AlTito's NHL 12 Sliders

[Al_Tito13]

Hi everyone, here are the sliders I use right now in NHL 12. I find it to be a good mix of fun and realism, with a good amount of loose pucks. Hope you will enjoy them. Feel free to add comments, questions or feedbacks.

* = Changes from original values

Gameplay
	Skill level	*All-Star
	Game style	*Hardcore
General
	Tuner set version	*1.00
	CPU aid	Hardcore
	Broken stick frequency	2
	Game speed	*2
	Attribute effects	3
	Fatigue effect - Human	*5
	Fatigue effect - CPU	*5
	Fatigue recovery - Human	2
	Fatigue recovery - CPU	2
	Injury occurence - Human	*5
	Injury occurence - CPU	*5
	Puck control - Human	*0
	Puck control - CPU	*0
	Player acceleration - Human	3
	Player acceleration - CPU	3
AI
	Created plays	On
	AI learning	6
	CPU difficulty adjustment	0
	CPU strategy adjustment	3
	Be A Pro strategy adjustment	3
	Human strategy adjustment	0
	CPU faceoff difficulty	*4
	Fight difficulty	5
	CPU penalties	*5
	CPU teammate penalties	*4
Passing
	Pass assist	0
	Manual passing	On
	Pass speed	2
	Saucer pass speed	3
	Pass accuracy - Human	2
	Pass accuracy - CPU	*1
	Pass reception ease - Human	*0
	Pass reception ease - CPU	*0
	Pass interceptions - Human	3
	Pass interceptions - CPU	3
Shooting
	Shot accuracy - Human	*2
	Shot accuracy - CPU	*2
	Shot power - Human	3
	Shot power - CPU	3
	Slap shot accuracy - Human	*1
	Slap shot accuracy - CPU	*1
	Slap shot power - Human	3
	Slap shot power - CPU	2
	One timer accuracy - Human	*1
	One timer accuracy - CPU	*1
Checking
	Hitting assistance	1
	Agression - Human	5
	Agression - CPU	5
	Hitting power - Human	1
	Hitting power - CPU	1
	Stick lift effectiveness - Human	*4
	Stick lift effectiveness - CPU	*4
	Poke effectiveness - Human	*3
	Poke effectiveness - CPU	*3
Goalies
	Goalie passing	3
	Goalie cover puck frequency	*3
	Goalie screen effect - Human	*4
	Goalie screen effect - CPU	*4
	Goalie reaction speed - Human	*3
	Goalie reaction speed - CPU	*3
Rules
	Period length	*8-10 minutes
	Injuries	On
	Penalties	*4
	Post whistle rules	*Relaxed
	Penalty time scaling	*3
	Fighting	1
	Shot aim	Manual
Visual
	Puck size	*Authentic
	Puck shadow	*Authentic

[jr86]

Are you getting a decent amount of penalties called?

[fizzo]

These seem rather good. I just moved puck control back to 1/1 because on 0/0 it's too hard to pull off the dekes with LB+RS and good puck handlers lose puck when they get slightly bumped.

Also, how can you play with pass assist on 0? Passing on the rush and short passes are impossible at 0. I have it at 3 which I feel is too much assist, would love to have something between 2 and 3, I feel 3 is too much assist and at 2 it's impossible to pass on the rush. Am I just that bad with aiming, lol?

[mkharsh33]

Quote: Originally Posted by fizzo

These seem rather good. I just moved puck control back to 1/1 because on 0/0 it's too hard to pull off the dekes with LB+RS and good puck handlers lose puck when they get slightly bumped. Also, how can you play with pass assist on 0? Passing on the rush and short passes are impossible at 0. I have it at 3 which I feel is too much assist, would love to have something between 2 and 3, I feel 3 is too much assist and at 2 it's impossible to pass on the rush. Am I just that bad with aiming, lol?

no...i agree - a 2.5 slider would be perfect and agree with your thoughts 100%.

[Al_Tito13]

Quote: Originally Posted by jr86

Are you getting a decent amount of penalties called?

Not that much penalties, but a decent amount, yes. I would say between 3 and 6 per game. You may try to increase the penalties slider in the rules section to 4 instead of 3 if you want to see more of them.

Quote: Originally Posted by fizzo

These seem rather good. I just moved puck control back to 1/1 because on 0/0 it's too hard to pull off the dekes with LB+RS and good puck handlers lose puck when they get slightly bumped. Also, how can you play with pass assist on 0? Passing on the rush and short passes are impossible at 0. I have it at 3 which I feel is too much assist, would love to have something between 2 and 3, I feel 3 is too much assist and at 2 it's impossible to pass on the rush. Am I just that bad with aiming, lol?

I know these sliders may seem a bit hard with puck control at 0 and no pass assist. I was having trouble too when I started to play with these settings last year, but now I simply can't play otherwise. It gives a lot of loose pucks and helps to look more like a real hockey game. You know, even best players can't deke all the way up of the ice everytime, they loose the puck a lot too. With some practicing, I'm pretty sure you would get used to it and start loving it, but if you prefer, I see no problem about increasing CPU assists.

[Rangers24Cally]

what do the stars mean next to certain sliders?

[Al_Tito13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rangers24Cally

what do the stars mean next to certain sliders?

Changes from original values

[bwiggy33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Al_Tito13

Not that much penalties, but a decent amount, yes. I would say between 3 and 6 per game. You may try to increase the penalties slider in the rules section to 4 instead of 3 if you want to see more of them. I know these sliders may seem a bit hard with puck control at 0 and no pass assist. I was having trouble too when I started to play with these settings last year, but now I simply can't play otherwise. It gives a lot of loose pucks and helps to look more like a real hockey game. You know, even best players can't deke all the way up of the ice everytime, they loose the puck a lot too. With some practicing, I'm pretty sure you would get used to it and start loving it, but if you prefer, I see no problem about increasing CPU assists.

Puck control at 0 is key. No superstar player can just dangle their way up the ice in a game situation. In practice they look like gods, but defenseman are just way too good in the NHL to dangle around everytime. Sure they do it on occasion in games, but they can't do it at will like this game represents. In this game dekeing is too easy to begin with. For me the goal is to be in awe when I pull of a sweet move, instead of feeling like oh I've done that 300 times before. It adds excitement when you actually pull off a sweet move.