Golf 1.15.3

Small fixes:

• Fix maintaining player’s preferred clubset independently from any multi-player game rule override
• Fix possible crash when playing games with a lot of players
• Fix edge case that could lead to mis-identifying remote clients as CPU players

Golf 1.15.2

Small Update:

• Enabled High DPI awareness on Windows to correctly scale the window when using display scaling of anything other than 100%
• Increased size of icons on emote shortcut buttons in chat window
• Added emoji selection pop-out to chat window
• Rebalanced audio volume in tutorial
• Cleaned up parsing list item html tags in the news window
• Fixed regression which prevented Hot Stuff achievement triggering
• Fixed regression which prevented Sub-scriber achievement triggering
• Fixed setting friends only status of lobby based on previous round when returning
• Shooed geese.

Golf 1.15.1

Small update:

• Fixed thumbstick threshold preventing some controllers from zooming the map overview
• Fixed hole numbering on map overview when playing course in reverse
• Fixed potential crash related to offline mode in Steam
• Added option to set weather to random
• Added emote shortcuts to chat window

Golf 1.15.0

• Implemented particle emission interpolation
• Updated VATs crowd models with high-definition animations
• Increased fidelity of putting grid
• Tree quality can now be changed mid-game
• Improved quality of on screen keyboard when entering text with a controller
• Fixed D-Pad events occasionally being skipped in menus
• Fixed showing HIO effects on remote clients
• Fixed selection order of options tabs
• Fixed workshop tools inverting normals of imported avatars
• Fixed player profiles are now updated instead of duplicated when changing Steam username
• Fixed player profiles are now stored per Steam user to prevent multiple user profiles being merged
• Fixed subscribing to too many workshop items would crash the game
• Added displaying an AFK timeout in multiplayer games
• Added basic support for non-latin alphabets
• Added support for emojis in player profile names
• Added pasting text into player names in the profile editor with ctrl+V
• Added cancelling player name edit with Escape
• Added playing courses at night
• Added selectable weather conditions
• Added advanced option to try to always use a specific audio device
• Added option to allow alternative power-bar input
• Added news/community page to startup (Steam version)
• Added player management menu for hosts to poke, forfeit or kick misbehaving players
• Added text chat in lobby/game mode (Shift+F8 or Y button)
• Added SteamOS support
• New course - Nguyen Valley, Greyshale Province
• New Course - Hertog Regis, Kaalsmeer
• New Achievement - Night owl
• New Achievement - Come rain or shine
• New Achievement - Complete Course 11
• New Achievement - Complete Course 12
• New Achievement - Master Course 11
• New Achievement - Master Course 12

Golf 1.14.1 Minor Update

• Only play Honour announcement if honour taker is on the current client
• Fix resizing menu banners in the clubhouse when window is resized
• Fix awarding skins pot to player winning sudden death round
• Fix correct club unlocks when host applies club set limit
• Fix monthly challenge display on non-steam builds
• Move Steam notification back to top right corner
• Fix building on macOS

Golf 1.14.0

• Added Monthly Challenge - A new challenge every month for 500xp and an award for the trophy cabinet
• Added awards for completing the active monthly challenge
• Added awards for every 10th level unlock which also unlocks a new ball
• Added awards for top 3 placement in Club League
• Added club league-table to compete against virtual players
• Added Stableford and Stableford Pro game modes
• Added ‘multi-target’ game mode
• Added Short Round game mode
• Added the lie of the ball in bunkers now affects available clubs
• Added the lie of the ball in bunkers now affects accuracy
• Added the lie of the ball in bunkers now affects maximum distance
• Added host option to limit all players to the lowest ranked player’s club set
• Added in-flight ball camera
• Added console variable to enable shuffling custom music playlists
• Fixed cropping minimap icons to minimap bounds
• Fixed skins games now continue to sudden death until all skins are won
• Fixed post-game scorecard par values when playing in reverse
• Fixed current honour is carried over in event of a tie
• Fixed controller navigation in lobby menu if having previously quit the lobby with any menu but course selection active
• Fixed origin of scaled billboards
• Fixed number of ready/quit icons when playing with more than 4 clients
• Fixed emote IDs when playing with more than 4 clients
• Fixed Better With Friends achievement awarding with more than 4 clients
• Increased XP reward for hitting the drone to 250xp
• Reduced volume of seagulls on beach courses
• Updated emote wheel with applause
• Updated emote wheel with controller buttons
• Extended range of clubs when teeing off par 3s
• New Achievement: Big Bird
• New Achievement: Barn Stormer
• New Achievement: Hit The Spot
• New Achievement: Behold the Impossible
• New Achievement: League Champion
• New Achievement: League Participant
• New Achievement: ???

Golf 1.13.0

Changes:

• Added incidental audio for spectators
• Updated lobby menu layout
• The previous round’s scores are no longer shown on the ticker if the round wasn’t fully completed
• Added previous round’s scoreboard to lobby menu
• Added leaderboard browser to clubhouse and lobby menu
• Increased maximum clients in a network game to 8
• Overhauled CPU behaviour (special thanks to yourjaguarlover for the thorough testing/feedback)
• Added Auto-skip mode for CPU players
• CPU Power bar is hidden for players at level 10 or above
• Profiles can now have short biographies
• Profile editor can now take mugshots
• Players can now choose which range of clubs to use for the next round, once unlocked
• Players can now choose which range of clubs to use for the driving range, once unlocked
• Driving range leaderboards are now broken down by target as well as try count
• Updated driving range menus now show current record holder for the selection
• Power bar is double size when playing on Steam Deck to increase visibility
• Options menu now has controller artwork for Steam Deck
• Overhauled UI navigation when using a controller/Steam Deck
• Added option to reset keybinds to their default values
• Added overview map (open from menu or key 6) to view the current hole's contours
• Added current putter range to the power bar when putting
• Ball can now collide with the flag
• Game will now play user selected music from any playlists found in the user/music directory
• Added stats browser for Club Stats to Clubhouse
• Added stats browser for course play time to Clubhouse
• Added stats browser for per-profile score history to Clubhouse
• Added awards browser for monthly awards to Clubhouse
• Added awards for placing top 3 in the monthly leaderboards
• Added grid view browser for ball selection to profile editor
• Fixed regression which prevented tool tips displaying in Options menu
• New Achievement - Nested
• New Achievement - Gimme Gimme Gimme
• New Achievement - Drive It Home
• New Achievement - Gamer
• New Achievement - Cause A Racket

Golf 1.12.5 Hotfix

• Fixed reading user directories with unicode characters
• Fixed showing stroke indicator when switching back from drone camera
• Fixed bug in driving range menu which could get stuck in a restart loop
• Fixed CPU players from being able to block achievements being awarded on rare occasions
• Added per-profile stat logging

Golf 1.12.4 Hotfix

• Refined tolerance of putting distance rescaling
• Fix driving range holes being shuffled when restarting mid-round
• Fix driving range getting stuck if ball lands too close to the pin
• Fix green displaying as black when grid transparency was zero
• Fix refreshing checkboxes when toggling in the options menu
• Prevent hidden mouse cursor taking control of UI inputs
• Increased precision in putting display when using imperial measurements
• Environment sounds (birds etc) now have their own volume control
• Reduced the frequency of idle notifications
• Stroke is reset instead of fluffed if the power bar isn’t accepted
• Wind indicator is now hidden when putting

Golf 1.12.3 Hotfix

• Fixed crash in profile editor when clicking off of name edit without first applying it
• Fixed remote player avatars occasionally appearing black