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[manutoo]

The MasterCup supports only a draw of 8.

You can change the category name in Category.ini and the tournament name in Tour.ini...

[evannoteven]

Got it, my follow up question is;

Can I have three MasterCup’s existing in one year but only two be connected to tour points? I’d like to have the atp finals, next gen finals and then separately UTS as round robins with a draw of 8, but the game crashes any time I try to change the name of mastercup or include multiple names through the name line in the category ini, even if they’re in separate categories. I’ve been able to make additions to the lang mod file to get the game to recognize the unknown code issue but now I’m struggling to figure out how atp points can be accounted for but not given out by these new exhibition categories

Is it possible that i can’t because the XKT mod already lists a conversion of mastercup as ATP Finals in lang mod file? Also, what is the Fed Cup I never see it active in world tour even as Billie Jean King, is it still an active category/tournament I could maybe use instead?

[manutoo]

1) I think the MasterCup works only after the 4 slams are done.

2) Changing the name shouldn't lead to a crash ; it might have something else in play here...
Be sure to use from [Category01] to [Category50], but not more.

3) Give 0 ranking points to all rounds, and you'll have the equivalent of an exhibition.

4) You can give any name you want, just not the same name as the one used by the XKT.

[holt77]

but now I’m struggling to figure out how atp points can be accounted for but not given out by these new exhibition categories

To create a new MasterCup category with no ranking points or race points given, you would just need to start it as below, with the other data fields then added below that. Also make sure to remove the line that says ForcedRank = 1.

[Category14]
Type = MasterCup //Draw: 8
Name = NextGenATPFinals
EntryPoints = 0 0 0 0 0
RacePoints = -1

Is it possible that i can’t because the XKT mod already lists a conversion of mastercup as ATP Finals in lang mod file?

The existing text conversion from MasterCup to ATP Finals shouldn't make any difference. I use the XKT mod, with my own data mod added on top of it. When you create additional categories using the MasterCup type, then add a Name field and convert the name text to your chosen display name, it should still appear as that new name on the calendar in the game.

One thing to note here is how the title wins are displayed in players' Career Titles page in the game. On that page, they are categorised by TypeRank. However, if you have multiple category names under the same TypeRank, the name of the category that shows on the Career Titles page seems to be the one that's used last in the calendar. I realise I probably haven't explained that very well!

[evannoteven]

Thank you both, I tried adding new tournaments but I can’t seem to get a round robin format for 8 draw exhibitions, and if I use any other name but mastercup I get a ‘this game has crashed’ screen which I sent a report to Manu to show the issue, even if I add conversions for standalone categories for atp finals and next gen finals.


Ultimately, I am trying to create 5 kinds of exhibitions, with just two that are round robin format, one that’s head to head exhibition format and another that’s bracket knockout style

[evannoteven]

I was able to figure this out eventually, I had to add a new 'MasterCup' lang mod and then convert new names for different categories as well, but pretty happy with the outcome so far

[evannoteven]

Manu a quick question, for tournaments with sidecourts I have a mod that has a different surface to provide different shot sounds for side courts, but now the side courts are not showing up when I play tournaments in world tour. I assume this is because only one surface can be applied and the side courts have their own 'surface' that is different from the one in the tour ini.

My question is, do I need to change the side courts to be the same 'surface' as all other courts for the tournament or can I have two surfaces for one tournament to account for side courts like you do with the actual stadiums themselves (i.e. using #SideCentral2W, #Central2W and #Second2W for 2 week tournaments and using relevant stadium separators where relevant based on tournament type)? If i need to use one surface, can I still have side court sounds through adding them as 'sound' mods instead of using surfaces to separate sounds between courts?

[manutoo]

You can have only 1 surface per tournament, but you can put the sounds in the Stadium.ini instead.

[evannoteven]

Sorry I misspoke previously, it is the crowd sounds that are differentiated through the surface, what can be done for this?

[manutoo]

You can still set them in the Stadium.ini instead of the Surface.ini .

[evannoteven]

Apologies for my ignorance, how do I set in the Stadium.ini is it the below formatting somewhere in the ini file? and then I would add crowd to this as a line item?

[Sound]
Crowd = Crowd_Side2
Hit = Hit_Damiano-HARD
Serve = Service_Damiano-HARD

[manutoo]

It's explained in "2) Strike, bounce, skid & crowd sounds" here => topic60-33725.php .

[evannoteven]

Thanks! That works perfectly