Tennis Elbow 4 w/mods (v0.67): Spanish Armada • NADAL vs MEDVEDEV (Roland-Garros)
9Created by and for tennis fans, Tennis Elbow 4 is the sequel of TE2013, and offers a tennis simulation with an easy and intuitive learning curve, but with exceptional gameplay depth.
― NOTICE ―――
The replay functionality of Tennis Elbow 4 used in this video can go back as far as one minute or so. What you're seeing here is a 46-strike rally instead of a 58. Hope you enjoy.
― INFO ―――
Developer: Mana Games
Release date: June 4, 2021
Genre: Simulation, Sports
Platforms: Microsoft Windows
MacOS
Linux
― LINKS ―――
Steam page • https://store.steampowered.com/app/760640/Tennis_Elbow_4/
XK-Team mod • https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic15-33852.php
― HASHTAGS ―――
#TennisElbow4
#Nadal
#Medvedev
― NEW IN THIS RELEASE ―――
New Features:
- World Tour: Unique Tournament mode.
- Modding: added many fonts (check the file "Menu/Scripts/Menu.doc" in the Modding SDK)
- Modding: added the "Shader" command for the materials in the .mtl file.
- Modding: add this line in your Stadium.ini, under [Data], to move the Chair Umpire & player chairs by 10cm to the right:
ChairUmpirePos = 0.1 0 0
Changes:
- Gameplay: tuned the ball difficulty right after the bounce to prevent returning the very fast serves very close to the service line and to lower the return efficiency on the less fast serves.
- Strikes: tuned the drop shot so it won't go too high too often.
- Animation: lowered the overhead height, as it's visually better to do a bit too low smash than a way too high forehand.
- CPU: lowered the inside-out (FH vs BH & vice versa) for the normal strikes when setting a strategy for the CPU players.
- World Tour: the Junior players whose height was under 150cm had a too big head.
Bug Fixes:
- Gameplay: the sliding animation could trigger when the player was too far from the ball, making him miss it.
- Animation: the player animation could jerk when preparing to hit a ball very close to their feet' depth line.
- Animation: for 2-handed backhand, the sliding slice could be triggered instead of the topspin slice, and vice versa.
- Animation: the ball could be hit before the strike animation hit time.
- Animation: the strike animation could jerk a bit when missing the ball (once more).
- 3D Models: the female player had spikes out of her shorts when she was thin.
- World Tour: if a crash was occurring during a save, the previous save in the same slot was erased.
- AI: having a CPU Strategy (even for a human player) was making desync online matches & match replays.
― GAMEPLAY ―――
Tennis Elbow is a series of tennis video games developed by France-based firm Mana Games. Its first version was released in 1996 and as of May 2015 it is currently on its 2013 version, available for Windows, Mac & Linux platforms.
The game is simulation oriented, and is often seen as being the one offering the most realistic tennis experience in term of rallies and tennis sensations.
The most noticeable particularity of its gameplay is that the users have to hold down the strike button till their player actually strikes the ball, unlike most other tennis games that require the users to release the strike button earlier.
After more than 2 years spent in Steam Greenlight, the 2013 version finally got released on Steam on March 13, 2015.
The game is regularly updated and as of July 2018 has seen 10 major updates for the 2013 edition.
The next edition will be called Tennis Elbow 4.