- Menu : since the previous update, there have been a bunch of little glitches in the menus as well as the impossibility of training when the TEM2 Mode was turned on - MacOS : tried a fix for the black screen occurring on old macs (ie: the ones not supporting the Metal rendering) - World Tour : loading a saved game where you had reached the end of your career was crashing
Build 124 ; SubBuild 2024.1.6
New Features :
- Analytics : switched to Unity Gaming Service Analytics ; you still can disable it in Settings -> Misc Options - Modding : the .zip mod files in the temp folder are now deleted on game launch & exit
Changes :
- Physics : slightly raised the sliding occurrence, on all surfaces, both with and without the Slider talent
Bug Fixes :
- AI : in doubles, in a few specific situations, the CPU could let his partner hit a ball while he should have played it
Build 123 ; SubBuild 2023.12.14
New Features :
- Controls : added a message in Settings -> Controls to recommend to disable Steam Input, as it's the number 1 reason for trouble with controllers - Localization : Italian translation updated, thanks to pupattolino75 !
Changes :
- Acceleration Trait : Slow Ball Big Speed's limits are tuned so it's more advantageous on slow surfaces, and almost not penalizing on fast surfaces - Play Style : the new description of the All-Court Attacker is (ie: he got a speed bonus for his normal & topspin strikes) =>
1 extra acceleration
bigger jumps at the net
big speed bonus for shoulder height acceleration
up to +3km/h on normal & topspin strikes, whatever the power is
- Play Style : the new description of the Rounder is (ie: he got a speed bonus for his normal & topspin strikes, as well a topspin bonus for his topspin strike) =>
1 extra acceleration
bigger jumps at the net
big speed bonus for shoulder height acceleration
up to +2km/h on normal & topspin strikes, whatever the power is
little topspin bonus on the topspin strike
- Play Style : slightly raise the jump bonus of the All-Rounder
Bug Fixes :
- Tutorial : doing some tutorial lessons could still block the next launched match - Menu : if no default font was defined, then the font padding for custom fonts was the one from the previous menu's default font (this was an issue for some Mods, not the base game as the default font was always defined for the base menus) - Ini : WT_NewGame & WT_NewGameTEM usages from Tennis.ini were inverted, preventing to easily edit the starting skill points in the World Tour - Modding : having different Country Cup rounds for different years still could lead to some issues
Build 122 ; SubBuild 2023.11.13
Changes :
- AI : the CPU will now almost never rush the net after a very crossed strike (as it's too open to a down-the-line passing)
Bug Fixes :
- AI : in doubles, the CPU could reposition himself incorrectly after have volleyed on the side of his partner (when the ball comes near the center and the partner is too far from it) - AI : in singles, since the previous build, the CPU was following the doubles rule which could make him badly positioned - Modding : having different Grand Slams and/or different Country Cup rounds for different years could lead to some issues
ManuTOO === Mana Games ===
Build 121 ; SubBuild 2023.11.11
New Features :
- Rendering : ball outline (you can turn it on in Settings -> 3D Match) ; it's especially useful if you play with a low display resolution and/or with the 1st or 3rd person camera - Modding : it is now possible to Mod the SpotAngle of the lights (see section 6 here => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic60-34047.php )
Changes :
- AI : better net rush on serve & volley for the CPU when the player is slow, and in doubles - Menu : improved the selection with a controller and the arrow keys in the Settings menus, as well as in a few other menus - Stadium : tuned the ads' brightness in half of the stadiums and made it possible to change it with Modding
Bug Fixes :
- AI : fixed a couple of bad positioning & reactions of the CPU in doubles - Controls : the game was crashing when mismatching button/axis for up/down in Settings -> Controls (bis :sweat: ) - Tutorial : after finishing a Tutorial lesson, it was not possible to continue a saved match, plus it created a couple of little glitches in the menus ManuTOO
Build 120 ; SubBuild 2023.10.21
Bug Fixes :
- Strikes : the safe strike done after charging the topspin could get way too much topspin, or even a weird banana lob effect if additionally charged with the slice - Replay : a crash could occur when exiting the replay - Replay : since the previous update, it was not possible to close the Replay with a controller - Controls : the game was crashing when mismatching button/axis for up/down in Settings -> Controls - Modding : in Tour.ini, only the 1st period of YearPeriod was used - World Tour : when starting a new career with the TEM2 mode activated, the Tour mode wasn't reset to Career Mode if the current mode was on Seasons or Unique Tournament
Build 119 ; SubBuild 2023.10.7
New Features :
- Controls : the correct controller is automatically selected when assigning a button or combination in Settings -> Controls (so you don't have to worry about selecting your controller if you have more than 1 connected) - Controls : option to invert up/down for the strike combinations when your player is on the far side of the court (like in TE2013 ! ) - Animation : smoothing of the reach for the Dynamic Animation system, which should prevent jerkiness when swapping between the regular & slice animations or when doing left/right movements to position your player
Changes :
- Acceleration Trait : slightly raised the threshold speed for the Slow Ball Big Speed trait with men, so the bonus speed will trigger more often - Menu : moved the Import/Load/Save buttons to the top of the Character Sheet in the Training Club, so they'll be more visible
Bug Fixes :
- Acceleration Trait : the Rapid Fire was getting a 5km/h speed bonus instead of handicap ! - AI : fixed a couple more glitches for the CPU players in doubles - Controls : the Open Menu button wasn't working during the game - Menus : the tooltips could be incorrect when using the controller or keyboard - World Tour : some saved games could be marked as Invalid if you had some saved games using different tour bases - World Tour : playing with women was deleting the current saved game for the men
Version 0.90 - Build 118 ; SubBuild 2023.9.29
Here's another regular updates with 3 main focus : - gameplay fixes & improvements - better handling of the controller in the menus - better handling of crashes, so the user can exit the game correctly
The last 2 points are to prepare the port to consoles.
I hope you'll enjoy all this ! :-)
And as I'm currently working on improving the menu usage with a controller, if you have any suggestions, please don't hesitate to let me know.
New Features :
- Controls : new screen right before playing to easily select the controller for each player - Menus : in case of a crash during the World Tour process, a menu is shown to tell you to load your previously saved game (instead of being stuck on the waiting screen) - Menus : in case of a non-stop crash of the menu system, a menu is shown to let you exit the game and possibly restart without Mod or with resetting all your settings - Menus : added a tip next to the Back button to show what controller button is linked to it - Settings :can reset all the settings on game launch with the command line "-resetsettings" (without the quotes) ; this includes your current Training Club players, but not your saved World Tour games
Changes :
- Physics : the players (both CPU & Human) now take a bit more margin over the net when they have a low Topspin skill, to avoid doing too many net faults - AI : the Incredible CPU was still too cautious, leading to too many slices ; now he should do noticeably fewer, especially when his Topspin and/or his Precision are low - AI : in doubles, now the CPU positions itself correctly after a cross-hit from the baseline
Bug Fixes :
- AI : the CPU could stop running too early when running toward or away from the net, making him miss easy balls ; this fix should greatly improve in some cases the serve & volley of the CPU, and its net rush - AI : in doubles, the CPU on the baseline wasn't playing the crossed balls ending on his partner's side most of the time - AI : in doubles, the CPU could try to catch a ball that was actually for his partner - Modding : wrongly configured Mods could make the game unable to initialize correctly
ManuTOO === Mana Games ===
SubBuild 2023.9.11
New Features :
- Modding : can launch the game without any Mod applied with the command line "-ModsIni #None#" - Profile : can force a profile to load with the command line "-ForceProfile " (eg: "-ForceProfile Default")
Bug Fixes :
- Stats : the winner count was wrong when watching a match replay from an online match
Version 0.89 - Build 117 ; SubBuild 2023.9.6
Here's another regular update. The most noticeable addition is the possibility to play TEM2 within TE4 if you have bought both games.
There are also several tuning & fixes done from user reports.
I hope you'll enjoy it. :-)
And here's the complete changelog.
New Features :
- World Tour : if you have bought TEM2, you can now play it inside TE4 and become a tennis coach - Localization : Czech translation by MichalR70 and Korean translation by Land of the sky, thanks to them ! ːsteamhappyː - Commentary : about 200 new commentary lines about specific cases on the serve
Changes :
- Strike : the volley drop shop is now a bit less efficient (ie: the opponent has a bit more time to reach it) - Strike : the drop shot is now a bit more efficient - Strike : the slice requires a tiny less preparation time to be hit efficiently - Service : the strong and normal services on the 2nd serve have now significantly less precision (to simulate the stress)
Bug Fixes :
- Acceleration style : the Heavy Hitter handicap wasn't applied - Service : the services that should have been fast could actually end up being quite slow - World Tour : fixed a few issues when setting up a doubles tournament, especially with more than 1 human players
Notes :
- I didn't test too much how was working TEM2 inside TE4, so if you notice any issues, please let me know :fear:
