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  1. 47 minutes ago, von Ozbourme said:

    Thanks for the graph. Actually my problem was the opposite. Using a ROM with two goalies, and adding a third was complicating matters. Luckily the EARE method is fixing the problem, it's just tedious copy/pasting and double checking the data [Like yourself, I have no pre-made references for the 32-team ROM]

    Why is it a problem?  The 3 goalies become 0-2 in the hex code (where each team's pointer is located, and the forwards become 3-10 (if you have 14 fwds) and the D become 11-18 (if you have 8 dmen).  Your starting goalie is 0.  Your forwards, that have image, can be any of those who fall between 3-10, depending on how you sort them in NOSE.  Same goes for Dmen.

    Using my 2019 rom as an example...image courtesy of Slapshot67 who taught me way back when...

    It's fairly easy to do but the way you're doing it is making it more difficult and time consuming.  That is, unless you are a masochist and like punishing yourself.  To each, their own... lol

    Example.jpg

  2. Per my above post, I have added a new version of my NHL94 2021 rom (located in the original post on page 1).  I removed Henrik Lundqvist as he won't be playing this season as well as, Alex Steen (who was forced to retired due to back problems).  Added Anthony Duclair to the Panthers (just signed there today).

    I kept Cory Schneider on the Islanders (even though he is not officially signed).  It has been rumored that he has a "hand shake" deal with the team.  Plus, Lou Lam likes to sign ex-Devils (or bring them back).

    The Winnipeg Freeze bug is fixed in this new version but to do so, I had to break player cards in game mode.  Didn't seem like a big loss to me.

    Lastly, Colorado now has blue pants and helmet like they will be using this season.

    Cheers!

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  3. Howdy - I will have an updated version of this rom within the next couple of days.  Some minor updates and one BIG one.  I will be removing Henrik Lundqvist.  It saddens me (as he is a fav player of mine) to pass along that he will not be playing this upcoming season due to a heart condition.  Given his age and the condition, I would not be surprised if he retires next year.  He made the announcement on his twitter account, today.

    I will also take the opportunity to update Colorado pant/helmet colors as I did in the 2021 3v3 rom.  There will be some jersey number updates as well.  Maybe a new player here or there.

    To come... soon...

    Cheers!

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  4. 32 minutes ago, chaos said:

    Learn some PHP and HTML/CSS. I would gladly give someone else more control, takes some burden off of me. I think I've asked you this before, a long time ago. This goes for anyone who is willing to help. I don't like having all the keys in my pocket, because if I'm not around, everyone is locked out.

     

    I'd like to say I really appreciate everyone's kind words. As an engineer in my real life, it is in my DNA to fix problems, make things, and try to improve other things. I spend a lot of time trying to fix people's connections and setup, etc., because it's just in my nature. And if it can't be fixed, I try my best to figure out why and find a workaround. I have spent more time than I should with this RetroArch stuff, just because I wanted to find a better solution than what we had. I'm happy to see others having a pleasant experience because of it. 

     

    I always say streaming is the best thing that's happened to this community. It opens more eyes to it, and the more the better. @danTML7 has done a great job not only with that, but with his tutorial videos and helping others get set up - @lego too. Their help and others, has helped lift some of the burden on me, in getting people set up and able to play online. If not for their help, I would have probably told everyone to screw it and go back to using Gens and ZSNES :). Also, @halifax and @smozoma have done a wonderful job with running the online tournaments and stream. The amount of time these guys pour into this game and community should not go unnoticed. 

    Also, I know how much work goes into creating a ROM, and the guys that do this stuff deserve a ton of credit. The ROM modding scene also helps grow the community, as you can see how many people have come here to download them whether to play online or to play themselves. Guys like @Jkline3, @Sauce, @skip, @naples39, etc have helped mix the game up a little bit to make it the same 94, but different at the same time. Heck, you have to think it inspired EA to make 94 Rewind! That's an amazing accomplishment. All of those who create draft ROMs help mix up the online league space and give a twist to how we play the game.

    The community is not the work of one, its the work of the whole. We have a great community here, and it's wonderful to see some new names contributing every year. I'm excited to see what else we can do to improve the community in the years to come.

     

     

    This is great post in that I didn't even know that you do that level of work for the website.  I knew that you did certain aspects but this gives more insight to those who read it.  You certainly do your fair share to make this site work for the community.  So, thanks!

    But, unfortunately, I didn't vote for you.  LOL

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  5. 1 minute ago, danTML7 said:

    Good points @Sauce. I look at all my votes and basically all 16 are from those who participated (or are participating) in my new OHPL league. So that's clearly important to them. And many I've also helped get their port forwarding working.

    Then I look at the votes on others, and a lot of names I don't recognize. In fact, I've never associated yet with @Jkline3, one of the other nominees. Only because I don't seek out those other ROMs. But clearly with 1000+ downloads, he's definitely using NHL94 to create and spread joy to thousands of others. When I voted for @smozoma, I did so because I thought he would get the fewest votes and I really appreciate the effort he puts into going on cam all the time and streaming the BIG TIME games. I was happy to see so many others appreciate him too. And @chaos!! I've begged him repeatedly to give me more responsibilities and train me on the website because we would 100% be fucked without him or a replacement (as raph said). 

    Quick shout out to @Tickenestwhose simple gifs have changed our social media game as well. Everyone loves those 10second clips. Very easy to take in and have gotten lots of reactions both on discord and twitter. Plus his SNES Cup Chase league is................. another league....... which is always good.

    It's definitely a bias thing.  I recommend/voted JKline because I create/post roms and know how significant it is to do.  It is a tremendous amount of work that most will never know about.  Hence, why so many folks keep asking for custom roms that they "could" do themselves but are too "whatever" to do so.  If it was easy and quick, everyone would do it.  But, I also know that he and I (and others) can do it because of the help/guidance we got from smozoma, king raph, coach mac, slapshot67, etc.  I also know that Chaos is a good guy and always helps folks out and does a lot of work with retroarch instructions on this site.  Extremely valueable!  So, it is definitely a bias thing and that's why all four deserve a pat on the back.

    Now, go take $50 each out of petty cash!  :)

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  6. Just give the title to all 4.  Each deserves it.  I feel a compelling argument can be made for each participant and to be honest, half of the people here wouldn't get those arguments if you don't know the person and/or, don't understand (or care about) the why.  For example, what JKline does is extremely time-consuming and generous.  Does that mean he deserves it over the others, maybe... maybe not.  This site community owes a debt of gratitude to Chaos for a multitude of reasons as we don't always see what he does behind the scenes.  Anyone who has ever edited and produced a rom owes a debt of gratitude to smozoma for problem-solving and sharing his wealth of technical knowledge.  Dan helps a lot of folks with on-boarding for league play (a popular request) and FB questions.  Each, does their part for free.  Each doesn't complain and gives of themselves.  How does one determine which is most valued?  Eye of the beholder.

    (in an Oprah voice)

    "You get Bud of the Year...and you get Bud of the Year...and you get Bud of the Year..."

     

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  7. 27 minutes ago, mitch13 said:

    Just noticed that the game freezes when you choose Anaheim or Washington for some playoffs. You can't go from one top to the other when you are choosing your team. Don't remember how to fix that, must be by changing the playoffs tree with nose I guess? 

    I tried the rom with an emulator on my snes mini.

    Add the 32nd team to the Playoff tree, in NOSE, and it won't freeze.  Or, in EARE, make it so there are only 31 teams in the playoff possibilities.

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  8. 17 minutes ago, 9phoneman said:

    Can some one send me the rom that has the Seattle Kracken on it. I have the one with the 32 team as the NHL

    Prospects. Or is the Seattle Kracken on the same game 

    Can some one help. Thank you in advance.

    It is available for download on page 1 of this thread (The Playoff (PO) version).    They are also included in my NHL94 2021 rom (separate post).

  9. I just re-posted this rom without the WSH/WPG Freeze bug.  As noted in another thread, there is a way to "fix" it by disabling the player card records in game mode.  It doesn't disable the portraits in the Team Selection page nor the Game Matchup page with Ron Barr.  With 2v2 and 3v3, the player card records are broken anyway and cause the game to freeze.  So, I simply disabled them which fixes the freeze bug on the Team Selection page.  I may do this for my 5v5 season roms as well.  TBD.

  10. Nice find!

    There is another way to "fix it" without the result of double names in the player portrait cards... disable the reading of the player card records.  

    @smozoma discovered this fix back in 2016 (11/7/2016 post).  It makes it so the player cards can't be read/reviewed in game mode.  You can still see them in the Team Selection mode and in the Team Matchup page.
     

    WPG Freeze Bug Fix.png

     

  11. Hi Everyone!

    I took my NHL94 2021 rom (the Slapshot67 template) and converted it to 3v3 play (file posted below the notes).

    Some notable changes/fixes/updates:
    *The game no longer freezes during the Ron Barr/Tonight's Match message screen.  Special thanks to Seamor and Smozoma for their findings and post on how to limit player cards on this screen.  That was the cause of the freeze in past versions.
    *Like the above, I limit the player cards in the Team Selection pages.  You now see one Dman, a winger, a center and a goalie.
    *Powerplays are 4 on 3.  Penalties are 1 min in length.
    *You can now edit/update PP units in the game.  In the past, because I would only show one Dman, if I had a second on the PP point, you couldn't see them in the Line Editor.  You would have to download NOSE to see them and edit accordingly.  To remedy it, I simply show 1 D and 3 wingers.  This way, you can edit one of the 4 within the game.
    *Periods are 3, 5, 7 and 10 minutes.
    *Each team has 6 forwards, 3 Dmen and 2 goalies to chose from when editing lines.
    *32 NHL Teams.  The Seattle Kraken are included in this rom.  I retired the Mystery, Alaska team (from prior 3v3 roms).
    *The Seattle Kraken contains players from the Seattle Metropolitans circa 1917-1919.

    Known bugs:
    *WSH/WPG Freeze Bug if you cycle player cards, on the Team Selection page, for both Washington and Winnipeg.  If you use Kega Fusion, as an emulator, it will not freeze.
    *If your team has two players penalized, the powerplay becomes 4 on 2.  However, since penalties are only 1 min in length, it shouldn't be a big deal.  It adds to the excitement.  LOL

    *Due to how the game must be edited in Hex Code, the checking line, when you play with "line changes on", becomes the top line ("Scoring Line 1).  So, I renamed the checking line to say Sc.1 when editing in-game.  The original Scoring 1 becomes Sc.2 and Scoring Line 2 becomes Sc.3 (with line changes on).  I use the same PP and PK lines, for each instance, so I renamed them to PP and PK instead of PP1/PP2 and PK1/PK2.
    *The in-game line editor and team roster view, when line changes are on, sorts as Sc2., Sc3. and Sc1. for the 3 lines.  Just keep that in mind when you do in-game changes.

    Let me know if you have any questions.  Cheers!

    NHL94 2021 3v3.bin

    NHL94 2021 3v3.png

    MacK Scores.png

    McDavid Scores.png

    DAL vs TBL.png

     

     

     

     

     

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  12. 1 hour ago, clockwise said:

     

    The fact that I, Clock J. Wise, AKA Jesusplaysnhl94, AKA Jesus, AKA Jebus, AKA  Hāso͞os', AKA David Lo Pan, AKA Frank Dux, AKA Chester Copperpot, AKA Tom Servo, AKA The OG; now play SNES, shows how much we've grown together.

     

    Aka...

    The legendary 'Big Lebowski' spin-off movie is finally happening - Business  Insider

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  13. 3 hours ago, clockwise said:

    Man thats so cool I nearly forgot it was 95 for a sec. 

    Could this be a "doth protest too much" thing, with your expressed animosity toward NHL95?  And, with some of your recent "likes", on this thread, could Darth @segathon and @UltraMagnusbe wearing down your hatred of 95? 

    Then again, as Star Wars teaches us, if you do go to the Dark Side, ala Anakin, you are bound to return to the Light.  

    Of course, I kid with you.  If 94 is truly your destiny, we are glad to have you on the team!  :)

     

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  14. On 11/22/2020 at 7:05 PM, UltraMagnus said:

     

    • Potential new teams - Mystery Alaska, N.Y. Five Points (Gangs of New York), UFC Cage Fighters to name a few.

     

     

    I have the player names and numbers in my 3v3 roms.  Feel free to use them as a base.  I positioned them based on how I remembered them in the movie.  Just ignore Scott Gomez and Matt Carle.  I added them to that team as I need some extra players and they are both from Alaska.

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  15. 22 hours ago, hokkeefan said:

    Evan Eldredge ...you da man !!!!

    You made a lot of wives and girlfriends very cranky LOL

    Where can we find any info on the first seasons?

     

    Amen!  However, some can be converted to the cause.  My wife, who met him and several others when we came to NYC event, saw (first hand) the passion and enthusiasm (and comraderie) for the forum/game.  While she still isn't thrilled about me playing the game or editing my roms late at night, I think she "gets it" now.  

    I used to belong to a now defunct NHL2K site.  It was a blast getting to know other folks who shared a similar passion in addition to creating custom roster files.  This site, has been an even better experience.  Mainly, because I am far more pasionate about NHL94.  So, that said, thanks @Evanfor this site!

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  16. 1 hour ago, chaos said:

    I agree, I was very surprised they wouldn't use one of the current season ROMs as a base. To me it's also obvious they had to have used a 32-team ROM as a base to work off of, so why not use one that's already set up, and give you credit?

    What really kills me is, how could they have not put the trapezoid or new goalie crease in the latest version???  The players are from 2020 but the rink is from 1994.  LAZINESS!!!

  17. It's kinda sad that they couldn't draw inspiration from mine or @skip/slapshot67's or @naples39's current season roms.  Especially, as that is what NHL Rewind is ...current rosters in the NHL94 skin!  Ours contain the wonderful fixes, patches or enhancements created by @smozoma, @clockwise and @slapshot67.  Fixes that improved what was already a classic.  Take those enhancements/changes, throw in the new/cool custom skin tones feature, the new controller select screen, the achievement awards and make it available for online play.  BOOM!  Instantly better than their current NHL product line.

    They know of this forum/community.  So, I highly doubt they don't know of the work/roms that are being created here.  Especially, as VGK used Naples39's rom, as a GIF, on its twitter account (when they would win). 

    NHL Rewind is a lazy cash-grab incentive for buying NHL21.  Color me shocked!  End rant.  :)

     

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  18. Howdy!

    For those who read my previous post (pre-edit/update), due to logistical concerns, I have decided to scrap the NHL Reverse Retro version of my NHL94 2021 "Way Too Early" rom.  The more that I worked on it, the more that I realized it wasn't going to end up as I had previously hoped.  It's a "cash grab" gimmick by the NHL that doesn't translate to our rom constraints so, I don't want to release something that is forced.  

    Sorry for the false alert.  Lesson learned... never promote dinner until it is out of the oven.

    Once the 2021 season begins, I'll post my "season version" rom with updated rosters.

  19. 1 hour ago, junkfoodtony said:

    Awesome work @Sauce I really appreciate all the hard work you do to provide us with updated roms with current rosters/stats. I play these roms more then I should admit lol thanks for everything man!

    You're welcome!  Thanks for the kind words! 

    I, too, probably play it, as well as edit it, way too much which is why I felt the need to thank my awesome (understanding) wife at the end of the game credits.  LOL

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