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jake19ny · 10-17-2013, 10:58 AM

Ok Bear with me on this. We all know that there were complaints about sliders not saving for play-now games... well I think the issue is deeper. I have been complaining about lack of penalties, others about the big hits and to many fights, and most recent with the new patch bouncing pucks....among other gameplay issues. Well I think I have found the problem. There are 3 Game Styles to choose from and each very different. High Impact, Simulation, and Hardcore Simulation. We all select one and us guys who want realistic sim hockey choose Hardcore Simulation. However once you move a single slider it becomes Custom. On the surface thats fine and I have found a slider set that works for me and when I set it up I play and have a great realistic (best we can get) game with good amount of penalty calls and what not. When I save my season and start again my settings are all still the same but all of a sudden the gameplay feels different and back to lack of calls....This also happened last year in NHL 13. Now my discovery. I downloaded the update and played a game. It was horrid. The hitting was over the top I had 4 fights in the first period resulting from hits and the puck was bouncing like a super ball all over the place. I checked my settings and everything was as I had saved it previously....So I thought I have to delete the patch it sucks. Then it hit me. I exited the game started a new one and before I played I reset the settings starting on Superstar and Hardcore Simulation and then reset all my sliders to how they were. Boom my game was great again the solid play was back the realistic and good variety of penalty calls were back. I think the sliders do work in this game after all but somehow our gamestyle changes when we restart. It will still say custom and your sliders will be set but the gamestyle varies from High Impact (which is what I experienced after the patch) to Hardcore Simulation. It must be some kind of deep seeded bug. This explains why we think we fidn good sliders only to think otherwise after a few games. It also explains why some guys were getting good calls and some were not. Guys were posting to play in Superstar Hardcore Simulation and not change anything and that makes sense. However we dont have to do that. You can use custom sliders but need to set them everygame. Start over with Hardcore Simulation and then change your sliders from there. Please let me know if anybody gives this a try and finds it to be true. Im sure Im on to something because my games and simmed games in my season have been solid since doing this and I now love NHL 14.

jack72 · 10-17-2013, 11:06 AM

Intersting if true....

So what your are saying is...
If I am playing a season mode offline, and normally play Hardcore superstar, adjust my sliders for one game....at the next game, I should pick reset to default...and then enter in my sliders again.

Repeat this at every new game for the whole season?

If it works,,fine
But in NHL13 I didn't reset, and found the games pretty equal in season mode. I did jump quite a bit between superstar and All star and rest a few sliders before each game though. That for me was the best version of NHL series I have played.

jake19ny · 10-17-2013, 11:31 AM

Yep. You dont even have to restore to default. Just switch Custom back to Hardcore Simulation and it resets the sliders to the original Hardcore Sim sliders then reset your sliders to your liking. Its working for me for about 9 games now.

sweetjones · 10-17-2013, 01:09 PM

How do we make th devs aware of this issue?

jake19ny · 10-17-2013, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetjones


	How do we make th devs aware of this issue?

Well before we go ringing the alarm to EA and I look like a jackass I would like a few people to test this and see if Im right. I think I am as it continues to work for me but I wold like to know Im not crazy.

sweetjones · 10-17-2013, 02:58 PM

So what game modes have u tested so far?

jake19ny · 10-17-2013, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetjones


	So what game modes have u tested so far?

Play Now and Offline Season. Its really the only ones I play but if there is some kind of deep seeded bug I would think it should do it in all modes.

sweetjones · 10-17-2013, 03:08 PM

cool. I normally play BAGM mode but im gonna wait til later in the NHL season. I'll test this in Play Now also.

10-17-2013, 10:58 AM	#1
jake19ny MVP OVR: 0 Join Date: Mar 2011	Possible Discovery that answers many complaints Ok Bear with me on this. We all know that there were complaints about sliders not saving for play-now games... well I think the issue is deeper. I have been complaining about lack of penalties, others about the big hits and to many fights, and most recent with the new patch bouncing pucks....among other gameplay issues. Well I think I have found the problem. There are 3 Game Styles to choose from and each very different. High Impact, Simulation, and Hardcore Simulation. We all select one and us guys who want realistic sim hockey choose Hardcore Simulation. However once you move a single slider it becomes Custom. On the surface thats fine and I have found a slider set that works for me and when I set it up I play and have a great realistic (best we can get) game with good amount of penalty calls and what not. When I save my season and start again my settings are all still the same but all of a sudden the gameplay feels different and back to lack of calls....This also happened last year in NHL 13. Now my discovery. I downloaded the update and played a game. It was horrid. The hitting was over the top I had 4 fights in the first period resulting from hits and the puck was bouncing like a super ball all over the place. I checked my settings and everything was as I had saved it previously....So I thought I have to delete the patch it sucks. Then it hit me. I exited the game started a new one and before I played I reset the settings starting on Superstar and Hardcore Simulation and then reset all my sliders to how they were. Boom my game was great again the solid play was back the realistic and good variety of penalty calls were back. I think the sliders do work in this game after all but somehow our gamestyle changes when we restart. It will still say custom and your sliders will be set but the gamestyle varies from High Impact (which is what I experienced after the patch) to Hardcore Simulation. It must be some kind of deep seeded bug. This explains why we think we fidn good sliders only to think otherwise after a few games. It also explains why some guys were getting good calls and some were not. Guys were posting to play in Superstar Hardcore Simulation and not change anything and that makes sense. However we dont have to do that. You can use custom sliders but need to set them everygame. Start over with Hardcore Simulation and then change your sliders from there. Please let me know if anybody gives this a try and finds it to be true. Im sure Im on to something because my games and simmed games in my season have been solid since doing this and I now love NHL 14.

10-17-2013, 11:06 AM	#2
jack72 Banned OVR: 0 Join Date: Oct 2010	Re: Possible Discovery that answers many complaints Intersting if true.... So what your are saying is... If I am playing a season mode offline, and normally play Hardcore superstar, adjust my sliders for one game....at the next game, I should pick reset to default...and then enter in my sliders again. Repeat this at every new game for the whole season? If it works,,fine But in NHL13 I didn't reset, and found the games pretty equal in season mode. I did jump quite a bit between superstar and All star and rest a few sliders before each game though. That for me was the best version of NHL series I have played.

10-17-2013, 11:31 AM	#3
jake19ny MVP OVR: 0 Join Date: Mar 2011	Re: Possible Discovery that answers many complaints Yep. You dont even have to restore to default. Just switch Custom back to Hardcore Simulation and it resets the sliders to the original Hardcore Sim sliders then reset your sliders to your liking. Its working for me for about 9 games now.

10-17-2013, 01:09 PM	#4
sweetjones Rookie OVR: 5 Join Date: Jan 2007	Re: Possible Discovery that answers many complaints How do we make th devs aware of this issue?

10-17-2013, 02:58 PM	#6
sweetjones Rookie OVR: 5 Join Date: Jan 2007	Re: Possible Discovery that answers many complaints So what game modes have u tested so far?

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10-17-2013, 03:08 PM	#8
sweetjones Rookie OVR: 5 Join Date: Jan 2007	Re: Possible Discovery that answers many complaints cool. I normally play BAGM mode but im gonna wait til later in the NHL season. I'll test this in Play Now also.

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