Challenge Questions & Feedback Thread

Círyatan · Post by **Círyatan** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:42 pm

I don't know if this is the good place to post this, but the links to the example screenshots in the Challenge Rules does not seem to be working. Wonder if it's because of the server switch.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:06 pm

They're not working for me either. It's quite possible that it's because of the sever switch. I'm not sure what else it could be.

Post by **archibalduk** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:05 pm

They're back up now. Thanks for pointing that out

Post by **Manimal** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:06 pm

archibalduk wrote:They're back up now. Thanks for pointing that out

They are not working for me

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:12 pm

Manimal wrote:
archibalduk wrote:They're back up now. Thanks for pointing that out
They are not working for me

Me neither. I'm getting "Forbidden" errors.

marecone · Post by **marecone** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:54 am

One quick q here. Is coaching important for Asistant GM? I have found one nice guy for my team but he has some low numbers in coaching golies and defence I think.

thunderbug · Post by **thunderbug** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:55 pm

That depends on what you want to do with them. If your AGM is a holding spot for a coach if need be then yes. If not no. For example I really only use my AGM for a team report every once in a while and another opinion at the draft at times, and so the scouting attributes are all I look for.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:04 pm

When I'm looking for an AGM, I look for Judging Potential and Judging Ability for the same reasons that Thunderbug mentioned. I also look at Discipline and Motivating so that they might have an effect on the players but I'm not really sure if this makes a difference. Like Thunderbug, I don't really look at coaching skills unless I plan on having them come in as a head coach at some point down the road.

Post by **Aahlstroem** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:50 pm

My save crashes on the 31th of August in the second season. Is it okey if I go on vacation to sim over the date?

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:08 pm

Aahlstroem wrote:My save crashes on the 31th of August in the second season. Is it okey if I go on vacation to sim over the date?

Yup. Try to let it sim a couple days on vacation and see what happens. If not, do you have a backup of your game?

Post by **Aahlstroem** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:10 pm

bruins72 wrote:
Aahlstroem wrote:My save crashes on the 31th of August in the second season. Is it okey if I go on vacation to sim over the date?
Yup. Try to let it sim a couple days on vacation and see what happens. If not, do you have a backup of your game?

I saved at like 29th or 30th August

Post by **Aahlstroem** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:15 pm

Aahlstroem wrote:
bruins72 wrote:
Aahlstroem wrote:My save crashes on the 31th of August in the second season. Is it okey if I go on vacation to sim over the date?
Yup. Try to let it sim a couple days on vacation and see what happens. If not, do you have a backup of your game?
I saved at like 29th or 30th August

But no real backup no

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:22 pm

Any luck with vacationing past the date?

I suggest doing a backup save after every segment of stats you post. You can get rid of them after you're a decent way past but it help you recover from corruption.

Also, go to the Options menu in EHM and choose Preferences. In there you'll want to make sure "Save Compressed" is NOT checked. For some reason when this is checked there is a greater chance of experiencing corruption.

Post by **Aahlstroem** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:26 pm

bruins72 wrote:Any luck with vacationing past the date?

I suggest doing a backup save after every segment of stats you post. You can get rid of them after you're a decent way past but it help you recover from corruption.

Also, go to the Options menu in EHM and choose Preferences. In there you'll want to make sure "Save Compressed" is NOT checked. For some reason when this is checked there is a greater chance of experiencing corruption.

Nope

And "Save Compressed" was checked, even though I thougt it wasn't. Tried to continue with it un-checked but it didn't work.
Seems like my participation ends now

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:29 pm

So you had the 1 season completed? Maybe we can let you restart? This challenge will be running quite a while. Let me get back to you.

Post by **Aahlstroem** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:33 pm

bruins72 wrote:So you had the 1 season completed? Maybe we can let you restart? This challenge will be running quite a while. Let me get back to you.

I'm not sure if I feel motivated for it. And I got myself to blame for not having a back-up

francis246 · Post by **francis246** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:12 pm

That happened to me in one of my saves. It's because, I didn't put the lidas rosters into the game properly. But after I did I was able to continue. There should be a thread on how to place the roster files in the right spot. That may not be the problem though.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:07 pm

francis246 wrote:That happened to me in one of my saves. It's because, I didn't put the lidas rosters into the game properly. But after I did I was able to continue. There should be a thread on how to place the roster files in the right spot. That may not be the problem though.

There is a thread that explains how to install the Lidas Rosters...

http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... php?t=2395

And I don't think not knowing how to install the rosters properly would cause file corruption. If you didn't install them in the right place, you wouldn't be able to start with the right rosters.

marecone · Post by **marecone** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:17 am

First of all I don't want to offend anyone. This will be my first challange and I am curious is it possible that we can influence team so much? I mean, we have players who finished last and few players that went well over 50% or even finished first. It would not look incredible to me if we could have done few trades in first year but we all play our first year with same players. What is the secret? Just tactics? I did invest quite a bit of my free time in reseraching tactics. Even made an excel base with over 30 sheets

. Can some of you that apparently play great share few tips with rest of us? Do you watch your games? Do you mix your lines?

thunderbug · Post by **thunderbug** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:35 pm

It's all tactics. Well 90% tactics. You can't take a echl team and win the stanley cup with them no matter how good you are. I take that back maybe batdad could, but that's about it. It's figuring out what you have and how to best work with it. I use one set for each line, and also set individual tactics as well. A good practice regimen is extremely helpful as well.

jaateloauto · Post by **jaateloauto** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:21 am

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:50 pm

Okay guys... these last few posts really belong in the challenge discussion thread. This thread is for questions and feedback about how things work (like challenge rules and such).

jaateloauto · Post by **jaateloauto** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:13 pm

Here's a question. Ramsay (head coach) rejected my re-signing offer for some reason, didn't notice it until July 1st. Can I sign him to be my head coach, or do I have to sign him as a head coach and then wait 6 months?

jesusrocks150 · Post by **jesusrocks150** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:19 pm

How do you folks set up your practices once the season is over? I've got my guys on a fitness schedule and it seems someone gets injured in practice every day. During the season, I had the majority of player attributes go up, so I don't want them to go down if I decide to rest players for an extended period.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:25 pm

This really isn't a question for this thread. This thread is for questions about the rules of the challenge.

I guess this could go over in the Challenge Discussion thread because it's talking about your challenge team but really, this question had been answered 100 time over in the Official Practice Thread. You could ask the question there or you could just read the thread and learn a whole lot.