Hi.
I just had this idea of importing players and seasons from hockeydb.com (or other hockey stats sites), so I started working on a tool to do just this. It is based on the csv exporter/importer by Kiba found here:
I already have a working NHL94 PC with rosters from the current season. In the long run I plan on calculating player attributes (perhaps even lines) from statistics, but now it all is taken from an NHL18 spreadsheet I found.
There are limitations, as the number of teams in the game for instance. The reason I chose NHL94 and not NHL95 is that I think the scores are better when playing against the CPU on the 94 version. I do think my importer will be compatible with 95 too though.
The biggest problem right now is simulation is not 100%.
Players end up winning the Art Ross with something like 55 points and there are also other bugs.
I did not import all stats (PP goals, SH goals, shots, shooting%...).
Importing goalie statistics did not seem to work so they are the default stats, however goalies have a save% of something like 95% right now when simming...
Anyone here have tested tampering with the statistics of NHL Hockey (NHL94) and the simulation and have an idea what causes this, what simming statistics that are used for what (and are important to get right into the game)?
I noticed on the original game the Blackhawks always suck when simming due to them having too many players with many penalty minutes. The game seems to punish teams with much penalty minutes. The current NHL has less penalty minutes than in the 92/93 season. Can this be a factor? Any ideas?