Quick questions thread

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by Cole

Really? I thought the point of having Fog of War on was that it was a 'ratings-less' mode... So why would users be able to see some ratings? Those ratings should be blank as far as I'm concerned. That's always how I had understood Fog of War working - you don't get player ratings, and have to rely on stats and scouting reports.

What's more alarming to me is the commish can see them in Fog of War. It makes sense I suppose, but also needs to be changed so there's balance if the commish is in fact running a team as well.

Since the commisioner can view and edit the ratings of any player any time he chooses, it isn't much of an additional advantage.

Those panels are meant to be used when the player's exact attributes aren't visible. They're only a rough indicator of overall ability, since they're derived from a number of different attributes.

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by spear

I have a question about market size and fan loyalty. Do they ever change after the initial league setup?

No, those are static at the moment.

[NolaSola7]

Sorry, haven't gotten so far as of yet ... but can a commish edit draft pools before the draft?

[Mike Lowe]

Originally Posted by JeffR

Since the commisioner can view and edit the ratings of any player any time he chooses, it isn't much of an additional advantage.

I wanted to respectfully disagree with this statement, for the sake of clarity; as a commissioner, I NEVER look at things behind the scenes. I don't put that much work into my leagues just to rig it or whatever. That's no fun!

And having the talks with the guys in my league about this, not realizing what all of the fuss was about until I logged in as one of them and saw that they couldn't see what I was seeing, it truly is a big deal.

I do agree with your second statement though: In Fog of War, hide the ratings tab for ALL players, but have the ratings on the profile main page visible for a basic overview.

Regardless--it's a great game that's continuing to improve with things like this!

[Mike Lowe]

Originally Posted by NolaSola7

Sorry, haven't gotten so far as of yet ... but can a commish edit draft pools before the draft?

I am not positive, but I think you could do so by editing them one at a time.

[DarthYoda]

In Historical mode, how do i watch my teams players scoring for earlier seasons then where i'm now?

[josephyw]

Originally Posted by JeffR

If they're free agents, there's nothing for the scout to look at, since they're not playing games - if I remember correctly, the scouting routines need the player to be in a league somewhere to scout him.

Okay, so it is normal for me to have no idea of the basic ratings of free agents or expansion draft players, only their stats, position strengths, and conditioning/character/hockey sense?

Originally Posted by Mike Lowe

For what it's worth, neither I nor any other guys have scouting reports for anyone which is fine because we can go scout for ourselves, but I'm just not sure why I'm (commish) the only one seeing these basic ratings.

This isn't limited to fog of war mode. In an online multi-player league without fog of war, even, if a commish is also managing a team, they can see lots of ratings that the rest of the people can not (see above).

A couple of questions in this regard, on behalf of the commish of our league:

• is it possible to create a new random human user and transfer commissioner status to that user, so that the commissioner can play as a regular manager (and see what the regular manager sees), logging in to the commish account as needed for league functions?
• how do we delete all of the random extra Joe Average GMs that seem to be multiplying while passing the league file back and forth?

Thanks for the help. This is our first sim game ever, and while it was completely overwhelming at first, we're starting to get into it--though not without some bumps in the road.

[gmarko]

How do you retain money (if you can) in a trade? Thanks.

[bialanoc]

Originally Posted by josephyw

In an online multi-player league without fog of war, even, if a commish is also managing a team, they can see lots of ratings that the rest of the people can not (see above).

As an alternative, it's not necessarily bad if all GMs can have the option to see these expanded stats, since we only have limited information to judge players on in a text-based sim environment anyway.

One way or another, I think we need a change that allows the option for equity between the GM/Commissioner and regular GMs, whether that means both sides seeing more ratings or fewer.

[JeffR]

Originally Posted by DarthYoda

In Historical mode, how do i watch my teams players scoring for earlier seasons then where i'm now?

Click on history on the team menu, then in the list of seasons shown at the bottom of the screen, click on the year column for the year you want to see and it'll show the scoring for that year.

[Mike Lowe]

In case it can make it into tomorrow's patch, I'm still seeing trades between AI teams with trades set to zero.

[NolaSola7]

Originally Posted by Mike Lowe

I am not positive, but I think you could do so by editing them one at a time.

I have a fictional league, when making one you are asked if you want to make three (Major, Minor, Junior) ...

I didn't make the Junior..... I think one can just edit in the Junior leagues and job done....

Without it, I am afraid to say the Draft is kind of worthless... almost seems ALL 18 Y/O are available for draft .... whether having already signed as free agent or not.. !!! :-< .. 'drafting' off other team's rosters!

So I regret not doing Juniors ...

But it would have been easy to do... to edit from those leagues

If one wants to edit the draftees... gotta wait for the draft and then look at the list and edit it right after....

******** I decided to forward a test run forward to see.... and found these things out

[beezer2434]

What does the "EA" box stand for on the tactics screen on the ice diagram?

[Strakman]

I just finished the 15-16 season with the Predators and have tried to go past June 30 twice and the game just keeps "simulating for many minutes and not moving to July 1. What is up with that and is there a way to get the game to process to the next season, 16-17 season???

[Pubfire]

Originally Posted by beezer2434

What does the "EA" box stand for on the tactics screen on the ice diagram?

Extra attacker, I think

Not sure if already answered, but is it possible (in European leagues) to loan a player to other teams?
Cheers

[Orioles1966]

Current S-AHL Pacific Division Standings
1. Oakland W-8 L-4 OT-O PCT. 667
2. San Antonio W-8 L-3 OT-1 PCT. 667

San Antonio should be PCT. 708

PCT. is points percentage possible points out of possible games 17 points out of 24 possible points equals .708 (or something).

[Strakman]

On my third try to go from 15-16 season to 16-17 season on my Preds game, it worked!!!

[dave1927p]

Originally Posted by beezer2434

What does the "EA" box stand for on the tactics screen on the ice diagram?

Extra Attacker.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Strakman

I just finished the 15-16 season with the Predators and have tried to go past June 30 twice and the game just keeps "simulating for many minutes and not moving to July 1. What is up with that and is there a way to get the game to process to the next season, 16-17 season???

You need to let it load.. It does take a long time, sometimes more than a few minutes. Don't give up on it.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by gmarko

How do you retain money (if you can) in a trade? Thanks.

It's not currently something that is possible.