FHM11's final content update is here! Rosters have been updated as of the NHL trading deadline (as well as some later signings), we've made some major changes to the way penalties work in 2D mode so leagues and years have their own individual settings, and the International Hockey League completes our set of playable minor leagues in historical mode. We've also added a new set of historical challenges, and spent a lot of time fixing vaious issues with the game. While this will be the last major content addition to the game, it's possible that we may do further hotfixes if the need becomes apparent. But otherwise, we'll now be moving on to the development of FHM12.

Your existing savegames will be compatible with the updated game. Some fixes, however, are data-dependent and may require starting a new game before you see them.

Additions:

-league and era-specific penalties have been added to 2D mode:

• -every league now has its own set of penalty data instead of one universal one being used everywhere, and the historical league penalties now change on a year-to-year basis (note that the league-specific rules don't work for tournaments for now - we'll be changing that next year, but to get this system working in FHM11 we had to use some temporary workarounds to get around the need to make major structural changes to the database - but those won't work for the tournaments, which will still use the default penalty system)
  
• the most noticeable differences will be fights resulting in immediate ejections in all leagues where that rule exists, the addition of a number of new penalties that didn't exist in the default penalty set, and some penalty-expiry rules changing in the historical leagues over time (e.g. prior to 56-57 and the "Canadiens" rule, NHL power plays won't end on a goal)
  
• there's probably a lot of detail that can and will be added to the individual league data in the future, particularly if I can find league-specific penalty frequency data, but for now the basics should be there
  
• these are penalty changes only, not rule changes, so some things weren't possible to implement yet, e.g. no pre-"Oilers rule" where coincidental minors meant 4-on-4 play before 1985, no restrictions on passing direction as in the early NHL seasons (although there are existing player logic features in those years that affect passing tendencies in some directions and zones), no oddball penalty shot rules from the 1940s, etc.
  
• classic engine penalties still work normally (would've been too complex to change right now), but that'll be changing in the future

-the International Hockey League is now playable in historical mode:

• it covers the 1984-85 to 2000-2001 seasons, the period in which IHL teams were primary NHL affiliates; while the IHL began play in 1945, for the vast majority of its existence it was at best a second-tier minor league, and there's no easy way to have a league's quality of play and economic situation change radically over time, so the early part of the IHL's history isn't included and the league appears as a "new league" in 1984
  
• teams that entered the league from the CHL or joined the AHL when the IHL folded will move to/from those leagues
  
• everyone who played at least 1 IHL game from 1984 on and wasn't in the database yet has been added; staff have also been added, but the records we had to work with were somewhat limited, so they aren't complete

-added 12 new historical challenges, all for the four new playable minor leagues added this year, with achievements (both in-game and in Steam)
-rosters updated to post-trading deadline status; for most leagues they're up-to-date as of the NHL trading deadline; the NHL player moves are covered up to March 21, including contract extensions
-historical minor league teams now have their proper colours and arenas; there's still some room for improvement here for colour changes that occurred without the team moving and arena name changes over the years, but the generic arenas and black/white colours are all gone; also added some logos for the newer historical leagues so they don't get the generic ones

Other changes and fixes:

-fixed crash with edited historical leagues when new minor leagues become active
-added check to prevent scheduler failure in historical minor leagues when historical editing is turned on
-fixed issue limiting the amount of trading on deadline day, you should see many more trades on that day now
-multiplayer trade shopping attempts will no longer occasionally result in some teams offering the same player twice
-the AI will now distribute its yearly financial points more evenly between categories, instead of neglecting Game Promotions
-chance of a championship team replacing its GM in the offseason drastically reduced
-acquiring a first-round draft pick now has an equivalent fan happiness bonus to the penalty for trading one away
-the group stage will no longer fail to display properly for some international tournaments
-at the start of a new standard game, Utah's unsigned players screen will no longer show some of their (i.e. Arizona's) draft picks having no signing deadline
-adjusted the way player contracts are set up at the start of a game so fewer younger players begin as free agents when they should be NHL-contracted
-the medals in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics should now be awarded in the correct order (had been including the opening round results)
-using the "AI set lineups" feature on a farm team will no longer result in in a lineup screen that includes players on the parent team
-restricted the number of assistant coaches that AI teams can hire
-players in sponsored junior leagues in historical should no longer occasionally get stuck in the league and not depart when their age limit is reached
-changed tooltip on the intervene button to clarify its use
-long team names are no longer cut off in the championship popup
-fixed potential July 1 crash in historical games
-fog of war will now hide player ratings properly (this still needs an overhaul, but it'll have that basic functionality now)
-world database updated to reduce the number of high-potential US players created and increase the number of Canadians and Russians
-players moved off the roster of a human-run farm team by an AI parent will now have their dressed status cleared properly
-adjusted AI tactical tendencies choices to use the higher tempo and shooting options more often
-fixed issue causing the data, trading, and editing screens to hide some draft picks if the user changes the number of draft rounds
-fixed a few issues that were leading to excessive ticket price increases (and corresponding attendance declines)
-fixed issue that was causing 2D game engine crashes during games with low roster sizes, particularly when the rover rule is active
-custom multiplayer games will now clear INT status properly for all players who participated in international tournaments
-custom tournaments that include a defending champion will no longer cause a crash if no one won the tournament in the previous season
-fixed issue with new Abuse of Official penalty that was resulting in 0 PIM being credited to the penalized player
-the Acquire Chemistry owner goal will now only occur if at least two players on the target player's chemistry list are available to be acquired, instead of only one being needed
-increased the frequency of penalties and altercations in 2D mode
-the "Going Up" achievement should now be awarded properly when promoted to the top German league
-if the user reloads a custom game with international tournaments on after returning to the start screen, that will no longer cause the next version of some tournaments to be skipped
-redshirt status will now get cleared properly when a college player is signed by a non-college team
-players contracted to a parent teams will now be untradeable by minor league team in historical mode, as they are in standard games
-fixed some potential instances where play may become frozen in place in 2D mode
-morale penalty for being sent to a minor league team will now clear properly when player is returned to major league roster because the parent has changed farm teams
-fixed problem preventing players from being ejected from the game in 2D mode
-fixed naming error with Cleveland Barons (NHL) jersey files
-added some generic league logos for historical minor leagues and WHA
-player bios of pre-2024 NCAA best goalie award winners will no longer show the award multiple times
-the two prospect owner goals (give playing time/do not rush) will no longer trigger for players not on the team's active roster
-added check to prevent trading/offering of picks from previous draft
-all conflicts and cliques will no longer temporarily disappear when one is cleared
-redshirt status will now clear properly when player signs with a non-college team
-players under contract to another team (i.e. the parent club) will no longer be tradeable in historical minor leagues (as they already are in the standard game)
-fixed data error causing Seattle and Vegas to appear with the wrong team names in historical mode
-other small text and typo fixes