lenordique

I fixed the janky ice already via the Wasserlasser Toolbox - basically the ice surface wasn't properly aligned with the area, but it's fixed now. Noted on tracking down the MTS Arena update.

Sorry I should have clarified - the zipped items folder is kept in a folder in the Documents folder *separate* from the NHL09 folder which only contains the three files you mentioned FWIW, I just installed the addon package using the Wasserlasser Toolbox. Not all of the logos are properly aligned, Winnipeg still seems to play in Philips Arena, and the ice surface is janky (just a few of the issues I've noticed after five minutes of poking around). But at least I'm closer to having this figured out and the rosters, logos, and jerseys are installed, so I'll try fiddling with things to see if I can make it all work. Otherwise many, many thanks for your help and for your patience

I have a separate folder in My Documents where I keep zipped files I've d/l'ed. I unzip the folders from there and distribute the files either as instructed by the Read Me's or via the batch files (if that's what the instructions in Read Me files tell me to do)

I just uninstalled the game, deleted associated files, re-installed the game and ran a test game (without downloading and installing any addons) and everything worked fine - loading, the exhibition game, menus, etc (gameplay was a little choppy but I can try to address that later). This was all done on my laptop and I played the game a lot on my old circa-2009 Sony Vaio. I'm following the ReadMe files with each download file and in the order of folder 0 -> 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 so I'm guessing that either there's a step that I'm missing during installation that's not covered in the ReadMe's or there's something wrong with the files. My next step is to try running an earlier version of the addons but I'm wondering if the addons also affect the game in such a way that would cause it to crash even if it was installed properly and even if the files are fine. I'm just running out of ideas.

Found the menu, made the adjustments, and still the same issue with crashing at launch, about right before the EA Games logo should come on screen

I set the compatibility to Vista SP2 and launched the game but same crash as before. For some reason I can't disable Full Screen Optimization on my laptop (in the attached photo, the left window is the browser where I searched for solutions and the right window is the panel on my laptop that's missing the option to disable Full Screen Optimization) FWIW, Madden 08 runs fine. I'm wondering if I should try with an earlier version of the addon files

Just followed these instructions...uninstalled the game, deleted the folders, restarted the computer, reinstalled the game, tried running it and it worked fine, downloaded a new version of the addons from the link at the top of the post, installed the addon folders in the order 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 following the instructions in each folder, doublechecked the contents of the Doc folder, tried running the game and it crashed on launch, ran the BHImport again, tried to run the game again and it crashed on launch. FWIW, I'm on a Windows 10 with intel Core i5

BHImport is in the main game folder, Program Files (x86)/EA SPORTS/NHL 09 and there are no exhibition files in this folder, only in Documents/NHL09 I ran BHImport after removing the incorrect files from Documents/NHL09 and again just now, and still same problem where it crashes on launch

Under Program Files (x86)/EA SPORTS/NHL 09/db

Just followed your instructions - user, dynasty file, and exhibition files in the Documents folder and everything else to the main game folder under Program Files (x86). Unless there's a quick fix that I'm missing, I'll likely just delete and uninstall everything and start over with the installation tomorrow

Just tried that and no luck - same problem as before where the game crashes upon loading. I've attached the contents of my Documents/NHL09 folder if that helps

Ran the BHImport per the Read Me instructions. Files are stored in Documents/NHL09 and were distributed following the Read Me instructions or via the batch files

So I downloaded and installed NHL 09, screwed it up by installing things wrong, uninstalled it & deleted the files, reinstalled it and then tried installing Elite Rosters immediately and following the Read Me files that came with it and doing nothing else but now the game crashes on launch...any ideas what I've done wrong?