How do these mods work if I set the date to several years ago?

[gbkrage]

Hey, this is my first GDS game so I'm quite unfamiliar with how the mods work. If I was to start any of these mods back in 1996 or so how does it work?
Will fighters debut at a specific time?
And when they do debut what will their skills be - what they're set at for 2007, or will they have crap stats and gradually build towards their 2007 stats? Same goes for their name value.

If there's some sort of guide I should be reading with all this just point me in the right direction. Thanks for any help :)

[Derek B]

Changing the start date of the database will just... change the start date. No other stats will be altered. I think workers will still debut at some point if they are too young to start with but I'm not actually certain of that. I've not really played around with the editor as much as I could have.

[gbkrage]

Anyone know what the stat situation will be then?

[gbkrage]

Nobody want to help me out? C'mon someone has to know the answer :(

[Undertaker666]

Nobody want to help me out? C'mon someone has to know the answer :(

Derek has already answered your stat query:

Changing the start date of the database will just... change the start date. No other stats will be altered.

[gbkrage]

Sorry, I just disregarded that as I assumed he was incorrect. So what your telling me is that if I start the database in 1997 Ken Shamrock's gonna have the same crappy stats that he has in 2007? Or that Fedor's going to have the same excellent stats he has now when he debuts at 0-0? Just doesn't seem right...

[derk06]

Sorry, I just disregarded that as I assumed he was incorrect. So what your telling me is that if I start the database in 1997 Ken Shamrock's gonna have the same crappy stats that he has in 2007? Or that Fedor's going to have the same excellent stats he has now when he debuts at 0-0? Just doesn't seem right...

I think it makes sense because how would the game know how much to increase or decrease stats? It would be nice if it could but I don't see it happening any time soon.

[gbkrage]

Yea, but I thought that new fighters stats got better as they got more experience and trained at better camps? I presumed it would work like that with the established stars debuting in an early database as well :confused:

[Derek B]

Obviously they'll improve as they go through the game, but the starting stats will be the same as always if you are only altering the date. As for disregarding my answer from before... that's just weird. FYI, I'm one of the guys who helped work on the game. In the credits and everything. :)

[gbkrage]

Sorry guy, just the way I read it sounded like you weren't certain. All cleared up now, thanks for the help everyone ;)