- Gameplay : now the stretch animation doesn't trigger if you have pressed the strike button before your opponent hit the ball (so it's easy to use the AutoPos-on-return-of-serve trick)
Bug Fixes :
- Gameplay : the stretching animation could all be messed up depending on the length of the current animation playing, usually leading to doing a forehand stretch animation instead of the backhand one, or even making the game crash - Modding : having 2 animation bundles with the same name (ie: in 2 different mods) was making the game crash ; indeed Unity (the engine I'm using) cannot load 2 different bundles having the same names (hurry Unity, one more FTW ! :sweat: )
Notes :
- Sorry for the delay to fix these annoying bugs : I have the flu since last Sunday and I wasn't able to work at all (except light customer support) on Monday and Tuesday ; I'm still not ok and need a few days of rest, so hopefully the game will be decently playable now... :fear:
Build 80 - SubBuild 2022.3.13
Changes :
- Animation : changed how the stretching anims make the player move, so it looks more natural (it's still a bit mechanical, but before the player was moving before the legs move, and was standing still when the legs were moving :sweat: )
Bug Fixes :
- AI : the CPU could have his animation desync if he changed his mind about his next strike - Gameplay : the stretching anims weren't triggered when standing still or nearly still, so they were barely triggering at all - Gameplay : the sliding anims could make your player stops to move too early - Animation : removed another strike jerking when missing the ball - Online : raised the timeout of the Connection Test, which should avoid a wrong initialization for people requiring the Push-Through server
Build 79 - SubBuild 2022.3.10
Bug Fixes :
- Gameplay : the stretching animation could trigger when running away from the ball (which was preventing doing an inside out forehand) - Gameplay : the on-the-run positioning helper wasn't doing anything at all since the last update, making it very hard to hit correctly a ball when running - Gameplay : the players were stopping to run too slowly after having hit the ball - Online : the game was crashing & hanging if a player you had banned was visible on the Internet game list
Version 0.52 - Build 78 ; SubBuild 2022.3.9
Hello,
Here's another update that ends the addition of new animations (maybe not forever, though :-) ).
Hopefully, significant polishing of animations will come, but it'll be in a distant future.
I'll go on trying to fix any glitch reported, though.
The next step should likely be adding stadiums.
New Features :
- Animation : hand-made stretching animations for the forehand & backhand when the ball is a bit too far and the player doesn't move too fast, giving more reach than the normal strikes, even stretched (1)
Changes :
- Input : updated to the latest Rewired version (it's the Unity plugin used to access your controller) - Gameplay : slightly raised the time to stop to run when pressing a strike button so now it matches the time needed to trying to run in the opposite direction
Bug Fixes :
- Gameplay : the AutoPos could make your player goes in the wrong direction when the ball was very far - Gameplay : the auto-positioning was a bit too incorrect when sliding - AI : the CPU strike animation wasn't correctly synchronized with the actual hit if he started to run to the side - AI : in some situations, the CPU wasn't deciding correctly to switch to the slice - Animation : the players could do weird hip movement when striking the ball right after having moved - Animation : when missing the ball, the strike animation could kinda pause for an instant - Stadium : the 2D version of the grass court was messed up - World Tour : doubles specialist with a low Doubles Spirit could get too high skills ; now the Doubles Spirit is raised instead - Match Replay / Online : fixed 2 related bugs that together were leading to desync on full match replay ; this could also lead to desync when playing an online doubles match while hiding the opponent Danger Zone
Notes :
(1) - These new stretching animations don't trigger often ; their best chance is on the return of serve, so they should slightly lower the acing rate
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Version 0.50 - Build 77 ; SubBuild 2022.2.22
New Features :
- Animation : new volley animations, including hand-made low and high volleys (that are still adjusted by the dynamic animation system) ; the legacy volley animations are now bound to the Forehand #8, and have hand-made high volley animations - World Tour : added handmade outfit configurations to a few players, thanks to masterp443 !
Changes :
- Gameplay : lowered the extra-reach for all the strikes when the ball is very low or very high (as the racket describes somewhat of a circle instead of a linear limit), which should avoid some weird animations and give a more realistic reach overall - Animation : the players won't try anymore to hit the ball after it has bounced against a wall, to avoid doing weird animations
Bug Fixes :
- AI : fixed a couple of animation desync issues for the CPU - Animation : fixed a little jerking that could happen when the human player had missed the ball
Build 76 - SubBuild 2022.2.9
New Features :
- Helpers : you can now select different visuals for the Danger Zone ; the new ones are a bit or a lot more discreet than the original one ; you can select them in Settings -> 3d Match -> Danger Zone - Modding : you can now Mod the Danger Zone textures
Bug Fixes :
- AI : since the previous Build, the CPU could reposition itself in the wrong place after have hit the ball - Sound : the crowd disappointment sound wasn't playing since the big change in the sound system last month
Build 75 - SubBuild 2022.2.8-1
Changes :
- Strike : lowered a bit the lob precision when your opponent isn't at the net - Strike : lowered a tiny bit the defense lob speed, so it'll be less easy to do a winning lob with it
Bug Fixes :
- AI : fixed a bunch of issues leading to animation desync for the CPU - Stadium : the ads, the speed & time boards had disappeared on a half of the Australian Slam stadium
SubBuild 2022.2.8
Bug Fixes :
- Modding : having copied the GameSys.ini from the Modding SDK (or just put the whole Modding SDK into your Mods folder) was making the game crash.
Important note about Modding the game :
Do not put the Modding SDK into the Mods folder. Copy only the modified files into your Mods folder. eg: "Mods\MySuperMod\Ini\Players.ATP.ini".
For GameSys.ini and other similar .ini files, do not copy it ; instead use the GameSys_Mod.ini version as explained in the Modding SDK documentation : topic11-31376.php .
This update fixed a crash coming from such an use, but others might come if you use the whole SDK as it'll prevent updates in the files present in your Mods folder.
Build 74 - SubBuild 2022.2.7
Changes :
- Surface : 2D Court updated with the latest color changes - World Tour : boosted a bit the strength of low-ranked women, especially around the rank #100
Bug Fixes :
- AI : the CPU was air swinging instantly when he couldn't reach a ball, instead of doing nothing - AI : fixed a couple of cases giving slightly out of sync animations with the new syncing system - World Tour : giving a good starting rank to a Junior was giving him ranking points for the Pro Tour instead of the Junior Tour
Build 73 - SubBuild 2022.2.6
Bug Fixes :
- AI : the CPU should now never hit the ball out of sync (although I didn't test all cases, so if you notice a case where it still doesn't work correctly, please do a Bug Report => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic5-31732.php ) - AI : the CPU wasn't stressed by playing against a much lower-ranked player than him - Controls : the non-sliced sliding was preventing doing a defensive lob, instead of the drop shot & slice strike - Controls : cannot run into the crowd stand anymore by doing circle running near them - Gameplay : fixed a rare bug that was fully depleting the player energy - Animation : since a couple of Builds, the player wasn't running anymore to the side on volleys and was doing sidesteps which were leading to weird-looking volley animations
