Quick Questions Thread - Page 2

Arch7ngel · 10-26-2021, 10:08 AM

Why isn't the trade slider available in Challenge mode? It only makes the game harder, thereby more challenging

WestCoastGuy · 10-26-2021, 10:10 AM

Is it possible to play while seeing the entire rink at one time, a static image? What's shown at 1:07 of this video ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=67&v...ature=youtu.be

... would be absolutely perfect. I'd buy this if that view was available for the live game action.

JeffR · 10-26-2021, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by wiggleman83

Will there be the ability to create interleague tournaments between junior leagues at some point?

Yeah, that'll likely be coming soon, mainly a matter of whether we do that or enable it for other modes first.

JeffR · 10-26-2021, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by WestCoastGuy

Is it possible to play while seeing the entire rink at one time, a static image? What's shown at 1:07 of this video ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=67&v...ature=youtu.be

... would be absolutely perfect. I'd buy this if that view was available for the live game action.

Yes, that's the "Fit to Screen" zoom level, you can change it in the Options screen once you're watching a game.

JeffR · 10-26-2021, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Arch7ngel

Why isn't the trade slider available in Challenge mode? It only makes the game harder, thereby more challenging

Ah, looks like it got included on the list of excluded functions from Challenge mode. Wasn't intended, we'll change that.

Flying_Canuck · 10-26-2021, 10:25 AM

Is there an option to enable degrading ice for modded arena? Custom ice still works but the game would not use playfield0~playfield3. Thus, only 1 ice will be used if we mod the arena. Can we solve this quickly by changing file naming convention, or does this require coding change so we have to wait for a potential update later on?

JeffR · 10-26-2021, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Flying_Canuck

Is there an option to enable degrading ice for modded arena? Custom ice still works but the game would not use playfield0~playfield3. Thus, only 1 ice will be used if we mod the arena. Can we solve this quickly by changing file naming convention, or does this require coding change so we have to wait for a potential update later on?

Not moddable at the moment, but I think that'll be a relatively simple change, we'll try to get it into an update.

renojedi · 10-26-2021, 10:34 AM

-ECHL teams no longer have AHL parents, to prevent excessive roster clutter from AHL teams sending them down a lot of players

So how does this work with players who are not getting enough playing time in the AHL? In real life, they should be able to go to ECHL for minutes and if there are injuries at the AHL level, ECHL players should be considered as roster fillers.

Curious how the game will handle this.

JeffR · 10-26-2021, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by renojedi

-ECHL teams no longer have AHL parents, to prevent excessive roster clutter from AHL teams sending them down a lot of players

So how does this work with players who are not getting enough playing time in the AHL? In real life, they should be able to go to ECHL for minutes and if there are injuries at the AHL level, ECHL players should be considered as roster fillers.

Curious how the game will handle this.

The AHL team will move them to a lower-level nonplayable league. They'll still develop normally.

SirMichaelJordan · 10-26-2021, 10:43 AM

Is there a setting to increase injuries?

renojedi · 10-26-2021, 10:50 AM

1. Is there a way to edit player histories?

2. Did you add an option to have names rather than numbers with for the icons in 2D? I know it was mentioned in one of the streams you did so not sure if it was added and I need to find how to turn it on or if it will be considered for a later update.

If you didn't add it, my vote would still be for it to still have numbers on the 2D view but with a legend elsewhere on the page which shows who is on the ice and says which numbers belong to which players. That may make the 2D view less cluttered which I know was a concern.

renojedi · 10-26-2021, 10:54 AM

Does the Kraken's Palm Springs AHL team automatically enter the league in the second season of the game or do I have to add it manually? I can add it in season 1 but don't want a duplicate team in the second season.

JeffR · 10-26-2021, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by SirMichaelJordan

Is there a setting to increase injuries?

No, only decrease them.

Hunterup · 10-26-2021, 11:01 AM

Will there be any roster/injury updates for the opening night start? Johnny Boychuck on the islanders retired last year due to a career ending injury, he still has one year on his contract so he is on LTIR. In game he is still on the team and not injured at all.

They made a bunch of signings this summer knowing they wouldn't have his 6m cap hit but in game you are stuck with both the signings and his cap hit.

JeffR · 10-26-2021, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by renojedi

1. Is there a way to edit player histories?

No, and that's not likely to happen - there are a number of in-game functions that use the stats in the histories, and editing them would break a few of them.

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2. Did you add an option to have names rather than numbers with for the icons in 2D? I know it was mentioned in one of the streams you did so not sure if it was added and I need to find how to turn it on or if it will be considered for a later update.

Not yet. We've tried and the attempts looked pretty ugly (and I think there were some technical issues as well), but I still want to get it in.

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If you didn't add it, my vote would still be for it to still have numbers on the 2D view but with a legend elsewhere on the page which shows who is on the ice and says which numbers belong to which players. That may make the 2D view less cluttered which I know was a concern.

If you click the stop button, it'll pop up the player stats for both teams, which include the numbers. Some kind of overlay while play is underway might be an option, but I'd rather just try to get the on-ice names working.

SirMichaelJordan · 10-26-2021, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by JeffR

No, only decrease them.

Too bad, any plans on adding the option to increase? I am someone who plays OOTP Baseball on High realistic injuries and even Very High. I would love to do the same in this game.

JeffR · 10-26-2021, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Hunterup

Will there be any roster/injury updates for the opening night start? Johnny Boychuck on the islanders retired last year due to a career ending injury, he still has one year on his contract so he is on LTIR. In game he is still on the team and not injured at all.

They made a bunch of signings this summer knowing they wouldn't have his 6m cap hit but in game you are stuck with both the signings and his cap hit.

Odd, his injury is in the presets.txt injury list but isn't registering in the game for some reason. Everybody else on the list seems to get their correct injuries. I think it's having trouble reading his player ID, although it looks like it's set up correctly. But there's an easy quick-fix for that: if you go to the \Documents\Out of the Park Developments\Franchise Hockey Manager 8\quickstart_games\OpeningDay.quick folder and open the presets.txt file, find Boychuk's entry and change "boychjo01" to "9091" (the alternate ID.) Then it'll work fine in any new game you start.

Bluenoser · 10-26-2021, 11:15 AM

Roster accuracy - just curious, why is Jack Eichel healthy and playing?

JeffR · 10-26-2021, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Roster accuracy - just curious, why is Jack Eichel healthy and playing?

It looks like the game is ignoring some of the preset injuries for some reason, still trying to figure out why - I think it may have been a late change we made to fix an issue with the game having trouble reading special characters in the presets file...although that shouldn't have affected Eichel, or Johnny Boychuk, whose injury is also not showing up. But the quick fix for Boychuk will probably work for Eichel as well: if you go to the \Documents\Out of the Park Developments\Franchise Hockey Manager 8\quickstart_games\OpeningDay.quick folder and open the presets.txt file, find Eichel's entry and change "eicheja01" to "191959" (the alternate ID.) Then it'll work fine in any new game you start.

renojedi · 10-26-2021, 11:53 AM

Sorry for the duplicate post from above but wanted to make sure this doesn't get skipped as you are getting a lot of questions:

Does the Kraken's Palm Springs AHL team automatically enter the league in the second season of the game or do I have to add it manually? I can add it in season 1 but don't want a duplicate team in the second season.

10-26-2021, 10:08 AM	#21
Arch7ngel Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 11	Why isn't the trade slider available in Challenge mode? It only makes the game harder, thereby more challenging

10-26-2021, 10:10 AM	#22
WestCoastGuy Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: American in Europe Posts: 196	Is it possible to play while seeing the entire rink at one time, a static image? What's shown at 1:07 of this video ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=67&v...ature=youtu.be ... would be absolutely perfect. I'd buy this if that view was available for the live game action.

10-26-2021, 10:25 AM	#26
Flying_Canuck All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 541	Is there an option to enable degrading ice for modded arena? Custom ice still works but the game would not use playfield0~playfield3. Thus, only 1 ice will be used if we mod the arena. Can we solve this quickly by changing file naming convention, or does this require coding change so we have to wait for a potential update later on?

10-26-2021, 10:34 AM	#28
renojedi Major Leagues Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richmond, Virginia area Posts: 454	-ECHL teams no longer have AHL parents, to prevent excessive roster clutter from AHL teams sending them down a lot of players So how does this work with players who are not getting enough playing time in the AHL? In real life, they should be able to go to ECHL for minutes and if there are injuries at the AHL level, ECHL players should be considered as roster fillers. Curious how the game will handle this.

10-26-2021, 10:43 AM	#30
SirMichaelJordan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,718	Is there a setting to increase injuries?

10-26-2021, 10:50 AM	#31
renojedi Major Leagues Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richmond, Virginia area Posts: 454	1. Is there a way to edit player histories? 2. Did you add an option to have names rather than numbers with for the icons in 2D? I know it was mentioned in one of the streams you did so not sure if it was added and I need to find how to turn it on or if it will be considered for a later update. If you didn't add it, my vote would still be for it to still have numbers on the 2D view but with a legend elsewhere on the page which shows who is on the ice and says which numbers belong to which players. That may make the 2D view less cluttered which I know was a concern.

10-26-2021, 10:54 AM	#32
renojedi Major Leagues Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richmond, Virginia area Posts: 454	Does the Kraken's Palm Springs AHL team automatically enter the league in the second season of the game or do I have to add it manually? I can add it in season 1 but don't want a duplicate team in the second season.

10-26-2021, 11:01 AM	#34
Hunterup Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 10	Will there be any roster/injury updates for the opening night start? Johnny Boychuck on the islanders retired last year due to a career ending injury, he still has one year on his contract so he is on LTIR. In game he is still on the team and not injured at all. They made a bunch of signings this summer knowing they wouldn't have his 6m cap hit but in game you are stuck with both the signings and his cap hit.

10-26-2021, 11:15 AM	#38
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,128	Roster accuracy - just curious, why is Jack Eichel healthy and playing?

10-26-2021, 11:53 AM	#40
renojedi Major Leagues Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richmond, Virginia area Posts: 454	Sorry for the duplicate post from above but wanted to make sure this doesn't get skipped as you are getting a lot of questions: Does the Kraken's Palm Springs AHL team automatically enter the league in the second season of the game or do I have to add it manually? I can add it in season 1 but don't want a duplicate team in the second season.