NHL2006 demo

"Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri.RemoveThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Andrew wrote:
>> 3dgamers.com have a demo for NHL2006, 279MB.
> Yep. EA FTP site has it too.
>
> If anyone has the Saitek gamepads especially the P880 and your players
> does more spins than a figure skater, you need to do the following
>
> go into your registry (regedit)
>
> Here are the setups once you get into the registry
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Me
> diaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM\
> The first or the Second at the end of the list is Saitek P880
>
> OEMName click on Saitek P880, right click, select RENAME and type in
> "Logitech Dual Action" without the quotations marks


Good to hear that the demo is out now, but I'm surprised to hear of this
issue with the Saitek gamepads considering that Saitek is surely a more
well-known brand name by now. Thanks for the heads up though! How good is
the demo?
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NightSky 421 wrote:
> "Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri.DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:Ha0Qe.25861$Hk.18910@pd7tw1no...
>
>>Andrew wrote:
>>
>>>3dgamers.com have a demo for NHL2006, 279MB.
>>
>>Yep. EA FTP site has it too.
>>
>>If anyone has the Saitek gamepads especially the P880 and your players
>>does more spins than a figure skater, you need to do the following
>>
>>go into your registry (regedit)
>>
>>Here are the setups once you get into the registry
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Me
>>diaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM\
>>The first or the Second at the end of the list is Saitek P880
>>
>>OEMName click on Saitek P880, right click, select RENAME and type in
>>"Logitech Dual Action" without the quotations marks
>
>
>
> Good to hear that the demo is out now, but I'm surprised to hear of this
> issue with the Saitek gamepads considering that Saitek is surely a more
> well-known brand name by now. Thanks for the heads up though! How good is
> the demo?
>
>

I am sure EA is looking at a fix because the registry hack above affects
all games.

The demo is awesome and there is already addons for it including the
ability to change the rules and play a full game.

How-to: Change the difficulty level to Difficult
http://eahockey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154
All Graphical Addon
http://eahockey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165
All Rules and Full Game Demo
http://doubleminor.net/forums/showthread.php?t=14405
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> I am sure EA is looking at a fix because the registry hack above affects
> all games.
>
> The demo is awesome and there is already addons for it including the
> ability to change the rules and play a full game.
>
> How-to: Change the difficulty level to Difficult
> http://eahockey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154
> All Graphical Addon
> http://eahockey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165
> All Rules and Full Game Demo
> http://doubleminor.net/forums/showthread.php?t=14405

Could you post the gist of the above threads here? I'm not really too keen
on registering, which you never mentioned has to be done in order to access
the forums.


Alanb
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On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:59:54 -0400, "Alan Bernardo"
<ifeelyourpain DeleteThis @ihatebush.net> wrote:


>Could you post the gist of the above threads here? I'm not really too keen
>on registering, which you never mentioned has to be done in order to access
>the forums.
>
>
>Alanb
>
You don't have to register to access the forums. Download the rules
change prog from here instead http://nhl.pkhl.ru/ I ran the game then
alt+tab to minimize the game, run the prog and make all your changes,
click set then it will go back to the game. Changes will now be in
effect.
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Alan Bernardo wrote:
>>I am sure EA is looking at a fix because the registry hack above affects
>>all games.
>>
>>The demo is awesome and there is already addons for it including the
>>ability to change the rules and play a full game.
>>
>>How-to: Change the difficulty level to Difficult
>>http://eahockey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154
>>All Graphical Addon
>>http://eahockey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165
>>All Rules and Full Game Demo
>>http://doubleminor.net/forums/showthread.php?t=14405
>
>
> Could you post the gist of the above threads here? I'm not really too keen
> on registering, which you never mentioned has to be done in order to access
> the forums.
>
>
> Alanb
>
>
Difficult
1. Take bigGUI and open up aidata.viv in your NHL06/Gamedata folder
2. Download the attached file and unzip it to anywhere
3. Import the file in the zip which should be easy.ubc into the aidata.viv.
4. Compress & Rebuild
5. Run the game

WARNING: Backup your old one in case you deleted your demo install file
or anything.

Graphical Addon
DOWNLOAD
http://www.doubleminor.net/downloadfiles/redirect.php?dlid=1208&PHPSES...=148280
Enjoy - instructions and credits are found in the readme.


and quoting Praxiteles Democritus

"You don't have to register to access the forums. Download the rules
change prog from here instead http://nhl.pkhl.ru/ I ran the game then
alt+tab to minimize the game, run the prog and make all your changes,
click set then it will go back to the game. Changes will now be in
effect."
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My game locks up during the song in the intro. It ran ok for a day, now it
doesn't work.

6600GT vid card with 71.89 drivers, had 77.77 but installed the 71.89 after
the problems started.

Any ideas?

Thanks
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"Gizzo" <gizzo DeleteThis @sportplanetr.com - remove the 'r'> wrote in message
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> My game locks up during the song in the intro. It ran ok for a day, now it
> doesn't work.
>
> 6600GT vid card with 71.89 drivers, had 77.77 but installed the 71.89
> after the problems started.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks

Got - it - vsync needs to be on. Weird.
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"Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri.TakeThisOut@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>
> I am sure EA is looking at a fix because the registry hack above affects
> all games.
>


Hope so. It's not like Saitek is some unknown name. If anything, I've read
a lot of reviews on the Internet written by people who own the Logitech Dual
Action Gamepad and have read one bad review after another. I can't recall
the last time I've read so many bad things about a product, and the vast
majority of the complaints have to do with lost calibration that can't be
corrected. Usually it happens after a short period of time, usually a
couple of months. I wanted to buy one, but reading that many bad reviews
really scared me off.


> The demo is awesome and there is already addons for it including the
> ability to change the rules and play a full game.
>


I tried the demo on my Internet computer here, which does not have a gamepad
or speakers currently hooked up. I played it using the keyboard and was
better with it than I thought I would be. I had two games in total playing
as Tampa Bay each time. I lost the first game 1-0 after an extended
shootout in overtime. I won the second game 4-1, with 3 of my goals coming
on the one-timer with the shooter right close to the crease on the far post.
So far, so good, but if I had a gamepad hooked up to my Internet box, it
looks as though I would annihilate the computer on Easy if I was doing that
good with the keyboard on only my second game. I'm just hoping this version
does not end up like NHL 2004 (or 99 for that matter), where it was easy to
score on one difficulty level and then becomes next to impossible to score
on the next level up.

I do like the game highlight replays that happen after the game ends. Very
cool.
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:31:59 -0400, "Gizzo" <gizzo DeleteThis @sportplanetr.com -
remove the 'r'> wrote:


>Got - it - vsync needs to be on. Weird.
>

Yea, I had the same problem when I first ran the demo and thx to the
EA forums found the fix. Never seen a game do that before because of
vsync and it better be fixed in the final because I run with vsync off
usually.
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NightSky 421 wrote:
> "Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri RemoveThis @shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:CCsQe.323928$5V4.228960@pd7tw3no...
>
>>I am sure EA is looking at a fix because the registry hack above affects
>>all games.
>>
>
>
>
> Hope so. It's not like Saitek is some unknown name. If anything, I've read
> a lot of reviews on the Internet written by people who own the Logitech Dual
> Action Gamepad and have read one bad review after another. I can't recall
> the last time I've read so many bad things about a product, and the vast
> majority of the complaints have to do with lost calibration that can't be
> corrected. Usually it happens after a short period of time, usually a
> couple of months. I wanted to buy one, but reading that many bad reviews
> really scared me off.
>
>

Me too and I was one of the people who had problems with the Logitech
gamepad but not as bas as the others

Z replace the gamepad because the left controller stick covering was
coming off.



>
>>The demo is awesome and there is already addons for it including the
>>ability to change the rules and play a full game.
>>
>
>
>
> I tried the demo on my Internet computer here, which does not have a gamepad
> or speakers currently hooked up. I played it using the keyboard and was
> better with it than I thought I would be. I had two games in total playing
> as Tampa Bay each time. I lost the first game 1-0 after an extended
> shootout in overtime. I won the second game 4-1, with 3 of my goals coming
> on the one-timer with the shooter right close to the crease on the far post.
> So far, so good, but if I had a gamepad hooked up to my Internet box, it
> looks as though I would annihilate the computer on Easy if I was doing that
> good with the keyboard on only my second game. I'm just hoping this version
> does not end up like NHL 2004 (or 99 for that matter), where it was easy to
> score on one difficulty level and then becomes next to impossible to score
> on the next level up.
>
> I do like the game highlight replays that happen after the game ends. Very
> cool.
>
>
I played using the keyboard before the temp fix was available and I
played better than I thought too.
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"Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri.DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> NightSky 421 wrote:
>> "Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri.DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:CCsQe.323928$5V4.228960@pd7tw3no...
>>
>>>I am sure EA is looking at a fix because the registry hack above affects
>>>all games.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope so. It's not like Saitek is some unknown name. If anything, I've
>> read a lot of reviews on the Internet written by people who own the
>> Logitech Dual Action Gamepad and have read one bad review after another.
>> I can't recall the last time I've read so many bad things about a
>> product, and the vast majority of the complaints have to do with lost
>> calibration that can't be corrected. Usually it happens after a short
>> period of time, usually a couple of months. I wanted to buy one, but
>> reading that many bad reviews really scared me off.
>>
>>
>
> Me too and I was one of the people who had problems with the Logitech
> gamepad but not as bas as the others
>
> Z replace the gamepad because the left controller stick covering was
> coming off.
>

After having a logitech control pad for only about one month (and using it
just 2-3 times) the left stick basically stopped working altogether. Do you
know if it's possible to configure things such that the Z pad replaces the
stick in every game (ie, in the control panel or something?)

thanks!
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Mark Stahl wrote:
> "Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri.RemoveThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:JSQQe.42760$Hk.3169@pd7tw1no...
>
>>NightSky 421 wrote:
>>
>>>"Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri.RemoveThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>>>news:CCsQe.323928$5V4.228960@pd7tw3no...
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am sure EA is looking at a fix because the registry hack above affects
>>>>all games.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hope so. It's not like Saitek is some unknown name. If anything, I've
>>>read a lot of reviews on the Internet written by people who own the
>>>Logitech Dual Action Gamepad and have read one bad review after another.
>>>I can't recall the last time I've read so many bad things about a
>>>product, and the vast majority of the complaints have to do with lost
>>>calibration that can't be corrected. Usually it happens after a short
>>>period of time, usually a couple of months. I wanted to buy one, but
>>>reading that many bad reviews really scared me off.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Me too and I was one of the people who had problems with the Logitech
>>gamepad but not as bas as the others
>>
>>Z replace the gamepad because the left controller stick covering was
>>coming off.
>>
>
>
> After having a logitech control pad for only about one month (and using it
> just 2-3 times) the left stick basically stopped working altogether. Do you
> know if it's possible to configure things such that the Z pad replaces the
> stick in every game (ie, in the control panel or something?)
>
> thanks!
>
>
the hack affects all games.
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"Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri.DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Mark Stahl wrote:
>> "Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri.DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:JSQQe.42760$Hk.3169@pd7tw1no...
>>
>>>NightSky 421 wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Dan Sgambelluri" <dsgambelluri.DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>>>>news:CCsQe.323928$5V4.228960@pd7tw3no...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I am sure EA is looking at a fix because the registry hack above
>>>>>affects all games.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hope so. It's not like Saitek is some unknown name. If anything, I've
>>>>read a lot of reviews on the Internet written by people who own the
>>>>Logitech Dual Action Gamepad and have read one bad review after another.
>>>>I can't recall the last time I've read so many bad things about a
>>>>product, and the vast majority of the complaints have to do with lost
>>>>calibration that can't be corrected. Usually it happens after a short
>>>>period of time, usually a couple of months. I wanted to buy one, but
>>>>reading that many bad reviews really scared me off.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Me too and I was one of the people who had problems with the Logitech
>>>gamepad but not as bas as the others
>>>
>>>Z replace the gamepad because the left controller stick covering was
>>>coming off.
>>>
>>
>>
>> After having a logitech control pad for only about one month (and using
>> it just 2-3 times) the left stick basically stopped working altogether.
>> Do you know if it's possible to configure things such that the Z pad
>> replaces the stick in every game (ie, in the control panel or something?)
>>
>> thanks!
> the hack affects all games.

Yeah. What I'm asking is.... what hack?
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