New for FHM9

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by Sabres2000

When it comes to recruitment for ncaa.. what staff does ncaa teams have besides bc and assistant coaches? Do they have scouts? Also when players come into the database at 14-15 for junior leagues can we add those players into short list so that we can keep an eye on them for when recruiting for our ncaa school..

Also if I want to create a school from scratch and I release all players and staff and change it, the regular season begins when in October that way if I start in early off season I have a ton of time to sign players if I want to build a program from scratch?

NCAA teams do have scouts, and the scouting level in a player's region will influence the chance of him joining the team if they're trying to get him.

You can shortlist players; come to think of it, we should add a college/junior preference option to the filter to make that process easier. Verbal commitments are allowed as early as 15, though, so you will be able to see exactly who wants to play college hockey at that point.

If you released all the players, you wouldn't get players via the normal recruitment process until the next summer, so you'd need to fill the roster with walk-ons for the first season, which wouldn't be pretty.

[alko]

Is there finally an overwiev table for individual Trophies? Like who won most Hart Trophies, Art Ross...?

How is it with Russia and Belarus? Are they now ignored from WCH and OG?

[TheAdamBn]

Yikes.. Dropping the same day as the latest Football Manager game. That could lead to some tough choices for some

As someone that usually watches the games and not sim over them, I love the fact that the highlight repeats have been fixed. That bugged me so much in 8

Sadly its only available to wishlist on Steam and no preorder or pricing available there. I did miss the reveal stream so dont know if pricing has been mentioned.

What I would love to see more of though is customisation. Reskinning the game menus for eras or teams would probably take the game to a new level. Just look at all the skins made yearly for FM

[boscoJJ]

is Iron Curtain for Custom coming in future updates?

[Simmo13]

Will there be the option to edit/add news stories as in OOTP.....or perhaps in a later patch?

[Risk2014]

Originally Posted by JeffR

In-game feedback responses yes, on-ice decisions no - that's still on the wish list, but not implemented yet; you would need to play in multiplayer and add a second GM controlling the minor league team to do that.

Oh Wow okay. Now can you have 3 multi-player GMs running NHL/AHL/ECHL at the same time? One game?

So I would be Toronto Maple Leafs GM, Toronto Marlies and Growlers GM.

Yes, there's a note above mentioning that the overpowered in-game decisions have been dialled down.

Perfect!



Hits were running low in 2D so I've adjusted that upwards, but bear in mind they're following the NHL's definition of the Hits stat, which requires that puck control be lost.

Sounds great!


Yes, you can change the lines before/during games if you have lines control turned on for the farm teams in your manager settings.

Perfect!!!!


Not directly, the closest you could come would be to leave a line spot open so the AI will have to fill it via the regular empty-spot procedures during the game, which will tend to give priority to better players if they're not tired.

Awww that is a shame.

Thank you for your answers!!!

[renojedi]

I play all of my team's games in the 2D simulator so I am really interested to know how scoring is looking using the 2D simulator.

Last season, several of us had issues with goal totals being too high for the top guys in the 2D simulator with default settings...70-80 was not uncommon for the top 3-5 guys at the end of the year.

I know you said on-ice decisions won't have as big of an effect on goals as last year for the teams we manage. The problem was still with the other teams' top players scoring too many goals in the 2D simulator as discussed here:

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...light=renojedi

Has this been fixed?

[Curve Ball Dave]

Originally Posted by JeffR

Still the same UI for setting colours (aside from a fix to a problem making the text on the color selection popup difficult to read.)

While it's unfortunate that this was not the answer I was hoping for, I appreciate that you took the time to respond.

[TheAlaskan]

Thank you for that update - it makes sense. Hopefully one day it's possible... a boy can dream.

[skirmish]

Tactics feedback! From what I can see in the reveal vid, that alone will make 9 worth the price. The harmony system is a bonus but also brilliant. Anything that lets us get more into our teams!

Really appreciate the improvements to custom games, every little fix helps. I am obliged to ask about my main two bugbears, though: any change to farm/junior leagues inheriting the main league's player nationalities or the lack of multilingualism among European players? I keep hoping as it would mean shaving off hours of painful editing time. In any case, I'm assuming FHM 8 saves are compatible? Not sure I'm ready to put the time into setting up a custom game from scratch again.

[Goalie39]

Are all 62 NCAA teams included?



I know this year University of Alaska Anchorage returns to D1 while Lindenwood University and Stonehill College joined D1.

[Risk2014]

Originally Posted by JeffR
In-game feedback responses yes, on-ice decisions no - that's still on the wish list, but not implemented yet; you would need to play in multiplayer and add a second GM controlling the minor league team to do that.

Oh Wow okay. Now can you have 3 multi-player GMs running NHL/AHL/ECHL at the same time? One game?

So I would be Toronto Maple Leafs GM, Toronto Marlies and Growlers GM.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by TheAdamBn

Yikes.. Dropping the same day as the latest Football Manager game. That could lead to some tough choices for some

As someone that usually watches the games and not sim over them, I love the fact that the highlight repeats have been fixed. That bugged me so much in 8

Sadly its only available to wishlist on Steam and no preorder or pricing available there. I did miss the reveal stream so dont know if pricing has been mentioned.

What I would love to see more of though is customisation. Reskinning the game menus for eras or teams would probably take the game to a new level. Just look at all the skins made yearly for FM

To be fair most who want Football Manager already have it since you could play the beta with purchase.

[jacobc679]

damn wish they did a little more with Custom League in terms of saving leagues or better ui incuding saving filters ect.

[jacobc679]

that could be due to your goalie settings but I agree it can weird at times

[renojedi]

Will the salary cap evolve over time or is does it stay the same each season as in previous versions of the game?

[TheAlaskan]

Will there be any guide published to the new college recruitment system?

Edit - Ignore that, saw Jeff's simple explanation at the top. I've actually been begging for a junior/college preference filter for awhile

[Savoie45]

Originally Posted by renojedi

Will the salary cap evolve over time or is does it stay the same each season as in previous versions of the game?

I doubt it will ever evolve and I don't remember the reason for it, but Jeff has explained it several times before.

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by TheAlaskan

Will there be any guide published to the new college recruitment system?

Edit - Ignore that, saw Jeff's simple explanation at the top. I've actually been begging for a junior/college preference filter for awhile

The league notes section for the college league goes into it, and there'll be a section in the manual as well.

By the way, you should be seeing substantially more Alaskan players in 9.

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by Goalie39

Are all 62 NCAA teams included?



I know this year University of Alaska Anchorage returns to D1 while Lindenwood University and Stonehill College joined D1.

Alaska-Anchorage and Lindenwood are in, but Stonehill (and Robert Morris, whose program is apparently returning) are playing schedules that are almost entirely against Division III schools this season, so we couldn't make them work. So 61 playable teams.