you tell me when this will be implemented please?

Also the agitators and physical players should be able to reflect how a team reacts to them, for example back when Sean Avery was playing he would agitate or foul that many players that eventually it made them all band together and 2 or 3 players jumped him and sometimes he even started a line brawl where the netminder sometimes joined in or sometimes he did not join in but the rest of his outfield players did according to there aggression rating etc.

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by zergforums

As soon as it is in i will buy FHM guaranteed, can you tell me when this will be implemented please?

The match engine update is in work for quit some time now but with iOOTP I had to take a break so we split the patch in two parts. The next (big) one will have the match engine changes.

[zergforums]

Originally Posted by Sebastian Palkowski

The match engine update is in work for quit some time now but with iOOTP I had to take a break so we split the patch in two parts. The next (big) one will have the match engine changes.

Thank you for the quick reply, can you tell me if it will be within 1 month?