Mana Games

Hello,

Tennis Elbow 2006 v1.0c just got released (Build 39) :
https://www.managames.com/download.php?TE-2006_fec1.exe [Permanent direct download link to the latest version]

New features :
- Online : rematch button at the Match End screen
- Online : possibility to close the chat when it's opened by your opponent
- Online : IP override => if the main server doesn't detect your correct IP, you can now manually set it
- Online : Reject button => you can now reject a player from the connection screen, if you don't want to play with him
- Online : name protection for registered users => if you bought Tennis Elbow, then no one else can use your name anymore
- Online : preset chats => you can send quickly a few chat sentences by pressing the Shift key followed by F1-F8
- Online : you cannot be too close anymore of the service line to return your opponent's service
- Online : possibility to change your name within the network menu
- Online : 5% ELO penalty for quitters
- Online : if your opponent is away for more than 1m15 and you give up, then it'll be counted as a give up for his ELO, not yours
- Online : ELO is calculated only for singles (not for doubles)
- Online : possibility to have a personal message displayed when you create a server (to say you're waiting for someone, or you want to play with a certain type of players, etc...)
- Display : window size and position is saved on exit and restored on next launch

Changes :
- gameplay : CPU is smarter to counter drop shot
- gameplay : all surface rebounds have been slightly changed
- trial : you can now always play to the warm up mode, it's not limited to the 21 first days of trial anymore

Notes:
- build 37 & 38 were Mac only
- there are a good bunch of new features & changes in this update, so I tested more than usually, but it's likely that there are some little mistakes left, so don't hesitate to report any glitch you may notice
- Changelog of previous versions is here :
https://www.managames.com/Forum/ftopic540.php

Build 40, September 11th:

Changes :
- gameplay : court bounces tuned again
- Online : ELO quit penalty reduced to 3%

New features :
- Online : opponent's quit penalty displayed on the Match End screen
- Online : must wait 1.5 seconds after have closed Menu & Chat to open them again

Bug fixes :
- World Tour : custom number of sets saved with the current match
- Misc : buttons opening Internet Browser link weren't working in the Build 39 (example : New version ChangeLog, Online Chat, etc...)

Online : if your opponent is away for more than 1m15 and you give up, then it'll be counted as a give up for his ELO, not yours

a player i have beaten two times in a row, has been in the menu for 5 minutes (on my break point when the score was 2-2 first set), during this time on players statistics it says +18 elo for me. i had to quit as he went to menu on purpose, and the elo for me was reduced by 13 points, and for him it was +13! soooo not fair!!!

Build 41, October 22nd :

Changes :
- gameplay : max top spin effect lowered by 15%
- double : CPU is swapping side with you after a little delay

Bug fixes :
- ELO : quit penalty wasn't displayed correctly when quitting after your opponent was in menus for more than 1m15

Build 42, November 6th:

Changes :
- Gameplay : cannot use a lot of top spin on the safe strike anymore
- Online : now the game doesn't pause anymore when you swap to another application

New features :
- Online : Give Up Rate is displayed after the Number of Games played; example : "Games: 50 -10%" means a player played 50 games, and gave up 10% of these games, so a total of 5 games; the Give Up counter just starts with this new build, so people who already played a lot of games will see their Give Up Rate grows slower than new players

Bug fixes :
- Online: maybe the crashes than a few people were experiencing on connection and at end of the game have been fixed

Just fixed a crash happening when entering the "Network" menu when never have played online before...
So if you downloaded the game within the last few hours and you never did a match online, you should re-download the game now (from the website).

Build 44, January 16th:

Changes :
- Online : when playing against registered users, players with demo can now play on any surface !
- Online : Give Up Rate is raised as soon as 1 game as been played

Bug fixes :
- a crash removed when launching the game from the bad directory (normally, no one should do like this, but it seems many people fail to create a shortcut in the right way)
- build 43 didn't display the score & time during the match, and has been removed/updated

Build 45, April 1st:

New Features :
- Added the option to have 0 game per set ; with this setting, you'll do only tie-breaks

Changes :
- when you add slice effect during the preparation of your strike, and then you do a top spin strike, the slice effect is now in the correct direction, thus you can do the famous Nadal passing..!

Bug fixes :
- some of the skills for strikes were mixed up (ie: forehand skill was also used for backhand)
- a couple of other little bugs fixed

Build 46, May 8th:

New Features :
- Online : in Tourney & Fair modes, now it's not possible anymore to serve from the outer half of the court (this is to prevent too crossed services, which force the returner to be off-screen)
- In-game : show the number of deuces at the end of the point leading to a deuce
- Animation : now, when your strike the ball after have run backward, you'll usually have a strike animation instead of the idle animation

Bug fixes :
- Difficulty : the CPU players were reacting too fast in all difficulty levels from Beginner to Master (so Incredible wasn't concerned) ; because of this, it was way too hard to do winners against them ! (this bug was introduced in last August 2007 )
- Replay : sometimes, the Preview arrows could be shown instead of the ground trace

manutoo wrote:- Online : in Tourney & Fair modes, now it's not possible anymore to serve from the outer half of the court (this is to prevent too crossed services, which force the returner to be off-screen)

MORE THAN
Really Tremendous, all suggestions that i made are now in the game! wow....
I hope TE 2008 will be More ....

Build 47, August 6th:

New Features :
- Online : you can now temporally ban the players that annoy you, but the ban list will be reset each time you start the game

Changes :
- the maximum top spin effect has been reduced

Bug fixes :
- Online : fixed a crash when joining a game while having a widescreen display
- the game will still start correctly even if it was closed while minimized

Cool ! ban a player that's cool, because many peoples join 8 - 9 times, they will never leave you..

Build 48, October 31st:

Changes :
- price lowered, because TE 2009 has just been released, more info here : https://www.managames.com/Forum/ftopic1694.php
- online: very tiny change in the connection protocol
- gameplay: when at the net, your player won't hit anymore a ball that is going to be out by more than ~1.5 meters

there are some problems in the new update. the draw and the fonts in it as well as in the ranking boards are, well, not that good...

example:


also in this new update the number of sets played in world tour mode has been reset to 1 set per match as default, and it cant be restored by editing the wt_current.dat file. this is really annoying as now i have to manually set the number of sets for each match. the settings in wt_current.dat file are:

[WT_Sav]
Diff = 0
FavPartner = 17
InMatch = 0
NbSet_0f = 1
NbSet_0n = 1
NbSet_1f = 2
NbSet_1n = 2
NbSet_2f = 2
NbSet_2n = 2
NbSet_3f = 2
NbSet_3n = 2
NbSet_qn = 1

i have set it to best of 2 for each match except for qulaification and chllengers... i hope this will be fixed soon