Mana Games

[manutoo]

Hello,

Tennis Elbow 2011 v1.0a is released (Build 64-2011.1.13) :
https://www.managames.com/download.php?TE2011_fe10a.exe ~35MB [Permanent direct download link to the latest version]
http://toogame.free.fr/Files/TennisElbow2011.exe [Mirror site for people having corrupted download from managames.com - but not up to date all the time]

Patch for v1.0a All Builds since 65 => 1.0a Build 68 - SubBuild 2011.3.3 :
https://www.managames.com/download.php?TE2011-Patch.exe ~1.3MB

New Features :
- Strike : Backhand Smash (1)
- New Strike Style : one 2-Handed Backhand (you're welcome to guess from what real player it's inspired of in this topic : viewtopic.php?p=53834#p53834 )
- 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

Changes :
- AI : CPU players lob more often when decentered
- 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 center 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 :
- Changelog of previous versions is here : topic15-3342.php
- as usually, if you notice any glitch or bug, thanks to report them !
- don't forget to exit TE2009/TE2011 before to install the latest version
- (1) : hitting an acceleration on the BH Smash gives a bit less fast ball than an acceleration on the FH Smash
- (2) : I didn'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

Important Note :
Post in this topic only if it's related to the latest new version, ie only for these 2 cases :
- about a point listed in the New Features / Changes / Bug Fixes
- about a bug that you are sure didn't happen in the previous version but happens in the new one (else, post in the "Bug Report" forum)
Do not write about anything else, else I may delete your post without any prior warning (or at very least, I won't answer it) ; if you're not sure your topic is related or not to the latest version, just create a new topic in the forum, it'll be fine...

Also on a side note, don't send me PM ( = Private Message) except for Private thing. Everything that can be read by everybody should be pointed out / asked in the forum, so my comments & answers could also be read by everybody, and hopefully, I won't have to write them again when someone else will have the same comments / questions...

[manutoo]

Build 65, January 14th:

Bug Fixes :
- Controls : fixed all the mess with the inverted up/down , when on front side, on opposite side, offline, online, & on serve...
- Score : fixed a bug that could lead to wrong scoring when the ball was close of the line (or was going to be close of the line)
- Score : fixed a bug that was leading to wrong scoring when a player was hitting the ball exactly at the time it bounced for the 2nd time

[manutoo]

Build 66, January 15th:

Changes :
- Gameplay : BH Smash speed slightly raised
- Gameplay : favor the FH Smash over the BH Smash (ie: if the ball arrives on your BH side but you have a lot of time to position yourself, then the FH Smash will be chosen)
- Online : in doubles, cannot strike in the ball anymore once the point is over

Bug Fixes :
- Gameplay : at net, players don't strike the ball anymore when it seems it's going out

[manutoo]

SubBuild 2011.1.17, January 17th:

Changes:
- Controls : Gestures map to Fire 1+2 even if the strikes are remapped

Bug Fixes:
- Controls : Keyboard remapping could be bugged & stuck with 'à' everywhere
- World Tour : best players are now correctly chosen for the Team Cup
- World Tour : some male players were not playing some years for no reason

[manutoo]

Build 67, January 25th:

Changes :
- Gameplay : speed handicap on off centered balls for the normal & top spin strikes slightly lowered
- Controls : smart selection of nearest strike combination, when you use remapping
- AI : when volleying, CPU lobs a lot less often

Bug Fixes :
- AI : in doubles, the CPU players shouldn't stand on same side anymore (or only very rarely)
- AI : in doubles, when volleying, the CPU sometimes didn't react to incoming ball
- AI : in doubles, the CPU isn't stuck anymore after jumping to the ball & missing it
- Gameplay : when volleying, players shouldn't strike anymore a ball they think is going out
- Score : fixed wrong scoring when the ball was falling of the same end than the player, then bouncing over the net, and clipping it
- Score : fixed wrong scoring when the ball was bouncing & touching the net at the same time
- Online : the game doesn't hang anymore when joining an online game while there's a match in progress in the World Tour

Notes :
- The Patch is now from v1.0a (Build 65) ;if the last version you downloaded is before that one, you should download the main file, not the patch

[manutoo]

Build 68, January 31st:

Changes :
- AI : CPU player does now a lot less silly things when playing in doubles, especially when teamed with another CPU player
- AI : CPU player positions itself better on topspin balls
- Gameplay : cannot put too much topspin in balls above the head (that includes smash)

Bug Fixes :
- Helpers : out-of-screen player's arrow is now correctly displayed when joining an online game
- Animation : correct judge fault call animation when the ball flies in the crowd
- Stats : correct stat count when the ball flies in the crowd

[manutoo]

SubBuild 2011.3.3, March 3rd:

New Features:
- Mod : changing in Tennis.ini, in the section [WT_Static], the entry "NoNormalization" allows you to have the players always playing like at their BestRank, or on a chosen year

Changes:
- World Tour : rankings of a few players raised in the fictional years
- World Tour : Wildcards for entering the tournaments of the current week were too easy to get

Bug Fixes:
- HUD : Energy bars are now correctly displayed on left/right when playing in Doubles with the camera standing on the Opposite end
- Online : ELO penalty shouldn't appear if disconnection occurs just after the match point
- World Tour : Reputation was raising/lowering too much when ranking changed (which allowed to enter Country Cup even with a very low ranking)
- World Tour : Wildcard wasn't shown when entering a tournament of the current week
- World Tour : on the weeks with a forced tournament, 1 too much minor tournament was counted for Race ranking points

[danik18]

Dear Manutoo is new version???

[theaigle]

6 des changements sont à cause de moi
En tout cas BRAVO pour la réactivité

[Richou]

Quick thing, i was wondering if you were gonna update the djokovic serve so that the serving arm isnt like totally straight.

[manutoo]

Richou,
precise a bit what u're talking about..? Is it on ball/racket contact ?

[Richou]

I mean over the 2010 off season he fixed his service arm so that during his trophy pose his right arm isnt straight as it was, it has a 90 degree bend. Its one of the main things that attributed to his Australian Open win...

[btaylor]

True that...

[manutoo]

Ok, I see... Is there any slow motion video of that new motion ?

[btaylor]

Yeah, he's smoothed out his motion quite a bit...
I haven't yet run across any new slow-motion videos of his new motion, but if I do I'll send them...