We are pleased to announce a patch release 1.3.8.1 to fix a number of bugs in the 1.3.8.0 Release
Course Updates
We have updated the Illinois Golf Course to remove issues related to uneven terrain on the greens.
OS Specific Fixes
Fixed Game UI failing to load when using OSX (Mac)
Improvements
Made significant improvements to aiming with the controller. The left stick Press now allows you to toggle between aiming in the main view, aiming in the top view and not aiming. The A button allows you to set an aim based on the stick location in which ever view you are active.
Added messaging in the bottom right explaining when the swing meter was inactive which button to press to exit certain modes
Added a Pop Up message for certain MOP Events especially during hazard play rather than having them all write to the chat window.
Separated Controller Handedness from Player Handedness allowing you to use a right handed player in game with left handed controller set up. Controller handedness set up can be changed in Player General Settings
Added Players Distance to Pin to the Top left Player menu in game so you can see everyone's current distance
General Bugs
Fixed unable to resume or end a saved multiplayer session from the controller
Fixed Gimme and auto gimmie in alt shot double count... Gimmie now disabled in auto gimmie mode
Fixed Players can no longer change physics variables in the Console
Fixed a variety of situations where there was either no swing meter or aiming caused a black screen
Fixed a variety of situations where the camera would get stuck in Pano Mode
Fixed a bug in simulator mode where putts would not take the launch direction value
Fixed a variety of animation issues on the Simulator
Fixed a bug where if the controller focus was on Start Game when the lst person clicked Ready the controller would lose focus
Fixed a bug where Multiplayer Chat would not work when playing passworded game
Fixed a variety of multiplayer bugs where Scorecard Settings / Grid Setting etc would default to the game HOST values in multiplayer games
Fixed a bug where the Controller could not scroll down to multiple Games or Tournaments
Fixed bug where Players ping no longer displayed in Multiplayer games
Fixed a bug which would cause othr players swing meter settings to show during multiplayer rounds
Fixed a bug where the User Interface covered password box on game connection
Fixed a bug where typing in chat activated input keys
Fixed a bug where Scorecard key would active scorecard but not close it again
Fixed a bug which prevented users from entering official tournaments
Fixed a bug where the slider sensitvity for controller was too low preventing certain settings from being used
Fixed a bug where the dynamic replay cam would not snap
Known Issues
Playing Alternate Shot with 3 or more teams leads to the game being unable to determine who is next to hit
Using the arrow keys or Controller Stick to free aim in multiplayer can cause slow aiming response times for clients connected to a host
We are pleased to announce a patch release 1.3.8.1 to fix a number of bugs in the 1.3.8.0 Release
Course Updates
We have updated the Illinois Golf Course to remove issues related to uneven terrain on the greens.
OS Specific Fixes
Fixed Game UI failing to load when using OSX (Mac)
Improvements
Made significant improvements to aiming with the controller. The left stick Press now allows you to toggle between aiming in the main view, aiming in the top view and not aiming. The A button allows you to set an aim based on the stick location in which ever view you are active.
Added messaging in the bottom right explaining when the swing meter was inactive which button to press to exit certain modes
Added a Pop Up message for certain MOP Events especially during hazard play rather than having them all write to the chat window.
Separated Controller Handedness from Player Handedness allowing you to use a right handed player in game with left handed controller set up. Controller handedness set up can be changed in Player General Settings
Added Players Distance to Pin to the Top left Player menu in game so you can see everyone's current distance
General Bugs
Fixed unable to resume or end a saved multiplayer session from the controller
Fixed Gimme and auto gimmie in alt shot double count... Gimmie now disabled in auto gimmie mode
Fixed Players can no longer change physics variables in the Console
Fixed a variety of situations where there was either no swing meter or aiming caused a black screen
Fixed a variety of situations where the camera would get stuck in Pano Mode
Fixed a bug in simulator mode where putts would not take the launch direction value
Fixed a variety of animation issues on the Simulator
Fixed a bug where if the controller focus was on Start Game when the lst person clicked Ready the controller would lose focus
Fixed a bug where Multiplayer Chat would not work when playing passworded game
Fixed a variety of multiplayer bugs where Scorecard Settings / Grid Setting etc would default to the game HOST values in multiplayer games
Fixed a bug where the Controller could not scroll down to multiple Games or Tournaments
Fixed bug where Players ping no longer displayed in Multiplayer games
Fixed a bug which would cause othr players swing meter settings to show during multiplayer rounds
Fixed a bug where the User Interface covered password box on game connection
Fixed a bug where typing in chat activated input keys
Fixed a bug where Scorecard key would active scorecard but not close it again
Fixed a bug which prevented users from entering official tournaments
Fixed a bug where the slider sensitvity for controller was too low preventing certain settings from being used
Fixed a bug where the dynamic replay cam would not snap
Known Issues
Playing Alternate Shot with 3 or more teams leads to the game being unable to determine who is next to hit
Using the arrow keys or Controller Stick to free aim in multiplayer can cause slow aiming response times for clients connected to a host
We are pleased to announce that 1.3.8 has now been given a public release. In this release are:
An All New Landing Page and UI Elements
No longer will players be dumped straight into the Multiplayer page. There is now a brand new home page with butons for the major activities and a news section and a Content Coming Soon section. This will enable us to communicate directly with the players with key news items links to tutorials and other information
Tournaments have been given their own tab which is indicative on how we plan to move this section forward by providing people with ever increasing options to play in tournament mode.
Chat is now only visible in the Tournament and Multiplayer sections leaving a lot more room for a better game set up experience. Due to the lack of a keyboard Chat is disabled in Gamepad only mode although in game chat messages will still show up
Revamped in game leaderboards and scorecards.
An option to have the scorecard (or leaderboard if in tournament or challenge mode) show at the end of each hole automatically
Controller support
This release introduces controller support for all facets of the game. We still need to tie in the controller swing into the animation as we plan to do with the motion swing once the new animations are in. But the whole game can be played on the controller from setting up the game in the UI to playing it.
The controller can be selected under the Settings Input Tab.
When this is selected the Controller Swing becomes available in the list of devices in game settings.
To use the controller swing pull back on the stick and wait for the power to increase to your desired level. Let go of the stick, then when the meter gets back to the snap area push it forward again. The net direction of the movement will determine the direction of the ball and the accuracy of the snap will affect the center hit and power realised.
Bug Fixes
Fixed Alt Shot bug where a playoff would crash the game on end
Fixed Grid balls rolling backwards and stopping
Fixed tournament loophole where stopping a hole and restarting would not incur a penalty
Added a Generic TCP IP Simulator Device to allow connections to the game from devices that support TCP IP communications
Fixed fairway roll not dependent upon conditions (Hard or Soft)
Made some changes to the chips
Fixed the odd ball bounces
Hard and Soft Conditions revamp
Beginner Mode made easier
Fix to Pano and Player cam nodding down on shot start (still occurs on Follow Cam if you set follow distance to 0)
Added Pop Ups for various events like Concede, End Game and Quit so you cannot do these things by acident
Updates to Real Time Weather
Fixed Alt Shot Bug where auto gimmie and gimme added two shots
Made some changes to Night Time to allow golf to be played under moonlight
Big improvements to the reverse camera especially on shorter shots.
Introoduced a delay on the swing meter when using pause render on swing to prevent swings starting before the render screen has finished resulting in a black screen
Minor impovements to Fog
Minor improvements to physics on downhil bounces
Removed Spin Axis Center from Aids calculation enabling beginners to shape the ball
Doubled penalties for Driver off the deck shots
Fixed bug where spelling was incorrect in players screen
Fixed bug where game information was misaligned or incomplete
Fixed bugs in adding and deleting players where default player would change
Added a resume button under game when going to settings in the game in addition to the arrow to return
Changed Mulligan Default to OFF
Fixed bug where using camera view could lose the swing meter if PROS was not enabled
Fixed problem in practice mode where you could not see your shot data as the swing meter disappeared as soon as you hit the shot.
Fixed bug where game would go into pano mode following a drop
Fixed bug where a ball hitting a bank right after being hit would fly for ever
Fixed bug where selecting rehit after hitting from a bunker would allow you to select all shot types
Fixed a bug which caused the ball to roll a bit like an egg on the greens
Fixed a bug whihc caused the ball to rise slightly at the end of its roll
Known Issues
If you have multiple devices plugged in to your pc each of them is capable of controlling perfect golf. IF you have issues with UI elements changing automatically it is probably because you have another device connected like a wheel that is controlling the UI
At the end of a round the UI Text can become artifacted and will show like a character language. It will clear up during the next game and can be toggled back by selecting menu items. this is a unity bug in the current version of unity we are using and will be fixed when we upgrade to Unity 5.2
If a player leaves without disconnecting from the game and the other player is in controller mode only he has no way to get to the settings screen to kick the absent player
Chat will not work when gamepad selected as there is no way to type into chat.
Keyboard/mouse is currently disabled when gamepad selected
We are pleased to announce that 1.3.8 has now been given a public release. In this release are:
An All New Landing Page and UI Elements
No longer will players be dumped straight into the Multiplayer page. There is now a brand new home page with butons for the major activities and a news section and a Content Coming Soon section. This will enable us to communicate directly with the players with key news items links to tutorials and other information
Tournaments have been given their own tab which is indicative on how we plan to move this section forward by providing people with ever increasing options to play in tournament mode.
Chat is now only visible in the Tournament and Multiplayer sections leaving a lot more room for a better game set up experience. Due to the lack of a keyboard Chat is disabled in Gamepad only mode although in game chat messages will still show up
Revamped in game leaderboards and scorecards.
An option to have the scorecard (or leaderboard if in tournament or challenge mode) show at the end of each hole automatically
Controller support
This release introduces controller support for all facets of the game. We still need to tie in the controller swing into the animation as we plan to do with the motion swing once the new animations are in. But the whole game can be played on the controller from setting up the game in the UI to playing it.
The controller can be selected under the Settings Input Tab.
When this is selected the Controller Swing becomes available in the list of devices in game settings.
To use the controller swing pull back on the stick and wait for the power to increase to your desired level. Let go of the stick, then when the meter gets back to the snap area push it forward again. The net direction of the movement will determine the direction of the ball and the accuracy of the snap will affect the center hit and power realised.
Bug Fixes
Fixed Alt Shot bug where a playoff would crash the game on end
Fixed Grid balls rolling backwards and stopping
Fixed tournament loophole where stopping a hole and restarting would not incur a penalty
Added a Generic TCP IP Simulator Device to allow connections to the game from devices that support TCP IP communications
Fixed fairway roll not dependent upon conditions (Hard or Soft)
Made some changes to the chips
Fixed the odd ball bounces
Hard and Soft Conditions revamp
Beginner Mode made easier
Fix to Pano and Player cam nodding down on shot start (still occurs on Follow Cam if you set follow distance to 0)
Added Pop Ups for various events like Concede, End Game and Quit so you cannot do these things by acident
Updates to Real Time Weather
Fixed Alt Shot Bug where auto gimmie and gimme added two shots
Made some changes to Night Time to allow golf to be played under moonlight
Big improvements to the reverse camera especially on shorter shots.
Introoduced a delay on the swing meter when using pause render on swing to prevent swings starting before the render screen has finished resulting in a black screen
Minor impovements to Fog
Minor improvements to physics on downhil bounces
Removed Spin Axis Center from Aids calculation enabling beginners to shape the ball
Doubled penalties for Driver off the deck shots
Fixed bug where spelling was incorrect in players screen
Fixed bug where game information was misaligned or incomplete
Fixed bugs in adding and deleting players where default player would change
Added a resume button under game when going to settings in the game in addition to the arrow to return
Changed Mulligan Default to OFF
Fixed bug where using camera view could lose the swing meter if PROS was not enabled
Fixed problem in practice mode where you could not see your shot data as the swing meter disappeared as soon as you hit the shot.
Fixed bug where game would go into pano mode following a drop
Fixed bug where a ball hitting a bank right after being hit would fly for ever
Fixed bug where selecting rehit after hitting from a bunker would allow you to select all shot types
Fixed a bug which caused the ball to roll a bit like an egg on the greens
Fixed a bug whihc caused the ball to rise slightly at the end of its roll
Known Issues
If you have multiple devices plugged in to your pc each of them is capable of controlling perfect golf. IF you have issues with UI elements changing automatically it is probably because you have another device connected like a wheel that is controlling the UI
At the end of a round the UI Text can become artifacted and will show like a character language. It will clear up during the next game and can be toggled back by selecting menu items. this is a unity bug in the current version of unity we are using and will be fixed when we upgrade to Unity 5.2
If a player leaves without disconnecting from the game and the other player is in controller mode only he has no way to get to the settings screen to kick the absent player
Chat will not work when gamepad selected as there is no way to type into chat.
Keyboard/mouse is currently disabled when gamepad selected
We are pleased to announce the release of ver 1.3.7.0. This is mainly a bug fixing release as we have been working hard to squash as many of the bugs as we can while also working on getting Course Forge in its final state so we can get a general release out of that in advance of the retail release of the game. We have got all our new animations done now so we will soon be starting to add them into the game, but that is for a future release.
New Course
We have a new course with this release called Golden Meadows We have updated all PP Courses for inclusion of Challenge Tees for the new game play mode and made some asthetic changes
A New Version of Willow Heath
New Game Play Modes
We have a new game play mode called Skills Challenge Mode which is a series of trouble shots with both a points and distance to the pin scoring system
In addition we have cleaned up the MOP code for Par 3 Challenges so there is a single mop and the holes get auto selected based on Course Selection
New Master Server
This brings additional information to the online games including the ability to set an online game to a specific difficulty level. additional information includes, game play, mulligans, gimmies, difficulty etc
The new release will not work with the old Master Server so there will be a cut off where players will have to upgrade to be able to join games.
Improvements
A whole new Course Selector UI, we figured with the imminent release of a number of user made courses we needed an easier way to navigate through all the courses on the hard drive. It also comes with a Type Ahead select so you can just type South and it will move to Southampton Links etc.
Added Computer Players: Please note this is a work in progress, but we wanted you to do a little testing. Right now we just wanted to get the computer player to a point where they can get around the course. If they hit into a hazard you will need to manually drop him. To set a computer player just change the player type in player settings. The computer player has various settings which allow you to tune his skill. the higher the skill the longer he will take to make up his mind though.
INITIAL Implementation of Hard and Soft Settings. We will continue to do some fine tuning on these. We are still not 100% satisfied with these settings yet but we have pushed them anyway to give you all some additinal variety.
Changed the file format of the MOP files. Our goal is to provide and online tool to allow users to create MOP files
Added Splash Shot particle effect when in sand and hitting a splash shot. Note only applies to Splash Shots!
Bug Fixes
A fix for the latest courses looking all purple and black in the game on a MAC A fix for the game ending freeze on MAC A fix for putting out in the wrong hole, which will now place you within 2 club lengths of the hole and you get to play again... A variety of changes to aiming and difficulty. Most of the bugs Ian reported have hopefully been fixed Moved the Meter Marks from Difficulty to Settings so people can play the higher settings and still have the marks off Fixed it so on holes where you may not have passed the fairway aimpoint but are within striking distance of the the green your aim point is the flag Added the ability to aim with the left and right arrows on the keyboard. Fixed Alt Shot playing partner ball mark showing from time to time Fixed Alt Shot Whos up next in Post Shot showing the wrong person Fixed default game difficulty to Any Fixes for Stats reporting to server A variety of fixes to tournament scoring and reporting. As of right now we think we have fixed every bug in the tournament stuff, but welcome more if you find them A change to the default scattering off variables to allow for just a little more color in the sky Some fixes to the who is up next in Post Shot Screen when playing Alt Shot Minor Hole Physics Tweak Green Grid now goes all the way to the pin when off the green within 40 yards of the green Green Grid turns off after shot New Player General Setting to have auto grid on green Green Grid - if data point is over the hole it no longer takes account of the hole depth when rendering the grid Varouis sound fixes, but NOT the one where you hear a pfft and no sounds after that Added a possible fix for occasional black screen on swing with pause rendering on Initial fix for mesh trees ball getting stuck in tree, its not perfect yet but a big improvement Possible fix for top view not staying off Small physics adjustment to prevent large backwards ball bounces Small physics fix for dowhhill chip shots Added some colors to the leaderboard, Added Colors to the scorecard for birdies, bogeys double bogeys and eagles Fixed the thru hole on leaderboard for challenge events Removed dot in top view when aiming in main view in Pro modes Removed BLI from main screen when aiming in top view in pro modes Fixed - If you click F2 during the shot then click on post shot continue you can no longer aim as the game thinks you are in F2 screen Fixed Water Particle Effect Not Showing Fixed Player Names going to second line allowing people to hide their true difficulty Fixed DRV not in bag cheat Fixed not all difficulty settings transferring over to fixed setting games Fixed Camera Toggle ("C Key") not sticking when aiming Fixed Lens Flares not showing Fixed Alt Shot in Sand have all shot types bug Fixed Mesh Trees Slider Not Sticking Fixed As It Lies showing First in Drop Options Fixed As It Lies not Clearly identified as No Penalty Option Fixed Bad Drops on Chicago Fixed Leaderboard button so it will turn red when not available in game Fixed Putting Follow Cam so ball does not disappear behind golfer Fixed Having to press C twice to change views Fixed a bug where if you did not stop the swingmeter on the backspin you got max power. It now gives you a random amount of overswing Possible fix for crash when a small motion swing is detected Fixed On short putts camera does not flip to look at ball Fixed a bug where grid would come on during a replay if ball landed on green Made a few minor physics tweaks
Known Issues
Bug where the green grid fails to initialize and the balls roll uphill and stop Bug where using the space bar to turn off the golfer can have a toggle effect if other golfers are playing locally Bug where the F4 key can interfere with the follow cam.
With the Physics tweaks we have not had a chance to change all the default distances of all the clubs so user beware. We will patch this soon
If there are any major issues please let us know and we will get a patch out as soon as possible
Future Plans..
We are continuing to fine tune tournaments, and will be implmenting the new animations while we continue to get CF reasy for release and fix what we are sure will be additional bugs.
We are pleased to announce the release of ver 1.3.7.0. This is mainly a bug fixing release as we have been working hard to squash as many of the bugs as we can while also working on getting Course Forge in its final state so we can get a general release out of that in advance of the retail release of the game. We have got all our new animations done now so we will soon be starting to add them into the game, but that is for a future release.
New Course
We have a new course with this release called Golden Meadows We have updated all PP Courses for inclusion of Challenge Tees for the new game play mode and made some asthetic changes
A New Version of Willow Heath
New Game Play Modes
We have a new game play mode called Skills Challenge Mode which is a series of trouble shots with both a points and distance to the pin scoring system
In addition we have cleaned up the MOP code for Par 3 Challenges so there is a single mop and the holes get auto selected based on Course Selection
New Master Server
This brings additional information to the online games including the ability to set an online game to a specific difficulty level. additional information includes, game play, mulligans, gimmies, difficulty etc
The new release will not work with the old Master Server so there will be a cut off where players will have to upgrade to be able to join games.
Improvements
A whole new Course Selector UI, we figured with the imminent release of a number of user made courses we needed an easier way to navigate through all the courses on the hard drive. It also comes with a Type Ahead select so you can just type South and it will move to Southampton Links etc.
Added Computer Players: Please note this is a work in progress, but we wanted you to do a little testing. Right now we just wanted to get the computer player to a point where they can get around the course. If they hit into a hazard you will need to manually drop him. To set a computer player just change the player type in player settings. The computer player has various settings which allow you to tune his skill. the higher the skill the longer he will take to make up his mind though.
INITIAL Implementation of Hard and Soft Settings. We will continue to do some fine tuning on these. We are still not 100% satisfied with these settings yet but we have pushed them anyway to give you all some additinal variety.
Changed the file format of the MOP files. Our goal is to provide and online tool to allow users to create MOP files
Added Splash Shot particle effect when in sand and hitting a splash shot. Note only applies to Splash Shots!
Bug Fixes
A fix for the latest courses looking all purple and black in the game on a MAC A fix for the game ending freeze on MAC A fix for putting out in the wrong hole, which will now place you within 2 club lengths of the hole and you get to play again... A variety of changes to aiming and difficulty. Most of the bugs Ian reported have hopefully been fixed Moved the Meter Marks from Difficulty to Settings so people can play the higher settings and still have the marks off Fixed it so on holes where you may not have passed the fairway aimpoint but are within striking distance of the the green your aim point is the flag Added the ability to aim with the left and right arrows on the keyboard. Fixed Alt Shot playing partner ball mark showing from time to time Fixed Alt Shot Whos up next in Post Shot showing the wrong person Fixed default game difficulty to Any Fixes for Stats reporting to server A variety of fixes to tournament scoring and reporting. As of right now we think we have fixed every bug in the tournament stuff, but welcome more if you find them A change to the default scattering off variables to allow for just a little more color in the sky Some fixes to the who is up next in Post Shot Screen when playing Alt Shot Minor Hole Physics Tweak Green Grid now goes all the way to the pin when off the green within 40 yards of the green Green Grid turns off after shot New Player General Setting to have auto grid on green Green Grid - if data point is over the hole it no longer takes account of the hole depth when rendering the grid Varouis sound fixes, but NOT the one where you hear a pfft and no sounds after that Added a possible fix for occasional black screen on swing with pause rendering on Initial fix for mesh trees ball getting stuck in tree, its not perfect yet but a big improvement Possible fix for top view not staying off Small physics adjustment to prevent large backwards ball bounces Small physics fix for dowhhill chip shots Added some colors to the leaderboard, Added Colors to the scorecard for birdies, bogeys double bogeys and eagles Fixed the thru hole on leaderboard for challenge events Removed dot in top view when aiming in main view in Pro modes Removed BLI from main screen when aiming in top view in pro modes Fixed - If you click F2 during the shot then click on post shot continue you can no longer aim as the game thinks you are in F2 screen Fixed Water Particle Effect Not Showing Fixed Player Names going to second line allowing people to hide their true difficulty Fixed DRV not in bag cheat Fixed not all difficulty settings transferring over to fixed setting games Fixed Camera Toggle ("C Key") not sticking when aiming Fixed Lens Flares not showing Fixed Alt Shot in Sand have all shot types bug Fixed Mesh Trees Slider Not Sticking Fixed As It Lies showing First in Drop Options Fixed As It Lies not Clearly identified as No Penalty Option Fixed Bad Drops on Chicago Fixed Leaderboard button so it will turn red when not available in game Fixed Putting Follow Cam so ball does not disappear behind golfer Fixed Having to press C twice to change views Fixed a bug where if you did not stop the swingmeter on the backspin you got max power. It now gives you a random amount of overswing Possible fix for crash when a small motion swing is detected Fixed On short putts camera does not flip to look at ball Fixed a bug where grid would come on during a replay if ball landed on green Made a few minor physics tweaks
Known Issues
Bug where the green grid fails to initialize and the balls roll uphill and stop Bug where using the space bar to turn off the golfer can have a toggle effect if other golfers are playing locally Bug where the F4 key can interfere with the follow cam.
With the Physics tweaks we have not had a chance to change all the default distances of all the clubs so user beware. We will patch this soon
If there are any major issues please let us know and we will get a patch out as soon as possible
Future Plans..
We are continuing to fine tune tournaments, and will be implmenting the new animations while we continue to get CF reasy for release and fix what we are sure will be additional bugs.
We will be closing the Master Server down shortly to begin the upgrade to 1.3.7.0 which requires a new Master Server application to be running. Please bear with us while we perform this upgrade and get 1.3.7.0 released
We will be closing the Master Server down shortly to begin the upgrade to 1.3.7.0 which requires a new Master Server application to be running. Please bear with us while we perform this upgrade and get 1.3.7.0 released