Major Franchise Hockey Manager Update:
3 Revamped Systems, 4 New Leagues,
Big Improvements, and Much More!
You, the FHM fans, are the most knowledgeable hockey people we know, so when you spoke, we listened. We took all your suggestions to heart, and after weeks of hard work, we're proud to unveil the largest update we've ever released for any of our games. And we're not done yet: We're working on a major overhaul of the match engine, including a new tactical display, which will be available in the coming weeks.
You can download the FHM 2014 1.6.2 update now from the links in our forum post. And if you have yet to hit the ice to run your favorite franchise from one of FHM's 22 leagues, this is the perfect opportunity.
Download links for the latest full version of FHM 2014:
You'll also find in-depth details about the update in that forum post, but in the meantime, here are a few screenshots, along with a basic overview:
- Roster data has been updated to the trade deadline on March 5. (There's also still the option to start a game with the actual rosters from last fall, instead of the post-move ones.)
- We've added four new playable leagues:
- Swiss Nationalliga A (the top-level Swiss league)
- Asia League Ice Hockey (the main league in Japan, South Korea, and China, and our first league outside of Europe and North America)
- Federal Hockey League (a Northeastern US-based low-level minor league)
- Suomi-Sarja (the Finnish third level)
- The game's training and player development mechanics and interface have been overhauled to give you more precise control over what aspects of your players' game to try to improve, along with better feedback, via a new training display, about how well their efforts are progressing.
- There are also more realistic influences on training success, such as ice time, the quality of competition, coaching staff abilities, and the player's happiness. The way player career arcs develop has also been adjusted, which should lead to more variety and unpredictability in those. The ability to train players for new positions, both in practice and via game experience, has also been simplified and explained better.
- Scouting has also undergone a transformation: you can now target your scouts' assignments with much greater precision and receive regular reports from them. The in-game scouting reports are also much more detailed, providing better verbal descriptions of the player to highlight his strengths and weaknesses, hint at ratings that are normally hidden, and compare one player to another.
- The way the game handles hiring and firing of front office staff, particularly the General Manager, has received a number of changes, and should now look much more realistic.
- An optional "Blind Mode" has been added that restricts your ability to see precise player ratings. This means you have to be a little more dependent on vaguer information like scouting reports and statistics, which should make the game a little more challenging.
- Significant improvements have been made in AI teams' abilities to re-sign their players and improve their rosters.
- Dozens of other smaller improvements have been made:
- A toggle for displaying imperial/metric units
- A growing NHL salary cap
- The display of GM and coach histories
- Post-season award selection has been improved
- A wide variety of bug fixes, including those that caused crashes in the offseason, and a problem that was resulting in too many players getting injured
There's much more in this update, so see our forum post for all the details. Look for news about the major match engine update in the coming weeks. You can follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook, as well as check the FHM forums, to stay current with all the news.
Are you a baseball fan too? We will soon announce Out of the Park Baseball 15's April release date, along with the new features expected in iOOTP Baseball 2014 for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
Exciting times are ahead! We're glad you're along for the ride.
The OOTP Developments Team
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