The Golf Club VR Patch 1.02 Available, Full Details Here

[Steve_OS]

HB Studios have released The Golf Club VR patch 1.02 today, check out the full details below. Currently the game is only available on PC via Steam, compatible with the HTC Vive.

Bug Fixes:

• Ball not being set properly when teleporting to ball on tutorial island.
• Reduced the flash to steam room when grabbing the yardage book.
• Scorecard not showing up properly on the scoreboard.
• UI Sounds FX not working on menus.
• Yellow ball beacon didn’t disappear after dropping a new ball.
• Watch visibility range adjusted to fix issues with it popping in and out.
• Sticky Club description is backwards and doesn’t fit in text box.
• Missed swing feedback lines when making contact with the ball.
• Default club rotations are not correct.
• Watch showing feet instead of yards and not tracking strokes.
• Localization for EFIGS, PT and JA. (First Pass)

Additional Features:

• Beginner difficulty with additional assists for aiming has been added. This difficulty will be accessible through the tutorial or the gameplay settings via the main menu. This setting will give you visual assist to help aim your shots and apply the correct loft. This can be used to help line up your shot or you can lock in your swing by pressing up on the touch pad. While the direction is locked take a swing like normal to have the ball follow your selected path.
• Receive a putt preview while on the green. You can now take a step back and take a practice putt next to your ball. This will shoot your practice ball along the green to help you judge the weight of your shot and the slope of the green. Only one practice putt can be used per-stroke and this feature is not available on Pro.
• The shot analyzer has received an upgrade with additional shot information. While viewing the shot analyzer you can now look at your watch to see how far your ball has traveled. In addition to this you will also receive a grade based on your swing speed, flight path, contact with the ball and the accuracy of your shot. The idea of the grading is to help improve your game by seeing where you’re getting penalized and try to improve on that area.
• The tutorials have been updated to outline the new features and difficulty. You can now practice in the tutorial with each difficulty before moving on and without needing to open the menu. A putt preview tutorial as also been added.
• Ball depth in bunkers and the sand penalty are now based on how the ball enters the bunker.
• MSAA and SS sliders have been added to the visual settings.
• Unlocked two additional courses

[209vaughn]

I'm surprised your not bashing this game. It's and HB Studios game after all.

Steve, I love your site but that Infinite Air review is irresponsible.

[AnthonyKyne]

From our point of view I can never criticise Operation Sports for their support for us. They've been great over the years

From a developer point of view, you normally know when you've made a bad game. We don't believe Infinite Air is a bad game. But looking at the OS review, I think we have to take a step back and wonder why the reviewer didn't like it.

Talking to the guys on the IA team, they were devastated but could see the issue. We believe we have the best physics based snowboarding game ever. And something that will give you 100s of hours of fun. To give you that though we have a unique control scheme that seems that we underestimated the onboarding experience for new users. Everybody who gives it a bit of time loves it, but we can't expect everyone to do that.

So all we can hope for now, is to create better on boarding experience, become a bit of a cult classic and hope for some re-reviews from places like operation sports

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[209vaughn]

I understand your need as a developer to be diplomatic. I on the other hand can point out the obvious, that was a lazy review that didn't AT ALL establish that it was a "3". Which is pretty much saying that the game is a waste of time and shouldnt have been made. The reviewer did successfully show that games that are a bit more realistic (simulations in other words) are too difficult for him. I recommend he goes back to to Tony Hawk or something a bit more easy.

According to most player feedback I see, a lot of people are enjoying it. Suggestion to devs, maybe throw out some free DLC?

[209vaughn]

BTW one last rant. I would love to see the reviewers Steam account and see how many hours of time he put into it. I spent a couple myself playing around with the course editor, something he completely forgot to mention btw.

[kehlis]

Anthony, can you PM Steve and/or Mill regarding your concerns if you haven't already?

209vaughn, this isn't a review. It's an update regarding a different game. It's fine to vent your frustration regarding a review but please do so in the appropriate thread. It's not fair to other users who want to discuss the update for this game.

[polyduster]

This looks awesome!

I'm very jealous of Vive owners, but I'm hoping there will be some way to use this on the Oculus once the Touch controllers come out next month. Maybe?

Great work guys! This is why I got VR!

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[Smiley79]

I am loving this patch. As a beginner, I am thankful for any visual cues I can receive. While it's still early, I believe this game is moving in the right direction. I look forward to tournaments or even multiplayer rounds (hopefully in the near future).