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Newsletter n°19 – June 2nd 2009
Tennis Elbow 2009 v1.0b released
Tennis Elbow 2009 1.0b for Windows & Mac OSX :
Tennis Elbow just got even more inflamed ! The game got enhanced with a lot of improvements
in the past months and is now updated to the version 1.0b, free for everybody who already
bought it, as usually.
New Features :
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New Strike Styles : 1 Service, 1 Forehand, 1 Backhand & 1 Two-Handed Backhand
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Stat : number of strikes counter (activated within the In-Game Options menu)
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Stat : simulated match time (activated within the In-Game Options menu) ; it
counts the time needed for everybody to reposition before each serve, and the rest
time every 2 games
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World Tour : in Davis Cup matches, replaced the names of the players by their
country on the scoreboard
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Change of Side : F2 key now instantly swaps the camera side
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Physics : Twisted Kicked Serve ( = up & down during the serve preparation)
's bounce direction changed ; this applied to Nadal Shot's bounce as well
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World Tour : many women got their two-handed backhand back..!
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Gameplay : tuned the original FH, BH & 2H-BH strike animations ; now, all
strikes have a bit more wingspan
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Gameplay : lowered the max running speed from 30 km/h to 29 km/h to compensate
the increased wingspan of strikes ; for long run, this effect is bigger than the
increased wingspan, so now, it'll be slightly harder to defend
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Gameplay : slightly lowered the running acceleration bonus for small players
; this should make it more fair for taller players
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Gameplay : can't charge effect (topspin or slice) before to move & then move
and strike the ball anymore ; it's only possible to charge the effect before hitting
the ball
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Gameplay : Short Strike Speed raised, especially when Precision is above the
Power ; use 100% Precision with 80% Power for best result
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Gameplay : Short Acceleration Speed raised when Precision is above the Power
; use 100% Precision with 80% Power for best result
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Gameplay : Acceleration Speed bonus when ball is high isn't applied anymore if
the ball is raising, except if it's a very slow ball
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Gameplay : Nadal Shot length lowered a bit, to avoid to do too much length faults
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Gameplay : Normal strike speed lowered when hitting the ball off center
- Gesture : shouldn't run all around anymore when doing a gesture
- Controllers : Gamepad / Joystick's Hats are now correctly handled and can be played
with (for example: the down left pad of the Xbox 360 gamepad is a hat)
- Mac OSX : The "flying arm" which were replacing the racket when the player
was wearing glasses has been removed
And even more improvements since the initial release of the version 1.0a, mainly
for the Online Mode of the Windows version ; the complete changelog is in the forum
: Windows version, and
Mac OSX version.
/!\ Updating for Mac users: when you update to a newer version, you
have to transfer the "Profiles" subfolder from your previous TE2009's directory
to the new installation folder to keep your saved games.
Incoming update for Tennis Elbow Manager :
A little update for TeManager will come within a couple of weeks ; it will mainly
fix a few rare bugs, and raise the difficulty in Master & Incredible levels.
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