Problems with 1RC mod

[Brak]

I think this is the right board for this. I'm using the 1RC mod and I was wondering what do I have to do to keep WWE from bombing months after the start of the game? Every time I start a new game, within the first few months WWE loses Raw and Smackdown, drops the brand split, and solely survives on ECW on Sci-Fi and PPVs for awhile before losing the ECW show. Then they'll just book pay per views and house shows for a few months to a year and finally start getting TV shows again (right now they have two 2 hour shows at midnight). What do I need to do to WWE in the editor to keep this from happening? Should I raise the wrestling market in America? Make WWE more popular? It doesnt really affect me (I usually play as indies no where near WWE's level) but I'd like to keep the game as realistic as I can. Also, another thing I noticed about WWE is the titles are rarely ever defended (especially now they only have 2 TV shows, 1 brand, and a huge roster). Stephanie McMahon is the booker and her title changes are listed as average, yet a LOT of WWE's champions hold their titles for very long times and rarely defend them. I started a game in March 08, Randy Orton (who had been Champion since October 07) defended the title twice before losing to John Cena in September 08. It is now December 09 and Cena has only defend the title 7 times! Is this because WWE has 3 World titles and no brand split? Ric Flair won the ECW title at the start of the game (March 08) and is still champion in December 09 (defending the title a total of 12 times in almost TWO YEARS). Edge only successfully defended the title ONCE in his reign from December 2007 to July 2008. Like I said before, this probably has to do w/ having 3 Main Event titles and no brand split rather than McMahon's title change stat.

[Fleisch]

It happened in T-zone as well, and unfortunately I'm also experiencing it in the C-verse (1 national promotion which is BHOTWG) but TCW and SWF are both now only Cult (although that was after 12 and 18 months of gameplay). I've tried everything I can think of to stop it happening but it just seems to be one of those things. Hopefully someone else has worked out a way to sort it, but just to say it's not just 1RC it happens with.

[bobinc]

you could try combining smackdown & ecw as one brand. You could also bump wrestlers popularity or the promotions pop to help delay it.

[Brak]

so basically the game is designed to see the big promotions fail?

[The Stallion]

[QUOTE=Brak;407875]so basically the game is designed to see the big promotions fail?[/QUOTE] No, its designed to have the bigger promotions try harder to stay on top.

[Woodsmeister]

Improve the main event level workers brawling stats they put on better shows with decent top talent Triple H - 88 Michaels - 86 Cena - 67 Undertaker - 83 Edge - 84 Batista - 72 JBL - 74 Etc... It was a little tip from mr ryland a while back while I worked on a mod, as sports entertainermaint main style is brawling.

[D16NJD16]

basically, buy TEW 08 and cross your fingers, 07 is a broken game in that regard.

[djthefunkchris]

[QUOTE=Woodsmeister;407930]Improve the main event level workers brawling stats they put on better shows with decent top talent Triple H - 88 Michaels - 86 Cena - 67 Undertaker - 83 Edge - 84 Batista - 72 JBL - 74 Etc... It was a little tip from mr ryland a while back while I worked on a mod, as sports entertainermaint main style is brawling.[/QUOTE] This seems to have merit, it's one of the few stats I ever change, and it seems to help quite a bit.

[Woodsmeister]

WWE have never dropped from International in any of my games, and it is life like as pretty much all there talented are expected to work the 'WWE style' which is mostly brawling, obviously there is the odd high flyer or technical match. I'm not saying the likes of michaels and edge etc... cant put on a good technical match just WWE prefer there style. The main event talent need to carry the show so the higher there match rating the better the show, [I]but I'm not telling you anything you didn't already know[/I] [B]sean o'haire[/B]

[Woodsmeister]

[QUOTE=Brak;407368] Also, another thing I noticed about WWE is the titles are rarely ever defended (especially now they only have 2 TV shows, 1 brand, and a huge roster). Stephanie McMahon is the booker and her title changes are listed as average, yet a LOT of WWE's champions hold their titles for very long times and rarely defend them. I started a game in March 08, Randy Orton (who had been Champion since October 07) defended the title twice before losing to John Cena in September 08. It is now December 09 and Cena has only defend the title 7 times! Is this because WWE has 3 World titles and no brand split? Ric Flair won the ECW title at the start of the game (March 08) and is still champion in December 09 (defending the title a total of 12 times in almost TWO YEARS). Edge only successfully defended the title ONCE in his reign from December 2007 to July 2008. Like I said before, this probably has to do w/ having 3 Main Event titles and no brand split rather than McMahon's title change stat.[/QUOTE] i think the head booker (Stephanie McMahon) having average for title changing isnt the problem as defending the title is different from it changing hands (obviously) you could try changing it to see if it affects it. PS have you tried the brawling stat upgrade i suggested to see if that works?