Tennis Elbow 4 News

Here a big update with a bunch of changes and the arrival of the long awaited night sessions !

I hope you'll enjoy it. :-)

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Stadiums : night session for all the outdoor stadiums
- Engine : upgraded to Unity 2023.1.16f
- Modding : added the support for the Country in the online mode
- Modding : change this line in your Tennis.ini, under [Display], from : (HowTo => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic19-32161.php )
[Code] SmokeColor = 0xFFFFFFFF
to :
SmokeColor = 0x1FFFFFFF
for a less visible acceleration smoke.
Or to :
SmokeColor = 0x00FFFFFF
to make it completely invisible.
[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Stadiums : completely reworked the lighting changes when the sun moves to avoid strange lighting conditions ; in Shanghai, the night session triggers as soon as there's not enough light anymore
- AI : the CPU has now significantly better reflexes on the return of serve, especially on Pro level & better
- AI & gameplay : the left/right human & AI return position tuned, to better take into account the slice effect ; this should significantly lower the sliced aces against the CPU
- Stats : better detection to determine if an Unforced Error is actually a Forced Error
- CPU vs CPU : lowering the Attacking Rate will now have a stronger effect on the player
- Gameplay : the players now rest a tiny bit between the 1st & 2nd serve, but only their Breath

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Physics : the ball possible landing zone shape wasn't an oval as shown by the aiming zone
- online & match replay : desync fixed when the returner moves before the 1st serve of the 1st point of the match and triggers the auto-step back and it's not his or his opponent's 1st match of the game session (this could also lead to an unending desync)
- online & match replay : desync fixed when releasing the buttons early on the service
- online : if had played a match before, the game could desync on the 1st point
- online : the extra service info of Modded anims wasn't loaded, possibly leading to desync
- World Tour : fixed a crash on saved game loading when there was only 1 Country Cup event per year (which is the case with the XKT Patch v2.1, on the Women Tour)

[h2]Notes :[/h2]
- if you play an online tournament match soon, it's strongly recommended to play the game at least 30 minutes to get acquainted with the slight changes in the ball landing zone :fear:
- if you notice some stadiums with bad lighting at certain hours of the day, please let me know


ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Camera : the camera was mispositioned when playing in the World Tour with the 2D Background enabled
- Stadium : slightly tuned Shanghai lighting, but it still can get quite bad ; I'll have to rework it more in-depth and add its night session to fix it for good

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Commentaries : the server/returner contexts were incorrectly set ; this was affecting very few comments, but it could lead to a crash :fear:

Here we go with another nearly 1000 commentaries to introduce all the World Matches !

I hope you'll enjoy them. :-)

Here's the full changelog :

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Commentator : there's now a commentary introduction for each match of the World Tour in Singles (plus the Country Cup doubles) ; at the TET level and above, you'll get one unique intro per match for the whole year, both for men & women !
- Cutscene : while listing to the Commentator's introductions, the camera is flying by around the stadium (except if you have activated the Background 2D) while the players are warming up

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Gameplay : the Early Ball Talent was disabled in the Training Club
- Player : the CRC wasn't correctly calculated if you had put a .5 to a Talent value in your Tennis.ini (so the CRC calculation is changed again and the old CRCs aren't valid anymore)
- Audio : even disabled, the Commentaries were still played


ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Commentaries : the comments could get vastly inaccurate (except if the DevMode was activated, like on my PC ːsteammockingː )
- Rendering : the acceleration smoke of all players except the 1st one could get very bright in the indoor stadiums