Koki Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I'm in 2037 and I received a message about the referee of the year.. okay, so I check his profile and he has a picture.. shouldn't all the original referees have retired by now? Hmm... no! He was born in 1999. His name is Thomas Zimmermann. Is this some kind of fun from SI? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Probably just coincidence. On my last computer (sadly dead) I had an on-again, off-again save where I holidayed 25 years into the future before starting and saw quite numerous regens with real life names. I gave every single one of them the Zombie (e.g. Zombie Gary Lineker) nickname just for the laughs. Also I don't think the game comes packed with any referee's pic in it (even from leagues where SI have image rights), so the picture thing may be to do with having a face pack installed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyzer Soze Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 But, if the referee has a picture, that does mean that it's not a regen, but a real referee that has a picture from a facepack (myself have in my save most of the real referees with pictures). So, it's, at least, a 38 year old career for that referee. Perhaps they dont retire! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 He was born in 1999. There aren't any 12 year olds in the game, so I think this is an issue with UIDs in the facepack you have installed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Guy! Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I'd assume that they recycle the unique IDs for the referees, as such if you had a facepack with a picture for one of them it would have their picture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyzer Soze Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I'd assume that they recycle the unique IDs for the referees, as such if you had a facepack with a picture for one of them it would have their picture. I dont think that happens. ID's dont ever change Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afced7 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I'd assume that they recycle the unique IDs for the referees, as such if you had a facepack with a picture for one of them it would have their picture. Yeah I've read somewhere that that's the case Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnio_422 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I dont think that happens. ID's dont ever change They don't have to change, but a regen ref could have the same ID as a retiring one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koki Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Just been reminded of this thread, as another referee with picture received an award^^ Thanks for your explanations! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_numbers Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'd assume that they recycle the unique IDs for the referees, as such if you had a facepack with a picture for one of them it would have their picture. This is correct. Whenever one referee retires, their ID is simply given to a new regen ref, hence the carry on of the faces Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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