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Rob316 · 04-04-2013, 10:27 AM

Heya sim-heads!

I can't thank you guys enough for coming out with this game and the potential for this series is going to be phenomenal. I can finally retire my EHM '07 and move on to greener pastures so to speak and it feels great!

I do have a question, and that questions is, will we be able to use some form of a Pre-Game editor to make our own changes to the players and teams before we start a new season by chance ?

The changes I like to make before I start a brand new season is making sure the lines and positions are in sync and teams aren't stuck with 2 left wingers, 10 right wingers, a handful of Right sided defensemen and a few centers so to speak.

The ratings of certain players will always seem bias in some sense as researchers will have they're own opinions just like anyone else on various players. My sticky point is the "fighting" as Boston's Shawn Thornton is rated a 12 on the chart in that department, while superstar John Tavares is rated a solid 13. Most enforcers in the database are rated very low and a lot of players that don't fight or occasionally scrap are rated way to darn high!
Ratings such as potential as the real life of the NHL zip's by might spark a few bloomers and I'd love to be able to change the numbers and data using a pre-game editor of some sort as time roll's on.

**Note**

The built in Commish mode let's you edit the database only AFTER you have created a season. If I delete the save game or the save game becomes corrupt, or I decide I'm tired of playing the same team all the time for eternity all of my work is lost because I am not actually editing the default database. The game also currently doesn't let you save a game to a specific name so after you and I make all these changes to hundreds of players, we can't actually reload the specific save game name allowing us to start a fresh season consistently with the changes occurred. At the moment you are "stuck" with the team you choose and any of the changes you make is not saving to the actual "default database" so in a sense, it's just a waste of time going thru the league re-rating a ton of players and great for on the fly adjusting.

04-04-2013, 10:27 AM	#1
Rob316 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 50	Pre-Game Editor ? Heya sim-heads! I can't thank you guys enough for coming out with this game and the potential for this series is going to be phenomenal. I can finally retire my EHM '07 and move on to greener pastures so to speak and it feels great! I do have a question, and that questions is, will we be able to use some form of a Pre-Game editor to make our own changes to the players and teams before we start a new season by chance ? The changes I like to make before I start a brand new season is making sure the lines and positions are in sync and teams aren't stuck with 2 left wingers, 10 right wingers, a handful of Right sided defensemen and a few centers so to speak. The ratings of certain players will always seem bias in some sense as researchers will have they're own opinions just like anyone else on various players. My sticky point is the "fighting" as Boston's Shawn Thornton is rated a 12 on the chart in that department, while superstar John Tavares is rated a solid 13. Most enforcers in the database are rated very low and a lot of players that don't fight or occasionally scrap are rated way to darn high! Ratings such as potential as the real life of the NHL zip's by might spark a few bloomers and I'd love to be able to change the numbers and data using a pre-game editor of some sort as time roll's on. Note The built in Commish mode let's you edit the database only AFTER you have created a season. If I delete the save game or the save game becomes corrupt, or I decide I'm tired of playing the same team all the time for eternity all of my work is lost because I am not actually editing the default database. The game also currently doesn't let you save a game to a specific name so after you and I make all these changes to hundreds of players, we can't actually reload the specific save game name allowing us to start a fresh season consistently with the changes occurred. At the moment you are "stuck" with the team you choose and any of the changes you make is not saving to the actual "default database" so in a sense, it's just a waste of time going thru the league re-rating a ton of players and great for on the fly adjusting. Last edited by Rob316; 04-04-2013 at 11:16 AM.