AlTito's NHL 13 Sliders

[Al_Tito13]

Hi everyone!

I will start by saying that I find NHL 13 really good and I enjoy it so far.

In this post, I will show you the sliders I'm using in the game right now. They give a good mix of fun and realism, with a sloppy gameplay and a good amount of loose pucks.

Here's a blog explaining all my slider settings: http://www.operationsports.com/Al_Ti...t-explanation/

I will probably make some tweaks while I continue playing and every of these changes will be shown in this post and also in the blog.

Hope you will enjoy them. Feel free to add comments, questions or feedbacks, it's always appreciated. Have fun!

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* = Changes from original values

Basic
	Skill level	*All-Star
	Game style	*Hardcore
General
	Tuner set version	Latest
	CPU aid	Hardcore
	Broken stick frequency	2
	Game speed	*1
	Attribute effects	*3
	Fatigue effect - Human	*6
	Fatigue effect - CPU	*6
	Fatigue recovery - Human	2
	Fatigue recovery - CPU	2
	Injury occurence - Human	*4
	Injury occurence - CPU	*4
	Puck control - Human	*0
	Puck control - CPU	*0
	Player acceleration - Human	3
	Player acceleration - CPU	3
AI
	Created plays	On
	AI learning	6
	CPU difficulty adjustment	0
	CPU strategy adjustment	3
	Be A Pro strategy adjustment	3
	Human strategy adjustment	0
	CPU faceoff difficulty	*4
	Fight difficulty	5
	CPU penalties	*5
	CPU teammate penalties	*4
Passing
	Pass assist	*2
	Manual passing	On
	Pass speed	2
	Saucer pass speed	3
	Pass accuracy - Human	*2
	Pass accuracy - CPU	*1
	Pass reception ease - Human	2
	Pass reception ease - CPU	*1
	Pass interceptions - Human	3
	Pass interceptions - CPU	3
Shooting
	Shot accuracy - Human	*2
	Shot accuracy - CPU	*2
	Shot power - Human	3
	Shot power - CPU	3
	Slap shot accuracy - Human	*1
	Slap shot accuracy - CPU	*1
	Slap shot power - Human	3
	Slap shot power - CPU	2
	One timer accuracy - Human	*1
	One timer accuracy - CPU	*1
Checking
	Hitting assistance	*2
	Agression - Human	5
	Agression - CPU	5
	Hitting power - Human	*2
	Hitting power - CPU	*2
	Stick lift effectiveness - Human	*4
	Stick lift effectiveness - CPU	*4
	Poke effectiveness - Human	*3
	Poke effectiveness - CPU	*3
Goalies
	Goalie passing	3
	Goalie cover puck frequency	*4
	Goalie screen effect - Human	*4
	Goalie screen effect - CPU	*4
	Goalie reaction speed - Human	*3
	Goalie reaction speed - CPU	*3
Rules
	Period length	*8 minutes
	Injuries	On
	Penalties	*Max
	Post whistle rules	Authentic
	Penalty time scaling	*3
	Fighting	1
Visual
	Puck size	*Authentic
	Puck shadow	*Authentic
Game
	Shot aim	Manual

[Reiny09]

Could you post any stats you are getting with these? Also, are you seeing any penalties without the penalty sliders being maxed out?


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[Al_Tito13]

Like I said, I'm pretty happy with everything except for penalties. The gameplay is great. However, I don't think we will be able to correct the lack of penalties issue with slider adjustments. I maxed out the penalties slider in the rules section. For the other penalties sliders in the AI section, I started with CPU penalties at 3, then increased it to 4, then to 5, and I didn't really notice a change. I don't think increasing it to 6 would correct it either, but I will probably try it.

I won't have time today, but I'll try to post some game stats tomorrow or in the next few days.

[Schreck11]

Any Game results?

[savoie2006]

Quote: Originally Posted by Schreck11

Any Game results?

Why put the sliders in and get your own results?

[Al_Tito13]

Here are some stats from 2 quick games I just played. They were 8 minutes periods (could also play with 10 minutes periods).

PHI (AI) vs. CHI (me)
3 -Goals- 2
28 -Shots- 21
6:38 -Time on attack- 5:39
5 -Hits- 4
72% -Passing- 48%
2:00 -Penalty minutes- 4:00
0/2 -Power play- 1/1
13 -Faceoffs- 12

VAN (AI) vs. SJS (me)
0 -Goals- 3
19 -Shots- 27
5:23 -Time on attack- 6:24
3 -Hits- 5
78% -Passing- 50%
2:00 -Penalty minutes- 2:00
0/1 -Power play- 0/1
13 -Faceoffs- 8

Stats seem pretty good, but penalties are an issue right now. Hits may also seem low, but unfortunately, the game only counts big hits.

[Al_Tito13]

I've done two changes tonight, lowered CPU pass accuracy from 2 to 1 and CPU pass reception ease from 1 to 0.

Next, I will do tests on the hitting power slider. I want to check if increasing this slider by 1 click would still give a realistic gameplay while helping with hits total and maybe penalties/injuries. But no doubt that the main point here will be the gameplay, I won't change it only to get better stats while killing the realism of the game.

[Al_Tito13]

I increased CPU penalties slider from 5 to 6.

Tonight, I will continue testing the hitting power slider, but I'm pretty happy with the gameplay right now.