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Version 0.67 - Build 90 ; SubBuild 2022.7.30

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

SubBuild 2022.6.27

[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

SubBuild 2022.6.25

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Training Club : importing a player from the World Tour base was setting his Short Term Form to 30% ; now it'll be 100%
- Modding : transparent textures were opaque (eg: the TextOnGround sample Mod from here https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic60-34047.php )
- Modding : the NetSkin wasn't working anymore since the v0.65

Version 0.65 - Build 89 ; SubBuild 2022.6.22

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Training Club : can easily import players from the World Tour Base from Training Club -> Character Sheet
- Training Club : can save an unlimited amount of players
- Match : you can now define the number of games in the last set, as well as the number of points of the last set tie break (if any)
- Modding : add any 3D models to the Stadiums, and edit existing Ads (HowTo => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic60-34047.php )
- Modding : can set the Time & Speed text positions for the 2D Court (HowTo => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic60-34056.php )
- Modding : can change the NPC textures (HowTo => https://www.managames.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=282854#p282854 )

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Strike : the slice was lowering too much the difficulty of very difficult balls
- Strike : cannot hit a too strong slice anymore when taking the ball very early after the bounce
- Strike : it's now much harder to return a serve (or a smash) very early after the bounce
- Animation : tuned the service #14 so the arms don't go in the body anymore (except for fat players)

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Gameplay : when doing a slide or a stretch, the player could still jump at the net
- Strike : the lob could lead to some crazy balls when hit on a too difficult ball
- AI : the CPU was never doing the Sorry gesture and was doing too many Cheering fist & Raging pump gestures
- Menus : sometimes the menus can totally fail and display "0" everywhere ; it may be fixed now, but I'm not 100% sure :fear:
- Controller (only on the Steam version) : when unplugging & replugging your controller (or when playing with Steam Input on) the game could think a controller wasn't plugged in anymore, which was leading to an incorrect "no controller connected" label in the Settings -> Controls panel

SubBuild 2022.5.31

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Menu : now the surfaces & stadiums are sorted depending on their translated name if you don't play with the English language

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- HUD : the text could get all corrupted on or after the Beach House stadium
- World Tour : since the previous update, the game couldn't load the saved match anymore on launch, forcing you to restart at 0/0
- Stadium : when lowering the Detail Level on the Side Court stadium, some of the NPCs weren't removed