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Originally Posted by Sebastian Palkowski
I donīt know APBA but simulates it more then just the NHL? When you add teams in FHM, you have to account for the farm teams, so you have to edit the AHL and ECHL as well, you need new schedules (and schedule generator are really, really hard to accomplish), the player pool is not enough anymore, so you have to account for that as well, more teams means more games, so your schedule becomes longer. But what about events after the season, is there still enough time for it? Add in international tournaments like the Olympics or World Cup and it becomes a nightmare.
Thatīs what I try to explain: adding teams is simple but everything that depends on this change is not easy at all, especially if you simulate not just one league but hundreds (and 20+ of them playable).
And if we have to decide between two big new features (and I pick random, not that I promise them for FHM 3  ), let`s say international teams + tournaments and more customization (in fictional leagues or in the modern game which becomes fictional then) and we have only time for one, then we have to think which of the two will make more people happy. Hopefully, at some point in the future, we can add another coder to the game, then it will be a different story but until then we have to make hard decisions based on the best results for us. |
No, APBA has no minor system or contracts or anything like that..It's a very old simulator from the 90's. It's actually a DOS game, so that should give you an idea of the simplicity of it. They have a board version also. It's possible to create a whole new league with new and existing teams, but there isn't any GM's in the fashion of FHM, or any other GM style sims. You can however coach. I do see the dilemma though, I hadn't considered the need to create players and teams and schedules underneath the custom NHL team one would make, or vice versa. I'm sure whatever you come up with will be good