Tennis Elbow 4 News

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Stadium : Training Court, without any ball boys, line judge, crowd, etc., nor any of their sound

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Gameplay : the strike sweet spot tuning from the previous update also led to change the service sweet spot, which made the service a bit weird
- Animation : the service actual hit was occurring 1 frame later than the service animation

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Gameplay : tuned & fixed the sweet spots of the strikes
- Gameplay : lowered a bit the sliding rate, especially on hard surfaces
- Gameplay : lowered the topspin handicap when sliding

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Animation : fixed & improved various cases of the dynamic animation system, mainly from better-predicted positioning on strike
- World Tour : since the v0.67, the player list was messed up when choosing a player from the base
- World Tour : since the v0.67, when starting a new career, picking up a doubles specialist could make crash the game

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Gameplay : lowered a bit the extra reach when running to the side, so the players will bend a bit less weirdly in this case

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Gameplay : the sliding fix from the previous update actually totally turned off the sliding..! :sweat: It's now back on like before, because the root cause was actually the following bug
- Gameplay : the positioning helper on the run when preparing your strike could make you stop too early ; it wasn't much noticeable when running (as it could be compensated by pressing the strike button later), but it was very noticeable with the sliding as it was making you miss the ball
- World Tour : the CPU tiredness was disabled since the last update

Hello,

here's the v0.67 of Tennis Elbow 4. The main addition is the long-requested Unique Tournament mode. It might still have some bugs in it, so please report them if you meet any.

Else, there's a good bunch of tuning & fixes ; I'll let you check the full change below for the complete list. :-)

Note : sorry for the long delay since the last update, I got sick at end of June (again ːsteamfacepalmː )

ManuTOO
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[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- World Tour : Unique Tournament mode
- Modding : added many fonts (check the file "Menu/Scripts/Menu.doc" in the Modding SDK)
- Modding : added the "Shader" command for the materials in the .mtl file ; more info => https://www.managames.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=283361#p283361
- Modding : add this line in your Stadium.ini, under [Data], to move the Chair Umpire & player chairs by 10cm to the right :

ChairUmpirePos   =   0.1 0 0

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Gameplay : tuned the ball difficulty right after the bounce to prevent returning the very fast serves very close to the service line and to lower the return efficiency on the less fast serves
- Strikes : tuned the drop shot so it won't go too high too often
- Animation : lowered the overhead height, as it's visually better to do a bit too low smash than a way too high forehand
- CPU : lowered the inside-out (FH vs BH & vice versa) for the normal strikes when setting a strategy for the CPU players
- World Tour : the Junior players whose height was under 150cm had a too big head

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Gameplay : the sliding animation could trigger when the player was too far from the ball, making him miss it
- Animation : the player animation could jerk when preparing to hit a ball very close to their feet' depth line
- Animation : for 2-handed backhand, the sliding slice could be triggered instead of the topspin slice, and vice versa
- Animation : the ball could be hit before the strike animation hit time
- Animation : the strike animation could jerk a bit when missing the ball (once more :sweat: )
- 3D Models : the female player had spikes out of her shorts when she was thin
- World Tour : if a crash was occurring during a save, the previous save in the same slot was erased
- AI : having a CPU Strategy (even for a human player) was making desync online matches & match replays

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Camera : the 1st person view position was incorrect
- World Tour : the player control setup panel had disappear from the World Tour's Character Sheet since the v0.65
- World Tour : changing the Arcade/Simu/Elite controls within the in-game Help screen wasn't saved