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Return of server is too hard after latest update

Postby MaxiReturns » 24 Jun 2022, 22:35

Hey, Manu. I really enjoy playing TE4 and I just can say: You are doing a really great job with improving this game over the time. The game gets better and better with every update. Keep going, hard work always pays off at the end :) But sadly, I think the last update was gameplay-wise a step back.... It made the return of serve very hard again (like it was in the past) and good returns are not possible anymore. Simply said, the reach of the player now feels much smaller than before. Good cross court or down the line returns are almost completely impossible.
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Re: Return of server is too hard after latest update

Postby manutoo » 25 Jun 2022, 06:30

Hello,

the latest update should have changed the return of serve only for people standing well inside the baseline.

It surely didn't change the reach at all.

However, if I didn't tune that correctly, maybe you could hit a bit less strong & less precisely even if standing after the baseline. So if you feel it's what's happening to you, please send me a Bug Report on a point it happened, and I'll check it. :yes: (HowTo => topic5-31732.php)
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Re: Return of server is too hard after latest update

Postby manutoo » 25 Jun 2022, 09:42

I got your Bug Reports, so in short, there's nothing wrong nor unusual... :blackeye:

1 >> I think this return would be different in the previous version...

The ball difficulty was very low.

2 >> Another centered return where i aimed to the line

You aimed 2 meters away from the center and with the aiming zone still being big, the ball ended on the center of the T.

3 >> Here my opponent played a centered return

He was misplaced so he stopped to prepare his strike to move more, then he prepared it again but way too late and thus aimed near the center.

4 >> Centered return... it happens very very often now

Almost same as 2 >> .

5 >> This whole game was played in the previous update and it shows perfectly how different the returns were in this update (and im behind the baseline in both)

You replayed that older .dmo with the latest version, so if there was the slightest difference in the gameplay, this would create a desync and the point would not replay correctly (usually this lead to the players moving in the wrong direction, the point given to the wrong player, etc.).
This actually shows that (almost) nothing changed... :P
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Re: Return of server is too hard after latest update

Postby MaxiReturns » 25 Jun 2022, 10:20

Yeah, maybe it was just my imagination that there is a difference. But it still feels that when I am not perfectly positioned than the ball goes more frequently to the center
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Re: Return of server is too hard after latest update

Postby manutoo » 26 Jun 2022, 06:26

You wrote in last Bug Report :
>> surface selector is gone

It's removed when you activate the 2D Background.
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