Expertise - analysis of the tennis simulator - Pro Tennis Tour.

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 Today this section will be very large
lazy, since no one deigned to write
provide expert analysis of any game
ry.  So I decided to fix this by writing
game PRO TENNIS TOUR, which I played at that time
the moment was cut short. How good is it at me-
It's up to you to judge.                 
                                          
 So if someone wrote a big description -
If you're interested in any interesting game, send it.
If you do not vouch for your “Russian” -
we will correct all errors.                   
                                          
 In general, read the description.Repnikov Yuri                   
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MENU.              
                                
 At the very beginning you come across the original
menu.                                     
                                          
 TOURNAMENT - game with a computer         
 2 PLAYER - game for two                
 PRACTICE - practice                   
RANKING - player rating            
MODE - parameter settings menu  
DEMO - demonstration mode, it
also turns on automatically if ten
no key was pressed for a current of seconds.
                                          
                                          
                                          
 Now let's describe all the points in more detail.
                                          
1. tOURNAMENt.                  
Depending on what you selected in
setup menu, you start in the championship
and, it seems, immediately in the finale of some cube-
ka (Wimbledon, etc.). If this is your first
game, after you have downloaded the program
mu, then you will be asked your name, which
you need to enter using the letter search method. Then
they will write to you where you will play - which one
country and at what tournament. Next you will see
those with whom you will have to play and his number in
table of players' positions. And finally
you start the game. About the game itself will be on-
written a little further.                        
                                          
2. 2PLAYERS.                   
 It differs from the first point only in that
that you will play with a live partner, and
not with a computer, and after selecting this
point they won’t write anything to you, but immediately
the game will start.                              
                                          
3. PRACtICE.                    
                                
 By selecting this item, you will be taken to another
but menu:                                  
                                          
 MACHINE - having selected this item you will be offered
They want to select the program number for which
the machine will “shoot” the balls for
trajectories given by programs;           
 SERVICE - just training in serving.
Particularly useful for acquiring skills in
PROFESSINAL level;                       
 MAIN MENU - in any submenu this item
means exit to the initial menu;          
                                          
4. RANKING Simply view the position of tennis players in
table.                                  
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
5. MODE                         
                                
 By selecting this item you enter the mode
game settings:                           
                                          
 EASY - easy game level       
 ADVANCED - intermediate level           
 PROFESSIONAL - level for professionals
 PLAY VASK - player on top of the screen       
 PLAY FRONT - player at the bottom of the screen        
                                          
 And now more about this submenu.   
                                          
 Game level only affects difficulty
serving and hitting the ball.                  
 The remaining two items in this menu are
ute for where your player will be
(PLAYER 1). Personally, I'm always below (PLAY    
FRONT), this is much more convenient - scale     
smaller (larger player).                   
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
 6. DEMO                        
                                
 Well, just a demonstration mode - computer
ter plays with himself. It also includes-
Xia if no key was pressed in
for about 10 seconds.              
                                          
 Well, we looked at the game menu, and those
Let's get straight to the game itself.
re.                                       
                                          
SUPPLY.             
                                
 As you have already noticed, the court is divided into non-
number of zones: The feed zone is in the center
court, near the net and is divided into two more
parts (on each side of the mesh) here for
what. The serve is performed in the opposite direction
zone relative to the player, i.e.  if you
stand to the left of the dividing line, then apply
what needs to be done to the right side, and vice versa
mouth.                                      
                                          
                                          
 As I already said, the difficulty of presentation is
install in game settings mode.   
 So, at the easy level (EASY) you can
you can serve calmly without fear,
the ball will fly there without any problems. Hit the ball
at an easy level also no problem, wherever
the ball did not hit, the main thing is that it hits the player or
hands, and in any one, you can take it off-
beat.                                     
 Special differences at the middle and higher levels -
I didn’t find any, and they all concluded this:
are worried.  It’s already difficult to serve there.
her.  It is necessary not only to direct the ball to the right
side and press FIRE, but also calculate
you can set the feed force, it is regulated simultaneously
holding it firmlykey to the side and
fire.  And as I noticed, it’s better to do this
synchronously - that is, press and simultaneously
release at the same time.  Next, in order to
to hit the ball you already need to aim
throw the racket more accurately, since here you are
You can't hit the ball with your head or stomach.  
                                          
                                          
 Well, that seems to be all that can be useful for you
play in this game. Finally, a few
advice.                                  
                                          
 1. Serve to the farthest
corner, and immediately go there, hitting the ball
the enemy may not have time to react.      
 2. If both you and the enemy are on
one side of the court (left or right), then
hit the ball at a slight angle, the ball is
flies very obliquely.                    
 3. When your opponent serves, go further into
the side where he will hit.           
 4. Don’t be shy to get out closer often
to the net, there is a chance to do something unexpected for
enemy blow.                          
                                          
 A short afterword.          
                                          
 As you understand, I am not a writer, and not
tennis player, so I could do something
make a mistake.  Please don't scold me too much, it's better
write an article with all the additions and
send it to us. We will definitely publish it.