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Nov 18, 2023
Coaches... Continued
Executive Hockey - RCS
You can now change your coach! Click your team icon on the header on the main game screen, and click 'Change'. There are no limits (at the moment) to how often you change your coach, although that may change in future releases. When your coach is fired, back to the pool they go, and you can re-hire again later.

With this release, the AIs will not change coaches. That will probably change as well in the near future.
Nov 10, 2023
Coaches!
Executive Hockey - RCS
This is the start of coaches being added to Executive Hockey! For now, it's just a drop-in replacement for team archetypes (aggressive, defensive, wise, etc.), but will eventually be a fuller experience.

We also fixed some player career stats that were slightly inaccurate.
Oct 16, 2023
Miscellaneous minor fixes - October 16, 2023
Executive Hockey - RCS
  • Fixes bug where drop down lists wouldn't always be in front
  • Change so that AI teams are more likely to start drafted players sooner
  • Undetermined players now behave like a weighted average of the likelihood of them determining at each level; no longer like minor leaguers
  • Fixed bug where if you switched years there would be x's by the teams making the playoffs in the current year
  • Fixed bug where if you switched years when you weren't looking at your own team, it would never reset back properly
  • Customizable draft pools by year with some 'real' players for 2024 and 2025 included
  • Updated rosters
  • Slight performance improvements
  • All teams now lose rights to any draft picks not signed within 4 years (including human owner)
  • Bumped up # of games required to become 'determined'
Oct 8, 2023
2023-2024 Season Update!
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  • Rosters for 2023-2024
  • Updates to many player attributes
  • Headlines screen now has correct date for each news item
  • Updated injuries to start the 2023-2024 season
  • Fixed bug where teams won't always draft best player available
  • New line change model; changes average time on ice
  • Shifts are now tracked, although not yet shown on front end
  • Improvements to scoring play algorithm; snipers/scorers are more likely to score and playmakers more likely to assist
  • Concept of game exhaustion is removed from the UI, but still exists internally, based on number of shifts played
  • If an AI team is up 2+ goals, they will lean towards defensive lines
  • Core, Journeyman, and Minor Leaguers are now slightly stronger
  • Slight increase to player values in their early 20s-late 20s
  • Franchise and Generational players now only have one position. This keeps the algorithm from always putting Tavares on the top line with Matthews, for example.
Sep 30, 2022
Roster Updates for 2022-2023
Executive Hockey - RCS
In addition to the roster updates for the 2022-2023 season, the following items were added or fixed:

  • On Lineup screen, columns in player lists on left side of screen are now lined up vertically
  • Draft results are now available for previous seasons
  • Draft screen now shows results of the draft after it is complete
  • Tab button borders now match control borders
  • Changed 'disabled button' font colour
  • Minor improvements to Offer sheet list box formatting
  • First button on Upcoming games panel now only ever says 'Go'
  • Slowed how quickly picks are made on Live Draft screen
  • Added feature to delete saved games
  • Changed close/exit box icons
  • Added 'Undetermined' tag for recently drafted players
  • Fixed crash when waivers get put on Unsigned-drafted list instead of Scratches
  • Added News to the home header
  • Added messaging about when a player becomes Determined when it's not a tag that would have been likely
Nov 1, 2021
November 2021 Update
Executive Hockey - RCS
  • Added a drop down on the top right of the home screen that allows you to view previous seasons
  • Some playoff teams were in the draft lottery, and that seemed to cause the draft lottery to occasionally crash. Fixed.
  • Fixed bug on previous scores screen where playoff check box didn't always work
  • Trading will no longer result in automatic waiving of high value players
  • You can now drag players into your lineup even if it puts you over the cap
  • Fixed bugs where the lineup display during gameplay would crash and formatting would look wrong
  • Changed message that said IR players are part of cap
  • Reduced scoring
  • Shootouts can now go to 20 rounds before ending
  • OT/Shootout and Special Teams lines screens now no longer show tags when switching between different player lists.
Oct 11, 2021
2021-2022 Final Roster Update
Executive Hockey - RCS
Here are the final rosters for 2021-22, and a few others fixes and updates:

  • Buttons at top right of screen now have icons instead of words
  • Slight update to how scores for games are calculated. Change may not be noticeable by the player.
  • Fixed draft lottery screen to show 16 instead of 15 teams, and logos are now correct when picks are traded.
  • AI will never trade a player on a human's behalf, unless you explicitly give it control
  • You can now drag a scratched player into the lineup regardless of salary cap
  • Injured players no longer count toward salary cap
  • If game player has more than 3 hockey players scratched the player can't proceed
  • It's now clear that when running to end of month or to a particular month, the AI will take control, and may take any action
  • Goaltenders now have more impact on a game result
  • Removed numeric digit from some player names
  • Reduced 1st round pick value
  • AI trades are now max 4 items
Sep 5, 2021
Enterprise Hockey Welcomes the Seattle Sockeye!
Executive Hockey - RCS
Enterprise Hockey has been updated for the upcoming 2021-22 season. We welcome the Seattle Sockeye, which expands the league to 32 teams. There are a few other changes with this build:

  • Updated rosters for 2021-22
  • AI No longer waiving valuable players when there's no room
  • Updated waiver requirements to be more inline with NHL
  • AI trades can now have no more than 4 items.
  • Adjusted draft pick value to the AI
  • AI values younger players higher based on their potential value

Aug 1, 2020
The "Hockey is Back" Update
Executive Hockey - RCS
Hockey is back and so are updates to Executive Hockey. Here is the list of changes for the first update since late March:

  • Players can now only have contracts extended in the last year of their contract.
  • Added more button actions to player popup info screen
  • Fixed incorrect points on standings screen
  • Player updates
  • Some teams now have new abbreviations
  • Shot on goal distribution is now a little more balanced
  • Fixed bug where teams would acquire way too many free agents
  • Fixed bug where sorting on contract value in the roster list would cause the game to crash
  • Trade deadline warning screen look improved
  • Human player's team must always be under the salary cap. Game will not continue if team is over the cap
  • Main header now shows the cap room for the currently selected team.
  • Fixed occasional crash bug when dragging players around lineup
  • Green and red bars on main page header now explain what they mean
  • Expenditure and cap info are no longer shown on the roster list page
  • Fixed bug sorting salary amounts
  • Goalie playoff stats now showing correctly
  • Most buttons are now two-toned
  • Improved how AI teams value draft picks
  • Fixed bug where older players could have zero power
  • Improvements made to AI trading algorithm
  • Fixed bug where Moves screen showed old contract details, not the newly signed extension

    Enjoy!
Mar 27, 2020
A Second March Update!
Executive Hockey - RCS
Here are a bunch of new features and bug fixes for our second March update:

  • Added empty net goals to the match summary screen
  • AI now pulls the goalie properly when the player is watching a game play out.
  • The draft pool is now created at the beginning of the season and you can see the prospects under the Draft button throughout the season
  • Fixed a bug where you would get a message that you had signed an unrestricted free agent on July 1, but the player didn't actually sign with you.
  • Players now are slightly less likely to retire if they are released from a team and become unrestricted free agents
  • Players with the 'ageless' tag are not as overpowered as they previously were.
  • Player info header now includes weight, height and birthdate
  • Standings lists now have slightly more space between lines
  • Prospects in draft pool are a year older
  • Fewer generational and franchise players are now created in the draft pool. Some years there will be none.
  • Shots on goal are now modeled and included on match summary screen - both the total per team, and the total per player.
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