Eastside Hockey Manager 2007 Patch 3.0.3 Released

This patch for EHM 2007 can be downloaded HERE.

Release Notes

Mac Users

The Mac version of the game has it’s own database files. To get the data update provided with the patch, you must delete these, so that the game will recreate them and the data changes will take effect. You can do this 2 ways(after installing the patch):

1) Open a Terminal window and type:

cd “/Applications/NHL EHM 2007” ( or to wherever you chose to install the game. ) “./data_refresh.sh”

2) Double click the data_refresh AppleScript in the application directory.

Also, a bug fix means that game Preferences are now located in the correct place on your hard drive. This will mean that you need to re-enter your serial number one last time.

Custom databases

A new option for custom databases has been added. You now don’t need to overwrite the game’s own database if you download any unofficial database updates, or edit your own database. Now, the game will allow you to select from a set of custom databases on startup, if they are in the correct place. They should be subfolders of the data/database directory. For example:

data/database — the default database installed with the patch data/database/mydata — your own edited database data/database/mydownloadeddata/ — a database update you downloaded.

On PC, you can also put these databases in the user documents folder. By default, this would be My Documents/Sports Interactive/NHL EHM 2007/data/database/ – you can change this user data location in the game preferences screen if you want to.

The game will support a maximum of 20 custom databases.

As a result of the new database supplied with the patch, all current edited data will be lost – please make a backup if you want to keep your edited data! This new system will prevent the need for this hereafter, if you save your edited database in it’s own folder.

Comaptibility with 3.0 to 3.0.2

The fixes in 3.0.3 are compatible with previous versions of NHL EHM 2007. However, due to the nature of some of the bugs (for example, the attribute decline across the whole player database), it is recommended that you start a new game for the best effects. You don’t need to start a new game, but since the visible effect of this bug was an after effect of an earlier bug in the game, it may be too late for your saved game to have this bug repaired.

Game speed

Note that the minimum requirements for the game are in reference to a single league on the default database settings. Running all leagues on Enhanced will be slow. If you are experiencing game slowness, please be advised of these contributing factors.

1) Database size. If you choose “Full” then the game will be slow. The game database really is too big to be on Full, so for most people this shouldn’t really be an option unless you have a very high end machine. Before starting a new game, it is advised to take this into consideration
2) Number of leagues. Again, there are many leagues in the game and you might wish to consider which ones you really need to be running before you start a new game.
3) Detail level settings. After starting a new game, you can change the detail level settings at any time during the game, which will speed up the simulation of the actual hockey games. Generally speaking, the Quick Sim is good for leagues that you only have a passing interest in. If you’re playing in NHL then you could run Europe in Quick Sim mode which means that the games won’t be using the full 2D engine but will still generate stats at a comparable level. If you change your mind any time, you can just change the settings again throughout the course of your game.

Game manual

For those of you unaware, the game manual is installed as part of the initial game installation and should cover things in detail. You can find it in the application data directory.

Support

For help with the game and to discuss your franchise with like-minded players, please visit our forums at http://community.sigames.com

Changelist (since 3.0.2)

General

·  Futher tweaks to player development to prevent unwanted attribute drops

·  Fixed infinite loop that could happen when assigning a scout to the CHL Import Draft

·  Romania and Bulgaria set to join the EU on 1 Jan 2007

·  When starting a new game, if multiple databases are available, let the user pick one (subfolders of data/database/ either in application folder or in the user data folder)

·  Ask coach for roster selection now takes into account fixture rules

·  Tweaked spoken languages for Scandinavians

·  Tweaked the news item distribution so that you don’t get pointless news about players in other leagues (e.g. ECHL team getting player contract rejection news for NHL player/team)

·  Fixed some GM job offers taking too long for a decision to be made

Crashes

·  Fixed crash pressing backspace to navigate to the previous screen on the client in a network game

·  Fixed rare crash processing the bronze medal winner in the slovenian elite league

·  Fixed crash when austrian all stars team couldn’t find enough players to pick

·  Fixed a crash on startup if the user had added too many starting future transfers, and one couldn’t go through due to roster rules

User Interface

·  Fixed player search filters returning incorrect results when option “No NHL rights” had been used

·  Removed Offer To All button outside of trade windows

·  Fixed another problem where leaving the contract offer screen and coming back to it causes the length of the accepted contract to differ from what the human offered.

·  Fixed save percentage being displayed incorrectly in scout report

·  Fixed the cap hit display on contract offer screen when offering an extension

·  Insecure jobs now shown on job information screen / fixed insecure jobs snapshot panel (home page)

·  Fixed problem where editing a note on a player would sometimes continue the game

·  Fixed problem being unable to navigate between cup rounds in the World Cup finals on the comp screens

·  Fixed sorting of contract wage on national team screens

·  Fixed team report screen for national team u20 managers

Competitions

·  Fixed rankings of teams in UK cups

·  Fixed rankings in Euro Ice Hockey Challenge for national teams

·  Fixed recording of overtime/shootout wins/losses for goalies as either wins or ties

·  Fixed points halfed at mid-season for Austrian league

·  Fixed playoff qualifying flags for Finnish second division

·  Fixed bonus points for Slovenian playoff league stage

·  Fixed Slovenian playoff final home advantage

·  Players on IR can’t take part in all star games

·  When a team rejects a friendly proposal, and the date then becomes invalid, you can still invite teams to other dates which are still valid

·  Second nationality now checked for foreign player status’

·  Fixed Slovenian league/Interliga/Interliga playoff seedings

·  Replaced Team Austria with Team Kazakhstan in the Euro Challenge

·  Fixed duplicate text for WHL fixture rules on league info screens

Transfer/Trade AI

·  Players with no Birthplace set can be signed by any CHL team now

·  Loosened up the waiver rules in the off-season to allow more flexibility with camp rosters

Roster Management

·  Players from Austria/Russia are now not selected for Euro Ice Hockey Challenge as there is no break in the schedule

·  Tuned AHL signings towards younger players and less veterans

·  Tuned handling of youngsters in european leagues to keep the youngest players in junior teams until more mature

·  Attempt to give new players at CPU teams their favourite squad number if their current number is already used or they otherwise don’t have a number assigned

Contracts

·  Players no longer demand a $0 contract when the NHL salary cap is removed

·  Tweaked player salaries for non-playable North American minor pro leagues

·  Tweaked player reputations and salary demands

Drafts

·  Made sure human assistant GM’s cannot offer trades on their own during the draft for human teams

·  Fixed CHL Import Draft picks (problem every third season with the last picks)

Finances

·  Tweaked finances in european leagues for better long term balance

·  Tweaked player salary demands

News

·  Fixed Contract accepted news item sometimes giving the wrong contract length

·  Fixed minor league general managers being spammed by Offer to All news items from NHL clubs

·  Tweaked coach reports for players currently in farm teams

·  Tweaked team unbeaten/winless streak news item frequencies

·  Added respone buttons to friendly proposal news so you don’t need to use the confirmation dialog

·  Team introduction news now sent when you take a new job

·  Fixed sending out All-Star game roster selection news

·  Fixed prize money news for Slovenia not telling you what the prize money was for

·  Season preview news ignores players out on loan

Other

·  Encouraged more higher level players to take up non-playing roles after playing career is over

·  Now possible to have retired numbers for junior team and NHL team / numbers now retired for players who leave their club specified in extra_config.cfg

·  Fixed a bug where some starting future transfers didn’t work

·  Tweaked the ratio of players born in the same city as the team they start out with

Data

·  Miscellaneous data fixes reported on the forums

·  Fixed some DateJoinedClubs not being set properly

·  Made sure that some teams don’t lose rights to unsigned draft prospects who went to college

·  Some starting club records for most career goals were wrong

Awards

·  Tweaked the Norris scoring to try and ensure the best candidate wins

·  Removed duplicate Interliga awards

Translations

·  Misc typos in English text

2D Engine

·  Fixed goalies being switched in Continental Cup games when not supposed to

·  Fixed penaltykill/powerplay line usage when using linematching

·  Fixed starting line selection for home team when using linematching

·  Fixed 3on3 faceoffs

·  Fixed a couple of code problems that have caused scorechanges and stability issues with the simulation

·  Fixed line change after icing rule for the leagues that apply it

·  Fixed icing call being cancelled in rare cases

·  Tuned scoring distribution

·  Tuned ratings

·  Tuned defensive AI

·  Tuned player path AI

·  Tuned collision detection

·  Tuned goalie AI

·  Tuned offensive off-the-puck movement

·  Tuned clearances from own zone

·  Tuned exhaustion of players Windows

·  Preferences are now stored in the application data folder (fixes user changed base user data folder)

·  Fixed another issue with refresh rate being changed when returning from alt-tab Mac

·  Fixed a bug where the Preferences were stored in the application bundle instead of in the user’s Preferences folder