NHLâ„¢ Eastside Hockey Managerâ„¢ 2007 announcement

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:41 pm

Is it Friday yet? This wait is unbearable!

Post by **Minstrel** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:42 pm

bruins72 wrote:Is it Friday yet?

http://www.isitfriday.net/

There you go...

Sweed · Post by **Sweed** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:28 am

Minstrel or Archibalduk, maybe you can't comment on this but I thought I'd ask and let you decide if it's appropriate or not.

Since you've been beta testing the game will you have some mod files (specifically rinks with logos) ready to go on release? Or, again if you can comment, are they the same as v2005 so other than teams like Buffalo that change can we still use the old ones? Or feel free to comment on any mods that may be in the works, if appropriate.

Thanks,
Sweed

hluraven · Post by **hluraven** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:21 am

Yeah, I've just got a new computer and was wondering if I should bother transferring the graphics over from the old one, are the formats the same?

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:05 pm

Minstrel wrote:
bruins72 wrote:Is it Friday yet?
http://www.isitfriday.net/

There you go...

LOL! Thanks. BTW, today is talk like a pirate day. I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't followed your link.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:07 pm

Sweed wrote:Minstrel or Archibalduk, maybe you can't comment on this but I thought I'd ask and let you decide if it's appropriate or not.

Since you've been beta testing the game will you have some mod files (specifically rinks with logos) ready to go on release? Or, again if you can comment, are they the same as v2005 so other than teams like Buffalo that change can we still use the old ones? Or feel free to comment on any mods that may be in the works, if appropriate.

Thanks,
Sweed

Of course I'm not Minty or Archi but IIRC, I saw a thread around here somewhere saying that they were working on a photo pack mod. Pretty slick stuff.

Post by **archibalduk** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:47 pm

There's a couple of projects we're currently experimenting with at the moment. We've got some logo and facepacks (amongst other things) in the works but I can't say when they'll ready - maybe some will be ready for Friday whereas others will be after.

I don't want to get in trouble with SI so I won't say anything too specific about EHM 2007. But I will say that it does use different image dimensions for logos as compared with EHM 2005. I think image sizes for face images have also changed but I need to double-check that with Minstrel. The way rink graphics are done is also completely different.

One of the really good things of having Minstrel on the EHM testing team is that some of his input has led to EHM being more customisable in the way of graphical addons. The SI team have added some really neat features allowing greater customisation.

Post by **Minstrel** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:33 pm

Arrrr... we don't want to finds ourselves swabbin the decks or walkin the plank for giving up too much information on the new booty... [/pirate talk day]

I'll probably release a "Project Ideas for EHM 2007" thread in the Graphics Forum on Friday to hip people to what some new options are and how they will work.

Many of the things you will be able to copy over, of course there will be 2007 updates to account for new teams, team renamings, restyling of logos/jerseys etc. soon after release.

We had more content tested and ready to go for 2005 since there was the Gold beta we could get people to test projects before the actual full release, since things were still changing in the last moments we haven't had that time this year. We will however have things available on release day and you'll just have to stay tuned for futher releases especially from our designers who will only be recieving the game on Friday.

We'll be doing more to keep people up on what's been released this year too

Sweed · Post by **Sweed** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:23 pm

Thanks for the replies guys. Certainly don't want anyone violating their NDA , just getting stoked for Friday and any info that I can get to help me plan ahead feeds the flames

My son's at college and my wife and daughter are going to be gone for the weekend. So other than getting stuck working 8 hours Saturday I'm going to have a lot of uninterupted free time to see what the new game has to offer

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:39 pm

Sweed wrote: My son's at college and my wife and daughter are going to be gone for the weekend. So other than getting stuck working 8 hours Saturday I'm going to have a lot of uninterupted free time to see what the new game has to offer

LOL! I know exactly where you're coming from there! My girlfriend is working Friday and Saturday night and I'm planning on staying in and delighting in the joy that is EHM!

Post by **Shadd666** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:46 pm

bruins72 wrote:
Sweed wrote: My son's at college and my wife and daughter are going to be gone for the weekend. So other than getting stuck working 8 hours Saturday I'm going to have a lot of uninterupted free time to see what the new game has to offer
LOL! I know exactly where you're coming from there! My girlfriend is working Friday and Saturday night and I'm planning on staying in and delighting in the joy that is EHM!

No girlfriend...no job...i know what i'll do from friday to...hem...a long time forward!

hluraven · Post by **hluraven** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:43 am

darn it. I can't get the net sorted at home until next Tuesday, looks like I picked the wrong month to move house. I'm gonna be so jealous of you guys this weekend.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:04 pm

hluraven wrote:darn it. I can't get the net sorted at home until next Tuesday, looks like I picked the wrong month to move house. I'm gonna be so jealous of you guys this weekend.

You just moved too? I just moved a couple weeks ago. I got my internet set up last week. I'm covered!

Good luck!

Post by **Minstrel** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:34 pm

hluraven wrote:darn it. I can't get the net sorted at home until next Tuesday, looks like I picked the wrong month to move house. I'm gonna be so jealous of you guys this weekend.

Can you have a freind dowload it for you and burn it to a CD? Even if you have to re-hook to the 'net to enter your code the game will still give you six months of gametime as a demo

mark_htfc · Post by **mark_htfc** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:37 pm

Will the Demo be out when the game is released?? As I will downlaod the demo when it is released.

Post by **Minstrel** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:54 pm

The demo is the game... everyone downloads the version that allows them to play six months in the game, it's putting in the code that allows you to continue

mark_htfc · Post by **mark_htfc** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:50 pm

Argh. I know they said they was releasing it in time with the game. I guess this way I get to try out different leagues for 6 months at a time.

Post by **joehelmer** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:56 pm

I miss a weekend of EHM because of a concert in Stockholm, but I will get enough to play it anyway.

mark_htfc · Post by **mark_htfc** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:57 pm

Im feeling so jelouse. *wishes college would get thier act together and start paying me again*

Post by **E5150_ca** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:23 pm

Minstrel wrote:The demo is the game... everyone downloads the version that allows them to play six months in the game, it's putting in the code that allows you to continue

Will players who don't purchase the full version still be able to have full online capabilities ala 2005?

Post by **Minstrel** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:34 pm

I assume so as it's the full version of the game and they don't usually do anything except add in the time limit...

hluraven · Post by **hluraven** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:59 am

Minstrel wrote:
hluraven wrote:darn it. I can't get the net sorted at home until next Tuesday, looks like I picked the wrong month to move house. I'm gonna be so jealous of you guys this weekend.
Can you have a freind dowload it for you and burn it to a CD? Even if you have to re-hook to the 'net to enter your code the game will still give you six months of gametime as a demo

I can go round someone's house and download it I guess, but I reckon I will hit 6 months game time pretty quick. Not to worry, I will probably do that, does anyone know what size the download is, I've got one of those portable drives with 128MB capacity, will it fit on that?

Post by **archibalduk** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:17 am

It'll be about 110mb. You should just be able to fit it on your 128mb USB stick.

hluraven · Post by **hluraven** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:41 am

Marvellous, at least I'll have the demo then.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:21 pm

Anyone heard any details on what time they're releasing the game tomorrow? I'm hoping it's a slow day at work and I'll have a chance to play. Otherwise, I'll have to wait until that night.