Here's the version 1.0b of Tennis Elbow 4 !
It's the 1st big update after the end of the full-time development of TE4.
There are a bunch of fixes, tuning, and a few improvements and new features.
Gameplay-wise, if you like to play at the net, this update features the biggest change the game has had in years : now, the CPU, at Pro-10 and above, hits passing shots in a much more aggressive, and thus realistic way ; you won't be able to push the ball to the center waiting for an easy ball to score your volley winner. I hope you'll enjoy that change. In difficulty Junior-10, the change is much more tame, and in Club-10 and under, it is very light.
And here's the full changelog, I hope you'll enjoy it. 🙂
Version 1.0b - Build 163 ; SubBuild 2026.9.7:
New Features :
- Players : 4 new hair styles for the male player, thanks to matservant ! :yes:
- Players : it is now possible to select the gestures for your player (although some gestures have only 1 option)
- Modding : you can now remap the Player Styles in the World Tour (eg: if you don't want to play against Volleyers anymore) (HowTo => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic60-38728.php )
- Modding : it's now possible to Mod the base body mesh of the players, but still not the outfits, so this is mostly aimed at changing the head (details will come here : https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic60-33540.php )
- Modding : it's now possible to add sounds to gestures (HowTo => "6) Add sounds to gesture animations" here https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic60-33725.php )
- Localization : Portuguse-BR translation updated by Antimouse
- Localization : Japanese translation proofread by Akihiro
Changes :
- AI : the CPU is now much better at doing passing shots, especially from Pro-10 difficulty and above
- AI : when far from the center, the CPU will now sometimes run back more to the center, meaning you can wrong-foot step him more easily, but also he'll cover the opposite side a bit better, so be vigilant where you send the ball ! 😉
- Controls : the Average AutoPos is now a bit slower when pressed before your opponent served, making the services a tad more efficient when using the AutoPos trick ( => https://www.managames.com/tennis/doc/Tennis_Elbow-Tennis_Game.html#return )
- World Tour : tuned the Pro & Master skill decays so it'll be possible to reach 85~90% in all skills (instead of ~80%)
- Online : the ball's position at the moment of impact during the serve is now limited to a designated area to prevent obviously unbalanced serves. (ie: the serve animation no longer allows you to hit the ball too far inside the baseline)
Bug Fixes :
- Animation : the player could bend a bit backward when running to a ball that was too far
- Controls : having several strikes using down on a controller was making all of them unusable
- Controls : the net jump could trigger in the wrong direction
- Controls : the AutoPos could lead to the wrong position when smashing a ball
- Controls : it's not possible anymore to prepare your return for a very long time by pressing the strike button before your opponent starts to serve
- World Tour : in Seasons Mode, the yearly new force screen wasn't shown
- Online : an incorrect answer from your router could lead the game to hang
- Online : if a router was answering only on IPv6 and not IPv4, the game couldn't use UPnP to automatically forward the UDP Port in your router
- Modding : the CPU acceleration specific grunt sounds weren't triggered
ManuTOO
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