Eastside Hockey Manager - Part IX Maybe 1.5 Edition?

[Treb]

Is AI trade toggle patchable, or is it so hard-wired into the game that it would take a new game to change it?

Not sure what you mean by trade toggle, but the AI is being worked on trade wise.

Provisional changelist for EHM patch v1.5 released – The Blue Line

– Improved AI scouting accuracy for both current and potential ability to better reflect their judging abilities
– Improved AI managers signing pending restricted free agents to new contracts
– Adjustments to AI shortlisting and contract negotiations
– Improvements on restricted free agent interest in re-signing with their current team

EDIT: Do you mean enabling/disabling AI trading with himself?

 

[Kranix]

Not sure what you mean by trade toggle, but the AI is being worked on trade wise.

Provisional changelist for EHM patch v1.5 released – The Blue Line


EDIT: Do you mean enabling/disabling AI trading with himself?

yes enabling/disabling ai teams trading with each other. I think it might have been answered way back by Eck but I couldn't remember, then I saw a patch was being worked on.

 

[Treb]

yes enabling/disabling ai teams trading with each other. I think it might have been answered way back by Eck but I couldn't remember, then I saw a patch was being worked on.

Not sure why you would want that, but I'm pretty sure sure it is extremely far in Riz to-do list if it is even feasible.

 

[xECK29x]

yes enabling/disabling ai teams trading with each other. I think it might have been answered way back by Eck but I couldn't remember, then I saw a patch was being worked on.

I don't recall ever mentioning that but I don't believe it's possible to shut off AI trades, there is no "commissioner mode" like in FHM.

 

[Kranix]

I don't recall ever mentioning that but I don't believe it's possible to shut off AI trades, there is no "commissioner mode" like in FHM.

Ah Okay.

On start dates, what happens if the NHL goes to January start date permanently...can that be altered in the database?

 

[bashbros32]

What happens if the NHL goes to January start date permanently...

I don't see what this has to do with AI trades, but I'm fairly certain the database makers can set the schedule accordingly.

 

[Kranix]

I don't see what this has to do with AI trades, but I'm fairly certain the database makers can set the schedule accordingly.

Sorry I was digressing. I was asking because I thought the start dates were pre-programmed.

 

[xECK29x]

Ah Okay.

On start dates, what happens if the NHL goes to January start date permanently...can that be altered in the database?

There are some hard coded limitations, mainly with end dates. The season flips for all non-NA leagues on May 1st and for all NA leagues on July 1st. I don’t believe this can be changed. Because of this July 1st is the earliest you can start the sim.

You can make a schedule template that would start an NHL season in January the following year, training camp dates are defined in transfer rules and not hard coded, however you would have to make sure the season wraps up completely before the draft.

 

[VC]

I has been a couple years since I've fired this up. The Blue Line still the place to go for latest rosters, face packs, editors and such?

 

[xECK29x]

I has been a couple years since I've fired this up. The Blue Line still the place to go for latest rosters, face packs, editors and such?

TBL is down right now due to some external issues, there is a reddit /r/ehm post that has the files linked if you need them. I host all my content on the Steam Workshop though.

 

[BKarchitect]

Ok, here's my BKmodern skin for beta testing, feel free to try. Here are the screenshots once again, compared to the original:

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DOWNLOAD HERE
LINK

The ZIP file will put the BKmodern folder and files into your data/skins folder and also overwrite your rink logos under rink/pictures...the rink logos include current major NHL sponsers and all of dani9's NHL arena center ice logos...BACKUP that folder if you want to save the generic rink logos for whatever reason:

Ok two important notes:

1) You need to reload the BKmodern skin every time you start a game for the full color changes to take effect. For whatever reason, the default EHM colors in the header will remain even if you boot up EHM and it is already on the BKmodern skin. So when you start the game, switch the skin to traditional and back to BKmodern for full effect.

If you don't reload the BKmodern each time you start the game, it will continue to use the old drab EHM colors even with the new BKmodern graphics:

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Reload the skin (ie, switch to another skin and then back to BKmodern) for the game to read the brighter default colors:

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2) I do not like the hard-coded background graphics in the game, they look dated to me and give the screens a cluttered logo. Since we cannot change that fmf file (due to licensing reasons), for full BKmodern skin effect (simple, streamlined look) - you need to rename the background_enc.fmf file so the game doesn't read it. I just replace the FMF with BAK on mine. You can always rename it back to FMF to get all the backgrounds back. The one downside is that the game front screen will now be missing the EHM logo because it is part of a background image in the FMF file. But for me that's not a big deal.

If you don't rename this file, the old photo backgrounds will continue to clutter the screens (which hey if you want that keep it but it goes against the minimalist approach I am taking with this skin):

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You're front screen will look a little barren though...nothing I can do about that, the EHM logo on that screen is not a stand-alone image but part of a licensed background photo. Side note...this skin even updates the bottom icons and the main screen and with newer SI Games and Sega logos

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Please send me feedback and bugs! I will continue to refine this skin and am thinking about branching out to do some other flavors. Maybe a more silver version (with the licensed backgrounds) to mimic EHM 07 or even a white version to mimic the NHL.com website.

 

[twentyTwenty]

Awesome, will give it a spin later on tonight. Thanks

 

[bashbros32]

Actually apparently I didn't get it working, at least not properly... all the new teams I created are showing up in game, and have schedules and play games, however they still just replaced other teams in the schedule.

for instance, Hartford played 40 games, Pittsburgh played 0. Seattle played 41 games, Edmonton played 0, and so on and so on.

can anyone give me a hand with creating a schedule so that teams don't play 0 games every season? I am utterly lost on how to add Seattle in without losing another team...

 

[Empoleon8771]

Has anyone had recent problems with starting games with the ECK database? I keep trying to open it but it crashes the game right before the team selection screen pops up.

 

[bashbros32]

Has anyone had recent problems with starting games with the ECK database? I keep trying to open it but it crashes the game right before the team selection screen pops up.

Does it crash upon the "creating shortlists" bar seemingly completing its load?

Does that for me a few times, just fiddle with the leagues you have selected or try and jam it.

 

[filip85]

@xECK29x - I am planing to start new save and I will use your latest rosters, so is there any league that I shouldn't select when starting save, that will or could cause crash(ings) ?

 

[Kranix]

Has anyone had recent problems with starting games with the ECK database? I keep trying to open it but it crashes the game right before the team selection screen pops up.

Check your extra.config for typos.
Open it in the editor and check for roster errors.

 

[xECK29x]

@xECK29x - I am planing to start new save and I will use your latest rosters, so is there any league that I shouldn't select when starting save, that will or could cause crash(ings) ?

Not that I'm aware of, if there was a major issue I knew about I would have patched it, just don't select too many.

 

[xECK29x]

Check your extra.config for typos.
Open it in the editor and check for roster errors.

The file is clean, it's the 1.4.1 game code, there were a bunch of bugs with how the file is being parsed. All resolved in 1.5.

 

[Kranix]

The file is clean, it's the 1.4.1 game code, there were a bunch of bugs with how the file is being parsed. All resolved in 1.5.

Oh ya I didn't mean to imply your file wasn't clean i've just had that problem after messing with the config

 

[xECK29x]

Oh ya I didn't mean to imply your file wasn't clean i've just had that problem after messing with the config

Yea the parsing engine sucks. One thing I like about 1.5 is you will at least see the line number with the issue before it crashes.

 

[filip85]

Since the TBL is down, is there any other site where I can download logos for faceoff dot ? I checked steam workshop but nothing there.

 

[BKarchitect]

Since the TBL is down, is there any other site where I can download logos for faceoff dot ? I checked steam workshop but nothing there.

Which league? The NHL ones are in my skin download (credit to dani9!). No Seattle yet though. And no other leagues...to be honest, I don’t recall their being much in the way of rink center ice logos available outside the NHL but maybe I’m wrong?

 

[filip85]

Which league? The NHL ones are in my skin download (credit to dani9!). No Seattle yet though. And no other leagues...to be honest, I don’t recall their being much in the way of rink center ice logos available outside the NHL but maybe I’m wrong?

I want for NHL and SHL. At TBL there were for almost all bigger european leagues, plus all NA playable ones.

 

[xECK29x]

I want for NHL and SHL. At TBL there were for almost all bigger european leagues, plus all NA playable ones.

Dani9's pack is on the Steam Workshop, that along with BK's pack should fit most DBs

Also here is a direct link to all the TBL hosted files: Eastside Hockey Manager 1