Mana Games

Hello,

Here the Changelog for new versions.
Download Link:
https://www.managames.com/download.php?TE2009_fe1.exe [Permanent direct download link to the latest version]

Build 15, November 5th:

Changes :
- Gameplay : max topspin has been lowered by 10% on topspin strike, by 7% on acceleration
- Camera : now it zooms out at the end of point, before the next service start
- Female Tour: A good bunch of female players now have a correct 2 handed backhand instead of a single handed
- AI: CPU will do double faults sometimes, especially when having low Serve Consistency

Bug fixes :
- Having 100% in topspin could lead to too powerful topspin strike
- The "End of Week Qualies" screen doesn't appear anymore when there's no qualif to enter in
- possibility to change double partner (almost) all the time
- if the 3D models can't be loaded, the game will tell you to update your video drivers & then exit instead of crashing
- score is correctly reset when starting a new match in the World Tour ; if this bugs already happened in your Tour, it'll be fixed on the 2nd match you'll do with this new version

Build 16, November 6th:

New Features :
- Information randomly pops up with the number of winners, ace & double faults

Changes :
- gameplay : topspin strike with max topspin is 5km/h faster

Bug Fixes:
- The Ball Preview should work correctly in Doubles

Build 17, November 9th:

New Features :
- Stat Info : Number of Errors randomly displayed

Changes :
- Women World Tour : some skills of women have been raised, coz they were too low for all of them (example: the service power, speed, ...)
- Serve : aiming is reset to center of serve square when releasing all buttons

Bug Fixes:
- AI: sometimes, the volleyer didn't serve-volley when serving near the line

Build 18, November 10th:

Changes :
- Serve : when serving without pressing any button, ball is now a bit faster & longer
- Online : must bounce the ball at least once before to serve, that gives a 3-second delay for the returner to place himself as he wishes

Bug Fixes:
- Online: stats pop up could wrongly display "Double Double #0" or stuff like that
- Danger Zone: it should correctly appear all the time now

Build 19, November 11th:

Changes :
- Online : delay to bounce the ball at least once before to serve reduced by about 50%

Bug Fixes:
- World Tour: crash removed when looking the empty tournament draw list on the 1st week of a new game

Build 20, November 17th:

New Features :
- Outfit : 2 new plain color t-shirts, 1 for male, 1 for female (so the outfits of World Tour players have been re-generated)
- Mods : mini-tutorial to add T-shirts & other outfit parts ; more details in "Data/HowToMod.html"
- Mods : it is now possible for Modders to change the camera position (if you created a new court texture) ; more details in "Data/HowToMod.html"

Changes :
- Volley : low volleys should be a bit more effective (ie: faster), and global volley difficulty has been slightly lowered
- 2-Handed strikes : anti-difficulty bonus raised a bit ; ie: you can stand a bit deeper in the Danger Zone before getting precision/speed handicap or missing the ball

Bug Fixes:
- World Tour: removed a crash that could occur when selecting the double partner

Build 21, November 24th:

New Features :
- Mods : you can save the new camera position

Changes :
- Gameplay : Acceleration Speed Bonus for shorter players lowered
- Gameplay : Small speed bonus for the normal & topspin strikes when the Top Spin skill is low
- Online : name protection enhanced ; now, only letters & numbers count, all special characters (space, *, !, ?, etc...) won't count to determine if a new nickname is different from other players or not

Bug Fixes:
- World Tour : strike stats are now correctly saved and visible in the "Character Sheet"
- Online : the mouse aiming cursors are now correctly displayed when joining another player's game

Build 22, December 4th:

New Features :
- For Modders : press 3 on pad to toggle the custom Camera On/Off (only after have saved it)

Changes :
- Gameplay : when running, lob is pushed in the direction of the run
- World Tour : some top players' ranking tuned for year 2009

Bug Fixes:
- World Tour : ball preview setting is correctly saved & restored
- Last point isn't counted as a fault anymore for the stats

Build 23, December 15th:

New Features :
- Stats : strike count is randomly shown for rally lasting 10 strikes or more, and always shown for 30 strikes or more

Changes :
- Gameplay : maximum possible topspin is lowered when you don't center well the ball within the cords
- Gameplay : little speed bonus when you strike a ball of a height around your shoulder ; this bonus is 2 times bigger for the forehand than for the backhand
- Gameplay : slice is faster now, depending of your topspin skill : the lower it is, the faster your slice is
- Physics : the ball rebound has been slightly tuned on fast surfaces (grass & both indoors) ; it's now a bit higher & slower
- Network : chat window isn't displayed anymore when watching the replay once the match is over

Bug Fixes:
- World Tour : yearly stats are correctly shown
- Gameplay : game speed is not too slow anymore on computers whose the CPU's speedstep is activated (it's mainly found on laptop, and is called something like "energy mode", "saving mode", etc...)

Build 24, December 29th:

New Features :
- Stat Info : Number of Winners & Errors for Volley FH, Volley BH & Smash randomly displayed
- Animation : players' animation transitions are slightly smoothed ; so it should globally look better, especially now the CPU player shouldn't jerk anymore when finishing to reposition itself

Changes :
- Gameplay : lobs on run are slightly easier to keep in the court
- Gameplay : Incredible difficulty raised a bit
- World Tour : some players tuned

Bug Fixes:
- World Tour : now, in windowed mode, if you exit the game by clicking on the top-right cross, where you are in a menu without the "Exit" button, then the game won't be saved anymore, instead of saving a corrupted state (so you'll lose all progress made since the last automatically saved game)
- World Tour : changing your Ball Preview setting just before a match works and is saved
- World Tour : number of training hours left correctly displayed
- World Tour : when losing on the 1st week of a 2-week tournament, the game advances till the end of the tournament, instead of stopping at end of 1st week
- World Tour : surface streak stats are correctly recorded for all different surfaces, instead of corrupting tournament won & other stats
- World Tour : career strike stats are not reset anymore when exiting & restarting the game

Build 25, January 15th:

New Features :
- Gesture: at end of the point, press b1+b2 and Left or Right for Throw your racket, and Up or Down to show a raging 1st ; and victorious player salutes the crowd..!
- AI : in Doubles, the CPU player covers the court better when its human partner fails his/her interception at the net

Changes :
- World Tour : some players tuned

Bug Fixes:
- AI : the CPU player uses the topspin strike more correctly depending if the surface is slow or fast
- Stat : Double Fault count is correctly shown when doing a double fault to end the set

Great changes. The gestures are nice. When I was serving and retired, the CPU player waved to the crowd. When the CPU player was serving and I retired, the CPU player did not wave.

There is an abbreviated racket twirl with the fist pump. If possible, could this twirl be added as a gesture, so that we could use this while waiting for serve (such as Roger Federer does). It may interfere with strike preparation, though, so I don't know whether or not it is possible.

Pretty cool animations. Yea, it would be cool if you could do a racquet twirl.
Also, I think now I am able to modify the CPU's DiffScale and PrecisionScale, correct? If so, was this always disabled in the past? I remember in past builds I was able to change it but it did not reset to 1 and 1. But in the last build, if I changed it, it would always reset to 1 and 1.

Edit: Yes, definitely looks like it's enabled. This fixes my problem of the CPU hitting off center shots that seem to "float" when he has to run to hit a shot. Now all of CPU's shots have weight to them if I set to 0 and 100. Thanks!

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[*] EDITED by ManuTOO

Great! Congrats Manu!
Is there any way to break your racquet when you are playing very very bad?