Game's UI Suggestions - Page 5

geckon · 03-18-2014, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mgom27

Wavier Trades? Multi Team Trades? Trades on Draft days? NHL Draft 2 Days? League Association? League E. and include Minor Leagues in it? Bring back League Structure back and turned on? Tryouts for unsigned Prospects?

Are these UI suggestions?

Johnny93g · 03-18-2014, 02:22 PM

The UI is pretty much the reason I shelved this game long ago. I felt it lacked common sense, and was a click fest. I was always guessing what I needed to do. If my lineup needed fixing, it was a chore to figure what was wrong.

Reading this thread has me thinking it hasn't been upgraded. Which is a shame. I get that bugs within the game needed fixing, and they re did a lot logic the game uses behind the scenes, but I won't be trying it unless I hear a huge upgrade to the UI.

Have bookmarks made it in? Hot Keys?

Buchs · 03-18-2014, 03:04 PM

I'm new to FHM and agree with many other users that it takes too many clicks to get the information you want at any given time.

Personally I don't think there are any fatal flaws that I've come across, and I'm sure every version will continue to improve the UI. Most of the screens seem to be adequate and some of the suggestions here would go a long way in improving things.

If I could pick 3 things to change in this version that would get the biggest bang for the buck for me, here's what I would change.

1. clicking on the tab for one of your affiliate teams should change your current context to that league. This would allow you to see player statistics for that team without extra clicks. If you click home or lineup it will allow you to see that information for your farm team rather than your main team. There should be some 1 or 2 click way to get your context back to your top level team you manage. It could be another tab, or a menu option on the coach or team menus at the top of the screen. I would probably just replace the affiliate tab with a parent team tab when viewing it from the context of the affiliate team.

I'll use the Florida Panthers as an example. when you are on the Panthers home screen you have a tab for the San Antonio Rampage and the Cincinnati Cyclones. If I were to click on San Antonio I would actually change my context to San Antonio, the same as if I selected AHL as the league and San Antonio as the team from the league drop down. I could view their roster, stats, home page, and lineup. Also San Antonio would have 2 tabs on their menu, there would still be a tab for Cincinnati, but then in the place where San Antonio's tab used to be, there is now one for the Florida Panthers that would take you right back to the parent teams context. If that would be too much work, adding a dropdown box to change context like on the OOTP roster screen would at least help.

Right now checking up on my prospects and thinking about promotions and stuff is kind of a pain because I actually have to go through several clicks to change league and team and then back again to view any of that information (unless there is a way that I am just overlooking).

2. Make it easier to compare players. Here are two ways I can think of doing that.

One thing you could do is add a way to do a side by side comparison of two players. You could do it the same way as in OOTP baseball or some other way. this will probably take some work.

Second is to add color coding to the ratings on the roster screen. Right now if I look at the ratings on my roster I see a whole bunch of 13, 14, etc and takes a lot of effort to process all that information and make use of it. If I could see that this player is green across the board and this player is also green and has a couple yellows, I can immediately draw some useful conclusions and know what I need to look into. I believe this would be very easy to implement and would follow the already established color scheme you can see on the player profile page.

3. clickable scores at the top of the screen to bring up the game report (was already mentioned in this thread)

Buchs · 03-18-2014, 03:34 PM

oh yeah, almost forgot, I would love for the game report to list the number of goals and assist next to the player. like this

Scorer
Buchs (PP) [7]

Assist
Joe Schmoe [18]

Bluenoser · 03-19-2014, 07:58 AM

Bookmarks would be awesome.

fromcpu · 03-20-2014, 07:58 AM

I think it is a good idea to introduce the background graphics for each team. The point is that there is one static background on the team screen (under the name of the team). If the background could be vary depending on the team, it would give the possibility to personalize the look of the team screen, the player screen etc. .. Currently, each screen and the background looks the same. I'd be happier if I could see the color of my favorites Ducks from Anaheim or Oilers or the color of the other teams, when I look at their roster.

03-20-2014, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by fromcpu

I think it is a good idea to introduce the background graphics for each team.

For each HNL, canadian and european (and asian) team

jonnycosmic · 03-20-2014, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by fromcpu

I think it is a good idea to introduce the background graphics for each team. The point is that there is one static background on the team screen (under the name of the team). If the background could be vary depending on the team, it would give the possibility to personalize the look of the team screen, the player screen etc. .. Currently, each screen and the background looks the same. I'd be happier if I could see the color of my favorites Ducks from Anaheim or Oilers or the color of the other teams, when I look at their roster.

You can already do this in the game. When you set up a new game, click the check box "Team colours" and it will do exactly what you ask. I don't know if you can edit this setting in game, once you have started a new game. I imagine it will be somewhere though.

asilvermtzion · 03-20-2014, 04:13 PM

is there already a place to find what the seasons expectations are during the season?

JeffR · 03-20-2014, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by asilvermtzion

is there already a place to find what the seasons expectations are during the season?

For your own team, yes: (Your Name) Menu - Your Job - Owner Confidence.

fromcpu · 03-20-2014, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jonnycosmic

You can already do this in the game. When you set up a new game, click the check box "Team colours" and it will do exactly what you ask. I don't know if you can edit this setting in game, once you have started a new game. I imagine it will be somewhere though.

yes I know, but I think the background is more important for the look of the game. see for yourself:
http://imageshack.com/a/img62/1771/uih6.png

http://imageshack.com/a/img801/1909/sb3q.png

http://imageshack.com/a/img22/9426/bdzl.png

asilvermtzion · 03-21-2014, 12:59 PM

i dont know if it can be done, but if you could select a group of players from, say the free agent list, and add to shortlist all at once. something like the shift+click on a mac.

johnnyshaka · 03-21-2014, 01:36 PM

I know a better search or find option that includes the ability to show players without needing to query a name has been mentioned already but I'd like to add my name to the group wanting to see something like that in the next patch/update/next version.

I would also like to add that game logs for players would be very nice to have in their player cards so I can quickly see how a particular player has been playing in recent games or during a particular stretch of games.

One other thing would be a customizable drop down for the roster screen so we could create our our own list of stats/ratings/info. For example, if I would like to decide on who I want on the powerplay maybe having certain offensive skill ratings along with a few stats (like shots, goals, assists, etc) show up at the same time would certainly help without having to continue to flip around between two or three screens over and over again to compare several players.

Albatros Brest · 03-21-2014, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jonnycosmic

You can already do this in the game. When you set up a new game, click the check box "Team colours" and it will do exactly what you ask. I don't know if you can edit this setting in game, once you have started a new game. I imagine it will be somewhere though.

That option from the Preferences "Team colors" does not make any difference. I am using the latest update on Mac OS X.
Not a big deal though with so many other important things to fix.

Brucehum · 07-22-2014, 06:54 PM

In the game screen it would be nice to have coloured flags for goals (the numbered shot flags that are all dark grey). That would allow to easily find references to goals.

Crombeen · 07-23-2014, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Bookmarks would be awesome.

Bookmarks are for browsers and books I think what you mean are keyboard shortcuts.

The keyboard arrow keys Left & Right should be working like one page back and forward.
Beside that you need a set of prefixed page keys for most viewed pages in the game like:
1 = team view
2 = team standing
3 = league standing
4 = team lineup
5 = league news

... something like that, it would improve the flow and speed of the game so fast.

AlpineSK · 07-23-2014, 09:39 AM

How about just bringing back star ratings? They have worked in just about every other manager/GM style sports game, and FHM actually had them in its earlier stages but they decided to move away from them. It is a much more easily relatable rating system than the one in the game if you ask me. . .

Sebastian Palkowski · 07-23-2014, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by AlpineSK

How about just bringing back star ratings? They have worked in just about every other manager/GM style sports game, and FHM actually had them in its earlier stages but they decided to move away from them. It is a much more easily relatable rating system than the one in the game if you ask me. . .

It's both the same, 10 stars (with half stars) and 1-10. We just needed the number for scouting.

Carna · 07-23-2014, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by AlpineSK

How about just bringing back star ratings? They have worked in just about every other manager/GM style sports game, and FHM actually had them in its earlier stages but they decided to move away from them. It is a much more easily relatable rating system than the one in the game if you ask me. . .

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Originally Posted by Sebastian Palkowski

It's both the same, 10 stars (with half stars) and 1-10. We just needed the number for scouting.

If we talk players potential and ability ratings, I like how it's now. It is actually more accurate than stars.

Stars with half stars = 1-10
Numeric rating from 1-10 with 0.5 increments = 1-20

Sebastian Palkowski · 07-23-2014, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Carna

If we talk players potential and ability ratings, I like how it's now. It is actually more accurate than stars.

Stars with half stars = 1-10
Numeric rating from 1-10 with 0.5 increments = 1-20

You are of course right, I need a coffee.

03-21-2014, 01:36 PM	#93
johnnyshaka All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 680	I know a better search or find option that includes the ability to show players without needing to query a name has been mentioned already but I'd like to add my name to the group wanting to see something like that in the next patch/update/next version. I would also like to add that game logs for players would be very nice to have in their player cards so I can quickly see how a particular player has been playing in recent games or during a particular stretch of games. One other thing would be a customizable drop down for the roster screen so we could create our our own list of stats/ratings/info. For example, if I would like to decide on who I want on the powerplay maybe having certain offensive skill ratings along with a few stats (like shots, goals, assists, etc) show up at the same time would certainly help without having to continue to flip around between two or three screens over and over again to compare several players. __________________

07-23-2014, 09:39 AM	#97
AlpineSK All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bear, DE Posts: 1,618	How about just bringing back star ratings? They have worked in just about every other manager/GM style sports game, and FHM actually had them in its earlier stages but they decided to move away from them. It is a much more easily relatable rating system than the one in the game if you ask me. . . __________________ Check out my Sims!! 2013 Boston Red Sox Or my blogs: http://www.medicsbk.com The Sports Medic

03-18-2014, 02:22 PM	#82
Johnny93g Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 150	The UI is pretty much the reason I shelved this game long ago. I felt it lacked common sense, and was a click fest. I was always guessing what I needed to do. If my lineup needed fixing, it was a chore to figure what was wrong. Reading this thread has me thinking it hasn't been upgraded. Which is a shame. I get that bugs within the game needed fixing, and they re did a lot logic the game uses behind the scenes, but I won't be trying it unless I hear a huge upgrade to the UI. Have bookmarks made it in? Hot Keys?

03-18-2014, 03:04 PM	#83
Buchs Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 32	I'm new to FHM and agree with many other users that it takes too many clicks to get the information you want at any given time. Personally I don't think there are any fatal flaws that I've come across, and I'm sure every version will continue to improve the UI. Most of the screens seem to be adequate and some of the suggestions here would go a long way in improving things. If I could pick 3 things to change in this version that would get the biggest bang for the buck for me, here's what I would change. 1. clicking on the tab for one of your affiliate teams should change your current context to that league. This would allow you to see player statistics for that team without extra clicks. If you click home or lineup it will allow you to see that information for your farm team rather than your main team. There should be some 1 or 2 click way to get your context back to your top level team you manage. It could be another tab, or a menu option on the coach or team menus at the top of the screen. I would probably just replace the affiliate tab with a parent team tab when viewing it from the context of the affiliate team. I'll use the Florida Panthers as an example. when you are on the Panthers home screen you have a tab for the San Antonio Rampage and the Cincinnati Cyclones. If I were to click on San Antonio I would actually change my context to San Antonio, the same as if I selected AHL as the league and San Antonio as the team from the league drop down. I could view their roster, stats, home page, and lineup. Also San Antonio would have 2 tabs on their menu, there would still be a tab for Cincinnati, but then in the place where San Antonio's tab used to be, there is now one for the Florida Panthers that would take you right back to the parent teams context. If that would be too much work, adding a dropdown box to change context like on the OOTP roster screen would at least help. Right now checking up on my prospects and thinking about promotions and stuff is kind of a pain because I actually have to go through several clicks to change league and team and then back again to view any of that information (unless there is a way that I am just overlooking). 2. Make it easier to compare players. Here are two ways I can think of doing that. One thing you could do is add a way to do a side by side comparison of two players. You could do it the same way as in OOTP baseball or some other way. this will probably take some work. Second is to add color coding to the ratings on the roster screen. Right now if I look at the ratings on my roster I see a whole bunch of 13, 14, etc and takes a lot of effort to process all that information and make use of it. If I could see that this player is green across the board and this player is also green and has a couple yellows, I can immediately draw some useful conclusions and know what I need to look into. I believe this would be very easy to implement and would follow the already established color scheme you can see on the player profile page. 3. clickable scores at the top of the screen to bring up the game report (was already mentioned in this thread)

03-18-2014, 03:34 PM	#84
Buchs Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 32	oh yeah, almost forgot, I would love for the game report to list the number of goals and assist next to the player. like this Scorer Buchs (PP) [7] Assist Joe Schmoe [18]

03-19-2014, 07:58 AM	#85
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 13,682	Bookmarks would be awesome.

03-20-2014, 07:58 AM	#86
fromcpu Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 3	I think it is a good idea to introduce the background graphics for each team. The point is that there is one static background on the team screen (under the name of the team). If the background could be vary depending on the team, it would give the possibility to personalize the look of the team screen, the player screen etc. .. Currently, each screen and the background looks the same. I'd be happier if I could see the color of my favorites Ducks from Anaheim or Oilers or the color of the other teams, when I look at their roster.

03-20-2014, 04:13 PM	#89
asilvermtzion Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 144	is there already a place to find what the seasons expectations are during the season?

03-21-2014, 12:59 PM	#92
asilvermtzion Minors (Double A) Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 144	i dont know if it can be done, but if you could select a group of players from, say the free agent list, and add to shortlist all at once. something like the shift+click on a mac.

07-22-2014, 06:54 PM	#95
Brucehum Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: near Barcelona Posts: 7	In the game screen it would be nice to have coloured flags for goals (the numbered shot flags that are all dark grey). That would allow to easily find references to goals.