Quick Questions Thread

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by _unforgiven

i'm in the AHL at Hershey Bears. at the moment i have 21 playes in the rooster, two of them are injured. yea and money is a problem

-356000$ for Free Agents.

Yeah, in challenge mode that's not going to be fixable without cheating a bit. If you can upload the save (instructions here), I can make some edits that should fix it.

[_unforgiven]

Originally Posted by JeffR

Yeah, in challenge mode that's not going to be fixable without cheating a bit. If you can upload the save (instructions here), I can make some edits that should fix it.

okay, save (Hershey_Bears_unforgiven) were uploaded

[thekerouaccat]

What year did the NHL start free agency? Google gives me nothing and FHM6 doesn't seem to enable it automatically in historical mode, so I'm trying to figure out when to turn it on.

[alko]

What doest this Shortcuts by the name (red square) mean?

(H3) - is that Hot streak 3 games?

But what is (TB)?

And what all options could we see there?

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by thekerouaccat

What year did the NHL start free agency? Google gives me nothing and FHM6 doesn't seem to enable it automatically in historical mode, so I'm trying to figure out when to turn it on.

Depends on what exactly you mean by "free agency". Technically, restricted free agency has existed in the NHL since 1972, but it wasn't until Rogie Vachon left LA for Detroit in the summer of 1978 that anyone really tested its mechanics (which resulted in the league getting sued by Dale McCourt, who was the original compensation awarded to LA for Vachon but didn't want to go.) Unrestricted free agency didn't happen until after the 94-95 lockout, then it evolved over the course of several CBA's, which gradually loosened the rules on who qualified to be a UFA.

The game actually does enable it automatically (although if you turn historical editing on, you'll be stuck with the system in place at the time unless you edit it manually.) It's not a perfect historical model, though, since we only have the current restricted free agency rules to work with in the game, so they get applied in all seasons when the actual compensation system varied over time. The way it works now is:

77-78: restricted free agency begins
94-95: unrestricted free agency for players 31 and older
05-06: unrestricted free agency for players 30 and older
06-07: unrestricted free agency for players 29 and older
07-08: unrestricted free agency for players 28 and older
08-09: unrestricted free agency for players 27 and older
(I did find and fix an error with the 2010-11 setup while I was checking this that was probably preventing UFA's in that season.)

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by alko

What doest this Shortcuts by the name (red square) mean?

(H3) - is that Hot streak 3 games?

But what is (TB)?

And what all options could we see there?

Hover the mouse over the column title and you'll get a list of the explanations. The only one not listed is H#, which is the goaltender's current heat number.

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by _unforgiven

okay, save (Hershey_Bears_unforgiven) were uploaded

Oh, there's actually an easier way around it than editing: activate Steven Engelland from your injured list and you'll be able to continue (albeit with a short roster for a couple of games until everyone's healthy.) I'd suggest also shopping/trading some of your >age 26 players that are on large contracts for younger, cheaper players, to reduce the risk of this happening again.

[_unforgiven]

Originally Posted by JeffR

Oh, there's actually an easier way around it than editing: activate Steven Engelland from your injured list and you'll be able to continue (albeit with a short roster for a couple of games until everyone's healthy.) I'd suggest also shopping/trading some of your >age 26 players that are on large contracts for younger, cheaper players, to reduce the risk of this happening again.

it's so easy? i don't try this. thanks a lot,next players were not older then 20 or 21 years ^^

[petteri33]

Hi ! Thank you for this amazing game and all the work you're putting on it.


I do have a question regarding FHM7 : do you have plan to ameliore managing in european leagues ?



I tried somes saves in the Swiss leagues and while the game is great in general, there are some flaws that are a bit game breaking.



For exemple :
- the number of foreign players allowed in National league (swiss first division) is 4 and not 5 (4 on the ice, clubs can have a max of 8 licences per year for foreign players)
- too much or to unrealistic changes of players between clubs during season (not trades but the buyout player by an another club) ; this is relly rarely happening in europe (except KHL) ; I see a lot of time somes tops players from the tops teams to go to the bottom team...


Thank you in advance for your answer !

[croatian]

Originally Posted by petteri33

Hi ! Thank you for this amazing game and all the work you're putting on it.


I do have a question regarding FHM7 : do you have plan to ameliore managing in european leagues ?



I tried somes saves in the Swiss leagues and while the game is great in general, there are some flaws that are a bit game breaking.



For exemple :
- the number of foreign players allowed in National league (swiss first division) is 4 and not 5 (4 on the ice, clubs can have a max of 8 licences per year for foreign players)
- too much or to unrealistic changes of players between clubs during season (not trades but the buyout player by an another club) ; this is relly rarely happening in europe (except KHL) ; I see a lot of time somes tops players from the tops teams to go to the bottom team...


Thank you in advance for your answer !

Judging by your nickname, you should be Lugano fan, right ?

[AbeFroman]

Two quick things I've noticed that I can't figure out how to edit, or even if it's possible to, in Commissioner mode. The first is that I'm seeing a few players that should be RFA's after the 19-20 season that are instead UFA's in the game, ie Ryan Strome. The other is that certain players with overseas experience (mainly in the KHL) aren't showing as rookies, even though they are by NHL standards, ie Igor Shestyorkin.

Are these editable at all?

[Tume]

How I can apply to NT manager?

[croatian]

Originally Posted by Tume

How I can apply to NT manager?

You will get offers on July 1st I think from various nations. The more experienced you are as GM/HC you will get stronger and stronger offers, such men's team of Russia, Sweden, Canada...

[JeffR]

You also have the option, when you start a new game, of playing as the GM of a national team.

[Colorado]

I posted this on Reddit but would be good to get an official answer on this.

So, from what I understand and have seen on YouTube, there doesn't seem to be much opportunity to move around different teams (Challenge Mode) because the competition for jobs is so intense.

Is it possible in the European leagues and progress through different leagues and better teams, without using Commissioner Mode?

I'd really like to try this as one big final FHM 6 game as opposed to the usual games with NHL teams.

[Elvis965]

Do owners change in the game?

I'm on my 8th season in a historical/random debut replay, and I'd swear my owner's name is different this season.

I'm pretty sure the name used to be Jonathan in the monthly Board Confidence Update emails, but now it's Al Savill.

And he seems to be way more demanding. After a 9-3-1 month and an overall 24-9-3 record that's first in the conference and tied for second overall in the league, he "thinks that this season has been disappointing so far".

[Adam B]

Originally Posted by Colorado

I posted this on Reddit but would be good to get an official answer on this.

So, from what I understand and have seen on YouTube, there doesn't seem to be much opportunity to move around different teams (Challenge Mode) because the competition for jobs is so intense.

Is it possible in the European leagues and progress through different leagues and better teams, without using Commissioner Mode?

I'd really like to try this as one big final FHM 6 game as opposed to the usual games with NHL teams.

There is room to move, but it's not easy because you're starting with little reputation. And yes, you can do that in Europe.

Originally Posted by Elvis965

Do owners change in the game?

I'm on my 8th season in a historical/random debut replay, and I'd swear my owner's name is different this season.

I'm pretty sure the name used to be Jonathan in the monthly Board Confidence Update emails, but now it's Al Savill.

And he seems to be way more demanding. After a 9-3-1 month and an overall 24-9-3 record that's first in the conference and tied for second overall in the league, he "thinks that this season has been disappointing so far".

Yes they change as can their expectations.

[Elvis965]

Originally Posted by Adam B

Yes they change as can their expectations.

Thanks!

I had a feeling when the preseason expectation suddenly changed to "Championship" from "Playoffs", but I didn't pay attention to the owner's name in that one.

[drummerJ99]

I recently moved my save from my laptop to my desktop pc. In doing so, some of my player facegens are now 3/4 missing. It's not all players. I can see 1/4 of the jersey on the left but then it just cuts everything off and is transparent. I'm sure I'll probably need to upload a pic (sorry forgot to get one last night) but didn't know if anyone knew what I was explaining and how to fix it.

[Antonin]

I have not watched hockey regularly since the early 1970s, but I was watching one of the Stanley Cup games recently and that made me start thinking about this game.

Questions:

Is FHM6 still on sale for $9.99?

Is there a "can't get fired" option, as in OOTP Baseball? If I play this game, I want to manage Columbus, not get fired by Columbus and have to apply for a job at another team. Getting fired is a real-life thing I don't enjoy having in sports management sims.

How much fighting is there? Fighting is one of the things that made hockey uninteresting for me years ago. If there is a lot of fighting in FHM6, can it be toned down?

Are the in-game screens 2D or 3D? I very much prefer 2D. I looked at screen shots in Steam, and they *looked* like 2D.

Thanks in advance for any replies.