2K Sports has released the full list of changes that accompany the patch for Top Spin 4 that arrived today for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The patch addresses issues with and provides improvements for general gameplay, online play, and World Tour career mode.
XBOX 360
General
- User modified profiles are now detectable and cheaters will be banned.
- Dpad control is now enabled.
- Fixed a bug where Control Shot icon does not disappear in cutscene.
- Rude words are now properly filtered when combined with other letters.
- Sparring Partner Training text is now displayed properly in Spanish version of the game.
- Music tracks no longer overlap in specific cases.
- Coach info is now properly displayed.
- “Percentage Tennis 6 points” unlock description is now always displayed properly.
- Fixed a bug where camera settings weren’t saved properly.
- Vera Zvonareva hair and depth of field on racket bug has been fixed.
- Directional pad control is now enabled for player movement.
General Online
- Fixed a bug where user wasn’t given the Join Session popup when invited by a friend during or after the loading screen and is taken into Online gameplay.
- Fixed a bug where players were invisible in entering cutscene after rematching online match.
- Fixed a bug where client was unable to exit player match properly when he has accepted invite in “Controller assign screen”
- User now gets “Connection lost” message way faster than before if connection to opponent is lost during replay.
- Fixed a bug where ping icons were not displayed correctly.
- Fixed a bug where bad connection or lags caused player movement animation to be interrupted.
- Fixed a bug where Strict NAT settings would cause users to get stuck in the lobby with the message “Looking for best opponent…â€.
World Tour
- User no longer receives “No Opponents were found before the countdown timer ended. Please try again later.” when leaving the match lobby before countdown reaches 0.
- Fixed the case when the 8th player joins a lobby right before the countdown ends, they will appear to be in their own lobby yet still connect to another player correctly.
- The game no longer crashes when re-entering World Tour from gender select menu after forfeiting Sparring Partner Training.
- Fixed a bug where user and CPU players were stuck in the net after loading World Tour Sparring Partner Training.
- The B button is now unavailable to be pressed after player selects “PLAY” option in Sparring Partner Training in World Tour.
- Male players are now able to see correct stats of female players in World Tour and vice versa.
- Fixed various game crashes in World Tour Sparring Partner Training.
- Entering World Tour no longer causes 2K open rating reset in specific cases.
- Player name is now always properly displayed in Select screen in World Tour.
- The player saved on the memory card is now present on the selection screen in World Tour when starting the game with the memory card.
Player Match
- Fixed a bug where it was unable to invite a friend to Player match lobby when disconnected from Sparring Partner Training during gameplay.
Offline modes
- Points gained from tournaments in Career mode are now calculated properly for user and AI players.
PlayStation 3
General
- Player creator text is now properly displayed on 4:3 TV.
- Fixed a bug where Control Shot icon does not disappear in cutscene.
- “Power shot icon” now appears properly in 3D mode.
- Fixed a bug where user was unable to save player when Top Spin server is down.
- Coach’s skills list is now displaying correct buttons for all skills.
- Coach info is now properly displayed.
- Sparring Partner Training test is now displayed properly in Spanish version of the game.
- Italian description of coaches’ skill has been fixed.
- Fixed exploit where player was able to unlock trophies when loading user data of different user.
- Correct message is now displayed when user attempts to load save that was created with different profile.
- Vera Zvonareva hair and depth of field on racket bug has been fixed.
- Unlocks are now displayed properly in in-game Recap Screen.
- Fixed a bug where accepting invite erased Unlocks progress.
- Directional pad control is now enabled for player movement.
PlayStation Move fixes
- PlayStation®Move controller doesn’t lose vibrating functionality when assigning to specific port.
- Specific fixes to ensure PlayStation®Move motion controller is now recognized properly.
- T button of the motion controller is now displayed when connecting Move controller.
General Online
- Fixed a bug where players were invisible in entering cutscene after rematching online match.
- Fixed a bug where created player disappeared from Player Select screen after accepting invite from a friend.
- The user is now able to proceed past the lobby and into gameplay when playing against players from different region.
- User now gets “Connection lost” message much faster than before if connection to opponent is lost during replay.
- Fixed a bug where ping icons were not displayed correctly.
- Fixed an issue when game crashed and erased all save data while accepting invite during loading screen.
- Fixed a bug where players got “frozen†during online game.
- Fixed a bug where bad connection or lag caused player movement animation to be interrupted.
- Fixed a bug where Strict NAT settings would cause users to get stuck in the lobby with the message “Looking for best opponent…â€.
World Tour
- User no longer receives “No Opponents were found before the countdown timer ended. Please try again later.” when leaving the match lobby before countdown reaches 0.
- Fixed crash that occurred when entering World Tour from Gender select menu right after forfeiting Sparring Partner Training match.
- Fixed various game crashes in World Tour Sparring Partner Training.
- Fixed a bug where user and CPU players were stuck in the net after loading World Tour Sparring Partner Training.
- Male players are now able to see correct stats of female players in World Tour and vice versa.
- Entering World Tour no longer causes 2K open rating reset in specific cases.
Player Match
- Player is now able to exit Player match properly after being invited by a friend.
- Client is now able to exit player match properly when they have accepted invite in “Pad assign screen”
Offline modes
- Specific crashes in Career mode have been fixed.
- Fixed collision detection between zones in Top Spin Academy.
- Points gained from tournaments in Career mode are now calculated properly for user and AI players.