Season 5 update (please read)

[zzfr33b1rdzz]

Small company gets gobbled up by the bigs.

So is HB going to lose their identity and just be another 2K studio?

Hmmmmm

[lessangster]

I think the big question is what are 2K like in allowing updates, are there frequent updates for the other games they publish.

[thegolfaddict76]

Oct 2, 2018 2:21:51 GMT -5 lessangster said:

I think the big question is what are 2K like in allowing updates, are there frequent updates for the other games they publish.

What reasons would a company have against allowing updates? I'm not saying it in the argumentative sense, I'm not familiar with these things how they work. If there was a block from a partner company i.e 2K that would seem like a terrible business decision. Crazy in fact!!!

[thegolfaddict76]

How about we all email 2K games and moan at them? I think that will do the trick. Let's support our friends at HB STUDIOS.

[sinker]

The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA TOUR will be releasing patch 2 on Thursday, October 4th on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Below includes a new featured course along with patch notes for the release. HB Studios and 2K are also announcing today that the physical disc release will be available in November 2018!



Atlantic Beach Country Club – Host of the 2018 web.com TOUR Championship can be found along the beautiful Florida Coast. The course features 18 holes playing 6,815 yards and is inviting to all levels of player. Come challenge yourself in The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA TOUR, now including an official replication of Atlantic Beach Country Club and the web.com Tour Championship!



General

• Fixed the menu background moving unnecessarily when switching between the main menu and the character editor.

• Added support for viewing the clubs of ghosts from the View Golfer menu.

• Added support for editing local guests directly from the Character Editor button in the main menu, when there are local guests in the user's golf group.

• Added support for local guests to edit and customize their clubs in the character editor, via the Edit Golfer button in the popup when clicking the guest's name in the match setup screen.

• Fixed hangs related to rapidly navigating leader boards.

• Fixed incorrect capping of handicaps.

• Expanded character customization options. Available skin tone options expanded. New licensed clothing added including PGA TOUR and Tattoo Golf Hats.

• Improved stability throughout gameplay and course designer.

Gameplay

• Fixed a framerate hitch that could occur shortly after entering gameplay.

• Fixed the hole cup casting a shadow on the ground.

• Fixed certain cases of terrain shadow flickering on hole 9 of Kipahulu Reserve.

• Fixed the "Club Only" shot suggestion setting not working properly.

• Improved lighting and wind effect on trees.

Societies

• Fixed users not being able to join private online societies.

• Fixed the display of Society Purse payout for first prize.

• Fixed issue of Online Society restrictions carrying over and overwriting the round 2 settings if advancing from the end of round screen.

• Fixed mini leaderboard not showing the users score if they’re outside of the top 5.

• Fixed mini leaderboard between rounds displaying totals for the event.

• Fixed mini leaderboard to properly display the users rank for the round/event.

Career

• Fixed FedExCup Points not being rewarded correctly in the season Championship.

• Users will now play in the final groupings throughout Career and Solo Societies.

Matchmaking/Private Match

• Added Support for Wagers Playlist for users to play Skins matches in matchmaking.

• Fixed awarding of points in points-based skins when there is a carry-over skin from a previous hole.

• Fixed users in a party being split up when playing team based matchmaking games.

• Fixed Skins matches ending when one user quits before the end of the round.

Course Creator

• Fixed entry/exit flows when transitioning between tools.

• Replace incorrect sign icons.

• Updated button callouts to address missing icons.

• Fixed the green grid to refresh when making height edits on a course.

• Fixed alternate surface's secondary options to be correctly based off of the primary surfaces type

• Fixed brush dragging to create a smooth look after generating.

• Fixed scale speeds when toggling between advanced mode and normal mode for objects and brushes.

• Fixed brushes to no longer have their scale reset when entering and exiting brush tools.

• Fixed height brushes to no longer have their height value change when entering and exiting the tools.

• New Course flow sets the values for a theme properly before your first edit. Fixes issues of disappearing water on some themes.

• Fixed the overwriting of course thumbnails with every save.

[rhino4life]

FWIW...ball spin/rough issues i guess will be later.

Hopefully what they did society wise will allow us to fire up the Q.

[lessangster]

Oct 2, 2018 6:37:51 GMT -5 thegolfaddict76 said:

Oct 2, 2018 2:21:51 GMT -5 lessangster said:

I think the big question is what are 2K like in allowing updates, are there frequent updates for the other games they publish.

What reasons would a company have against allowing updates? I'm not saying it in the argumentative sense, I'm not familiar with these things how they work. If there was a block from a partner company i.e 2K that would seem like a terrible business decision. Crazy in fact!!!

Apparently that’s why we only got a few updates when they were with maximum games but I can’t be certain on that

[Deleted]

Oct 2, 2018 10:28:44 GMT -5 rhino4life said:

FWIW...ball spin/rough issues i guess will be later.

Hopefully what they did society wise will allow us to fire up the Q.

Was noted by Shaun that spin would be tweaked server side after the patch hits.

No mention of the rough (lack thereof really).

[thegolfaddict76]

Oct 2, 2018 9:54:18 GMT -5 sinker said:

The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA TOUR will be releasing patch 2 on Thursday, October 4th on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Below includes a new featured course along with patch notes for the release. HB Studios and 2K are also announcing today that the physical disc release will be available in November 2018!



Atlantic Beach Country Club – Host of the 2018 web.com TOUR Championship can be found along the beautiful Florida Coast. The course features 18 holes playing 6,815 yards and is inviting to all levels of player. Come challenge yourself in The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA TOUR, now including an official replication of Atlantic Beach Country Club and the web.com Tour Championship!



General

• Fixed the menu background moving unnecessarily when switching between the main menu and the character editor.

• Added support for viewing the clubs of ghosts from the View Golfer menu.

• Added support for editing local guests directly from the Character Editor button in the main menu, when there are local guests in the user's golf group.

• Added support for local guests to edit and customize their clubs in the character editor, via the Edit Golfer button in the popup when clicking the guest's name in the match setup screen.

• Fixed hangs related to rapidly navigating leader boards.

• Fixed incorrect capping of handicaps.

• Expanded character customization options. Available skin tone options expanded. New licensed clothing added including PGA TOUR and Tattoo Golf Hats.

• Improved stability throughout gameplay and course designer.

Gameplay

• Fixed a framerate hitch that could occur shortly after entering gameplay.

• Fixed the hole cup casting a shadow on the ground.

• Fixed certain cases of terrain shadow flickering on hole 9 of Kipahulu Reserve.

• Fixed the "Club Only" shot suggestion setting not working properly.

• Improved lighting and wind effect on trees.

Societies

• Fixed users not being able to join private online societies.

• Fixed the display of Society Purse payout for first prize.

• Fixed issue of Online Society restrictions carrying over and overwriting the round 2 settings if advancing from the end of round screen.

• Fixed mini leaderboard not showing the users score if they’re outside of the top 5.

• Fixed mini leaderboard between rounds displaying totals for the event.

• Fixed mini leaderboard to properly display the users rank for the round/event.

Career

• Fixed FedExCup Points not being rewarded correctly in the season Championship.

• Users will now play in the final groupings throughout Career and Solo Societies.

Matchmaking/Private Match

• Added Support for Wagers Playlist for users to play Skins matches in matchmaking.

• Fixed awarding of points in points-based skins when there is a carry-over skin from a previous hole.

• Fixed users in a party being split up when playing team based matchmaking games.

• Fixed Skins matches ending when one user quits before the end of the round.

Course Creator

• Fixed entry/exit flows when transitioning between tools.

• Replace incorrect sign icons.

• Updated button callouts to address missing icons.

• Fixed the green grid to refresh when making height edits on a course.

• Fixed alternate surface's secondary options to be correctly based off of the primary surfaces type

• Fixed brush dragging to create a smooth look after generating.

• Fixed scale speeds when toggling between advanced mode and normal mode for objects and brushes.

• Fixed brushes to no longer have their scale reset when entering and exiting brush tools.

• Fixed height brushes to no longer have their height value change when entering and exiting the tools.

• New Course flow sets the values for a theme properly before your first edit. Fixes issues of disappearing water on some themes.

• Fixed the overwriting of course thumbnails with every save.

Wow that's brilliant news. Where does one find this information?

[sinker]

www.hb-studios.com/forum/index.php/topic,26080.0.html

[gdog]

back of the net!

[thegolfaddict76]

A new course too. I'm excited for sure.

[dh-nufc]

What's the issue with the rough?

[lessangster]

Oct 3, 2018 2:57:37 GMT -5 dh-nufc said:

What's the issue with the rough?

It’s less penal than TGC2 HB seem to have gone to far the other way, to me unless your in a plugged lie in the bunker or knee high grass you should be abbot to get 150yds from a good lie in the bunker or just off the fairway which wasn’t always the case in 2
Edit: You could cheese it by fully delofting a LW and get 150 but that’s not really in the spirit of the game.

[martbloke]

Updates server side after the patch drops - below from Craig at HBS:


Let's keep the speculation to a minimum, now that we have things in place and a timeline for the patch. Here's what I can confirm for you, on the gameplay side of things, that wasn't covered in the patch notes - because these changes will be updated via the server after the patch goes live. We're targeting next week for the following gameplay tunings going live:

Trajectories and RPMs increased to align with PGA apex's and spin rates.
Surface penalty tunings to reduce the launch speed and spin rates for light rough, heavy rough, and bunkers. These should play between TGC2 and TGC2019 release values.
Shot shaper distance affects (loss/gain) reduced to a more realistic range.
Accompanying this will be all of the distance charts for base/min/max loft, for all clubs, for all 3 sets. So all the folks who spent the time charting things out already, don't have to do it again.

Now, again, this is the plan. We want to get this to you guys asap, but we also want to make sure it's solid before we do so. It's a significant change so bear with us while we get it right.

Further swing difficulty tuning is something we're waiting on feedback from the new club tunings before we push forward with that aspect of gameplay updates.

We are listening/reading. I'm on here every single day. I just don't engage that often because A) I have limited bandwidth with all the tuning and changes on the go and B) I refuse to promise or commit to something until its a sure thing. I hope you guys can understand that.

I look forward to getting these changes in your hands and hearing all of your feedback