Locking rooms

I need to create project rooms that must be closed when the projects ends but their information must remain available.
I tried locking the room but when it's locked users cannot enter it anymore. Is there a way to prevent user to create new events in the room (like news, tasks, documents) but that enable him to enter an see the previously created data?

Hi,
you could also hide the room, but this does not prevent users changing or creating new documents/tasks/etc. in the room.
The documents aspect you could control by resetting the permissions to Read only.
But besides that there is no possibility for what you want.
Regards,
Sascha

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How to get rooms complete list

Hi All
Is there any way that we can get all the rooms list and access history?
thanks & regards,
deEP

Hi Deep,
Please check the forum for such questions, before posting new one.
There are answers available for same. I am just reproducing for your reference.
Goto Content Administration -- Collaboration Content -- Room Administration -- Click on filter
u get all the rooms created in that portal and u will get below options for Administration
Lock or Unlock: Room members cannot enter a locked room
Hide or Show: The room directory does not display hidden rooms
Set Full Access or Reset Full Access: If you give the room owner full access, he or she can enter all pages in the room. Otherwise, only the page permissions for his or her room roles apply for the room owner.
Change Owner: You can select all rooms that a user owns and assign them a new owner
Delete: Before you delete a room, you can check its usage and temporarily lock or hide the room, if required.
regards
Kedar Kulkarni

More Passcode Lock Options

although i like the idea of having a passcode on my phone, i don't want to have to enter it 40 or 50 times a day, every time i pick up my phone. so i wish there were additional options, such as: "Passcode required twice a day," "...4 times a day" or "once per hour."
this way, in the event the phone were stolen, although it might work for a short time (which doesn't bother me), the code soon would be required and would no longer be usable. (also, the code would always be required to reset the phone. this way, a thief could not reset the phone during that initial period in which the phone is accessible without a passcode.)
again, this would be optional. the current options would remain unchanged, providing various options for each user's needs.
if you like this idea, please submit it to apple, here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
MacBook Pro, MacBook, Quad G5 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

It is a pretty good idea, but think about this: you leave your phone in a gym locker room or something, a thief picks it up, turns it on, and realizes that it can't be used without a passcode every time, then he puts it back, and walks away. Or have it so he picks it up, turns it on, walks away, so then its gone, then he later finds out but will not put it back, will probably just break it or sell it or something. Your idea is understandable, just passcode once a day or so, but I'm just pointing out the few possible downsides, you should definately recommend it though.

Did you see the difference?

Dwyane Wade thinks there's no one better than the Miami Heat at dealing with the mental challenge of the playoffs. In his eyes, only one other team might compare.
He's talking about the San Antonio Spurs.
That's why Wade believes these NBA Finals are just getting started.
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When he looks at the Spurs, he sees qualities his own team has, including an ability to break down a loss and quickly correct things. It's what Miami did before Game 2 of the finals and it's what Wade expects the Spurs to do before the title series resumes
with Game 3 in Miami on Tuesday night.
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"You never put them away," Wade said. "I think they always believe and it's the same with us. You can't, you won't, put us away because we're always going to believe. That's why this is a perfect, different animal, kind of series. They're the
other team like us. They don't lose much and when they do they come back and be better in the next game. So we've got to come out and do the same thing."
That would explain why on Monday, instead of a day off, the Heat gathered to watch video of Game 2.
By winning in San Antonio to even the finals at 1-1, home-court advantage now belongs to the Heat. But no one in their locker room thinks it's going to get easy now.
"They came out great. They played a great game," Spurs guard Tony Parker said after Miami's 98-96 win in Game 2, the 13th straight time the Heat immediately followed a postseason loss with a victory. "Now it's our turn to go over there and get
one. We played pretty well all season long on the road and so we're going to have two great opportunities to try to come up with a win."
Miami has won a franchise-record 11 straight postseason games at home.
The last team to win a playoff game in Miami was the Spurs, winning Game 1 of last season's finals.
"We are in a tough situation because we've got to go to Miami and we've got to get one," Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. "We don't want to come back here 3-1 down. It's very hard to overcome that. Definitely going to be a great challenge for
the team to play in an arena like that and having to win."
A challenge, sure, but it's one Heat coach Erik Spoelstra knows the Spurs can handle.
"Coming back here there has to be an incredible sense of focus and urgency," Spoelstra said Monday. "They're a veteran, poised, championship-level team that's been through a lot. The crowd won't affect them much."
Neither team thought it played all that well in the game that it won so far in these finals.
The Spurs turned the ball over too much for their liking in Game 1 -- the game that will be remembered for the air conditioning malfunction and cramps inside a steamy building forcing LeBron James to leave in the final minutes. In Game 2, the Heat weren't thrilled
with a slow start and how they spent much of the game playing from behind.
When James got rolling in the third quarter, things started swinging Miami's way in Game 2. When he found Chris Bosh for the 3-pointer that put Miami ahead for good with 1:18 left, it was just another example of the four-time MVP setting a teammate up for a
big play.
"I'm going to make the right play," said James, who signaled to Bosh about what he wanted on that play. "To have that trust from my teammates, they know when I've got the ball, I'm going to make the right play. Doesn't mean it's going to go in.
Doesn't mean it's going to result in a win, but they believe in my ability."
The pressure, if Miami had not found a way to win in the final moments of Game 2, would have been enormous on the two-time defending champions.
Now, it seems to have shifted to the Spurs.
"It doesn't matter what we've been through before," Spurs forward Tim Duncan said. "We're here now again."
The last time these teams met in Miami at this time of year, the Heat wound up spraying champagne in their locker room.
It's tempting, Bosh acknowledged, to think that all Miami needs to do for a third straight championship is stay unbeaten at home.
But Bosh won't let himself go there.
"I can only think about Game 3," Bosh said. "We've played well at home this postseason. I think we feel we have an advantage now. We have to make sure that we play well and keep it that way."

can you try to reproduce this problem on Firefox 10?
* getfirefox.com

Clicking Functionality Disappears If You Leave the Page!

Hey All,
I've got a very strange thing happening with the site I'm
working with. The main bulk of the site is made up of a "parent"
.swf that plays different "child" .swf files within it depending on
which part of the flash site the user visits. The site's worked
great and I've had no problems with it...until now.
Recently, the powers that be have asked me to put an "intro"
page before the main flash site to introduce a contest/giveaway
that they want to run. This intro is located on a separate .html
page. From this intro page, the user can either say "no thanks" and
hit a button that takes them to the main website (located, of
course on its own .html page), or they can hit a different button
to register for the contest. All works well from there. However,
here's where the problem comes in...
If you go to the main site, there is a button on the main
page (part of the initial child .swf) that uses the simple getURL()
command to take the user back to the intro. In IE, this works fine.
In Firefox, this works only once....meaning, I click the button and
it takes me back to the intro, but once I go back to the main site
again, clicking any of the buttons in the child .swf does nothing.
You can roll over the buttons and get the sounds/animations to
play...but clicking functionality doesn't work at all. And it's not
just for the button that takes you back to the intro page...it's
for ALL the buttons in the child .swf.
I found that the buttons in the parent .swf (the top
navigation buttons) on the page work just fine and take you to all
the parts of the site as normal.
Reloading the page doesn't correct this problem. The only way
to get the buttons in the child .swf to function properly once more
is to close the browser and re-open the site.
Would anyone happen to know a workaround for this? If you'd
like to see what I'm talking about, go to
http://www.reallivesports.com
using the Mozilla Firefox browser (again, there are no problems in
IE at all...just this browser). Click the button that takes you to
"the locker room". In the locker room, a scoreboard will drop down
from the celing. It can be clicked and will take you back to the
page you just came from. Click the button that takes you back to
the locker room one more time, and you'll see that none of the
buttons in the locker room work anymore.
Any advice is much appreciated. Thank you!

go to <af:document id="d1" > tag and then property inspector and the n make uncommittedDataWarning to off.
Thanks
Pratee.

Apple not offering OSX 10.6 any more?

I have an iMac Intel machine that is running 10.5.8. I'd like to update the OS but can't find 10.6 anywhere on Apple's site... Pretty sure my machine will run 10.6, which I need to run some new apps I need. Am I screwed?

Before Lion a system was provided on discs. Lion and after it is a download. Snow Leopard was never designed to be installed using a multi partition method as is used in the newer systems. It is also an older system and the next in line to be totally abandoned by Apple and does it merit all the changes it would require to make it an online installation? Having to call Apple about it is in line with their policy of pulling all but their newest system version from the store. In fact with Snow Leopard it is relatively easy to still get it from Apple. Usually with a system version that is third generation you have to make a special request they hunt in a locked room in the third subbasement for a copy, and most Apple sales people deny any knowledge of such a system version as ever having existed and don't you really want a newer system version and oh maybe a new computer if yours is so old it won't run the newest?

Server 2012 New Network Assistance

Hi, I hope someone can point me in the right direction. It has been a number of years since I had anything to do with networking and I am obviously way out of practice, also
I have never used Server 2012 so I am getting confused.
I have been asked if I can help set up a network for a very small company who can only stretch to one server, as such I am probably trying to ask a lot from one machine. As
you can see from the diagram below, I am trying to implement a secure internal network (e.g. internal.local) and an external connection (e.g. external.com). On the external side I would like a website and DirectAccess, on the internal side I need a subnet
(?) that can accommodate file and printer sharing. The maximum number of internal nodes will be 15 – 20; with some of them requiring wireless access.
One of the issues I’m facing is the fact that, due to locality, the only access for the internet is via an Osprey Black from EE 4G, . Although this device can connect up to
10 wireless nodes I want to use it for the sole purpose of internet connection, I will also need to ensure that they have a static IP address.
My questions are 1) is this possible with one server running 2012 R2 (or is there a better way)? And 2) do I need two NIC’s and bridge them?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Tim,
Thank you very much for the reply and I apologise for the delayed response.
I know, a locked room with no power supply and definitely no humans = a secure computer (maybe!) :)
Setting up the physical server as a Hyper-V host and running two VM instances of Windows Server seems a
good solution.
I was hoping to use a Hardware Firewall on the external side but may have to rely on individual machines defences internally.
After spending a little time researching I believe I am OK with the idea of setting up the VM instances and configuring them (I have downloaded an
evaluation copy of server 2012 and using VirtualBox to test). However, for the life of me I can't figure out the first steps :( There are a lot of good resources and tutorials about setting up Hyper-V but that large number is a little confusing.
Assuming I have just returned from the store with my shiny new machine and downloaded the correct version of Server 2012 - do I simply install Server 2012 onto the machine
and then create the VM's?
Sorry if this sounds really dumb
Thanks

Non- muxed video problem

i am trying to get the sprint: locker room video from this site http://www.ifilm.com/player/?ifilmId=2691874&pg=&skin=askmen&refsite=6183&launch Val=1&mediaSize=default
onto my ipod, i have converted it to ipod format but whe i watch it on my ipod, there is no sound. I kmow its not muxed because for format it says "Format: MovieMovie Apple QuickDraw, 400x300, Unknown.
So what is the issue since its not muxed....

NO, I do not think I will waste my time downloading and converting something I have no interest in seeing.
Try using a different program to convert.
Mpeg streamclip : http://www.squared5.com/
Mediacoder: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
or google for converter.

Intel Mac Mini constantly resetting then kernel panic

I've got a Mac Mini that on start up just constantly resets, I've tried to boot from the OS X install discs but as soon as the installer starts to load I get a Kernel Panic.
Can't think of anything else really, the machine's not been fiddled with or opened up. I've done the usual disconnect the cables and hold the power button reset but that doesn't help
Picture of the panic is here:
http://lenore.newmeja.com/stuff/panic.jpg

It's definitely not been opened, its kept in a locked room with a kensington lock on it. It's definitely the original Apple RAM.
I've tried booting from some other Mac Mini install media and I get the same kernel panic.
Need to get the machine back up quickly so I've been in touch with Apple who are just going to repair it under warranty.

List Access History...

I'm using a list to display a collection of ongoing "projects". I'd like to be able to create a persistant "history" that will change the font color of the items to a lighter color after a user has accessed the item by double clicking on it. My initial thought was to create a table in the local SQLite db with a project id then on load check to see if the project id exists in the local table to conditionally change the color via an item renderer.
Anyone have other suggestions? Tips? Pointers? Etc?

Hi,
Try These
Goto Content Administartion -- Collaboration Content -- Room Administration -- Click on filter
u get all the rooms created in that portal and u will get below options for Administartion
u2022Lock or Unlock: Room members cannot enter a locked room
u2022Hide or Show: The room directory does not display hidden rooms
u2022Set Full Access or Reset Full Access: If you give the room owner full access, he or she can enter all pages in the room. Otherwise, only the page permissions for his or her room roles apply for the room owner.
u2022Change Owner: You can select all rooms that a user owns and assign them a new owner
u2022Delete: Before you delete a room, you can check its usage and temporarily lock or hide the room, if required.
For Access History -
ROom Administration --Room Usage Analysis -- Choose Filter.
In the results list, the following information is displayed for each room:
u2022Number of room members
u2022Number of visits (how often was the room used?)
u2022Number of visitors (how many people use the room?)
Regards
Krishna.

Remote desktop - what can I do?

I am a teacher - High School. I have 24 i macs - one on my desk dedicated to monitoring students computers. A few students will simply surf the web all day rather than do their work. Can I disable safari (the only browser they have) or shut down the access to the internet on individual computers through remote desktop? I am on an ethernet network (no wireless) and I have no access to the main ethernet plug into my classroom, it is another locked room. Anyway my attendance is on line and I need it for me at all times.
Help!
Another teacher was showing me deep freeze, a really cool PC program like remote desktop and she can disable the internet on individual computers, she can also disable programs. There was an icon on her desktop just for that. I was really impressed, I find it hard to believe remote desktop is so far behind this PC application! All I seem to be able to do is turn off computers, lock computers. send messages, basic stuff. Maybe it is not the best for a classroom setting???
-Melanie
Message was edited by: Melanie YL

Is it possible the other teacher was using Insight? Deep Freeze (made by the same company, Faronics) doesn't do any of the stuff that you mentioned, but Insight does. It's also available for Mac OS X but the browser controls require Internet Explorer so it's useless for what you want it to do.
OS X has Parental Controls built-in, however, and you can use that to limit access to web sites in Safari. Apparently (I didn't know this until I checked just now), you can use the Parental Controls system preferences panel in 10.5 on your computer to control the restrictions on other 10.5 computers. Open up the Parental Controls panel and click on the Mac Help button down in the lower right of the window and follow the instructions.
So if that works, great! A solution to control browsing behavior on your Macs at no additional cost.

Help! I lost my ipod!!!

I lost my iPod on tuesday at school this week in the girl's locker room. I check any lost and found i can find, set an annoucement over the loud speakere, and still, no god news so far. I didn't set it up on iCloud for i didn't know how to at first. I never download "Find My iPod" app either. I do remember my Apple ID (thank goodness). Is there any way i can find it? Please respond, I'll take all the help I can get.

Hi Terry -
If you loaded your iPod with music you purchased from the iTunes Music Store or music you ripped from CDs, the original music files should still be on your computer's hard drive and you shouldn't have any trouble re-syncing.
If a technical problem has caused the music to disappear from your hard drive, you might want to contact our support organization. They can help you find any purchased music that might be salvageable on the drive.
I'm not sure which country you're in, so here are the US and WW iTunes customer support links:
WW: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ww/
US: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/musicstore/
If your iPod was loaded with someone else's music, then maybe your music karma just caught up with ya.
Hope it's option 1 or 2.
Kate

Where can i see..

Where can i see the Mac adress for my timecapsule.
The timecapsule is in a locked room and not easy acceable, can i see the mac adress somehow using Airport tool..
I am running os x 10.8 (mountain lion)
Any help would be great..
Thanks..

Which "MAC" address do you want?
The Time Capsule has MAC addresses for Ethernet, Wireless @ 2.4 GHz and Wireless
@ 5 GHz.
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the Time Capsule icon
Click directly on the Time Capsule heading in the next small box that appears....or simply hover your mouse over the Time Capsule heading..... and the MAC addresses....Apple calls them IDs....will be displayed.

Set "Ignore ownership on this volume" to be on by default

Hello, I have a MacPro loaded with 10.5 server that I use frequently for backing up customer data via USB or Firewire. The MacPro is in a locked room and is relatively isolated from the network. I am looking for a way to set "Ignore ownership on this volume" to be checked by default for any/all drives I plug into the machine. This would be a huge time save for me. Thank you!

Hi Alfredo,
I can't test this at the moment, but I have a theory!
One would think that setting iTunes to a FW Dive would need to change the Permissions to control Sharing of iTunes content.
My iTunes was set to another internal drive and had the same Ignore unchecked and owned by system, I unchecked it and changed it back to my boot drive, the Get Info change Me to owner & kept the Ignore checked... setting it back to the other Drive did not change those settings, but I suspect that a Reboot would... how else could Apple control Sharing of songs?

NHL 16

EA have released some details a bit earlier than usual this year. NHL 16 Features
Available only on Xbox One & PlayStation 4
Built with more input from our fans than ever before, NHL 16 steps onto the ice to deliver ways to compete as a team, new features across the most played single-player modes, gameplay innovation at every position on the ice and an unrivalled game day atmosphere.
NEW WAYS TO COMPETE AS A TEAM
Hockey is a sport that comes to life in a competitive team-based gameplay experience. Whether it’s through speed, skill, or physicality, every player makes an impact on the ice no matter what position they play or their role on the team. So grab some friends and jump into either 6 v. 6 Online Team Play, Online Couch Co-op, or the re-imagined EA SPORTS Hockey League and prove that great individuals can’t beat a great team.
The New EASHL
Sharpen those skates and grab your buddies because the EA SPORTS Hockey League is back! This fan-favorite online team mode has been reimagined and lets you choose specialized player classes to deliver a balanced competitive experience on the ice. Player skill and your ability to play as a team will now be the determining factor in who wins and loses hockey games.
6 v. 6 Online Team Play
New copy: Play online with up to twelve skaters including user controlled goalies. Using real-world NHL rosters you can compete in ranked drop-in games against players from around the world or invite your friends to a private OTP session before you step into EA SPORTS Hockey League.
Online Couch Co-op
The perfect way to play when you and your friends want to jump on the couch, join forces and play some drop-in hockey online. It’s the best place to practice your team play skills before playing OTP or EASHL.
A WAY TO PLAY FOR EVERY HOCKEY FAN
Whether you’re an armchair GM, want to live out your NHL pro fantasy, or build your ultimate dream team, NHL 16 will deliver a single-player game mode for every type of hockey fan - each with new features that you’ve never seen in EA SPORTS NHL.
Be a GM: Player Morale
Being a GM is about more than just getting the best players, it’s about getting the right players to play well together. Each player on your NHL and AHL team has a different personality that you will have to manage. Deal with trade demands, teammate relationships, and much more by calling team meetings or adjusting your roster to directly affect your team’s on-ice performance.
Be a Pro: Shape Your Legacy
The way you play dictates the type of player you will become in an all-new Be a Pro progression system. On-ice actions directly influence attributes earned, ensuring that your Pro will reflect the way you play. Sim to your next shift and the ability to work your way up from CHL rookie to an NHL Superstar also make a return in NHL 16.
Hockey Ultimate Team: Single Player Seasons
The most played mode in the NHL series gets even better. Improved player management and the introduction of HUT Single Player Seasons gives you another way to hone your skills before jumping online with HUT Online Seasons or challenging your friends with the Play a Friend feature.
Visual On-Ice Training
Whether you’re new to the NHL series and looking for pointers or are a grizzled veteran trying to perfect your game, this new training tool will help sharpen your offensive and defensive skills no matter your talent level. Visual aids project shooting targets, passing lanes, open teammates, and more.
COMPLETE CONTROL FROM EVERY POSITION
Whether you play as a forward, defenseman or goalie, NHL 16 delivers a balanced gameplay experience that makes every position on the ice meaningful to team success. With gameplay innovation on offense and defense, players have new tools to not only score goals, but to prevent them as well.
Precision Skating
Utilize a new skating tool that allows you to make refined movements with your skater in any situation. On defense quickly jump into passing lanes and intercept the puck, or walk the blueline on the power play and open yourself up for that one-timer in the offensive zone.
Seamless Puck Pickups
The ability to quickly control a pass or corral a loose puck can be the difference between generating a scoring chance and getting leveled. New puck pickups result in smoother transitions when receiving the puck no matter what your position, giving you more time and control to make your next move.
UNRIVALED GAME DAY AUTHENTICITY
NHL 16 brings the game to life with distinct arena atmospheres, the most realistic players yet, and a story-driven commentary package to pull you into the energy of the game like never before.
Distinct Team Arena Atmosphere
Best in class arena authenticity gets even better with the inclusion of authentic arena effects and props including team specific celebrations, mascots, chants, and even signature props like the Lighthouse at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota.
Story Driven Commentary
Doc Emrick, Eddie Olczyk, and Ray Ferraro are back and now call the game with even more emotion. Hear Doc’s voice rise and fall with the action on the ice and get analysis from Eddie & Ray on the peaks and valleys of a NHL season. An expanded NBC SPORTS broadcast package and new pre-game intros brings the drama to life in more ways than ever before.
Superstar Authenticity
Enhanced facial features and new equipment details synonymous with the league’s top players adds another layer of player authenticity. Use these new equipment elements to customize your own created character giving them a unique look, from custom stick tape, colored skate laces, tinted visors, and more.
Playoff Beards
One of the oldest and most iconic traditions in hockey has arrived. With accurate representations of beard patterns, length, thickness, and growth rates for individual players, the road to the Stanley Cup just got hairier. UT offline seasons and EASHL will probably be my most played modes. The big one I want to know is if the United Center will be in the game this year? Beards... Modes... The new stuff will be current generation only. PS3 & 360 owners can pay full price for a roster update. No doubt we'll hear more during E3.

The principle goal for the feature was to represent the players in our game with a personality that would be affected by the events going on around them, or happening directly to them. We’ve never really had a concept of this in our game before, the closest thing would be some analysis of a Free Agency (or Resign) offer based on the age of a player and the average age of the team attempting to recruit them. Our goal was to successfully model virtually all of the things that happen to a player throughout any given year of an NHL season, which is a pretty tall order. Thankfully the adoption of the C# tool tuning technology that we’ve been pioneering over the last 10 years really allowed us to add a huge amount of depth to the feature in a relatively short amount of time.
Every player in our game is assigned a ‘personality type’ upon entry into the league, or when they are created (in the case of generated rookies for the draft etc). Each personality type has a collection of traits that impact how they react to certain events. For example, one of our ‘Traits’ we use will govern how well the player deals with change, such as being promoted, demoted, traded, etc. Players with a higher rating suffer very little adverse effects when joining a team, while other players with a lower rating may suffer the effects much longer. We have another trait which we use to model how likely the player is to be a ‘locker room leader’ and whether his presence in the locker room is likely to cause harmony or friction. Finding the right balance of players with the right traits and personalities can give your players boosts to their ratings, to model a harmonious locker room. Each Player on a roster has an opinion of every other player on the roster, and will have a list of ‘Favorite’ players (who are their ‘best locker room chemistry’), and also potentially a list of players they have low locker room chemistry with. These relationships on our development side are handled by C# test harness allowing us model any combination of players in a locker room, but in the game itself, you’ll have a visual representation by allowing you to see the list for every player.
An example of the C# tool, which allows us to ask any player in the game who their opinion on all the other players on their team based on traits, age, and personality types.
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In the above example, we see that ‘Simon Despres’ lists ‘J. Gibson’ as his Best locker room chemistry (It is possible for the ‘Best locker room chemistry’ to be on ANOTHER team).Other people that Despres has good chemistry with are ‘K. Palmieri’ and ‘S. Vatanen’ and ‘J. Silfverberg’. Despres does have low locker room chemistry with ‘Sheldon Souray’ and so if Souray is ever traded away, Depres may react positively to Souray’s departure from the team. BUT, it is entirely possible that some other player will list Souray as a high locker room chemistry, or ‘Best locker room chemistry’ and therefore, you will have to balance the moves that you choose to do. Just like ‘Real life locker room politics’, and it’s something you’ve never had to worry about before in any previous NHL title. However, it is now something you’ll have to master if you want to have your team playing to its full potential every game…
You see that Corey Perry was negatively affected by trading away Francois Beauchemin. Every action has an associated C# tuning utility value. Each of our personality types has its own penalty/perk value. I’m only showing one personality type here for illustration purposes.
There are four basic ‘Morale Types’ that feed into a player’s Morale, but we only surface the ‘Overall Morale’ to the user. Each Personality type takes <x> % of ‘Team Performance Morale’, and <y> % of ‘Management Morale’ etc to come up with their Overall Morale. Certain Personalities will be happier if the team is winning, and won’t put much stock in the makeup of the locker room. Other personality types will put more priority on locker room harmony morale, and care less about the decisions that a Team may make in who it signs, releases, or sends down to the AHL etc.
Above is a C# tool example of two different player types being presented with similar scenarios, and how their 4 morale types feed into their Overall Morale. The example player on the left is ‘Happy’ with the Team’s Performance, but ‘Unhappy’ with his Individual Performance. He has ‘Neutral’ morale overall, which means he is unlikely to get any boosts to his ratings in the situation he is in. The player on the right of the picture has ‘Amazing’ Team Mate and Management Morale, overall he is ‘Happy’ and he will likely receive some boosts to his abilities as a result. Managing the various morale values of all your players will be a key to victory in NHL 16.
NHL 16 also introduces ‘Team Meetings’ into the mode, which allows the user to interact the team based on almost 30 different key events that can happen to a team in a season, such as being on a winning streak, losing streak, facing off against a heated rival, or facing elimination in the Stanley Cup Finals. Each of the Team Meetings (and the speech you chose to give to the players based on that meeting) will impact the players on the team based on their personality type and the situation.
As a result of each Team Meeting, every player on the team will consider the situation they were in, and how you spoke to the locker room, their ‘management morale’ will be affected appropriately. Learning what to say and when, based on the makeup of your locker room will be an important factor in maintaining high ‘Management Morale’ for your players.
In addition to ‘Team Meetings’ we also have ‘Player Meetings’ which are specific to a particular player and their grievance (or to provide positive feedback). There are over 20 different specific conversations you can have, ranging on topics from the recent team performance, to failing to renew the contract of their friend, to being made Team Captain (or having the Captaincy removed) and a host of others that occur/trigger based on the personality type of that player.
Each personality type will have a way of wording their concern (which may be positive feedback as well). You’ll be able to get a feeling for the type of personality you are dealing with based on how they word their concern. Josh Manson seems like a pretty easy going guy, he doesn’t like to complain, so he’s probably not the kind of guy that causes a lot of locker room friction. As well, given how he approached you, he’s probably not going to appreciate being told he’s not up to snuff in your view. So choosing your response to Player Concerns will become a valuable skill if you want to manage the locker room.
At any point in the season, you can access your roster via the new ‘Player Morale’ screen and view current issues, or review past events that have positively (or negatively) impacted your player’s morale. To the left you can see a small sample of the 70+ different things that feed into Player Morale over the course of a season.
I hope by now you’ve received enough information on what the dev team has been working on over the last cycle to deliver NHL 16 to you. Player Morale is a very large (and impactful across many areas) feature and I’ve only really scratched the surface of all the depth I’ve put in the feature within this blog. It is my sincere hope that you are excited by what you’ve read, and I hope you know that we on the dev team feel SO lucky to be in a position to work on a game we love, for passionate fans.
NOTE: The players shown in the images above are from an older roster and have since been updated in the game.

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