EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ News

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The newest update to EA SPORTS PGA TOUR is set to go live today. Alongside a variety of planned content, this update addresses a few community requests such as the new fast play presentation settings, green grid changes, and a variety of other updates. Below is the full list of changes coming into the game for this update. Stay tuned to our Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit for further information about EA SPORTS PGA TOUR and thank you for your continued feedback on the game.


3-click swing

This popular community request will be making a return in this update.
Note that with the return of 3-Click, keyboard support for "Left Stick" and "Right Stick" swing mechanics have been removed.

To provide a fair experience for all players, note that certain tournaments and online events now have swing mechanic requirements, to ensure that you only compete against players who have opted to use similar swing mechanics.


New Visual Settings

Fast Play: Enable or disable an alternative presentation package that skips certain cinematics, such as player reactions, for a fast-paced gameplay experience.

Putt Meter: Enable or disable the putting feedback meter that is displayed on the ground during gameplay.

Button Hints: Enable or disable displaying button hints on the bottom of the screen during gameplay.
Putting Grid Improvements:

In order to help with ball visibility, improve immersion, and respond to player feedback, the putting grid now quickly fades out after the ball is hit.

Fixed issue where putting grid bead lines sometimes run in the opposite direction of the break.
Here’s what gameplay will look like with the putting grid disappearing, new fast play presentation, as well as button hints and putt meter turned off.

Fixed an issue where the visual representation of the cup was slightly larger than its actual size in physics. Now, instances where it appeared that the ball rolled over the edge of the cup when it should have lipped in will no longer occur.

Chip shot type now always defaults to the shortest available club so that it aligns with how it is most commonly used and to help new players better utilize the shot.

Fixed bug where cycling through shot types in gameplay would sometimes select the wrong shot type rarity.

A variety of apparel and gear has been added to the store including hats, shoes, drivers, and more.
Shot types explanation graphic added to Scorecard Menu.


Fixes in UI navigation

Private Match, Event Info Screen: Round Settings subtab disappear if the host enters into the EIS lobby again from the guest profile Invite Game option.

Private Match, Event Info Screen: Game modes disappear from FE if the host enter into the EIS lobby from guest profile Invite Game option

The player is taken into Quests instead of Private Match EIS after accepting an invite

The contents from the Pending tab is moved to the Seasonal Tournaments Tab after playing a tournament

No hints on the Leaderboard sub tab when playing online modes.

Amateur Leaderboard: Unable to scroll back to the top after the user scrolls to the last player
Store: Preview button has functionality when buying tickets despite the button not being displayed on the screen

Fix for players being incorrectly returned to “Bio” if they back out of "Preview" from any of the Identity nodes

Change club type operation is executed over the active club, not the focused one.
Main Menu: The user is taken to career when hovering over and select the main menu quest widget or the featured content panel


Career

Fixed situations when players were not receiving “The Open” achievement after winning the event in a Playoff.

Intro banners now show score for golfers who have not teed off yet.


Challenges

Automatically skip player reaction NIS in shot-based challenges.

Around the green challenge 2 can be completed now.

Fixed issue in challenges where the star for "Make a putt" could be earned with a Pitch shot
In-game widget for challenges now updates when the 2nd challenge is completed.

Fixed issue where rewards were not given in Cobra sponsor challenges.


Tournaments

Added indication to rewards containing tournament tickets so it is clear how many are received.
Tournament rewards pack now show the appropriate rarity

Fixing an issue where a tournament will not register the entry If the user has no entry finishing
Courses and Branding:

Added correct pine straws on the right of hole 10 Augusta, and tuned some collisions on trees.

Removed floating pine straws at Augusta hole 18.

Bandon Dunes: Incorrect shader on Fountain Grass

Fixes in commentary (hole 17 whistling Straits)

Updates to USGA, U.S. Open, and FedEx St. Jude Championship logos


Online

Fixed an issue where remote players’ golf clubs would not match their golfer’s animation.

Fixed an online issue where backing out of Event Info Screen while a countdown is in progress will load the users in a wrong course the next time they matchmake in competitive mode.


Cameras

Fix for unplayable lie animations when the camera was placed in areas that blocked visibility.

Adjustments to signature beauty cameras.


Main menu

Update feature panel in the main menu to support showing server-driven content.

Fixing purple lights and seams appearing on golfer in main menu


Misc

Fixed flag pin line when it can be seen through the golfer's hair.

Fixed issue where the game would crash when no quest is pinned.

On the visual settings screen, anytime players modify the visual preset they will see a preview of those changes in-game before actually applying them.

Fourball scorecard now specifies the winning team.

Golfer Equipment: Fixed an issue where left hand gloves were presented on the right hand


Mouse support added for

Menu sub tab navigation.

Insufficient points prompt.

Navigating back from Career leaderboards.

Jumping to player position in Career leaderboards.

Accessing the help prompt in Career leaderboards.

Closing the help prompt in Career leaderboards.

Changing the scroll speed in Game Credits.

Skipping the licensing, auto-save, and intro-video screens.

Canceling the connection to the EA Servers.

Navigating through page dots in the Sponsor Challenges tile and the page dots in the Leaderboard Tile.

Navigate from the lobby into the select golfer menu.

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EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ Players,

Last week we let you know that the team is closely monitoring community feedback and today we have a more detailed look at what we are exploring for EA SPORTS PGA TOUR. Many of the topics in this list are being worked on as a result of direct community feedback, but please know it is not comprehensive of everything planned for future updates. We are continually evaluating community feedback and will implement additional adjustments as needed.

3-Click Swing

A staple on golf games for decades, this popular community request will be making a return in an update later this month. Stay tuned to our channels for updates and previews on this new addition in the coming weeks.

Updates to Putting Grids

We have received comments and posts discussing or showing instances where the putting grid bead lines are running in the opposite direction of the break. This has been observed in testing and a fix for this issue will be implemented in an upcoming update.

There will also be an upcoming visual update ensuring the green grid fades away after you hit your putt. This was a popular piece of community feedback and we agree after testing putting grid fading that this implementation enhances immersion.

Online Game Formats

We will be providing updates to online game formats in the live service window. We’ll share more details about these game formats in the future, but we want to assure you that the team has heard the feedback and is working hard to bring you more online choices.

Camera Angle and Zoom Issues

We have been investigating the various reports of certain camera angles sometimes obscuring gameplay; we will be implementing improvements to remedy those issues in future updates.

We are also looking into ways to improve the pre-shot zoom camera with an area of focus being improvements for players who play without the putting grid and need lower camera angles to manually read greens.We will share more on this in the near future.

Career Mode Options

In previous versions of pre-release builds, players had an option for 1 round tournaments which we later had to remove in order to avoid issues with commentary, quests, statistics, and general bugs that were found in pre-release testing. We have heard your feedback around wanting more options outside of Quick Play and Full Rounds during Career Mode and are exploring ways to provide you with more choice in this area.

Cup Physics

As a result of feedback received during early access and launch, we fixed an issue where the visual representation of the cup was slightly larger than its actual size in physics. This resulted in instances where it appeared that the ball rolled over the edge of the cup when it should have lipped in. This fix will be implemented in an upcoming update.

Fast Play

We are aware of a variety of community feedback around the frequency in which golfer reactions are shown following a shot and various other presentation elements. In response, we will be looking to implement a presentation package called “Fast Play” which allows players to enable/disable an alternative presentation package that skips certain cinematics, such as player reactions, for a fast-paced gameplay experience. We aim to have this new presentation option available in an upcoming update.

Putt Meter and Button Hints

We recognize players have asked for more options to disable shot aids and visual feedback for a more immersive simulation experience. In response to this feedback we will be adding two additional settings to provide further choice in this area, “Putt Meter” and “Button Hints” settings. The "Putt Meter" setting removes the putt meter that's on the ground while putting and the "Button Hints" setting removes the button hints in the bottom of the screen during gameplay.

We aim to have this available in an upcoming update.

Online Matchmaking

We're aware of the challenges some players have had finding opponents and getting into fuller sessions when using online matchmaking. We've already made multiple updates to our matchmaking algorithms to improve how we're grouping players together to get fuller matches and made updates to our matchmaking mode offerings to group players together more effectively. Rest assured that we're exploring all options and are using data to make informed decisions while we continue iterating to get matchmaking into a better state.

Updates Already Implemented as a Result of Community Feedback

We made a variety of changes that made their way into the last pre-launch update, which replaced the Day 0 patch. One of the main changes that came about as a result of community feedback was the removal of text pop-ups or Hole Out VFX over the hole for all games. You now have the option to enable or disable this text.

We also added four new formats, one of each gameplay style to private match, responding to feedback that players wanted the ability to control the difficulty level for their group when playing in a private match.

Below is a list of hotfixes which have gone live:

Fixed an issue that was putting players into a repeating loop when trying to claim tournament rewards.

Fixed an issue in Career Mode that was causing some users' game to crash when resuming a round of playoffs.

Fixed a compatibility issue related to certain monitors and TV’s with Dolby Vision HDR that was causing the game to crash.

Fixed an issue that would cause a crash if players changed menu tabs too quickly while tooltips were enabled.

We appreciate your continued support for EA SPORTS PGA TOUR and will continue working closely with the community to identify gameplay enhancements and player feedback in future updates. As mentioned above, this list, based on community feedback, is not comprehensive of everything planned for EA SPORTS PGA TOUR so stay tuned!

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