Big Change List for FHM12

[JeffR]

Here's the (mostly) complete big list of additions, changes, fixes, and other new things for FHM12. As usual, this definitely isn't 100% complete as I've assembled it from a variety of smaller lists and other discussions, and I'm sure I've missed a few things. And the order may be a bit haphazard.

-added Draft Day experience: AI teams will now make trades to move up/down during the draft, including "live" offers to user-run teams, and there is a new section on the draft screen that reports on those trades as well as rumours that give the user more information on what other teams are likely to do
-the training camp development bonus has been replaced by offseason Training Programs, where specific attributes or attribute categories/groups can be targeted for improvement up until the end of the preseason
-regular training now allows specific targeting, at a cost in development speed for the player
-Historical World Championships have been added back to 1929 (aside from years where they were skipped in real life, e.g. WW2)
-new-format mid-season World Cup of Hockey added, beginning in February 2028 and every 4 years thereafter (leagues will adjust schedules to free players for it, as they do with the Olympics)
-added large number of non-NHL players to historical database to ensure national team rosters will be full
-trade news is now more varied and includes, in many cases, an explanation of why one of the teams made the move
-added news when a Single Game Record for a league or team is broken
-added news when a player moves up in the top 10 of some leaderboards
-CHL-NCAA player movement adjusted to reflect the movement to the NCAA being much heavier than had been anticipated last year, should be a considerable number of ex-NHLers in the NCAA every year now, some of which move prior to their junior career being done
-some of the upcoming NHL CBA changes for 26-27 have been implemented, specifically:
1) over-24 ELC exemption
2) minimum salary increases
3) maximum ELC salary increases
4) contract maximum length reduction
5) players cannot have retained salary in a trade if they had salary retained in another trade in the past 75 days
6) players drafted at age 18 have their draft rights held by that team for 4 years, players drafted at age 19 or older have their draft rights held by that team for 3 years
7) year-to-year salary can only vary by 20%,
8) LTIR Exemption updated to the new rule: only the portion of a player's salary up to the league average salary (currently about $3.8m) is exempted from the cap, everything above that still counts, but only for players who aren't out for the entire season
-adjusted junior preference generation to reduce the number of Americans in the CHL leagues, particularly the OHL
-NHL jersey update and then another NHL jersey update and then another NHL jersey update, thanks to Hockey13Playa
-fixed missing information in a couple of trade news items
-fixed the first day of the World Cup potentially overlapping the NHL schedule
-the AI will no longer ignore the 2-way requirement for Entry-Level Contracts for some players
-fixed some issues with waiver implmentation to better match NHL rules
-there's now a progress bar when using Pick until Human during the draft (possibly to be replaced by having the draft screen update after every pick when picking until human)
-you can now save and load tactics (basically the same way as lines)
-you can now change the season Start Date for custom leagues on July 1st
-import FHM11 Save is now active
-fixed blurriness issue with Mac retina displays
-added news item that announces the 2026/27 CBA changes
-added additional explanatory text on Training Programs Screen
-fixed issue causing some leader announcements to appear multiple times
-changes to player generation: increased the number of players with NHL-caliber potential being generated on July 1, but cut the number of superstar-level players
-fixed long award names being cut cut off in awards ceremony
-exempted college teams from Bring Back a Former Player owner goal
-adjusted jersey sales down for goaltenders
-exemptions in the expansion draft will no longer count years with preseason games played towards the allowed years
-fixed ability to return NHL players to junior deactivating after first season
-significantly decreased frequency of regular trades around draft day to compensate for the number of trades made during the draft
-added roster restrictions to World Championships so no NHLers pre-1977
-salary has been added to the player filter
-salary filter no longer filters by cap hit, also added a new cap hit filter (that does filter by cap hit)
-added/changed new NHL logos for 25-26
-replaced old Flames team and rink logo with the non-black-outline one
-fixed a few other errors in the rink ice logos
-AIHL conference structures removed
-EIHL conference structures removed
-fixed an issue with very high-end attribute development that was preventing generational-type players from getting attributes in the mid-high 20's (most noticeable effect was Gretzky not quite matching his career numbers if he played the same number of seasons; he should be producing 200-point years at his peak now, and Lemieux will get into the very high 100's)
-adjusted player contract demands based on team outlook, players will now demand more from rebuilding teams, effect is stronger in Europe
-added the pick number to trades/rumours during the draft (i.e. which pick was active when the rumour appeared or trade happened)
-historical national teams screens should now have proper leaders
-the Ratings Filter now uses the correct attribute names
-higher resolutions will now show more players on the league/team history screen leaders
-tactics screen action menu now updates properly after the tactic is saved, so the saved tactic name appears right away
-the International team title bar no longer opens opens Canadiens' screens
-Future Talent will no longer sometimes be displayed as being lower than Talent on the Edit Player screen
-84 Games NHL schedule starting in 26-27 enabled
-team name will now update properly on training screen when switching teams to a different league
-back button no longer returns to international rather than league screen in some situations
-AI no longer selects too many players for mental training
-adjusted order of tournaments in historical World menu to be more consistent with standard games
-the game summaries on the schedule screen now display the players' goal totals properly for international tournaments
-button text no longer cut off on manage saved tactics UI
-25-26 Champions Hockey League teams updated
-USports National Signing Day will no longer allow long-term NCAA players to be signed, also restricted ability to sign players with active NHL rights
-adjusted College draft order change to emphasize market size more so the bigger programs tend to draft higher
-fixed issue where trade news was showing player attribute descriptions rather than the trade text
-fixed potential crash in Exhibition Games (the start screen option) after setup
-fixed error in calculation of Goalie stat-adjusted talent
-adjusted Goalie stat-adjusted talent after previous fix made it too low
-made players somewhat less reluctant to cross continents while free agents
-removed some teams from World Championship eligibility in certain years (a couple of boycotts in the 60's-70's and post-2022 Russia/Belarus)
-Czech Republic now uses Czechia as nation name
-Turkey now uses Türkiye as nation name
-"The" removed from the Netherlands and United States nation names
-news text and menu now show Türkiye name correctly
-adjusted Permanent Injury system to make permanent injury damage on severe injuries more likely
-adjustment to player decline speed so it tends to move quicker than player development
-added Alumni league report
-increased NCAA transfer portal activity and then increased it again, should be close to the real-life amount now
-AI-run teams will now be a bit more aggressive about using Mutual Contract Termination to clear contract spots
-mood icon on negotiation screen now scaled properly
-adjusted player contract demands so the league contract structure doesn't get quite so top-heavy
-most teams (aside from farm teams, etc.) will now keep at least 3 goalies under contract at all times
-World Cup history should now be displayed correctly
-USports National Signing Day Requirement added
-AI-run junior teams will now release overage players rather than sending them to the farm
-fixed message describing goalies participating in international games when they sat on the bench
-fixed issue with championship win being shown twice in player bio
-loaned-out players to CHL/Europe will no fail to return when team has human manager
-fixed missing minimum age on USports signing day that was causing CHL players to leave early for university
-fixed player potentially picked twice in same draft
-fixed error with trade news showing wrong news text
-trade news with missing data fixed
-added Help popup (opened by F1 key) to most basic UI screens
-added player's NHL rights to his popup (if not currently with NHL team)
-AI training will no longer occasionally select non-goalie attributes
-regular training has had targeted training added, which will allow you to target specific player attributes for improvement. See the in-game help for full details.
-added player name highlighting for all players in your own organization (including rights-owned players) throughout the game
-added news when any player from your organization plays internationally
-national team history now uses the longer player leaderboards
-adjusted draft pick valuation in trades
-drafted players in leagues with multiple drafts will no longer appear on the Undrafted tab of the draft surprises report
-adjusted Biggest Busts section of draft surprises report so goalies are no longer over-emphasized
-adjusted player quality generation for most nationalities
-adjusted frequencies and timing of various trade types
-adjustments to 2D mode that will better distribute shots amongst forwards
-Russia and Belarus will no longer remain unranked after returning to international play
-international tournament names will no longer be repeated in World dropdown after first season
-reduced AI's use of the trade block around the trade deadline, which was a little excessive and leading to too many trades
-international tournaments updated to 25-26 configuration
-the "trade for holdout player" trade type has had its date range further restricted so it's only operational during the season
-adjusted logic for trades made to improve a team's middle-line/pair talent to work better with leagues with small rosters (and therefor fewer "middle" roster spots)
-AHL teams will no longer prioritize sending NHL-contracted players to their farm team ahead of their own players (so the AHL-signed guys go down first)
-various UI graphics updates
-added Skater Ratings to Tactics
-added a large number of staff histories to standard game
-fixed AI issues with Verbal Commitments and Signing Day drafts
-excessive releases of players in KHL fixed
-added Contract Demand to player table in OL´s
-various adjustments to logic of some trade types
-AI trade offers to human GMs for players on the trading block have been improved
-improved roster management should lead to fewer good players going on waivers
-AI teams now more aggressive in the use of the free agent market to upgrade their lineup
-fixed a bug that led to an extremely high number of tryout players in the CHL
-fixed a bug that could cause injured players to not be put on the injury reserve list
-adjusted generated players' junior preferences for various nationalities to produce a more realistic distribution of Nationalities in CHL leagues
-FTP Import Feedback Popup size increased to show all messages correctly
-Upper Area now updates properly after league file import in online leagues
-fixed Tooltip for PUC header
-Turkish league now has a full (non-playable) implementation, rather than being a generic league (and can be added in custom mode)
-fixed potential issue with goalie development resulting in too many high rated Goalies in the CHL/NCAA
-9-digit numbers will now show up correctly (e.g. when editing Salary Cap)
-added Basic Skater_Rating set to Lines, Lineups and Tactics screen
-added Waiver info (current days / games left) to the player page (Contract Tab, where Draft Eligible is listed)
-fixed potent ial crash when starting any game with a ini-draft or expansion draft
-fixed potential crash when clicking on linked player/staff stats
-fixed the two draft player related Owner Goals where the goal was evaluated a day before the draft instead of after
-Memorial Cup games no longer show up twice on the calendar in the upper area
-retired players, who also are in the game as staff and are linked in the database (not everyone is so far, working on that) now show staff career stats on the player profile and player career stats on the staff page
-adjusted NHL salary baselines based on 2025 offseason contract activity
-fixed problem with too many players surpassing potential
-fixed various duplicated staff positions in playable teams
-IIHF tournament team lists updated for 25-26
-updated team names, etc. in non-playable leagues
-did some large-scale potential reduction on formerly highly-rated young players who are no longer NHL-level prospects (mainly toning down the excess of good players in the first few drafts, particularly 2026)
-fixed issues with teams potentially ignoring salary cap, particularly when dealing with offseason trades and contract extensions
-teams should no longer move players up/down from the farm multiple times in quick succession

[Savoie45]

Pretty nice list of improvements this year! Quick question, will the ability to select which year(s) a No Movement and or No Trade Clause be added in the future. As well as Modified No Trade Clause.

[boscoJJ]

did the custom save player transfer frequency increase

[Colorado]

Can anyone confirm if screen menu settings reset each time you go back like on staff, player search screens? Hoping it's fixed as it's been a problem for years.

[LukeToussaint]

Add North American U15 for Halifax and an Irish u14 next.

[Savoie45]

Rosters are up to date through what date?

[Adam B]

Originally Posted by Savoie45

Rosters are up to date through what date?

Opening Night.

[lawrence97]

-adjustments to 2D mode that will better distribute shots amongst forwards

Really hoping that will stop the c scoring too many goals in my historical games

This is a great series, keep up the good work

[TimRaines30]

Originally Posted by JeffR

Here's the (mostly) complete big list of additions, changes, fixes, and other new things for FHM12. As usual, this definitely isn't 100% complete as I've assembled it from a variety of smaller lists and other discussions, and I'm sure I've missed a few things. And the order may be a bit haphazard.

-added Draft Day experience: AI teams will now make trades to move up/down during the draft, including "live" offers to user-run teams, and there is a new section on the draft screen that reports on those trades as well as rumours that give the user more information on what other teams are likely to do
-the training camp development bonus has been replaced by offseason Training Programs, where specific attributes or attribute categories/groups can be targeted for improvement up until the end of the preseason
-regular training now allows specific targeting, at a cost in development speed for the player
-Historical World Championships have been added back to 1929 (aside from years where they were skipped in real life, e.g. WW2)
-new-format mid-season World Cup of Hockey added, beginning in February 2028 and every 4 years thereafter (leagues will adjust schedules to free players for it, as they do with the Olympics)
-added large number of non-NHL players to historical database to ensure national team rosters will be full
-trade news is now more varied and includes, in many cases, an explanation of why one of the teams made the move
-added news when a Single Game Record for a league or team is broken
-added news when a player moves up in the top 10 of some leaderboards
-CHL-NCAA player movement adjusted to reflect the movement to the NCAA being much heavier than had been anticipated last year, should be a considerable number of ex-NHLers in the NCAA every year now, some of which move prior to their junior career being done
-some of the upcoming NHL CBA changes for 26-27 have been implemented, specifically:
1) over-24 ELC exemption
2) minimum salary increases
3) maximum ELC salary increases
4) contract maximum length reduction
5) players cannot have retained salary in a trade if they had salary retained in another trade in the past 75 days
6) players drafted at age 18 have their draft rights held by that team for 4 years, players drafted at age 19 or older have their draft rights held by that team for 3 years
7) year-to-year salary can only vary by 20%,
8) LTIR Exemption updated to the new rule: only the portion of a player's salary up to the league average salary (currently about $3.8m) is exempted from the cap, everything above that still counts, but only for players who aren't out for the entire season
-adjusted junior preference generation to reduce the number of Americans in the CHL leagues, particularly the OHL
-NHL jersey update and then another NHL jersey update and then another NHL jersey update, thanks to Hockey13Playa
-fixed missing information in a couple of trade news items
-fixed the first day of the World Cup potentially overlapping the NHL schedule
-the AI will no longer ignore the 2-way requirement for Entry-Level Contracts for some players
-fixed some issues with waiver implmentation to better match NHL rules
-there's now a progress bar when using Pick until Human during the draft (possibly to be replaced by having the draft screen update after every pick when picking until human)
-you can now save and load tactics (basically the same way as lines)
-you can now change the season Start Date for custom leagues on July 1st
-import FHM11 Save is now active
-fixed blurriness issue with Mac retina displays
-added news item that announces the 2026/27 CBA changes
-added additional explanatory text on Training Programs Screen
-fixed issue causing some leader announcements to appear multiple times
-changes to player generation: increased the number of players with NHL-caliber potential being generated on July 1, but cut the number of superstar-level players
-fixed long award names being cut cut off in awards ceremony
-exempted college teams from Bring Back a Former Player owner goal
-adjusted jersey sales down for goaltenders
-exemptions in the expansion draft will no longer count years with preseason games played towards the allowed years
-fixed ability to return NHL players to junior deactivating after first season
-significantly decreased frequency of regular trades around draft day to compensate for the number of trades made during the draft
-added roster restrictions to World Championships so no NHLers pre-1977
-salary has been added to the player filter
-salary filter no longer filters by cap hit, also added a new cap hit filter (that does filter by cap hit)
-added/changed new NHL logos for 25-26
-replaced old Flames team and rink logo with the non-black-outline one
-fixed a few other errors in the rink ice logos
-AIHL conference structures removed
-EIHL conference structures removed
-fixed an issue with very high-end attribute development that was preventing generational-type players from getting attributes in the mid-high 20's (most noticeable effect was Gretzky not quite matching his career numbers if he played the same number of seasons; he should be producing 200-point years at his peak now, and Lemieux will get into the very high 100's)
-adjusted player contract demands based on team outlook, players will now demand more from rebuilding teams, effect is stronger in Europe
-added the pick number to trades/rumours during the draft (i.e. which pick was active when the rumour appeared or trade happened)
-historical national teams screens should now have proper leaders
-the Ratings Filter now uses the correct attribute names
-higher resolutions will now show more players on the league/team history screen leaders
-tactics screen action menu now updates properly after the tactic is saved, so the saved tactic name appears right away
-the International team title bar no longer opens opens Canadiens' screens
-Future Talent will no longer sometimes be displayed as being lower than Talent on the Edit Player screen
-84 Games NHL schedule starting in 26-27 enabled
-team name will now update properly on training screen when switching teams to a different league
-back button no longer returns to international rather than league screen in some situations
-AI no longer selects too many players for mental training
-adjusted order of tournaments in historical World menu to be more consistent with standard games
-the game summaries on the schedule screen now display the players' goal totals properly for international tournaments
-button text no longer cut off on manage saved tactics UI
-25-26 Champions Hockey League teams updated
-USports National Signing Day will no longer allow long-term NCAA players to be signed, also restricted ability to sign players with active NHL rights
-adjusted College draft order change to emphasize market size more so the bigger programs tend to draft higher
-fixed issue where trade news was showing player attribute descriptions rather than the trade text
-fixed potential crash in Exhibition Games (the start screen option) after setup
-fixed error in calculation of Goalie stat-adjusted talent
-adjusted Goalie stat-adjusted talent after previous fix made it too low
-made players somewhat less reluctant to cross continents while free agents
-removed some teams from World Championship eligibility in certain years (a couple of boycotts in the 60's-70's and post-2022 Russia/Belarus)
-Czech Republic now uses Czechia as nation name
-Turkey now uses Türkiye as nation name
-"The" removed from the Netherlands and United States nation names
-news text and menu now show Türkiye name correctly
-adjusted Permanent Injury system to make permanent injury damage on severe injuries more likely
-adjustment to player decline speed so it tends to move quicker than player development
-added Alumni league report
-increased NCAA transfer portal activity and then increased it again, should be close to the real-life amount now
-AI-run teams will now be a bit more aggressive about using Mutual Contract Termination to clear contract spots
-mood icon on negotiation screen now scaled properly
-adjusted player contract demands so the league contract structure doesn't get quite so top-heavy
-most teams (aside from farm teams, etc.) will now keep at least 3 goalies under contract at all times
-World Cup history should now be displayed correctly
-USports National Signing Day Requirement added
-AI-run junior teams will now release overage players rather than sending them to the farm
-fixed message describing goalies participating in international games when they sat on the bench
-fixed issue with championship win being shown twice in player bio
-loaned-out players to CHL/Europe will no fail to return when team has human manager
-fixed missing minimum age on USports signing day that was causing CHL players to leave early for university
-fixed player potentially picked twice in same draft
-fixed error with trade news showing wrong news text
-trade news with missing data fixed
-added Help popup (opened by F1 key) to most basic UI screens
-added player's NHL rights to his popup (if not currently with NHL team)
-AI training will no longer occasionally select non-goalie attributes
-regular training has had targeted training added, which will allow you to target specific player attributes for improvement. See the in-game help for full details.
-added player name highlighting for all players in your own organization (including rights-owned players) throughout the game
-added news when any player from your organization plays internationally
-national team history now uses the longer player leaderboards
-adjusted draft pick valuation in trades
-drafted players in leagues with multiple drafts will no longer appear on the Undrafted tab of the draft surprises report
-adjusted Biggest Busts section of draft surprises report so goalies are no longer over-emphasized
-adjusted player quality generation for most nationalities
-adjusted frequencies and timing of various trade types
-adjustments to 2D mode that will better distribute shots amongst forwards
-Russia and Belarus will no longer remain unranked after returning to international play
-international tournament names will no longer be repeated in World dropdown after first season
-reduced AI's use of the trade block around the trade deadline, which was a little excessive and leading to too many trades
-international tournaments updated to 25-26 configuration
-the "trade for holdout player" trade type has had its date range further restricted so it's only operational during the season
-adjusted logic for trades made to improve a team's middle-line/pair talent to work better with leagues with small rosters (and therefor fewer "middle" roster spots)
-AHL teams will no longer prioritize sending NHL-contracted players to their farm team ahead of their own players (so the AHL-signed guys go down first)
-various UI graphics updates
-added Skater Ratings to Tactics
-added a large number of staff histories to standard game
-fixed AI issues with Verbal Commitments and Signing Day drafts
-excessive releases of players in KHL fixed
-added Contract Demand to player table in OL´s
-various adjustments to logic of some trade types
-AI trade offers to human GMs for players on the trading block have been improved
-improved roster management should lead to fewer good players going on waivers
-AI teams now more aggressive in the use of the free agent market to upgrade their lineup
-fixed a bug that led to an extremely high number of tryout players in the CHL
-fixed a bug that could cause injured players to not be put on the injury reserve list
-adjusted generated players' junior preferences for various nationalities to produce a more realistic distribution of Nationalities in CHL leagues
-FTP Import Feedback Popup size increased to show all messages correctly
-Upper Area now updates properly after league file import in online leagues
-fixed Tooltip for PUC header
-Turkish league now has a full (non-playable) implementation, rather than being a generic league (and can be added in custom mode)
-fixed potential issue with goalie development resulting in too many high rated Goalies in the CHL/NCAA
-9-digit numbers will now show up correctly (e.g. when editing Salary Cap)
-added Basic Skater_Rating set to Lines, Lineups and Tactics screen
-added Waiver info (current days / games left) to the player page (Contract Tab, where Draft Eligible is listed)
-fixed potent ial crash when starting any game with a ini-draft or expansion draft
-fixed potential crash when clicking on linked player/staff stats
-fixed the two draft player related Owner Goals where the goal was evaluated a day before the draft instead of after
-Memorial Cup games no longer show up twice on the calendar in the upper area
-retired players, who also are in the game as staff and are linked in the database (not everyone is so far, working on that) now show staff career stats on the player profile and player career stats on the staff page
-adjusted NHL salary baselines based on 2025 offseason contract activity
-fixed problem with too many players surpassing potential
-fixed various duplicated staff positions in playable teams
-IIHF tournament team lists updated for 25-26
-updated team names, etc. in non-playable leagues
-did some large-scale potential reduction on formerly highly-rated young players who are no longer NHL-level prospects (mainly toning down the excess of good players in the first few drafts, particularly 2026)
-fixed issues with teams potentially ignoring salary cap, particularly when dealing with offseason trades and contract extensions
-teams should no longer move players up/down from the farm multiple times in quick succession

Am I looking in the wrong thread? When i heard 12 is out I thought I'd check it out and see what the new features are. Is this the "Reason why 12 is better than 11"? This looks like a long overdue patch, not a new game. I'm sorry, but if this is your list on why I should buy, then sorry, i'll be unsubscribing from future emails as this is a joke.

[Tigers3360]

While this list is impressive it seems more like patches and no new features, Did Custom games get anything new?
- Historical Financing Available in a custom game back to 1909 like playing with the Historic mode?
- Ability to create an actual colliate league and not a paid junior league?
- Same options in world editor for Custom as in Historic modes etc?
- Ability to deactivate leagues in custom games?

I have been a huge fan of this game series and spend a lot of time with it but it feels like the new versions are starting to be like you know who and only focus on one mode and leave everything else behind, I get that you can't make it 100% like OOTPB but giving us a better sandbox would go a LONG way. I'm not sure if it's worth mymoney to buy 12 if the mode I play the most didn't even get touched

[Savoie45]

Originally Posted by TimRaines30

Am I looking in the wrong thread? When i heard 12 is out I thought I'd check it out and see what the new features are. Is this the "Reason why 12 is better than 11"? This looks like a long overdue patch, not a new game. I'm sorry, but if this is your list on why I should buy, then sorry, i'll be unsubscribing from future emails as this is a joke.

Of course there are going to be "fixes" as well, but the new training system and Draft news/trades are the standout features for this year's game. Most of the time people seem to want them to focus on patching the game rather than adding new features. When they try to do both, neither is good enough.

[Lappaacco]

Originally Posted by Tigers3360

While this list is impressive it seems more like patches and no new features, Did Custom games get anything new?
- Historical Financing Available in a custom game back to 1909 like playing with the Historic mode?
- Ability to create an actual colliate league and not a paid junior league?
- Same options in world editor for Custom as in Historic modes etc?
- Ability to deactivate leagues in custom games?

I have been a huge fan of this game series and spend a lot of time with it but it feels like the new versions are starting to be like you know who and only focus on one mode and leave everything else behind, I get that you can't make it 100% like OOTPB but giving us a better sandbox would go a LONG way. I'm not sure if it's worth mymoney to buy 12 if the mode I play the most didn't even get touched

I agree with you. This will probably be the first game in the series that I’ll skip. I’ve played every other FHM so far.
The only game mode that still interests me nowadays is Custom Game, but none of its bugs have been fixed — the same ones I’ve been pointing out in previous versions.

[renojedi]

Originally Posted by Savoie45

Of course there are going to be "fixes" as well, but the new training system and Draft news/trades are the standout features for this year's game. Most of the time people seem to want them to focus on patching the game rather than adding new features. When they try to do both, neither is good enough.

put me in the camp of those who want a complete NHL game over (a lot of) new features. My perception of the problem is that they have too small of a team to have a game with so many leagues. So instead of being able to focus on the NHL (the license they do have), both current and historical, they are spending time ensuing rules and rosters are right not just in the KHL or SHL but also obscure leagues they don't have a license for. Add in trying to add a rapidly changing NCAA landscape and many customers get something they want, but no one gets a complete version of their preferred league/playing style and tactics, roster management, 2D, etc and new features all get less time. That being said, it is still a good game and with so few NHL Sims on the market, this one is my preferred option. But I do worry that trying to be all things to all players will leave an opening for an upstart game to do the NHL game better then FHM in a few years and that would be really disappointing to a lot of us who have kept the faith since the first FHM.

[ShannyWings]

When is the Big Fix coming out?

[Savoie45]

Originally Posted by ShannyWings

When is the Big Fix coming out?

According to Jeff on tonight's stream they're aiming for Friday for the next patch.

[GMO123]

Yes, true.

And I still very much support this game.

[GMO123]

Originally Posted by renojedi

put me in the camp of those who want a complete NHL game over (a lot of) new features. My perception of the problem is that they have too small of a team to have a game with so many leagues. So instead of being able to focus on the NHL (the license they do have), both current and historical, they are spending time ensuing rules and rosters are right not just in the KHL or SHL but also obscure leagues they don't have a license for. Add in trying to add a rapidly changing NCAA landscape and many customers get something they want, but no one gets a complete version of their preferred league/playing style and tactics, roster management, 2D, etc and new features all get less time. That being said, it is still a good game and with so few NHL Sims on the market, this one is my preferred option. But I do worry that trying to be all things to all players will leave an opening for an upstart game to do the NHL game better then FHM in a few years and that would be really disappointing to a lot of us who have kept the faith since the first FHM.

Yes, true.

And I support this game, hoping it will get better every year.

[drummerJ99]

Does drag and drop work in fastspring version yet? Haven't bought 12, so wanna know before I buy.

[WoolyKnights]

Originally Posted by drummerJ99

Does drag and drop work in fastspring version yet? Haven't bought 12, so wanna know before I buy.

If you're asking about drag and drop to set Lines, Scouting, etc. I am running FHM12 on Windows and it still does not work for me.

[drummerJ99]

Originally Posted by WoolyKnights

If you're asking about drag and drop to set Lines, Scouting, etc. I am running FHM12 on Windows and it still does not work for me.

Gotcha. So still only works on the Steam version then. Thanks.