Franchise Hockey Manager 9 Steam news

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• Review score83% positive
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• Release dateNov 8, 2022
• DeveloperOut of the Park Developments, game54 Software
• PublisherOut of the Park Developments

Genres: Simulation, Sports, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: Out of the Park Developments, game54 SoftwarePublisher: Out of the Park Developments

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Franchise Hockey Manager 9 Steam news

Franchise Hockey Manager 9 news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• FHM9 Hotfix 9.4.107 Now Available - 6 April 2023

  A new hotfix update for Franchise Hockey Manager 9, version 9.4.107, has just been released to fix some issues with the most recent update. Your existing savegames will be compatible with the updated game. This hotfix is primarily to correct the problem causing intermittent long delays (5+ minutes on some days) while simulating, but we were also able to address a few other problems that had easy fixes. We've had a number of reports of crashing that we suspect were related to the delay problem and should be fixed now, but if they continue after this update, we'll have to take another look at them next week. Changes: -fixed long delays caused by potential loop in trading/transfer logic, particularly when close to European transfer deadlines -fixed issue with all-star game "vs. World" format that could cause a crash while generating the skills competition email if one team didn't have enou…

• FHM9 Update 9.4.104 Now Available - 31 March 2023

  The fourth and final full update for FHM9, version 9.4.104, has just been released. Notes: Thanks to everyone who reported issues during the open beta, we fixed a number of things we wouldn't have wanted in the final release. This will be the last of the major update to FHM9, barring any necessary hotfixes. We're moving into the planning and design stages for FHM10 now; hopefully what we come up with will be as well-received as FHM9 was. There are quite a few new things this time; we managed to catch up on a few delayed projects. The "Current" rosters are updated to their final version, but unlike in past years the cutoff date is about ten days after the trading deadline (so March 12), and a little later than that for the NHL. We've also added eight new historical challenges on a general theme of "...and then it all went horribly wrong...". 2D mode has seen a number of changes to the me…

• FHM9 Update 9.3.96/97 Now Available - 22 February 2023

  The third full update (and second content update) for FHM9, version 9.3.96, has just been released. (Update Feb. 23: We had to do a new version, 9.3.97, to fix an error in the original one that resulted in the new stats being cleared every time a save was reloaded. The game should update to that version automatically.) Notes: Thanks to everyone who participated in the open beta for this update on Steam. We've updated the public_beta branch with this version as well, so if you don't leave the beta in Steam you'll still have the same version as everyone else. We wound up doing quite a bit of under-the-hood work to get more stats out of the match engines; that produces a lot that's available immediately, as well as some stuff that's going to appear in the next update and/or future versions of the game. It wound up being more work than anticipated, particularly dragging useful details out o…

• FHM9 Update 9.2.82 Now Available - 10 January 2023

  This update fixes a few issues left after the December content update that were either too serious to leave until the next content update (likely in February) or were very easy to fix. Your existing savegames will be compatible with the updated game, but some of the update's fixes may not retroactively correct certain problems in existing saves; this normally happens when the problem is inherent to data created at the start of the save. Changes: fixed potential game freeze in leagues that use shootouts (after overtime) to resolve playoff games fixed potential issue that could cause quickstart-created games to crash near the end of the setup procedure editing a team that is not in the top-level league in a custom game will no longer result in it losing its current farm team/reserve list players who play on in the new historical Challenge Cup and Rendez-Vous 87 tournaments no longer get s…

• FHM9 Update 9.2.77 Now Available - 20 December 2022

  This is the first update for FHM9 that adds new content: specifically, we've added a new system that allows you to intervene more directly in problems in the team harmony system, 24 new achievements, two historical international series, and a number of new fields to the csv export feature. But there were also a number of issues left to deal with after the previous roster update, particularly with AI roster management, so this update wound up being something of a hybrid, with a lot of fixes and tweaks in addition to the new content. Some timing issues made it difficult to do much in the way of 2D engine changes this time, so that's likely to be a focus for the next update in the New Year. If there are any game-breaking issues discovered with this update, we'll release a hotfix ASAP; other wise the next one is likely to be in early February. Your existing savegames will be compatible with…

• FHM9 Update 9.1.70 Now Available - 24 November 2022

  This is our first full update for FHM9 after the release and hotfix. It primarily focuses on fixing the most serious remaining bugs after the hotfix as well as some things that could be fixed relatively quickly, but does also add current rosters as a start option. The next update, which will likely be out a week or so prior to Christmas, will be the first one to add a significant amount of new content, as well as dealing with some issues that weren't fixable in time for this update, particularly things that will require a longer timeframe to fix and test. After that, we'll have 2-3 more updates in the new year, the last one finishing with the trade deadline rosters. Your existing savegames will be compatible with the updated game, but some of the update's fixes may not retroactively correct certain problems in existing saves; this normally happens when the problem is inherent to data cr…

• FHM9 Hotfix 9.1.65 Now Available - 11 November 2022

  A new hotfix update for Franchise Hockey Manager 9, version 9.1.65, has just been released to fix some issues with the release version (9.1.57) of the game. Your existing savegames will be compatible with the updated game. This hotfix addresses some critical issues, particularly with college hockey, that became evident after Tuesday's release, as well as a small number of other fixes/changes we were able to make without risking additional complications. Barring any game-breaking issues becoming apparent, our next update will be in a couple of weeks and will address a much larger number of things, as well as including the "Current" start option with updated rosters. Changes: fixed issue where some college teams were releasing senior players on March 15, even if they were still playing at that point increased advantage of team holding the player rights (i.e. verbal commitment) on National…

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