College hockey disaster

Rusty Griswold · 12-02-2023, 01:21 AM

I love that NCAA has been added to this title, but man is it an utter disaster right now. I went through the first season and then wow did this whole thing just blow up into pieces.

For one, the Transfer Portal is insane. Basically all of the top players in college hockey wound up transferring, and most of them were to obscure schools that would never be in contention for having a player of that caliber and status.

For seconds, the schedule goes from being an actual college schedule in the first season to being a professional-style schedule in the second. It completely destroys the idea of immersion.

Are there any plans for fixing any of these defects in the game or is this what is being settled for?

JeffR · 12-02-2023, 05:06 AM

I've been working on tuning the transfer portal criteria; there were a few changes in the last update. I'll keep adjusting it if it needs more improvements.

The schedule shouldn't be regenerating in the second season, something's going wrong there, most likely an issue with the variable number of games per team. I think we had to add some extra code last year to avoid the rebuilding, something's likely broken that.

Rusty Griswold · 12-02-2023, 03:49 PM

Very cool, keep up the good work.

Cards>Cubs · 12-19-2023, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JeffR

I've been working on tuning the transfer portal criteria; there were a few changes in the last update. I'll keep adjusting it if it needs more improvements.

The schedule shouldn't be regenerating in the second season, something's going wrong there, most likely an issue with the variable number of games per team. I think we had to add some extra code last year to avoid the rebuilding, something's likely broken that.

I love the openness from you and Markus and team when discussing items, issues and features for both FHM and OOTP

You all are a breath of fresh air in a "gaming" market that has been largely the opposite.

I have proudly purchased every edition of FHM and plan to keep doing so Jeff. Keep up the great work.

Thank you.

JeffR · 12-20-2023, 05:17 AM

Schedule rebuilding should be fixed in the new update, and transfer portal has been toned down and will prevent players from entering it more than once.

12-02-2023, 01:21 AM	#1
Rusty Griswold Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 22	College hockey disaster I love that NCAA has been added to this title, but man is it an utter disaster right now. I went through the first season and then wow did this whole thing just blow up into pieces. For one, the Transfer Portal is insane. Basically all of the top players in college hockey wound up transferring, and most of them were to obscure schools that would never be in contention for having a player of that caliber and status. For seconds, the schedule goes from being an actual college schedule in the first season to being a professional-style schedule in the second. It completely destroys the idea of immersion. Are there any plans for fixing any of these defects in the game or is this what is being settled for?

12-02-2023, 05:06 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,249	I've been working on tuning the transfer portal criteria; there were a few changes in the last update. I'll keep adjusting it if it needs more improvements. The schedule shouldn't be regenerating in the second season, something's going wrong there, most likely an issue with the variable number of games per team. I think we had to add some extra code last year to avoid the rebuilding, something's likely broken that.

12-02-2023, 03:49 PM	#3
Rusty Griswold Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 22	Very cool, keep up the good work.

12-20-2023, 05:17 AM	#5
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,249	Schedule rebuilding should be fixed in the new update, and transfer portal has been toned down and will prevent players from entering it more than once.