Eastside Hockey Manager Early Access Patch v15.17.0b Released

Patch version 15.17.0b for Eastside Hockey Manager Early Access has now been released! The patch will be automatically applied when next loading the game in Steam.

New features:
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– Added option to add players to playable teams when starting a new game
– Added option to add players to national team pools when starting a new game (requires newly imported database for full effect)

Database Import changes for 2015 rules:
[apply to new games started with newly imported databases only]
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– Fixed minimum reputations of national teams that take part in regular international tournaments

Gameplay changes:
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– Adjusted frequency of player rights being traded, especially in Russian League
– Improved AI signing of restricted free agents in Russian League
– Adjusted player interest in different clubs right after becoming a free agent
– Adjusted player reputation and morale changes due to performance in games
– Adjusted player re-signing wage expectations

UI changes:
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Other changes:
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– Fixed checks for free diskspace when saving/starting new games
– Fixed a rare case of temporary files being corrupted, causing disk errors to appear when continuing
– Fixed invalid characters in some rare team abbreviations causing issues with playing full 2d games

In-Game Engine v77
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– Technical fixes to player collisions
– Tuned quick sim engine hits tracking
– Tuned quick sim engine scoring levels
– Tuned quick sim engine shot total levels
– Tuned quick sim engine scoring distribution