Online Stability Patch

Patch Highlights

• Large improvements to the overall stability of the online service; including issues with the random disconnections during a match, the ball not being in the same place for each player and a number of other tweaks that can be found under “bug fixes”
• Added a help interface during service that gives feedback on the risk taken. This option can be disabled in the option menu.
• Added a permanent display of break points, set points and match points under the scoreboard.
• Added new official outfits for players, and new equipment to the shop.
  • Le Coq Sportif Gasquet - Wimbledon 2018
  • Roland Garros 2018 Tennis polo shirt
  • Wilson Blade 98 racket
  • And more

Balance

• Lateral slice rotation decreased.
• Added a bonus / penalty to Stamina based on player height (to compensate for the fact that tall players can find more angles with their serve).
• Added a ball speed bonus to indoor courts.
• Increased shot selection possible to return a serve.
• The ball speed of the slice shots has been slowed during a rally.
• Monfils’ and Edmund’s stats have been adjusted.
• Official player win ratios have been updated in career mode for parity with their current performance in the real world.
• Once in Bronze league, players can no longer fall to the league below.
• Minor changes to ranked points gain/loss calculation.
• Player emotion will now escalate more quickly in cutscenes.

Bug fixes

• Improved game stability and online stability. In particular, the main bug that was frequently causing the disconnection of both players during an online match.
• Fixed the “off-the-frame shot” bug, that was unintentionally ending the point by throwing the ball high in the air.
• Fixed a rare crash during the loading of a match
• Fixed a bug that could make the League leaderboard appear empty.
• Fixed the League leaderboard when displaying the wrong league after a promotion or relegation.
• Fixed the display of Japanese characters on the leaderboard.
• Improved ball collision detection around the court.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when resetting game data with an exhibition tournament in progress, then creating a tournament again.
• Fixed a bug regarding ball trajectory synchronization in online matches, which was causing trajectories to diverge on the receiving end of slice and topspin strokes.
• Minor interface and texts changes.

Misc

• Added the gender information when receiving an outfit as a gift

Please note: in the previous patch notes, we listed that new rackets were available for custom characters. This change was not correctly applied last patch, and the missing items have been reintroduced this patch.