Arlie Rahn Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 In additions to the features mentioned in the top thread, there will be two additional items: 1. Hotkey support. You can now use ‘ and / to move up and down most grids. Also, if you mouse over a button, it may tell you a hotkey you can use instead. The ‘Yes’/’No’ message box has this as do some of the offseason screens. 2. Conference movement. This is the *secret* feature. You can set it up in the game options – the choices are None, Low, Average, High. The basic algorithm is that the game goes through at the start of each offseason and checks to see if any teams should be swapped. All conferences are broken up into 4 layers – GDCS (top 8), tier 1, tier 2 and independents. Movement occurs between each grouping and there’s always a “swapping” of teams. For instance, in my testing, I had Utah replace Stanford in the Pac 10 after three seasons. Stanford then went to Utah’s conference and took its place. There’s also some region protection meaning a team in the West can only go to the Midlands and West, Midlands can go West, Midlands and Midwest, Midwest can go Midlands and Midwest, SE can go SE and AE, AE can go AE and SE. I had to setup a couple regions for each team otherwise you could hit situations where movement was deadlocked because of regions. However, you shouldn’t see teams like Fresno State going into the SEC. Also, the game will now use the "Prestige" field in the conference table in the pstats.dat file. So, if people wish to reorganize the conference movement and change the 1-4 levels, you will have the ability to do so. I will also be setting up the game for an open BETA at the end of this week. This will give current users the ability to try out some of the new additions and provide some feedback before version 1.50 goes out. All old saves will work with this version and you can even use conference movement mid-season. Just bear in mind that it will start at "None" for new games and existing saves - but you can change it in the game options screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazertaz13 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Hi Arlie, This sounds great. I believe with what I have been reading regarding the update that I will be spending too much time playing. shh...wife just left, she made me type the too much. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazertaz13 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Hi Arlie, This sounds great. I believe with what I have been reading regarding the update that I will be spending too much time playing. shh...wife just left, she made me type the too much. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywood63 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 [QUOTE=blazertaz13;154849]Hi Arlie, This sounds great. I believe with what I have been reading regarding the update that I will be spending too much time playing. shh...wife just left, she made me type the too much. ;-)[/QUOTE] Hah I already play this game way too much....Thanks for the extra work on the game Arlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywood63 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 [QUOTE=blazertaz13;154849]Hi Arlie, This sounds great. I believe with what I have been reading regarding the update that I will be spending too much time playing. shh...wife just left, she made me type the too much. ;-)[/QUOTE] Hah I already play this game way too much....Thanks for the extra work on the game Arlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miral Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Cool news about the conferences. Here's a question, is the user's team also susceptible to moving to a different conference too? If so do we have a choice to refuse? I'd hate to build up Louisville only for it to get thrown into the SEC. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miral Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Cool news about the conferences. Here's a question, is the user's team also susceptible to moving to a different conference too? If so do we have a choice to refuse? I'd hate to build up Louisville only for it to get thrown into the SEC. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 Yeah, the user can refuse a promotion (but not a demotion). And, you also have the ability to turn it off (or set to low/ave/high). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 Yeah, the user can refuse a promotion (but not a demotion). And, you also have the ability to turn it off (or set to low/ave/high). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capital Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 So (if I understand correctly), if I'm playing Vanderbilt, there's a chance that I could be moved out of the SEC and not have any say. I like the idea of conference movement but that may change my mind of who to play in my new career. Chances are Vandy is a prime movement candidate. Also, Arlie, how does one sign up for the open BETA? Thanks again for the hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capital Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 So (if I understand correctly), if I'm playing Vanderbilt, there's a chance that I could be moved out of the SEC and not have any say. I like the idea of conference movement but that may change my mind of who to play in my new career. Chances are Vandy is a prime movement candidate. Also, Arlie, how does one sign up for the open BETA? Thanks again for the hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 [QUOTE=Capital;154994]So (if I understand correctly), if I'm playing Vanderbilt, there's a chance that I could be moved out of the SEC and not have any say.[/quote] Yeah, that's right. [quote]Also, Arlie, how does one sign up for the open BETA? Thanks again for the hard work.[/QUOTE] I will post the link on the forum for anyone to try. Just bear in mind that it will be a BETA and still may have a few issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 [QUOTE=Capital;154994]So (if I understand correctly), if I'm playing Vanderbilt, there's a chance that I could be moved out of the SEC and not have any say.[/quote] Yeah, that's right. [quote]Also, Arlie, how does one sign up for the open BETA? Thanks again for the hard work.[/QUOTE] I will post the link on the forum for anyone to try. Just bear in mind that it will be a BETA and still may have a few issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly J Delaney Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Arlie, Are you still hoping for a general (non-beta) release sometime over the next 2 weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly J Delaney Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Arlie, Are you still hoping for a general (non-beta) release sometime over the next 2 weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyvol Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 [QUOTE=Capital;154994]So (if I understand correctly), if I'm playing Vanderbilt, there's a chance that I could be moved out of the SEC and not have any say. I like the idea of conference movement but that may change my mind of who to play in my new career. Chances are Vandy is a prime movement candidate. Also, Arlie, how does one sign up for the open BETA? Thanks again for the hard work.[/QUOTE] Open beta means public beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyvol Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 [QUOTE=Capital;154994]So (if I understand correctly), if I'm playing Vanderbilt, there's a chance that I could be moved out of the SEC and not have any say. I like the idea of conference movement but that may change my mind of who to play in my new career. Chances are Vandy is a prime movement candidate. Also, Arlie, how does one sign up for the open BETA? Thanks again for the hard work.[/QUOTE] Open beta means public beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capital Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I will post the link on the forum for anyone to try. Just bear in mind that it will be a BETA and still may have a few issues.[/QUOTE] I understand that there could be a few issues but probably not too many. I'm just looking to play this game again with all of these extras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capital Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I will post the link on the forum for anyone to try. Just bear in mind that it will be a BETA and still may have a few issues.[/QUOTE] I understand that there could be a few issues but probably not too many. I'm just looking to play this game again with all of these extras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 [QUOTE=Kelly J Delaney;155075]Arlie, Are you still hoping for a general (non-beta) release sometime over the next 2 weeks?[/QUOTE] That's the hope. But, I will be following the public beta fairly closely before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 [QUOTE=Kelly J Delaney;155075]Arlie, Are you still hoping for a general (non-beta) release sometime over the next 2 weeks?[/QUOTE] That's the hope. But, I will be following the public beta fairly closely before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaril Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Is there going to be a public beta released soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaril Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Is there going to be a public beta released soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 I'd say within the next 24 hours the link will be up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 I'd say within the next 24 hours the link will be up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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