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NHL 2004 Launcher 1.45 - 01/09/14; Adds new features incl. widescreen
Topic Started: Jun 16 2013, 07:54 AM (79,778 Views)
gecktorr
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I put InstantFights = 1 in Launcher.ini but it isnt working,can anyone help?
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Vod
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gecktorr,24 August 2013
11:39 AM
I put InstantFights = 1 in Launcher.ini but it isnt working,can anyone help?

Are two players with the ability to fight on the ice at the same time?
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gecktorr
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Sorry,in game directory was an old ini. file without this option,now it works.
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gecktorr
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Thank you Vod for your great job!
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Kellogs
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Alright, running into some additional issues here. Finally got it to recognize my game path, launcher works fine, except it initially crashed. Tried enabling logging (CreateLog = 1) and it crashed again but nothing was written into the file. Played with some additional variables, and now when I launch, I just get a white screen and nothing happens - I'm forced to kill the nhl2004.exe process. But now, when I try to play the game without the launcher, it still freezes on the white screen. Does the launcher modify any other files in the Nhl 2004 directory?
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stlouis26
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I don't think that the laucher modifies other things. Sounds like a bad installation problem.
Rosters are correct installed ?
Did you changed your graphic card lately (driver problem) ?
How are your PC specs ?
What OS do you use ?
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Kellogs
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Rosters are correctly installed and work fine (not the latest latest version)
Same graphics card and drivers that I've had for awhile
PC specs are ok, can definitely run the game but not at the highest settings (have an integrated graphics card)
Windows 7

Like I said in one of my earlier posts. I've managed to get it running once before, but now no matter what I do I just get an onslaught of problems lol.
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Kellogs
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Alright, got it to work (finally!). Anyways, I've noticed a couple of things:

1) Performance using the launcher is noticeably worse (I don't have the HDR mod installed). Is that generally the case?
2) Tried setting "DynastyStartYear = 2013" and starting a new one, but it still shows the year as 2003.
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stlouis26
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1) I have no performance problems at all. I heard that some graphic cards have problems with Anti-Aliasing settings (when it is > 1)

What are your settings and what graphic card do you have ?
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No files are modified by the launcher. It does modify the game path in the registry, which can cause the game to not load if the path is incorrect. If the launcher is in the same folder as NHL 2004, it will set the path to that folder. If it's in another folder and detects that the path in the registry key is wrong, it will ask you to locate the NHL 2004 folder and then it will update the registry key.

In widescreen with a higher FOV, more of the crowd is rendered, which seems to be the biggest performance killer. This is partially because of the inefficient way they are rendered. I will be working on performance improvements as time goes on.

About the dynasty date: Are you using the nhl2004.exe that comes with the interface?
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Kellogs
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It makes sense that you would see a decrease in performance if you increase the fov, however that shouldn't be the case if you keep the fov at default. Right now even at 600x420 resolution, I'm getting anywhere between 15-25 fps, where as on a normal game at 1024x768 I easily get an fps > 30.

Right now I'm using the nhl2004.exe from the link you provided earlier in this topic when I was having trouble getting the launcher to work.
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Ocelar
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I have same problem like Kellogs, with launcher my FPS go down rappidly. Even with default FOV, and with lowest resolution an poor details. I had that problem from first version, so I dont use launcher. :(
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Södy
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Had the same problems on my notebook, works on my desktop though.
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Vod
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Thanks for the reports. :) Have you guys tried messing with DeviceType and VertexProcessing config settings? Also make sure to disable vsync if you have performance issues. I will see what I can do to optimize the code.
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What about the dynasty start year? How come it's not working for me?
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