Tennis Elbow 4 News

Here's another regular update with QoL improvements and 2023 rankings for the World Tour, enjoy ! :-)

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- World Tour : rankings updated to the end of 2023 (but the 1st playable year is still 2023)
- Controls : added Tab Previous & Next, and Scroll Previous & Next as configurable buttons, and added shortcuts for them in different menus
- Optimization : the game now uses noticeably less memory and prevents Mods from using too much of it, so you can enjoy everything with 6 GB of RAM
- Steam : enabled the "Join game" & "Invite to play" buttons in the "view game info" dialog, in the Steam friends list right-click menu (I couldn't test it, so please let me know if there's some issue :fear: )

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Strike : very slightly lowered the loss of precision when returning a slice (as the increase in the previous Build was too strong ːsteammockingː )
- AI : the Incredible CPU now aims a bit less to the center

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Animation : the players could do weird movements to try to look for the ball behind them if they had just missed it
- Online : since the last Build, it was not possible to open the Chat with the keyboard or the in-game menu
- Controls : having a strike activated by a controller axis and another strike activated by the same axis plus a button could lead to the latter strike never getting registered

ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

Here's another regular update with important bug fixes as well as the possibility of tuning the Dynamic Animation system.

I hope you'll enjoy it ! :-)

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Animation : you can now damper or turn off the Dynamic Animation system, which alters the strike animations (more info => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic15-35348.php )

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Strikes : the slice was too fast when having low consistency
- Strikes : slightly increased the loss of precision when returning a slice
- Strikes : lowered the maximum possible topspin when having a very low power (to avoid weird moonballs for Junior players)
- Strikes : slightly raised the racket sweet spot size while moving, so it's now a bit easier to strike the ball on the run

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- World Tour : in fictional years, the ranks were getting all messed up when some real players had manual rankings, leading to unknown players being way too strong
- AI : when doing a safe strike, the CPU could advance too much into the court
- Strikes : the drop shot speed could be too slow when done very crossed, leading to a too-high trajectory
- Online : when doing a rematch, the stadium for the client was reset to his own settings, instead of the host's stadium
- Online : The NAT punch-through when having different private & public ports was not working (it can happen when you share your router with a lot of people ; eg: at university)


ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

Here's a new version with some improvements on the online side, I hope you'll enjoy them !

And if you have SteamDeck, please let me know if the on-screen Keyboard pops up automatically when you want to edit your player name, or if you have to activate it by yourself.

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Online : pressing the Menu button now shows a pop-up menu that will let you send Quick chat sentences or block the chat ; the current choice is activated when releasing the Menu button
- Online : if you cannot host, activate Training Club -> Network -> Assign Temporary IPv6 (only available if your network supports IPv6 and has a Temporary one) ; note : opponents whose network doesn't support IPv6 won't be able to join you (if it works for you, please report it !)

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Physics : in the big stadiums, the invisible walls around the courts are now better positioned so the players & the balls will be blocked near the actual walls
- AI : your player & the CPU, when standing near or after the baseline, know much better when the ball will end long, and thus won't play it, except when it's very close to being in

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- World Tour : when the TEM2 mode was activated, your player skills were going down extremely fast once he was starting to be a bit old

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Strike : since the previous build, your player could sometimes stick to the FH instead of switching to the BH (and vice versa), when moving left/right before hitting the ball
- Modding : having too many outfit parts was crashing the game

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Controller : display the Steam On-Screen-Keyboard when entering text when you play in Big Picture mode ; it should also likely appear if you play on the Steam Deck (please report if it works or not ! :-) )
- Animation : you can now disable the Crowd animation in Settings -> Video -> Advanced ; on less powerful PCs, it makes the game stutters a bit each time the crowd starts to applause

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- AI : now the CPU will volley much less frequently in the direction of his opponent standing near a lane line, except on difficult volleys
- Modding : now the game doesn't pause anymore while in the Mod Management menu and getting out of focus, which should prevent failing download because you had swapped to another application while waiting for it to complete

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- AI : fixed a few situations in doubles where the CPU was not playing correctly according to his CPU partner
- Animation : when being lobbed, the player animation could constantly switch between the smash and another strike
- Modding : Modded sounds were not playing sometimes, more or less randomly
- Modding : since the previous update, having both the face and eyebrow configuration was making the face customization disappear in some situations