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[Nicky Gi.]

The player stats in XKT Mod feel too generic and unrealistic. Tsitsipas should not have 90 percent backhand power and precision, and Zverev should not have 90 percent forehand power and precision.

The stats overall are not realistic. If someone with modding experience is available, please consider adding more accurate stats for all players in World Tour. This could be completed within a day by using AI tools.

AI knows each player’s playstyle and can generate more realistic stat values. You would not need deep knowledge of every player or detailed expertise in their individual styles.

[holt77]

It's not as straightforward as it sounds.

You can't rate players directly for their ability in each attribute, as the system is set up so that a player's attributes will change throughout their career, depending on how highly-ranked they are.

The attribute ratings in the data files are assigned based on the balance of a player's own relative strengths and weaknesses. They are not rated based on how good they are overall. Then, depending on the player's ranking for the given year (determined by their RankPerYear figure), points are allocated to each attribute according to the balance of attributes, with more points being available when they are ranked higher, and fewer points when they are ranked lower.

So, every player in the data files should have roughly the same attribute score totals, just spread around differently depending on their own relative strengths and weaknesses. Their ranking then determines the score for each attribute at any given time in their career. The exception to this is four key mental skills, which are rated slightly differently.

You can see the full details in the link below, under the Players.ini section:

https://www.managames.com/tennis/doc/HowToMod.html

[Nicky Gi.]

Okay so why do some player who are young have a -1 value for a year like 2025? This makes no sense.

[holt77]

Okay so why do some player who are young have a -1 value for a year like 2025? This makes no sense.

Is that in RankPerYear? If they have a -1 for any year it means they won't play that year.

[Nicky Gi.]

Why would someone like Zverev for example miss the entire 2025 season?

[holt77]

Why would someone like Zverev for example miss the entire 2025 season?

I've just checked the data files for XKT v4.3 and can't see any reason why Zverev would miss 2025. He doesn't have a RankPerYear of -1 that year. Are you playing with the latest update of XKT from a few days ago?

I only play using XKT as a base, with my own data edits on top of it, so I can't comment on how it plays out in the original version, but I can't see any reason why he would miss a year.

[Nicky Gi.]

Zverev, Tsitsipas have a -1 in 2025, why? Yes I am only using the XKT Mod, no other mods.

[holt77]

Zverev, Tsitsipas have a -1 in 2025, why? Yes I am only using the XKT Mod, no other mods.

I think you'd need to ask someone on the XKT Discord.

Zverev and Tsitsipas don't have a -1 ranking for 2025 in the data files.

I don't play the game as real-life players, so I'm not sure what usually appears on that screen.

[Nicky Gi.]

Okay, how do you like these? It is for the ATP top 20 current players. I have values for the 35 balanced system as well, don't know which works best. I can make this for the top 200 ATP players if you want.

[holt77]

Okay, how do you like these? It is for the ATP top 20 current players. I have values for the 35 balanced system as well, don't know which works best. I can make this for the top 200 ATP players if you want.

It's important to remember that the four non-normalised mental skills (Concentration, ColdBlood, Constancy and Motivation) should be rated according to the absolute peak of a player's career, rather than how you would rate them at this moment in time. The ratings you give them for these skills are the ratings they will reach at the highest ranking of their career.

For young players who have yet to peak, you need to rate them according to what level you think they might reach in the future.

Alcaraz and Sinner should really be around mid-90s for these four skills.

For even younger players that are climbing the rankings, like Menšík, Tien or Fonseca, you need to work out where you think they will reach at their peak, and rate them accordingly. If you think they will reach top 5 or higher, they need to be rated around 90 for these skills, at least. This is the problem I found with the ratings given to young players in XKT, where many of them are drastically underrated for these four mental skills, as they seem to have been rated based on current ability, rather than potential peak ability.

[Nicky Gi.]

I need feedback on this. The top 20 are finished. Rankings 21-100 need adjustments.