Golf It! News

Happy New Year everybody!


Patch notes for Update 0.5.1:

- Added Performance Mode for custom maps inside the advanced options (Activate/Deactivate before joining). This will greatly improve performance on custom maps.
- Added TextureStreaming as default to reduce loading times (can be deactivated inside the options)
- Added .ini files to edit options easier from outside the game
- Fixed some issue where ForceFields could have wrong values when loading
- Improved ForceFields to be more consistent on different FPS
- Improved loading times
- Removed Christmas theme and drops (the assets are still available in the editor)
- Various other fixes/improvements.


0.5.1b:

- Fixed Resolution Issues
- Fixed Exploit to be able to putt during FreeCam

Winter has come to Golf it! and brings special Hats, Trails and Editor Items with it. For this update we've put our focus on improving the Editor and the overall game experience.





You don't wanna play these static maps any longer? We are happy to introduce the Eventsystem - one of the greatest features for the editor we've released so far!



The Eventsystem allows to create more dynamic maps than ever before. When a player enters or leaves an event zone dozens of actions can get triggered, which will affect lanes, meshes, rotators, lights, boosts, teleporter and so on.



We have also added Forcefields to the editor, which can be used as magnets, gravitiy zones and much more.



We are more than excited to see your dynamic map creations.



One of our major concerns is to optimize features which are already in place. This time we've completely redesigned our golf ball mechanics, to make our gameplay more smooth and pleasant, but still being as skilled-based as before.

Another complete overhaul happend to our particle system, which means that we have heavily improved every single trail. So you may need to test every trail again to redefine your favorite one.



We would like to especially thank:

YuNO for intensely testing our latest features and thereby pushing the quality of our game.
ekomanic for creating an amazing custom asset pack. Please have a look at his discussion http://steamcommunity.com/app/571740/discussions/1/1499000547488188404/
SecretShop for doing an excellent job as our first moderator.

Last but not least we want to thank all Map Creators for creating 1.784 custom Maps! You are truly amazing - we are not going to stop making this editor unique and awesome.



- New Map and Scene
- Mac & Linux support
- Expanding the Eventsystem
- Expanded Controller Support
- Custom Sounds / Music
- Gravitationzones
- Keybinding
- VR Support
and more ;)

Take care and have a wonderful Christmas,

Christian & Jonas



- Added 4 new hats
- Added 9 new trails
- Added 16 new editor items
- Added ability to remove terrain while saving
- Added ability to create up to 100 holes
- Added Eventsystems to the editor
- Added Forcefields to the editor
- Added hex color code for lights
- Added standalone goals
- Added rotator support for goals
- Added visible numbers to each goal (when different than 0)
- Added world-aligned textures for custom objects with calculated tangents
- Added duplication for custom assets inside the editor
- Added rotator and transformer support for custom assets
- Added ability to search world wide for servers
- Added new icons for trails and editor items

- Fixed goal numbers to be correctly loaded in the editor
- Fixed spawns to be easier to selectable through playareas
- Fixed bug where some workshops models weren't loaded into the editor
- Fixed gate and ring goal to work with highspeed balls ;)

- Complete refactoring of our golfball logic
- Complete refactoring of our particle trails

- Scoreboard will now be scrollable if more than 18 holes are present on a map
- Scoreboard will automatically scroll to the current hole

- Numerous other fixes/improvements.

Winter has come to Golf it! and brings special Hats, Trails and Editor Items with it. For this update we've put our focus on improving the Editor and the overall game experience.





You don't wanna play these static maps any longer? We are happy to introduce the Eventsystem - one of the greatest features for the editor we've released so far!



The Eventsystem allows to create more dynamic maps than ever before. When a player enters or leaves an event zone dozens of actions can get triggered, which will affect lanes, meshes, rotators, lights, boosts, teleporter and so on.



We have also added Forcefields to the editor, which can be used as magnets, gravitiy zones and much more.



We are more than excited to see your dynamic map creations.



One of our major concerns is to optimize features which are already in place. This time we've completely redesigned our golf ball mechanics, to make our gameplay more smooth and pleasant, but still being as skilled-based as before.

Another complete overhaul happend to our particle system, which means that we have heavily improved every single trail. So you may need to test every trail again to redefine your favorite one.



We would like to especially thank:

YuNO for intensely testing our latest features and thereby pushing the quality of our game.
ekomanic for creating an amazing custom asset pack. Please have a look at his discussion http://steamcommunity.com/app/571740/discussions/1/1499000547488188404/
SecretShop for doing an excellent job as our first moderator.

Last but not least we want to thank all Map Creators for creating 1.784 custom Maps! You are truly amazing - we are not going to stop making this editor unique and awesome.



- New Map and Scene
- Mac & Linux support
- Expanding the Eventsystem
- Expanded Controller Support
- Custom Sounds / Music
- Gravitationzones
- Keybinding
- VR Support
and more ;)

Take care and have a wonderful Christmas,

Christian & Jonas



- Added 4 new hats
- Added 9 new trails
- Added 16 new editor items
- Added ability to remove terrain while saving
- Added ability to create up to 100 holes
- Added Eventsystems to the editor
- Added Forcefields to the editor
- Added hex color code for lights
- Added standalone goals
- Added rotator support for goals
- Added visible numbers to each goal (when different than 0)
- Added world-aligned textures for custom objects with calculated tangents
- Added duplication for custom assets inside the editor
- Added rotator and transformer support for custom assets
- Added ability to search world wide for servers
- Added new icons for trails and editor items

- Fixed goal numbers to be correctly loaded in the editor
- Fixed spawns to be easier to selectable through playareas
- Fixed bug where some workshops models weren't loaded into the editor
- Fixed gate and ring goal to work with highspeed balls ;)

- Complete refactoring of our golfball logic
- Complete refactoring of our particle trails

- Scoreboard will now be scrollable if more than 18 holes are present on a map
- Scoreboard will automatically scroll to the current hole

- Numerous other fixes/improvements.

Patch notes for Update 0.4.12:

- Added 6 new hats and 1 new trail.
- Added name of the current map to the scoreboard.
- Added visible light radius to the editor.
- Added warnings to the editor when lights are overlapping.
- Added LOD's to some objects.
- Improved camera visibility.
- Improved performance with custom assets.
- Improved loading time greatly while using custom assets. (existing maps need to be saved again)
- Improved visuals for custom assets by adding an optional tangent/normal calculation while importing.
- Improved materials for custom assets allowing translucent and emissive options.
- Improved performance on various different gameplay mechanics.
- Improved editor when pressing middle mouse button will now place objects in hand instead of overwriting them, allowing for faster placement of the same object.
- Improved load times and memory usage when using custom assets already placed in the editor.
- Improved editor allowing location/rotation/scale UI on custom assets and dynamic lanes.
- Increased camera zoom length.
- Ball customization will now display the amount of each item.
- Fixed issue where aim-arrow would be visible while rolling.
- Fixed some spots where you could get stuck.
- Fixed kicked players not getting transferred back to the main menu.
- Fixed various collisions.
- Fixed bug where players joining mid-game would be visible on the scoreboard, those players will now be auto-kicked.
- Fixed local multiplayer auto scoreboard.
- Fixed incline goals sticking out too far.
- Fixed fatal error when duplicating objects inside the editor.
- Fixed wrong scaling in ball customization menu.
- Fixed issue where players would run out of time while still rolling.
- Fixed issue where wrong item drops would be displayed in the main menu. (first load will migrate to new system and show all items)
- Numerous other fixes/improvements.

Hotfix 0.4.12b:
- Cleaned up Main Menu
- Fixed issues with custom assets losing textures
- Fixed issue with MMB not using save Hole number for PlayAreas


If you encounter any issues please make a Thread in the forums.

~ Jonas & Christian

Patch notes for Update 0.4.12:

- Added 6 new hats and 1 new trail.
- Added name of the current map to the scoreboard.
- Added visible light radius to the editor.
- Added warnings to the editor when lights are overlapping.
- Added LOD's to some objects.
- Improved camera visibility.
- Improved performance with custom assets.
- Improved loading time greatly while using custom assets. (existing maps need to be saved again)
- Improved visuals for custom assets by adding an optional tangent/normal calculation while importing.
- Improved materials for custom assets allowing translucent and emissive options.
- Improved performance on various different gameplay mechanics.
- Improved editor when pressing middle mouse button will now place objects in hand instead of overwriting them, allowing for faster placement of the same object.
- Improved load times and memory usage when using custom assets already placed in the editor.
- Improved editor allowing location/rotation/scale UI on custom assets and dynamic lanes.
- Increased camera zoom length.
- Ball customization will now display the amount of each item.
- Fixed issue where aim-arrow would be visible while rolling.
- Fixed some spots where you could get stuck.
- Fixed kicked players not getting transferred back to the main menu.
- Fixed various collisions.
- Fixed bug where players joining mid-game would be visible on the scoreboard, those players will now be auto-kicked.
- Fixed local multiplayer auto scoreboard.
- Fixed incline goals sticking out too far.
- Fixed fatal error when duplicating objects inside the editor.
- Fixed wrong scaling in ball customization menu.
- Fixed issue where players would run out of time while still rolling.
- Fixed issue where wrong item drops would be displayed in the main menu. (first load will migrate to new system and show all items)
- Numerous other fixes/improvements.

Hotfix 0.4.12b:
- Cleaned up Main Menu
- Fixed issues with custom assets losing textures
- Fixed issue with MMB not using save Hole number for PlayAreas


If you encounter any issues please make a Thread in the forums.

~ Jonas & Christian