Golf 1.6.0

Binaries on itch.io are built against this tag. In this release:

• New Golf Ball - The Niner
• New Golf Ball - The Pineapple
• New Golf Ball - The Pizza
• New Golf Ball - Chomps
• New Achievement - Practice Makes Perfect
• New Achievement - Soaring
• New Achievement - All of a Twitter
• New stats for time spent on driving range, eagles, birdies and holes in one scored
• New full size course: Grove Bank, Mont Torville
• CPU Controlled players (thanks mikekelly for the suggestion)
• Flag Beacon, optional highlight for distant flags
• Upgraded stroke direction indicator
• Menu carts are no longer driven by ghosts
• Improve shadow map fidelity when putting (fixes shadow flickering)
• Bystander camera activated for remote and CPU controlled players
• Sky camera position updates dynamically with player position
• Animated crowds
• Current course title is now displayed on score board
• Player network quality is shown on the score board
• New 3D skyboxes
• Avatars now fade on driving range to prevent blocking view when aiming
• Billiards direction indicator now animates with power setting
• 9 ball pool now playable in the club house
• Fix billiards lobby mistakenly accepting golf clients (and vice versa)
• Post process settings are now available on options screen
• Flag beacon settings are available on the options screen
• Many small cosmetic adjustments
• Modkit: update hole export script to include PAR values when exporting hole data from Blender
• Modkit: add blender file for 3D skybox models

Golf 1.5.0

Builds available on itch.io are built against this release.
Features:

• Added option to select a single target on the driving range (thanks to mikekelly for the suggestion)
• Tool tips on main menu (thanks to nomorebuttons for the suggestion)
• Updated options menu with mouse settings and graphical effects
• Added Vertex Snapping effect for extra retro feel (enable from the options)
• Added Particle effects for hole in one
• Wind now affects tree models
• Updated course textures
• All new client side interpolation (smoother balls!)
• New game modes: Match Play and Skins
• New Achievement - Join The Club
• New Achievement - Stroke of Genius
• New Achievement - No Match
• New Achievement - Skin of Your Teeth
• New Achievement - Socialiser
• New Achievement - Spots
• New Achievement - Stripes
• New Achievement - Easy Pink
• Achievements are now timestamped
• Clubhouse is unlocked after completing the first 18 holes
• Trophies now have reflection maps
• Added Trophy cabinet to browse achievements in the clubhouse
• Added eightball pool to play in the clubhouse.
• New intro video!
• Removed herobrine

Golf 1.4.1

Bug fix update which fixes the z-ordering of drawables on the options menu.

Golf 1.4.0

The binaries on itch.io are built against this tag.

What's new:

• Fixed incorrect club range when chipping from a bunker
• Improve quality of client-side interpolation to reduce stuttering
• Flags now cast real time shadows
• Backspace and escape now navigate back through main menu
• User settable FOV from options menu
• Performance improvement on lower end machines (reduced unnecessary frustum culling)
• Client notification messages no longer overlap
• Winner trophies display on final leaderboard
• Players can vote to skip summary screen in network games
• Increased range of putter to 7m
• Achievements! Achievement status is viewable from options menu
• New course - Roving Sands, East Nerrington
• Trees move with the wind
• Dynamic clouds which move with the wind
• Modkit includes prop library for blender
• Grass tint, cloud sprites and instanced models can be defined per-course when creating new courses
• Empties can be exported from blender to denote particle system positions

Golf 1.3.0

Release version of VGA Golf 1.3.0, found in the samples/golf directory. Binaries on the itch.io page are built from this commit.

golf-v1.2.0

Release version of VGA Golf 1.2.0, found in the samples/golf directory. Binaries on the itch.io page are built from this commit.