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Newsletter n°25 – January 21st 2011

Tennis Elbow 2011 v1.0a and Tennis Elbow Manager v1.0g

 

Tennis Elbow 2011 v1.0a released on Windows & Mac OSX :

Just in time for the 1st Grand Slam of the year, this new version 1.0a is coming with a bunch of new stuff & tunings and is free for everybody who already bought TE2011, as usually.

New Features :

  • Strike : Backhand Smash (1)
  • New Strike Style : one 2-Handed Backhand
  • World Tour : can start a new game with up to 4 human players (2)
  • World Tour : can see the number of Wins/Losses for previous years
  • Controls : can remap all strike combinations (when "Advanced Options" are on) ; this is especially useful for too sensitive gamepads that don't allow to clearly push middle/up/down (like the Xbox 360 controller) (3)
  • Window : maximized state is saved on exit & restored on launch (Windows version only)

Changes :

  • AI : CPU players lob more often when near of the lanes
  • AI : CPU players now react a bit more slowly to drop shots
  • Gameplay : accelerations on sliced balls have a bit less precision
  • Gameplay : in match, you can now strike the ball when it's out and your player started his strike (except on 1st serve return)
  • Gameplay : off centre balls on the normal & topspin strikes are slower than before
  • Animation : Services 1 & 5 significantly tuned so the ball toss is higher ; Service 2 is very slightly tuned as well
  • Animation : Crowd applause tuned
  • World Tour : Rankings updated to end of 2010
  • World Tour : Team Cup players are now selected by their current strength instead of their current ranking
  • World Tour : the Score Simulation produces about 30% less tie-breaks, especially in last rounds of important tournaments
  • Online : ELO Penalty for quitting is lowered by about 30%
  • Online : AutoLag tuned a bit

Bug Fixes :

  • Gameplay : player doesn't move forward / backward several times when hitting a very high ball from the baseline while AutoPos is on Fast
  • Gameplay : right-handed players should now turn around to the left or the right correctly, when lobbed
  • Controls : fixed a crash that could occurs when plugged in a gamepad/joystick with less than 6 buttons

Notes :

  • (1) : hitting an acceleration on the BH Smash gives a bit less fast ball than an acceleration on the FH Smash
  • (2) : I couldn't test it too much, so if you meet any bug, please report them & send me your saved games
  • (3) : if you used to use X & Z keys to do the slice & top spin strikes, you should now remap these 2 strikes to the new Fire 4 & 5 ; you have to turn on the "Advanced Options" from the "Misc Options" menu to see the "Remap Strikes" button in the "Control" menu

And if you missed the Build 63 released on last November, you'll also discover the Elite Controls in addition to Simulation/Arcade Controls ; if you choose them, it makes the game significantly harder, thus it should lead to more errors.

 

/!\ Updating for Mac users: when you update to a newer version, you have to transfer the "Profiles" subfolder from your previous TE2011's folder to the new installation folder to keep your saved games.

/!\ Warning for Mac users: this new version of TE2011 doesn't support Mac OSX 10.3.9 ; you must have Mac OSX 10.4 or better to play it.

 

 

Download link :

Tennis Elbow 2011 - Windows Version
(~35 MB - XP/2000/98/Vista/7)
Tennis Elbow 2011 - Mac OSX Version
(~45 MB - 10.4+ universal)


Tennis Elbow 2011 Video

 

Tennis Elbow Manager 1.0g for Windows & Mac OSX :

Once again, here a little but indispensable update for Tennis Elbow Manager, free for everybody who already bought it, as usually.

New Features :

  • Activity History : can see the number of Wins/Losses for previous years

Changes :

  • Rankings updated to end of 2010
  • Team Cup : players are now selected by their current strength instead of their current ranking
  • the Score Simulation produces about 30% less tie-breaks, especially in last rounds of important tournaments
  • Recruiting : now you need a bit more reputation to recruit players

Bug Fixes :

  • Match : breaks were happening too often from 0-40 ; now, the server scores a few points most of times before being broken

 

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

 

Download links:

Tennis Elbow Manager - Windows Version
(~12MB - Windows XP/2000/98/Vista)

tennis training

 

 

Happy New Year full of amazing Tennis (in France, we have till January 31st to wish it :-) ),
Mana Games