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[Nicky Gi.]

In my opinion, the lighting when the sun is positioned in front of the player needs improvement. The difference in visibility when switching ends is far too pronounced. With the sun facing you, tracking the ball becomes extremely difficult.

I’ve attached an image showing how Top Spin 3 (bottom) handled this compared to Tennis Elbow 4 (top). The game should follow the Top Spin 3 approach: there should be some variation in exposure and lighting, but it should remain subtle so that both ends feel visually consistent.

Right now, you can force the sun to stay behind the player, but the shadows flip every time you change ends. The shadows also disappear entirely from one side to the other in certain times of day in some stadiums, which looks odd.

[manutoo]

Hello,

when watching the court against the sun, the clay gets much brighter, as seen on this photo :


So TE4 rendering is probably not perfectly realistic, but it's much more realistic than Topspin 3's one : playing against the sun on a real court is a tad harder, and TE4 makes you feel that.

And if you don't like that, you can play with Settings -> Camera -> Force Sun in the Back.

[Nicky Gi.]

Thanks. Is it possible that, at some point in the future (take your time do not rush this), you could make the shadows remain consistent on both sides when we force the sun to stay at the back, so they don’t flip or change?

[manutoo]

It's not possible.

The only solution would be to completely prevent changing ends.

[Guest]

I feel the other way around... Against the sun is a dream, but at the other end the shadows are very dark, especially when they take all the court over

[Nicky Gi.]

Thanks manu. I think I am starting to get used to the darker court when the sun is at the front. On Default time of day it is okay. Still waiting for the XKT Update to have the Default + Night Session option working in World Tour