NHL 19 Patch 1.20 Available Now - Patch Notes Here

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NHL 19 patch 1.20 is available now, check out the patch notes below and let us...

Written By: Steve Noah

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[MizzouRah]

PATCH 1.2.0 - (Expected Availability October 4th)


Hockey Ultimate Team

Added a new Autofill mechanic to Sets to improve the Set redemption flow
You can now Autofill your sets with one of two options:
Autofill
Autofill Duplicates only
You will be able to confirm the completion, should you want to swap any items out.
Added Quick Apply options for Contract and Healing items
You will now be able to quickly apply contracts and healing items to your players through the “Apply Consumables” option in the Edit Lineup flow.
Added OT lines as editable lines
Updated Auction House and Collection Search Flow
You will now be able to set and change your search filters in the same screen that you view the items in the Auction House or Collection Search
Added Position labels to edit lines to indicate what position a card is playing in.


World of CHEL

Added Private Matchmaking PIN to Drop-in and Club Dressing Rooms (feature to replace old Club Challenge system) MORE INFO
Online Player Indicators setting will now showing 6 unique colors for the opposing team rather than showing the same colors as your own team to prevent confusion
Fixed an issue in Drop-in where when a user sometimes joined an existing session from matchmaking it would prevent all users from entering gameplay
Fixed an issue where the game can crash for some users who remain in a 6v6 Clubs game once the game has fallen below the minimum number of users
Fixed an intro cut scene issue in Pro-Am where the crowd would pop into the scene
Fixed an issue where unlockable preset goal horns weren’t triggering in Pro-Am games
Fixed an issue where unlockable goal horns do not play when scoring as the away team in 3v3 Drop-in
Fixed an issue where backing out of the matchup screen to the Dressing Room and then opening the matchmaking settings screen would cause a UI lockup
Fixed an issue where the goal songs weren’t being randomized in Drop-in 6v6 or 3v3
Fixed an issue where the user may hang after playing a Drop-in 3v3 game and return to the Dressing Room
Fixed an issue where the EASHL logo would remain on screen during the intro NIS if multiple consoles selected to skip the intro cut scene
Fixed the issues that caused controls and visual settings to be reset after playing Pro-Am games
Fixed an issue where users who are invited to play in a club game will wear that club’s uniform in the Dressing Room screens
Fixed an issue where all traits are listed under Offense when first entering the Edit Loadout screen from the Dressing Room
Fixed an issue where traits filters stop working after the user quickly switches between tabs
Fixed an issue where hair colors were not updating correctly on the 3D character in Edit/Customize Pro
Fixed an issue where Clubs goalie equipment/appearance does not carry into gameplay for CPU goalies
Fixed an issue where the Points stat category wasn’t tracking correctly in the Drop-in HUB
Fixed an issue where sometimes a row of stadium chairs is present in Dressing Room when backing out of Customize Club
Fixed an issue where the Ones rewards bags were showing the same bag art even though they were different in content
Fixed an issue where certain cameras had clipping issues in Junior Stadium 1
Changed some of the goalie pom-pom toque patterns to resolve a few seam issues
Fixed an issue where the roll over timer was still active in the Pro-Am post game flow
Fixed an issue where too many slots where being shown in the dressing room once everyone was Ready
Added a trophy win cut-scene for completing Pro-Am tournaments
Added the Action Tracker and Box score to the Pause Menus within World of CHEL
Polished up animations in the Player/Club progression in the post-game flow
Added additional Casual Jerseys to earn through hockey bags:
Anaheim Ducks Alternate Jersey
Arizona Coyotes Alternate Jersey
Buffalo Sabres Alternate Jersey
Carolina Hurricanes Alternate Jersey
Montreal Canadiens Classic Jersey
New Jersey Devils Alternate Jersey
New York Rangers Stadium Jersey
Ottawa Senators Alternate Jersey
Philadelphia Flyers Alternate Jersey
St. Louis Blues Alternate Jersey
Toronto Maple Leafs Alternate Jersey
Toronto Maple Leafs Stadium Jersey
Washington Capitals Stadium Jersey


Creation Zone

Added over 40 Adidas template uniforms


GAMEPLAY

AI

Fixed some cases where the AI would not target the puck correctly on poke checks
Fixed a case where the AI would get stuck behind the net in Threes
Improvements made to the AI to divert them away from the net when picking up the puck around their goaltender
Fixed some cases where players would divert away from the boards during some breakouts
Improvements made to make the CPU win the faceoff towards a teammate more reliably when there is only one defenseman
Improvements to teammate puck support in board play


Defensive Skill Stick / Poke Checking

Fixed some cases where a skater is exiting Crouch Block would not trip opponents
Fixed some cases where players would get called for tripping while a goaltender is carrying the puck
Fixed various cases where Defensive Skill Stick was not going to the location where the Right Stick was held before going into Defensive Skill Stick


General

Fixed some cases where passes off backhand would play a forehand animation unexpectedly
Fixed a case where a user would rarely lose control of their player off a line change
Fixes made to faceoff formations
Improvements made to increase the consistency of player switching
Fixed cases where goalie interference was being called even after the goalie was able to fully recover
Various coach feedback tuning and bug fixes
Various desync fixes


Goalies

Fixed a case where a user goalie could get stuck in the paddle down position
Fixed a case where a user goalie would temporarily lose the functionality to poke check
Reduced the dead zone on the left stick which was causing inconsistent movement on precision pushes
Various improvements made to puck cover consistency
Various improvements made to tracking possessed pucks on breakaways
Various goalie animation fixes


Physics

Improvements made to prevent skaters from being unable to get up when they are knocked down
Fixed a case where a user would rarely lose control of their player when knocked down
Improvements made to rebalance ‘get up’ and ‘stumble’ timings after a collision
Improvements made to a variety of ‘get up’ animations


Pickups

Various improvements made to pickup animations
Improvements made to puck pickup consistency
Change to make players a bit more aggressive pivoting to forward to receive passes
Applied a change to make players slightly more aggressive when they are pivoting to forward to receive a pass
Applied changes to make players not reach as much on loose pucks as they were leaving the player too vulnerable


Shooting

Improvements to shot blending out of dekes to improve consistency
Fix for players sometimes turning to shot target before attempting one timer
Various shooting animation improvements


Skating

Removed the ability to backhand toe drag when back skating
Improvements to make vision control more consistent
Various skater animation fixes
Improvements made to skater animations for when a skater is going into an idle animation from a stop
Fixed an issue that was causing spin-o-rama to rotate further than intended
Changes made to pivot speed to make it more affected by player rating
Various skating transition fixes


Specializations

Various specialization bug fixes and tuning


GAME MODES/PRESENTATION

Franchise Mode

Improved CPU-team signing logic. Teams will now try to reserve cap space for pending RFAs and UFAs on their roster.
Improved salary demands of players to be more in-line with the real world
Improved defenseman scoring in Franchise Mode during sims
More accurate TOI/G for European prospects
Updated Amateur Scouting Strengths and Weakness reports to reduce the amount of Reach weaknesses generated
Added a popup at the beginning of the pre-season to remind the user to assign scouts
Added a popup at the beginning of the re-sign phase to remind the user to re-sign their Scouts
Fixed an issue where the user can hire scouts when they were not allowed to
Fixed a crash during Expansion Mode team creation
Added player handedness and player type as Player Search filter options
Fixed an issue where the Draft Board became unusable after pinning 20-year-old undrafted players who became Free Agents
Added a pop-up in the Roster Moves screen that tells the user if a player was claimed off waivers
Added Scout Depth Chart to the Hire Scouts screen
Added Team Depth Chart to Region Assignment screen
Fixed an issue where overall did not show in the Retain Salary screen when Fog of War was off
During the pre-season, minimum salary cap rules are no longer enforced
Fixed an issue where retired players did not show their last reports on the Retirements screen
Fixed an issue where Free Agents that needed an Entry-Level contract did not show under the 2-way filter
Player style column added to Free Agents screen
Fixed an issue where the user could not use the triggers to swap player cards on the Make Pick screen at the Draft
Added a banner on the Amateur player card that shows if that player is being scouted
Added functionality to the player card that allows the user to press up/down to navigate pages
Added functionality to the Amateur player card that allows the user to open Full Career Stats for Amateur players
UX Improvements to the Assign Scout and Select Prospects screen
Miscellaneous UI/UX Improvements throughout the mode
Improved how the CPU will handout Entry level contracts to lower end drafted players
Improved logic in how the CPU will put Goalies on the trade block when having 2 starters on the team
Improved junior goalies’ games played stats


Online Versus

Disabled Position lock for “competitive” Versus games. Users can still position lock in co-op/casual games


Uniforms
The following jerseys have been added to NHL 19:

NHL
New Jersey Devils Alternate
St. Louis Blues Alternate
EBEL
HC Orli Znojmo Home and Away

[bad_philanthropy]

Lots of good stuff here, but oh my lord, if this works!

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Improvements to teammate puck support in board play

Also stoked they're finally adding Adidas templates for create a team!

[MizzouRah]

Yes, very nice list. Between NHL and Madden this year, my console is back to being used on a daily basis.

Just waiting on the next roster update and it's time to start my Blues franchise!

[bad_philanthropy]

Am I crazy or did they nerf the cpu skating a bit? I feel like they don't turn and get to loose pucks as quickly. Everything feels more even. Anyone else have this impression so far? Also feels like the AI puck carrier reactions/invulnerability bubble has been tuned down.

[peter21]

So no Dressing Room Error fix? Bye bye, EA

[jromano99]

......downloaded, installed, rebooted..........not seeing new uniforms !?!?!

[Sauce12]

Quote: Originally Posted by jromano99

......downloaded, installed, rebooted..........not seeing new uniforms !?!?!

It's the same as it's been for years, you have to download the newest roster to get the jerseys.