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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 (79,751 Views)
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Vod,6 May 2015
11:29 PM
@sence: All that is required for the launcher to work is nhl2004.exe from rebuilt mod.
@RedDuck: Have you tried different samples? If that doesn't work, you should be able to force AA in your graphics card control panel.

Yep, I used just that exe from interface pack. With nocd 1.03 I had problems with or without launcher. I will of course install NHL rebuilt when will "Vodenhanced vanilla" work properly :hockey1:

I tried biggest and smallest AA, but still crashs immediately (2x / 8x ?). Without any it runs smoothly.

This is good idea to force it through Nvidia control panel, I have heard about it also for some other game, I just didnt like word "forced" so I had not tried. :lol:
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Don't worry about forcing it in the nvidia control panel or nvidia inspector. You can get higher quality AA that way and it's the standard way of activating AA in many games.
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Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask, but are you still planning to add an option to change the hotkeys for things such as FOV in the 1.5 release? I'm using an Xbox controller and some keypad mapping software, but doing so means using keyboard controls and attempting to change quick strategies as the away team also triggers the Launcher hotkeys.
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Oddb411,8 May 2015
2:44 PM
Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask, but are you still planning to add an option to change the hotkeys for things such as FOV in the 1.5 release? I'm using an Xbox controller and some keypad mapping software, but doing so means using keyboard controls and attempting to change quick strategies as the away team also triggers the Launcher hotkeys.

Yes, hotkeys are fully configurable in launcher 1.5.
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Is it possible to disable PRNT-SCRN button from working completely? For me it creates a crash when I accidentally hit it. It's positioned next to F12 screenshot button so it has happened a few times.

Also, is it possible to create larger difference to fighters? Now I can beat a guy who has toughness 90 with a 50 guy occasionally. I once beat John Scott (toughess 99) with Steve Downie. That's completely ridiculous. It can happen when the team has a "momentum".

Generally it'd be great if we could create such fighting process where 90% of the fights end in a "draw" (both players standing). Knockouts happen maybe once or twice in a season. Perhaps "lengthening" the endurance of fighters during the fights is possible??
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trent,12 May 2015
3:04 PM
Is it possible to disable PRNT-SCRN button from working completely? For me it creates a crash when I accidentally hit it. It's positioned next to F12 screenshot button so it has happened a few times.

Also, is it possible to create larger difference to fighters? Now I can beat a guy who has toughness 90 with a 50 guy occasionally. I once beat John Scott (toughess 99) with Steve Downie. That's completely ridiculous. It can happen when the team has a "momentum".

Generally it'd be great if we could create such fighting process where 90% of the fights end in a "draw" (both players standing). Knockouts happen maybe once or twice in a season. Perhaps "lengthening" the endurance of fighters during the fights is possible??

NHL 2004 internal screenshot function is disabled in launcher 1.5 by default. Print screen now takes a launcher screenshot instead of F12. About the fighters, yes that is possible if someone wants to do it (the usual answer). The launcher can modify all of the machine code and all of the other NHL 2004's memory buffers and that's where the entire game is. If it exists in the game, then you can modify it.
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Vod, I need a hand, please. My game was working fine until yesterday. When I powered on my PC today, I got a message saying there was a problem with a program installed and Windows would try to identify it and correct it. This led me to a reboot. It came back fine when I noticed Windows deleted all Launcher from all my NHL 2004 versions (I have Modern, Vintage and AHL running). I downloaded the Launcher again but when I try to run it I get a message of "Incompatible NHL 2004 version". Very weird, never had that.

Do you know what's going on here?

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trent
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Probably wrong version of NHL2004.EXE.

Make sure it's 1.04. Launcher won't work with older EXE versions.

You can get 1.04 from v1 interface.
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Ha...right! Somehow I got the wrong .exe and didn't notice it. Coupled to that, Windows deleted my Project1 and Project2 files as well. :perfect: for Windows... <_<

Thx a lot, man.

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After I got rid of AVIRA Antivirus and switched to Panda I haven't had a SINGLE problem with false positives and file deletions.
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I know at the end of July Microsoft is giving a free update for any users who currently are using Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10 do you know if this will do affect the launcher or anything with the game or do we not know yet?
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steveurkel,1 June 2015
7:10 AM
I know at the end of July Microsoft is giving a free update for any users who currently are using Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10 do you know if this will do affect the launcher or anything with the game or do we not know yet?

It's unknown at the moment if there are any compatibility issues with Windows 10. As long as DX8 and the registry tweak we rely on are still supported then it should work.
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rouquinsman,2 May 2015
4:47 PM
I tried your launcher today mainly to fix a problem a I have which makes parts of the game "transparent". Unfortunately I can't get it to run, all I get is an error saying: "Your 3D accelerator card and/or your video card could not be initialized properly. Please update the drivers for you 3D and/or video card. Contact you manufacturer to obtain the latest drivers." Before you ask, yes my drivers are up to date so the fix described in the error message is not the way to go. I haven't checked the 43 other pages of this thread so sorry if this problem was already addressed. Also if you could tell me if there's a fix for my transparency problem that'd be great :P !

This is a screenshot of my "transparency" issue.
Thanks!


Had this transparency thing; fix was to alt+tab from game to desktop & back, or close the AMD Gaming Evolved -software before launching the game.
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Question: Why does my laptop not run NHL04 when I put antialiasing on? It works just fine with everything else, but when I try to put antialiasing on; it halts to the startup and says "Your 3D accelerator card and/or your video card could not be initialized properly. Please update the drivers for your 3D and/or video card. Contact your manufacturer to obtain the latest drivers." Then it crashes. My graphics card is amd radeon r7 m265.
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Finnishflash,5 July 2015
11:26 AM
Question: Why does my laptop not run NHL04 when I put antialiasing on? It works just fine with everything else, but when I try to put antialiasing on; it halts to the startup and says "Your 3D accelerator card and/or your video card could not be initialized properly. Please update the drivers for your 3D and/or video card. Contact your manufacturer to obtain the latest drivers." Then it crashes. My graphics card is amd radeon r7 m265.

Are you enabling AA via the launcher or catalyst control center?
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