Voodoo's NHL 25 Sliders

[voodoo_magic]

First thing you'll notice is my slider set is quite different than most.

I'm not usually a slider maker but hope these will be as fun for anyone who tries them as they have been for me.

I appreciate all you others that put out your sliders, with out those I wouldn't have enjoyed the game as much as I do over the years.
I'll try to answer any questions anyone has on the differences in this set.
Right now NHL 25 has become my favourite EA NHL game of all time and going into the year I never thought of it like that.
I'm not saying it's perfect but for a video game it's been fun.

I'll go through each section what I'm seeing with these values and the major differences.

In the general section,
Fatigue effect 35, I find anything much higher than 40 and guys can become pylons if they're exhausted.
Fatigue recovery 20, a 2 minute shift and your line will be pretty empty. At the end of the period all lines are usually in the red and nearly empty. Making good line changes is important.

In skating,
I have agility higher and think they move better than when it's low. Like most things personal preference if you like the slower lumbering guys with the lower agility that's fine too.

Shooting, is a good section to adjust if you want more shots/goals.

Passing,
A bit lower pass speed I think looks really good.
Low pass accuracy and interceptions somewhat balance each other out, I wouldn't go much higher in interceptions.

Puck control,
I've used 80 for the immunity slider for a long time, helps with not having an instant turnover after just getting a turnover.
Puck control higher to help keep possession and build offensive zone time.

Goalies,
Cross crease reaction time has been very good at these settings.
A high screen effect helps with tips and goal variety.

Checking,
This is the big section with much different settings.
Aggression at 0 has been fantastic with keeping players in better positioning and not having three guys chase the puck.
Hitting power at 15 is needed or guys will bounce off of checks because of the following changes.
Size, speed, preparedness at 0. These three are the key to keeping the hit numbers realistic and not super high. Still doing some testing on these to see if only one of them affect the numbers but I had changed from 50, to 10 and then 0 and the difference in numbers was great.
Poke checking accuracy at 20 for human to make it tougher to poke away.
Stick lift 85 for human because the cpu seems to be able to do it fairly easy and since we can't poke check as easy.

Penalties,
Always seems to be a bit of a work in progress.
Tripping low since that one is so easy to call compared to others.

AI, use this section to fine tune your game

I recorded a period of play if you want to take a look.
I player lock as the RD on Pittsburgh.
Shots are low after the first period but decent at the end. May have to play 8 minute periods instead of 7 to get a few more shots, but teams often have more offensive zone time and get in the low 30's, this one just ended up with lower shots.



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https://youtu.be/m81Up9M-v1c

Game Settings
Period Length 7-8 min
Difficulty all-star

Game play Sliders

Spoiler

CPU/HUM otherwise same for both.
General
Attribute Effects 8
Broken Stick Frequency 67
Game Speed 1
Fatigue Effect 35
Fatigue Recovery 20
Injury Occurrence 25

Skating
Back Skating 63
Puck Carrier Agility 80
Puck Carrier Skating 65
Player Acceleration 35
Skating Speed 55
Skating Agility 85

Shooting
One Timer Accuracy 10/30
Shot Accuracy 42
Shot Power 45
Slap Shot Accuracy 40
Slap Shot Power 48

Passing
Manual Passing on
Pass Assist 30
Min Pass Speed 30
Max Pass Speed 45
Saucer Pass Speed 40
Pass Accuracy 0/20
Pass Interceptions 25
Pass Reception Ease 45
Reception Reaction Time 50
Puck Control Rating Effect 80
Puck Speed Reception Effect 60
Pickup Type Effect 55
Bouncing Puck Receptions 45

Puck Control
Incidental Contact Puck Loss Stick, Legs & Body
Incidental Stick Contact Immunity 80
Puck Control 50/70
Deking Impact 50
Spin Deke Impact 55
Skating Impact 5

Goalies
Goalie Cover Frequency 25
Goalie Passing 45
Goalie Cross Crease Reaction Time 35/40
Goalie Save Reaction Time 50
Goalie Deflection Reaction Time 45
Goalie Screen Effect 80
Goalie Screen Persistence 65

Checking
Board Effect Non-Puck Carrier 5
Board Effect Puck Carrier 5
Hitting Assistance 30
Stumble Threshold 5
Fall And Stumble Fall Ease 30
Aggression 0
Hitting Power 15/15
Size Effect 0
Speed Effect 0
Checking/Balance Rating Effect 65
Preparedness Effect 0
Incidental Contact Effect 30
Poke Checking Accuracy 35/20
Poke Checking Power 60
Stick Lift Effectiveness 10/85

Penalties
CPU Penalties 60
CPU Teammate Penalties 75
Tripping 25/30
Slashing 90
Elbowing 80
High Sticking 100
Cross Checking 90
Boarding 70
Charging 70
Delay of Game 50
Holding 50/55
Hooking 60/55
Interference 65

AI
AI Learning 4
CPU Difficulty Adjustment 0
CPU Face off Difficulty 50
Fight Difficulty 52
CPU Strategy Adjustment 3


Rules
Penalties 4
Penalty Time Scaling 2
Coincidental Penalty Time Scale 0

[BigPoppa17211]

Just played a game with these. Crazy fun game and some great looking stats too. All types of different goals too. Nice job! Loving how different this game plays between different slider sets.



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[bDoddleS]

Are these designed to be for PL? or is PL just recommended?

[voodoo_magic]

Quote: Originally Posted by bDoddleS

Are these designed to be for PL? or is PL just recommended?

I don't see why they wouldn't be good for full team control, though may need some tuning to adjust for you controlling all the players.
I have just used player lock for a few years, so not tested with full team control.

The cpu controlled opponent will be the same but depending on how you play your team stats could be different. Controlling the whole team you may shut them down since it's not cpu on cpu for most of the positions or you may take players out of position allowing more goals. Same with offence if you're good at switching you might find it easier to score.

A couple things you could do to tune it for the difference is adjust the shot accuracy, reduce puck control, increase the cpu difficulty slider.

[voodoo_magic]

Quote: Originally Posted by BigPoppa17211

Just played a game with these. Crazy fun game and some great looking stats too. All types of different goals too. Nice job! Loving how different this game plays between different slider sets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for trying them out!
Appreciate the feedback.

Yeah the different slider sets do make a big difference which is really nice so everyone can find a style of game play they like.

[bDoddleS]

Quote: Originally Posted by voodoo_magic

I don't see why they wouldn't be good for full team control, though may need some tuning to adjust for you controlling all the players. I have just used player lock for a few years, so not tested with full team control. The cpu controlled opponent will be the same but depending on how you play your team stats could be different. Controlling the whole team you may shut them down since it's not cpu on cpu for most of the positions or you may take players out of position allowing more goals. Same with offence if you're good at switching you might find it easier to score. A couple things you could do to tune it for the difference is adjust the shot accuracy, reduce puck control, increase the cpu difficulty slider.

Played just 1 game with them so far, and I enjoyed the gameplay. Actually lost.

I will probably add a little bit of Fatigue recovery, and maybe up the USER pass accuracy a slight bit, but overall they played well.

[voodoo_magic]

Quote: Originally Posted by bDoddleS

Played just 1 game with them so far, and I enjoyed the gameplay. Actually lost. I will probably add a little bit of Fatigue recovery, and maybe up the USER pass accuracy a slight bit, but overall they played well.

I like how if the game play is good losing doesn't sting quite as much.

Thanks for trying them. I think like all slider sets tweaks and tuning it to get your base set is needed.

Pass accuracy especially if your controlling all players is one I could see possibly needing to be increased. I play as defence so most of my passes are fairly straight ahead.