- Franchise Hockey Manager 3 v3.2.89 Update changelog:
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- Change List:
- Crashing/Freezing:
- -potential crash in April (of any season) fixed; includes a retroactive repair to existing saves with the problem
- -historical game freeze during June 30 - July 1 changeover in 2015 fixed
- -possible crash in historical games during the NHL draft lottery fixed
- Graphical/Text/UI:
- -"View" option added to international tournament schedules (as was done with the leagues in the last update - i.e. you can now watch international games you're not coaching in)
- -minor typo and tooltip corrections
- -large number of nameless retired players no longer shown in league Front Office view in modern games
- Gameplay Issues:
- -bug that allowed the user to sign too many players (then get stuck because the game was unable to advance due to the roster size) fixed
- -players on INT (international play) status are now correctly counted against the cap floor, so you can't fall under it if you have a lot of guys playing internationally
- -national player generation quality levels adjusted significantly (down in almost all cases) to tone down the excessive growth in the NHL-caliber player pool in later years, particularly for certain nationalities; long-term testing with these changes is showing good results in a game running to 2049-50; now that this is done, we'll look at refining specific areas of ratings development
- -nonplayable transactions in North America adjusted to fix potential traps in lower-level junior leagues that could keep good players stuck in Junior C/D; still some issues with it happening in Junior B, but we'll be revisiting that
- -nonplayable transactions for some European teams/leagues will now be more likely to send young players to American junior leagues (and occasionally high schools); seems to be a growing trend in real-life, particularly in some countries, the numbers should be similar to the real totals (but highly variable since they're still a relatively small group of players)
- -player junior preferences (i.e. the choice between college, major junior, and European junior) adjusted, a larger number of players of all nationalities will choose college
- -missing data for NHL entry-level contract maximum values added in the period 1995-2004, should improve contract handling, particularly rookies, in this period
- Miscellaneous:
- -added more generated players at the start to make sure there's enough to fill the national team rosters
- -reputation/quality data adjusted in the top two French leagues (had been a little too low, making outside players look too good relative to domestic ones), players in the Ligue Magnus should now be about 0.5 stars higher when viewed by a user playing there
- -issue with nationality selection for generated players in custom sandbox games fixed (had been limiting players to a very small list of countries and creating far too many from some)
- -various data updates and changes