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A pre release of the trades feature have now been installed on UAT. More info available on the UAT forum thread: http://forums.gmgames.org/topic/3673-uat-test-pilots/

Some things took longer to develop than I thought. But it's starting to come together now.
 
I'm hoping to release an unfinished (but tradable) draft to UAT next week.

Assistant manager
 
To make trades easier the assistant manager will give you notes on both which players that might be interesting for you to target but also if he thinks that a trade offer is good or bad.
 
Salary cap
 
The trading UI will also display both teams salary cap situation.
 

This looks really good. I look forward to seeing it all unfold. This is going to be my third season with this game. I have loved it since I started and now it looks like it is going to be even better. Great Work!!!

Assistant manager
 
To make trades easier the assistant manager will give you notes on both which players that might be interesting for you to target but also if he thinks that a trade offer is good or bad.
 
Salary cap
 
The trading UI will also display both teams salary cap situation.
 

Assistant manager
 
To make trades easier the assistant manager will give you notes on both which players that might be interesting for you to target but also if he thinks that a trade offer is good or bad.
 
Salary cap
 
The trading UI will also display both teams salary cap situation.
 

The trade and draft system will push the game to a higher level.
 
Looking forward to both releases. 

Trading UI
 
Here's a sneak preview from an unfinished trading UI.
 

Yes you can assign a forward to a d-spot in powerplay without any negative effect. The tactics in PK actually sees the LW as any winger depending on which tactic you are using. It's only the lineup UI that displays the spot as a LW.

Royalty:
I'm actually going to include this when introducing staff. This is going to be a feature enabled by hiring scouts to the team.
 
Bob:
Yes, I would love to include more detailed positions like LW, RW. Don't know when though. In which way the player is handed already makes a slight difference in the game. Specially in the Powerplay. If a player is playing on the left wing and is right handed this player will more likely get better shooting opportunities.

That's usually the hardest part of a trade AI is factoring a lot of these things in. It's a whole algorithm around team needs, valuation, contracts, and then not taking on mediocre talent that is able to weigh the scale in to approval.
 
This has been always an interesting AI challenge for all the game developers. Wishing you great success on it!
 
Cheers

Bouncer:
Yes multiple players might be traded at once. I'm not sure on how to solve the free agent market just yet, but sure you have a good point. But it's not easy to trade three mediocre players for one great player. Hopefully the trade value will be smart enough to prevent bad trades and there is always the issue with salary cap space on the team to fit three new players.
 
Draft is coming and yes draft picks will be tradable
 
Not all players will drop in confidence when put on the trade block, only loyal players that don't handle pressure that well will get a slight decrease

Bouncer:
Yes multiple players might be traded at once. I'm not sure on how to solve the free agent market just yet, but sure you have a good point. But it's not easy to trade three mediocre players for one great player. Hopefully the trade value will be smart enough to prevent bad trades and there is always the issue with salary cap space on the team to fit three new players.
 
Draft is coming and yes draft picks will be tradable
 
Not all players will drop in confidence when put on the trade block, only loyal players that don't handle pressure that well will get a slight decrease

That's a great question Daen00. I've not got that far yet but it's reasonable to think that the players confidence will drop and therefore might affect his game play.

Very nice and already in great progress, Anders!
 
I like the idea, but here some thoughts:
- can multiple players be traded? If yes, there still might be cheating since 3 mediocre players signed yesterday from FA can be traded for one great player. Still, I think 2 for 1 or 3 for 2 trades should be possible and you can have one more thing against cheaters - the signed FA cannot by traded until the following season.
- trades player for player are fine, but the game needs more. For example I'm close to delegation and I have player the is star in my league with release on relegation contract. I want to trade him and getting similar player is useless since he will not be satisfied in lower league. Solution? We need draft and trade-able draft picks!
- please no drop on confidence for players on the trade block - nobody will put decent player on the block then. That does not have to be even true, some player might want to show up and play better with chance to get in a better team.

Player trade value
 
The player trade value will hint managers of the players value in a trade. The value displayed on the player page is not an exact value, this will be hidden. The trade value will look at both player ratings, traits, age, size, role fittings, contract situation and much more. It's designed to help managers composing trade offers and prevent unfair trades.
 
Trade availabiltiy
 
As default players trade availability will be Unknown. But managers will be able to set this to Untouchable or Trade block. Untouchable players will not be possible to include in trade offers by others while players put on the trade block is a clear signal that a manager is looking to move the players. Those players will also be listed at the transfer page along side with free agents (though filter).
 
Comments, questions?
 
Screenshot (Note that the contract tab is going to change its name to Transfer)
 

Player trade value
 
The player trade value will hint managers of the players value in a trade. The value displayed on the player page is not an exact value, this will be hidden. The trade value will look at both player ratings, traits, age, size, role fittings, contract situation and much more. It's designed to help managers composing trade offers and prevent unfair trades.
 
Trade availabiltiy
 
As default players trade availability will be Unknown. But managers will be able to set this to Untouchable or Trade block. Untouchable players will not be possible to include in trade offers by others while players put on the trade block is a clear signal that a manager is looking to move the players. Those players will also be listed at the transfer page along side with free agents (though filter).
 
Comments, questions?
 
Screenshot (Note that the contract tab is going to change its name to Transfer)
 

This looks awesome, Anders. Thanks so much for all your work.
 
One question about: If you put a player in the trade block, will affect to their confidence and their gameplay?

Excellent Anders!
 
Only one comment from my side so far. You are mentioning the name change 'release on relegation' to 'one-way-contract'. I think to avoid misunderstanding you should consider adding a new clausule, e.g. no-trade clausule (perhaps splitted in either full or partial?).

Really like the idea of a trade block! how about a trade block section in Transfers where you can set your teams needs?, maybe your looking for an offensive defenceman? this would help other teams in putting together a trade that your looking to make  
 
Will traded players keep their current salary even if they have come from a higher league?

Hi Jussi
 
Thanks so much for your feedback
 
Compare players
My colleague David have actually made a prototype of this already. I'm hoping we can implement this when we release the trades feature.
 
Tactics
It's in the backlog to extend tactics both for line as for individual players. I can't tell when this is coming but maybe later this year. I'll also have a look if we could include more tactics.
 
Goalies
Well you're right, goalies are maybe little to high valued in the three stars of the week. I've actually adjusted this once already but I'll probably have to tweak this once more.
 
Thanks again for great feedback

Wouldn't say that the fights alone turned the game around for you but it sure is one important factor =)
 
The skills used for fighting is Physical (most important), Spirit but also the profile trait "Dirty". A gentle player won't do as good in a fight as a Tough player.
 
The player role assignment will also influence the chance of the player actually being in a fight. A enforcer or powerforward is more likely to be in a fight than a playmaker.

More countries added as of v1.1.2-beta: http://forums.gmgames.org/topic/3513-hotfix-112-beta/

Yes, have been meaning to do this for a long time now. Other things always gets in the way. :-)

Update: The outcome of fights are now visible in play-by-play section of game reports