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Originally Posted by Duranium
out of curiosity, Jeff.....any timetable on the hotfix?
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It's looking like next week right now. Some of the contract-related issues turned out to be a little more complex than we thought, so Malte's been getting that straightened out. That'll also allow us to get some data changes made, since the new database version will be ready after the research deadline on Sunday night.
Contract demands for young guys on their second deal are significantly lower now, but there are still a few quirks that need adjustment, and we're going to extend the reductions to older, inexperienced players as well, since those were higher than they should be. We're also still getting the kinks out of the RFA system; offer sheets work now but there are problems with matching, as well as issues with players being qualified properly.
Coach firing has been toned down, but the initial efforts went too far in the other direction (down to 1-2 per season), so we're tuning that.
I think we're going to increase the starting cap in the March 5 update to $71.1m, the amount it will be next year, to alleviate some of the issues the AI has with managing the post-deadline, high-cap hit rosters.
The dumping of csv reports to the install directory, problems with undraftable players in historic mode, incorrect ECHL cap hits, and a few dozen other things have been corrected or adjusted. The fix list for 1.6.3 had 40 items, 4 of which are still unverified as fixed at this point; we'll begin testing 1.6.4 tomorrow starting with confirming the fixes to those outstanding items, as well as 15-20 new changes.