Universe: Is it even possible ?

[KomicJ]

It may sound like a dumb question, but seing as I skipped WWE 13, and barely played WWE 12 (which was the first wrestling game I've bought in years), I don't know much about the limitations Universe mode has. I know this couldn't be done in WWE 12, but hopefully the game has evolved since, and maybe you guys can confirm to me if what I have in mind is do-able, before I finalize my CAW list, and try to set everything (I've ran a few test on my own, but can't do it completely until I have all my CAWS downloaded).

 

So I guess my questions are:

 

- How many different major shows, with their own specific titles, can you schedule in a week ? Is it still limited, or can I run 6 different major shows now ? This assuming that it isn't necessary to have at least one minor show.

 

- Can you share titles between brands ? I'd like each brand to have their individual titles, except the women championship, which I'd like to share throughout five different brands, so that I won't have to use too many CAW slots to fill each brand with 4-5 women.

 

- What would you say is an appropriate numbers of wrestlers for a brand ? 

 

- If you put a wrestler in the "Innactive" brand this year, does he still have a chance to pop-up down the line, or is he out for good ?

 

The Plan

I'd like to run a 6 feds schedule, all with major shows that have their own titles, except the women championship which I'd like to be universal.

 

The first three would be the Monday Night Wars (WWF, WCW, ECW), although I'm considering merging them all together, cause my WWF/ECW line-up seems kinda thin (would only have 13 wrestlers each) compared to WCW's 22. If left un-merged, then I would probably set the three feds with "Draft" on, so that wrestlers would jump ship like they did during this era.

 

Fourth promotion would be "Legends of Wrestling", which would be running on its own. Current line-up inclued 38 wrestlers from the late 80's, very early 90's.

 

And then, two more "current" wrestling feds. The first one would be a Smackdown/Impact hybrid, with younger stars (ie. Alberto Del Rio, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Ryback, Sheamus, Wade Barrett, etc), while the other would be an ROH/NXT hybrid, with even younger stars, and Indy version wrestlers (ie. A.J. Styles, Adrian Neville, Austin Aries, Christopher Daniels, CM Punk, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, etc). Borth brands currently would have 32 and 31 wrestlers.

 

If I decide to merge de "Monday Night Wars" together, then I'd probably these two with "Draft" on instead.

 

As for PPVs, ideally I'd like to run three a month: one for the Monday Night Wars, one for the Legends of Wrestling, and one for the other two younger brands.

 

So, would you say this is achievable ?

Any input would greatly be appreciated !

[best in the world]

Answers to your questions, in order;

 

1}Theoretically, I suppose it is possible to schedule a major show each day of the week.  I have never wanted that much content, so I stuck with WWF, WCW, ECW, and TNA in my Universe.  Each one of those has their own titles and are a major show.  So, at least 4 shows can be run at the same time and I never bothered to test the limitations.  Of course with the glitch issues and freezing I haven't gotten too far into Universe out of sheer frustration more than anything else really.  It isn't necessary to run any minor shows, but I ran Thunder on Wednesdays as the secondary WCW show as Nitro is the primary.  It works either way.

 

2}You can give an existing title to anyone in Universe mode and they will wear it during entrances.  So, if you gave someone an existing title they would wear it out during their entrance and you can use said belt by selecting it on the titles for the show.  As for sharing, once you set the title for a specific show I don't think you can use it again.  Although I have never tried it, so I'm not 100% sure.

 

3}I would say a good number of stars for each brand would be at least 18.  But I know there is a certain number you cannot go under[can't remember it]. 

 

4}Inactive is for injuries so I put all stars not being used into "free agent".  This guarantees that whomever you put there will not appear on a show until you set it otherwise.  I don't think anyone can be out for good being injured but they can be simply left off the show on free agent until you change what show a star is on. 

 

Hope that helps

[Righteous]

You can have 6 major shows. Each roster must have at least 15 superstars on it. Not that sure about PPV's, as I've only ever used 1 a month. If you put guys on FREE AGENT roster, they can pop up on any show. If you put them on INACTIVE, they should not show up in your universe. But I have heard some people say that they still popped up on some shows every once in a while. You generally get the best results with 35-42 guys on a roster.

[KomicJ]

It surely does, thanks !

 

But you sure got me worried with the "glitch issues and freezing". Is it really that bad ? Didn't really follow the activities around here and other forums about the game, I'd hate to invest that much time setting everything up for a game that would drive me crazy after a week.

 

Righteous: 35-42 guys, really ? So I guess merger it is then. Guess it's not a bad idea anyway, as that will cut my number of brands to only 4.

Edited January 1, 2014 by KomicJ

[Red Rooster]

Glitching and freezing doesnt seem too much of a problem when you dont go overboard with created content, it seem once people add a lot of caws, caas and created titles that when things start to go bad.

I have about 40 caws and havent had a single freeze in Universe mode.

[best in the world]

Glitching and freezing doesnt seem too much of a problem when you dont go overboard with created content, it seem once people add a lot of caws, caas and created titles that when things start to go bad.

I have about 40 caws and havent had a single freeze in Universe mode.

I didn't think about that, maybe that is the problem.  I do have all 100 slots filled, but that still shouldn't affect how the game loads and/or freezes.  2K is going to have to really nuke all these bugs in the game before 2k15 comes out.....

[DP1™]

I have guys in inactive and they still appear in Royal Rumbles and even guys from TNA,NXT,And ECW when I only want SD and Raw

[Red Rooster]

 

Glitching and freezing doesnt seem too much of a problem when you dont go overboard with created content, it seem once people add a lot of caws, caas and created titles that when things start to go bad.

I have about 40 caws and havent had a single freeze in Universe mode.

I didn't think about that, maybe that is the problem.  I do have all 100 slots filled, but that still shouldn't affect how the game loads and/or freezes.  2K is going to have to really nuke all these bugs in the game before 2k15 comes out.....

 

Yeah you're right it shouldn't affect it but it does seem to . I also noticed the load times get considerably longer the more created content is used so therefore there is more potential for something to not load correctly or clash with some other piece of created content.

[best in the world]

I have guys in inactive and they still appear in Royal Rumbles and even guys from TNA,NXT,And ECW when I only want SD and Raw

That is yet another glitch and Universe issue that 2K should be fixing for 2K15.  If you set a star to inactive or free agent, they should remain off the show unless there is an advanced option in the newer games to do a return/debut storyline.  Otherwise, you have ECW stars showing up in TNA[which happened] or NXT guys in ECW.  Which would also work unless you are doing old school ECW in which case, it wouldn't make sense to have those NXT guys showing up. 

[the King Lives]

 

Glitching and freezing doesnt seem too much of a problem when you dont go overboard with created content, it seem once people add a lot of caws, caas and created titles that when things start to go bad.

I have about 40 caws and havent had a single freeze in Universe mode.

I didn't think about that, maybe that is the problem.  I do have all 100 slots filled, but that still shouldn't affect how the game loads and/or freezes.  2K is going to have to really nuke all these bugs in the game before 2k15 comes out.....

 

 

 

Glitching and freezing doesnt seem too much of a problem when you dont go overboard with created content, it seem once people add a lot of caws, caas and created titles that when things start to go bad.

I have about 40 caws and havent had a single freeze in Universe mode.

I didn't think about that, maybe that is the problem.  I do have all 100 slots filled, but that still shouldn't affect how the game loads and/or freezes.  2K is going to have to really nuke all these bugs in the game before 2k15 comes out.....

 

yeah i think going over the old 50 limit is where stuff starts screwing up

[best in the world]

 

 

Glitching and freezing doesnt seem too much of a problem when you dont go overboard with created content, it seem once people add a lot of caws, caas and created titles that when things start to go bad.

I have about 40 caws and havent had a single freeze in Universe mode.

I didn't think about that, maybe that is the problem.  I do have all 100 slots filled, but that still shouldn't affect how the game loads and/or freezes.  2K is going to have to really nuke all these bugs in the game before 2k15 comes out.....

 

Yeah you're right it shouldn't affect it but it does seem to . I also noticed the load times get considerably longer the more created content is used so therefore there is more potential for something to not load correctly or clash with some other piece of created content.

 

My attitude towards it is that 2K is getting our money for these games and the ratio of glitch problems far outweighs the positive in the game.  I am a hardcore wrestling/wrestling game fan and if I am considering not buying the next one, you know the problem must be getting pretty bad.  This would be the first game I haven't bought since 1998/1999 or so and if 2K doesn't fix the numerous bugs in-game, I'd return the game and focus on another shooter or something.....

[DP1™]

I have guys in inactive and they still appear in Royal Rumbles and even guys from TNA,NXT,And ECW when I only want SD and Raw

That is yet another glitch and Universe issue that 2K should be fixing for 2K15. If you set a star to inactive or free agent, they should remain off the show unless there is an advanced option in the newer games to do a return/debut storyline. Otherwise, you have ECW stars showing up in TNA[which happened] or NXT guys in ECW. Which would also work unless you are doing old school ECW in which case, it wouldn't make sense to have those NXT guys showing up.

Yeah, my ECW is retro 90s. I have had EC3 interfere on Raw against Cena I hope they fix it in 2K15 and my glitches are starting to happen more often

[best in the world]

 

 

I have guys in inactive and they still appear in Royal Rumbles and even guys from TNA,NXT,And ECW when I only want SD and Raw

That is yet another glitch and Universe issue that 2K should be fixing for 2K15. If you set a star to inactive or free agent, they should remain off the show unless there is an advanced option in the newer games to do a return/debut storyline. Otherwise, you have ECW stars showing up in TNA[which happened] or NXT guys in ECW. Which would also work unless you are doing old school ECW in which case, it wouldn't make sense to have those NXT guys showing up.

Yeah, my ECW is retro 90s. I have had EC3 interfere on Raw against Cena I hope they fix it in 2K15 and my glitches are starting to happen more often

 

I did the same retro ECW and had Terry Funk Vs. Dolph Ziggler, go figure right?  There should be an option to totally take stars out of universe and only make them active when you chose to do so.  It is definitely aggravating to see crap that never would've happened.  For instance, on Monday Nitro CM Punk was scheduled against DDP.  Which would have been cool to see, but never would have happened considering Punk was probably still in grade school back then.....

[DP1™]

I have guys in inactive and they still appear in Royal Rumbles and even guys from TNA,NXT,And ECW when I only want SD and Raw

That is yet another glitch and Universe issue that 2K should be fixing for 2K15. If you set a star to inactive or free agent, they should remain off the show unless there is an advanced option in the newer games to do a return/debut storyline. Otherwise, you have ECW stars showing up in TNA[which happened] or NXT guys in ECW. Which would also work unless you are doing old school ECW in which case, it wouldn't make sense to have those NXT guys showing up.

Yeah, my ECW is retro 90s. I have had EC3 interfere on Raw against Cena I hope they fix it in 2K15 and my glitches are starting to happen more often

I did the same retro ECW and had Terry Funk Vs. Dolph Ziggler, go figure right? There should be an option to totally take stars out of universe and only make them active when you chose to do so. It is definitely aggravating to see crap that never would've happened. For instance, on Monday Nitro CM Punk was scheduled against DDP. Which would have been cool to see, but never would have happened considering Punk was probably still in grade school back then.....

Lol. I wokld like that sice WWE isn't brand specific anymore, have it so where Orton for example can be on both Smackdown and Raw

[KomicJ]

Hmmm, well that's kinda discouraging to read you guys !

 

When I saw 2K taking over over, the roster for this game, and the increase CAW slots, I thought this could finally be the perfect game for me, being a kid from the 80's. But it seems like same sh*t, different year.

I couldn't even go on the servers for a good part of the day today, which is the reason why I skipped WWE 13 in the first place.

[Red Rooster]

RGH your console and start modding, this game has been the best wrestling game in years for me. I have a huge roster adding all the wrestlers from WWE12 and 13 plus some modded ones people have made (Sting, Buff Bagwell, Juvi etc) plus Ive just started modding arenas. In game models look so much better than CAWs and modded arenas look so much better than Created Arena. 

So because I have a large roster without too many caws and not many CAAs the game hasnt glitched much at all. Universe still does weird things like teaming tag team members with their rivals and the announcers mixing up the wrestlers names but apart from that Im having a ball.

[KomicJ]

RGH your console and start modding, this game has been the best wrestling game in years for me. I have a huge roster adding all the wrestlers from WWE12 and 13 plus some modded ones people have made (Sting, Buff Bagwell, Juvi etc) plus Ive just started modding arenas. In game models look so much better than CAWs and modded arenas look so much better than Created Arena. 

So because I have a large roster without too many caws and not many CAAs the game hasnt glitched much at all. Universe still does weird things like teaming tag team members with their rivals and the announcers mixing up the wrestlers names but apart from that Im having a ball.

 

I wish I could, unfortunately I bought the game on PS3 this year cause my 360 is probably a few startups away from death. And as far as I know, injectors only work on X360.

[dan87]

 

 

Glitching and freezing doesnt seem too much of a problem when you dont go overboard with created content, it seem once people add a lot of caws, caas and created titles that when things start to go bad.

I have about 40 caws and havent had a single freeze in Universe mode.

I didn't think about that, maybe that is the problem.  I do have all 100 slots filled, but that still shouldn't affect how the game loads and/or freezes.  2K is going to have to really nuke all these bugs in the game before 2k15 comes out.....

 

 

 

Glitching and freezing doesnt seem too much of a problem when you dont go overboard with created content, it seem once people add a lot of caws, caas and created titles that when things start to go bad.

I have about 40 caws and havent had a single freeze in Universe mode.

I didn't think about that, maybe that is the problem.  I do have all 100 slots filled, but that still shouldn't affect how the game loads and/or freezes.  2K is going to have to really nuke all these bugs in the game before 2k15 comes out.....

 

yeah i think going over the old 50 limit is where stuff starts screwing up

 

 

I plan on fill all 100 slots with superstar HEADS only, and 5 five caws only. Would that affect?

[Red Rooster]

I dont know for sure but Im guessing if you fill all 100 slots with anything then you will start to have problems.

[Alex™]

Just like Red, i have like over 60 caws now, 2 custom shows/promotion and it just working fine, expect for some times i go to make a new rivalry, the game some times freezes, other than that and the custom titles not working! It work just normal and ok for me non of the stuffs above happened

[KomicJ]

Well, considering the increased CAW slots is pretty much the main reason why I bought the game this year, using only half of them isn't really an option for me...

 

The only thing I could consider (if it can be done) is splitting them in two separate saves. One with the Attitude Era and Legends of Wrestling feds, and another one with the Smackdown/Impact and NXT/ROH hybrids, which would then give me two saves with around 50 caws for each. Can it be done on PS3 ? And if so, any place I could get a step-by-step tutorial ?

 

Speaking of which, I'd like to reset the stats...and looks like the only way to do it is by erasing the save file completely. If I do it, do I lose everything, even the DLC ? I don't mind having to download them again, I just don't wanna pay for them twice.

[BigBlueRI4x]

I don't know about PS3 but only way I can do two saves with access to the DLC is a save is The HDD and another on a USB using same game profile name. I once tried in WWE12 doing a 2nd save with my non-XBL profile and used a hack tool to unlock everything but found I couldn't use any DLC since it wasn't my XBL profile I was using. Problem with USB is it could impact game play speed per the warning you may get when you format the drive. I have not dove into this game much beyond CAW stuff but I am going to be hesitant to play a save off the USB considering all the glitches, freezing issues I've read about.