See post #160 for UPDATED SLIDERS
** Further down are Superstar settings - very little deviation as I believe they play a more "loose" game of hockey vs All Star - not much tweaking is needed **
I've only tested these in play now games.. I'm waiting on an updated roster before starting BeaGM. I use AUTO aim as I want my players to use their ratings. All Star seems a bit easy and Superstar seems a bit tough, so I put the CPU Difficulty Adjustment in the middle (3) to up the CPU AI on All Star. MAKE SURE to check and re-check your settings as at times they will change on their own. I've played about 25 games, but need much more time with the game. This is my base thus far and as things change, I'll update in BOLD.
Start off with All Star/Hardcore and adjust from there (game style will change to "custom" after you start making changes from the defaults)
9/19 - Upped CPU Faceoff Difficulty to 4 (change at your own risk, I typically win a good amount more than the CPU teams as in the screenshot below)
9/19 - Upped the concurrent penalties time to match the penalty time scaling - 2.
9/23 - Upped CPU Penalties and CPU Teammate penalties to (6) and (5), also upped fighting to full (2).
9/24 - Decreased CPU Pass Accuracy to 1 and CPU and Human Pass Reception Ease to 0, also Increased Goalie Cover Frequency to 4
9/24 - Increased CPU AI Teammates Penalty slider to MAX (6)
9/29 - Increased aggression to (4) for both Human and CPU, lowered hitting power for both Human and CPU to (0), lowered CPU penalties to (5)
9/30 - lowered Period Length to 6 minutes (I love the speed of the game at 2, but shots are too high and get higher the more penalties there are, raised CPU Penalties back to 6 (MAX) and upped Penalty Time Scaling and Concurrent Penalties time to (3).
10/1 - lowered hitting assistance to 0 and upped aggression to 5 for both CPU and Human.
10/4 - upped puck control for both CPU and Human +1 (3).
Quick Settings
Difficulty ALL STAR
Game Style HARDCORE (custom)
Period Length 6 MINUTES
Camera DYNAMIC MED
Gameplay Settings
General
Attribute Effects 3 (middle)
Broken Stick Frequency DEFAULT
Game Speed 2
Gameplay Version Latest
Fatigue Effect DEFAULT
Fatigue Effect DEFAULT
Fatigue Recovery DEFAULT
Fatigue Recovery DEFAULT
Injury Occurrence DEFAULT
Injury Occurrence DEFAULT
Player Acceleration 5
Player Acceleration 5
Puck Control 3
Puck Control 3
Checking
Hitting Assistance 0
Aggression 5
Aggression 5
Hitting Power 0
Hitting Power 0
Poke Effectiveness DEFAULT
Poke Effectiveness DEFAULT
Stick Lift Effectiveness DEFAULT
Stick Lift Effectiveness DEFAULT
Passing
Manual Passing On
Pass Assist 3
Pass Speed DEFAULT
Saucer Pass Speed DEFAULT
Pass Accuracy 1
Pass Accuracy DEFAULT
Pass Interceptions DEFAULT
Pass Interceptions DEFAULT
Pass Reception Ease 0
Pass Reception Ease 0
Shooting
One Timer Accuracy DEFAULT
One Timer Accuracy DEFAULT
Shot Accuracy DEFAULT
Shot Accuracy DEFAULT
Shot Power DEFAULT
Shot Power DEFAULT
Slap Shot Accuracy DEFAULT
Slap Shot Accuracy DEFAULT
Slap Shot Power DEFAULT
Slap Shot Power DEFAULT
AI
AI Learning 6 (DEFAULT)
AI Difficulty Adjustment 3
AI Faceoff Difficulty 4
CPU Penalties 6
AI Strategy Adjustment DEFAULT
CPU Teammate Penalties 6
Fight Difficulty DEFAULT
User Strategy Adjustment 3 (Leave at 0 if you do your own during the game)
Goalies
Goalie Cover Frequency 4
Goalie Passing DEFAULT
Goalie Reaction Speed 5
Goalie Reaction Speed 5
Goalie Screen Effect 2
Goalie Screen Effect 2
Rules
Fighting 2 (MAX)
Icing Hybrid Icing
Injuries On
Offsides Delayed
Penalties MAX
Penalty Time Scaling 3
Post Whistle Rules AUTHENTIC
Concurrent Penalties Time 3
Advanced Settings
Away Shot Aim AUTO (manual if you like to aim)
Home Shot Aim AUTO (manual if you like to aim)
Visual Settings
Indicator Size SMALL
Puck Highlight SMALL
Puck Size NORMAL
On Ice Trainer
ALL OFF
Superstar Settings (using for BeaGM)
These are the settings I'm going to use for my St. Louis Blues BeaGM mode. As I make changes, I'll update this post. The first post slider settings are for All Star difficulty (and I'm happy with that set... for those who want to try them, please do). I don't feel like Superstar needs much deviation from the defaults, so I'm really not looking to change much at all. I just feel like SS gives me a more competitive game vs the CPU, plus the game feels much more "loose" to me on SS.
Restore the sliders to default, then start with Superstar/Hardcore/Custom - this will put the sliders to their SS/Hardcore default settings, I'm only posting below the CHANGES that are made from DEFAULTS. If it's not listed below, it wasn't changed.
10/19 - upped Pass Assist +1 (3)
10/19 - upped CPU Penalties and CPU Teammate Penalties (6) MAX
10/22 - upped period length to 7 minutes
10/22 - upped attribute effects to 5 (default)
10/22 - turned game speed down -1 to (2)
10/24 - game speed back up +1 (3), Pass reception ease to 0 for both, Pass assist back to default (2)
Quick Settings
Difficulty SUPERSTAR
Game Style HARDCORE (custom)
Period Length 7 MINUTES
Camera DYNAMIC MED
General
Attribute Effects 5
Game Speed 3
Passing
Manual Passing On
Pass Assist 2
Pass Reception Ease for both 0
AI
AI Faceoff Difficulty 4
Fight Difficulty 4
CPU Penalties 6
CPU Teammate Penalties 6
User Strategy Adjustment 3 (Leave at 0 if you do your own during the game)
Goalies
Goalie Cover Frequency 4
Rules
Fighting 2
Penalties MAX
Post Whistle Rules AUTHENTIC
Advanced Settings
Away Shot Aim AUTO (manual if you like to aim)
Home Shot Aim AUTO (manual if you like to aim)
Visual Settings
Indicator Size SMALL
Puck Highlight SMALL
Puck Size NORMAL
On Ice Trainer
ALL OFF
** Further down are Superstar settings - very little deviation as I believe they play a more "loose" game of hockey vs All Star - not much tweaking is needed **
I've only tested these in play now games.. I'm waiting on an updated roster before starting BeaGM. I use AUTO aim as I want my players to use their ratings. All Star seems a bit easy and Superstar seems a bit tough, so I put the CPU Difficulty Adjustment in the middle (3) to up the CPU AI on All Star. MAKE SURE to check and re-check your settings as at times they will change on their own. I've played about 25 games, but need much more time with the game. This is my base thus far and as things change, I'll update in BOLD.
Start off with All Star/Hardcore and adjust from there (game style will change to "custom" after you start making changes from the defaults)
9/19 - Upped CPU Faceoff Difficulty to 4 (change at your own risk, I typically win a good amount more than the CPU teams as in the screenshot below)
9/19 - Upped the concurrent penalties time to match the penalty time scaling - 2.
9/23 - Upped CPU Penalties and CPU Teammate penalties to (6) and (5), also upped fighting to full (2).
9/24 - Decreased CPU Pass Accuracy to 1 and CPU and Human Pass Reception Ease to 0, also Increased Goalie Cover Frequency to 4
9/24 - Increased CPU AI Teammates Penalty slider to MAX (6)
9/29 - Increased aggression to (4) for both Human and CPU, lowered hitting power for both Human and CPU to (0), lowered CPU penalties to (5)
9/30 - lowered Period Length to 6 minutes (I love the speed of the game at 2, but shots are too high and get higher the more penalties there are, raised CPU Penalties back to 6 (MAX) and upped Penalty Time Scaling and Concurrent Penalties time to (3).
10/1 - lowered hitting assistance to 0 and upped aggression to 5 for both CPU and Human.
10/4 - upped puck control for both CPU and Human +1 (3).
Quick Settings
Difficulty ALL STAR
Game Style HARDCORE (custom)
Period Length 6 MINUTES
Camera DYNAMIC MED
Gameplay Settings
General
Attribute Effects 3 (middle)
Broken Stick Frequency DEFAULT
Game Speed 2
Gameplay Version Latest
Fatigue Effect DEFAULT
Fatigue Effect DEFAULT
Fatigue Recovery DEFAULT
Fatigue Recovery DEFAULT
Injury Occurrence DEFAULT
Injury Occurrence DEFAULT
Player Acceleration 5
Player Acceleration 5
Puck Control 3
Puck Control 3
Checking
Hitting Assistance 0
Aggression 5
Aggression 5
Hitting Power 0
Hitting Power 0
Poke Effectiveness DEFAULT
Poke Effectiveness DEFAULT
Stick Lift Effectiveness DEFAULT
Stick Lift Effectiveness DEFAULT
Passing
Manual Passing On
Pass Assist 3
Pass Speed DEFAULT
Saucer Pass Speed DEFAULT
Pass Accuracy 1
Pass Accuracy DEFAULT
Pass Interceptions DEFAULT
Pass Interceptions DEFAULT
Pass Reception Ease 0
Pass Reception Ease 0
Shooting
One Timer Accuracy DEFAULT
One Timer Accuracy DEFAULT
Shot Accuracy DEFAULT
Shot Accuracy DEFAULT
Shot Power DEFAULT
Shot Power DEFAULT
Slap Shot Accuracy DEFAULT
Slap Shot Accuracy DEFAULT
Slap Shot Power DEFAULT
Slap Shot Power DEFAULT
AI
AI Learning 6 (DEFAULT)
AI Difficulty Adjustment 3
AI Faceoff Difficulty 4
CPU Penalties 6
AI Strategy Adjustment DEFAULT
CPU Teammate Penalties 6
Fight Difficulty DEFAULT
User Strategy Adjustment 3 (Leave at 0 if you do your own during the game)
Goalies
Goalie Cover Frequency 4
Goalie Passing DEFAULT
Goalie Reaction Speed 5
Goalie Reaction Speed 5
Goalie Screen Effect 2
Goalie Screen Effect 2
Rules
Fighting 2 (MAX)
Icing Hybrid Icing
Injuries On
Offsides Delayed
Penalties MAX
Penalty Time Scaling 3
Post Whistle Rules AUTHENTIC
Concurrent Penalties Time 3
Advanced Settings
Away Shot Aim AUTO (manual if you like to aim)
Home Shot Aim AUTO (manual if you like to aim)
Visual Settings
Indicator Size SMALL
Puck Highlight SMALL
Puck Size NORMAL
On Ice Trainer
ALL OFF
Superstar Settings (using for BeaGM)
These are the settings I'm going to use for my St. Louis Blues BeaGM mode. As I make changes, I'll update this post. The first post slider settings are for All Star difficulty (and I'm happy with that set... for those who want to try them, please do). I don't feel like Superstar needs much deviation from the defaults, so I'm really not looking to change much at all. I just feel like SS gives me a more competitive game vs the CPU, plus the game feels much more "loose" to me on SS.
Restore the sliders to default, then start with Superstar/Hardcore/Custom - this will put the sliders to their SS/Hardcore default settings, I'm only posting below the CHANGES that are made from DEFAULTS. If it's not listed below, it wasn't changed.
10/19 - upped Pass Assist +1 (3)
10/19 - upped CPU Penalties and CPU Teammate Penalties (6) MAX
10/22 - upped period length to 7 minutes
10/22 - upped attribute effects to 5 (default)
10/22 - turned game speed down -1 to (2)
10/24 - game speed back up +1 (3), Pass reception ease to 0 for both, Pass assist back to default (2)
Quick Settings
Difficulty SUPERSTAR
Game Style HARDCORE (custom)
Period Length 7 MINUTES
Camera DYNAMIC MED
General
Attribute Effects 5
Game Speed 3
Passing
Manual Passing On
Pass Assist 2
Pass Reception Ease for both 0
AI
AI Faceoff Difficulty 4
Fight Difficulty 4
CPU Penalties 6
CPU Teammate Penalties 6
User Strategy Adjustment 3 (Leave at 0 if you do your own during the game)
Goalies
Goalie Cover Frequency 4
Rules
Fighting 2
Penalties MAX
Post Whistle Rules AUTHENTIC
Advanced Settings
Away Shot Aim AUTO (manual if you like to aim)
Home Shot Aim AUTO (manual if you like to aim)
Visual Settings
Indicator Size SMALL
Puck Highlight SMALL
Puck Size NORMAL
On Ice Trainer
ALL OFF
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