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.