Hello! It's finally here! Thank you to all those who have been following the game over the last few months, and welcome to all the new people - thanks for stopping by! I'll try and keep this post brief because I'm sure you're all eager to hit the course 😉 - but I thought I'd share some of the changes which have happened since the previous version of Super Video Golf. Many of the changes have been driven by player feedback, so do please make sure to leave any comments you have on the community page, I always appreciate it! Without further ado, here's the list of changes:
- The server is now authoritative over par value for each hole
- Collision detection is now performed per-face rather than per-material
- Rewritten AI from the ground up for CPU players who adapt to player skill level
- CPU players are now indicated on the scoreboard
- Smoothed ball motion when putting
- Camera has been improved when putting
- Updated drone camera tracking for more dynamic movement
- Each player now has their own ball icon on the mini map
- Mini map now zooms in on smaller holes
- Avatars get impatient if player idles too long
- Fixed hook/slice message respecting avatar handedness
- Fixed spectators who would float in certain cases
- Fixed awarding winner achievements when local game winner was CPU
- Fixed displaying correct trophies for level up achievements
- Fixed automatically ending the hole when won by any player in match or skins play
- Improved readability of wind strength (thanks janner66 for the suggestion)
- Imperial measurements now use decimalised yards when putting (thanks to 8mackellar for the suggestion)
- Scoreboard is now shown longer between hole changes and is skippable once all players are ready
- Scoreboard no longer draws unplayed holes, and displays running par difference during stroke play matches (thanks to 8mackellar for the suggestion)
- In game messages can now be skipped during golf and on the driving range
- Spectator and billboard shadows now fade with proximity to camera
- Improved animation blending in SkeletalAnimator, fixes animation jumps
- Added player animations for celebration and disappointment (thanks janner66 for the suggestion)
- Updated particle effects for hole in one
- Wind indicator now shows direction relative to the active camera, not just the main camera.
- Wind direction only changes on new hole (thanks buntails for the suggestion)
- New Swingput system allows taking a swing with a controller thumbstick or mouse motion
- Club power is more accurate in relation to power bar indicator
- Fixed auto-caddy picking a suitable club for each shot (thanks buntails for pointing that out)
- Auto-caddy picks a better selection of clubs based on current hole size
- Optional Putt Assist provides graphical feedback on putting distance
- Putting display now shows estimated distance to the hole above the power bar
- Mini-beacon is now active during putting when flag beacon is enabled (thanks to buntails for the suggestion)
- Improved putting grid better defines the contours of the green
- Sprite colours for billboarded shrubs now affect wind amount
- Wind now affects billboard shrubs
- Fixed players now no longer restart on steep slopes if the ball landed in the water
- Achievements are now always enabled if there is a single human player on the current client
- Game now logs XP when achievements are active
- Stroke accuracy difficulty increases with XP level
- Steam matchmaking favours lobbies with similar XP levels
- Steam edition has leaderboards for driving range
- Power bar is now hidden between shots on driving range
- Added Emote wheel (default LCtrl/Controller Y to activate)
- Controllers are now automatically assigned in local multiplayer
- Native support for PS controllers including LED notifications
- Added option in lobby to play holes in reverse order
- Custom course filter is hidden in the lobby if there are no custom courses to show
- Added welcome screen for new players to introduce them to the tutorial
- Updated main menu for better appearance at ultrawide resolutions
- Added Swingput sensitivity to options menu
- Options menu now includes control overlay for showing scores
- Added option to enable ball trail
- Credits are available from the options window
- Added option to disable controller vibration to options menu
- Antialiasing options have been added to the options window
- Fixed updating keybinding string in options menu
- Player name lengths have been increased to up to 24 chars
- UI layout has been updated to accommodate longer player names
- Many fixes and quality improvements on AMD graphics cards
- New course - Purcitop Pitch ‘n’ Putt
- New course - Fairland Rock
- New ball - The Hive
- New ball - Umbrella
- New ball - Watering Can
- New ball - Egbert
- New ball - Tortoise
- New ball - H7
- New Achievement - Getting Started
- New Achievement - Junior
- New Achievement - Amateur
- New Achievement - Enthusiast
- New Achievement - Semi-Pro
- New Achievement - Professional
- New Achievement - I See No Ships
- New Achievement - Hot Stuff
- New Achievement - ?????
Hope to see you on the course!
