First Release
I've decided that now would be an appropriate time to release what I have so far with these rosters. Initially, I didn't want to release the roster until I had completely covered all of the different areas I had mentioned were going to be included in the first release, but after discovering that my time from now until May of next year will be very busy, I've decided to give you patient people what I've devoted so much time toward. Let me try to describe what all is included with this release:
Nearly 2800 players from throughout hockey history
Complete NHL All-Time Teams
Most AHL affiliates filled with their parent team's extra all-time players*
Complete Major National Teams
CHL All-Time Teams are still a work in progress**
* = some teams, such as Springfield and Iowa, are filled with international stars who did not play in the NHL
** = CHL All-Time Teams with at least 20 players on their roster: Erie, Guelph, Kitchener, London, Oshawa, Ottawa, Peterborough, Saginaw, Sarnia, Sudbury, Baie-Comeau, Rouyn-Noranda, Medicine Hat, Portland, Prince George, Regina, Saskatoon. I'd advise against playing with/against any teams with less than 20 players on their roster, as the game may freeze.
Now for some of this release's shortcomings:
1) Goalie ratings are out of whack, some goalies way overrated, some way underrated.
2) Equipment edits really haven't been implemented.
3) I haven't started on the college all-time alumni teams.
4) Some created players may have blue equipment (I will fix this when I get to the equipment edits)
5) Haven't really focused on getting accurate faces for players, just accurate skin tones (will work on that after equipment edits)
Right now I'm in the process of including every NHL skater to have played in 200 career games and every NHL goalie to have played in 50 career games. I'm going through these lists alphabetically and am currently working on the top half of the K list.
I ask that you don't try to edit away at this roster for the sake of reposting it and saving me time, since I have a very specific system for evaluating players and choosing their ratings (that helps with ratings being consistent across the board for all players). With that said, if you want to create a separate roster project based on this roster, feel free to go ahead, just please post that your project was based off of this roster. I hope you guys have fun with this roster in its limited form, and I will try to find spare time to work on it when I can.
The most helpful thing you all can do for me at this point is download this roster, play around with it, and provide me with some constructive criticism. Tell me how this roster can be improved so that I can create a better product for all of you. With that said, enjoy the first major release of 2016 for this all-time roster set! If I might suggest something, I've found that the most fun I had with this roster set was in Season Mode when I started with a fantasy draft. Having a fantasy draft that includes all of the greats from throughout hockey history is very neat and nostalgic.
I'm also including a player tracker so that you can easily sort through players and find where they are in this roster. Note that players in the C-E last name range with their names in orange font were overwritten/lost and will need to be re-created later on.
Finally, I want to thank tbayjordan for creating the initial roster that I based this off of. I got the idea to create my own all-time roster after downloading his, which made NHL 14 a great deal more fun for me. Big thanks to tbayjordan for his efforts and for inspiring me to expand on his own vision.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gy9pr9uns9eb1xt/AABooMDoxPJKuRp0Iemh-Xj-a?dl=0
