v1.5.2 — Ultrawide menus and picture aspect

Fixes the distorted player-selection screen reported on 32:9 displays and gives fullscreen players an explicit choice of picture aspect.

What changed

• Correct menu proportions: legacy front-end menus, including player selection, keep their original centered 16:9 composition. Player models and the menu band are no longer independently squeezed to fit a 32:9 screen. Menus may have black side bars; gameplay can still fill your ultrawide display.
• Independent picture-aspect setting: choose Auto / display, 16:9, 21:9 or 32:9 in the launcher or PC SETTINGS. Restart the game after changing it. Auto follows the actual game window/display; locked modes preserve proportions and add black bars when needed.
• Resolution and aspect are separate: borderless fullscreen uses your monitor's size. The new picture-aspect setting controls the game picture inside it.
• Matches switch to the selected aspect; pause retains the match picture, and returning to the main menu restores the legacy menu layout.
• The launcher uses software rendering for its settings window to avoid the blank white WPF window observed during local GPU testing.

Update/install

Download Install-Table-Tennis.exe, or approve v1.5.2 in the built-in updater. Update the complete installation, including the new matched engine; copying only tabletennis.exe is insufficient. Both players should use the same release for online play.

The v1.5.1 Windows compiler-selection fix and all v1.5.0 community features are included. Experimental high-refresh work is not included: gameplay remains paced at 60 FPS.

Validation

All 76 regression tests passed, including native compiler/matched engine checks, launcher aspect-setting save/reload and isolated retail-ISO startup. Local game checks covered a 32:9 window at 150% Windows DPI, player selection, gameplay/HUD, pause, return to the main menu, locked 21:9, PC SETTINGS and Photo Mode zoom/PNG export. A physical 5120x1440 monitor and prolonged tournament/network sessions have not been retested; feedback from affected users is welcome.

Downloads

• Install-Table-Tennis.exe — recommended for players; builds locally from your own supported USA/Europe retail ISO.
• Table-Tennis-Source-v1.5.2.zip — public source for developers.
• The game-free engine and signed manifest assets support installation and updates. No retail ISO, XEX, menu archive, generated game code or prebuilt game executable is distributed.

Community credits remain in the README, including ThisIsAkill and desktop icon artist Gary aka POOTERMAN :) (DeviantArt).