Hi golfers!
We’ve released a patch to address some reported issues and also add in some metrics that will allow us to get a better understanding of how players are interacting with the game.
We’ve implemented analytics tracking purely so we can get a read of how players are interacting with the game! For example, it will allow us to see which course is the most played.
In the event that you see ‘ads.t17service.com’ in a filter pop-up, this is nothing to be alarmed about. This is not an advertising feature – ‘ads’ stands for Amazon Directory Service. This is simply the service we use to manage configuration data in game, for example: links to social media channels, or authenticating multiplayer services with our provider.
If you do not want to have analytics tracked in your game, you can choose to opt out of this in the in-game options menu.
PLEASE NOTE: Opting out of the analytics tracking this will stop gameplay data being shared but you may still see data being sent to BackTrace - this is error reporting that our team needs to collect when an issue is encountered in the game.
If you encounter any issues when playing Golf With Your Friends, please post in our forum or submit a support ticket through our website.
A full list of changes can be found below…
Patch Notes
Added:
- Added in game metrics to help us understand how players engage with different parts of the game.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where front end music will briefly play at the default volume when first loading into the front end
- Fixed an issue with anti-aliasing setting not retaining its state
- Fixed an issue where an offensive player name doesn't become censored after a player enables the profanity filter
- Fixed an issue where the game does not register the ball is in the hole if pushed in by another ball
- Fixed an issues where the player was unable to continue if another player hits them into the hole
- Fixed an issue where you could not press 'enter' to join a password lobby, only the mouse
- Fixed an issue where the bindings are reset on both Keyboard and Gamepad controls if defaults are applied on either one
- Fixed a bug where Keytips for gameplay functions remained visible when spectating other players after scoring
- Fixed a problem where the previous player's HUD text briefly overlaps with the "Your turn' HUD text of the next player when the previous player completes the current hole in any way
- Fixed an issue where the 'Free-cam' tutorial tip will display in-game whilst playing in a mode that has Free-cam Time set to 0/disabled
- Fixed a problem that caused in-game friends that are set to 'Away' on Steam to appear after 'Online' friends that are not running the title on the Frontend Friends list
- Fixed visual issues with the shot counter UI in practice mode
- Fixed a problem where the turn timer UI element flickers when pausing the game
- other general fixes & Improvements.