Tennis Elbow 4 News

After a long pause, here's an update bringing the commentaries to Alpha state ; they are still not done, but I hope you'll enjoy them already ! :-)

Here is the full changelog :

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Commentator : now the commentaries should be pertinent to the content most of the time (I tested a good bunch of the comments, but it might still have some bugs though ːsteammockingː )
- Modding : you can now tweak the lights in the indoor stadiums (HowTo, point 6 here => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic60-34047.php )

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Tiredness : greatly lowered the loss of Short Term Form during the match
- Player : now the talents are used to calculate the CRC
- Settings : tuned the Video settings auto-detection so it should now work better for powerful IGPs

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- AI : in doubles, the CPU could avoid hitting the ball, even if it was blatantly for him to play it
- World Tour : the topspin could be widely incorrect when picking a player for the Season mode in the World Tour, quickly leading to a levitating ball when playing a match :sweat:
- Modding : fixed a couple of crashes when having wrongly configured tournament bases (which was the case with the last version of the XKT mod, especially on the woman side :fear: )

[h2]Notes :[/h2]
- Sorry for the long delay since the previous update ; I'll try to post soon in the mini-blog to explain what's going on => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic15-31541.php ... :fear:

ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

Here is an update focused on fixing the dynamic animation system (so the racket is correctly positioned on the ball) : there was 1 big bad bug from a fix last August, and I took the occasion to fix a bunch of small weirdness here & there.

I tested more than usual, and I think overall now it works well in all common cases. It may still have a few hiccups in some uncommon cases, though.

And after 3 years, I also finally removed the "What would you like to see here ?" in the Character Sheet and replaced it with the player's strengths & weaknesses. It should be quite helpful to newcomers to notice when a skill is relative to another one and thus adapt it accordingly..! ːsteamhappyː

And here is the full changelog.

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Player : now the strengths & weaknesses of the human-controller players are shown in the Character Sheet

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Animation : tuned a bit how the dynamic animation system interpolates the base anim to reach the ball

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Animation : fixed a weird anim occurring when hitting the ball just a bit after ending to move (bug introduced with the fix of the SubBuild 2022.8.10)
- Animation : fixed several other little weird things in the dynamic animation system, especially for the CPU
- Player : the players could get slightly metallic reflections in some extreme cases
- Modding : the "Images.ini" file couldn't be modded

ManuTOO
=== Mana Games ===

[h2]New Features :[/h2]
- Rendering : can change the brightness, both in the Video & Camera settings
- Rendering : different rendering tones can now be selected in Settings -> Video -> Advanced

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Stadium : moved a bit the Australian Slam roof, so its shadow isn't too close to the baseline, and fixed a few holes under the roof

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Players : fixed a few holes in the legs when the male player is very thin (and likely in other cases, as well as for the female player)
- Rendering : the sun elevation was incorrect when playing most World Tour tournaments
- Rendering : when the stadium hid the sun, the court could get too grey (I'm not 100% sure it's fixed in all cases, especially as Unity seems to be bugging when calculating the lighting in some special cases)
- Stadium : Shanghai walls had little holes
- Modding : couldn't see the socks whose names didn't begin by a number

[h2]Changes :[/h2]
- Rendering : tuned a lot of stuff so everything should be more visible when playing in the dark, late in the day, and on the side opposite the sun on mid-day
- Stadium : can now play at 19.00 & 20.00

[h2]Bug Fixes :[/h2]
- Rendering : Camera's Force Sun in the Back wasn't working with the new Time of Day option
- Stadium : fixed a few micro-tiny holes in several stadiums' walls that were making rays of light around the court when playing late in the day
- Match : the number of games to trigger the tie-break was still also used as the number of games in the last set
- Modding : the line judges were always getting the default position on Modded stadiums, instead of the stadium's specific position
- Modding : now all NPCs have a unique name, so they can be moved around if wanted

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 ===