The Golf Club Patch Details, Could Arrive on September 22nd (Xbox One)

Graphically we’re still working on improvements, but with the size of the area in view we really are putting a lot of pressure on the GPU. We can’t dictate what the player is seeing because, with the course editor, people could create anything. So to keep the frame rate high, we’ve needed to drop to 720p. We will continue to work on this though and slowly push to 900p and above. It’ll just take a bit of time.

Today the patch for the PlayStation 4 version of The Golf Club was submitted to Sony. It should be through the submission process within 10 working days and then it will be up to Sony when it is made available. Next on the schedule is a quick update for the PC version to ensure that it is up to date with the consoles and then it will be the first update which will be across all platforms in, hopefully, mid-October.
Here’s what is in this PS4 update:

• • • Extensive Network Interfacing Improvements
      Improving speed when connecting to servers and stopping time outs
    • Several Memory Leak IssuesImproved stability
      Improved frame rate
      Fixed crash that could occur if the user stayed on the main menu for an extended period of time.
    • Improved Performance
      Optimisations, to improve frame rate
    • Turn Based Multi-Player
      Sped up, so users are now not waiting 10 seconds between shots
      Fixed multiple issues where it would sometimes get stuck mid round
    • Greg Norman Course Designer
      A couple of low frequency crash bugs fixed
      Fixed issue with Carousel menu sometimes not showing the correct state, and improved flow going back and forward
      Links theme fixed so heavy rough wasn’t thought of as water
    • Tours and Tournament Flow changes
      Fixed multiple issues with the flow that was causing issues with restarting a tour
      Pop up implemented on Network fail requests
      Allow advance through tour cards
    • Animation
      Fixed a hard lock on female, left handed animation
      Fixed a couple of animation transitions
    • Physics
      Fixed spin decay bug that resulted in crazy behavior when the ball hit the pin. Added a cup physics material
      Fixed Tap in issue with Putts
    • Audio
      FMod Thread affinity fix
      Streamed audio optimised, so not to cause the odd frame rate issue
    • Achievements
      Fix for Lucky Number 7 Achievement (Broken when hitting water, and added test for at or above par as-per description)
    • Front End/Minor Fixes
      Replay bug, where ball would sometimes not always do what it did in the actual shot
      Fixed issue where putting details would be hidden behind players heads
      The ‘Auto Add Friends’ option in GameSettings will now work.
      The in-game scorecard will resize to fit the longest name.
      Improved the quality of the filters on the Select Rivals screen.
      Fix the disappearing of the scorecard title text when displaying the screen for a while.
      Removed the time and date on the message center (Unity didn’t support System Clock)
      Fix the inconsistent displaying of the message center on various screens.
      Remove unneeded texts on course detail screen during offline mode
      Fix the issue Player edit screen becomes too dark to see the player when the background course is in evening
      Fix up the flag marker for left handed mode
      Fix the longest hole out displaying number when user did not sink any from the green.
      Increased the limit for the length of the list when fetching data from database, so select course/tour/ and create course lists display correct number for certain filters
      Username Truncations issues
      Fixed scorecard and overview yardage discrepancy’s
      Fixed scorecard color issue when in tours.
      Fixed scout camera positioning issues
    • Various statistical / telemetry fixes.

Hi all - I know that everyone on the Xbox One has been anxiously awaiting a patch for a couple of weeks now, so I wanted to update you on the latest information/development.

Late yesterday afternoon we received notification that Microsoft had failed the patch in the certification process for two items. This news came after we had believed that we had already been approved. It turns out that we had only been approved through step one of what, we now know, is a two-step process (something of which we were unaware and which was not made clear to us). We believed that we were simply waiting for the patch to be posted when, in fact, it was still in the certification process. This is a new process for us, and has also changed a bit for MS as well, and somewhere that information got lost in translation. This was a mis-communication between us and them and is a lesson learned.

That being said, we have been trying very hard to work with Microsoft to speed this patch through, as the items that we are being help up for do not effect the game in any noticeable way (one of them is actually about future-proofing the game). Unfortunately, they have not been able to accommodate us. Therefore, we have fixed the two issue and have resubmitted the patch.

We have been told that they will do what they can to get the patch out by Monday or Tuesday. But please know...that is not a promise.

In the spirit of keeping you as informed as possible, you should also be made aware that, if they are not going to be able to get the patch out before Weds. of next week, there is a possibility that we may have to pull the patch and include it in the content update that is scheduled for the following week, as they may not let us submit the content update until the patch has gone live. We are very hopeful this will not be the case, but it is a possibility and we wanted to give you all of the information we have. As soon as we know anything else we will, of course, tell you right away.

We are sorry that this first patch for the Xbox has been a bit complicated. Obviously, we did not want it to go this way. We are very grateful for your patience and understanding and we are hopeful you will find the wait worthwhile and will enjoy the improvements and enhancements that the patch and the upcoming content update bring.