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[holt77]

Hi,

Not sure if this is an XKT issue or if it's with the game itself, but when a Davis Cup tie is scheduled to be played on one of the XKT 2D courts, this doesn't happen when you play the match. It just ends up just being on one of the in-game 3D courts.

I had a Davis Cup tie where Argentina were due to host at the Buenos Aires clay court, but when I played the match it was on the generic 3D carpet court!

[manutoo]

Hello,

if you're still on that match, you can send me a Bug Report and I'll try to have a look. (HowTo => topic5-31732.php )

[holt77]

It happened during one of my test games, but I think it happens quite often, so I will try to recreate it tomorrow and send it across to you.

[holt77]

Hi,

I sent a bug report through to you from another test game. Using the latest TE4 patch and the latest XKT update.

A Davis Cup tie between Brazil and Australia was scheduled to be held at the Rio ATP clay court, but when you play the matches they're actually on the generic 3D carpet court.

Also, a minor thing, but one of the Brazilian players has a "Q" for qualifier next to their name?

[manutoo]

1) It's coz you play with the 2D Background and the game picked up the original Cincinnati stadium for the encounter, and thus it's its 2D version that is used.

2) The Q should be fixed for the next update (not in your current Country Cup, but for the next ones)

[holt77]

1) Is there a way to prevent that happening, so that it always plays with the selected 2D court?

2) That’s great, thanks. This was just a test game that I ran through quickly to recreate the issue. I haven’t started playing the game properly yet until I’m finished with tests and data edits.

[manutoo]

It played with the selected court, which was the original Cincinnati stadium. Possibly, you could change its Court.jpg. Otherwise, maybe I should add an option to avoid taking some specific stadiums for the Country Cup, but I'm not doing that now.

[holt77]

Ah, ok. On the draw page for that tie, it was showing as "Rio ATP 250", so I'm not sure where the original Cincinnati selected was selected? Is this something to do with the XKT data files that I need to edit?

[manutoo]

The selected stadium was "Cincinnati" ; the selected surface was "Rio ATP 250".

Cincinnati exists in the game, so it can be selected for a Country Cup encounter.

[holt77]

Ah, ok. So, I'm guessing Cincinnati is the default stadium in the Davis Cup for countries that don't have any stadiums of their own? Is there any way to make it so that countries that do have stadiums in the game will usually host in one of those stadiums?

It doesn't seem to make sense for Brazil to host a match with the Rio surface, but not in the Rio stadium. Also to host on a clay surface in a stadium that doesn't look like clay!

I do see that in the Stadium.ini for the Rio stadium, it has the scene set to Cincinnati. I'm assuming if I change that to one of the default clay courts like Madrid, it will at least usually play on a clay court when selected? Does every 2D court need to have a scene that is one of the default courts?

[manutoo]

It didn't use at all the Rio's Stadium.ini, else it'd have shown that the selection stadium was Rio instead of Cincinnati and the 2D court would have been Rio, not Cincinnati.

Normally, the game picks a Stadium in the country of the hosting country, but I just checked and actually the automatic smart selection was always erased by the default selection...

It's fixed for the next update (likely coming today or tomorrow), so Brazil will host in the Rio stadium, as expected, thanks to your report !

[holt77]

Normally, the game picks a Stadium in the country of the hosting country, but I just checked and actually the automatic smart selection was always erased by the default selection...

It's fixed for the next update (likely coming today or tomorrow), so Brazil will host in the Rio stadium, as expected, thanks to your report !

Amazing, thank you so much for fixing it!

[holt77]

Since the patch, I find that most Davis Cup matches are still being hosted at the generic stadiums, even for countries which have many stadiums to choose from, like the US and France. This is also the case after starting a new game since the patch.

Also, since the patch, the scoreboard for the Davis Cup matches is now the default ATP one, rather than the Davis Cup one, but this might need to be fixed by the XKT team.

[manutoo]

The stadium selection is done 1 week before the event, so it won't fix an on-going event. But if you have noticed that in a new career, you can send me a Bug Report. However, for example, the US don't have a big indoor stadium, and thus don't have a choice for the 1st round if it occurs during January-March. France should host at the Paris tournament, though.

For the scoreboard, it's a Mod issue.