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Stuck on loading arena screen; Stuck on loading arena screen
Topic Started: Mar 1 2016, 03:18 AM (3,569 Views)
jberends
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I'm having the same issue. Have followed all the instructions to the letter several times and after I press play game it goes to the arena loading page and the bar in the middle just scrolls indefinitely and the music keeps playing. Never starts the game.
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Sence
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You should try to install rosters and arena files again.

Game should be installed to C:\NHL 2004

Roster files contains 5 files and

db.viv and tuning.viv copied to C:\NHL 2004\db\

NHL 2004 Exh.exh, NHL 2004 Exh.exha.tdb, NHL 2004 OLExh.exh copied to ..\Documents\NHL 2004\DB\
A video is worth of thousand pictures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFq2dGSVdOI
My Sharks 2015-16 season (finished)
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NoodleBoy
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jberends,19 June 2016
7:18 AM
I'm having the same issue. Have followed all the instructions to the letter several times and after I press play game it goes to the arena loading page and the bar in the middle just scrolls indefinitely and the music keeps playing. Never starts the game.

Having same problem. Game was working fine last night now it isnt
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Kerimaja91
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This must be a roster problem. Also an important thing - DON'T NAME YOUR MAIN GAME FOLDER SOMETHING DIFFERENT LIKE NHL 04, IT MUST BE NAMED NHL 2004 LIKE THE ONE IN MY DOCUMENTS OTHERWISE THE ROSTERS PROBABLY WONT WORK !! If you don't have a problem with that just reinstall the rosters like Sence told you, follow the instructions :)
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DakarDave
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I'm having the same issue as well.

Windows 10, game never worked for me. have tried with 2 different rosters, tried compatibility mode xp sp3, tried turning off anti-alia..

just freezes at the area pic with the vertical loading bar...
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Sence
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You should try to install arenas again.
A video is worth of thousand pictures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFq2dGSVdOI
My Sharks 2015-16 season (finished)
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mishi93
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I still have the problem desrcibed above. I reinstalled the game, downloaded all the stuff from the official topic, tried to turned off antialiasing, turned on xp/w7 compatibility, even forced to use g force card or integrated card by intel.
I've installed NHL to C:/NHL 2004, unlocked Interface and I've done everything correctly. Roosters and Arena files are in proper locations. I played Nhl Rebuilt on my PC about year ago, so I did all the steps in the past.
..but God damn loading bar is still scrolling......
And game started once(!), at the first attempt.
Thank you guys
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a55p2
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I had the same exact problem, then I re-downloaded the arena file and it worked! I also tried to go to play shootout first just to see if it would shake things up, but I guess it's mostly irrelevant.

Now if I could get my xbox controller to work properly that would be even better, also there's always a super long white screen intro that I can't skip at the start.
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Solochapocero
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I am also having this issue. Stuck on loading screen. Everything else seems to be working fine tho. I've tried reinstalling everything. Redownloading arenas and rosters. Comp mode. Win XP sr 3. What else can I try?? Really want this to work.
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Cynakopacki
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I am a newbie so forgive me if I sound like a complete idiot.

I followed all instructions to the letter twice and the game would be stuck at the arena loading screen.

So I started over from scratch and I did find out where my installation went wrong. Maybe my mistake will help others.

My previous installs went south at this point in the instructions: 4. Download and extract the rest of the files to your root C:\NHL 2004 directory. Overwrite any existing files.

My problem was with the extraction of some of the compressed files. I told RarZilla to unzip the files to: C:\NHL 2004 like it says in the instructions. However, it unzipped some files into a new folder in this directory (as opposed to dropping them into the directory).

For example: When you install the Jerseys download: instead of unzipping the files into existing folders the files belong in (fe and gamedata), RarZilla was creating a folder called Jerseys that has new sub-folders called fe and gamedata. The game doesn't know to look in this new folder called Jerseys so it can't find the updated info.

Once I verified that everything from step 4. was getting unzipped into the correct directory the game works perfectly.

I hope this helps. Please forgive me if I made this too confusing or convoluted but I warned you at the beginning that I am a newbie here.


Flyers Forever!

Cynakopacki
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ZooK
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So i know im a complete idiot, its 2018, and im trying to play a game from 2004.. i cant get past the start game loading screen where you can see key players, and the arena with a vertical loading bar. DONT TELL ME TO REINSTALL ROSTERS! i have reinstalled rosters 5 separate times, ive tried deleting them and it didnt do anything. what are some tips, ive tried everything listed in this page already.
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sneakyswin39
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Having same issue as ZooK. I tried everything that was suggested in this thread and I still have the loader bar and music playing forever.  :-/
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GerardS0406
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ZooK
Jun 14 2018, 04:06 PM
So i know im a complete idiot, its 2018, and im trying to play a game from 2004.. i cant get past the start game loading screen where you can see key players, and the arena with a vertical loading bar. DONT TELL ME TO REINSTALL ROSTERS! i have reinstalled rosters 5 separate times, ive tried deleting them and it didnt do anything. what are some tips, ive tried everything listed in this page already.
Fix: I have a Bug Report: In the arena rar file, the folder's name is arena and not gamedata therefor it will not install correctly. Fix this and it should be good! (This is why I couldn't load the game once i first installed it but found the error. Hope this helps anyone else with errors!

Aka just change the arena folder in the arena rar file from the install to gamedata. It should fix everything. Have fun playing!
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sneakyswin39
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GerardS0406
Jun 15 2018, 06:13 AM
ZooK
Jun 14 2018, 04:06 PM
So i know im a complete idiot, its 2018, and im trying to play a game from 2004.. i cant get past the start game loading screen where you can see key players, and the arena with a vertical loading bar. DONT TELL ME TO REINSTALL ROSTERS! i have reinstalled rosters 5 separate times, ive tried deleting them and it didnt do anything. what are some tips, ive tried everything listed in this page already.
Fix: I have a Bug Report: In the arena rar file, the folder's name is arena and not gamedata therefor it will not install correctly. Fix this and it should be good! (This is why I couldn't load the game once i first installed it but found the error. Hope this helps anyone else with errors!

Aka just change the arena folder in the arena rar file from the install to gamedata. It should fix everything. Have fun playing!
This solution worked perfectly! Thank you for the fix! :hockey:
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