The new update & cameras options

[Tiebreak]

Sorry to say have not yet bought this wonderful unpolsihed diamant of a tennis game , but as of this update i can wait anymore.
But I have a couple of questions first .

Multiplayer on same pc, only splitscreen ?
Cant we just change sides? i like playing at the top of the screen / i dont understand tennis game that take away that option .And with the newly added camera option ( i like the far away cam ) i would atleast have the option to change sides .
And about the camera, would it not be easiest to have a free camera that let us adjust hight and zoom as like ?

Other then that i have nothing moan about , i really belive this game has huge potiental & hopfully you get alot more people to buy it, so that you get some money for your eforts & little budget 2 add more serve and stroke animations

About making money & increasing budget , would it not be possible to port and release the game for xbox 360 arcade or ps3 store ?.
There are huge amount of bad games on 360 arcade that still sell pretty well . And your game is great and would be the only tennis game out there.

[kschoice]

Multiplayer on same pc, only splitscreen ?
Cant we just change sides? i like playing at the top of the screen / i dont understand tennis game that take away that option .And with the newly added camera option ( i like the far away cam ) i would atleast have the option to change sides .

Indeed, since 3D was introduced in tennis games, it has been the trend to always put the camera behind the player. I personally have the feeling that the preparation system would make it even more difficult to play as you suggest in Full Ace. However, I really have no problem with it. I already planned some work on adding more cameras in the future, so I'll try to make it a part of that work.

And about the camera, would it not be easiest to have a free camera that let us adjust hight and zoom as like ?

I'll give some thought on that too.

About making money & increasing budget , would it not be possible to port and release the game for xbox 360 arcade or ps3 store ?.
There are huge amount of bad games on 360 arcade that still sell pretty well . And your game is great and would be the only tennis game out there.

It wouldn't be easy to port FullAce on 360 as it uses OpenGL as opposed to DirectX. As for PS3, I'm not sure what the 3D API is, but the cost of a development kit is out of our league as of now anyway.

[zahnfreak]

Hi!

It´s not a great "problem", but since the new update 22.july, the "OUT"-vocation sounds very strange, like a dieing duck
I hope, online game mode would now run more straightly.

[kschoice]

Hi!

It´s not a great "problem", but since the new update 22.july, the "OUT"-vocation sounds very strange, like a dieing duck
I hope, online game mode would now run more straightly.

Well, I lowered volume on that sound as well as a crowd sound, because people had complained they were too loud...
I hope most online problems are behind us now.

[zahnfreak]

Hi!

Online problems are better, but there are still problems, now they appear during the game, yesterday we had this problem with "connection lost" during the last game in the first set and once at the beginning at the second set. The "Host-Game-Connection" is now much more stable so it seems.

Thank you for the fast Update for THAT online bug!

Right, the "OUT"-Vocation was loud, but now it sounds not necessarily like "OUT", it´s like "oohhhh"

[kschoice]

Hi!

Online problems are better, but there are still problems, now they appear during the game, yesterday we had this problem with "connection lost" during the last game in the first set and once at the beginning at the second set. The "Host-Game-Connection" is now much more stable so it seems.

Thank you for the fast Update for THAT online bug!

I would need to know if those connection failures are linked to particular events in the game (like cinematics, replays) or if they are random.

Right, the "OUT"-Vocation was loud, but now it sounds not necessarily like "OUT", it´s like "oohhhh"

I kept the same sound, only reduced its volume though.

[zahnfreak]

Once i paused the game and one of us lost the connection. DURING rally there are sometimes only problems like asynchronous movements of the opponent, but only a few seconds, like i see the ball on my side of the court BEFORE i see my opponent hitting. But this is not so disturbing than the connection-problems are.

Maybe i have problems with my ears, i don´t know "OUT" sounds very strange to me.

Greetings!

P.S.: Please do not take all the criticism personally, this is a great game!

[Tiebreak]

Thanx for the fast answers !
Glad you considering more options for the camera, and for me playing on the far side of the court would make a great game even better , and now that I bought the game you must give me the option (joking) .

And of course i have some more questions

I was under the impression that the game would be easy 2 edit , was thinking mainly adding real loggos for the rackets & shirts etc . But also
maybe some court editing and faces . I was looking in the texture folder and saw everthing was in a format called .tex ( could not open with photoshop) . Would be nice if you could point us in the right direction .

Tnx for a great game , keep up the good work & hopfully more people will find this game so we could get some online action

[kschoice]

I was under the impression that the game would be easy 2 edit , was thinking mainly adding real loggos for the rackets & shirts etc . But also
maybe some court editing and faces . I was looking in the texture folder and saw everthing was in a format called .tex ( could not open with photoshop) . Would be nice if you could point us in the right direction .

For now, the textures are stored in a custom format which holds some game information as well as the raw bitmap data. I have some plans making it more straightforward in the future. Including allowing a "patch" directory where you could store your edited resources so that the game replaces the original ones with them, without having them overwritten when the game is upgraded.

Thanx for the fast answers !
Tnx for a great game , keep up the good work & hopfully more people will find this game so we could get some online action

It's up to you too, use every mean at your disposal to let people know about the game... We can't really afford a marketing budget

[Bomber76]

The camera can 'change while you're playing or just in the settings menu'?
Which you prefer? I mean that ...
And 'normal during a game online, after a while' the game crashes with error?
Anyway congratulations, the simulator is making progress with these new updates, keep it up .. Hello by Bomber

[kschoice]

The camera can 'change while you're playing or just in the settings menu'?
Which you prefer? I mean that ...

For now, you can only change the camera in the settings menu. I think I will probably allow changing it during game in an upcoming update.

And 'normal during a game online, after a while' the game crashes with error?

It always seems strange to me when people ask if it is normal that a program crashes. Maybe it is because there are so many bad developers around. A program crashing should never be seen as normal. You should be more precise though in order to fix it, like when it happens, what it displays, and if the Full Ace crash box appears with instructions, you should of course follow them.

Anyway congratulations, the simulator is making progress with these new updates, keep it up .. Hello by Bomber

Thank you. You can help us by advertising Full Ace around you in any way you can think of. The best way to make sure that we keep improving the game is that many people buy it.

[zahnfreak]

Hi!

If all the problems with the online game are fixed, and many other players regularly online, I'm looking forward to something like a "world rankings". What do you mean? I think it's great!

See you on the pitch!

[kschoice]

Thanx for the fast answers !
Glad you considering more options for the camera, and for me playing on the far side of the court would make a great game even better , and now that I bought the game you must give me the option (joking) .

And of course i have some more questions

I was under the impression that the game would be easy 2 edit , was thinking mainly adding real loggos for the rackets & shirts etc . But also
maybe some court editing and faces . I was looking in the texture folder and saw everthing was in a format called .tex ( could not open with photoshop) . Would be nice if you could point us in the right direction .

Tnx for a great game , keep up the good work & hopfully more people will find this game so we could get some online action

Hello Tiebreak

Yesterday's upgrade addresses both your court side issue (by disabling the "Camera behind player" option in the SETTINGS menu) and your editing issue (as textures are now provided in PNG and JPG format). There is also a trick that allows adding textures for strings, shirts, shorts and shoes, that I can tell you about.

[T-Duke]

The following camera option is simply awesome! FaT is getting better and better. Great support and attention for customer's feedback

[Antani]

KS, where to get the new update? I didn't receive any mail, nor I found here on fa website. Is it going to work if I download the game from the very first link I received when I bought the game?