The Bug Report Thread

[Mordrehl]

Originally Posted by JustBlazin

I play on windows 7 with the new patch 1.0.3
the game crashes when I try and take players off injured reserve or when I try and go to protected players and contract max and injured reserve so I cant even get out of oct of the first season. I have heard nothing about a new patch,have not seen the devs even aknowledge most of these problems,first they release a game that doesn't work then a patch that they say fixes so much yet did nothing to fix most of the problems then they just disappear and no word about anything
talk about garbage customer service

Strange, I am playing with 1.0.3 on Windows 7 and have NONE of the above issues. So I would say ... you're an isolated incident.

Try a full reinstall
Try changing some desktop settings ie Adjust Visual Effects
Graphics Drivers
etc etc

Since most people are NOT complaining about the above issue, and in fact have simmed multiple seasons I would say some trouble shooting of your own PC is in order


... and no, they didn't release a game that doesn't work, they released one with bugs like any other software developer these days.

[literaphile]

I've got an annoying one that has to do with trades. I'm using v1.03 for Mac.

I sent a trade proposal to a team and it was denied (fair enough). But I get the same denial message ("NO WAY!") every day - it's been at least 3 or 4 weeks since the trade proposal and they just keep coming in. This bug makes other trading impossible. No matter what trade offers I make to any team, I only ever get this same response message over and over.

[kohut]

Using 1.03 PC.

It's not a bug, just a data issue.

I am Winnipeg Jets 1979 and I am playing out of jobing.com arena.

Winnipeg Jets v 1.0 played out of Winnipeg Arena.

[thepete]

Originally Posted by Mordrehl

Hmmm maybe my expectations are simply off

I went through historical standings for the decades of the 40's and 50s ... and it seems a losing record on the road was the norm

Final NHL Standings 1949-50
Final NHL Standings 1953-54

Yeah but it appears to be the same for current day play as well. Most teams crush at home and stink on the road.

[kelt]

Originally Posted by Mordrehl

From memory

<<My Documents>>\Out of the Park Developments\

thanks, but nothing there

[Calmedic215]

I am in to my second season playing in the WHL as the Calgary Hitmen made it passed the first round of the playoff's just about to start the second round but everytime I try and play the first game it crashes, it has done this over a dozen times I cant advance the game at all tried playing it, simming it, and even retiring from the team and let the computer play it and all with the same result help please

[Orioles1966]

Originally Posted by Calmedic215

I am in to my second season playing in the WHL as the Calgary Hitmen made it passed the first round of the playoff's just about to start the second round but everytime I try and play the first game it crashes, it has done this over a dozen times I cant advance the game at all tried playing it, simming it, and even retiring from the team and let the computer play it and all with the same result help please

Check the rosters too see if you have too many players dressed or not enough players dressed (this would be for all playoff teams).

[kelt]

I still have the problem and I'm asking for help!!! Here's the initial message:

I can't start in "historical mode". When I click "New historical game" in start-menu nothing happens, like if there's no code behind the button. All other buttons works fine. Any ideas? Reinstallation didn't help.

What I did:
1. Uninstalled the game. Deleted "c:\fhm14" (was installed there). Searched for "%Documents%/Out of the park..." - didn't find.
2. Reinstalled into "d:\fhm2014". Didn't help. Same result.
3. Uninstalled again.
4. Installed into default folder "C:\program files\...etc..."
5. Didn't help. Same result.
6. Uninstalled again.
7. I tried two previous versions I had: "Version 0.9 BETA Build 26" and "Version 0.9 BETA Build 69". HISTORICAL MODE WORKED FINE ON BOTH!!!
8. I uninstalled the beta. Destroyed everything OOTP related on HDD (including "AppData/Roaming/OOTP.."). Cleared the registry of everything containing "franchise", "ootp", "out of the park".
9. I installed "Version 1.0 Build 3" again. The problem still exists. NOTHING happens when I click "new historical game" button.

Historical mode was the main reason for me to buy the game. I want some help from developers on this issue. Could it happen because I use Windows Vista Home?

[munson66]

Have tried launching several historical leagues, beginning in 1966. Noticing repeatedly that computer-controlled teams continue to sign players and add them to their protected lists in excess of the limit of 50.

And a question: do player ratings ever get revised? They seem to stay at whatever values are assigned once the league is started.

[JustBlazin]

Originally Posted by Mordrehl

... and no, they didn't release a game that doesn't work, they released one with bugs like any other software developer these days.

your telling me this isn't an unfinished product that they sold at full price,cause im pretty sure at least 70 % of the people who purchased this game feel they got a unfinished product not just bugs like every other game this isn't just a couple bugs there bud
but good try though

[kohut]

I am using the 1979 Winnipeg Jets, I made a trade to acquire a 1980 1st round draft choice, yet when the draft comes, I don't have that selection yet the player I traded is gone from my team.

[Anton]

I've gotten 3 'careers' into multiple seasons so far, and none have had a draft in their second off-season. 1 in the WHA and 2 in the modern-day NHL.

[Irr11]

1.Why can I neither offer my unsigned draftees a contract nor make a transfer offer for those playing in Europe????
In the beta version it was possible, because it should be!


2.please read what I wrote here:

-I'm not sure if this is a bug or just me not understanding how the real NHL works. I just wanted to start the 13/14 season but I couldn't because I'm over the salary cap. The cap is at $70M, my payroll at 74. Since there was no time to trade (the game was that day), the only possibility was to demote players. I sent down a player earning $9.5M, but the
payroll only went down from 74 to 73-something. In the end, I had to demote 5 (!) players whose cap hits were worth almost $25M. And only then, after the match, my payroll went down to 50-something. Why not immediately?? Three important players were claimed by other teams while it would have been enough to only give up the most expensive one!


Now I had the same problem with the 1.0.3 version. When I started the game the salary cap was at $70M. That's why I had a payroll of $69M. Then I want to start the season and suddenly the cap is at $64M. Again I demoted the most expensive player and again it only freed up some hundred thousands of dollars.

This is cruel guys. Please fix it. When the game starts (in Aug), let the cap already be at $64M. And then when I demote a player, take his entire salary off the payroll. Thank you.

(Thank God I was only in Oct; I'll have to start from scratch and re-do all kinds of trades again but at least it won't take me long)

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by Irr11

1.Why can I neither offer my unsigned draftees a contract nor make a transfer offer for those playing in Europe????
In the beta version it was possible, because it should be!

That is still possible but as in real life there is a deadline until you can sign them. For most leagues it is 31/8 (starting on July 1st). To make it easier we will add a column to the "Unsigned Draftees" table that makes it clear for every player up until what date you can offer a contract.

Originally Posted by Irr11

Now I had the same problem with the 1.0.3 version. When I started the game the salary cap was at $70M. That's why I had a payroll of $69M. Then I want to start the season and suddenly the cap is at $64M. Again I demoted the most expensive player and again it only freed up some hundred thousands of dollars.

This is cruel guys. Please fix it. When the game starts (in Aug), let the cap already be at $64M. And then when I demote a player, take his entire salary off the payroll. Thank you.

(Thank God I was only in Oct; I'll have to start from scratch and re-do all kinds of trades again but at least it won't take me long)

Again, that is how the NHL works: in the offseason the Salary Cap is raised by 10%, Opening Day it will go back to the normal value. But you are absolutely right that the game should warn/inform you about that. We will try to add that with the next patch.

[Irr11]

Originally Posted by Sebastian Palkowski

Again, that is how the NHL works: in the offseason the Salary Cap is raised by 10%, Opening Day it will go back to the normal value. But you are absolutely right that the game should warn/inform you about that. We will try to add that with the next patch.

I know the 10% rule, but I still don't get the salary-demotion thing.

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by Irr11

I know the 10% rule, but I still don't get the salary-demotion thing.

What player did you demote?

[Irr11]

Originally Posted by Sebastian Palkowski

That is still possible but as in real life there is a deadline until you can sign them. For most leagues it is 31/8 (starting on July 1st). To make it easier we will add a column to the "Unsigned Draftees" table that makes it clear for every player up until what date you can offer a contract..

Ok thanks.
You're right, now that I restarted the game I noticed that I must have made all my offers after Aug 31. My bad.
But even then... once I sign them why can't I send them back to junior?! As far as I know that's absolutely possible in the NHL.

[Irr11]

Originally Posted by Sebastian Palkowski

What player did you demote?

I don't remember
It was someone who earned more than $5M and didn't have a no-movement clause. It was either Drew Doughty or Jeff Carter or Jon Quick. Actually I had demoted two of them.

[GDumaresq]

I simulated a whole NHL season without issues, but now it won't move past april 15th 2014.
I get to that date, but if i try to "Finish day" or simulate until next game, the game crashes back to Windows !!

[Sebastian Palkowski]

Originally Posted by GDumaresq

I simulated a whole NHL season without issues, but now it won't move past april 15th 2014.
I get to that date, but if i try to "Finish day" or simulate until next game, the game crashes back to Windows !!

What version do you use (please see the start-screen)?