WMMA5 Small Questions Thread

[Hazemore]

alright, thanks, is there any way to turn off watching shortlisted people's matches? i know u can skip them, but is there a way to remove the feature altogether?

[CalumTheGrey]

<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>alright, thanks, is there any way to turn off watching shortlisted people's matches? i know u can skip them, but is there a way to remove the feature altogether?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> If you go to your shortlist you'll see a bunch of notification settings that you can change for specific characters, and it also gives you the ability to 'Apply to All'</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/U0JzEMF.png</span></p>

[theflame8]

<p>Compared to TEW, does broadcasters work differently? It seems like you can continue to gain popularity at med and high international with a tiny tv provider. Is that right, because it's confusing to me?</p><p> </p><p>

2nd question: If you don't run shows or have tv in an area for a few months, do you lose popularity? I haven't seen it happen.</p>

[Freakywwe]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="theflame8" data-cite="theflame8" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Compared to TEW, does broadcasters work differently? It seems like you can continue to gain popularity at med and high international with a tiny tv provider. Is that right, because it's confusing to me?<p> </p><p> 2nd question: If you don't run shows or have tv in an area for a few months, do you lose popularity? I haven't seen it happen.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> 1st: Kindof. Basically if the broadcaster your using is a higher popularity then whatever popularity you have in that region, it'll be harder to put on good shows. Higher popularity broadcasters will expect big names to headline cards, so if you don't have one for that region, it can be detrimental as, while yes more people will be watching your show, it'll be harder to please the audience and, thus, the broadcaster. Best course of action is to just stick with broadcasters in your popularity range, then as you get bigger, sign new deals with bigger networks.</p><p> </p><p> 2. No, not a feature that was brought over. You could run one show a year if you wanted to with no penalties.</p>

[Hoolash]

Hi, maybe I am an idiot but is there a way to quickly see who has expiring contracts? But, I want to be able to negotiate or at least view their profile from that screen.

[BrokenCycle]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hoolash" data-cite="Hoolash" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Hi, maybe I am an idiot but is there a way to quickly see who has expiring contracts? But, I want to be able to negotiate or at least view their profile from that screen.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> You go to your roster screen and press Contract Overview.</p>

[Guest T0morrow]

<p>A question about broadcaster and AI-run companies</p><p> </p><p>

Is it possible for AI-run companies to sign broadcasting deals? I would assume it is possible, since it never states that it can't - but I've been playing a game for 5 in-game years, and I've never seen an AI-run company to sign a broadcasting deal. </p><p> </p><p>

I've been using a "custom" database, but most data is directly imported from the default one, with the only difference being the free pictures folder. Perhaps that could be an issue..?</p>

[Blackman]

That has nothing to do with it. Normally they do sign contracts. Are you sure there's eligible broadcasters? Maybe all companies are too small. And 5 years isn't a lot.

[Guest T0morrow]

<p>A question about broadcaster and AI-run companies</p><p> </p><p>

Hmmm, that could be perhaps an issue. All the AI companies are the size of low level regional. There still is a broadcaster they can sign (Sportube, same as the default one), but I'm not sure if AI companies follow the same player logic. Normally (or speaking from your personal experience) how big do AI-run companies get when they start to sign contracts?</p>

[Black Dog]

<p>How is pay-per-view intended to work with the game mechanics? As far as I can tell, it cannot effectively replicate how pay-per-view actually works. In real life, there are several pay-per-view broadcasters available in large markets that all carry a particular event. In WMMA, you cannot have multiple broadcasters in one area.</p><p> </p><p>

Every real world mod I've seen has a mix of distributors and broadcasters which are not the same thing. If it's intended to be distributors and not broadcasters, then the game mechanics make a bit more sense but then the mechanics for range stop making sense as this would be more impacted by which broadcasters carry it.</p><p> </p><p>

The only real solution I can see is making one broadcaster per area for each range designed to represent all of the broadcasters.</p>

[Blackman]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="T0morrow" data-cite="T0morrow" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Hmmm, that could be perhaps an issue. All the AI companies are the size of low level regional. There still is a broadcaster they can sign (Sportube, same as the default one), but I'm not sure if AI companies follow the same player logic. Normally (or speaking from your personal experience) how big do AI-run companies get when they start to sign contracts?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> They won't sign SportTube afaik. They will get significantly bigger upon signing one as their stars will be more popular as a result. And they'll actually stay afloat, which is a nice bonus <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />.</p>

[xvnukervx]

Is there a way to pop in an out of companies? I mostly just simulate and let the game develop on its own, but I would like to pop into companies randomly and change things or perhaps be involved in certain events. Is there a way to do this?

[BrokenCycle]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="xvnukervx" data-cite="xvnukervx" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Is there a way to pop in an out of companies? I mostly just simulate and let the game develop on its own, but I would like to pop into companies randomly and change things or perhaps be involved in certain events. Is there a way to do this?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> You mean to take control of a company whenever you want, multiple times per save?</p><p> </p><p> No, not really.</p>

[shawn michaels]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="xvnukervx" data-cite="xvnukervx" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Is there a way to pop in an out of companies? I mostly just simulate and let the game develop on its own, but I would like to pop into companies randomly and change things or perhaps be involved in certain events. Is there a way to do this?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> There is not. Which is a shame, as we can do it in TEW16, for example. But this would be awesome for WMMA5. It is a pretty awesome game that is only missing a couple few things, this being one of them, but it is still pretty great to play.</p>

[daddy_shelton]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="xvnukervx" data-cite="xvnukervx" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Is there a way to pop in an out of companies? I mostly just simulate and let the game develop on its own, but I would like to pop into companies randomly and change things or perhaps be involved in certain events. Is there a way to do this?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I have a theory as to how you can, but it's a little involved.</p><p> </p><p> Play up to a point in the game to where you want to leave that company and jump ship.</p><p> </p><p> Save and quit to the main menu.</p><p> </p><p> Go to the editor and create a new database.</p><p> </p><p> Go to the base directory for your WMMA5 install (for me it's on my Desktop right now since I had a hard drive failure and I only have my small SSD for a bit)</p><p> </p><p> Go to Databases</p><p> </p><p> Go to the database you used for the first game (the one you were playing prior to jumping companies)</p><p> </p><p> Go to the SaveGames folder of that database, then to the save game file of the game you were playing.</p><p> </p><p> Copy the WMMA5.mdb file in that directory</p><p> </p><p> Go back to Databases</p><p> </p><p> Go to the new database you created as earlier instructed.</p><p> </p><p> Pase the WMMA5.mdb file from the old database saved game into this database to act as the main database for this game.</p><p> </p><p> Go into the editor and change the start date to be where you left off in the old game in the database info.</p><p> </p><p> Start a new game using that database.</p><p> </p><p> I haven't tested this myself, but in theory I think it could work.</p>

[Guest T0morrow]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Blackman" data-cite="Blackman" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>They won't sign SportTube afaik. They will get significantly bigger upon signing one as their stars will be more popular as a result. And they'll actually stay afloat, which is a nice bonus <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Aaaah, I see, thanks for the answer! Now that clears up things, I was really worried that I did something wrong. You just saved me from sifting through the 1000+ characters and seeing if I set something wrong.....</p><p> </p><p> I apologize for asking so many pesky questions, but generally, how much money does an AI company require when starting from the "grounds up"? (i.e, from unknown/low level regional to financial stability) It seems to me that 10,000 USD is not enough, but I don't want to give them a few million dollars to start......</p>

[cymru96]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="xvnukervx" data-cite="xvnukervx" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Is there a way to pop in an out of companies? I mostly just simulate and let the game develop on its own, but I would like to pop into companies randomly and change things or perhaps be involved in certain events. Is there a way to do this?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> No reason why not. In options, you can add a new player, just do that, join whichever company you want. Do what you want and stay for as long as you want, then resign and remove that player from the game world. </p><p> </p><p> I'm also fairly sure that messing with the files as that other chap suggested can do a bit of damage, so I wouldn't recommend it. I don't think you can turn a save into a database.</p>

[Blackman]

<p>To pop in and out, simply add a second player to the game playing a company of choice and change at will. The catch is that there need to be no CEO's in the company.</p><p> </p><p>

As for the money for AI: just give them 500k. They lose almost all if it if LLR.</p>

[daddy_shelton]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Blackman" data-cite="Blackman" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>To pop in and out, simply add a second player to the game playing a company of choice and change at will. The catch is that there need to be no CEO's in the company.<p> </p><p> As for the money for AI: just give them 500k. They lose almost all if it if LLR.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Certainly less involved than my plan.</p>

[shawn michaels]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="daddy_shelton" data-cite="daddy_shelton" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Certainly less involved than my plan.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Now I will have to try it to make sure of what I already know, but your plan is not possible. One cannot just trade a save file for a DB one and pray it works. 2 completely different things.</p>

[Socko]

<p>Really late to the party with v5, but I finally bought it and I'm really liking what I've seen thus far.</p><p> </p><p>

Do you guys use the default settings for Injuries, Finances and such? Or is it recommended that these are tweaked for realism? <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[maiatteo]

<p>I have 2 questions to ask, having played this game quite a lot:</p><p>

In the Developer's journal Adam said fighters could punch after the stoppage or hold submissions too long: did this happen to any of you? If I want to emulate someone like Palhares, what should I do to have him likely to hold a submission after the tap?</p><p>

Which brings me to my second question, did any of you unlock the "injury from submission" achievement? That is one of the few missing for me, and in WMMA4 all you had to do was having a fighter with "Fighting spirit" lose by submissions, but that doesn't seem to make it happen this year.</p>

[shawn michaels]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="maiatteo" data-cite="maiatteo" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I have 2 questions to ask, having played this game quite a lot:<p> In the Developer's journal Adam said fighters could punch after the stoppage or hold submissions too long: did this happen to any of you?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> It does happen indeed. I've seen it happen multiple times per save. Other times things sail smoothly in that regard. But it does happen indeed.</p>

[maiatteo]

It does happen indeed. I've seen it happen multiple times per save. Other times things sail smoothly in that regard. But it does happen indeed.

 

Could you recall what may have potentially triggered it, maybe a rivalry or a certain personality? I have had multiple saves that went several years and I've never seen it happening

[daddy_shelton]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="maiatteo" data-cite="maiatteo" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Could you recall what may have potentially triggered it, maybe a rivalry or a certain personality? I have had multiple saves that went several years and I've never seen it happening</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I think certain personality (not persona) traits have a higher chance of it happening, but I remember one fight for me it happened at the end of a close back-and-forth standup fight. It was ended by mounted punches and the winner just kept going after the TKO.</p><p> </p><p> I think there's some influence, but it's mostly random.</p>