im still in the CAW phase but thank you for this because i will be doing this. universe mode is always my favorite mode so hearing it was messed up and the community stepped up to fix it is noted and appreciated!
It’s not even a “broken game” though…just a few features are broken that can be patched up. It’s still a really good game imo. Not everyone has the same issues.
@@angelserrano9049 The game isn't broken. But the creation suite and universe modes are still built on top of an unstable engine. 2k will be patching the same issues in every yearly release up until they rebuild the engine. If you just use the in game wrestlers and avoid using the Creation suite modes and options the game works great. But you try to use the creation suite modes the game is buggy,glitchy, and some options will crash your game. Which should never happen in a $65 game. They built 2k22 and 2k23 on top of 2k20. Visual Concepts built 2k20 off the 2k18 engine. When they developed on top 2k18 they broke the Creation suite as well as the game play engine. That is why 2k20 was broken at launch. And even patched the game is barely playable.
Also to add as far as the managers there is a way in Universe mode to come in LAST, have your managers without giving the opposite team a manager. What you have to do is give YOURSELF "2" MANAGERS instead of 1. The Problem will be fixed you come out LAST, have your managers... Unfortunately you can't add a 3rd manager without he or she disappearing unless you give the opposing team a manager
@@a1chase238 SMH😒 OK When choosing your character before confirming look 👇 & they give you three numbers they are 1, 2, & 3 meaning that's how many managers you can have and then when choosing your opponent Hit confirm then look 👇 and you'll see three numbers they are 1,2, & 3 hit start and then IF DONE CORRECTLY you should see more than 1 managers for BOTH TEAMS
Also found some fixes. Sliders don’t work on ple shows or ai booked matches without rival actions. To fix you must delete every match the ai booked and rebook them yourself. Sadly, rivalry matches won’t have sliders working on ple shows since those are ai booked, and changing the match removes the rivalry. Sucks you can’t add rivalry actions to ple matches unless it’s a rivalry match. With managers I discovered the middle manager slot is broken when you create a match with managers. So with judgement day, I put Damian as the first manager, a random person in the middle slot, and Rhea in the third. All three of them came out with there judgement day entrance. Also using the left side as well.
any other information on why sliders might not work in universe? i rebooked an ai match to have low hp and my sliders are supposed to make kicking out harder, but i noticed people were kicking out much better in universe than they were in normal play with the same settings. EDIT: I believe i found the issue, rival actions reset health back to full even when the rival action doesn't lower/set health in the description :( huge bummer since i like to book any non title match as low hp to help things move a long a little faster and to give weaker moves a chance to be the pinning move in a non title match
That is awesome to find out man. I gotta say this really helps with what I do. The only thing that sucks is no show intro. Not pyro start up. It just goes right into the matches
Thank you man. I’d given up on Universe mode when I noticed no matter what I did Romans entrance was broken and it was ruining all my main events/ppv’s, along with all the broken rivalries etc. I’m gong to give it another chance now with these instructions, thanks again.
When I first saw this video’s thumbnail, I thought it was going to be a wishlist of what would fix Universe in the future. Can’t believe this is actually a legit fix and it makes so much sense. Currently clearing out allies and stuff, can’t wait to dig in
Thank you so much for this video, this is my first wwe 2k game since wwe'12 and I was looking forward to playing GM mode and Universe so I was disappointed with some of the mess within the universe mode, this fix most of the issues for me, I ended up leaving the managers as is when deleting the allies/rivals and so far it's been working for me and managers show up for normal matches.
I’m going to try it now but I wanted to say thank you just for the video itself and all the time you took to figure this out. Such a detailed explanation, I can’t wait to try it out.
I tried this out and so far it works fine. Only problem is that you can no longer use highlight reel videos for intros to Created shows. And no true tag team rivalry storylines that actually put all members of tag teams in matches. You still get some crappy booking by the computer every few shows. Where they mix up tag teams. Like having Jimmy Uso team up with Riddle and Jey Uso will team up with Randy Orton and wrestle each other in a match lol. But for the most part your tip of hard resetting the Universe mode works very well. Thanks!
Agree. I would get Damage Control (by themselves) vs Alexa Bliss and Bayley. However, I didn't have Bayley as manager, only as a member of Dmg Control.
Great effort and video. Universe is my go to mode every year (first game since 2k17 for me) and I love making my own storylines and write things down. will try this after my next wrestlemania and starting with a draft so great to clean it up before then.
Another dumb thing, after the smackdown ref debacle last year they had the balls to release the game with refs defaulting to a ref that’s NOT EVEN SELECTABLE. Prior to 1.05 if u picked ref white dude ref or smackdown, nxts and the women (prob all but those were the ones I wanted for shows) they default to the Dawkins lookin ref that’s not even selectable. After 1.05 u can finally select your ref HOWEVER, when you back out of uni they default. Also, roll out sliders aren’t working. Every match 2-4 rolls out and every time opponent does a suicide dive or top rope dive to the outside. They fixed reversal sliders but roll outs are still brutal Really missing show intros, breaks out post match and hitting next to go into next match. Just less immersive. Wish they’d just let us insert cut scenes where and when with whomever we want instead of rivalry system.
This is happening to me too, the refs default to that Dawkins guy.. and even if I have them selected right on the shows, I only see them correct when I preview a show
@@hollowsit the only way it works now is if u set the ref per match match... which i actually would probably start doing all the time even if it worked the way we were used to... so whenever u set up a match on a card, hit options when ur selecting the wrestlers for the match and set the ref there....works perfect every time for me unless you edit the match completly. Even stays the same if u just "customize participants"
Another good idea is since some superstars will fight for different titles in real life putting all the titles on 1 show doesn't work so create a hour 1 and hour 2 show. So Monday I put raw 1st hour with the women's tag title men's tag title for slots 2 and 3, for slot one put any heavyweight title (it doesn't matter cause it wont be used) note that women's single titles cant be set to the main title on a show (last time I checked unless its been patched since) Now on Tuesday you can make raw 2nd hour with the world title and women's title and intercontinental title so now single stars can challenge for their single title or if they have a partner they can still go for a tag title. If there is someone that wants to go for the world title and the intercontinental title for example just put those on different shows.
My issues on Universe is when I have a tag team rivalry (between for example The Usos and Alpha Academy), if I pick a rivalry action that needs a 3rd team, Universe with randomly throw two roster members together rather than another tag team. Another issue is my rivalries don’t end. Most of the time I have to just delete the rivalry so I don’t really get any satisfying conclusions or past rivalry history. Any pointers on these?
I did some experimenting and it turns out you can transfer each individual superstar that you may have edited during your previous universe mode. Change their attributes by one in your previous Universe modes Superstar settings then save it to your new universe. It will not transfer over allies or managers just the attributes and entrances that you may have changed
Yup, but I don’t think you need to up an attribute. I just went into moveset, hit start and selected the new universe save and boom, characters move sets and everything updated. I was dreading having to do all my move sets over
Looks an amazing video, however as new in WWE2k, I didnt understand a single thing you said, no screens explaining most of the phases etc. I will come later after playing for a few days, looks good idead here, but no newbie friendly. Also doesnt say if auto rivals on/off, or if should editt powerranks. Also at the start it shows WWE on wednesdays and just later it magically disappear. Dont say its an aweful guide, its just for people knowing what to do already. For new people is mostly useless, just my 2 cents.
So far my universe is working. Tag teams are fighting tag teams. Matche booking isn't stupid. The only thing now i have to do is just remove the champions from appearing in matches weekly. Good job and thank you, fam.
I wasn't sure if champions were supposed to be appearing weekly. I see the same thing. They're not even championship matches. Do you just remove those matches and have the champions fight at PLEs?
@Kelly G Depends on if I put them in a rivalry. I remove them and put them in matches against the #1 contender. If i leave them, I end up doing tit for tat booking and trade the title back and forth for a few PLEs
Lol talking bout it takes 15 to 20 minutes…I’m already 40 minutes in just now getting to the M’s… lol this part takes forever! Deleting the allies & enemies & managers!!!! Thanks for the help anyway lol
My biggest issue that I cant really find anything on is that while simming some matches the participants/match type completely change. A 1v1 rivalry match turn into a 1v2 with the two new people being not in the rivalry to begin with. Easily the most annoying bug I am experiencing.
That's probably because it's a rivalry action where your rival leaves you to compete against those two opponents. If you actually play it out, you can see the cutscences as to why it happened that way.
I divide the roster make sure raw and smackdown have the same size and then put more talent into Nxt. haven’t played a wwe game since 18’ so it’s was a whirlwind when i started up 23.
The only thing I’ve noticed that works if of you add a manager to the opponents side then add all the managers to to Roman and it works but uses Roman’s tron instead of bloodline and USOs don’t bring titles but this was before I used this tutorial
Let’s say your Roman coming out with (Paul, Jimmy, & Jey) have them on the left side also for the opponent add a manager with them and it should work if not add another manger making The Bloodline (4) and whoever your using or going against have (3) in total. It works though it’s just a method to the madness
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Thanks for the video. Seems to be working great so far. Took about an hour or so to get everything stripped down and rebuilt but the time is well worth it. Can actually enjoy Universe Mode now.
You can get the bloodline four men entrance motion in Universe mode. You only need to give reigns his opponent also a manager. If you don’t do that, then it doesn’t work. The bloodline entrance is without the trons, but at least it is something 😅
If you want Reigns to enter last with his 4 man entrance, the opposing superstar has to have a manager. If Roman enters first, the opposing superstar does not need a manager, IF you select the left side of the matchup first.
@@monicagudino6738 I haven't had any rivalries break off just yet. I'm finishing up my first month of universe mode and everything seems to be working so far. I do see a patch update coming. Some minor bugs from a presentation standpoint. None of my titles i've assigned have shown up on any of the player intros for feuds.
Huge thanks, I play mostly on Universe and was kinda disappointed... Tested with your methode and it works ! Different opponents every week and you can have rivalry with wrestlers from other divisions (I switch tag for a second women's championship) but don't seem to cause bug. Thanks again! Let's go for Shotzi, LA Knight and more 😎
I'm lost a bit. I as well am doing this on slot 3. So am I deleting my original one that quit working 😥? And then fixing everything by manually adjusting things? Then when you cope slot 3 where's the stopping point to where all u need to do is copy if it happens again? I'm soo upset I've had so much going on 😢
all is well, after you have your universe file completely set up, don't play it instead go to load the click your file, hit copy the put it in a new slot, after that play the slot you just made and if anything happens to it then you will have your original one you didnt play to use there, so you can copy it again if you want
Honestly couldn’t care less about managers since heel manages rarely do what they are supposed to do at ringside on their own. And honestly there needs to be a save file for this fix, cba to manually go through and remove EVERY ally/enemy from EVERY superstar.
Anyone else have issues with this causing it not to work right...Everytime I re-add Smackdown in slot 6 of championships ends up a MITB with a blank wrestler and a triangle with an exclamation over the face? I've deleted all custom superstars and it still happens and can't find a way to fix it
Dude...dude...dude!!!! I can't believe this actually worked. This is crazy. Thank you so much for the video and your understanding of how the mode work is much appreciated
Also the fact that you understand that them adding a manager slot to the main game but didn't do it in Universe mode so it messes with the coding and the game recognizing the manager but 2K devs can't or should I say didn't cared enough to change is quite sad. Thank you though!
I can't wait to try this! Universe mode is pretty much the only mode I play, so I haven't been able to enjoy this year's game at all yet. Huge thanks for taking the time to figure all this out & sharing!
The biggest thing left that still bothers me is that the new rivalry system completely removes entrances and keeps changing saved tag matches to singles. I wish there was a way around that. I may just start removing rivalry actions completely.
@@UndercoverNinjaNsB Been doing that since 2k19 (I skipped all the games after 14) 😂 I hoped this year we would finally have a decent universe mode but looks like I was played again
I just came across this video and I tried it on 2k22 and I seen cutscenes that I never seen before I had a rivalry where I seen the opponent become a face to kick off a rivalry against a heel and now I’m highly interested to see where it goes great video def earned a sub shame on 2k for having us do all that to get it to work properly
Dude thank you... It's fucking ridiculous that people like you and me not only have to fix the game but literally do 2Ks job for them so we as a community do not need to suffer. Thanks alot my dude. Your work did not go unnoticed. Also I wish people didn't lock their CAWs or if anyone knows away around it because I easily have some of the best caws in the game but cannot upload and share them. ( I know their the best because I took the best available CAWs and polished them up to save time. Still waiting for a good FTR and some NJPW caws but I have a solid AEW roster the community would love. My Daniel Garcia, Jericho, Sami, Cesaro, Punk, Cassidy and a few others look better than the 2k creations lol. They look life life especially Garcia lol ( idk why he came out so good tbh ) If I was using a PC and not PS5vI could mod and do even more but don't have it for pc atm.
Sadly, I followed all these steps and my rivalries are still broken. The ones I actively play still don’t end at the end of the month. PLE’s are on the 4th week of the month. Deleted allies, enemies, and managers. :(
This fix is great however, it seems that when you create the make shift show on Wednesday, once you delete that Raw and NXT in the first week it pops the calendar to start on that Wednesday of the first week. Then when you do all the deleting of the allies/enemies/managers, fix the tags, then pop back into the calendar to add the shows back, it still has it starting out at that Wednesday and then when you delete the make shift show it moves the start date to that newly added Friday Smackdown. I re-did this fix and it did it again so I guess that's how it is. Which that actually makes you not be able to create rivalries until the 2nd month because SHORT rivalries are 4 weeks and end at the PLE at the end of that month. So with this fix now making you start Raw and NXT in week 2 it makes it that if you create rivalries for them they start on week 2 not week 1 which would cause them to go past the PLE at the end of May.
Use that universe as a template and copy it over to another slot which will start on a fresh week and you won’t have this problem. That’s at least what I did.
Does this give more logical automatic Rivalries & card bookings? I dont do My own bookings etc because of time constraints and the standard bookings/Rivalry logic kills me
In previous games, I've run Universe by deleting all existing shows and making one custom show with all CAWs, created arenas, created championships, and custom PLE/PPVs. Would I still need to go through this whole process and then re-delete RAW, Smackdown, NXT, and existing superstars' allies and rivals for everything to work, even if I wouldn't be using existing superstars in my customized universe? Furthermore, I think I read somewhere that custom tag title defenses still stop happening after so many in game months?
yes all steps must be followed in order to clean it completely, titles "sometimes stop" 6-8 months down the line, just manually defend them at your next ple to restart them working again
@@BeachBytes Thank you! I haven't bought the game yet as I haven't had much time lately to play, and then when I heard about the issues with Universe Mode, that's been dissuading me from doing so! That said, whenever I can get around to buying and playing it, it's good to know there's a way to make it work! Just kind of a disappointment that we have to rely on these workarounds, and it really feels like that for every step forward they take, there are some glaring backpedals as well. Thanks again for clarifying on this!
Thanks so much for this video! So far it has worked good for me. I never would have figured out how to play as manager. Playing as Paul Heyman was a blast! Had a few fun matches and so far my universe has had no more repetitive nonsense matches. Thanks again!
Yes you can, I normally do a week to let everything flow and then play, you can clear any rivals you don't want, you can make your own from there, or let universes decide, those rivalries will conclude at your first PLE
I did this all, my first couple shows still had bizarre tag teams and random managers... I had to go in and change all the match type and opponents. does it eventually "learn" or what? so far can't tell the difference.
Wow!! Thanks for putting in the work bro! Heres a few tips. *Be careful using highlight reel titantron videos for created wrestlers tag teams. It may corrupt your universe save file. And you wont be able to continue or reload that universe . *The Charm city victory motion is bugged and will crash your game. *Converting a highlight reel clip to video in the video editor will also crash your game.
@@BeachBytes so far in default ones. i haven't used any created ones yet. when i say it doesnt work, what i mean is, the who stadium is still very lit and even on Bayou Cultist lighting its not very dark at all.
once finished setting this up, can I go back to the "superstars" tab and re-add the managers or will it still mess up? do i have to just add them for each show?
I have been having issues with the actions disappearing on me and not letting me keep atl attires for Wrestlers I picked. Those are the 2 main ones I have been having in universe mode.
This is awesome thank you for your dedication to fixing this mode that I once loved. I take it having multiple mangers still doesn’t trigger the factions proper entrances though?
Do you know how to fix issue of the Rivalry Actions options being blank? I click the rivalry options when I edit a match but it’s just blank and I can’t choose a cutscene
Thank you so much for this dude! Quick question: do we have to keep WWE PLE's on the 4th week or can we move them around to any week after we've completed all of the steps?
If this works…. I spend hours testing ish too and I been trying to figure out why in tag and multi man tag matches team 1 gets booed and team 2 gets cheered no matter what they’re set to. I thought it was because of adding a ppv on Sunday but it happened again. I say again cus by default, at first every one gets cheered across the board during moves while during entrances and taunts they act accordingly… which I can deal with over the team 1 boo team 2 cheer nonsense so I settle. The managers I notice only work on the first player side. I feel like not being able to set actual managers to shows is whats messing them up too (since ur locked out of shows if ur not on there)because I had butch and ridge on nxt and sheamus on smackdown set to come out first with them on nxt but when the match up screen came he was on the other team and didn’t even show up. Then I added sheamus to nxt and it worked fine… problem happens with Roman and Paul but only if their in the 2 player slot which kills title matches or wanting them to come out second
I’ve noticed that after reloading into my save that certain superstars (this was actually all of the dlc superstars added post launch, free ones too) but their manager settings had reset
This is great work and thank you for your time and patience ❤…with that being said, we shouldn’t have to be going through this for a game that cost over $100. It’s 2ks job to fix this!
If this is still broke I'm just gonna forget it, this is crazy to do all this for a freaking broken piece of crap .. you should be able to edit as you wish without crazy crap
Question what if you save on both universes by mistake...Also when deleting the manage does it matter which save option you select..Save only or save all settings????
So questions, 1. I cant just re-add the managers back into the edit superstar section, i have to do it manually for every single match i book?? 2. When i deleted my shows at the start and created the "wednesday show", i have followed your steps and re-added the original format back in, and deleting the wednesday show. is has now advanced a week. how has this happened? 3. what size rosters do you recommend? 4. when keeping Tag teams, can you create new ones as well and will it still have the same affect? Thanks in Advance.
As much as I appreciate this, man...the fact that you have to literally do all this to do something the devs are too lazy and money hungry to do is diheartening and sad. I have no patience for this.
After the fix is complete, do you have to keep the rival system on i like making mine up as i play and watch matches. and it cut into my championship matches for the PLEs and after its complete is that when i can import my custom shows, ples, ects ?
@Beach Bytes presented by BeachBurnBob one more thing I'm stuck on the ples do I just add the same ples in order just on the 3rd and 4th month and then I can customize?
I use all created wrestlers, shows, arenas and such and play AI v AI will these settings work with all custom stuff too? Thanks for the video and the work you put in.
If I'm paying all this money for this game then universe mode should work. I hate that it's come to this and this is why I'm waiting to buy it on sale.
I don’t know how but I followed your instructions and I got the bloodline entrance working somehow. Only thing that’s missing is the trons. You’re a genius👊🏽
Can you put the managers back or do you have to edit the match and assign them every time? (I only ask because editing matches removes 'rivalry match' from the slot)
Thank you 🙏 once I've done all the steps, exited the save and made a copy, can I delete NXT and that random 10-superstars Wednesday show I had to create? I want to fully edit the calendar how I want it now (ECW, Main Event, Heat, Velocity) but I don't want to undo all the steps I just did
Great work, I love people like you, no one cares more about the games we play more than us. If only these game developers cared as much as we do.
It doesn't exist by my ps5 this feature or option or whatever wanna call it
2k should put in an option to clear all of this stuff in the future
im still in the CAW phase but thank you for this because i will be doing this. universe mode is always my favorite mode so hearing it was messed up and the community stepped up to fix it is noted and appreciated!
It's amazing how they still ask for more than full price for a still broken game.
Why are we still acting surprised about this as if this isn’t every game ever nowadays? It’d be easier to list games that weren’t broken on launch
@@Justusuave313 exactly
It just came out a few weeks ago
It’s not even a “broken game” though…just a few features are broken that can be patched up. It’s still a really good game imo. Not everyone has the same issues.
@@angelserrano9049 The game isn't broken. But the creation suite and universe modes are still built on top of an unstable engine. 2k will be patching the same issues in every yearly release up until they rebuild the engine. If you just use the in game wrestlers and avoid using the Creation suite modes and options the game works great. But you try to use the creation suite modes the game is buggy,glitchy, and some options will crash your game. Which should never happen in a $65 game.
They built 2k22 and 2k23 on top of 2k20. Visual Concepts built 2k20 off the 2k18 engine. When they developed on top 2k18 they broke the Creation suite as well as the game play engine. That is why 2k20 was broken at launch. And even patched the game is barely playable.
Also to add as far as the managers there is a way in Universe mode to come in LAST, have your managers without giving the opposite team a manager. What you have to do is give YOURSELF "2" MANAGERS instead of 1. The Problem will be fixed you come out LAST, have your managers... Unfortunately you can't add a 3rd manager without he or she disappearing unless you give the opposing team a manager
Thanks man, it works.
@@BozzyJohn You welcome
That makes no sense I can’t use managers in both teams only one
@@07sheppard so 1.12 there gonna fix it ?
@@a1chase238 SMH😒 OK When choosing your character before confirming look 👇 & they give you three numbers they are 1, 2, & 3 meaning that's how many managers you can have and then when choosing your opponent Hit confirm then look 👇 and you'll see three numbers they are 1,2, & 3 hit start and then IF DONE CORRECTLY you should see more than 1 managers for BOTH TEAMS
I wish universe mode just started this way by default or at least have the option to start fresh
Also found some fixes.
Sliders don’t work on ple shows or ai booked matches without rival actions. To fix you must delete every match the ai booked and rebook them yourself. Sadly, rivalry matches won’t have sliders working on ple shows since those are ai booked, and changing the match removes the rivalry. Sucks you can’t add rivalry actions to ple matches unless it’s a rivalry match.
With managers I discovered the middle manager slot is broken when you create a match with managers. So with judgement day, I put Damian as the first manager, a random person in the middle slot, and Rhea in the third. All three of them came out with there judgement day entrance. Also using the left side as well.
Going to try this out, thx
what is ple show
@@andriizakrevskyi5335 premium live event. used to be ppv
any other information on why sliders might not work in universe? i rebooked an ai match to have low hp and my sliders are supposed to make kicking out harder, but i noticed people were kicking out much better in universe than they were in normal play with the same settings.
EDIT: I believe i found the issue, rival actions reset health back to full even when the rival action doesn't lower/set health in the description :( huge bummer since i like to book any non title match as low hp to help things move a long a little faster and to give weaker moves a chance to be the pinning move in a non title match
@@UndercoverNinjaNsB oh got it. I wonder why they have changed the name of it
That is awesome to find out man. I gotta say this really helps with what I do. The only thing that sucks is no show intro. Not pyro start up. It just goes right into the matches
Thank you man. I’d given up on Universe mode when I noticed no matter what I did Romans entrance was broken and it was ruining all my main events/ppv’s, along with all the broken rivalries etc. I’m gong to give it another chance now with these instructions, thanks again.
Did it work ?
When I first saw this video’s thumbnail, I thought it was going to be a wishlist of what would fix Universe in the future. Can’t believe this is actually a legit fix and it makes so much sense. Currently clearing out allies and stuff, can’t wait to dig in
I know I'm late to this video but did it actually work for you did you actually get cutscenes and stuff
The Universe mode is the only mode I care about in the game, thanks for your help.
Same here. It's by far the best mode ever!!
Same here. Even My Rise doesn’t seem to work properly with a created wrestler. The theme music seems to mess up when you win your match too.
Thank you so much for this video, this is my first wwe 2k game since wwe'12 and I was looking forward to playing GM mode and Universe so I was disappointed with some of the mess within the universe mode, this fix most of the issues for me, I ended up leaving the managers as is when deleting the allies/rivals and so far it's been working for me and managers show up for normal matches.
I’m going to try it now but I wanted to say thank you just for the video itself and all the time you took to figure this out. Such a detailed explanation, I can’t wait to try it out.
Sorry for the delayed response, I finally started but unfortunately I still have tag teams against each other in triple threats matches.
I tried this out and so far it works fine. Only problem is that you can no longer use highlight reel videos for intros to Created shows. And no true tag team rivalry storylines that actually put all members of tag teams in matches.
You still get some crappy booking by the computer every few shows. Where they mix up tag teams. Like having Jimmy Uso team up with Riddle and Jey Uso will team up with Randy Orton and wrestle each other in a match lol.
But for the most part your tip of hard resetting the Universe mode works very well. Thanks!
Agree. I would get Damage Control (by themselves) vs Alexa Bliss and Bayley. However, I didn't have Bayley as manager, only as a member of Dmg Control.
so buggy man. it's like 2k does so good and then something small and dumb like this you'd expect to work, doesn't 🤦🏽♂️
Great effort and video. Universe is my go to mode every year (first game since 2k17 for me) and I love making my own storylines and write things down. will try this after my next wrestlemania and starting with a draft so great to clean it up before then.
Also does this work for superstar mode?
Another dumb thing, after the smackdown ref debacle last year they had the balls to release the game with refs defaulting to a ref that’s NOT EVEN SELECTABLE. Prior to 1.05 if u picked ref white dude ref or smackdown, nxts and the women (prob all but those were the ones I wanted for shows) they default to the Dawkins lookin ref that’s not even selectable. After 1.05 u can finally select your ref HOWEVER, when you back out of uni they default.
Also, roll out sliders aren’t working. Every match 2-4 rolls out and every time opponent does a suicide dive or top rope dive to the outside. They fixed reversal sliders but roll outs are still brutal
Really missing show intros, breaks out post match and hitting next to go into next match. Just less immersive. Wish they’d just let us insert cut scenes where and when with whomever we want instead of rivalry system.
I still can’t pick my ref
I echo all of these…
Also…custom arenas in UM
*Missing barricade center image(s)
*Missing turnbuckle images
*Highly pixelated menu image
I tought I was the only one who saw that ref as a Dawkins wannabe 😂
This is happening to me too, the refs default to that Dawkins guy.. and even if I have them selected right on the shows, I only see them correct when I preview a show
@@hollowsit the only way it works now is if u set the ref per match match... which i actually would probably start doing all the time even if it worked the way we were used to... so whenever u set up a match on a card, hit options when ur selecting the wrestlers for the match and set the ref there....works perfect every time for me unless you edit the match completly. Even stays the same if u just "customize participants"
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Another good idea is since some superstars will fight for different titles in real life putting all the titles on 1 show doesn't work so create a hour 1 and hour 2 show. So Monday I put raw 1st hour with the women's tag title men's tag title for slots 2 and 3, for slot one put any heavyweight title (it doesn't matter cause it wont be used) note that women's single titles cant be set to the main title on a show (last time I checked unless its been patched since) Now on Tuesday you can make raw 2nd hour with the world title and women's title and intercontinental title so now single stars can challenge for their single title or if they have a partner they can still go for a tag title. If there is someone that wants to go for the world title and the intercontinental title for example just put those on different shows.
70 bucks and I have to do developer work too. Thanks 2K
My issues on Universe is when I have a tag team rivalry (between for example The Usos and Alpha Academy), if I pick a rivalry action that needs a 3rd team, Universe with randomly throw two roster members together rather than another tag team.
Another issue is my rivalries don’t end. Most of the time I have to just delete the rivalry so I don’t really get any satisfying conclusions or past rivalry history. Any pointers on these?
I did some experimenting and it turns out you can transfer each individual superstar that you may have edited during your previous universe mode. Change their attributes by one in your previous Universe modes Superstar settings then save it to your new universe. It will not transfer over allies or managers just the attributes and entrances that you may have changed
Yup, but I don’t think you need to up an attribute. I just went into moveset, hit start and selected the new universe save and boom, characters move sets and everything updated. I was dreading having to do all my move sets over
Does* transfer managers but not allies. So delete the manager then save to transfer edited entrances and attributes to new universe
Really stupid to me that allies and teams can't be carried over...
Looks an amazing video, however as new in WWE2k, I didnt understand a single thing you said, no screens explaining most of the phases etc.
I will come later after playing for a few days, looks good idead here, but no newbie friendly. Also doesnt say if auto rivals on/off, or if should editt powerranks. Also at the start it shows WWE on wednesdays and just later it magically disappear.
Dont say its an aweful guide, its just for people knowing what to do already. For new people is mostly useless, just my 2 cents.
So far my universe is working. Tag teams are fighting tag teams. Matche booking isn't stupid. The only thing now i have to do is just remove the champions from appearing in matches weekly. Good job and thank you, fam.
I wasn't sure if champions were supposed to be appearing weekly. I see the same thing. They're not even championship matches. Do you just remove those matches and have the champions fight at PLEs?
@Kelly G
Depends on if I put them in a rivalry. I remove them and put them in matches against the #1 contender. If i leave them, I end up doing tit for tat booking and trade the title back and forth for a few PLEs
Dude hats off to you for taking the deep dive. I don't know how many man hours you put in to figure this out.
Lol talking bout it takes 15 to 20 minutes…I’m already 40 minutes in just now getting to the M’s… lol this part takes forever! Deleting the allies & enemies & managers!!!! Thanks for the help anyway lol
My biggest issue that I cant really find anything on is that while simming some matches the participants/match type completely change. A 1v1 rivalry match turn into a 1v2 with the two new people being not in the rivalry to begin with. Easily the most annoying bug I am experiencing.
That's probably because it's a rivalry action where your rival leaves you to compete against those two opponents. If you actually play it out, you can see the cutscences as to why it happened that way.
I divide the roster make sure raw and smackdown have the same size and then put more talent into Nxt. haven’t played a wwe game since 18’ so it’s was a whirlwind when i started up 23.
This actually is the only 2k where it hasn’t crashed nor had slow loading screens…. WWE games do take a lot to run so I don’t know if your systems….
The only thing that isnt working is the bloodline entrance, I've tried it twice and 1 of the 3 managers switched sides
Paul with roman works just fine still playing around to get a solid bloodline, it's hit and miss right now,
The only thing I’ve noticed that works if of you add a manager to the opponents side then add all the managers to to Roman and it works but uses Roman’s tron instead of bloodline and USOs don’t bring titles but this was before I used this tutorial
Let’s say your Roman coming out with (Paul, Jimmy, & Jey) have them on the left side also for the opponent add a manager with them and it should work if not add another manger making The Bloodline (4) and whoever your using or going against have (3) in total. It works though it’s just a method to the madness
Hopefully 2K fixes Universe Mode in the next patch.
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Do you have work around about the create glitch where you can't put images on your big tron and your turn buckles
@@kyleg4082 not yet I am working on on though
Spread This glorious news I shall
@@BeachBytes thanks because it seems like all 2k cares about is my faction
I saw that your calendar was still full does my calendar have to remain full or can I delete the extra shows after I fix universe
2K owes you a job! This rocks
this dude should be working for 2K games at this point
Thanks for the video. Seems to be working great so far. Took about an hour or so to get everything stripped down and rebuilt but the time is well worth it. Can actually enjoy Universe Mode now.
You can get the bloodline four men entrance motion in Universe mode. You only need to give reigns his opponent also a manager. If you don’t do that, then it doesn’t work. The bloodline entrance is without the trons, but at least it is something 😅
It also works for the nwo entrance. But with the nwo entrance you will also get the trons
So reigns with the 3 managers on the left side, than his opponent has to have a manager?
If you want Reigns to enter last with his 4 man entrance, the opposing superstar has to have a manager. If Roman enters first, the opposing superstar does not need a manager, IF you select the left side of the matchup first.
Is there a way for me to just edit the tag team stable and insert my caws in those slots and retain the bloodline entrance?
Thank you so much for the info. I’ve spent all day reconstructing my universe mode. Can’t wait to test this out
Did it change?
@@monicagudino6738 I haven't had any rivalries break off just yet. I'm finishing up my first month of universe mode and everything seems to be working so far. I do see a patch update coming. Some minor bugs from a presentation standpoint. None of my titles i've assigned have shown up on any of the player intros for feuds.
dude you are a legend for making this work this is how the game should have been from the beginning.
Great that you explained it! Speaking of Managers. You can add lita as the manager for edge and you will have an extra entrance. 😂
went through the steps and started a new universe mode, it seems to not have changed anything. still no managers, rivalry system still messed up.
Huge thanks, I play mostly on Universe and was kinda disappointed... Tested with your methode and it works ! Different opponents every week and you can have rivalry with wrestlers from other divisions (I switch tag for a second women's championship) but don't seem to cause bug. Thanks again! Let's go for Shotzi, LA Knight and more 😎
Glad I could help
hmm did not seem to work for me!
I'm lost a bit. I as well am doing this on slot 3. So am I deleting my original one that quit working 😥? And then fixing everything by manually adjusting things? Then when you cope slot 3 where's the stopping point to where all u need to do is copy if it happens again? I'm soo upset I've had so much going on 😢
all is well, after you have your universe file completely set up, don't play it instead go to load the click your file, hit copy the put it in a new slot, after that play the slot you just made and if anything happens to it then you will have your original one you didnt play to use there, so you can copy it again if you want
Brother 15-20 minutes is cap took me like an hour to delete all the Allies and shit lol
Honestly couldn’t care less about managers since heel manages rarely do what they are supposed to do at ringside on their own. And honestly there needs to be a save file for this fix, cba to manually go through and remove EVERY ally/enemy from EVERY superstar.
Just used this and it’s amazing. Thank you again for this video. You deserve a ton of support for this type of content for real ❤
Anyone else have issues with this causing it not to work right...Everytime I re-add Smackdown in slot 6 of championships ends up a MITB with a blank wrestler and a triangle with an exclamation over the face? I've deleted all custom superstars and it still happens and can't find a way to fix it
Dude...dude...dude!!!!
I can't believe this actually worked. This is crazy. Thank you so much for the video and your understanding of how the mode work is much appreciated
Also the fact that you understand that them adding a manager slot to the main game but didn't do it in Universe mode so it messes with the coding and the game recognizing the manager but 2K devs can't or should I say didn't cared enough to change is quite sad. Thank you though!
Glad it helped!
The fact that tagteams from roster edit, carry over to mygm but not universe is a massive screw-up on the part of 2k
I had a glitch it carried over my rise too . I had liv tagteam with my caw they had my exhibition tagteam
I haven’t gotten the game yet. Is Universe mode really that bad this year?
thank you so much. i’m so tired of constantly getting austin theory vs damian priest
I can't wait to try this! Universe mode is pretty much the only mode I play, so I haven't been able to enjoy this year's game at all yet. Huge thanks for taking the time to figure all this out & sharing!
Hope you enjoy it!
The biggest thing left that still bothers me is that the new rivalry system completely removes entrances and keeps changing saved tag matches to singles. I wish there was a way around that. I may just start removing rivalry actions completely.
@@dpenlow think they would have tested everything before release date unfortunately development team 😕 don't have a clue 🧩
@@dpenlow that’s what i’ve done at this point. i just make up rivalries in my head. the system is completely broken
@@UndercoverNinjaNsB Been doing that since 2k19 (I skipped all the games after 14) 😂 I hoped this year we would finally have a decent universe mode but looks like I was played again
I just came across this video and I tried it on 2k22 and I seen cutscenes that I never seen before I had a rivalry where I seen the opponent become a face to kick off a rivalry against a heel and now I’m highly interested to see where it goes great video def earned a sub shame on 2k for having us do all that to get it to work properly
Dude thank you... It's fucking ridiculous that people like you and me not only have to fix the game but literally do 2Ks job for them so we as a community do not need to suffer. Thanks alot my dude. Your work did not go unnoticed. Also I wish people didn't lock their CAWs or if anyone knows away around it because I easily have some of the best caws in the game but cannot upload and share them. ( I know their the best because I took the best available CAWs and polished them up to save time. Still waiting for a good FTR and some NJPW caws but I have a solid AEW roster the community would love. My Daniel Garcia, Jericho, Sami, Cesaro, Punk, Cassidy and a few others look better than the 2k creations lol. They look life life especially Garcia lol ( idk why he came out so good tbh ) If I was using a PC and not PS5vI could mod and do even more but don't have it for pc atm.
How did you fix the game? You dont have vids on your channel😂
Do you have Allie Katch?
Sadly, I followed all these steps and my rivalries are still broken. The ones I actively play still don’t end at the end of the month. PLE’s are on the 4th week of the month. Deleted allies, enemies, and managers. :(
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Dude is doing 2K's job, they'd better sponsored u the next game.
This fix is great however, it seems that when you create the make shift show on Wednesday, once you delete that Raw and NXT in the first week it pops the calendar to start on that Wednesday of the first week. Then when you do all the deleting of the allies/enemies/managers, fix the tags, then pop back into the calendar to add the shows back, it still has it starting out at that Wednesday and then when you delete the make shift show it moves the start date to that newly added Friday Smackdown. I re-did this fix and it did it again so I guess that's how it is. Which that actually makes you not be able to create rivalries until the 2nd month because SHORT rivalries are 4 weeks and end at the PLE at the end of that month. So with this fix now making you start Raw and NXT in week 2 it makes it that if you create rivalries for them they start on week 2 not week 1 which would cause them to go past the PLE at the end of May.
Use that universe as a template and copy it over to another slot which will start on a fresh week and you won’t have this problem. That’s at least what I did.
Does this give more logical automatic Rivalries & card bookings? I dont do My own bookings etc because of time constraints and the standard bookings/Rivalry logic kills me
yes
In previous games, I've run Universe by deleting all existing shows and making one custom show with all CAWs, created arenas, created championships, and custom PLE/PPVs.
Would I still need to go through this whole process and then re-delete RAW, Smackdown, NXT, and existing superstars' allies and rivals for everything to work, even if I wouldn't be using existing superstars in my customized universe?
Furthermore, I think I read somewhere that custom tag title defenses still stop happening after so many in game months?
yes all steps must be followed in order to clean it completely, titles "sometimes stop" 6-8 months down the line, just manually defend them at your next ple to restart them working again
@@BeachBytes Thank you! I haven't bought the game yet as I haven't had much time lately to play, and then when I heard about the issues with Universe Mode, that's been dissuading me from doing so! That said, whenever I can get around to buying and playing it, it's good to know there's a way to make it work!
Just kind of a disappointment that we have to rely on these workarounds, and it really feels like that for every step forward they take, there are some glaring backpedals as well. Thanks again for clarifying on this!
Thanks so much for this video! So far it has worked good for me. I never would have figured out how to play as manager. Playing as Paul Heyman was a blast! Had a few fun matches and so far my universe has had no more repetitive nonsense matches. Thanks again!
awesome
So managers work in universe mode now?
@@chitownlyricist Yes. Follow his steps and it does work. You can play as manager.
Its embarrassing that 14 patched in we still have to do this
Should we simulate for a week or month or so after the fix for rivalries to work properly or no? Nothing wrong happened. I just wanna get it right.
Yes you can, I normally do a week to let everything flow and then play, you can clear any rivals you don't want, you can make your own from there, or let universes decide, those rivalries will conclude at your first PLE
@@BeachBytes thank you. I truly appreciate you.👍🏼👍🏼🔥🔥
Once you have completed the steps are you able to delete shows and just run Raw, Smackdown & PPV or do you have to keep everything (NXT, etc)
Yes
Thank you for this! I could almost bet this was the reason my universe crashed on 22.
Same!
I did this all, my first couple shows still had bizarre tag teams and random managers... I had to go in and change all the match type and opponents. does it eventually "learn" or what? so far can't tell the difference.
it learns as you play
Wow!! Thanks for putting in the work bro!
Heres a few tips.
*Be careful using highlight reel titantron videos for created wrestlers tag teams. It may corrupt your universe save file. And you wont be able to continue or reload that universe .
*The Charm city victory motion is bugged and will crash your game.
*Converting a highlight reel clip to video in the video editor will also crash your game.
Would it be pointless to edit match tables for a ple that’s gonna be full of rivalries or should I add match table rivalry matches?
No match tables are awesome, I got a video coming to show how to use them for rivals, and more
@@BeachBytes sweet bro I’m also looking forward to the video that you’re dropping today.👍🏼👍🏼🔥🔥
Im having a HUGE problem with entrance lighting. If you remember bobby roodes entrance lights, sheamus' ligths from 2k19....they dont work in 2k23.
in created arenas or default ones?
@@BeachBytes so far in default ones. i haven't used any created ones yet. when i say it doesnt work, what i mean is, the who stadium is still very lit and even on Bayou Cultist lighting its not very dark at all.
once finished setting this up, can I go back to the "superstars" tab and re-add the managers or will it still mess up? do i have to just add them for each show?
Do not add back to superstar tab
Awesome stuff man! Universe bugs were driving me nuts!
Omg. My custom tag title not showing in the universe mode. Wtf. But exist in the game
I have been having issues with the actions disappearing on me and not letting me keep atl attires for Wrestlers I picked. Those are the 2 main ones I have been having in universe mode.
This is awesome thank you for your dedication to fixing this mode that I once loved. I take it having multiple mangers still doesn’t trigger the factions proper entrances though?
One one one with one manager, two on two with one manager on both sides apiece works great
@@BeachBytes sweet thanks! I’m currently setting mine up
@@BeachBytes I can confirm that. I was like holy shit they come out now
Currently working on this but quick question: You left the tag team section intact in edit superstars except The Usos are completely cleaned out?
You don't delete the tag teams till your done with everything else, then when you start customizing you can change them
Do you know how to fix issue of the Rivalry Actions options being blank?
I click the rivalry options when I edit a match but it’s just blank and I can’t choose a cutscene
Don't edit your show, and then leave the universe for some reason. Whenever u leave, it glitches out
@@mike7683 ok so after I’m done editing my show, do not exit the universe?
@@RiceCooker-ge2te yes so if you're editing a show and need to leave universe mode make sure every match is made and your rival actions are selected
@@mike7683 oh ok, thank you so much bro
It is 11/27/23 do you still need to do these steps since the last patch? I can’t keep track of all the patches.
Yes you do
Thanks for the reply. I am wanting to do a custom universe. So in saying that do I still need to use Raw on Monday NXT Tuesday and Smackdown Friday ?
I gotta say you had an excellent way of breaking this down and presenting it to us. Very easy to follow
after doing all of this, can I add the allies back to superstars in a tag team? or will that mess it up?
the game will add them back naturally as you play
@@BeachBytes ah thanks good to know!
Thank you so much for this dude! Quick question: do we have to keep WWE PLE's on the 4th week or can we move them around to any week after we've completed all of the steps?
Keeping them on week 3 or 4 ensures rivals always work, you can do other weeks but after a while it might get weird
@@BeachBytes appreciate you!
do you have to keep deleting the managers from the superstars menu whenever you create tag teams?
yes
If this works…. I spend hours testing ish too and I been trying to figure out why in tag and multi man tag matches team 1 gets booed and team 2 gets cheered no matter what they’re set to. I thought it was because of adding a ppv on Sunday but it happened again. I say again cus by default, at first every one gets cheered across the board during moves while during entrances and taunts they act accordingly… which I can deal with over the team 1 boo team 2 cheer nonsense so I settle. The managers I notice only work on the first player side. I feel like not being able to set actual managers to shows is whats messing them up too (since ur locked out of shows if ur not on there)because I had butch and ridge on nxt and sheamus on smackdown set to come out first with them on nxt but when the match up screen came he was on the other team and didn’t even show up. Then I added sheamus to nxt and it worked fine… problem happens with Roman and Paul but only if their in the 2 player slot which kills title matches or wanting them to come out second
Thank you for this haven't played a universe in years and this helped me back into it
so for managers, u have to manually go in and edit the show EVERYTIME? 😭😭
I’ve noticed that after reloading into my save that certain superstars (this was actually all of the dlc superstars added post launch, free ones too) but their manager settings had reset
yeah the dlc and patches did that, you can just go any and edit them, its shouldnt mess anything up as long as the core save was already set up
This is great work and thank you for your time and patience ❤…with that being said, we shouldn’t have to be going through this for a game that cost over $100. It’s 2ks job to fix this!
If this is still broke I'm just gonna forget it, this is crazy to do all this for a freaking broken piece of crap .. you should be able to edit as you wish without crazy crap
So for the managers and allies do you leave them blank the whole time? And just select the manager when you’re picking the match?
yes
Thanks dude! Good work!
What about Gunther’s? Can I use both guys for managers
@@tjupnxt9797 yes he works
Would be good if you could upload a universe mode to creations.
Question what if you save on both universes by mistake...Also when deleting the manage does it matter which save option you select..Save only or save all settings????
just remember which one you are working on, and always save all settings
Cool. Thanks for the info. 2k should just put a clean slate option to erase everything.
So questions,
1. I cant just re-add the managers back into the edit superstar section, i have to do it manually for every single match i book??
2. When i deleted my shows at the start and created the "wednesday show", i have followed your steps and re-added the original format back in, and deleting the wednesday show. is has now advanced a week. how has this happened?
3. what size rosters do you recommend?
4. when keeping Tag teams, can you create new ones as well and will it still have the same affect?
Thanks in Advance.
1 yes 2 it is your good 3 if your running minor show 50-60 if not 40ish 4 you can create custom tags
@@BeachBytes thanks for replying! Love your work!
Bro where u at... 2 updates drop and we been waiting for your recap! You give some of the most thorough recaps out!
As much as I appreciate this, man...the fact that you have to literally do all this to do something the devs are too lazy and money hungry to do is diheartening and sad. I have no patience for this.
After the fix is complete, do you have to keep the rival system on i like making mine up as i play and watch matches. and it cut into my championship matches for the PLEs
and after its complete is that when i can import my custom shows, ples, ects ?
You can make it completely custom
@Beach Bytes presented by BeachBurnBob one more thing I'm stuck on the ples do I just add the same ples in order just on the 3rd and 4th month and then I can customize?
yes, you can use custom ones
2k needs to stop making them
The problem I have is with paper views, Championship matches dont trigger like if there is supposed to be more then one title match on the card
I use all created wrestlers, shows, arenas and such and play AI v AI will these settings work with all custom stuff too? Thanks for the video and the work you put in.
follow the steps, then yes all custom things will work
Sup Blaised! Yeah it works very well with custom universes.
So, if I understand it right, we don’t add managers back in using the edit superstars section. We just put them in the matches as the shows play out?
yes
If I'm paying all this money for this game then universe mode should work. I hate that it's come to this and this is why I'm waiting to buy it on sale.
Hey, I've had some problems with going into Wrestlemania. It keeps crashing each time I go into it
it you have too many creations from the CC it can cause this to happen
Oh okay thank you
Thanks man. I will defo do this with a new universe slot
I don’t know how but I followed your instructions and I got the bloodline entrance working somehow. Only thing that’s missing is the trons. You’re a genius👊🏽
Can you put the managers back or do you have to edit the match and assign them every time?
(I only ask because editing matches removes 'rivalry match' from the slot)
Don't add back, certain rivalry matches have managers
Thank you 🙏 once I've done all the steps, exited the save and made a copy, can I delete NXT and that random 10-superstars Wednesday show I had to create? I want to fully edit the calendar how I want it now (ECW, Main Event, Heat, Velocity) but I don't want to undo all the steps I just did
Can u fix match tables in universe mode
Yes