tl;dr version

• 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

Details

This update is predominantly a content update, although there are a few bug fixes and quality of life improvements too. The new content features 18 holes which make up a new course 'Sunny Cove, Weald & Hedgeways' bringing the total course count to two. The existing course has also been given a makeover with improved models, updated scenery and is now named "Westington Links, Isle of Pendale". There is also a driving range now available, where you can practice your long shots with a series of targets, and VGA Golf will track your stats and show you your best score. This is available from the Practice option of the main menu, where the Tutorial now also resides. There is also a new ball for players to use named 'Wings'.

Modding support has been updated, it's now possible to add your own custom avatars to the game, including per-avatar speech/audio. For more details on creating an avatars see the updated mod_kit download, or the github repository. Audioscapes have also been added as a property to course files, so custom courses can now also choose their own audio.

Quality of life improvements include an updated wind speed indicator so it is easier to visually judge changes in wind speed, as well as help make the indicator stand out from the background for colourblind players. Prop models will now fade when they are close to the camera, to help prevent obscuring the view when the ball is near a prop object. Water reflections have been updated, and player reflections have been added for better immersion (pun sort of intended 😉)

Fixes include finally fixing the long distance bug which has proven so far to be elusive. No longer shall your ball suddenly travel a million miles into oblivion... Several mac specific bugs have also been fixed, allowing for a new macOS download. Currently only Intel builds are available, as yet untested with Rosetta. If I ever gain access to an M1 mac this will probably be updated.

Hopefully you enjoy the update, as always please be sure to leave any feedback. I do have plans for the 1.3.0 update in the future, as well as more tutorials for modding the game. There's no timescale on either of these, however, so stay tuned/follow this page to be notified of updates. You can also follow @TrederiaGames on Twitter.

Thank you for all your support, and thanks for playing!