r/TennisElbow4

Tips on playing

I should normally play with only normal hits and only do super power hits on slow balls, also if i’m returning a first it should be a normal hit and a second a super power hits. And if im serving my first serve should be the super power serve second should be the normal serve and if IM low on energy use the super safe serve. Just seeing if my logic is right

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u/AppropriatePackage50 — 4 days ago

Everyone is basically serve and volley

Is it just me or is the serve and volley in this game totally cracked? I feel like I’m going insane. I’m matching against Alcaraz in Career Mode and he’s charging the net every single point like he’s Prime Sampras. Since when does Carlos play like that?

The main issue is that once the AI reaches the net, the point feels effectively over. They rarely, if ever, miss a volley, even when they are caught in poor positions. In real-world tennis, net play is one of the hardest skills to master, but in the game, the AI’s execution feels nearly perfect regardless of their stats or positioning. Unless you force a baseline rally immediately, it’s incredibly difficult to break through. Does serve and volley need a nerf at higher levels to reflect the actual difficulty of volleying?

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u/Decent_Line3840 — 6 days ago

New XKT Patch Update 4.3c

XKT v4.3c release notes:

• Reworked 3‎D courts: Madrid, Rome
• Updated WTA Nets and sponsor logos
• Added new shot sounds for Madrid
• Updated default player profiles in TC

Recommended Add-ons:

• [XKT] Scoreboards by Stef
• [XKT] Official XKT 2D Courts in High Resolution

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u/NickyGi — 7 days ago

200+ Hours In and I Just Realized You Can Program the Ball Thrower 😐🙄

I simply can't believe it took me so long to notice that option.

u/rafael_bc — 3 days ago

Ive been able to get money for the game and i am wondering if the game is worth the price and if it is, what mods would you recommend getting?

Thanks in advance

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u/Daly_Josh — 12 days ago

The change is subtle, yet noticeable during gameplay. Reddit image compression might not help.

I'd appreciate if you could upvote the one you prefer, in the comments. It's an update for Raf's Court Surfaces.

u/rafael_bc — 8 days ago

I've tried tons of tennis games including tiebreak, topspin 2k25 and many more, But I must say that tennis elbow is something different. The timing you hit every single time, the accuracy and other stuffs makes it so real and enjoyable. Best Tennis Game to exist right now! Period.

u/Clean-Blackberry933 — 10 days ago

I feel like the AI is so unbalanced when it comes to net play. When I play against baseliners I can just keep the ball in and hit some angles to win the point, and I'm able to beat higher ranked players. But then some random rank 200 player comes in and just comes to the net, and I can't do shit.

It's not even just serve and volley. I feel like the AI can just do anything at the net. It's impossible to pass them. How do people deal with this?

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u/Academic_Print_3215 — 10 days ago

Build 158 - SubBuild 2026.5.6:

New Features :

- Controls : the keyboard (or a controller with a ton of buttons), pressing a couple of additional buttons will now still detect a close strike combination (like with the default controller) ; for examp;e, this allows to easily switch from the normal strike to the slice while aiming left./right without having our player start running left/right.

- Camera : added Settings -> Camera -> Exposure for indoor & night sessions, and Exposure when Facing the Sun

- Modding : "Crowd_" sounds are not moddable

Changes :

- Online : changed the average skills for Fair & Realistic from 80% to 83% (so now you have 772 points left, instead of 880)

- Animation : in doubles, now all the players use their return animation while waiting for the service

- CPU : removed the topspin preparation boost for the Incredible CPU, so only the topspin specialists will be able to hit heavy topspin balls consistently ; idem for the slice

- Physics : it's not possible to hit a very low ball ; now, under 10 cm high, the likelihood of a mishit is very high, and under 5 cm, it's a sure miss

- Stadiums : removed some useless data, to save a bit of memory (especially useful on PlayStation to avoid crashes)

Bug Fixes :

- Online : having a double-handed backhand was leading to a systemic desync when doing a backhand slide

- Strike : since the last Build, it wasn't possible anymore to do an automatic sliding sliced backhand ; it was always defaulting to the sliding regular backhand

- Animation : when running towards the net, the backhand smash could be wrongly replaced by the regular smash

- Strike : the ball hit detection could fail when a player was running very fast towards the net or away from it

- World Tour : switching to the TEM2 mode after playing with a Junior player was leaving you with very low potentials ; it's fixed for the new careers, but if you have a current one, you can add this line to your Tennis.ini, under [WorldTour] :
TrainedPotential= 95
(HowTo => topic19-32161.php )

- Modding : playing the Country Cup while having some Modded 2D courts with disabled court lines (because they are in the photo) could lead to playing on a base 2D court with the lines missing

- Modding : if a Mod was specifying to load an unexisting stadium, this was causing the game to hang ; now, the TET500 Stadium will be loaded instead

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u/NickyGi — 8 days ago

Animations after the latest patch

I don’t know how exactly to describe it, but after the latest patch something feels weird. The player forehands and backhands do not feel as smooth as before.

Have you guys noticed anything different or is it just me? The player positioning feels weird, I have noticed some scenarios where the player even skates on the court while moving.

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u/NickyGi — 6 days ago

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 was preparing the wrong strike

- Animation : the head could be slightly misoriented in some cases, especially with some waiting-for-the-opponent-to-serve animations

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u/NickyGi — 6 days ago

Do people notice a big difference in Elite or simulation controls ? And what is everyone's preference? I was using arcade but found the computer to be too robotic especially at higher difficulty levels , they hit winners for fun and rarely make mistakes. But after recently changing to Elite controls I find the computer much more human and the fame much more realistic

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u/stockley999 — 11 days ago

Playing this game online or against a human opponent is one of the best and most realistic experiences a tennis game can offer 👏🙏🔥

u/ExoticEnd7498 — 10 days ago

Like the title says. So far, haven't been able to beat Djokovic in the game's career mode at Master lvl 10. What about you guys?

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u/Andedzig — 14 days ago

Hi, I’m finally buying TE4 for PS4

I’ve read a lot of post about mods for a realistic experience

I remember XKT for the database of real tournaments and real players

Are there any other mods for realistic graphics and texture or something else to improve the feel of the game?

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u/Psychological_Ad3134 — 12 days ago