Super Video Golf
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
About (current version 1.16.1) - Older (free) versions are available on GitHub.
Note about the mac version - currently the macOS build is frozen at 1.11.0 due to Apple's change in requirements for a yearly developer fee to publish new software on macOS. It is still possible to build it from source, however.
Super Video Golf is a local or networked multiplayer golfing sim, modeled on 90s era console and DOS games. The game supports 8 players locally (on the same computer) with 4 controller support, hot seat keyboard play or a mixture of both. A maximum of 8 computers can connect to a single game across the internet or over a local network allowing up to 16 players in a single match. Since 1.16 it also features a single player Career Mode!
Features
- Career mode spanning 6 seasons across 12 courses
- Up to 16 players online in a match
- Multiple game modes including Stroke Play, Stableford, Matchplay, Skins and Multi-target
- Offline modes including a Driving Range for practicing your stroke
- Computer controlled opponents
- Monthly Challenges - a new goal every month
- Club League - pit your skills against AI opponents!
- Day and Night modes
- Variable weather
- Customisable/moddable - create your own balls, avatars, courses and post processes!
- Open source / cross platform
- Ultrawide monitor support
Networking
Playing Super Video Golf over a network requires a host on one computer, which must first create a game and then enter a lobby.
Once the host is in Lobby mode, further computers can connect to it by selecting Join Game, configuring local players then typing in the IP address or host name of the computer to which to connect.
Both hosts and computers who join will need to allow port 16002 UDP/TCP through any local firewall. Local games (games run on a single computer) also use networking by creating a server on the local host *so they must also have this port open* even when they're not playing online. Windows Firewall may warn about the game attempting to access this port the first time it is run, but it is OK to allow it. If you do not, the game will not be able to start. If you wish to play Super Video Golf over the internet then the host must also allow 16002 UDP/TCP through any external firewalls, as well as correctly configure NAT or Port Forwarding which may be in place on the host's router. For more information about Port Forwarding and configuring NAT see this page.
Open Source
Super Video Golf is also open source - so while there are only binaries for Windows, Intel mac and Arch Linux available here, it can also be built for other Linux and macOS versions. The open source nature means that it is also possible to create your own courses with software such as Blender, and share them with your friends or the community. Included on this page is a download of a mod-kit to get started with creating custom assets such as balls or new courses and props. Games created on a Windows host may be joined by clients on Linux or macOS systems, and vice versa - ie Super Video Golf supports cross-platform play. Any custom assets must first be shared between and installed on all clients.
The source can be found at GitHub
Modding guides can be found on the wiki.
Please feel free to contribute with ideas, bugs or other suggestions via this page or the GitHub page!
Version History:
14/04/24 1.16.1 Small Patch
- Updated Free Play lobby to make it more obvious that it’s possible to change courses
- Updated Swingput method
- Added option to allow toggling Swingput from control options
- Added reading input from secondary controllers when one local player exists
- Added switching profiles in Free Play mode with keybinds for previous and next club
- Added switching courses in Free Play lobby with keybinds for previous and next club
- Added hints for buttons in Profile Editor
- Added zooming minimap by press-hold left stick/F6
- Fixed possible crash when randomising player avatars
- Fixed possible crash when creating new profiles
04/04/2024 1.16.0 Feature Update
- Updated avatar materials now have reflection and self illumination properties
- Updated league browser now includes new league tables
- Updated camera drone position is now dictated by host in multiplayer games
- Updated player profile editor with new browsers for ball and hair models
- Moved Profile Reset button to Stats page of Options menu
- Added Career Reset button to Stats page of Options menu
- Added option to adjust crowd density
- Added ability to choose active club set from roster menu
- Added ability to open stats menu from roster menu
- Added Career Mode
- Added new set of unlockable balls
- Added new set of unlockable headwear
- Added new set of unlockable avatars
- XP Rewards have been buffed
- Fixed hair colour when playing in night mode
- Fixed rotation of ball models in preview window
- Fixed Greens in Regulation being triggered if the player forfeits all holes in a round
- New Achievement: Semi-retired
- New Achievement: All Time Champion
- New Achievement: Vandal
31/01/24 1.15.3 Bug Fix Update
- Fix maintaining player’s preferred clubset independently from any multi-player game rule override
- Fix possible crash when playing games with a lot of players
- Fix edge case that could lead to mis-identifying remote clients as CPU players
- Enabled High DPI awareness on Windows to correctly scale the window when using display scaling of anything other than 100%
- Increased size of icons on emote shortcut buttons in chat window
- Added emoji selection pop-out to chat window
- Rebalanced audio volume in tutorial
- Cleaned up parsing list item html tags in the news window
- Fixed regression which prevented Hot Stuff achievement triggering
- Fixed regression which prevented Sub-scriber achievement triggering
- Fixed setting friends only status of lobby based on previous round when returning
- Shooed geese
14/01/24 1.15.1 Feature Update
- Implemented particle emission interpolation
- Updated VATs crowd models with high-definition animations
- Increased fidelity of putting grid
- Tree quality can now be changed mid-game
- Improved quality of on screen keyboard when entering text with a controller
- Fixed D-Pad events occasionally being skipped in menus
- Fixed showing HIO effects on remote clients
- Fixed selection order of options tabs
- Fixed workshop tools inverting normals of imported avatars
- Fixed player profiles are now updated instead of duplicated when changing Steam username
- Fixed player profiles are now stored per Steam user to prevent multiple user profiles being merged
- Fixed subscribing to too many workshop items would crash the game
- Added displaying an AFK timeout in multiplayer games
- Added basic support for non-latin alphabets
- Added support for emojis in player profile names
- Added pasting text into player names in the profile editor with ctrl+V
- Added cancelling player name edit with Escape
- Added playing courses at night
- Added selectable weather conditions
- Added advanced option to try to always use a specific audio device
- Added option to allow alternative power-bar input
- Added news/community page to startup (Steam version)
- Added player management menu for hosts to poke, forfeit or kick misbehaving players
- Added text chat in lobby/game mode (Shift+F8 or Y button)
- Added SteamOS support
- New course - Nguyen Valley, Greyshale Province
- New Course - Hertog Regis, Kaalsmeer
- New Achievement - Night owl
- New Achievement - Come rain or shine
- New Achievement - Complete Course 11
- New Achievement - Complete Course 12
- New Achievement - Master Course 11
- New Achievement - Master Course 12
07/10/23 1.14.1 Small Patch
- Only play Honour announcement if honour taker is on the current client
- Fix resizing menu banners in the clubhouse when window is resized
- Fix awarding skins pot to player winning sudden death round
- Fix correct club unlocks when host applies club set limit
- Fix monthly challenge display on non-steam builds
30/09/23 1.14.0 Feature Update
- Added Monthly Challenge - A new challenge every month for 500xp and an award for the trophy cabinet
- Added awards for completing the active monthly challenge
- Added awards for every 10th level unlock which also unlocks a new ball
- Added awards for top 3 placement in Club League
- Added club league-table to compete against virtual players
- Added Stableford and Stableford Pro game modes
- Added ‘multi-target’ game mode
- Added Short Round game mode
- Added the lie of the ball in bunkers now affects available clubs
- Added the lie of the ball in bunkers now affects accuracy
- Added the lie of the ball in bunkers now affects maximum distance
- Added host option to limit all players to the lowest ranked player’s club set
- Added in-flight ball camera
- Added console variable to enable shuffling custom music playlists
- Added console variable to enable connecting directly to a host
- Fixed cropping minimap icons to minimap bounds
- Fixed skins games now continue to sudden death until all skins are won
- Fixed post-game scorecard par values when playing in reverse
- Fixed current honour is carried over in event of a tie
- Fixed controller navigation in lobby menu if having previously quit the lobby with any menu but course selection active
- Fixed origin of scaled billboards
- Fixed number of ready/quit icons when playing with more than 4 clients
- Fixed emote IDs when playing with more than 4 clients
- Fixed Better With Friends achievement awarding with more than 4 clients
- Increased XP reward for hitting the drone to 250xp
- Reduced volume of seagulls on beach courses
- Updated emote wheel with applause
- Updated emote wheel with controller buttons
- Extended range of clubs when teeing off par 3s
- New Achievement: Big Bird
- New Achievement: Barn Stormer
- New Achievement: Hit The Spot
- New Achievement: Behold the Impossible
- New Achievement: League Champion
- New Achievement: League Participant
- New Achievement: ???
05/08/23 1.13.0 Feature Update
- Added incidental audio for spectators
- Updated lobby menu layout
- The previous round’s scores are no longer shown on the ticker if the round wasn’t fully completed
- Added previous round’s scoreboard to lobby menu
- Added leaderboard browser to clubhouse and lobby menu
- Increased maximum clients in a network game to 8
- Overhauled CPU behaviour (special thanks to yourjaguarlover for the thorough testing/feedback)
- Added Auto-skip mode for CPU players
- CPU Power bar is hidden for players at level 10 or above
- Profiles can now have short biographies
- Profile editor can now take mugshots
- Players can now choose which range of clubs to use for the next round, once unlocked
- Players can now choose which range of clubs to use for the driving range, once unlocked
- Overhauled UI navigation when using a controller
- Added option to reset keybinds to their default values
- Added overview map (open from menu or key 6) to view the current hole's contours
- Added current putter range to the power bar when putting
- Ball can now collide with the flag
- Game will now play user selected music from any playlists found in the user/music directory
- Added stats browser for Club Stats to Clubhouse
- Added stats browser for course play time to Clubhouse
- Added stats browser for per-profile score history to Clubhouse
- Added awards browser for monthly awards to Clubhouse
- Added grid view browser for ball selection to profile editor
- Fixed regression which prevented tool tips displaying in Options menu
- New Achievement - Nested
- New Achievement - Gimme Gimme Gimme
- New Achievement - Drive It Home
- New Achievement - Gamer
- New Achievement - Cause A Racket
04/06/23 1.12.5 Small Patch
- Fixed reading user directories with unicode characters
- Fixed showing stroke indicator when switching back from drone camera
- Fixed bug in driving range menu which could get stuck in a restart loop
- Fixed CPU players from being able to block achievements being awarded on rare occasions
- Added per-profile stat logging
14/05/23 1.12.4 Small Patch
- Refined tolerance of putting distance rescaling
- Fix driving range holes being shuffled when restarting mid-round
- Fix driving range getting stuck if ball lands too close to the pin
- Fix green displaying as black when grid transparency was zero
- Fix refreshing checkboxes when toggling in the options menu
- Fixed crash in profile editor when clicking off of name edit without first applying it
- Prevent hidden mouse cursor taking control of UI inputs
- Increased precision in putting display when using imperial measurements
- Environment sounds (birds etc) now have their own volume control
- Reduced the frequency of idle notifications
- Stroke is reset instead of fluffed if the power bar isn’t accepted
- Wind indicator is now hidden when putting
- Fixed crash caused by network players leaving mid-game on the green
- Increased time before AFK timeout
- Updated readability of keybinds menu
- Prevent drone from rendering on mini-map
- Avatar icon is displayed next to current player’s name
- Avatar icon is displayed on scoreboard
23/04/23 1.12.1 Hotfix
- Fix occasional crash when creating new player profile
22/04/23 1.12.0 Feature Update
- Vertex snapping is applied to 3D clouds
- Vertex snapping is applied to flag model
- Reverted minimap background to transparent
- Minimap stroke indicator now adjusts distance for current terrain and spin setting
- Minimap now rescales to fit the active club on approach
- Putting mini-view now has its own stroke indicator when putt assist is enabled
- Mini-flag when putting is now only shown when putt assist is enabled.
- Green topology is highlighted on approach
- XP message now includes reason for award
- Updated ball trail rendering
- Side spin now reduces distance
- Added option for local player to skip forward when ball is in flight
- Added audio to on-screen keyboard
- Added streak logging for playing multiple days in a row, with XP rewards
- Player roster is shuffled when round starts
- Player roster now allows up to 8 local players
- Overhauled player avatar customisation with improved menus and increased colour palette
- Player profiles can have custom avatar images
- Player avatar images are shown above name labels when putting
- Added two new player avatar models
- Fixed full house achievement not being awarded
- Fixed billiards games not launching
- Fixed edge case where skins/match play scores could display trophies in the incorrect order
- Fixed returning to lobby menu if quitting to main menu with rules tab open
- Selected course stats are displayed on lobby window if they are available
- Improved state caching for more responsive user interface
- Driving range top five players are now displayed on the menu.
- Console window can now be closed with back or B button on controller
- New Achievement - Dedicated
- New Achievement - Resident Golfer
- New Achievement - Month of Sundays
- New Achievement - Spin Class
- New Achievement - The Road To Success Is Always Under Construction
- New Achievement - Make No Mistake
- New Achievement - Never Gonna Give You Up
- New Achievement - Greens In Regulation
- New Achievement - Three’s A Crowd
- New Achievement - Consistency Is Key
- New Achievement for completing each course
- New Achievement for completing each course with par or better
13/03/23 1.11.0 Feature Update
- Fixed driving range showing kph/mph instead of knots
- Added idle camera to driving range
- Driving range now uses the same stroke indicator as the main game
- Driving range now has an option to restart the current round from the pause menu
- Hazards on course 4 and 8 now act like bunkers instead of out of bounds
- Reverted imperial measurements when putting to feet instead of yards
- Balls now have icons to display their position on the mini-green view
- Putter range now adapts to the distance to the hole - short putts are much more accurate
- Increased fidelity of putting grid
- Increased maximum height of putting camera
- Power bar moves more slowly for beginners and increases in speed up to level 10
- Power bar is wider and delineated
- Stroke indicator on minimap now has range markers to match power bar
- Minimap now dynamically updates to zoom in on current shot
- Added spin options to affect the ball’s behaviour with top/back/side spin
- Round balls roll.
- Flat greens have been remodelled so they’re no longer flat
- Removed rotation limit when aiming
- Trees now fade if occluding the drone view
- Player can manually switch to, and control the drone camera
- Tutorial now notes camera movement when putting
- Tutorial now covers ball spin
- Hole numbers are now correct when playing back 9 holes.
- Added two new avatars
- Updated lobby artwork
- Credits can be sped up or slowed down with keyboard or controller
- New trophy models to match level up achievements
- Five new clubs can be unlocked every 5 levels
- Five new balls can be unlocked every 10 levels
- Club range increases when the player reaches level 15 and again at level 30
- Newly unlocked items are displayed when joining the lobby
- Lobby ticker now includes the previous round’s scores
- Updated cloud rendering with 3D models
- Emote wheel key can now be rebound
- Ball trail colour can now be toggled between white and beacon colour
- Video settings are now stored when toggling full screen with alt+enter
- Fixed stuttering issue with zoomed in cameras
- Fixed eliminating players who can’t beat the winning score in match and skins play
- New Achievement - Full House
- New Achievement - Sub-scriber
- New Achievement - Bird’s Eye View
- New Achievement - ??????
02/02/23 1.10.1 Content and Technical Update
- The server is now authoritative over par value for each hole
- Collision detection is now performed per-face rather than per-material
- Rewritten AI from the ground up for CPU players who adapt to player skill level
- CPU players are now indicated on the scoreboard
- Smoothed ball motion when putting
- Camera has been improved when putting
- Updated drone camera tracking for more dynamic movement
- Each player now has their own ball icon on the mini map
- Mini map now zooms in on smaller holes
- Avatars get impatient if player idles too long
- Fixed hook/slice message respecting avatar handedness
- Fixed spectators who would float in certain cases
- Fixed awarding winner achievements when local game winner was CPU
- Fixed displaying correct trophies for level up achievements
- Fixed automatically ending the hole when won by any player in match or skins play
- Improved readability of wind strength (thanks janner66 for the suggestion)
- Imperial measurements now use decimalised yards when putting (thanks to 8mackellar for the suggestion)
- Scoreboard is now shown longer between hole changes and is skippable once all players are ready
- Scoreboard no longer draws unplayed holes, and displays running par difference during stroke play matches (thanks to 8mackellar for the suggestion)
- In game messages can now be skipped during golf and on the driving range
- Spectator and billboard shadows now fade with proximity to camera
- Improved animation blending in SkeletalAnimator, fixes animation jumps
- Added player animations for celebration and disappointment (thanks janner66 for the suggestion)
- Updated particle effects for hole in one
- Wind indicator now shows direction relative to the active camera, not just the main camera.
- Wind direction only changes on new hole (thanks buntails for the suggestion)
- New Swingput system allows taking a swing with a controller thumbstick or mouse motion
- Club power is more accurate in relation to power bar indicator
- Fixed auto-caddy picking a suitable club for each shot (thanks buntails for pointing that out)
- Auto-caddy picks a better selection of clubs based on current hole size
- Optional Putt Assist provides graphical feedback on putting distance
- Putting display now shows estimated distance to the hole above the power bar
- Mini-beacon is now active during putting when flag beacon is enabled (thanks to buntails for the suggestion)
- Improved putting grid better defines the contours of the green
- Sprite colours for billboarded shrubs now affect wind amount
- Wind now affects billboard shrubs
- Fixed players now no longer restart on steep slopes if the ball landed in the water
- Achievements are now always enabled if there is a single human player on the current client
- Game now logs XP when achievements are active
- Stroke accuracy difficulty increases with XP level
- Steam matchmaking favours lobbies with similar XP levels
- Steam edition has leaderboards for driving range
- Power bar is now hidden between shots on driving range
- Added Emote wheel (default LCtrl/Controller Y to activate)
- Controllers are now automatically assigned in local multiplayer
- Native support for PS controllers including LED notifications
- Added option in lobby to play holes in reverse order
- Custom course filter is hidden in the lobby if there are no custom courses to show
- Added welcome screen for new players to introduce them to the tutorial
- Updated main menu for better appearance at ultrawide resolutions
- Added Swingput sensitivity to options menu
- Options menu now includes control overlay for showing scores
- Added option to enable ball trail
- Credits are available from the options window
- Added option to disable controller vibration to options menu
- Antialiasing options have been added to the options window
- Fixed updating keybinding string in options menu
- Player name lengths have been increased to up to 24 chars
- UI layout has been updated to accommodate longer player names
- Many fixes and quality improvements on AMD graphics cards
- New course - Purcitop Pitch ‘n’ Putt
- New course - Fairland Rock
- New ball - The Hive
- New ball - Umbrella
- New ball - Watering Can
- New ball - Egbert
- New ball - Tortoise
- New ball - H7
- New Achievement - Getting Started
- New Achievement - Junior
- New Achievement - Amateur
- New Achievement - Enthusiast
- New Achievement - Semi-Pro
- New Achievement - Professional
- New Achievement - I See No Ships
- New Achievement - Hot Stuff
- New Achievement - ?????
- Mod kit - Wind value presets have been added for shrub sprites
- Mod kit - Added blender template for creating hair models
13/09/22 1.9.1 Content and Technical Update
- New course, Moulin Plage.
- New cascaded shadow maps which mean ‘high’ quality setting shadows are drawn for greater distances
- Shadow quality ‘high’ setting now also increases the resolution of shadow maps
- The game no longer needs to be restarted to apply shadow quality settings
- Fixed distorting shadow maps for wind-affected treesets
- Fixed rendering intro video and post process effects on AMD cards (thanks Bunni_Butt for pointing this out)
- Fixed a crash which could happen if no audio renderer was available
- New post process: cinematic
- Custom courses can now be hidden when hosting a new game
- Course editor now has button to show exported files in the current platform’s file system browser
- Modkit: terrain material presets have been added which can be loaded by the model converter.
- Modkit: placeholder Blender file has been updated with new prop models
- Modkit: grass colour/tint properties are now part of the shrub file definition.
19/08/22 1.8.0 Content Update
- Fix banding in noise shader for drone camera
- Fix crowd being unnecessarily disappointed
- Fix being able to accidentally activate the connect button multiple times
- New Achievement: Big Putts
- New Achievement: Golfin’ Dolphin
- New Achievement: Grand Tour
- New Achievement: Grand Designs
- New stat, number of sand traps hit
- New stat, number of water traps hit
- New Course - Dackel’s Run, Beneslavia
- Increased aim angle on putting courses
- Flag is now raised based on ball proximity as well as camera proximity
- All new tree rendering and updated tree artwork
- Tree quality selectable from options menu, including ‘classic’ trees
- Options menu attempts to deduce connected PS controllers and updates graphics accordingly
- Shadow quality has been added to options menu
- Improved menu performance on macOS
- Lobby now asks to confirm when quitting as host
- Selecting the number of holes to play is now a lobby game rule
- Guests now automatically unready themselves if a host selects an unavailable course in the lobby
- Guests are prevented from readying up in the lobby if the selected course isn’t available
- Updated main menu layout for better access to clubhouse
- New unlockable course creator, available after achieving Grand Tour
- Added console command to enable logging of benchmarks
- Mod Kit:Tree editor now available from console by typing tree_ed
- Mod Kit: Wind colour palette has been added
10/07/22 1.7.0 Content Update
- Fix bystander camera from clipping into the ground
- Fix missing sky box in tutorial
- Fix accidentally being able to set CPU players in tutorial
- Winner of the previous hole now gets the honour of first tee (thanks mikekelly for the suggestion)
- Add option of Gimme radius to game rules (thanks to JS for the suggestion)
- New achievement - Hole in one million
- New achievement - Gimme Five
- New achievement - Gimme Ten
- New achievement - Day Job
- Stats for tracking number of gimmies taken
- Stats for tracking time played on a course
- New platinum trophy - for those ‘extra special’ achievements.
- Birds now flee the scrub when hit by a stray ball
- Add crowd reaction to near miss
- Add wandering crowd and animated props
- Add game rule description to lobby menu
- Add newsfeed from itchio
- Added option to display distances in yards/feet (thanks JS for the suggestion)
- Minimap now adjusts zoom to best fit the current hole
- Putting grid transparency now adjustable in the options menu
- Putting courses have a 6 stroke limit instead of 12
- New putting course ‘Terdiman Cliffs’
- New Ball - Rubber Duckie
- Add announcer voice over to billiards games
- Add snooker to the club house
- Mod kit: add exporting paths for props and crowds to follow from Blender
- Mod kit: add exporting Blender speakers as audio sources
- Mod kit: allow storing multiple sets of pin/tee data in Blender file and exporting only selected
- Mod kit: Blender export warns if tee/pin data was missing
- Mod kit: Model converter now supports animated textures
15/06/22 1.6.1 Bugfix
- Fix not being able to launch the driving range on macOS (thanks to mikekelly for the feedback)
09/06/22 1.6.0 Content Update
- 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 to 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
08/05/22 1.5.0 Content Update
- 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
19/03/22 Version 1.4.1 Bug Fix
- Fix z-order of drawables on the options menu
15/03/2022 Version 1.4.0 - Update
- 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 (removed 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
03/02/2022 Version 1.3.0 - Update
- New Pitch n Putt course - Old Stemmer’s Lane
- Shoulder buttons now cycle options menu tab
- Options menu now has tool tips
- Options menu allows disabling pixel scaling
- Added sound effects to tutorial
- Unlock mouse cursor on mouse move in tutorial
- Mouse click applies current text edit in main menu
- Minimap now has direction indicator
- Avatars are now 3D models
- Avatar shadows are now shadow mapped
- Avatar preview now includes audio
- Avatars can now have custom hair
- Reeds are spawned at the edge of water features
- Fix missing player menu if window was resized while editing an avatar
- Fix resetting player list if host quits the lobby then creates a new one
- Fix crash if failing to load hole data
03/01/2022 Version 1.2.0 - Content Update
- Add custom player avatars, both sprites and sound
- New course: Sunny Cove, Weald & Hedgeways
- Remastered existing course
- Driving range - practice your long shots
- Improved wind speed indicator
- New ball: Wings
- Audioscape is now part of the course data
- Models now fade when close to the camera
- Player is now reflected in the water
- Fix the NaN bug in ball system (for real this time!)
- Fix crash when course has between 9 and 18 holes
- Fix crash trying to load a course with models that were missing
- Fix switching screen resolutions on macOS
- Fix loading config files stored in Application Support on macOS
20/11/2021 Version 1.1.0 - Update
- Updated collision engine to 3D physics
- Removed need for explicit normal maps for map data
- Fixed player sprite placement during certain camera switching scenarios
- Fixed itch.io launcher trying to run the VC Redist installer instead of the game
- Updated slope indicator when putting
- Improved animation during hole transition
- More balls
- Allow setting custom post process effects
- Announcer voice is now on their own mixer channel
- Updated mod kit to new hole format
- Client version is now checked by server
22/10/2021 Version 1.0.1 - Bug Fixes
- Fixed crash when tabbing to audio menu in console when v-sync disabled
- Prevent camera radii overlapping when updating hole position
- Auto show/hide mouse based on movement
- Add window icon
- Update included VC redist installer
14/10/2021 Version 1.0.0 - Initial release
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $8.99 USD. Your purchase comes with a Steam key. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Patch 1.16.1 Released5 days ago
- Update 1.16.0 Now Available!15 days ago
- 1.16 Progress Update48 days ago
- Update 1.15.378 days ago
- Version 1.15.1 Now available96 days ago
- Version 1.15 Progress Update 2Dec 04, 2023
- Version 1.15 Progress UpdateNov 04, 2023
- Public beta for SteamOS native buildsOct 11, 2023
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Hello, I love your game, the artstyle and the concept!
I would like to mention an issue that I have with running the windows version under wine in linux. When I try to enter the IP-Adress to connect to, as soon as I click the textbox, I cannot enter anything and it doesn't seem to register any keystrokes anymore. Everything else seems to work fine.
Is it possible to connect to a host via console or via startup arguments? If not, I would like to kindly suggest something like this. That would be so fantastic.
Anyway, love your game! Hope either wine gets better to be more compatible or some other way to connect. Cheers
Hey, thanks! Sorry you're having that problem - I have to admit I haven't tested it in Wine for a while. I'll look into adding some console commands for connecting - that's a good idea! You could possibly also try using proton (if you don't mind using Steam) or even try using the Steam version (Steam key is on the download page). I know that works OK because it runs on the Steam Deck. If not, no worries I'll look into updating the linux build. Thanks again!
Thanks so much! <3
Just a quick note, I can confirm the issue on Proton 8.0 and lutris-GE-Proton8-2-x86-64. Not sure about steam.
But not that big a deal, I LOVE the retro-style of the game! Reminds me of my childhood.
No no, thank you! :D I've added the connect command to the console, which will be included in the next update (due out pretty soon). I've also worked on fixing up the linux build, so if I can get the thing to package properly there'll be a native version with the next release too! (Though not the Steam version unfortunately).
Wow! Thank you so much, looking forward! Keep up the great work!
I've included a new linux native build in the 1.14 update - hopefully it works better for you! If not I have a friend helping me out getting a native build running in Steam Runtime which should make a better distributable. Fingers crossed 🤞
Hello! I really like your game, I've been playing it on steam on my windows pc and wish I could also play with my characters on my mac laptop on the go. Any news on when that will come?
If you need some help compiling, I can look into building crogine on my m1 macbook pro and help you compile a version for steam.
Thanks for making such a fun game! Cheers
Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying the game. I appreciate the offer to compile a mac version - but while the game is still in flux (I have plenty of updates planned 😉) collaborating on multiple builds is just too far out of scope. Once a more final version of the game is on the horizon I'll re-evaluate the mac options available.
You can still build the non-steam version from the source on GitHub - though there may be kinks in the mac version. Someone else has also been working on mac builds - perhaps you could collaborate with them? With that you can copy the assets directory from Steam to the app bundle and copy your characters from %appdata%/Trederia/golf/user/profiles/ on Windows to /users/<user>/library/application support/golf/user/profiles (I think, my mac is *very* rusty). It's rather inconvenient, I admit, although there are bound to be some automated solutions out there, even if it's just a shell script 😅
Thanks again for the support, I really appreciate it! 😁
Thanks for the info! I think I'll give building from github a try.
I wish you the best of luck in finishing your game!
Thank you! Feel free to drop a comment on the GitHub issues if there's anything you come up against 😁
Hey I'm looking to get this on the Spring Steam Sale as I primarily game on the Steam Deck, are you going to release the native Linux bianaries on Steam and ensure Steam Deck compatibility moving forward?
That's a definite "maybe" - I want to, but native versions are ridiculously complex to build. I can promise that I'll always test every update on Steam Deck hardware and on Manjaro desktop with Proton though, to make sure it works. Being officially verified is very important to me 😁
Sweet ill get it on steam, love the concept keep it up!
Thank you!
Sorry if this has already been covered somewhere, but is there a way to carry achievements over from the itch version to Steam? I don't think I'm ever gonna get that knock the drone out one ever again.
Hi, I did consider making this possible, but it turned out it would be far too easy for someone to cheat all the achievements on the Steam version by manipulating the user files of the itch version, sorry. The new update is due soon though, and I'm hitting the drone by accident, mostly on the pitch n putt course, more frequently than I'd like 😅 I'm sure it won't be long before you get the achievement again 😁
Wow, so glad I found this game. An absolute beauty!
So many great memories flooding back, like World Class Leaderboard, PGA Tour 1 and 2, VR Golf 99 (Think it was also called Actua Golf) and Links. Love the vibe, the colors, the scenery and little things like the drone, planes, leaderboard, scenery, boats etc... Adds some nice atmosphere.
As a lifelong golfer and player of golf games, I'd like to add just a few suggestions if you don't mind.
- A few different swing animations, like a 3/4 swing, 1/2 and a 1/4 swing. A full swing from just off the green looks very bizarre and off.
- A button to pull up the scoreboard at any time (or add it to esc menu)
- More outfit combos, customize options (eg: pants for a male golfer)
- An explanation of power for shots. Almost all my shots seem like they don't go as far as they should after doing the power meter math. Or does the rough affect power, and does the sand affect power or accuracy?
- Landing in some of the rough seems playable, but you get an automatic penalty stroke. The extreme stuff I get, but you can play out of many kinds of rough really with strategic decisions.
- Why the restriction in moving left and right for shot direction? I feel you should be able to shoot in any direction you choose.
- Hoping steam release will have a full club selection? And did you fix auto club selection? It's awkward and a pain to switch clubs every single shot. And maybe with experience and good play, your yardages become farther for driver etc. Would add repeat playability to improve your player's skill and club power etc.
- Green size, shape variety and adding a fringe. They look like they are just plopped in a sea of dark green usually. A few outer rings of fringe or small amounts of fairway / lighter green brought around would be visually more appealing.
- Tournaments (even against a large field of computer opponents), Career or season mode, more elaborate breakdown of your stats etc.
- Scoreboard between holes flashes too quickly. Make that an x button click thru when ready. Also remove the zeroes from unplayed holes, makes it really confusing to figure out where you are on the scorecard.
- Your overall score on the scorecard and main playing screen at all times would be nice too. (-2 or +12 or whatever) Maybe beside name of player
- Could it always be in yards and not feet on the green. 3.55 yards etc. Or put the feet of the putters max in feet (not yards) too. Weird trying to convert yards to feet on the green.
- On one green (9th hole and 13th hole at Westing Links ) I was 8 yards away on green. Putter goes 7 yards. So technically, it can't even reach the hole?
- 11 yards away ( on fairway - Use wedge that can go 32 yards. I'm 11 yards away. 50% should easily get me there. Side wind. I go about 60% and still end up 11 ft short. Accurate second click too. Doesn't add up and is the only frustrating part of the game.
- Get rid of the cry sound effect (like nails on a chalkboard to me lol) Maybe a grumble or cartoon swearing (ala Home Alone)
- Computer opponents take too long
- Press x to skip the brown pop-up score after draining the ball. Skip when you're up (with brown box again) to speed up play if you prefer to go faster.
Anyways hope that doesn't sound critical. This is a fantastic start and progress in a truly enjoyable game. Excited to see it grow.
Will be buying day 1!
Hi! Thank you, I'm glad you like it.
Thanks for the detailed feedback, this is the kind of information I thrive on. You're not the first to raise a few of these points, so I'd like to reassure you that many of them have already been addressed and updated for the next release. You do bring up some new points however, so I'll make sure to look into them. Just to clarify:
I agree about the animations - however as a solo dev I'm limited to whichever stock animations I can obtain. I agree entirely about the slightly jarring impact of hitting a ball apparently full pelt and having it drop only a few yards. Unfortunately it's not something I can foreseeably do anything about, although if I find a way I will 😁
The scoreboard can be viewed at any time by holding Tab or Back on the controller. It's missing from the Options graphic, but I'll make sure to add it.
Increased avatar customisation will come later. I'm hoping to add it as a Steam workshop item, so people will be able to add their own, increasing the variety available.
The current release here on itch has slightly broken power values for shots. It also doesn't select a good default club. This has been completely re-done for the next update so that the power bar more intuitively represents a percentage of the club's power. The terrain does affect the shot, I've uploaded a guide to the Steam page which explains how it works - although it's more applicable to the upcoming release rather than the current one. You can read it here.
The restriction on left/right aiming is apparently a much debated topic! There are those who say, justifiably, that in real golf you could hit the ball anywhere you like - however others say that in real golf you wouldn't say 'well the hole is over those trees so I'll just hit it that way' because you don't (or maybe you do?) have a mini map which tells you where the hole lies... so it's a difficult topic to balance. In the upcoming version the direction is still limited, however the angle is much wider. It's also possible to deliberately hook or slice the ball for a further increase in angle if that's a tactic you'd like to employ. It probably sounds a bit weird, I know, but as I get more feedback I'll certainly try to refine it.
The club range is designed to try and best fit the game, rather than reflect an actual set of golf clubs. Similarly to the par values - for instance there are no par 5s simply because the game engine isn't capable of making holes that big. The included range of clubs are enough to play the game tactically enough that it's competitive, without overwhelming players who aren't well experienced with golf. The auto selection is fixed for the next release, and I have vague notions of a 'shop' which allow you to buy different clubs based on experience, although there's no solid plan for that yet. Perhaps based on your and other player's feedback I can refine that idea in the future.
I agree the greens could use some work, if at least visually. It already irks me that many of them have stripes which don't go in the same direction as the fairway 😅. I've worked to refine them for the next update (and the update after that which is already being worked on!) so I'll take this under consideration, particularly the transition from fairway to green.
Tournaments and other gameplay modes have been on my list for a long time, but have not been implemented for weird technical reasons involving the layout of the lobby menu 🙄 This will first be addressed as I redesign it to allow for custom courses and course thumbnails to preview the selected course, at which point I hope to add extended gameplay modes as part of the game rule selection that currently covers matchplay/skins/gimme rules etc.
I could possibly make the scoreboard show a little longer, although as I mentioned you can view it at any time with tab / back button. The problem is that in multiplayer games online if someone refuses to acknowledge the scores it holds up the entire game. I'll spend some time trying to find a better solution to this. I'll definitely remove the zeros from unplayed holes - it won't be in the initial Steam release, but certainly in the first update afterwards.
Showing your own score at all time would be nice. I'll try to add this.
Imperial measurements are not what I'm used to, so I have to apologise for any inconsistencies. I'll make sure the putter values and the green values at least match up, and stick with yards rather than feet.
Again, as mentioned, the overall power/aim/distance of clubs have been overhauled, hopefully for the better 😄. It's one of the things I've worked hardest on improving.
The sound effects are, as a solo developer, what I can get my hands on 😁. The voices do vary between avatars, although you can always turn down the voice effects from the options menu (scroll through the selection at the top of the first page, it lets you set the volume for different groups of sounds) - or failing that just delete the sound file from the assets directory. It won' t break the game 😁
Computer opponents are completely rewritten for the next update. Without getting technical you'll just have to take my word that they're a lot better - although there is a brief overview here.
Thanks for taking the time to provide the feedback! I'm glad you're enjoying what you've played so far. The Steam release / next update is by no means the last, and I try to take in everyone's opinion and balance them as best I can. I hope you enjoy it once it's released!
Hello! First off--this is absolutely one of the best golf games I've ever played. I was wondering if there's some central place that folks making custom courses use as a repository, because I'd love to see what folks are making! Is there anything like that, or nah?
Hi! Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying it! As far as I'm aware there is currently nowhere dedicated to sharing content, however I am planning a post-release update for the Steam version to add workshop support for custom courses and custom balls 😁
Oh hell yeah, super stoked to hear you're gonna do workshop support, that's gonna rule!! Thanks!
Hello! Seasoned golf-video-game fan here :3
I've put about 4 hours into the game over the last couple days with my partners, and there's a couple inconsistencies and quirks I've noticed with the game that I think could be improved!
1. The power gauge is pretty odd with how it determines distance. The gap wedge for example, lists itself as 32yd. Hitting a half-shot with that club should go around 16yd, but even with tailwind behind the player, I can never get it to go more than 10yd, and this is pretty consistent with the rest of the clubs in the bag, besides the putter. I think the game could be tons easier to get a feel for if the power gauge could read more accurately :]
2. I'm not a huge fan of the wind changing with every shot, primarily in multiplayer; My tee shot could have 1.9 knots of wind going straight forward, and hit the green in one, but then the next person to tee off could have 1.5 knots going straight backwards, and be 30yd away from the green still. I like the concept, especially if it were a challenge mode! But as a general balance-focused feature, I think wind should keep to one speed and one general direction per hole :]
3. On every shot, the game sets your default club to the driver. This is definitely not as big of an issue once you get it in your head that you have to switch every shot, but I think it'd be nice to have the game auto-set your club based on distance left (i.e, you have 60yd left and automatically sets you up to have the pitching wedge equipped, which is the closest club to that distance, while still being over the target as to not go full power and not have the distance to make the shot).
4. In other golf games I've played; when putting, and you're close enough to the cup where the caddy doesn't have to tend the flag (or in this case, the flag isn't in the cup), there'll usually be a small indicator above the hole to remind you where the hole is. This would be a great addition to this game, as sometimes the hole will either be camouflaged into the slope grid, or the pixelation will cause it to completely disappear at times. Perhaps a small, bouncing red arrow above the cup would be great, as it'd be a lot easier to tell where you're supposed to be aimed at all times!
Overall, this game's super fun and it's one of the only full course golf games out there that I can readily just hop on and play with friends and family. Most other games I find on Steam are either mini-golf, or cost an arm and a leg. I love this concept and it's executed really well!! Thank you for the constant updates and I hope these wouldn't be too hard to implement! Unfortunately I'm not too familiar with all that goes into game deving, so I hope I'm not asking too too much from you! Thank you for your time and for the very cool game :3
heather
Hi! Thank you for the detailed post - I really appreciate feedback like this as it helps me to dial in the game. To address your points:
If you'd like to track the progress of the updates follow me on Twitter, as I post most often there. Thanks again for the feedback, it really is the people who share their thoughts who help steer and fine-tune the game. I'm glad you're enjoying it! By the way, if you haven't already, check out Tee Time Golf on Steam. There's no affiliation, I just think it's one of the better full-sized golf games available 😁
Hey again! I dunno if this is an issue on my end or not, but whenever I open the game, it doesn't seem to save my resolution? It always kicks me back into 480p and I have to manually reset it back to 1440p! Also- I wanted to mention the idea of putting borderless fullscreen into the game's video settings? I've been having to use Borderless Gaming on Steam to get it to work, and I'd love for it to be built straight in!
Excited to hear back once again!
heather
Hey! Sorry you have this problem. You can check to make sure the settings are being saved OK by opening the options menu, then closing it again (this forces the game to save the config file) then press F1 to open the game's console. In the console window there should be a message stating whether or not the file was saved successfully:
You can navigate to this directory to make sure (you may need to enable hidden folders, or use the %appdata% shortcut in windows) and then open cfg.cfg in a text editor. Make sure width, height and window_size are set as appropriate. You can even edit these and try launching the game again - if you accidentally put invalid settings and the game won't launch just delete the file.
If you're able to create a larger window, but the resolution still looks wrong try disabling 'pixel scaling' in the options menu. When this is enabled it takes a 640x480 resolution and stretches it to fill the window creating large retro(ish) pixels. By disabling it you will get the window's native resolution. If your keyboard has a number pad the + and - buttons can be used to toggle pixel scaling at any time, so you can quickly see how it affects the look of the game.
The game's default fullscreen mode is in fact borderless window - there's no fullscreen mode which completely takes control of the display as some other games do. Fullscreen mode will always set the resolution to match your current display. There's also a keyboard shortcut to toggle fullscreen at any time - alt+enter. Hope this helps!
Hello, I really want to play the game but for some reason it won't launch, do I need an emulator or something?
Hi. The game is stand-alone so doesn't require an emulator. Which version do you have (windows, linux, etc)? And which graphics card do you have? Usually if the game doesn't launch it means your GPU doesn't support OpenGL 4.1 or higher, although on linux there may be some missing libraries. On windows if you go to %appdata%/Trederia/golf/ there should be a file called output.log which contains any error messages that may have been printed. On linux running the game from the terminal should print any errors there. If you find any error messages, post them here. Thanks!
Hello! I've heard great things and purchases the game to play with friends. I had a problem right off the bat. Under Options when I clicked to cycle the Terminal Display choices the screen went black. I can still hear the music and mouseover clicks. I tried deleting and re-downloading the files but it's still black. Please let me know how to fix, I'm looking forward to playing!
Hi! Sorry you've had this problem. You can reset the game settings to default by going to c:/users/<username>/AppData/Roaming/Trederia/golf and deleting prefs.cfg. Or if you don't want to reset all settings, open prefs.cfg in a text editor and change use_post_process = true to use_post_process = false.
I was able to fix it by deleting prefs.cfg like you said. Thank you for the quick reply and for a lovely game.
Happy to help, glad you fixed it! Thank you for the kind words and your support 😁
Such a fun game. Been playing for a few months now with friends online, and every match is charged with drama, upsets, and tragedy. We look forward to each new update. I only wish the AI was a little smarter since right now it can't seem to handle the moderate to hard holes very well.
Thank you! I'm glad you've been enjoying it. I shall definitely look into improving the AI in a future update 🤖
Hi, interested to have a look at the 1.8 update, but I'm getting "Error - No course data found" on the main start page. MacOS Monterey, Intel i9.
Whoops! This should be fixed now, if you'd like to try downloading it again. Thanks!
I'm trying to play the game on Ubuntu 22.04 and have the following error:
./vga_golf: error while loading shared libraries: libBulletDynamics.so.3.24: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I see that libBullet3Dynamics.so.3.24 is located on lib folder . What's the problem?
A very good question. Linux is a tricksy thing at the best of times. 😅 The rpath of the binary *should* be set to the lib directory - however you can check it with readelf -d vga_golf which will list all the dependencies and the current rpath of the binary. If the path is incorrect, or I've made a typo you can use chrpath -r lib vga_golf to set it to use the lib directory. For more in-depth information on this approach check out this blog: https://pvigier.github.io/2018/10/07/distributing-c++-program-linux.html
If that doesn't work I have been told that the Windows version of the game works well under proton so that might be worth a try. In the future I'm hoping to create an AppImage for the linux version, but until then this is the best advice I can offer 😥
Don't work for me . I will wait for the AppImage
Hi, love/hate the game (I love golf when I get par, I hate it when I get bogey, them's the breaks). However, I play on the Steam Deck. Game runs amazingly well using the Windows version in Proton, but the local server issue prevents me from playing the game when I'm away from a network. Is there any plans to add an offline mode?
Interesting. Firstly, thanks for letting me know how it works on a steam deck! I don't have access to one so I've not been able to test it (although I'd love to at some point). The local server thing should be fine without a network, at least it is on a regular Windows machine, so I can only assume it's a quirk of proton. There's a version of the game built with manjaro linux available to download (which valve recommend for steam deck development) - does that run at all? I'll definitely be making an effort in the future to make sure the game is fully steam deck compatible so I'll take your feedback into account. Thanks! 😁
Unfortunately not under the normal circumstances. Presumably, Valve's kang of Arch is missing one (or all) of the three dependencies (not sure how well the whole OS would fare without freetype though). I attempted to use the Steam Linux Runtime to no avail (it may require more work to run just any old Linux title).
The game provide the general "Failed to connect to local server" error. I may dig in with Protontricks and see what can be done to get around it in the meantime. I could also probably explore compiling the game in a Flatpak or AppImage, which Valve primarily recommends for running software in desktop mode
Shame. I'd be interested to know if steam deck supports installing packages from pacman (I *really* need to get my hands on one 😅) - although from what I hear it's generally easier to use use proton than it is to get native versions running... The game itself should dump some log files to your user directory if there's an error, although I have no idea where that would be under proton, presumably /home/user/.local/share/ but maybe not if proton handles this differently. If you have access to a keyboard you can also open an in-game console with F1 which ought to have some error messages printed to it. Thanks for all the feedback though, it's most appreciated! I've looked at flatpak in the past but my brain was unable to comprehend the packing process - if you can shed any light on that I (and all the linux users) would be eternally grateful!
Yeah, so to access most of the higher Arch features, you have to unlock the immutable filesystem Valve's put in place, then initialize and populate pacman-keys. Then you can pacman -Sy to get the repos updated. But you've heard right, running Windows software is only 2 steps more with Proton. You still can add the direct EXE to Steam (I have VGA Golf on my SD card), then you make sure you've enabled Steam Play for unsupported titles, and then you can choose a Proton version to run the game in.
With regards to running it in Proton, after enabling Hidden Files, the path of /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/########/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/Trederia/ got me to the config files, no logs in sight.
I tried again with running the Linux build, in terminal, it states "./vga_golf: error while loading shared libraries: libBulletDynamics.so.3.24: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
which is in /libs/Yeah, reading the Flatpak guide makes my head spin a little. Alongside the software (or a .sh file representing the script), you need a runtime which will act as the environment, and then your deps are "bundled" as needed, depending on what your software would demand. The guide for AppImage is a lot easier, it seems you can use CMake as normal, change a few options e.g., rename to AppDir, explicitly define CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr, and then use linuxdeploy to wrap it up into an AppImage. It may just work with the release you have. I'll power on my desktop and try it.
EDIT: My desktop runs Linux Mint and the highest version of libbullet right now in Ubuntu repos is 3.06, so I would have to compile 3.24 to even think of running VGA Golf. This is before even packaging it into an AppImage.
OK So I guess for now I'll stick with trying to get the windows version working with proton. It could be as simple as using 127.0.0.1 internally as the loopback address instead of 255.255.255.255, which is currently hard coded, so I'll try once I get set up. I'll have to see about installing proton on my desktop (although I'm by no means a linux expert, so adventures ahoy!) 😅 Thanks for digging out the user path, I had a feeling proton was going to do something like that when emulating the user dir of a windows system, so that's useful to know.
I did modify the rpath of the linux bin to point to the included lib folder, specifically because libraries like bullet are so varied between distros, but the fact that arch/ubuntu-debian are so different that it doesn't work doesn't surprise me all that much. It's a shame that linux distros are just so fragmented - it puts me off spending more time with the platform.
AppImage looks promising, especially if I can hook it up to the cmake script. I've still got a big chunk of work to do to get the next update to VGA Golf done, but after that I shall definitely be looking into this more. Oh, and you didn't hear it here, but there may be a chance of the game coming to steam in the future 😉 Potentially this could make things a little simpler when running on steam deck, if only because it'll be ported to Valve's networking libraries.
Thanks again for the help and feedback, it's really appreciated!
ebautifull game really
Thank you 😁
Hello! I recently got into golf and wanted to play this game because it looked super cool. I booted up the game and was met with 2-5 fps :(. I tried going into options to change the graphics but was met with a crash. I'm running this on 12.4 MacOS Monteray 2017 Macbook and was wondering if there is any way to open options and optimize my setup. I also tried playing the tutorial, and was met with 2-5 fps again. Thanks!
Hi! Sorry you've had problems, I've been having real difficulty getting golf to run well on a mac unfortunately. If you are using an M1 mac then game won't run too well on Rosetta, and I don't have a newer mac capable of creating a Universal binary (not yet anyway). If you are using an intel mac, there is a bug with intel graphics cards that causes a crash, particularly in the options menu. As it's a driver problem it's up to Apple to fix it, but again unfortunately, they're unlikely to fix/update older software. There is an alternative options menu which you can open by pressing F1 at any time, perhaps that will help - usually turning off post processing gives a good performance boost. If that doesn't help I can add an option to disable shadows - but that won't get added until the next update comes out. One last thing you can try is after a crash click on the button that says 'Report' and then from the new window copy paste the text between 'Thread 0 crashed' and 'Thread 1'. Paste it here and it should at least tell me if the crash is related to the intel bug, or if it is a new one I might be able to fix.
Sorry I can't be more help! 😢
Great update!! Love the attention to detail. And the CPU player option.
I'm getting a hard crash when I try to go to the practice range. Mac 10.15.7
A few other thoughts:
- No par 5s? Or did I miss them.
- Why limit the club selection on par 3s? I often don't have enough power to reach.
- A small quibble, the player with the lowest score on a hole should be the first to tee off on the next hole (they have the 'honour').
Keep up the good work!
Thanks! re: the crash - does your mac have an intel GPU? I've noticed on my HD4000 (mac mini) that there's a very specific bug which causes the game to crash when it tries to display tool tips. I've had people test it on other mac hardware without problems, so I think it's a niche Apple aren't going to fix (they're trying to steer everyone towards using their proprietry graphics APIs, and would rather sell you a new mac than fix an old one 🙄) which is unfortunate. Best I can do is isolate tool tips in the next update and, as ridiculous as it sounds, ask people to navigate menus by keyboard (or controller) rather than mouse for now - sorry!😅 To address your other points:
Thanks for all the feedback, I really appreciate it. It's what keeps me motivated and the game improving!
Thanks! Yes it's an old imac with an i7 processor. I tried just now using the keyboard and it still crashed. Also I didn't experience the crash with previous versions. Just let me know if you want me to do any further tests.
Oh, hum. Sounds like you've found a new bug 😥 If you could tell me exactly the steps you do to cause it to crash, that would be awesome, so I can try and reproduce it myself. Also, if it's possible, if there's a message which says 'vga_golf quit unexpectedly', could you click on the button that says 'Report' and then from the new window copy paste the text between 'Thread 0 crashed' and 'Thread 1' and send it to me? You should be able to paste it here. I'd really appreciate it, thanks! 😁 (You don't need to send it to Apple, I doubt they'd do much lol)
Oops I read CPU, not GPU. The video card in this thing is a GeForce GTX 680MX
The steps to reproduce are just to run the programme then select Practice and then Driving Range with the keyboard. The game shuts down at that point. Here's the error report:
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_platform.dylib 0x00007fff73bfce52 _platform_strlen + 18
1 libcrogine.dylib 0x000000010bac7869 cro::ConfigObject::loadFromFile(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&, bool) + 713
2 vga_golf 0x000000010b65fa5a DrivingState::createScene() + 9242
3 libcrogine.dylib 0x000000010baf8f45 cro::Window::loadResources(std::__1::function<void ()> const&) + 149
4 vga_golf 0x000000010b65476b DrivingState::DrivingState(cro::StateStack&, cro::State::Context, SharedStateData&) + 2187
5 vga_golf 0x000000010b5b2ab7 std::__1::__function::__func<void cro::StateStack::registerState<DrivingState, SharedStateData&>(int, SharedStateData&)::'lambda'(), std::__1::allocator<void cro::StateStack::registerState<DrivingState, SharedStateData&>(int, SharedStateData&)::'lambda'()>, std::__1::unique_ptr<cro::State, std::__1::default_delete<cro::State> > ()>::operator()() + 71
6 libcrogine.dylib 0x000000010badac80 cro::StateStack::applyPendingChanges() + 944
7 libcrogine.dylib 0x000000010bada898 cro::StateStack::simulate(float) + 24
8 vga_golf 0x000000010b5aa7e6 GolfGame::simulate(float) + 118
9 libcrogine.dylib 0x000000010bac0aa3 cro::App::run() + 1587
10 vga_golf 0x000000010b84d471 main + 49
11 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff73a02cc9 start + 1
Thread 1:: SDLTimer
Awesome, thanks. This looks unrelated to the other crash, in fact I'm pretty sure I know what this is, and it should be an easy fix. FWIW the other crash happens if you hover the mouse over an option in the option menu, or over the Add Player icon - it *should* have a little tool tip/bit of text which tells you what the option does, but on intel graphics cards it just crashes 😥 This crash on the other hand is just me being forgetful (not setting the file path correctly to load something on the driving range) 😳 Thanks again for the help, I'll have an update uploaded ASAP!
I've uploaded version 1.6.1 which should fix this now, thanks!
The game seems to quit immediately when I open it :/ . (I installed it using the itch launcher)
Which platform are you on? Linux builds have only been tested on Arch/Manjaro specifically and require SDL2, FreeType and bullet to be installed. On Windows make sure you have the latest VC_redist.x64 installed. If you launch the game from a command line are there any errors printed?
I'm on windows and I've run the VC redist installer and restarted my computer as prompted. No errors were printed when I tried to launch the game from a command line. Still quit immediately.
P.S. A window named "crogine game" was opened briefly though. The icon of the window started with a golf ball then to what looks like the crogine game logo.
Sounds like it's starting but running into one of a couple of possible issues. It may not be able to start up the graphics mode required (opengl 4.1) - this can sometimes happens with on-board intel GPUs, or mobile GPUs if you're on a laptop. The only potential fix for this is checking to see if there are any updated drivers. It may also be having trouble reading or writing the file system - preferences are stored in %appdata%/Trederia/golf which should be fine for the current user. Game assets are stored in the assets folder along side the executable so you might need to check the current user has permissions to use the install directory (you can test this by seeing if the game runs with administrator permission). There might also be a text file named output.log next to the executable which stores some error messages - although this won't exist if the game exits before it can write to the file.
It doesn't work with administrator permissions and I'm using an on-board intel GPU :|. My drivers are probably relatively outdated though.
P.S. Purcitop Garden works fine
That could be the problem then. Purcitop Garden uses an older version of opengl (2.1) for compatibility, but VGA Golf uses a newer version. Sorry about that :/
You're doing a great job with this game!
Thank you! I have on occasion wondered if some of the changes have damaged the aesthetic in some way, but the feedback is pretty much all positive so far! I still have plenty more ideas in mind too, so update 1.4 is well under way 😁
Great to hear!
I've been having a blast with this for the past couple of days. I wish clubs had a bit more variety in power (particularly the putter, since some full power shots barely get close to the hole for me!), but that hasn't stopped it from being great fun.
Course editor's looking amazing as well. Was looking at the mod kit/Blender template for course creation, but I can gladly wait for that. Thank you for an awesome golf game.
I'm glad you're enjoying it! 😁 I agree about the club variety - in fact I added another wedge in the 1.3 update to improve the playability of the pitch 'n' putt course. Putting is due an overhaul, including a practice area (not unlike the the driving range), although it will likely get pushed back to the update after the editor is done, probably 1.5. Hopefully at that point it will enable some mini-golf style putting courses too. Thank you for the kind words and constructive feedback, which motivate me to keep working on the game!
Just to let you know, when you try to run this through the Itch launcher, it thinks that the Visual Studio installer is the main executable
Oh! OK, I hadn't tried the launcher, thanks for letting me know :D
You've captured the early DOS game feeling pretty well.
Even the font is the same that many PC/Amiga games used back then :D
Also, love the color palette.
Thanks! The font is actually called IBM-CGA and is from this site: https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/
The colour palette is called colordome-32 which I discovered on lospec.com. Not a genuine DOS palette, but I think it's nice :D
Thanks for the links!
Well, there's no such thing as a genuine DOS palette since most games had their unique palettes but it conveys the these games look very well!
Very fun game that really felt like the golf games of old. Heres a small gameplay video to show you how to "not" play golf. Can't wait to see what you work on next!
Thanks! Glad you like it :)
Seems pretty neat, but it asks me to install a version of Visual Studio I already have. When it can't install it, it won't open. Any advice?
Hi, as far as I can make out it's to do with microsoft giving their vc redist installer the same name for each new release - even though the versions they install are different. Try downloading the latest version from their site, rather than the one included in the zip file: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist If it works let me know and I'll update the download, thanks!
Wow! You really captured the DOS vibe here! Can you tell me how you did the music? Sounds like AdLib Gold. Nice work, mate! Thank you!
Hi! Thanks for the comment! The music is made with the ADLPlug VST which uses the MAME emulation core of the OPL chip used in adlib soundcards / the sega megadrive etc. It's a free download from here: https://github.com/jpcima/ADLplug
Wow! This is gold! I have no idea how to turn it into a VST, tho (I'm a music composer, not a coder). I won't bother you with it, you've been kind enough already. Thank you so much!
No problem! There are direct downloads of the VST here: https://github.com/jpcima/ADLplug/releases/tag/v1.0.2
You are an angel. <3 Thank you so much!
You're welcome!