Late-frame recovery fix
Overdue frames are now submitted immediately and the next deadline is based on that time. This avoids adding a full frame of waiting after a long stall or producing short catch-up frames afterward.
This improves recovery after a stall. It does not eliminate the original causes of frame-time spikes, guarantee less overall stutter, or unlock higher frame rates. Gameplay remains paced at 60 FPS.
Experimental background telemetry was excluded because testing did not show a consistent benefit. All ultrawide presets, proportional menus/score HUD, intro skipping and the final QUIT TO DESKTOP menu item are retained.
Install or update
Download Install-Table-Tennis.exe and select your supported retail USA/Europe Xbox 360 ISO. Existing users: close the game and choose the same installation folder and ISO to rebuild while retaining saves. Start from your desktop shortcut or dist/tabletennis_launcher.exe.
The ZIP is the manual source/setup alternative. No game executable, generated game code or game assets are distributed; game-derived files are created locally. The ISO is unchanged.
Validation and credits
All 12 checks passed for the production game change, including compiled deadline/geometry regressions and direct/saved-ISO startup. All 23 native edits verified unchanged. The installer embeds exactly 44 reviewed public source/license files.
Private runtime measurements confirmed the changed recovery behavior but did not establish reduced overall stutter. Other PCs/VRR modes and clean Windows installations need broader testing.
Desktop icon: Gary aka POOTERMAN :) - https://www.deviantart.com/pooterman
Frame-pacing contribution: malinkicat (PR #6).
See README.md for requirements/troubleshooting and SHA256SUMS.txt for hashes.