Can hardcoded leagues and tournaments be modified?

[rickard1122]

I know it's hard. It is hard coded with cups and tournaments but please can someone try it would have been fun to play ECT (European hockey trophy)

European hockey trophy is a tournament for club teams. With some of Europe's best clubs.

All clubs are divided into four groups. Der total of 24 teams are divided into groups.

The countries clubs will ifrpn is. Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and Switzerland.

Would anyone be able to organize the tournament?

I know it requires a lot of work but please fix it somehow. I am so tired of the European super cup which is now available on EHM for the team that wins the Swedish eitserien

The tournament is boring so please fix this tournament in any way.

[archibalduk]

As you say, it's hard coded. There's nothing we can do about this. Unfortunately this simply isn't possible.

We have made some progress on some simple things, such as changing the start date, numbers of teams in a league and numbers of games played. Changing even simple things like this has been extremely hard work. Changing anything more than simple numbers like this would require access to the source code and an experienced programmer to code the tournament.

[Hobbit13]

I mean the most difficult part about this would be to assign the various teams to the league since well the original ECC picks the previous season's winners. The other option that just occured to me would be to replace one of the Slovenian International Leagues... But before I'll even start thinking of looking into that, there are more important things that I want to look at.

[rickard1122]

I will play in swedish divistion 1 and wondering if the are possible to make more leagues in playable countries available

I now my stupid questions but i will have more challenges so please if someone can or will see on or say at every on my post this is impossible for the game is hardcoded but something can well somebody make?


Plz say not this is impossible.

[archibalduk]

Please could you keep your questions in this thread. They all relate to the same subject, so it makes things easier if we keep it in one topic.

I think it would help if I clarified what exactly has been modified thus far:

1. Number of teams in a league (only one or two leagues have been modified so far)
2. Updated schedules to accommodate modified league sizes (only one league has been modified so far)
3. The playoff structure/format (to some extent)
4. Various rules (eg shoot out rules) and limits (eg foreigner limits and age limits).
5. Start date

If I remember rightly, only the categories listed above have been modified thus far. As mentioned before, only things such as changing numbers and rules are really modifiable using a memory patch. Adding new features, etc simply isn't possible withou having the source code and programming the game yourself.

I think it unlikely that any unplayable leagues can be made playable because the whole league would most likely need to be programmed into the source code. All unplayable leagues use the same generic quick sim, as far as I know. Your only solution is most likely to swap the unplayable league with an existing playable one.

[rickard1122]

but how did you do so you can have more teams in playable leagues?

Because then you could add more teams in the Swedish leagues.

[rickard1122]

and how can I change the rules?

[archibalduk]

You need to use ArtMoney. I posted a tutorial on it here in relation to modifying the start date: http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... 71#p126371

Examples of some of the modifiable league rules can be found here: http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... 88#p141488

Some details on how to find more rule locations can be found here: http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... 64#p141464

Hobbit13's tutorials thread is a must read: http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... 110&t=8160

This will help you find more rules locations (offsets) using OllyDBG: http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... 64#p143264 - this thread is also the place to follow the latest progress in modifying the league rules and structures.

[rickard1122]

Hi i have read in another forum. At some persons have ad more teams to NHL and this works i will no how them did.

If someone no?

[rickard1122]

How can I add more team to NHL?

I have seen in another forum peoples like have that so please help me.

[rickard1122]

Can some one maybe add rickard_henriksen123@hotmail.com on msn so i can get help?

I will add more teams to NHL.

[nino33]

Can some one maybe add rickard_henriksen123@hotmail.com on msn so i can get help?

I will add more teams to NHL.

Did you read/study the threads noted above?

Adding teams to the NHL would be an quite an accomplishment, given the "experts" currently can not do so...to even try to do so IMO you'll need to know and understand the information Archi noted, and be comfortable with hex editing, and probably most importantly you'll need to put in an enormous amount of time (trial & error/testing)...

Perhaps you are well versed in hex editing and totally understand everything in the links above, and then I suppose maybe "MSN help" might work...

[rickard1122]

I have read all and I have testing but i dont stand.
But.......
I can spend the time needed to testing the new leauge but I would need step by step tutorial. So please help me. I want to learn more and I would also like to change the Swedish Elitserien if possible. I know anyway that you can change the NHL. But I would be grateful if I could get step by step tutorial.

And I wondering how I can add more clubs collaborate therefore farm clubs to different clubs.

[nino33]

I would need step by step tutorial. So please help me.

If someone was actually able to do a tutorial for you, I suspect they'd have actually done it themselves already and released their work, and then you could just use their work!...no one has "changed the NHL" yet, and as far as I understand what has been done has taken many months/years to do (and has been done by very few people)
EDIT - I see in another thread you're saying you read "in another forum" that someone had changed the NHL in EHM07...the other forum is wrong (or you misunderstood)

I have read all

Then you should understand that most if not all that's been accomplished has been done so by overwriting one league's # of teams/rules with another, you can't just edit anything you want...and that the conference set-up has been difficult/impossible to edit thus far...and scheduling and playoffs are other challenges...a few users (like Hobbit13) have done some amazing things, but as far as I understand there are still some real limitations (noted in the threads you read)

And I wondering how I can add more clubs collaborate therefore farm clubs to different clubs.

If you're talking about Affiliations, you can edit them using the PreGame Editor

[archibalduk]

Read the links I posted above - there are numerous tutorials in there!! Hobbit13 is going to post a tutorial on how he modified the Austrian league which will be extremely helpful, but even then you are on your own trying to figure out how to apply it other leagues. The tutorials I have posted provide a great starting point however. It really is a case of trial and error. A lot hasn't been figured out and you'd have to be willing to put in a fair bit of work. For example, successfully developing the modifiable start date took well in excess of 100+ hours. I expect Hobbit13's work is taking a similar length of time.

None of us here know how to modify all of the leagues yet, but progress is being made. We can't talk you through it because we don't know how to do it. If you want to get involved in helping then that would be great, but we cannot at this stage offer you anything more than what has been written in the aforementioned tutorials. If you read those tutorials then you will know as much as I or anybody else on this forum.

[kadri43]

I'm sure it's possible but it's very complicated. I suggest you to send an e-mail to SEGA and see their answers or go see a programmer

[FriendlyFactory]

Okay, so I've read those threads. Here's basically what I want to do. I want to take a Euro league and relocate all the teams to Canada. I can do that part within the pre-game editor. But I need to change the foreign players rules in the league I commandeer. I did read the changing league rules thing, but I can't seem to find the value for foreign players in Swedish leagues when I do a search in ArtMoney. Could you maybe tell me exactly what I put into ArtMoney to make it appear in the search? I'm also using the CSD patch and the Manimal 5.0 database with the 2012 start date. I appreciate any help you can give me.

edit: I re-read some stuff and I get it now. Not very hard once you know what you're doing.

[archibalduk]

edit: I re-read some stuff and I get it now. Not very hard once you know what you're doing.

It's a bit difficult to get your head round at first, but once you figure out one bit, the rest makes sense. Let me know if you need any further help or if you find any new settings that haven't been mentioned/discovered before.