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[Pe11e]

Hello,

Started new World Tour career, with a new player, rank 1000. Bad stats from beginning by default, slow in speed and low powered shots. Which is ok in the first season where is the goal to gain as much stat as possible to be able to compete properly from the second season.

BUT! A big but! I'm currently playing at Pro 1, and I pretty good player ranked around 450th place, with good stats (a lot better than my player, is an understatement), and yet I won the match 6-4, 6-2. I found it pretty unrealistic to beat much better ranked and much much better player stats wise, easily, so I is this just a coincidence or Pro 1 is too easy for me? I see that the dev commented, that Pro 10 is the most realistic level, probably in terms of how AI players will play, regarding their stats?

Speaking of stats... does the game compensate how AI plays, regarding of the tournament (M15/25 in my case), and if it's Qualifiers? In other words, will the game bring down the AI level further if I'm participating in low ranked tournaments (M15/25)? Or I just need to set Pro 10 level from the beginning and loose few matches until I learn to play better/smarter, and bump up my player's stats a bit?

Also, why AI player is literally dying on the court, with energy bars going down very quickly, even with AI players with very good Stamina stats, yet my player keep stamina, breath, etc, almost at maximum during the whole match? And it's not I'm not running. I'm running similar distances as AI player, yet he is dying on the court lol. Is that because AI player uses Acceleration shot a lot? Hmmmm, maybe I won easily because AI player was exhausted? Any way to fix that? How can I match the level of exhaustion between the players?


Thank you in advance!

EDIT: just played another match now, and it seems that I had Footwork Boost on maximum, so it was easier to win the match. I disabled it, kept Pro 1 level, and lost the next match against similarly ranked player, in Tie Break, by few points. Also, I was using Acceleration much more, so my player was exhausted in some points, and Energy was lower than AI, which was logical since AI has better stamina stat. So I can say all is fine now. Now I must find the proper diff. level. It will be probably around Pro 2 to 5.

[manutoo]

Hello,

if the game is too easy, don't hesitate to raise the CPU level and/or lower your helpers like you did.

For the Stamina, read its rules here => https://www.managames.com/tennis/doc/Te ... tml#skills .

The AI doesn't depend on the current tournament, except for the Stress level. There's also a Form of the Day that you can check in the Player stat screen.

[Pe11e]

Thank you.

Another thing I noticed. Forehand and backhand precision and consistency is around 15-20% for my player, and I rarely miss shots. Usually finish a set with only 6-7 unforced errors, while AI is making over 20 with much better stats. So far, it seems that I don't need to bump up precision and consistency stats at all, only power. Am I missing something?

[manutoo]

That might mean that you could raise the difficulty level.

Also, check how it works exactly here : https://www.managames.com/tennis/doc/Te ... tml#skills .

[Pe11e]

I did. I raised the level to Pro 5, and I can only beat, barely, players with slow speed and strength. So I think it's the right level for me as of now.

But still I have around 5-6 unforced errors per set. Same number, but better AI, attacking more. AI still has over 20-25 unforced errors per set.

[manutoo]

Depending on your play style and your own skill, you might indeed get a lower UE rate than in real life. You could try the Elite control mode instead of the Simulation one (in your Character Sheet) and see if it helps to get more UE. (if you wish so )

[Pe11e]

Hm, wasn't aware of the Elite control mode. Thanks.

The thing is, I can't change the control mode once I start the World Tour. IS any way to force changing it?

[manutoo]

Yes, you can change it at any time in your Character Sheet.

[Pe11e]

Well, that's the thing - I can't change it at all. It doesn't respond when I click on the Simulation Control icon, neither on the arrows that show up. Tried many times since I have the game. Never actually thought there is another method of control mode, simply because I can't change it.

[manutoo]

Hum, that's strange. I checked with the unmodded game and with XKT, and both allowed me to change the Controls in the World Tour (on the bottom left of the Character Sheet).

I guess the WTSL may lock this, but normally, you cannot play in the World Tour with it.

Maybe you have a very old version of the WTSL ? (it was called WTET by then)

[Pe11e]

I think that I don't use WTSL. I'm not even sure what that is? I only use XKT and scoreboard mod. I play with a gamepad (if that matters). Not sure what can affect locked control mode?

[manutoo]

Could you send me a Bug Report from your Character Sheet in the World Tour ? (HowTo => topic5-31732.php )
I'll check if I can notice anything suspicious in your config.

[Pe11e]

Bug report sent.

[manutoo]

Remove these lines from your XKT.ini :

Code: Select all

[Controls]
DiffX_Arcade   =   0
DiffX_Elite   =   0
DiffX_Simu   =   0
Precision_Arcade=   0
Precision_Elite   =   0
Precision_Simu   =   0

HowTo => topic19-32161.php

[Pe11e]

Thanks! It worked. It's a bit harder now, and more realistic I think. This mode should be called Simulation.