NHL 2001

version 1.03

company: EA Sports (www.easports.com)

homesite: unknown

The following is a list of fixes for this patch, and the previous 
patches, for NHL 2001.

Fixes in v 1.03

- Fixed the problem where if you were using a peer to peer 
  connection, one of the teams could not change any team options 
  like calling a timeout or pulling their goalie.
- Fixed the problem where the strategy names inside the pause menu 
  were not the same as the ones in the front end.
- Fixed the continous desync loop in online games that would occur 
  sometimes if you big hitoff the faceoff.
- Fixed the Windows 2000 crash when you tried to create a season.
- Fixed a problem with a created player in a Season, where assigning 
  him to a team, and then reassigning him to waivers would cause the 
  Today in EA Sports Trades screen to crash.

Fixes in v 1.02

- Fixed a desync that would occur in an online game when one user 
  with manual line changes buttoned past off-play sequences quickly 
  while the other player was using auto line changes.
- Fixed a desync that would occur during timeouts and goalie pulls 
  in an online game, where one player would button past the off-play 
  sequence quickly.
- Fixed the hang for Online Leagues where the commissioner machine 
  was slow and the remote user machine was checking in/out teams.
- Fixed a timing issue in online games where the host was a slower 
  computer, and the client was a faster one -- controller setup for 
  the teams would sometimes be incorrect.
- Fixed a crash with Online Leagues and accessing the Awards screen
- Fixed the issue where a player would disappear for the rest of the 
  game, if that player was getting a delayed penalty, and the other 
  team scored a goal before you gained possession of the puck.
- Fixed some ditty bugs where the incorrect ditty would play
- Addressed the issue of the imported ditties not playing randomly.
- Fixed a desync in online games where if one player had the shot 
  meter on, and the other didn't, a desync would occur everytime a 
  shot was taken.
- A couple of the goal horns were fixed.
- Fixed a bug with German Play by Play.

Fixes in v 1.01

- Fixed a desync in online games that would occur sometimes if you 
  were using manual line changes.
- The long distance floating goals were reduced by 90%.
- Fixed the problem where at times, the incorrect animation is 
  called when checking players. The patch eliminates this problem 
  and makes defence more responsive.
- The time limit for users to select their lines (when playing 
  manual line changes) was increased.  Faster computers gave the user 
  less time to select their lines.


NOTE:
Previous saved GAMES are not compatible with this patch.  Loading 
previous saved games will result in the game crashing.  If you have 
a saved game in a season, loading that season will automatically 
start loading the saved game, resulting in a crash.  To rectify this 
problem, perform the following steps:

1) Navigate to the \user folder in the NHL 2001 install directory 
(eg. the default directory is C:\Program Files\EA SPORTS\NHL 2001)
2) Delete all files named NHL2Kxxx.GAM (where xxx is any number).
