Tennis Elbow 4 News

Another nice addition to the game : now you can select the time of the day and the sun will be positioned and move accordingly.

Personally, I was surprised by how much atmosphere it brings to the game, so I hope you'll enjoy it as well ! :-)

I did my best so everything is correctly displayed in the now widely different lighting conditions, but if you think it impairs your level, you can play with the default sun position like before.

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Stadium : it is now possible to select the Time of the Day in the Training Club (for outdoor stadiums), and a random time is chosen for the World Tour matches (you can change it, or disable it in Settings -> World Tour), while the sun positions also depend on the day of the year and the latitude of the current tournament location
- Outfit : can now choose to not have socks, both for the male & female players

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Tennis School : the done achievement was triggering right away
- Players : the male player's body shape in high detail was always the same ; now he can get skinny, muscular & fat as intended

[h2]Notes :[/h2]
- Rendering : exposure against the sun is now automatically changed, so if you were using ExposureAgainstTheSun in your Tennis.ini, it may create some strange results, especially when the whole stadium is in the dark at end of the day... :fear:


ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Tutorial : added the short strike lesson
- Steam : added an achievement when completing the tutorial

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Ball Thrower : it was not possible to do lobs against the Ball Thrower
- Tutorial : the smash lesson could be completed even when not smashing the balls
- Outfit : the players had all the same outfit in the Training & World Tour after had played the Tutorial

Here an important updates to ease the newcomers' arrival into the Tennis Elbow series : it features a tutorial going over all the gameplay basics..!

Note : please provide feedback if you think some things could be improved. :-)

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Tutorial : learn easily all the game basics !

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Options : changed "Games in the last set" to "Games in the last set to trigger the tie-break"

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Gameplay : the Sliding could trigger too early when using with the MtRun cheat or with the Footwork Booster

[h2]Notes :[/h2]
- Modding : if you have the XKT Mod, remove this file "Mods\XKT\Menu\Scripts\MainTe.menu" ; else you won't see the Tutorial menu in the Main menu

ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

Another update with new features !

I needed the ball thrower to create the tutorial, and I used that momentum to add the service training as well ! :-)

With it, you can even train for the serving volley, or the return by taking control of the 2nd player instead of the main one.

The ball thrower is programmable so you can create any kind of exercise with it.

And here is the complete changelog.

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Training Club : service training, which also allows you to train for the serving volley, and for the return (by taking control of player 2 instead of player 1)
- Training Club : programmable ball thrower

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Players : the player CRC now includes the Footwork Booster

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- World Tour : the weak players from the real years who continued their career into the fictional years could get too strong (this fix is in 2 parts, one in use at the start of each year, and one only when starting a new career)
- Modding : switching between different stadiums having different net skins could lead to a crash

[h2]Notes :[/h2]
- Modding : if you have the XKT Mod, delete this file "Mods\XKT\Menu\ScriptsTe\InGame.menu" (it's useless anyway) ; else you won't see the Ball Thrower Programming button under the Leave Court button in the In-Game menu


ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Physics : significantly lowered the sidespin when striking the ball on the move, except when striking hard while running very fast

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Helpers : the Footwork Boost was set back to Disabled after having played an offline SkillMode other than Free (it's normal it's disabled during the match with these skill modes, though)