Version Number: 1.2.0-582
"Flashing Effects" setting in General Tab of the Settings Menu has been replaced by two separate settings, both of which will inherit the value previous set for the "Flashing Effects" setting:
“Explosion Flashes”: affecting impact frames appearing when viewing or being near explosions. This setting behaves exactly the same as the removed “Flashing Effects” setting used to
“Camera Flashes”: only affecting the new Flash Camera item
1) Content & Gameplay Additions
New 9-hole course: City
Added 7 new Forest levels
Added 2 new Desert levels
New mode: Teams
On each hole, the team with the most scoring players will earn a team point. Earn more team points on a course than the opposing team to win!
Players are protected from knockouts and eliminations by teammates. No need to hold back in taking the other team down!
New item: Smoke Bomb
Disappear into the shadows!
New item: Flash Camera
Blind your fellow golfers!
New item: Thunderstorm
Summon a deadly storm!
New item: Railgun
Vaporize your friends!
New item: Jumbo Burger
Terrorize the city!
New level hazard: Traffic
New customization option: shoes!
New customization option: score effects!
Added many new cosmetics
Some unlocked by achievements and some by default
Including a full outfit, club and ball in collaboration with Ironmouse!
Including shoes in collaboration with Crocs!
Added many color variations to existing cosmetics
Added 6 new achievements, each unlocking new cosmetics
2) Changes & Improvements
The rendering pipeline was changed for improved performance and rendering quality
The Freeze Bomb projectile is now shot with greater speed for easier aiming and longer range
Ice platforms created by shooting a Freeze Bomb into water are now longer in size
Players can now be frozen by a Freeze Bomb while protected by a blue or orange knockout immunity shield
Electromagnet shields now protect players from being instantly eliminated by a direct hit with an Orbital Laser, as well as direct hits by the new Thunderstorm and Railgun items. The shield will explode violently instead, and the shielded player will be knocked out
Players will now stop counting down time until recovering from a knockout as long as they have a fire trail due to being hit by a Rocket Driver, making successful hits with Rocket Drivers more effective
Golf club swings can no longer hit planted Landmines, making it possible to swing at a ball that’s on top of a planted Landmine without triggering it (although you’ll still need to sneak up to it to avoid its motion detection!)
Landmines will now play warning beeps when players and objects whose motion could cause the landmines to explode are nearby and moving fast enough, to better communicate their motion detection mechanic and its range
The Air Horn will now cause almost all items held by other players to be used involuntarily, even if they aren’t being aimed, and will also cause Golf Cart drivers to honk
Rockets and Freeze Bombs can now be detonated mid-air if shot directly or caught in an explosion
Slightly increased the accuracy of the Elephant Gun
It is no longer possible to target an empty golf cart with a homing shot or Rocket Launcher, as well as golf carts containing only teammates (when playing in the new Teams mode) and/or invisible opponents (using the new Smoke Bomb item)
Drowning will now be cancelled if the drowning player gets knocked out of the water before a respawn is initiated
The preview on the swing power bar now displays wooden bridges
Mobility item boxes now contain only Spring Boots and Rocket Drivers, so they will always allow the player to make a leap
Rebalanced all default item probabilities, mainly to increase variety when in the lead while still keeping more powerful and disruptive items rare
An info feed message will now be displayed whenever an Air Horn causes a player to involuntarily swing or use an item
A unique info feed icon will now be displayed when a player is hit by a Freeze Bomb that’s been reflected by an Electromagnet shield
Landmines armed by a player hitting them with a golf club or item will now be owned by the hitting player for the purposes of knockout credit, as well as team allegiance in the new Teams mode
Players who finish a hole now lose any knockout immunity shields they had and cannot gain new ones for the remaining duration of the hole to reduce visual noise (and because knockouts are funny)
Level tweaks:
Added a checkpoint near start of Terraces
Adjusted terrain materials on Vertigo to reduce the risk of balls bouncing out of the playable area
Added a field of view slider to the Graphics tab of the Settings menu
Added a separate ambience volume slider to the Audio tab of the Settings menu
The duration of blue shields (which are provided when recovering from a knockout or when respawning) is now tweakable in the Rules tab of the Match Setup menu
The active and inactive hole lists in the Courses tab of the Match Setup menu can now be scrolled while dragging holes
Added an option in the General tab of the Settings menu to hide the in-game voice chat indicators that appear on the right side of the screen
You can now click your own entry in the Match Setup menu with a mouse to quickly move to and from spectators (and between teams in the new Teams mode), similarly to how controller input already works
Added a tooltip to the microphone input mode setting in the Audio tab of the Settings screen that displays the key assigned to the “Push to Talk” input if either the “Push to talk” or “Push to toggle” options are selected
Improved some button prompt icons to make them clearer and more concise
The hole names displayed at the beginning of every hole are now unique to each course and animated
Polished the reticles of all items that can be aimed
The item probability section of the Rules tab in the Match Setup menu has been redesigned for better clarity
The emote radial menu has been given a facelift
Reduced the time it takes for tooltips to appear when hovering over menu options while using a controller
Adjusted the lobby browser and pause menu to display lobbies’ mode (Free-for-all or Teams)
The customization shop menu on the Driving Range has been updated to fit the added categories, as well as more custom presets
Players who are in spectator mode on the Driving Range will now have a spectator icon next to their name on the scoreboard, to better indicate they will not be participating in a match if one is started
Added a bullet whizz sound for Dueling Pistol and Elephant Gun shots that barely miss the player
Added a sound effect for the Freeze Bomb flourish animation
Improved water reflection rendering
Added some fake depth to the Driving Range customization shop entrance (to hide our secrets )
The “Frog Legs” achievement now only takes horizontal distance into account
3) Optimization & Fixes
Prevented exploits
Thank you Pasta Lemons for reporting one of them
Fixed non-host players sometimes being disconnected when attempting to exit the customization menu using a controller in a password-protected lobby
Fixed a soft lock occurring under rare circumstances when selecting "Cancel" on the password prompt while attempting to connect to a password-protected lobby
Fixed players being able to deflect balls easily by diving while standing on top of them
Fixed balls hovering over players’ heads after returning from out of bounds not dropping immediately when the player is on a wooden bridge above water or fog
Fixed Freeze Bombs being able to create platforms on water that are mostly or completely underneath terrain, possibly blocking the hole on certain levels
Fixed players respawning frozen if they’re frozen while drowning
Fixed swung landmines sometimes exploding when hitting players with an active Electromagnet shield, rather than bouncing off of it
Fixed landmines exploding if the host stands within their motion detection range and begins walking away from them (at a speed lower than their motion detection speed)
Fixed Landmines getting stuck in the air if planted on Freeze Bomb ice blocks or platforms, once they break or move out of the way
Fixed Landmines getting stuck in the air when planted on golf carts, rather than being rooted to them
Fixed players not colliding with Freeze Bomb ice blocks under certain conditions
Fixed being able to use up a golf cart item without spawning it by spamming the item use input while entering an existing golf cart
Fixed canceling a swing and then releasing the swing charge input on controller triggering an unintentional minimum charge swing
Fixed freezing a player inside a golf cart with the Freeze Bomb not counting as a knockout in the info feed and scoreboard
Fixed freezing an already frozen player with the Freeze Bomb still awarding a speed boost
Fixed freezing a golf cart that’s already frozen with the Freeze bomb still awarding a speed boost for every passenger
Fixed players being able to regain items that they’ve already used up by disconnecting and reconnecting
Fixed player knockouts, dominations and red knockout immunity shields not persisting after they, or the players they dominate, disconnect and reconnect
Fixed players remaining on the scoreboard, pause menu, and Match Setup menu if they disconnect while the host is transitioning between levels
Fixed the cosmetic purchase prompt popping up automatically whenever navigating to unowned cosmetics on controller in the customization menu on the Driving range, rather than only on a button press
Fixed holding the aim input while getting up from a dive causing movement to be very slow until aim input is released
Fixed swinging in the direction opposite the character’s facing direction causing their rotation to overshoot when snapping to the camera’s facing direction
Fixed rotating the camera while still in a swing causing the player to rotate as well, past a certain point in the swing
Fixed Electromagnet shields not being canceled early if the protected player respawns
Fixed matches never ending when the “Countdown” rule is set to 0 seconds
Fixed the “On or Below Par”, “Chip-In”, and “Speedrun” rules being disabled preventing relevant info feed messages from being displayed in matches, rather than only preventing bonus score from being awarded
Fixed frozen players having different physics while in the air as compared to knocked out players. This was mostly noticeable when frozen players would hit jump pads
Fixed players’ connection attempts to password-protected lobbies failing if they’re on the password prompt for the lobby when the lobby host transitions between levels
Fixed the frozen effect on players’ voice not being disabled when they are eliminated due to falling into water or fog while inside a frozen golf cart
Fixed player movement on top of a player or object that’s been frozen by a Freeze Bomb not behaving like ice
Fixed Freeze Bomb projectiles passing through their shooter’s Electromagnet shield rather than bouncing off of it, if they manage to hit themselves
Fixed ongoing item uses (such as Golf Cart and Orbital Laser) not being cancelled when entering the customization shop on the Driving Range
Level fixes:
Fixed areas where the player could get stuck on Catwalk and Hilltops
Fixed an area where the player’s ball could get stuck on Shallows
Fixed some environment objects not having any colliders on Catwalk
Fixed floating environment objects on Lone Island, Catwalk, and the Driving Range
Fixed some item boxes being placed too high off the ground on Downhill and Sandbanks
Fixed the out of bounds ground ending abruptly and too close to the playing area on Vertigo and Serpent Trail
Fixed some exposed terrain seams on Upward
Fixed the green being jagged on Roundabout
Removed an item box that was underneath the terrain on Sand Traps
Fixed the green on Overgrown having a bit of fairway in it
Fixed the different sections of the teeing area on the Driving Range being uneven
Fixed mouse wheel scrolling sometimes being unresponsive in the lobby browser and on the credits screen
Fixed being unable to open the scoreboard during the overview at the beginning of a hole
Fixed a certain section of the cosmetic list in the customization menu not being selectable with a mouse
Fixed being unable to bind the scroll wheel to some actions
Fixed the votekick UI not closing after a vote is finished if the requester or target of the vote have already disconnected
Fixed the votekick window incorrectly enabling votekick inputs for players who auto-voted (the initiator and target of the vote)
Fixed votekicks that are started during the overview at the beginning of a hole not being visible until the tee-off countdown begins
Fixed player icons failing to load under some circumstances
Fixed the Golf Cart item use sounds only being audible for the player using the item
Fixed the Coffee item use sounds playing to completion even if the item use was interrupted
Fixed an animation pop happening immediately after finishing using items
Fixed golf clubs being very briefly animated outside players’ hands in certain edge cases
Fixed players never playing the diving in air animation after hitting the ground during a dive, even if managing to make it off the ground again
Fixed victory dances sometimes cutting off other animations after finishing a hole
Fixed fog not being applied correctly to breakable ice
Fixed the crossed out eyes when knocked out only being displayed for the local player, and not others
Fixed players with the cyclops eye cosmetic displaying two crossed out eyes when knocked out instead of one
Fixed a gap between the pumpkin head cosmetic and the player’s neck
Fixed certain parts of character models not being rendered while still onscreen in some rare cases
Fixed the stroke count at the top left of the screen not being visible when wind is turned off in the match settings
Fixed the score gained on the current hole shown on the scoreboard wrapping to a new line if above 999 (this could only ever happen on the Driving Range)
Fixed the loadout selected in the customization menu not being applied when exiting the menu immediately after selecting it
Fixed selection of the default cosmetic in some categories of the customization menu not being saved when switching between loadouts
Fixed a wrong texture being displayed momentarily in the customization menu preview when selecting the default clothes with a color variation
Fixed cosmetic color variation options sometimes being incorrectly displayed when in the victory dance tab of the customization menu
Fixed dances not being sorted correctly in the customization menu
Fixed wind info not always reappearing for non-host players when the host disables and enables wind
Fixed the “Escalating” wind option in the Rules tab of the Match Setup menu not activating wind on the Driving Range
Fixed the host being unable to change the course preset in the Courses tab of the Match Setup menu if the “Custom” preset is selected, random hole order is enabled, and no holes are present in the active hole list
Fixed the “Number of Holes” slider displaying incorrect values for non-host players in the Courses tab of the Match Setup menu if random hole order is enabled
Fixed some items not fading out correctly when equipped by a player and close to the camera
Fixed text chat messages becoming squished when too many long messages are received at once
Fixed item boxes arbitrarily only dropping the last item in the items list when all probabilities are set to 0% for a category in the Rules tab of the Match Setup menu. Only Coffee will drop in this case now
Removed the unused “Use Item” key binding in the Controls tab of the Settings menu (item use shares the same input as “Swing” binding)
Fixed reflections not being visible on far away water surfaces
Fixed red knockout immunity shields still being visible where a player who had one was eliminated, before they begin respawning
Fixed players reappearing immediately if they score while mid-respawn in a match
Fixed non-host players not having their camera pull back to regular golf cart distance when first entering a golf cart that they spawn from an item
Fixed cosmetic tooltips showing up in the customization menu when hovering with a mouse over cosmetics that are outside of the scroll view
Fixed the bounce pad’s VFX being inconsistently affected by shadows
Fixed players not emitting the speed boost footstep dust puffs when running on most non-terrain objects
Fixed selecting “Cancel” on the password prompt while attempting to connect to a password-protected lobby causing a “Connection failed” message to be shown
Fixed golf cart headlight textures not lighting up when they’re on
Fixed left footstep VFX displaying the right footstep
Fixed the benches in the driving range not receiving shadows
Fixed player names being displayed in white rather than highlighted in the standard green in the info feed message that appears when scoring on the driving range
Fixed the dance preview animation in the customization menu resetting when selecting the victory dance tab while already viewing that category
Make sure to restart steam or verify the integrity of your files in order to see the new update. If you come across any issues or bugs, you can reach out to us on the forums, discord, or sending us a shout to support@brimstone.games
