Is it worth getting the latest Patch?

BlackCats101 · Post by **BlackCats101** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:58 pm

Is it? I don't play EHM as often as FM so the release of a new patch is not necessarily an automatic download for me. What will it add to my game experience....

c'mon, sell it to me d:

grazza · Post by **grazza** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:55 pm

well if you have ehm 2005 by default without any patches it is teh 04/05 season. however get the 2.1.1 patch/upgrade and it will be the 05/06 season and then get the latest 2.1.3 patch. This should get rid of most bugs in the game. It only takes a couple of minutes to install them and pretty worth it.

Any future downloads that become available are more likely to be compatable to be compatable with the latest patch. For instance the unfaking database.

BlackCats101 · Post by **BlackCats101** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:09 pm

Well as you know I have got the Smetana rosters anyway...I might leave it for now...get some more graphics packs first...

Post by **Minstrel** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:04 am

Due to the amount of issues the SI team addresses in each of it's patches I suggest updating as soon as they are released. The roster projects will all work with the most recent patch as will any current saved games (though with any patch to get the fullest benefit you should start a new game, some things only occur at the biginning of a season for example).

Of course anyone who wants to play in the Challenges needs to have their game fully updated too

If you want to know what's changed SI posts exhaustive point-by-point changelists of issues addressed in each patch release.

Here is the full list for 2.1.3:

Changes since v2.1.2

News

Tweaked NHL All-Star Game news items about roster selections
Fixed Memorial Cup host selection news item to appear properly

Screens

Fixed last 10 games display on game preview screen when less than 10 games are played
Fixed the line matching options to display matched lines in the order explained in the manual
Added a new line matching option
Tweaked default sorting rules on draft screens

Trades/Transfers/Contracts

Tweaked salary cap rules and calculations for NHL
Tweaked handling of salary cap restrictions and players on injured reserves when human managing but not coaching
Allowed NHL contracted players already playing in minor leagues to be sent on loan without clearing waivers
Tweaked player evaluations in trades and roster management

Match Engine

Tweaked excessive fighting in lower leagues to more realistic levels
Tweaked the occurance of line brawls
Tweaked home ice advantages and team streakiness

Competitions

Fixed storing of league winners/runner ups for QMJHL
Fixed home advantage for the first two rounds of the Finnish league playoffs
Fixed resetting Memorial Cup history
Fixed AAL3 scheduling error
Added an extra goal to the final boxscore for the team winning in shootout
Added an extra goal scored to the standings for the team winning in shootout
Fixed winning percentage calculation in leagues using games won per games played combined with no ties
Fixed European Hockey Tour points calculation for shootout results (fix takes effect for first new season or a new game)
Fixed overtime win points for Finnish First Division
Fixed CHL-Russia Challenge series to play all stages normally even after first season
Changed CHL-Russia Challenge to select only canadian players for the CHL teams

Awards

Fixed evaluation of players for sportsmanship and humanitarian awards

Other

Fixed random name generation when using no real player names from game startup
Tweaked the generic player hall of hame selection limits
Tweaked board update news to evaluate roster costs better for leagues with a salary cap
Fixed some missing NHL rights via the extra_config.cfg file
Tweaked players to try and keep their jersey number when moving teams
Fixed a possible case where user could run out of disk space when saving without getting an error message

Harper · Post by **Harper** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:57 am

BlackCats101 wrote:Well as you know I have got the Smetana rosters anyway...I might leave it for now...get some more graphics packs first...

I would say yes. It is easy to redo all the data stuff

BlackCats101 · Post by **BlackCats101** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:27 pm

I am downloading it at the moment but it is taking YEARS..

It seems to have stalled at about 21%...

BlackCats101 · Post by **BlackCats101** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:54 pm

I had to quit it at 62%-it had just stopped completely-and that after about half-an-hour....Does anyone have a decent alternative link to the download?

BlackCats101 · Post by **BlackCats101** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:56 pm

EDIT: thank god for susie-the download only took about two minutes compared to the SI sites half an hour for 60%...

BlackCats101 · Post by **BlackCats101** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:37 pm

How can I tell if the Smetana rosters are operational...? I have installed the new patch and I copied back the Smetana version of the 'extra_config Microsoft whatever' file into the database. What can I check in-game to make sure that the Smetana rosters are working? 04/05 stats?

Post by **archibalduk** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:59 pm

Check to see what leagues you have. Can you find the Central Hockey League or United Hockey Leauge. They were called the AAL-3 and AAL-4 in the unfaked game. Also, take a look at an NHL team's arena name - do you have the real name or something like the Anaheim Arena or Boston Arena, etc?

Post by **archibalduk** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:01 am

BlackCats101 wrote:EDIT: thank god for susie-the download only took about two minutes compared to the SI sites half an hour for 60%...

Yeah I've been trying to download the patch for weeks to put on the TBL server. Whenever I've tried both SI and Susie it would start off fairly fast and then grind to a halt halfway through. Neither of those sites seem to have particularly reliable servers.

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:13 am

I love SI, but there official fileserver system is a freaking nightmare

the only way I ever get it to work is to trick it into starting the download instead of just endlessly refreshing the file page... you have to try and catch it when you can right-click on one of the download links and get it to 'save the target as' or you can sit there with the thing refreshing non stop all day. It's the worst downloading system I've ever seen, anywhere. I wish somehow you could just go to a page, click a link and wait like every other fileserver in the world... they're not driving ads like other download sites to make the refreshing and new pages before you can get a download to begin necessary, so what is the point of not having direct download links? I've never understood it...

BlackCats101 · Post by **BlackCats101** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:44 pm

Yeah, sorry that was really stupid asking how to identify the rosters were operational (considering I have had them for mnths with 2.1.2). I am getting the 2.1.3 on the title bar of the game, and the rosters are working...but I had to replace the 2.1.3 default database with my archived version of the Smetana db....So now what I am asking is, how can I check that the patch is working-what is the most obvious change to check for?

Post by **archibalduk** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:10 pm

Run EHM and go to the Settings Screen. Just below the titlebar it will say what version of the game you're running.

If you installed the patch then you'll be fine. Overwriting the database won't affect the version you're running or the bug fixes made by the patch

BlackCats101 · Post by **BlackCats101** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:17 pm

Cheers, excellent.