Newsletter n°21 – November 29th 2009

• New Strike Styles : 1 Service, 1 Forehand
• Animation : players now look to the ball !
• Gameplay : on the short crossing passings, volley jump is now done slightly forward to cut the ball trajectory
• AI : CPU can now use spin on the service (in Training Club, only with very low or high topspin skill)
• World Tour : can see CPU vs CPU matches ; you can also take control of one or both of the CPU players (if you quit the match before it ends, the score won't be kept and will be re-simulated from the beginning)
• 1 new court : Green Clay
• Online : Experimental method to block Demo versions + Chat recording ; report bad online behavior in this topic : www.managames.com/Forum/topic8-2789.php

• Gesture : Cheer Jump tuned
• Animation : better legs animation when striking the ball while walking/running backward
• Animation : Serves 1 & 2 tuned a bit
• Gameplay & Animation : volleys animations tuned so the wingspan is wider, allowing to catch more balls at net
• Topspin : when hitting a ball on the run, topspin is slightly lowered ; defender's topspin bonus has been lowered ; in addition the CPU puts globally a bit less topspin in the ball
• World Tour : score simulation tuned a bit to take account of the less powerful service of the women, compared to men
• World Tour : Players' ranking updated for end of year 2009
• Gameplay : 1-hand Backhand handicaps raised a bit on difficult balls (ie: struck in the Red/Orange part of the Danger Zone) and on balls higher than the shoulder
• Gameplay : lob precision lowered, especially with a low lob skill
• AI : CPU rushes the net a bit more smartly
• Gameplay : the Danger Zone reflects now the wingspan of the 2H-FH or/and 2H-BH (when having it) instead of the 1H slice strike, thus it's easier to position yourself when doing your normal 2H strike
• Gameplay : easier to get Kicked Serve in
• Online : the Block Chat feature also blocks the Quick Chat

• World Tour : can close the game at end of match, before coming back to the menus, without problem
• Gameplay : low volleys don't go out anymore when prepared very early
• Gameplay : most lobs that were supposed to be too long were actually landing on the baseline
• World Tour : Davis Cup Matches should be counted with the correct surface in the statistics
• World Tour : correct round displayed for Head To Head Master Cup Matches
• Online : cannot have the Service Power above 70% anymore in Fair & Tourney Modes

 

/!\ Updating for Mac users: when you update to a newer version, you have to transfer the "Profiles" subfolder from your previous TE2009's directory to the new installation folder to keep your saved games.

 

Download links :

	Tennis Elbow 2009 - Windows Version (~20 MB - XP/2000/98/Vista/7)
	Tennis Elbow 2009 - Mac OSX Version (~25 MB - 10.3.9+ universal)

Green Clay court

 

With a bit of advance, Mana Games wish you to have some great end-of-year holidays,