Steam Workshop link with more screenshots: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 2798150338
This is something I've been working on for a while and I'm really happy to share it publicly for beta testing!
Welcome to the initial public beta release of the 2000ish project! Huge thank you to everyone that provided support, feedback, testing and knowledge about this time period!
What is this?
It's a recreation of flinch's wonderful 2000-01 DB... which unfortunately got corrupted and had to be rebuilt as he lost a bunch of data. When we were working together, we decided we would build it on top of the current Pivot DB and roll things backwards, when we loaded all the players/staff we decided "what if we just kept the teams to today for longevity?" We also removed any preconceived notions of players, meaning those that ended up with injuries long term may not have them and players who were first round busts may not bust, etc.
This is an NHL FOCUSED 2000-01 season start date with modern league setups and clubs, however all club, league, player histories have been updated and NHL organizations greatly enriched and enhanced including accurate junior paths and NCAA transfers for the first few years of the sim (up until the 2006 draft). All NHL draft classes have been updated and detailed through the 2010 class this is currently a public beta and an active project!
THIS IS A 32 NHL DB, it has an empty Seattle and Vegas roster both with great head coaches to build around. These teams will have horrendous first 2-3 years but then get pretty good as they build through the draft, this is a good challenge to start with as a human GM. We may reduce this DB down to 30 teams in the future based on player feedback.
This DB has been widely tested and is stable, you should be able to play with your normal league selection (I usually play with around 20-25 leagues selected).
Things to look for / known issues / things still to do:
- We may limit the PA of newgens to let the real players shine through, would like feedback here.
- Some player positions/details may be incorrect or incomplete especially for non-NHLers
- NHL draft classes past 2010 may need some detailing but should pretty accurate.
- Again, this is an NHL FOCUSED DATABASE, European leagues have been filled but are no where near accurate outside of well known players. This is a work in progress, if you want to help we could use it!
- Lots of filler staff across the database, to be replaced with real staff in future updates.
- Still need to add President/Directors to NHL clubs.
We have no plans right now to roll back team names or bring back folded leagues from that era, what you see is what we will maintain for now.
PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK!!!