WMMA5 Small Questions Thread

[MacGowan]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="MOS182" data-cite="MOS182" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Anyone??</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> you could use the search function and search for non fighters with over 0 experience in broadcasting, the list is usually pretty short. Anyone with an Exclusive contract is off the table.</p>

[Slick Mick]

I'm adding a few custom fighters for my next playthrough and i'm stuck on assigning Backgrounds. The help file says "The Background Attributes are used when creating the upper limits for each fighter's skills." Can somebody unpack how that works? What happens if a pre-Peak-Age fighter starts the game with skills already over the limits imposed by their Backgrounds? Would they be unable to improve, actually start declining right away, or what? Also, does anybody have a rough idea of the numerical ranges allowed by the different levels? I've searched all through the forum and the few times this comes up everybody seems to already understand it. Much appreciate any help.

[Bestia Negra]

Is there an option to disable ai companies going bankrupt? I know that one existed in WMMA4 but I can't find it in WMMA5.

[Mike Louis]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Bestia Negra" data-cite="Bestia Negra" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Is there an option to disable ai companies going bankrupt? I know that one existed in WMMA4 but I can't find it in WMMA5.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Click on Fantasy Banking to disable ai companies going bankrupt.</p>

[Bestia Negra]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Mike Louis" data-cite="Mike Louis" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Click on Fantasy Banking to disable ai companies going bankrupt.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> thanks, that's what I was looking for. I searched the options several times yesterday but somehow always overlooked it. Glad it's still in the game <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[Hazemore]

started new game with SIGMA, any advice? also want to make Michael Dali a star, but he is a heavy underdog vs everyone, and I dont think you can get local talent. what should i do? also if there is a local talent option please tell me

[iwantmods]

Is there any way to speed the game up, like at all? I'm playing on a real world database and the game is just mind numbingly slow between shows. On TEW you can remove regions you don't want simulated but it doesn't appear like any option exists on here unless I'm missing it (new to WMMA).

[Adam Ryland]

The speed correlates to the size of the database. The more companies you have, the more shows there are, the more processing it needs. You can speed things up by jettisoning companies.

[Pimpasaurus]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hazemore" data-cite="Hazemore" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>started new game with SIGMA, any advice? also want to make Michael Dali a star, but he is a heavy underdog vs everyone, and I dont think you can get local talent. what should i do? also if there is a local talent option please tell me</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> SIGMA can have a rough time early on since some of your biggest stars will get snagged by A1 GAMMA and BCF (especially once they hit national) I'd just try and build up as many stars as you can, hire a bunch of no talent bums and feed them to future stars. </p><p> </p><p> As for Dali on top of the previous method of feeding him no talent journeymen, You have two ways you can go in regards to match ups, Low level strikers who will stand with him and likely he can KO them (Though this runs the risk of him getting flash KOd if the other guy lands a lucky punch) if he does get flash KOd too many times you can make his chin super weak which will make him a lot worse later in his career, or you match him up[ with low level grapplers, there is a higher chance of him losing this way but he is unlikely to get KOd and will have better health later in his career just likely will lose more fights and not gain Popularity as quick.</p>

[iwantmods]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Adam Ryland" data-cite="Adam Ryland" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The speed correlates to the size of the database. The more companies you have, the more shows there are, the more processing it needs. You can speed things up by jettisoning companies.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thanks Adam</p>

[CalumTheGrey]

<p>Has anybody found that weight advantages aren't as significant as they should be?</p><p> </p><p>

Running some random openweight fights on the (with the RW mod) on the main screen and I'll have Atomweighs effortlessly hip tossing Bob Sapp at the opening bell, or clinching with Brock Lesnar and keeping him against the cage</p><p> </p><p>

Any way to make weight differences have more of an effect on how fights play out?</p>

[Spartacus]

<p>Is there a way or an option in the menu around fighters not signing an exclusive deal they "signed a contract with another company under six months ago"?</p><p> </p><p>

I try not to change options to much that way its the most realistic as possible but this being in the game is very unrealistic. No one is going to say "No UFC, I'm not going to sign with you because I just signed a per fight contract with Tom's Backyard Attractions.</p>

[Hazemore]

what are the differences between TV shows and events, when should i use TV shows and when should I use events?

[Spartacus]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hazemore" data-cite="Hazemore" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>what are the differences between TV shows and events, when should i use TV shows and when should I use events?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> TV shows are going to give you a bigger audience so you can gain popularity faster. Just like in real life, its easier to watch something if you don't have to pay for it and can just turn to a channel. However, as opposed to PPV, you will earn money much slower. If you are starting with a small company you have to decide what is going to be your priority: Fast popularity gain vs. fast money gain.</p>

[Hazemore]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Spartacus" data-cite="Spartacus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>TV shows are going to give you a bigger audience so you can gain popularity faster. Just like in real life, its easier to watch something if you don't have to pay for it and can just turn to a channel. However, as opposed to PPV, you will earn money much slower. If you are starting with a small company you have to decide what is going to be your priority: Fast popularity gain vs. fast money gain.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> if TV shows are about pop, why do GAMMA do TV shows? because surley they have enough pop and need to make money now. Also I thought someone told me TV shows allowed you to put lower level competition in the main events.</p>

[Mike Louis]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hazemore" data-cite="Hazemore" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>if TV shows are about pop, why do GAMMA do TV shows? because surley they have enough pop and need to make money now. Also I thought someone told me TV shows allowed you to put lower level competition in the main events.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> If you’re a National / International sized company that uses PPVs as the main source of revenue, the rule of thumb is to use TV shows (with lesser show selected) to help build up your lower card fighters and at the same time preserve PPV card slots for the higher card fighters that people will order the PPV to see.</p>

[Hazemore]

what do planning, cage/ring comfort do and how is resilience different to heart?

[Mike Louis]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hazemore" data-cite="Hazemore" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>what do planning, cage/ring comfort do and how is resilience different to heart?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Planning deals with fight strategy during a match. Cage / Ring comfort deals with how comfortable a fighter is fighting in either a cage or ring. Resilience deals with how injury prone a fighter is. Heart deals with a fighter’s mental toughness during a fight.</p>

[BrokenCycle]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Mike Louis" data-cite="Mike Louis" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>If you’re a National / International sized company that uses PPVs as the main source of revenue, the rule of thumb is to use TV shows (with lesser show selected) to help build up your lower card fighters and at the same time preserve PPV card slots for the higher card fighters that people will order the PPV to see.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I mainly use TV shows to fill out my cards to get fighters fights, not for fighter popularity gain. The only real important fight on the card is the main event, really, and it's fairly rare to see a main event tank so hard. Typically momentum, and the title being on the line, is enough to make any main event a decent main event, and the only real situations where it becomes fishy is when you have two foreign guys who have just debuted in the main event.</p>

[Hazemore]

how on earth do you know all these things! is there like a thread that explains all of the stats? also is there a way to make wmma5 smaller? finally having good menace/looks/marketability means in interviews the person does well, but what does this mean? do they gain extra pop? and does high marketability mean they are a better champ in any way?

[Blackman]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hazemore" data-cite="Hazemore" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>how on earth do you know all these things! is there like a thread that explains all of the stats? also is there a way to make wmma5 smaller? finally having good menace/looks/marketability means in interviews the person does well, but what does this mean? do they gain extra pop? and does high marketability mean they are a better champ in any way?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yes, uf a better champ means they sell more tix.</p>

[Hazemore]

someone in my dev company was offered a contract, but i was not told. how do u set it so u are?

[Blackman]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hazemore" data-cite="Hazemore" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>someone in my dev company was offered a contract, but i was not told. how do u set it so u are?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> There's a whole bunch of message options in the respective setting. I assume it's in options (the right part where you can edit the savegame).</p>

[Hazemore]

the thing is it talks about notable characters, and i cba to shortlist everyone in my dev company

[AlexB]

<p>Search fighters, filter by ‘emplyed by “your dev company” ‘, hit ‘shortlist all’</p><p> </p><p>

It literally took me longer to write this post than it would to shortlist everybody</p>