by Tennis Elbow 2011 v1.0f is released (Build 90-2011.8.30) :
https://www.managames.com/download.php?TE2011_fe10f.exe ~37MB [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 all versions since v1.0d Build 80 => 1.0f Build 96 - SubBuild 2012.12.17 : (download the Patch if you don't want to download the Demo again)
https://www.managames.com/download.php?TE2011-Patch.exe ~6MB
New Features :
- New Strike Styles & Return Stances : another bunch of animations created by Lucian86, m4n4c0r & Jaydraco have been integrated to the game !
- Outfit : you can now change your racket strings color & choose your string logo independently from your racket type
- World Tour : in Season mode, you can now continue to the next season, if you played a total of less than 16 seasons (1)
- World Tour : Early Ball hit talent implemented for the CPU players (only 3 players in the original male players database have this talent)
- World Tour : Auto-Retrain button in the Training screen ; this allows you to automatically retrain your lost skills since the last training session (if you have enough Experience points & Training hours available)
- Gameplay : the new Auto-step back feature makes you start to run in the opposite direction a tiny bit faster ; this is especially useful if you use a gamepad that is slow to change left/right direction, but has low effect for players with a good keyboard (2)
- .Dmo Recording : can now be buffered in case it slows down your PC while recording ; it'll then record at each end of point ; use "AutoRecord = 2" instead of "1" to set the buffered mode
- Modding : separate animation for acceleration (Modders: more information in the animation topic soon
)- Modding : Max Players Per Country can be set in the Tour.ini in each tournament section using "MaxPlrPerCountry = 2" (for example) ; works only for Singles
- Online : experimental Reputation system ! Now, at the end of the match, you can vote to tell about your opponent behavior & improve or lower his reputation ; the Reputation is shown in the server list & in the connection screen, allowing to avoid players with bad reputation (3)
- Gameplay : new combo strike => half-lobbing slice : to do it press B2 then B2+down then B2 ; it's a poorly defensive, very slow & inaccurate and somewhat high slice, which can give you some time to replace yourself (and get destroyed on your next opponent strike
)Changes :
- Gameplay : Arcade controls allow to faster change of direction when running
- Gameplay : more accurate hit zone when hitting the ball to the side or the back of your body
- Gameplay : players rest a lot faster their overall energy when it's nearly depleted
- Gameplay : your player cannot move for a few milliseconds after you hit the ball (4)
- Gameplay : CPU returns a bit less effectively
- Gameplay : when running & turning by less than 1/16th ( = 22.5°), significantly less speed is lost
- AI : CPU has less chances to go back to baseline after doing a volley near the service line
- Animation : victory gesture is rotated if the player stands too close of the net
- Animation : animation position tuned when running & strike animation contains movement information (this should make easier to position your player while running with such strike animation)
- World Tour : seeds are shuffled in same way than real life
Bug Fixes:
- Animation : the slice animation for the wrong side could be started when the CPU was standing a bit before the incoming ball bounce
- World Tour : control type (ie: Simulation / Arcade / Elite) wasn't correctly saved when exporting players to the Training Club
Notes :
- Changelog of previous versions is here : topic15-7450.php
- Mac OSX version will be released before end of next week
- (1) : if you started a season with v1.0e & go on with v1.0f, then the proposed new rank at end of season may be incorrect
- (2) : with a good keyboard, you need around 30-50 milliseconds to press the left key after stopping to press the right one ; with a gamepad, this time can go up to 100-150ms ; and with a joystick a lot more than that ; the Auto-step back considers you start to press left just after you unpressed right when the ball is going to your left (and vice versa from left to right) ; this feature makes the game more fair as it removes a disadvantage of playing with a gamepad
- (3) : this is totally experimental and will likely be tuned in the future ; let me know your impressions about it !
- (4) : good online players start to run around 100ms after they have struck the ball ; you cannot move your player for less than this time for safe & normal strike, and a bit above it for attack strikes
- Comments : topic15-9022.php
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