Tennis Elbow 4 News

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- AI : the CPU will now almost never rush the net after a very crossed strike (as it's too open to a down-the-line passing)

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- AI : in doubles, the CPU could reposition himself incorrectly after have volleyed on the side of his partner (when the ball comes near the center and the partner is too far from it)
- AI : in singles, since the previous build, the CPU was following the doubles rule which could make him badly positioned
- Modding : having different Grand Slams and/or different Country Cup rounds for different years could lead to some issues


ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Rendering : ball outline (you can turn it on in Settings -> 3D Match) ; it's especially useful if you play with a low display resolution and/or with the 1st or 3rd person camera
- Modding : it is now possible to Mod the SpotAngle of the lights (see section 6 here => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic60-34047.php )

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- AI : better net rush on serve & volley for the CPU when the player is slow, and in doubles
- Menu : improved the selection with a controller and the arrow keys in the Settings menus, as well as in a few other menus
- Stadium : tuned the ads' brightness in half of the stadiums and made it possible to change it with Modding

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- AI : fixed a couple of bad positioning & reactions of the CPU in doubles
- Controls : the game was crashing when mismatching button/axis for up/down in Settings -> Controls (bis :sweat: )
- Tutorial : after finishing a Tutorial lesson, it was not possible to continue a saved match, plus it created a couple of little glitches in the menus


ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Strikes : the safe strike done after charging the topspin could get way too much topspin, or even a weird banana lob effect if additionally charged with the slice
- Replay : a crash could occur when exiting the replay
- Replay : since the previous update, it was not possible to close the Replay with a controller
- Controls : the game was crashing when mismatching button/axis for up/down in Settings -> Controls
- Modding : in Tour.ini, only the 1st period of YearPeriod was used
- World Tour : when starting a new career with the TEM2 mode activated, the Tour mode wasn't reset to Career Mode if the current mode was on Seasons or Unique Tournament

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Controls : the correct controller is automatically selected when assigning a button or combination in Settings -> Controls (so you don't have to worry about selecting your controller if you have more than 1 connected)
- Controls : option to invert up/down for the strike combinations when your player is on the far side of the court (like in TE2013 ! )
- Animation : smoothing of the reach for the Dynamic Animation system, which should prevent jerkiness when swapping between the regular & slice animations or when doing left/right movements to position your player

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Acceleration Trait : slightly raised the threshold speed for the Slow Ball Big Speed trait with men, so the bonus speed will trigger more often
- Menu : moved the Import/Load/Save buttons to the top of the Character Sheet in the Training Club, so they'll be more visible

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Acceleration Trait : the Rapid Fire was getting a 5km/h speed bonus instead of handicap !
- AI : fixed a couple more glitches for the CPU players in doubles
- Controls : the Open Menu button wasn't working during the game
- Menus : the tooltips could be incorrect when using the controller or keyboard
- World Tour : some saved games could be marked as Invalid if you had some saved games using different tour bases
- World Tour : playing with women was deleting the current saved game for the men

Here's another regular updates with 3 main focus :
- gameplay fixes & improvements
- better handling of the controller in the menus
- better handling of crashes, so the user can exit the game correctly

The last 2 points are to prepare the port to consoles.

I hope you'll enjoy all this ! :-)

And as I'm currently working on improving the menu usage with a controller, if you have any suggestions, please don't hesitate to let me know.

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Controls : new screen right before playing to easily select the controller for each player
- Menus : in case of a crash during the World Tour process, a menu is shown to tell you to load your previously saved game (instead of being stuck on the waiting screen)
- Menus : in case of a non-stop crash of the menu system, a menu is shown to let you exit the game and possibly restart without Mod or with resetting all your settings
- Menus : added a tip next to the Back button to show what controller button is linked to it
- Settings :can reset all the settings on game launch with the command line "-resetsettings" (without the quotes) ; this includes your current Training Club players, but not your saved World Tour games

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Physics : the players (both CPU & Human) now take a bit more margin over the net when they have a low Topspin skill, to avoid doing too many net faults
- AI : the Incredible CPU was still too cautious, leading to too many slices ; now he should do noticeably fewer, especially when his Topspin and/or his Precision are low
- AI : in doubles, now the CPU positions itself correctly after a cross-hit from the baseline

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- AI : the CPU could stop running too early when running toward or away from the net, making him miss easy balls ; this fix should greatly improve in some cases the serve & volley of the CPU, and its net rush
- AI : in doubles, the CPU on the baseline wasn't playing the crossed balls ending on his partner's side most of the time
- AI : in doubles, the CPU could try to catch a ball that was actually for his partner
- Modding : wrongly configured Mods could make the game unable to initialize correctly


ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===