NHL Hockey

[indycar_si]

hey guys im starting to make latest rosters for the NHL hockey (DOS) version.

i already fully done habs and replaced bruins names but not really sure how good those players are.

if anyone is interested to help me lemme know need mostly players skills and some help editing the names of the players

Edited May 9 by indycar_si

[AdamCatalyst]

You can always rip off the ratings from another current ROM, and adapt them to your liking. Feel free to use mine if it helps!

[indycar_si]

9 hours ago, AdamCatalyst said:

You can always rip off the ratings from another current ROM, and adapt them to your liking. Feel free to use mine if it helps!

hmmm you think i can extract from snes rom with pc tools? 

[Sauce]

36 minutes ago, indycar_si said:

hmmm you think i can extract from snes rom with pc tools? 

You're in luck...  @chaos created such a tool from extracting/importing csv files from/into SNES files.  Details in the link below.
 

 

 

Edited May 9 by Sauce

[von Ozbourne]

I've always been curious about trying modding the PC version.

One option if you didn't necessarily borrow someone else's ratings is to just borrow EA's. In the past when I needed some quick ratings I'd just copied the player stats from nhlratings.net and I had a spreadsheet with formulas to convert the percentages into the Base-6 numbers that NHL94 uses.

That spreadsheet was on an old computer so I don't know if I still have it, but I can always redo the numbers if you want to try that.

[indycar_si]

5 hours ago, von Ozbourne said:

I've always been curious about trying modding the PC version.

One option if you didn't necessarily borrow someone else's ratings is to just borrow EA's. In the past when I needed some quick ratings I'd just copied the player stats from nhlratings.net and I had a spreadsheet with formulas to convert the percentages into the Base-6 numbers that NHL94 uses.

That spreadsheet was on an old computer so I don't know if I still have it, but I can always redo the numbers if you want to try that.

any help appreciated

9 hours ago, Sauce said:

You're in luck...  @chaos created such a tool from extracting/importing csv files from/into SNES files.  Details in the link below.
 

thx for this i was looking yesterday for something but couldnt find anything because i didnt know what to look for

 

 

edit:  tried with snes roster tool. opens original rom fine but when trying adams rom gives an error and i get no players/player ratings out (error make sure you use valid rom)

 

 

Edited May 10 by indycar_si

[Sauce]

3 hours ago, indycar_si said:

any help appreciated

 

edit:  tried with snes roster tool. opens original rom fine but when trying adams rom gives an error and i get no players/player ratings out (error make sure you use valid rom)

 

 

His is a GENS file (.bin format) not a SNES file/format. 

There is a different tool for GENS files.

 

 

[indycar_si]

41 minutes ago, Sauce said:

His is a GENS file (.bin format) not a SNES file/format. 

There is a different tool for GENS files.

 

 

cheers i feel dumb now snes....gens...

 

i think i need to take a break ive been crunching numbers and letters for few hours now without any success. when i replace player names csvtogame doesnt work anymore or it works but WNHLifno doesnt or the game doesnt start anymore...

[AdamCatalyst]

16 minutes ago, indycar_si said:

cheers i feel dumb now snes....gens...

 

i think i need to take a break ive been crunching numbers and letters for few hours now without any success. when i replace player names csvtogame doesnt work anymore or it works but WNHLifno doesnt or the game doesnt start anymore...

Been there done, that, many times.

For me personally, these tasks are often so much easier once I walk away, and come back after some time. I *WANT* to keep going, non-stop, but I can bang my head against the wall for hours to no avail, and later realize what I need to do in minutes.

[indycar_si]

ffs now i broke everything...

i only change one playername without changing stats wnhlinfo doesnt work i get some error 

scanteamrosters9496() player 0x00008ABC team (26) >= totalteams < 255 (26)

 

[indycar_si]

hey guys any idea why am i getting this after changing attributes.csv trying "csvtogame"

 

[von Ozbourne]

I'm only drawing a reference to stuff that I've tried in the Mega Drive/Genesis version, but without knowing how you changed the player name, did the new player name have the same number of characters as the one it replaced? I ask because I know that if you change a line of text but not the offset reference for that line of information, it's going to come back with some weird stuff.

Without knowing more, that's just the thing I think of when you see "address" come up in your error messages. Something at that address is not not adding up to what the game code is expecting.

[indycar_si]

the name has different number off letters, but ive tried to change only L/R stick and i got same not responding thingy.

the black nhlinfo should have text with number of players and teams but it only returns blank. ive been tryin to edit in wscite, notepad and libre office with the same result

[indycar_si]

BOS, BUF, CGY, CHI, DET, EDM, CAR (HFD), LA, MTL, DAL, NJ, NYI, NYR, OTT, PHI, PIT, COL (QUE), STL, SJS  playernames, jersey numbers and positions updated - there are some unoccupied players on the teams because n.h.l.c.o.m rosters doesnt show every team with  25 skaters and 3 goalies. i have yet to do lines - no clue about most of the teams

 

and i have no idea if i can change player attributes without getting error with WNHLinfo

 

 

 

 

NHL94_25v0.36.ZIP

Edited Tuesday at 06:39 PM by indycar_si

[Kiba]

On 5/11/2025 at 12:07 PM, indycar_si said:

hey guys any idea why am i getting this after changing attributes.csv trying "csvtogame"

 

Hi, is this "csvtogame" my old tool from here?: 

If so, it probably won't work. I wrote that for NHL95PC version.

[indycar_si]

On 5/13/2025 at 1:27 PM, Kiba said:

Hi, is this "csvtogame" my old tool from here?

yes indeed it is. as you can see from the screens in the first post it did work but then something happened and it stopped working. gametocvs still extracts the attributes file so i can edit it but i cannot make cvstogame to work.

i think i can change attributes but i cant open database with wnhlinfo after i use cvstogame but im not sure. i dont want to screw my work ive done so far 

 

atm im renaming playernames so i might find out whats wrong by the time im done or maybe you can "make" one for the '94 ^^

Edited May 14 by indycar_si

[Kiba]

Pure luck that it did work at least partly.

I suppose you did not add any free agent players? Those are not included code and therefore can cause problems.

[indycar_si]

9 hours ago, Kiba said:

Pure luck that it did work at least partly.

I suppose you did not add any free agent players? Those are not included code and therefore can cause problems.

no just trying to rename existing ones and edit their stats. even if i only change stick side L->R or R->L or edit entire attributes i cant open database with WNHLinfo after editing.

also im starting to suspect nhl.com rosters arent the best place to look for players 😕

my goal 1st is just to update existing teams to current date and when thats done and workin add new teams and maybe add player pics

Edited May 15 by indycar_si

[AdamCatalyst]

You can just open my ROM ZIP, take the roster CSV that is in there, and use that to get started. Alternately, I use MoneyPuck and PuckPedia for my roster information. NHL.com is the best place for official player name spelling, the most up-to-date weights, but not much else.