Full Ace Tennis Simulator news & patch notes

• Bug fix : Fixed possible crash when resuming a saved unfinished game.

• Bug fix : Fixed crash in online game before matchpoint if there was a network score desync any time beforehand.

• Bug fix : Fixed regression in 3.7.0 : Online scores formatting bugged in lobby.

• Bug fix : Fixed regression in 3.7.6 : Crash at the beginning of the deciding set of a match with direct tie-breaks and no tie-break in deciding set.

• * Bug fix : Fixed regression in 3.7.6 : Crash at the end of a match with direct tie-breaks.

• Bug fix (3.7.7) : Fixed regression in 3.7.6 : All points counted as being played on a first serve.

• Bug fix : Fixed automatic crash when a network score desync was detected.

• Bug fix : Fixed automatic crash when an online match goes on for about more than 250 points.

• Bug fix : Fixed score announcement and scoreboard update not happening when then matchpoint was played on a second serve.
• Bug fix : Fixed occasional crash in pause menu when resuming game.

• Career : Added option in career menu to disable character stat evolution.
• QoL : The last picked outfit for a given character is now remembered until game is closed.
• Bug fix : Fixed occasional crash when changing character outfit when setting up an online game.

• Fixed non-automatic crash in online game.

• Career/tournament : A game can now be saved between any points instead of only at the end of a set.
• Saving system : New format for save files so that loading a career or tournament game will now be much faster. Old files remain compatible and will be converted to new format on the next save.
• Game statistics : Statistics are now counted per set, and can be viewed for a particular set or the whole game when the match is paused. (If you resume a game saved in previous versions, stats for the sets already played will be aggregated).
• CHALLENGE mode/Game statistics : Added game statistics for each challenge in CHALLENGE mode.
• CHALLENGE mode/electronic challenges : Number of electronic challenges is set per challenge. Electronic challenges are completely disabled in certain matches.
• Interface : Tooltips are now shown in in-game menus.
• Interface : Cosmetic improvements for round robin-tournament table, and for tournament winner display in calendar when the winner is the player's selected character.
• Optimization : Many optimizations, especially AI game simulation is now much faster.
• Cosmetics : New game logo courtesy of @Krug93
• Bug fix : Fixed compete buttons sometimes missing in career calendar.
• Bug fix : Restored game news and checkmarks.

• Bug fix : Fixed crash in rankings screen.
• Bug fix : Fixed small memory leak.

• Interface : Cosmetic improvements for round robin-tournament table.
• Bug fix : Fixed crash in character selection when list was empty.
• Bug fix : Removed incorrect warning message when importing CSV file in editor.
• Translation : Spanish translation updated courtesy of mikefaldo.

• Bug fix : Fixed crash in career mode when a career was very much advanced and as a result, many many players retired at once.
• Bug fix : Prevented some crashes in career mode.

• Correction de bug : Fixed a problem that happened when initialising a new career mode.

• Bug fix : Fixed crash at the end of tournament's round robin.
• Bug fix : Fixed random crash during simulation of games.

• Bug fix : Fixed possible problems in rankings with a career that's gone on for 5 years or more.

• Bug fix : Fixed crash in rankings screen.

• Bug fix : Fixed crash in career mode when finishing a match.
• Bug fix : Simultaneously fixed a bug where stamina and stats weren't updated when coming back from finishing a match.

• Career : Added possibility to show rankings for every week, both in 12-past-months mode and year-to-date mode.

• Career : Added player rankings progress graph screen.

• Career : Filtering options for player list are now accessible as a popup in rankings screen in order to save some room.

• Career/QoL : Added next-week and previous-week buttons in calendar and rankings screen for easier navigation.

• Career : Updated rankings rules, including more rules for breaking ties. As a result, there might be discrepancies between ranking shown for players in old tournament tables compared to rankings shown for the corresponding week in the rankings screen.

• Career : Player activity now shows tournaments for which the player is registered while the draw hasn't been made yet.

• Career : Made changes to prevent active career players to be below 15 yo or above 50 yo.

• Bug fix : Prevented crash in editor.

• Bug fix : Tried to prevent some crashes without properly identified cause.

• Bug fix : Fixed crash when previously selected outfit in career or tournament save isn't available currently.

• Bug fix : Fixed several crashes with career saves created with old versions of the game.

• Bug fix : Fixed crashes with player selection.

• Bug fix : Fixed inaccurate result when exporting rankings to CSV file.

• Bug fix (v3.5.3) : Fixed crash when accessing rankings menu after loading a career game where a tournament was underway.

• Interface : Added possibility to filter player list according to their age (in general player selection and in the rankings screen).

• Interface : Several visual improvements and fixes.

• Bug fix : Fixed possible crash while typing in the rankings screen.

It's been a long time since Full Ace last updated. I have been through rough times and it turns out I had to get pretty bad before I could actually get better.

Thankfully I was able to get the help I needed and now I am able to work on the game again.

Therefore, hopefully, updates should now happen on a steady basis once again.

For now, here are the changes in the v3.5.0 update:

• Career : Added handling for character retirement and automatic addition of new rookies. A large collection of first names and family names has been included to that effect.

• Career : Tuned evolution of character stats.

• Career : Improved player activity screen.

• Career : Added head-2-head stats screen.

• Interface : Many QoL and cosmetic improvements.

• Modding : Added support for unlimited outfits per character.

• Editor : CSV import now modifies in-game order according to how the entries are ordered in the source CSV file.

• Menu system : Many cosmetic improvements and fixes.

• Bug fix : Fixed controller drifting bug specific to Steam Deck.

• Bug fix : Fixed some bugs with CSV import.

• Modding : Added system that allows customising top, bottom and wrist styles for each outfit of a same character through the name of the outfit file. A new chapter **Customising top, bottom and wristbands per outfit for a given character** has been added in the modding documentation article https://fullacetennis.blogspot.com/2023/04/customising-character-or-court.html
• Visuals : Some tweaks to idle and walking animations.
• Settings/QoL : Some settings are now saved in a separate file that is used specifically for settings that are local to the current machine the game is being run on.
• Editor/QoL : Editor now displays path where outfit_01.jpg is located for the current character when applicable (except when the MOTION panel is active, where it displays the motion-relevant info as before).
• Anim modding/QoL : There is now a warning message when importing a FBX file that includes scales and/or translations that are not applicable in-game.
• Bug fix : Fixed bug where AI would no longer adjust its return position according to the server's position after a serve attempt was made but not completed.
• Bug fix : The game wrongly displayed CHAMPIONSHIP POINT at the end of a last qualification round match.
• Bug fix : Fixed small bug when manipulating view camera in the editor.
• Bug fix : Because of previously saved settings, the game could sometimes launch with a bigger window than the current screen resolution.

• Bug fix : Fixed crash when opening draw for a tournament without qualifying rounds in career mode (regression introduced in v3.2.5).