We recently ran a CourseForge design contest in conjunction with TrackMan golf. The goal was to create a 9 or 18 hole par 3 course which was good looking and fun to play. I'm please to announce that the top 3 courses which have been added to your course library are: 1 - Sand River by Mikahenrik 2 - Abel's Crossing by highfade 3 - The Aces Club by Matt Rose Great work from some very talented designers. There will be more courses released from the par 3 design contest in the future.

[ 2018-09-25 08:25:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

TrackMan is pleased to announce a CourseForge design competition, providing all community members with an opportunity to design and create a challenging and fun par 3 course for TrackMan Indoor Golf and the PerfectGolf game. Contestants are asked to create a unique par 3 course with the CourseForge design software. The course should provide a fun challenge to players of various skill levels from beginners to experts, and in addition it should be as aesthetically pleasing as possible. All course styles are welcomed such as Oceanside, Parkland, Forrest, Links, Fantasy etc. There are prizes for the best courses submitted. Prizes are as follows: 1st EUR 1,000 2nd EUR 700 3rd EUR 400 4th EUR 250 5th EUR 150 Course requirements Any submission must contain minimum 9 holes but preferably 18 holes Hole designs cannot be replicas of existing holes or courses but inspiration may be taken from the world's best par 3 holes The length of each hole can be anywhere from 50 to 250 yards, but for every hole at least 3 different tee lengths are required (easy, medium, difficult) For every hole, 3 different pin positions are required (easy, medium, difficult) Courses should have environmental sounds Courses must be able to be loaded and played in TrackMan Indoor Golf and PerfectGolf (as bug free as possible) The author(s) of the course will be credited on the loading screen and as part of the course description, if desired. Not all courses need to be suitable for all skills levels of golfers ie: ‘Beginners’ courses or courses suitable for medium to advanced players are all welcome. However, courses that are designed well enough to cater to a wide variety of players will be preferred by the judging panel. This can be accomplished by the clever use of tee lengths and angles to the green. Entry requirements All contestants must acknowledge and agree to the requirements outlined below. Entries can only be submitted by email to mjo@trackman.com The mail should include: Designer’s real name and address Course description Link to the course download location (e.g. Dropbox) If a course is considered to have sufficient quality, but does not receive one of the main prizes, TrackMan may at their discretion award further prizes of EUR 150 for each course chosen in addition to the main prizefund. In the event of a prize winning entry the contestant grants TrackMan all legal rights to the playable course (including but not limited to the digital course file and name rights) Multiple entries and joint entries are allowed but if a prize is won by a joint entry it will be split evenly among contestants so all names must be included on the entry information. TrackMan may have to adjust the prize winning courses slightly. These changes are meant to improve the design in relation to the design requirements. Trackman will also fix any bugs found on the courses. All identified winners of the competition are responsible for any and all applicable taxes and other government levies that arise from the prizes awarded to each winner The winning courses are planned to be released for TrackMan Indoor Golf – and will also be made available to the PG community to play in PerfectGolf. The course entries should not be released to the public anywhere until the final decision on the winners has been announced.

[ 2018-07-26 08:43:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Quick Release to post a number of minor fixes that have accumulated in beta but never pushed to public

Swing Fixes

RTSM Splash Shot Fix

Game Play Fixes

Up and Down Points Chip In Fix

Simulator Fixes

Simulator Offset Fix Simulator Pass Demo Auto Putt Feature for Sim Add Guest Feature when at home play and no player set up (Will get default clubs)

Overall Improvements

An all new New Wind Model with added wind levels between gusty and breezy which offer greater variability in the wind for those that want it and greater strength without variability for those that prefer that Increased the field of view on the player camera to give a slightly less chlostrophobic view

UI Fixes

Fix TouchSScreen Bug Added Scroll Bar to player list on left

[ 2017-12-14 00:57:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

This release has been pulled while we fix an issue with the range. We will rerelease it as soon as we can Thanks for your patience

[ 2017-12-14 00:57:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

We have released a small physics update to try and fix some of the issues people have been experiencing with excessive cup 'lipouts' while putting in PerfectGolf. Happy golfing!

[ 2017-08-02 06:35:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

We have released a small physics update to try and fix some of the issues people have been experiencing with excessive cup 'lipouts' while putting in PerfectGolf. Happy golfing!

[ 2017-08-02 06:35:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce that the officially licensed Royal Birkdale course has been released for PerfectGolf. The site of this year's British Open starting today, the 20th July, This course is a true test of links golf at it's finest. Available from the Pro shop in game.

[ 2017-07-20 18:31:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce that the officially licensed Royal Birkdale course has been released for PerfectGolf. The site of this year's British Open starting today, the 20th July, This course is a true test of links golf at it's finest. Available from the Pro shop in game.

[ 2017-07-20 18:31:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce the release of Innisbrook Copperhead Course now available in the Pro Shop.

[ 2017-05-30 21:41:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce the release of Innisbrook Copperhead Course now available in the Pro Shop.

[ 2017-05-30 21:41:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to release another patch for Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf. This patch addresses the following issues Bugs Fixed No Reads on SkyTrak Launch Monitors Fixed First Tee Mulligans so only available on Hole 1 Changed Dots on Swing Meter to make them more visible especially in sand Added a console command to allow changing of the Wind Meter Color to make it more visible on cloudy days - game_windColor Added code to support our new Mobile Game Companion App that will allow remote control of the game and show shot data for each shot. Improvements Added 1FT and 3FT gimmies New Features Added Drive Chip and Putt Challenge that uses the 2018 Rules for DCP To play a DCP challenge use a course file specifically created for the challenge. We have included a DrivePitch Course with this release. Each of the nine holes represents one of the 9 shots required in DCP competition

[ 2017-05-14 19:12:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to release another patch for Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf. This patch addresses the following issues Bugs Fixed No Reads on SkyTrak Launch Monitors Fixed First Tee Mulligans so only available on Hole 1 Changed Dots on Swing Meter to make them more visible especially in sand Added a console command to allow changing of the Wind Meter Color to make it more visible on cloudy days - game_windColor Added code to support our new Mobile Game Companion App that will allow remote control of the game and show shot data for each shot. Improvements Added 1FT and 3FT gimmies New Features Added Drive Chip and Putt Challenge that uses the 2018 Rules for DCP To play a DCP challenge use a course file specifically created for the challenge. We have included a DrivePitch Course with this release. Each of the nine holes represents one of the 9 shots required in DCP competition

[ 2017-05-14 19:12:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is a minor patch release to fix a few things Many improvements to simulator application and Launch Monitor connections including new SkyTrak Short Game Mode Fix Recorded Rounds and Shots Fixed GIR being calculated incorrectly when taking a gimme also affecting distance to pin stat Fixed AI players not being able to hit when 0in from hole

[ 2017-03-23 21:14:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is a minor patch release to fix a few things Many improvements to simulator application and Launch Monitor connections including new SkyTrak Short Game Mode Fix Recorded Rounds and Shots Fixed GIR being calculated incorrectly when taking a gimme also affecting distance to pin stat Fixed AI players not being able to hit when 0in from hole

[ 2017-03-23 21:14:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are please to announce the imminent release of two new DLC courses for Perfect Golf. PGA national Champion course is home to this weeks Honda Classic on the PGA tour and is considered one of Jack Nicklaus' finest designs. It includes the infamous 'Bear Trap' which is one the toughest and most famous sequences of holes on tour and each yeah hopes and dreams are fulfilled and crushed on the water laden 15th, 16th and 17th holes. We are releasing this course in two formats, one with the normal PG water 'NR' and the other with real time reflective water which is available for the first time in Perfect Golf. You will need a more powerful machine to get the best out of the reflective version of the course so we would consider a graphics card something like a Nvidea GTX 760 to be a minimum requirement. Also being released is the infamous fictional Devil's Island golf course. Set on a remote desert island in the South China seas, Devil's island is the most demanding test of golf available for our game and It's as beautiful as it is tough. Plot your way round the course and down the snaking narrow fairways, avoiding the myriad of hazards, the ocean and even a partially sunken pirate ship! You can purchase the courses in game or from our social site social.perfectparallel.com Enjoy.

[ 2017-02-23 14:02:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are please to announce the imminent release of two new DLC courses for Perfect Golf. PGA national Champion course is home to this weeks Honda Classic on the PGA tour and is considered one of Jack Nicklaus' finest designs. It includes the infamous 'Bear Trap' which is one the toughest and most famous sequences of holes on tour and each yeah hopes and dreams are fulfilled and crushed on the water laden 15th, 16th and 17th holes. We are releasing this course in two formats, one with the normal PG water 'NR' and the other with real time reflective water which is available for the first time in Perfect Golf. You will need a more powerful machine to get the best out of the reflective version of the course so we would consider a graphics card something like a Nvidea GTX 760 to be a minimum requirement. Also being released is the infamous fictional Devil's Island golf course. Set on a remote desert island in the South China seas, Devil's island is the most demanding test of golf available for our game and It's as beautiful as it is tough. Plot your way round the course and down the snaking narrow fairways, avoiding the myriad of hazards, the ocean and even a partially sunken pirate ship! You can purchase the courses in game or from our social site social.perfectparallel.com Enjoy. A couple of pics of 'Devil's' below:

[ 2017-02-23 13:22:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

A patch release to fix a few bugs Fixed GIR being calculated incorrectly when taking a gimme also affecting distance to pin stat Fixed AI players not being able to hit when 0in from hole Fixed AI players getting stuck in the sand Reduced Minimum grid size down to 0.5 for those with machines to handle it A myriad of inprovements to the Simulator Version of the game especially around the short game and spin Fix Bug where resuming after hitting in a hazard resumed the player in the hazard Fix bug where drop could be selected 1000 meters away and out of bounds Fix bug where AI players would hit backwards in sand and never get out. Fixed short game bug related to spin when ball is on fairway Added the ability to set the tracer and comet color via the console Added some practice range data to the API tournament call Fixed ShotTimer

[ 2017-02-21 09:16:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

A patch release to fix a few bugs Fixed GIR being calculated incorrectly when taking a gimme also affecting distance to pin stat Fixed AI players not being able to hit when 0in from hole Fixed AI players getting stuck in the sand Reduced Minimum grid size down to 0.5 for those with machines to handle it A myriad of inprovements to the Simulator Version of the game especially around the short game and spin Fix Bug where resuming after hitting in a hazard resumed the player in the hazard Fix bug where drop could be selected 1000 meters away and out of bounds Fix bug where AI players would hit backwards in sand and never get out. Fixed short game bug related to spin when ball is on fairway Added the ability to set the tracer and comet color via the console Added some practice range data to the API tournament call

[ 2017-02-21 09:16:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to push a quick patch with the following fixes: Removes Easy Swing Device Notification to multiplayer players who should not get the message Removes Certain Debug Log Messages to improve performance Reduces Fat Penalty on Lob and Splash shots Increased effect of Shot Center Launch Angle on Pitch Shots All New Sim Connector Application Improvements Release of ES 16 Sim connection through Bluetooth Fixed some cases where recorded rounds would not be playable Fixed Controller navigation in Player Difficulty Screen Added a feature to force the AI to pick up ball on hole after 10 shots. Added a check for grid cell width < = 0 and reset it before drawing grid

[ 2017-01-27 00:08:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to push a quick patch with the following fixes: Removes Easy Swing Device Notification to multiplayer players who should not get the message Removes Certain Debug Log Messages to improve performance Reduces Fat Penalty on Lob and Splash shots Increased effect of Shot Center Launch Angle on Pitch Shots All New Sim Connector Application Improvements Release of ES 16 Sim connection through Bluetooth Fixed some cases where recorded rounds would not be playable Fixed Controller navigation in Player Difficulty Screen Added a feature to force the AI to pick up ball on hole after 10 shots. Added a check for grid cell width < = 0 and reset it before drawing grid

[ 2017-01-27 00:08:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Here is a list of the functionality and improvements that have made it into this release.

New Real Course Release - Kissing Tree in Texas

We have released a new official FREE real course in Texas called Kissing Tree. Built as a fun to play resort course it offers a number of risk and reward holes as is great fun to play. http://kissingtree.com/blog/thrive/golf-chat-kissing-tree-course-architect-gary-stephenson/

Recorded Rounds, Compete Against Friends and Save Shots

Under the solo game type you will now see 4 tabs: Local Recorded rounds, Friends Recorded Rounds, Saved Shots and Create New Game. Recorded Rounds. Players can now select to record their round either locally to their hard drive or to both hard drive and the PG cloud making them available to their Steam friends. The friend rounds tab contains the 20 most recent rounds recorded by friends.

Saved Shots. Players can now save shots to their local hard drive for replaying later.

You can lock a recorded round which means that when playing against that round, you must play at the same level and from the same tees . If the round is not locked you can force the game to use the same tees as the recorded round by selecting ‘match tees’ in the pre round screen. To save time on loading, Solo Play saved rounds and recorded rounds are only updated on game start.

Physics improvements

As Perfect Golf is now compatible with a much larger selection of Launch monitors this seemed like an ideal time to cross reference our numbers for ball flight and reaction on landing with direct comparisons to real shots in a much wider selection of scenarios. This meant that we could for the first time, gather and compare shot data from a myriad of short shots and bunker shots which had not been possible before. It also meant that using a large number of real golfers hitting real shots in full size simulators, we could really start to fine tune the ball flight and ball reaction on landing on a much wider range of shots. After comparing the data we made some changes to the physics calculations which brought PerfectGolf even closer reality meaning that a player’s creativity could be rewarded while at the same time reducing the number of ‘go to’ shot’s that people had become reliant upon in almost all scenarios (such as the very high spinning pitch). Further to this, another goal was to blur the lines between the different shot types in the ‘scoring zone’ ie a part ‘Full shot’ swing, the pitch, lob shot and chip. Rather than having one basic shot that would fit the bill for a certain distance and lie, now the player has the opportunity to create realistic bump and run shots from off the green due to our improved fairway physics or they can play a 3/4 Lob wedge and spin it out close to the hole. Another option is to pitch it and have the ball grab and release or lob the ball up high from short ranges without having the unrealistic ability to constantly stop the ball on a dime. We have Increased the amount of overswing power that can be accessed when chipping which helps when playing those bump and runs around the green. Bunker shots have also received some physics love and now the ball behaves more realistically on shots where the ball is caught slightly fat or thin on levels above Amateur. We have separated out Fairway firmness from Green Firmness allowing for a greater variety of game play settings and shot results so for example you can now play with normal fairways and soft greens if you choose to.

Green Surface Options

We have added two new settings to the putting options when creating a game. Previously in all golf games and even in PerfectGolf, the greens have always been, well...Perfect! This is quite obviously not the case IRL and even the greens on the PGA tour have small imperfections which can cause the ball to move slightly offline (or even back online as the case may be!) Using robot putting devices the ball can miss the hole between 1 and 2 times on even a perfectly hit straight 10 foot putt and so again in our search for golf sim perfection we have added this as an option to the game. You now have 3 green settings to choose from: Perfect - defaults to this green type which is the same as before and is billiard table smooth Realistic - behaves very similar to a PGA tour green Bumpy - Slightly less manicured courses or courses where the weather often stops the green surfaces from being as smooth ie. Links courses.

Enhanced Cup Physics

The ball/cup physics has been improved so that the ‘vacuum’ cup bug of the past few builds which enabled players to ram the ball into the hole at high speeds when putting has been eliminated. You will now have be more accurate with your line and your pace too as many of the putts that would previously been ‘sucked’ into the hole will now lip out if offline or jump out if struck too firmly. Three new Putting mode cameras have been added, designed to make it easier to play real time swing modes where putter movement is now more visible. These can be selected in the settings menu and you can also toggle through them using the camera toggle key or ‘Dpad left’ function on the controller when on the green. At first this change will make putting seem more difficult but once you realign yourself to the new pace requirements, things will become much easier. Overhitting putts which used to work well will now likely result in a lot of lipouts or the ball jumping over the hole. A little bit of practice will help here until you get a feel for the new physics

Swing Method Balancing

In conjunction with the enhanced cup physics which have made putting a little more difficult we have adjusted and balanced the skill / swing types: 3 Click: We have tweaked a few of the difficulty settings for various swing types. 3C has had the long game balanced by reducing the spin axis (sidespin) penalty for missed ‘snaps’. This will enable the pro and tour pro players to miss the ‘snap’ slightly on purpose to help control the curve of the ball. Larger missed ‘snaps’ will also have less of an effect. Motion swing and RTS-M: The effect of offline swing paths on putts has been reduced and also the tempo factor has been removed from putting on tour pro difficulty levels. The timing of full and part shots has been altered so that time spent in the ‘overswing’ area is now counted when calculating the tempo of the swing which makes over swung shots less difficult to time correctly. The amount of the overswing penalty has been halved making it a more practical risk and reward All swing types: Fine tuning of fat and thin shots for flop shots and bunker shots. Motion swing and RTS - M tempo, controller swing path and 3C snap penalties have all been tweaked for fat and thin shots.

Improved Wind

Improved Wind effects on the ball in lower wind speeds and added the ability to change the wind in the game set up screen. It will default to your preferred setting in Weather Settings but you can now change it on a round by round basis. Restored the fluctuating wind meter on Pro and Tour Pro. We felt that it’s possible IRL to feel the wind changing as you plan your shot and it was unfair to hide this detailed information from the player at any level. We will be revisiting Wind again in a future release ------------------------

All new AI player Implementation and skills settings

We have rewritten the AI code so that the golfers play much more like a human player, are faster and a greater variety of different skill levels can be achieved. The computer player skill level for a listed shot type affects how likely he is to be able to pick a good shot from all the choices available to him. The Accuracy affects his ability to hit the snap on a particular shot he has chosen The State of Mind affects whether his is always trying to hit the longest shot with a club he can and whether he sticks to the aim points planted on the course by the designer. Aggressive players will overswing more. The Skill level of the golfer (In Player Difficulty) will affect how much the missed snap affects the trajectory of the ball

New ‘in game’ Controller menu X Key

We have an all new in game controller menu which can be accessed with the Blue X button. This brings up a menu of several items that were previously difficult to access due to combinations of buttons on the controller. Items such as the original settings menu, scorecard, leaderboard, spot pin, tend pin, move tee, drop and the practice options were all added to this menu

Bug Fixes

Bug fixes to several modes of play including matchplay bug where players still in hole could be ignored Added 3 person points alt shot to list of mops for that time when you have 6 players Fixed pin tending on Alt Shot Fixed plugged lies on Alt Shot following the player instead of the shot resulting in people seeing plugged lies in the green or outside the bunker Fixes to hazard golf. Improvements to the Simulator Console App Improvements to the tournament API to allow for scoring events like hazard golf and stableford to be played using the api Pressing the left Stick (RH) while in drop mode will allow you to position the drop within the defined drop area Many more minor bug fixes

Known Issues with this Release

Sometimes the end game routing can take up to 45 seconds to complete expecially when using a controller. This affects some poeple and not others. Occasionally when playing against a recorded round some shots will be lost and you will see a post shot screen at which point they will be moved to their second shot without the first shot being played Occasionally a computer player will encounter a situation he is unable to find a shot to play. We have a timer that will reset him to have another attempt which runs after 60 seconds which cures 99% of these problems but there were a couple of occasions where beta testers had to resume in order to get him to hit out of hundreds of rounds played with the AI

[ 2016-12-08 22:49:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Well we have continued to be hard at work on the next 1.4.2.0 update. We have pushed the final version into beta with all the planned functionality and should be able to release as soon as we feel that any remaining critical bugs have been resolved. Here is a list of the functionality and improvements that have made it into this release. Recorded Rounds, Compete Against Friends and Save Shots Under the solo game type you will now see 4 tabs: Local Recorded rounds, Friends Recorded Rounds, Saved Shots and Create New Game. Recorded Rounds. Players can now select to record their round either locally to their hard drive or to both hard drive and the PG cloud making them available to their Steam friends. The friend rounds tab contains the 20 most recent rounds recorded by friends. Saved Shots. Players can now save shots to their local hard drive for replaying later. You can lock a recorded round which means that when playing against that round, you must play at the same level and from the same tees . If the round is not locked you can force the game to use the same tees as the recorded round by selecting ‘match tees’ in the pre round screen. To save time on loading, Solo Play saved rounds and recorded rounds are only updated on game start. Physics improvements As Perfect Golf is now compatible with a much larger selection of Launch monitors this seemed like an ideal time to cross reference our numbers for ball flight and reaction on landing with direct comparisons to real shots in a much wider selection of scenarios. This meant that we could for the first time, gather and compare shot data from a myriad of short shots and bunker shots which had not been possible before. It also meant that using a large number of real golfers hitting real shots in full size simulators, we could really start to fine tune the ball flight and ball reaction on landing on a much wider range of shots. After comparing the data we made some changes to the physics calculations which brought PerfectGolf even closer reality meaning that a player’s creativity could be rewarded while at the same time reducing the number of ‘go to’ shot’s that people had become reliant upon in almost all scenarios (such as the very high spinning pitch). Further to this, another goal was to blur the lines between the different shot types in the ‘scoring zone’ ie a part ‘Full shot’ swing, the pitch, lob shot and chip. Rather than having one basic shot that would fit the bill for a certain distance and lie, now the player has the opportunity to create realistic bump and run shots from off the green due to our improved fairway physics or they can play a 3/4 Lob wedge and spin it out close to the hole. Another option is to pitch it and have the ball grab and release or lob the ball up high from short ranges without having the unrealistic ability to constantly stop the ball on a dime. We have Increased the amount of overswing power that can be accessed when chipping which helps when playing those bump and runs around the green. Bunker shots have also received some physics love and now the ball behaves more realistically on shots where the ball is caught slightly fat or thin on levels above Amateur. We have separated out Fairway firmness from Green Firmness allowing for a greater variety of game play settings and shot results so for example you can now play with normal fairways and soft greens if you choose to. Green Surface Options We have added two new settings to the putting options when creating a game. Previously in all golf games and even in PerfectGolf, the greens have always been, well...Perfect! This is quite obviously not the case IRL and even the greens on the PGA tour have small imperfections which can cause the ball to move slightly offline (or even back online as the case may be!) Using robot putting devices the ball can miss the hole between 1 and 2 times on even a perfectly hit straight 10 foot putt and so again in our search for golf sim perfection we have added this as an option to the game. You now have 3 green settings to choose from: Perfect - defaults to this green type which is the same as before and is billiard table smooth Realistic - behaves very similar to a PGA tour green Bumpy - Slightly less manicured courses or courses where the weather often stops the green surfaces from being as smooth ie. Links courses. Enhanced Cup Physics The ball/cup physics has been improved so that the ‘vacuum’ cup bug of the past few builds which enabled players to ram the ball into the hole at high speeds when putting has been eliminated. You will now have be more accurate with your line and your pace too as many of the putts that would previously been ‘sucked’ into the hole will now lip out if offline or jump out if struck too firmly. Three new Putting mode cameras have been added, designed to make it easier to play real time swing modes where putter movement is now more visible. These can be selected in the settings menu and you can also toggle through them using the camera toggle key or ‘Dpad left’ function on the controller when on the green. Improved Wind Improved Wind effects on the ball in lower wind speeds and added the ability to change the wind in the game set up screen. It will default to your preferred setting in Weather Settings but you can now change it on a round by round basis. Restored the fluctuating wind meter on Pro and Tour Pro. We felt that it’s possible IRL to feel the wind changing as you plan your shot and it was unfair to hide this detailed information from the player at any level. ------------------------ All new AI player Implementation and skills settings We have rewritten the AI code so that the golfers play much more like a human player, are faster and a greater variety of different skill levels can be achieved. The computer player skill level for a listed shot type affects how likely he is to be able to pick a good shot from all the choices available to him. The Accuracy affects his ability to hit the snap on a particular shot he has chosen The State of Mind affects whether his is always trying to hit the longest shot with a club he can and whether he sticks to the aim points planted on the course by the designer. Aggressive players will overswing more. The Skill level of the golfer (In Player Difficulty) will affect how much the missed snap affects the trajectory of the ball New ‘in game’ Controller menu We have an all new in game controller menu which can be accessed with the Blue X button. This brings up a menu of several items that were previously difficult to access due to combinations of buttons on the controller. Items such as the original settings menu, scorecard, leaderboard, spot pin, tend pin, move tee, drop and the practice options were all added to this menu Bug Fixes Bug fixes to several modes of play including matchplay bug where players still in hole could be ignored Added 3 person points alt shot to list of mops for that time when you have 6 players Fixed pin tending on Alt Shot Fixed plugged lies on Alt Shot following the player instead of the shot resulting in people seeing plugged lies in the green or outside the bunker Fixes to hazard golf. Improvements to the Simulator Console App Many more minor bug fixes Release of 1.4.2.0 Soon.... :)

[ 2016-11-24 09:27:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Many congratulations to Brian Silvernail, the winner of this years Golf Digest's 'armchair architect' award! Brian used CourseForge to help him design and visualise his entry to the contest and was kind enough to grant us an interview which is available in the game forum. Meanwhile here is the link to his winning entry which will actually get built in 2017. http://www.golfdigest.com/story/a-devoted-computer-game-golfer-wins-the-2016-armchair-architect-contest

[ 2016-10-17 17:01:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Today we released several new shirts, pants, shoes, gloves and hats. We have released these as all included with the game at no additional cost so everyone should now be able to access them in the Player->Clothing section.

[ 2016-10-13 11:07:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

The long awaited public beta of CourseForge has been released. When you update PerfectGolf it should automatically download into your SteamsteamappscommonPerfect GolfCourse Forge directory. The exact location may vary depending on where you installed Steam. CF is our course design plugin for the Unity 5.2.3 editor. Instructions on how to import and use CF can be found in the dedicated Course Design section of our forums at: http://www.perfectparallel.com/topic/6902-courseforge-getting-started/ There are a series of video tutorials to help ease you into things. This is the same software that we use at Perfect Parallel to create our courses for PG, the same software that Nicklaus design uses to help design their real world courses and it has been used by our private beta testers to create over 80 community made courses already available to play with PerfectGolf. Happy designing!

[ 2016-10-10 22:06:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce the release of 1.4.1.3 This release includes

New Courses Released

The Rio Olympic Course

New Features

Plugged lies in the bunkers

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Green Grid so it renders quicker Improvements and Additions to Simulator App Added Shot Clock for people who want to. You got 60 seconds and after 60 seconds a shot is added to your score Added RTS Swings to those that have data displayed when in practice mode Added More Information to the lobby game display window including Shot Timer and MOP Type Improvements to the network code so that resumes work better Some Fixes to achievements Fixes to Skins To Par Scoring

[ 2016-09-27 19:16:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

There have been 3 new tournaments added to the in game tournaments tab, You can enter them in game and enjoy a 36 hole hacker tournament, a 36 hole pro tournament and a full 72 hole event at Tour Pro.

[ 2016-08-31 12:25:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Again we apologise for the inconvenience

[ 2016-08-26 14:31:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Our hosting provider for our internet is currently down. We apologise for this and they are actively working on it.

[ 2016-08-26 13:05:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Ok, we acknowledge that the current anti cheat implementation is not working as intended so for now we have removed it while we investigate further a more substantial implemetation. We aologise for any inconvenience that this has caused. Updates have been posted

[ 2016-08-14 15:12:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

Quick Update Pushed to resolve the Motion Swing issues with the Anti Cheat. Also fix for Scramble Skins Scoring

[ 2016-08-13 12:50:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

The first patch to 1.4.1 is now out. In this patch release are: Updated Muirfield Course file with complete Clubhouse and revised course surrounds housing more in line with what is there for those that have purchased the course file

New Features

Additional Anti Cheat features for zero axis controllers and large dead zone controllers on X axis and Mouse X Axis changes. Work in Progress A Drop Rehit option after you have selected continue on the post shot screen. Right now it is only the option to Rehit. For Mouse / Keyboard users you can use the new icon on the right hand side with a hand dropping a ball. This can be used anytime after the post shot screen has closed to go back to your last shot with a stroke and distance penalty. If you click it accidentially you can cancel. On the controller you will need to hold in the left trigger and press the left bumper. Added Hide UI to controllers using Pressed Left Trigger and Right Bumper Added State of Mind for AI player which toggles between Controlled and Aggressive. A controlled player will rarely overswing and will play to the aim points. He will almost always choke down on a longer club than try to force a shorter club. The aggressive player will try to drive as far as the hole allows and will usually try to force a shorter club.

Bug Fixes

Greensomes Scoring fixes AI Short Putting Improvements <3ft Fix for sudden ball stop Fixed XBOX One for Windows 10 Experience Update impact on Xbox Controllers Attempt to fix the sharp edges around the pin when planting difficult pins Added Controller type to tournament API Fixed a bug where very occasionally a green mesh would lose its collider Fixed Scrolling issue in tournaments and multiplayer games Fixed Stats not scrolling to second page

[ 2016-08-11 20:43:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

This release is a couple of minor bug fixes plus a complete rewrite of the Computer Players. We have released this a little earlier than we planned due to the release of Royal Troon which requires an update to the game so that the Pot Bunkers will work. We will continue to work on the Computer Players.

Computer AI Players

The computer players have been significantly advanced but they still have a few issues we are working on. We have added an Accuracy Setting for computer players. This setting determines how good they are at hitting the snap. Set it to 10 and computer players will almost always hit the fairway even at Tour Pro. Set it to 1 and they will miss a bunch of fairways at Am and Above. The driving and long iron and short iron Skills determine how much of the snap error is taken on each shot The Short Game and putting Skills define how many times the game will attempt to find the best shot honing in on it. You can change the skill of the computer player general difficulty so snap misses are proportional to that skill level. These settings and the overall general difficulty level of the player will allow you to create and fine tune the experience. We feel this is a major improvement to the computer players. However I am sure as they get a good deal of use people will uncover situations where they make odd decisions. There are an infinite number of potential positions the computer golfer can get into including bad aim points on certain courses. Please report any strange decision making you get.

Royal Troon

We have reached an agreement with Royal Troon to bring you an official version of this years British Open Course. This will be available to purchase in the store very soon.

Bug Fixes

Fix for move ball on tee after aim Fix for tee not showing Fix for ball not stopping and game freezing Fix ball not bouncing on chip to uphill flat area resulting in too much speed retained on chip

New Features

Added Individual Combine Challenge Mode MOP Added International Stableford MOP to support community course release of Castle Pines Added Altitude and Par to Course Name in Carousel

[ 2016-07-14 07:57:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is primarily a patch to add the functionality to allow tournament hosts to set specific pins for each hole in a tournament round as well as to allow MOPS created using the free online mop builder to work in the game.

Other Fixed items

Fixed Double click Continue Fixed Right Click in RTSM while settings was up breaking game Fixed Ctrl Alt M giving a mulligan Fixed N in Course Carousel coming up as NO

[ 2016-06-14 22:47:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

New Features

Added Show all pins with pin position in array to practice mode

Bug Fixes

Fixed Simulator Subscription cancellations Fixed practice shot data disappearing when using horizontal motion swing Fixed steam achievements being awarded to all players in multiplayer Fixed steam achievements being awarded to players by playing with a computer player Fixed mesh issues on certain courses as a result of the recent CF Upgrade Fixed Left Handed players not being given Fade and Draw correctly Fixed Scorecard Error when playing with more than 5 players Fixed changes to grid width not persisting throughout game session Fixed Swingmeter sensitivity settings going down by 0.1 on each start Fixed Concede button causing game freeze Fixed Putting out when using sim Fixed spaces missing on invalid course message Fixed Practice Screen Menus Fixed Default Billborad tree distance

[ 2016-06-09 01:38:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

A quick note to express out apologies for some fo the problems people have been having with purchasing Muirfield Village. It turns out we had a limit on the number of transactions that steam send us when we query the in game purchases and so those who purchased after we hit the limit were not seing the course in the game. We are seeking to rememdy this situation as soon as possible with a quick fix and will be posting it soon. Again please accept our sincere apologies for this inconvenience.

[ 2016-06-03 15:04:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce the release of Muirfield Village available from the Pro Shop or from Social.PerfectParallel.com We have released this as a pre release to get it into your hands this week during the tournament. We still have to complete the Clubhouse and a few other course buildings and details such as tee markers, ball washers etc which will all be in the final release. Anyone who purchases the pre release will automatically receive the updated course with the clubhouse once it is released.

[ 2016-06-02 02:28:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce another quick patch to JNPG. This patch includes:

Bug Fixes

Fix for Skytrak putting sensitivity Fix for tournament scoring when double clicking continue button Fix for Practice Toggle not showing swing data Fix for practice mode buttons not returning after score card Fix for manual aim with arrow keys not creating new PROS screen Possible fix for Concede Bug Possible fix for multiplayer free camera getting reset when opponent aims Fix: Alt Shot Resume starting on Tee Fix: Alt Shot Resume Failing to load Fix Other Resumes Failing to start Minor Upgrades to Crystal Pines Course

Added Features:

ES16 Integration now working Added Swing data to practice mode on regular courses so players can understand the correlation between shot result and data Hole by Hole Stat Tracking The Stats are not available in game at the moment but will be available once we have redone the UI but can be viewed over at social.perfectparallel.com under the My Career -> Lifetime Stats section. You can view stats for a course / course->swing type / course - > difficulty / course -> swing - > difficulty / difficulty and swing type.

[ 2016-05-22 14:53:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

It has become clear from reviewing the reviews that there are a number of misconceptions around our plans for DLC and Microstransactions. This post while we appreciate it is a little late, attempts to clarify many of the concerns people have raised around the game and what our future plans are.

User Created Course Content

As previously communicated we will be releasing Course Forge for free to all purchasers of JNPG for non commercial purposes as soon as we have resolved the licensing issues around plants and trees distribution. This will enable the community to create their own content for the game. As also previously stated on the store page, this content will be free to use by all players of the game provided that they keep their game up to date with the latest releases of the game. All users on the latest release of the game will be able to play user courses at no additional cost. This enables us to continue to develop the game make improvements add new features.

Premium Licensed Courses

We are investing in building highly accurate and detailed renditions of real courses. In many cases we have to obtain a license to use the course name and likeness. As a result we have to charge a small fee for these courses. There may be some premium courses that will be released as a free download where we do not have to pay any licensing costs. The cost of these courses will be set based on volume. If we sell lots of these courses then we can reduce the cost of them down the road. Because we are a small independent developer we can only make deals with courses that are based on a per download amount. The more data we have and the higher the average course download is the less we can agree to pay per course with the licensee. This brings the course down. So if you want lower cost real licensed courses in the future the best way to support us to deliver that is to purchase the early courses we license.

In Game Licenses Transactions (Microtransactions)

Currently there is only one item in our store which is the Caliber Ball. A number of people will look at this as pay to win. We do not see it this way but we can understand the thoughts of those who feel strongly about this. All we can do is explain what our purpose is behind it and let you all be the judge. Golf is a game where equipment is a key component to the game. Different balls have different characteristics, Clubs and Shafts also have different characteristics. In the real world some golfers like to purchase equipment that improves their game at the expense of being able to have a fine level of control over the ball. There are referred to as game improvement clubs. Others prefer to purchase clubs that give them a very fine level of control over the ball at the expense that a mishit will have a much bigger impact. We are trying to bring this type of customisation into the game to give people a wider variety of ways to play the game. The goal of this equipment will be to provide a balance. A lot of work goes into balancing these items such that one item does not necessarily have a major overall benefit. Ideally each item has an equal negative and positive. But for people who have a challenge playing a game where they can hit a 3 click snap using game improvement equipment will help them keep the ball in play but they will be at a disadvantage when it comes to shaping the ball and distance meaning longer clubs into the greens and less ability to hit tucked pins. Many will argue that this is Pay to Win. But at the end of the day you can only put 14 clubs in your bag and one ball and you cannot change them during the round, so whatever you put in your bag you will still have to play to the strengths of that equipment set. If you dont you will inevitably find yourself losing to a player who does, regardless of the equipment in play, so we regards it as a feature that adds to the gameplay. These items will all be very cheap in the store designed to cover a small amount of the cost that goes in to creating and balancing these items.

Simulator Passes

We do have one pass in our store that is for Simulator Users. Traditionally studios that have created golf games distribute a separate version of the game to people who want to use that game in a simulator. For some the difference in price can be several hundred dollars if not thousands of dollars for the exact same game but used in a simulator environment. We did not believe that this was a good way to promote the game and felt that simulator users were being taken advantage of due to a lack of options. So we have integrated Simulator integrations into the game and allow people with simulators the ability to play the game with the same purchase they have made. Our approach makes it a little more difficult for us because we have to integrate the season pass for these simulator users into the game so they dont have to purchase an additional copy of the game. In addition we have to enter into agreements with each of the hardware companies. There is no content associated with the Simulator Season Pass it is merely a way for us to recoup the cost of building the integrations with all the hardware companies into the game. It represents a major shift in reducing the cost of simulator software. Again people have mistaken a genuine attempt on our behalf to reduce the cost of golf simulation to the community as an attempt to gouge the consumer. This is not the case at all.

Future new Game Content

While much of this is speculation and no firm decisions have been made as to what will be built or what the model is we are committed to making improvements to the game and adding features. One of these will be a highly detailed career mode. This career mode will probably be a free DLC. It will be a full blown career mode, involving managing your career and financial resources in the game. It is likely that there will be a number of microtrasactions that you will be able to buy although almost all of these will also be earnable in the game play too. None of the items inside career mode will be available for use in the regular game, except pehaps for a couple of items that are rewards for leveling up from one level to another (eg Turning Pro). You will be able to complete career mode without needing to purchase anything via microtransactions although those who want to accelerate their careers will be able to do so as well. There will be much more on this in due course. In addition we are planning some major upgrades and improvements to the game, the exact timescale for which is not fixed at this time but once released will be available as a new DLC which will probably be priced reasonably. We cannot continue to develop the game and add new features without charging a small amount for this DLC. We will not go into the long list of improvements and adds in this post as it is focused on explaining our approach. Once additional Feature driven DLC is available access to play user created content will be limited to those players who are on the new version. Those choosing to not keep the game up to date with the new DLC will continue to be able to use Perfect Golf with all the content they have purchased or we have released as free DLC or was included with the game but user courses will no longer work with older versions of the game. We want to highlight this aspect as it is important people understand what our intentions are. We are not trying to hide this. The purpose is to ensure that JNPG is continuously developed, upgraded and added to. However we cannot have a team of people working on this without selling the future upgrades to the game.

New Methods of Play

We have just opened up our new Method Of Play creator under the Tools tab at Social.PerfectParallel.com. Here you can create and customize your own methods of play for the game. This service is provided completly free of charge to all our customers.

Summary

Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf does not have any requirement to pay an annual or monthly season pass. Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf will offer equipement customization options to its users to add a variety of game play options all of which will be balanced and should not adversely impact anyone who chooses not to use any of these cutomisations. Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf will include a Simulator Pass to allow simulator users for the first time to use a PC game connected to their simulators without having to purchase a separate copy of the game at a massively inflated cost. Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf will offer both free DLC as well as Paid DLC. There will be annual paid milestone updates to the game with significant added content and functionality. These will be considered an upgrade to the game for the purposes of continuing access to all the community built courses which have been built with our FREE course creator software, CourseForge.

[ 2016-05-22 14:45:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Small Patch Update released wtih the following Fix for Controller Drop when not using RTS where starting the swing would redrop the ball Auto exited aim mode when closing the top view in controller mode Fixed Tournament API Device reporting not updating all the time

[ 2016-05-11 11:20:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed Controller cant aim after using chat

[ 2016-05-06 21:55:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

We released a quick patch to the following issues Unable to Aim after entering chat plus some in game chat improvements Store Functionality Improvements Fix for game not loading for some folks Fix to Intro

[ 2016-05-03 22:43:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce the releasse of Bethesda Country Club into the store. This will be available for a limited time with a Jack Nicklaus Launch Day Discount. Bethesda is a highly accurate rendition of one of the premier country clubs in the Washington DC area. It is a par 70 tight tree lined course. The course contains all the custom tee markers, buildings and clubhouses around the course.

[ 2016-05-03 15:35:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to report the release of Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf. This is an exciting time for our game with a lot of really great content to come not seen in other golf games in the past. We did make a few last minute bug fixes in this release Fixed: Can change Device type during game Fixed: Green Grid on Green Only Fixed: Bunch of issues in the Store Fixed: Default settings on first run of game Added Bethesda to Courses so people can now purchase Fixed Two Balls on Tee Fixed Could not navigate leaderboard with Controller Various Chat fixes Fixed Skins / Stroke Scramble Scoring Added Ctrl T to Toggle Tee Move Removed Tournament Rounds From Lobby

[ 2016-05-03 15:30:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce the latest release of Perfect Golf 1.3.9.4 which will be released later today...(Sun) This build is a major upgrade on 1.3.9.3 dispite the minor increment since we are reserving 1.4.0.0 for our release version. In this build

New Features

Added selectable Golf Balls to the Store / Player Configurator Added a new default Swing Meter with a fill rather than an arrow to eliminate the stuttering caused on some machines. We left the old swing meter in there for those who prefer it. IT is selectable in the same device location and is called Swing Meter Pointer All new controller integration to allow for better control with the controller Added support for inviting friends in pre game from the controller. This can be done by selecting them from the player slots or by navigating to the Friends Tab. Use X button to Toggle between Chat area and rest. Added move ball on Tee - Move mouse over ball position and cursor will change click where you want the ball moved too. Clicking in front of the tee box will not move the ball. For the controller use Left Trigger in Dpad Up to swap between move ball mode and aim stick when on tee. Once in move ball mode depress left stick (RH Mode) to activate the ball and use stick to move ball around. Press A to complete Added new check on joining online game to make sure users have the same course file Added new check on tournaments to make sure the course version is correct version for that tournament

Performance Improvements

Reduced the size of the network packets being transferred by about 0.3Gig per player in an 18 hole match Reduced the size of the game files from 755Meg to around 450 Meg. Hopefulyl without changing anything from the user end. We hope this will help with performance. Reduced: Memory footprint of the course slider by 300MB Reduced Audio Memory Footprint by 20MB Removed News download while in game Increased Network timeout to assist with loading on slow machines avoiding disconnect from host

SkyTrak Integration Improvements

Reduced number of false shot detections Reduced requirement to rearm a lot of the time Added .Net 4.5 to support Skytrak app (will not work on XP) Added support for Handedness in game to skytrak

Bug Fixes

Fixed Score Reporting Multiplayer issue where host would not report his score Fixed: PROS not resetting when changing shot type Fixed: Motion Swing / Swing Meter Help Screens Fixed: Carousel going through all the course to get one step back Added: 15 second auto refresh on leaderboard while active to remove any unknown names Fixed MaxTreeLOD slider not changing the actual in game quality Fixed Store Images No Showing or being cropped + all new store images Fixed Clothing Defaults Button Fixed Hazard Spelling in Post Shot screen Fixed Practice Screen Fixed Removed Right Menu Bar in Controller Mode Fixed Ball placements when playing alternate shot Fixed Controller being uplugged and plugged back in Fixed controller detection and selection Fixed Team games players being shown at different heights to pin Fixed Team Games ball not being moved correctly Fixed problem rejoining a game after cancelling at the password box Fixed Green grid selections not behaving correctly Fixed issues with game starting if perfectparallel.com is down for any reason Fixed UI issues with Practice Mode.

[ 2016-05-01 21:52:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are aware that the multiplayer server is not reporting hosted games. We apologise profusely for this and are working on a solution with Microsoft Azure who host this service. We should have a resolution shortly. Again our apoogies.

[ 2016-04-12 22:03:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce the release of 1.3.9.3. Included in this release are a variety of bug fixes and new features

New 32 and 64 bit versions of PG

Now when you update PG if you have a 64bit machine it should download the 64bit version of the game

New Ball Roll Physics

We have finally fixed the bug where the ball was not rotating at the same speed as the ball was moving. We have also added a logo to the ball.

All New On Course Practice Mode

We have finally added a new MOP called Practice( change Stroke, Match etc to PRactice). In this mode you get two new buttons in the bottom left of the screen. The Ball Icon once clicked will allow you to move the ball anywhere on the screen or even in the top view and your next shot will be from that position. works just like the aim stick In addition there is a practice icon which gives you the opportunity to go to any hole on the course or change the wind speed and direction

New Game Play Modes

Greensomes MOP Added 2Man Scramble MOP Added 4Man Scramble MOP Added

New Features

Added a Simulator offset to allow Sim users to not have the ball in the center of the screen -> sim_SideOffset can be set in console pre game. + moves ball to left - to right of screen. Added MatchPlay, and Team Events to the API Tournament Score Reporting Added Display of all golfer balls on top view Added a feature to allow non tournmanent players to play on a local game with a tournament player with only the tournament players scores being reported. First player in game should report Added elevation to the yardage listed beside players on the left Modified the setting in Players for the auto green grid. You now have 3 options "Always On" , "Always Off" and "On Green Only" Added Lie to Post Shot Simulator Improvements (Please Note all simulation options may not work without appropriate beta access from Manufacturer) Putting and Simulation Mode for Trackman 4 (WIP) Putting for Skytrak has been toned down in terms of horizontal error Added integration Split the Simulator UI Device selection out from main device leaving a generic sim device and sub devices PLEASE NOTE ALL SIMULATOR FEATURES REQUIRE A SIMULATOR SUBSCRIPTION

Other Items / Bug Fixes

Improvements to network code Improvements to memory usage Made some improvements to the hole cup physics Fixes to the cameras for stuck in pano modeFixes to the hole cup for ball falling through terrain into hole Fix to scorecard not showing for all players at start of hole if selected in UI Fix for PROS auto on when exiting RTS modes Fix for TP more than 3 second putt Fix for XBOX One Menu Button to go to settings Fix for chat getting disabled in controller mode Fix for Ani bones structure in lower quality settings Fix for loss of aiming from time to time Multiple imporvements to Computer Player Fixed Custom Flag Sticks not showing in game Moved Free camera on controller to DPAD Down Moved Spot Pin on controller to Left Trigger + Dpad Down Moved Scorecard / Leaderboard on controller to Left Trigger + Dpad Left added an option to turn off the mouse scroll wheel changes club in game settings Improved the First Install Graphics options for a better first time experience Fix a bug in the reporting API which did not distinguish between a hole not played and a hole in one in nearest the pin tournaments. Fixed As it Lies not showing as the first drop option Fixed Tournament Scroll Bar Fixed a bunch of Controller Navigation Bugs

[ 2016-03-30 12:57:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce the release of 1.3.9.3. Included in this release are a variety of bug fixes and new features

New 32 and 64 bit versions of PG

Now when you update PG if you have a 64bit machine it should download the 64bit version of the game

New Ball Roll Physics

We have finally fixed the bug where the ball was not rotating at the same speed as the ball was moving. We have also added a logo to the ball.

All New On Course Practice Mode

We have finally added a new MOP called Practice( change Stroke, Match etc to PRactice). In this mode you get two new buttons in the bottom left of the screen. The Ball Icon once clicked will allow you to move the ball anywhere on the screen or even in the top view and your next shot will be from that position. works just like the aim stick In addition there is a practice icon which gives you the opportunity to go to any hole on the course or change the wind speed and direction

New Game Play Modes

Greensomes MOP Added 2Man Scramble MOP Added 4Man Scramble MOP Added

New Features

Added a Simulator offset to allow Sim users to not have the ball in the center of the screen -> sim_SideOffset can be set in console pre game. + moves ball to left - to right of screen. Added MatchPlay, and Team Events to the API Tournament Score Reporting Added Display of all golfer balls on top view Added a feature to allow non tournmanent players to play on a local game with a tournament player with only the tournament players scores being reported. First player in game should report Added elevation to the yardage listed beside players on the left Modified the setting in Players for the auto green grid. You now have 3 options "Always On" , "Always Off" and "On Green Only" Added Lie to Post Shot Simulator Improvements (Please Note all simulation options may not work without appropriate beta access from Manufacturer) Putting and Simulation Mode for Trackman 4 (WIP) Putting for Skytrak has been toned down in terms of horizontal error Added integration Split the Simulator UI Device selection out from main device leaving a generic sim device and sub devices PLEASE NOTE ALL SIMULATOR FEATURES REQUIRE A SIMULATOR SUBSCRIPTION

Other Items / Bug Fixes

Improvements to network code Improvements to memory usage Made some improvements to the hole cup physics Fixes to the cameras for stuck in pano modeFixes to the hole cup for ball falling through terrain into hole Fix to scorecard not showing for all players at start of hole if selected in UI Fix for PROS auto on when exiting RTS modes Fix for TP more than 3 second putt Fix for XBOX One Menu Button to go to settings Fix for chat getting disabled in controller mode Fix for Ani bones structure in lower quality settings Fix for loss of aiming from time to time Multiple imporvements to Computer Player Fixed Custom Flag Sticks not showing in game Moved Free camera on controller to DPAD Down Moved Spot Pin on controller to Left Trigger + Dpad Down Moved Scorecard / Leaderboard on controller to Left Trigger + Dpad Left added an option to turn off the mouse scroll wheel changes club in game settings Improved the First Install Graphics options for a better first time experience Fix a bug in the reporting API which did not distinguish between a hole not played and a hole in one in nearest the pin tournaments. Fixed As it Lies not showing as the first drop option Fixed Tournament Scroll Bar Fixed a bunch of Controller Navigation Bugs

[ 2016-03-30 12:56:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are pleased to announce the release of 1.3.9.3. Included in this release are a variety of bug fixes and new features

New 32 and 64 bit versions of PG

Now when you update PG if you have a 64bit machine it should download the 64bit version of the game

New Ball Roll Physics

We have finally fixed the bug where the ball was not rotating at the same speed as the ball was moving. We have also added a logo to the ball.

All New On Course Practice Mode

We have finally added a new MOP called Practice( change Stroke, Match etc to PRactice). In this mode you get two new buttons in the bottom left of the screen. The Ball Icon once clicked will allow you to move the ball anywhere on the screen or even in the top view and your next shot will be from that position. works just like the aim stick In addition there is a practice icon which gives you the opportunity to go to any hole on the course or change the wind speed and direction

New Game Play Modes

Greensomes MOP Added 2Man Scramble MOP Added 4Man Scramble MOP Added

New Features

Added a Simulator offset to allow Sim users to not have the ball in the center of the screen -> sim_SideOffset can be set in console pre game. + moves ball to left - to right of screen. Added MatchPlay, and Team Events to the API Tournament Score Reporting Added Display of all golfer balls on top view Added a feature to allow non tournmanent players to play on a local game with a tournament player with only the tournament players scores being reported. First player in game should report Added elevation to the yardage listed beside players on the left Modified the setting in Players for the auto green grid. You now have 3 options "Always On" , "Always Off" and "On Green Only" Added Lie to Post Shot Simulator Improvements (Please Note all simulation options may not work without appropriate beta access from Manufacturer) Putting and Simulation Mode for Trackman 4 (WIP) Putting for Skytrak has been toned down in terms of horizontal error Added integration Split the Simulator UI Device selection out from main device leaving a generic sim device and sub devices PLEASE NOTE ALL SIMULATOR FEATURES REQUIRE A SIMULATOR SUBSCRIPTION

Other Items / Bug Fixes

Improvements to network code Improvements to memory usage Made some improvements to the hole cup physics Fixes to the cameras for stuck in pano modeFixes to the hole cup for ball falling through terrain into hole Fix to scorecard not showing for all players at start of hole if selected in UI Fix for PROS auto on when exiting RTS modes Fix for TP more than 3 second putt Fix for XBOX One Menu Button to go to settings Fix for chat getting disabled in controller mode Fix for Ani bones structure in lower quality settings Fix for loss of aiming from time to time Multiple imporvements to Computer Player Fixed Custom Flag Sticks not showing in game Moved Free camera on controller to DPAD Down Moved Spot Pin on controller to Left Trigger + Dpad Down Moved Scorecard / Leaderboard on controller to Left Trigger + Dpad Left added an option to turn off the mouse scroll wheel changes club in game settings Improved the First Install Graphics options for a better first time experience Fix a bug in the reporting API which did not distinguish between a hole not played and a hole in one in nearest the pin tournaments. Fixed As it Lies not showing as the first drop option Fixed Tournament Scroll Bar Fixed a bunch of Controller Navigation Bugs

[ 2016-03-30 12:56:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Today we are issuing a quick patch to fix a couple of things. 1) Fix for Tempo affecting RTS Mouse Swings in Tour Pro Mode 2) Fix for 3 Second rule not affecting RTS Mouse Swings 3) Fix for not being able to navigate to Chat Window with controller in pre game 4) Fix for chat text enter in pre game triggering the round to start This patch also updates Linux to latest version. We will continue to issue patches to fix bugs as we become aware of them and are able to fix them.

[ 2016-02-20 17:18:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed Top Cam Aim in Tour Pro Cheat by using the Scorecard Fixed Top Cam Aim in Tour Pro Cheat by sliding the aiming marker out of the Top View Fixed no second click defaulting to 100% on Full shots Fixed Simulator when chipping on green ball would spin backwards Improved Online Tournament API Anti Cheats Fixed Main Player Score increasing by 1 temporarily when he putted the ball in the hole Significant improvements to PROS including club selection and shot type changes. this is actually a whole new system but works pretty much the same way. Fix to objects that were showing up in a different light caused by a reflection probe Fix to free camera in controller modes Fix to ball not remaining stationary and spinning on the spot Fix to opponent balls showing on screen when on green Fix ball appearing to fly off and slow down Fix to putter alignment with ball Fix to prevent club going underground on most normal lies Fix to simulator not reconnecting when selected as default device Fix to Forward Snap Camera so it no longer rotates around itself Fix to F3 camera so it no longer goes backwards Fix to prevent swing device changes mid round Fix to delay chat messages so you dont see the message before the event Fix to lighting system so it does not flash on and off Fix to splash and lob animations to remove hunched back Possible challenge tee by accident fix Fix for Reverse Camera Replays A variety of fixes to the cameras, replay cameras etc Fixed Simulator Putting Fixed 3W being given by Caddie when not in bag Moved the Aim Stick Distance Marker to top of stick Swapped the menus around. Moved Game Device to Controls Page along with sensitivities Moved PROS to Graphics page Fixed Heel and Toe setting in RTS Horizontal Fixed Tree Quality Change not taking hold Fixed a Tracer bug on Replay where you saw the tracer from end point back to start point Fixed: Selecting None Controller Slot did not enable Mouse & Keyboard Fixed: No controller focus after selecting controller Fixed: Flop Button and Lob Shot Type. Both now say Flop Fixed: Weather and other settings not being released after ending a current round / session Revised 3I and Hybrid clubs so they dont go underground Fixed Fly Bys on Par 3 holes Added Networked Replays so now when you choose a replay everyone sees it Many imporvements to loading and unloading of the game and courses which should reduce the quantity of end of game crashes Changed the whiff shot outcome to a random power between 50% and 75% Fixed: Concede Functionality when conceding early or in Alt Shot Fixed: Drop Functionality when using controller and in alt shot. You can now bring up the aim stick in controller mode to position your drop in the drop area Fixed: Added small delay to post shot Fix to BLI not showing unless you turn on the grid first Fix to top screen navigating down from Settings and Players Fix to being able to turn PROS on when in RTS mode Fix to Trackman 3 integration Fixes to golfer alignement on slopes and wobbling feet Added some difficulty to Tour Pro Motion Swing to bring it more in line with other methods I am sure I have left some stuff out but we will update this post if we discover more items.

[ 2016-02-20 01:19:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

We have decided to push this release to the general public to get feedback over the weekend and get as many bug reports in as possible.

Known Issues

Linux Build will be released later in the weekend once we have validated that it is running OK When playing with 4 or more people there are some memory issues we need to address in multiplayer. We will be addressing these early next week and will be pushing out 1.3.9.1 next week to cover these

Course Updates

New Florida Glades New Massachusetts New Illinios New Willow Heath New Shadowlands New Southampton Links New Club Schwarzwald In addition to these improvements to existing courses, the raft of user courses that have been made during the Course Forge beta period will soon be available for download from a couple of community sites set up to facilitate everyone getting access to these courses. We appreciate the involvement of the community and remain committed to making this game a community driven game.

The New Animation System

All new Full shot, Splash shot, Lob Shot, Pitch Shot, Chip Shot, Short, Medium and Long Putt animations All new Pre Shot Waggles All new Player Character Customisation Configurator under Player Settings Clothing. No longer are shirt colors tied to teams, now you can customise your golfer the way you want him to look. Animation will now conform to the terrain unless of course the shot is impossible to conform to.. All sounds, effects and ball launch are now timed to the key animation frame in the swing meaning there should be no out of sync on these elements All new 3W, 5W, 7W and Hybrid clubs to go with the Driver, Long Iron, Medium Iron and Wedge The new animation system necessitated some changes to our camera system which we have made. While the goal was to get it back to the way it was we made a few minor improvements along the way too

The New Equipment Customisation System

All new equipment configurator under Player Settings Clubs now provides for customisation of the clubs including new club sets as they are released, new shafts and new grips. Each club grouping can be customised individually. the club groupings are Driver, Woods, Hybrids, Irons, Wedges and Putter We will be releasing different shafts and clubs in the future some of which will be vanity and some of which will have different characteristics. Before we introduce the next component of this let us reiterate that you will not be able to nor will we charge our players costs to be able to buy skill levels. Having said that not everyone plays golf with forged blades nor do they all use graphite shafts. So we will be introducing new shaft, and equipement that will have different characteristics. We all know that forged clubs give you more control but are harder to hit and have a smaller sweet spot. The large headed drivers give you a little more forgiveness off the tee but might not be as long and so on. So our equipement will allow you to set up your players to play the game you want to play. For every element that is a gain there will be a corresponding loss, but you will be able to trade things like distance for accuracy, change loft on your clubs and change the spin chacteristics. It will be a while before new clubs and shafts are available as we will have to test them thoroughly first to make sure one club or shaft does not provide an inadequate weighting to the game.

The New Real Time Swings

Real Time Mouse Swing and Real Time Mouse Swing Horizontal. Once in the game you will see a new UI replacing the Swing Meter. This allows you to select your clubs and shot shape. Once happy with your shot right click on the mouse (Once you start to move the mouse the swing button will go red indicating the timer has started and then move your mouse like in Motion Swing before. Judge your distance based on how far the club moves back on the backswing. Controls work just like Vertical Motion and include the same Tempo driven swing. To overswing with the RTS Mouse swing keep pulling the mouse as you reach the top. Real Time Controller Swing... Select in the device and then press A to trigger the swing, the swing icon will go red. Use the Stick to move the club back and forth and push forward quickly to initiate a swing. To overswing in RTS Controller you need to keep the button pulled back. You will feel a tension as the club slowly moves further at the top and generates overswing. Both of these new swing types have help screens available in the help section of the UI (see below new feature) Other New Features We are pleased to announce a whole range of new features in the game with this release: All New Free Camera - We have added a new Free Camera Mode. It is now a 3 way toggle. Press F5 once (left trigger+dpad down on controller) and you enter Free Camera Mode and can fly around just as before. Press F5 a second time and you are now frozen in place and can take your swing from here. If you choose to do so then you will forgo your regular camera and get the spectator camera instead. Press F5 a third time and you are returned to your original position behind the player based on your default camera selection

Atmospheric improvemetns.

1) We have added brids and other flying insects on to many of the courses as part of the upgrade. These birds also create a shadows too. 2) We have added divots that are created when you swing and fly off in front of you after impact. 3) We have added ball marks on the greens assuming a certain speed of the ball on contact 4) Tee shots are now played from a tee and that tee will change in height based on your club selection. In addition the tee will fly in the air on contact with the club ( You wont see it if you use follow cam) We have also added Custom Flags to PG so now courses with custom flags will show their flags. Not all courses will have custom flags yet of course but these are set inside Course Forge Added a new UI for Simulators with a Putt Out Button a normal and putting toggle button and an arm device button For all Mouse Swings we enabled the mouse scrollwheel to change the clubs up and down We have made all replays work across the network so now when you play a replay online all the other players will see the replay We have added a new Help page under Settings -> Help. These screens provide a wealth of information on how to play the game and will be consistenly added to as we create more. We have added a number of integrations into the game which will be available based on the manufacturers decision to release and pricing. So far we have completed SkyTrak, Trackman3, Trackman4, Our own Generic TCP IP plugin with several more coming soon. For now only the Simulator option (Our Generic TCP IP will show in your user choices.) Finally we have added some code to prevent people who dont have a course file from joining an online game that uses that course file.

[ 2016-02-20 01:17:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

We pushed a mini fix to the tournament tees not setting correctly when starting a tournament

[ 2015-12-27 13:05:18 CET ] [ Original post ]