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Build 161 - SubBuild 2026.5.16
Here we go with a bunch of fixes on the animation side, thanks to some users' Bug Reports ! 🙂 New Features : - Modding : added the possibility to have different grunt sounds for the service and the acceleration Changes…
Build 160 - SubBuild 2026.5.8
Bug Fixes : - Animation : when moving forward (and possibly in some other cases), our player was very often anticipating that we were going to turn around our BH to do a FH, and turn around our FH to do a BH, and thus w…
Build 159 - SubBuild 2026.5.7
Bug Fixes : - Animation : the Sliding FH was played instead of Sliding BH - Animation : fixed some weird movement when we make our player turn around his backhand to play his forehand, but it'll still happen if we posit…
Build 158 - SubBuild 2026.5.6
Woh, a big update coming from all your reports, with 1 big change for the online modes ! I hope you'll enjoy it. 🙂 And here's the full changelog. New Features : - Controls : the keyboard (or a controller with a ton of…
Build 157 - SubBuild 2026.4.3
New Features : - HUD : added Settings -> 3D Match -> Show Info On Error -> On ball bounce Changes : - Tutorial : the strikes of the 1st phase of the 3rd lesson ("Correct Positioning") were sometimes not validated even i…
Build 156 - SubBuild 2026.3.3
Here's another regular update bringing tuning, balancing, one important bug fix and a possible welcome help for some of you when playing online. I hope you'll enjoy it ! 🙂 New Features : - Online : now the game will tr…
Build 155 - SubBuild 2026.2.10
Woh, the official Steam release brought many new players ; I didn't expect that ! 😲 So welcome to all of you, and thanks to everybody, both old and new, for your kind words and congratulations, it really cheers me up !…
TE4 is out of Early Access and officially released on Steam !
After 4.5 years in Early Access, Tennis Elbow 4 is now officially released on Steam. The game was already released on consoles in 2024, and reached version 1.0 on all platforms in March 2025, followed by v1.0a in Septem…
Build 154 - SubBuild 2026.1.15
Finally, here’s one more regular update before the official Steam release. It includes a few bug fixes and balance tweaks, as well as improvements to make the transition to TEM2 mode smoother for players who want more m…
SubBuild 2025.12.28
Bug Fixes : - Online : since the last update, the number of online games was always 0
Build 153 - SubBuild 2025.12.24
Here's the last regular update before the official Steam release next month (and hopefully it won't need some emergency update 👀), featuring a few tuning & bug fixes, as well as the latest player rankings. I hope you'l…
Build 152 - SubBuild 2025.12.2
Here's a regular update, polishing the game before its official Steam release in January. The most noticeable change is that the Mods won't auto-update anymore, giving you more control over the process. I hope you'll en…
Build 151 - SubBuild 2025.11.15-1
Bug Fixes : - Doubles : since the previous update, the ball could go through your player when you were volleying - Stadiums : the Key Biscayne stadium was corrupted in the previous update (I hate computers ! 😓 )
Build 150 ; SubBuild 2025.11.14
Bug Fixes : - Gameplay : the net jump was sometimes not triggered despite being needed - Animation : fixed a couple of cases where the player wasn't rotating in the correct direction - World Tour : the CPU could save hi…
Build 149 ; SubBuild 2025.10.27
Bug Fixes : - Gameplay : the jump at the net could be done in the wrong direction when trying to reach a very crossed ball - World Tour : going to the Load or Save screen with Modded Tour bases could lead to corrupted d…
Build 148 ; SubBuild 2025.10.15
Hello, sorry, I lied in the last announcement : I said there wouldn’t be any new features for a while, but I just added the mocap volley jump animation in today’s update..! ☺️ It might look a bit too much like Roddick (…
Build 147 ; SubBuild 2025.10.9
This is the last update with new features for a while. I hope you'll enjoy it ! 🙂 Note : I will still try to fix the reported bugs, if there are any. New Features : - World Tour : if you want to edit your opponent's ou…
Build 146 ; SubBuild 2025.10.1
Changes : - Anim : lowered the hip jiggling of the running back mocap anim Bug Fixes : - Anim : Mocap anims didn't work well with the AutoPos - Anim : legs were not moving with Slow AutoPos (both with Legacy & Mocap ani…
SubBuild 2025.9.25
Changes : - Animation : disabled the grip of the feet on the ground for Mocap anims so that the overall player movement is smoother Bug Fixes : - Animation : fixed a few Mocap animation issues, especially when playing o…
SubBuild 2025.9.24
Bug Fixes : - Animation : when using Mocap anims, if you were moving at the end of the point, the service animation was corrupted
Version 1.0a !
Here's the version 1.0a of Tennis Elbow 4 ! After nearly 9 years of development through TEM2+TE4, I'm finally on the edge of moving on to new projects ! 🥳 It's still not the end of the road for TE4, though, and I'll st…
