All-Star v1.03 sliders - getting great variation so far

[Juiceman612]

edit - should have mentioned in thread title, these sliders play out well only for manual passing.

edit 2-3-10: sliders not looking good with today's revised 1.03 tuner. Back to the drawing board...

I've logged about a dozen games with these sliders. I really am getting great games. The CPU powerplay is tough, but I recently had a game where they went 0/5. Another game 4/4. When they went 0/5 I had to really play defense carefully. Very very minimal tick-tack (CPU boost) passing. Only happens rarely. Scoring has been really varied. Brodeur and Luongo and the like are not super-human. Fatigue really plays a part and you have to be smart with line changes too. Overall, I'm set on 1.03 (which I hated at first) and probably won't tweak these, but time will tell. I feel like 12 games is a nice sample size though. All have been extremely enjoyable games. The goals I score feel great and the goals I give up don't make me frustrated as they seem realistic. I max attribute effects and maybe it's luck, but players are playing like I would expect them to if I were really watching a game.

Quote: Originally Posted by Juiceman612

Someone asked for my sliders, here they are. I'll post a thread in the sliders forum as well. 5 min periods penalties 3 post whistle authentic penalty scaling maxed fighting 1 or 2 doesn't matter all-star tuner latest cpu aid hardcore game speed 1 attribute effects maxed (stars shine and I like that - seems realistic) fatigue effect 5/6 fatigue rec 1/1 injury 3/3 puck control 2/2 (increase hum one click if having trouble) Acceleration 0/0 (1/0 or 1/1 works well too) AI learning maxed cpu diff zero facoff diff maxed fight diff 5 cpu penalties 5 cpu teammate penatlies maxed pass assist n/a (off) manual pass on pass speed 2 saucer pass maxed pass accuracy 4/2 (4 for human is key for v1.03 imo) pass int 4/4 shot acc 1/1 shot power 4/4 slap acc 2/2 slap power 3/3 one timer 1/1 hit diff maxed aggression maxed hit power 0/0 stick lift 2/2 poke eff 3/3 goalie pass 1 cover puck 5 screen maxed reaction 5/2 (5 is key to combat crazy CPU powerplay on 1.03) I'm getting good games with 1.03 on all-star in my BAGM. Still outshooting CPU, but I am shot happy and I really think once I got the right pass accuracy I'm getting great results. game speed on 1 is hard for me to enjoy as it feels so slow, but it definitely plays out accurately. It's hard to score goals, but not impossible. I have been getting very realistic fight-in-the-crease goals. I'm sort of up in the air about which I like better 1.01 or 1.03. I'd be curious to know if anyone else enjoys these sliders.

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I also post as "Juiceman" (less the 612) to avoid any confusion...eh, not that anyone cares!

[ZenoMehas]

checked these out. After only one game I fell in love. 4-2 chicago vs. florida. chicago-38 shots florida-28 shots. I actually changed the time from 5 min periods to 8 min periods. Worked nicely. chicago-2/5 PP florida-0/3 PP. Great game overall. I did notice however there 3 co-minors that happened after the whistle but everything else was like a real game. Great job with these dude.

[SakicFTW]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZenoMehas

checked these out. After only one game I fell in love. 4-2 chicago vs. florida. chicago-38 shots florida-28 shots. I actually changed the time from 5 min periods to 8 min periods. Worked nicely. chicago-2/5 PP florida-0/3 PP. Great game overall. I did notice however there 3 co-minors that happened after the whistle but everything else was like a real game. Great job with these dude.

To changed the post whistle co-minors as you call it. Just change the after whistle to relaxed instead of authentic.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Quote: Originally Posted by Juiceman612

edit - should have mentioned in thread title, these sliders play out well only for manual passing. I've logged about a dozen games with these sliders. I really am getting great games. The CPU powerplay is tough, but I recently had a game where they went 0/5. Another game 4/4. When they went 0/5 I had to really play defense carefully. Very very minimal tick-tack (CPU boost) passing. Only happens rarely. Scoring has been really varied. Brodeur and Luongo and the like are not super-human. Fatigue really plays a part and you have to be smart with line changes too. Overall, I'm set on 1.03 (which I hated at first) and probably won't tweak these, but time will tell. I feel like 12 games is a nice sample size though. All have been extremely enjoyable games. The goals I score feel great and the goals I give up don't make me frustrated as they seem realistic. I max attribute effects and maybe it's luck, but players are playing like I would expect them to if I were really watching a game. ******* I also post as "Juiceman" (less the 612) to avoid any confusion...eh, not that anyone cares!

5 min, I can't image you getting good shot stats on 5 minutes?

[Juiceman]

Quote: Originally Posted by FootballForever

5 min, I can't image you getting good shot stats on 5 minutes?

Well, define good. I think they're awesome.

I'm going for accurate gameplay (somewhat concerned about stats, but more with gameplay) in what I think would mimick a shorter NHL game. Shots are usually pretty close in qty by the end of the game. I have had games where I totally outshoot the CPU, I can't lie about that, but overall that happened twice in the 12 games I played so far w these sliders. Time of possession has been excellent.

And to the other poster - yeah, relaxed will fix the coincidental minors. I go back and forth between authentic and relaxed. Still kind of undecided on that.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Quote: Originally Posted by Juiceman

Well, define good. I think they're awesome. I'm going for accurate gameplay (somewhat concerned about stats, but more with gameplay) in what I think would mimick a shorter NHL game. Shots are usually pretty close in qty by the end of the game. I have had games where I totally outshoot the CPU, I can't lie about that, but overall that happened twice in the 12 games I played so far w these sliders. Time of possession has been excellent. And to the other poster - yeah, relaxed will fix the coincidental minors. I go back and forth between authentic and relaxed. Still kind of undecided on that.

no, thats why I'm asking, what have your shot totals been?

[Juiceman]

Quote: Originally Posted by FootballForever

no, thats why I'm asking, what have your shot totals been?

It honestly depends on the matchup. I've had 14-12 (hu-cpu), I've had 28-10. I've also had 14-21 and CPU as low as 9 in one other game. Because of the matchups and the variation you get in this game regardless of sliders, the shots vary game-to-game by quite a bit.

[Juiceman]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZenoMehas

checked these out. After only one game I fell in love. 4-2 chicago vs. florida. chicago-38 shots florida-28 shots. I actually changed the time from 5 min periods to 8 min periods. Worked nicely. chicago-2/5 PP florida-0/3 PP. Great game overall. I did notice however there 3 co-minors that happened after the whistle but everything else was like a real game. Great job with these dude.

Great man. I'm glad you like them. Let me know if you get any bad results- weak goals, cheap cpu defense, etc. I did try one 7 minute period game and results were still good. I just play 5 min because I don't have a ton of free time to play the longer period games.