Version 1.6.2 Game Update Now Available

[G-Nuke]

Originally Posted by thepete

That's fine I suppose, but keep this in mind: by the sound of what you're saying, I'd be hiring an assistant coach just based on his talent/skill/potential evaluation and style of play. That moves us into what I'd call a pretty unrealistic scenario - teams wouldn't do that in real life. Sure, their assistants might have input but they're not the only pair of eyes watching a team.

That's why I'd want a scout doing that, since that's their only job: watching the games. It's "fine" to hire a scout just to watch your team.

How many teams hire scouts to scout their own team?

[thepete]

Originally Posted by G-Nuke

How many teams hire scouts to scout their own team?

My point is that you'd have scouts doing scout work, not assistant coaches doing scout work.

[geckon]

Originally Posted by thepete

My point is that you'd have scouts doing scout work, not assistant coaches doing scout work.

But IRL coaches surely do comment players' performances so it's not a problem IMO.

[Irr11]

Installing this will make my old savegame unplayable, right?

[thepete]

Originally Posted by geckon

But IRL coaches surely do comment players' performances so it's not a problem IMO.

Yeah, but they're not hired exclusively to do that, which is what such a system will bring. You'll want to maximize in as many areas as possible. Get the best possible assistant goalie coach, d coach, fw coach, prospects etc...and the best possible "report on your team"-assistant.

[archibalduk]

Originally Posted by Irr11

Installing this will make my old savegame unplayable, right?

The safest answer is yes.

Strictly-speaking the saved game will work with the new version. However, it won't benefit from bug fixes included with the new version and so you might find your saved game eventually crashes.

[asilvermtzion]

Originally Posted by JeffR

The problem is, though, that any ratings system is going to have big flaws - if I draw one up, it wouldn't have the same problems the EHM system does, but I guarantee it's going to have some. Hockey's very difficult to measure in that way, and you also have to account for the player's role - if Colton Orr plays five minutes with no shots or points and fights twice, that's a pretty good game for him. If Phil Kessel does that, it's terrible.

and judging a players performance on stats alone has exactly the same problems. im not picky in how its done really, but some indication of how a player is playing would be useful.

you mentioned the fm asst coach feedback as an option, which id be totally ok with.

[geckon]

Originally Posted by thepete

Yeah, but they're not hired exclusively to do that, which is what such a system will bring. You'll want to maximize in as many areas as possible. Get the best possible assistant goalie coach, d coach, fw coach, prospects etc...and the best possible "report on your team"-assistant.

I don't think this will bring hiring the coaches exclusively to do that. They will keep taking care of practices, of managing lineup during the games and they will also provide their opinion on how players played. I don't see a problem there, sorry.

[thepete]

Originally Posted by geckon

I don't think this will bring hiring the coaches exclusively to do that. They will keep taking care of practices, of managing lineup during the games and they will also provide their opinion on how players played. I don't see a problem there, sorry.

In other words you don't believe players exploit games.

[geckon]

Originally Posted by thepete

In other words you don't believe players exploit games.

When did I say this? I must be missing something... Or do you mean that players will pick coaches not only by their coaching but also scouting abilities? Isn't this how it should work? Of course I would prefer a coach who's a great coach (can get players better) and also can read the game and tell who's good.

[StrikeFour]

Originally Posted by thepete

In other words you don't believe players exploit games.

What do you mean 'exploit games?'

[Orioles1966]

Will the editing problems(moving players from team to team) be fixed with the next patch?

[h3ilp3rn]

Originally Posted by h3ilp3rn

Anybody else notice that the labels for buttons don't appear... at all? See attached (on a Mac).

Any update on this question? It's made the game unplayable for me

[Crombeen]

What does quick fix mean at OOTP?

I thought there would be a fast (smaller) next patch, one patch between the last patch and the next major patch that includes the new game engine script.

It's already 21 days ( 3 weeks ) after the last patch has been released and because major patches take up to 3 months of development en testing I was just curious how much time it would take to release a small patch for this game.

Just asking because there is so little time left, before you know we can already pre-order for version 2.0 - The NHL season will be over and it's summer time when everybody walks away from hockey until september.

[djskek]

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[Irr11]

Originally Posted by JeffR

Scouts can be assigned either by right-clicking on a player name to scout that specific player, or by right-clicking on the scout's name in the Scouting screen.

I don't know if it has already been reported, but that doesn't work