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Changelog - 2021.4.0

• Added new "PolyWorld" course.
  
• Added option for Course Creator Camera Speed and improved camera speed consistency between the different control modes.
  
• Ball now has friction for all objects instead of just greens.
  
• Position snap slider is now on the main toolbar instead of being in a popup window.
  
• Straighten and Keep Straight will now join greens when appropriate.
  

• Fixed various problems involving grouped greens and Duplication and Custom Blueprints.
  
• Fixed selecting a course from "Popular Courses", "New Courses", or "Friends' Courses" breaking if the course existed locally as well.
  
• Fixed incompletable "Environment" tutorial due to a misplaced highlight.
  
• Fixed issues with tutorial hotkeys.
  
• Fixed some green materials becoming broken after loading multiple courses in a row.
  
• Fixed action menu opening when the button is quickly pressed and dragged (such as when quickly rotating the camera).
  
• Fixed box select sometimes selecting objects far behind the camera.
  
• Fixed newly created groups allowing you to change their scale.
  
• Fixed ball not having correct friction on grouped greens with Sand, Ice, or Dirt styles.
  
• Fixed Dreamscape Ruins Brick 05 not having collisions.
  
• Improved course loading to reduce freezing while loading large courses.
  
• Improved ball bouncing out of the hole when going only slightly too fast.
  
• Added fallback for game file storage in the rare event that the Documents folder could not be found.
  

• Disabled collision for the tee mat so the ball doesn't bounce up when rolling over it.
  
• Aim indicators for other online players are now disabled in Blitz mode to avoid cluttering.
  
• Moved "Use Power Up" control binding to "Aiming" category.
  

Changelog - 2021.3.6

• Updated online networking plugin to fix players not being able to connect to lobbies.
  

Changelog - 2021.3.5

• Fixed launching game by joining a friend not working and opening a broken lobby screen.
  
• Fixed cursor being locked and hidden when leaving a lobby after playing a game and returning to the lobby.
  
• Fixed shot and hole timer UI not working correctly.
  
• Fixed errors when a player disconnects mid-game.
  
• Fixed winner text being blurry on game end.
  

Changelog - 2021.3.4

• Fixed course not loading if a hole had no objects or greens in it (except for the tee).
  

Changelog - 2021.3.3

• Added ball graphic to player management in lobby and in game, so you can see the ball color.
  

• Fixed possible errors related to Steam avatars that would cause the lobby to not load.
  
• Fixed potential for power-up indicator to show overlapping power ups.
  
• Fixed issues with duplicating pipes when the entrance and exit are part of different groups.
  
• Fixed some input issues in the lobby.
  
• Fixed possibility for duplicate custom blueprint IDs to cause the game to not load.
  

Changelog - 2021.3.2

• Fixed course banner and hole preview images not being correctly located when publishing a course to the workshop.
  
• Fixed several problems with events. Particularly events for Event Trigger Areas, Pipe Events, Ball Trap Events, and Hazard Events.
  
• Fixed game log file not being copied into the MiniGolf Maker's Documents folder.
  

Quest for the Golden Golf Ball

Hazard Trigger Area

Water Improvements

Object Skins

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Changelog - 2021.3.0

• Added "Quest for the Golden Golf Ball" course.
  
• Added new "Hazard" trigger area.
  
• Added "Skin" feature that allows you to change the textures on parts of certain objects.
  
• Added fire effects to Special category.
  
• Added Birch and Oak tree nature objects.
  
• Added several new Medieval themed objects.
  
• In-game Course Creator tutorials are now complete.
  
• Added a prompt to do tutorials on first entering the Course Creator.
  
• Added hotkeys for tutorial proceed and quit.
  
• Improved tutorials list.
  
• Revamped Course Creator loading and saving to allow saving copies of a course.
  
• Improved camera capabilities in screenshot, hole preview, and generate banner modes.
  
• Updated water for increased performance and better visuals.
  
• Removed Wave Size, Wave Direction, and Reflectivity properties from water since the updated water does not support these currently.
  
• Improved loading screen visuals.
  
• Added selected checkmarks to Environment and Style selection lists.
  
• Improvements to some Course Creator icons.
  
• Objects with behaviors now show icons.
  
• Events now automatically expand when created.
  
• Modified many objects to have more consistent visual styles.
  
• Added a border line in the Course Creator to denote the editable area.
  
• Updated Scoreboard visuals.
  
• Added Graphics option for grass details on terrain.
  

• Fixed Fire power up not always affecting the ball correctly.
  
• Fixed Fire & Ice power ups not de-spawning under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed green style editing in property window not working.
  
• Fixed some errors when deleting a hole.
  
• Fixed music preview toggles not updating their icons correctly.
  
• Fixed various cursor issues.
  
• Groups can no longer be scaled.
  
• Fixes to some inconsistent scaling and positioning of some objects.
  
• Fixed issues with group child lines.
  
• Fixed volume inconsistency with Medieval music.
  
• The Rocket power up is no longer included in the pool for the Random power up.
  
• Fixed walls and greens being black sometimes at 45 degree angles.
  
• Fixed walls on bridged greens being incorrect in some cases.
  
• Fixed unlock aim not working.
  

Changelog - 2021.2.2

• Fixed terrain painting not working correctly (permanent solution).
  
• Fixed grass details appearing when testing in the course creator, but not during normal play.
  

Changelog - 2021.2.1

• Temporary change to fix terrain texture painting not working. You may notice the terrain textures not looking as good as they used to. This is only temporary while I try to solve the larger issue that was introduced in 2021.2.0.
  
• Fixed the "Create Pipe Links" action menu item not working.
  
• Fixed the undo/redo label for changing barrier styles being incorrect.
  
• Fixed the selectable circle for objects with no collisions, such as bushes, having an inconsistent size.
  

Changelog - 2021.2.0

• Added Arcade course, "Arcadia".
  
• Added more Arcade content, including new props, music, and a barrier style.
  
• Added letter and number objects.
  
• Removed "Arcade Interior" sky, this has been replaced with new "Interior Blue", "Interior Orange", and "Interior Gray" skies.
  
• Added ability to place multiple flags in a single hole.
  
• Added "Visibility Options" to hide certain elements in the Course Creator.
  
• Added "Course Loaded" event to holes, so that behaviors can be triggered when the course is loaded.
  
• Added "Trigger Area" behavior for enabling and disabling trigger areas (i.e. Pipes, Events, and Ball Traps)
  
• Added ability to reset behaviors to their default values.
  
• Updated visuals for Pipe, Event, and Ball Trap trigger areas.
  
• Behaviors now run in Screenshot mode and Hole Preview mode.
  
• Improved event labeling in event lists.
  
• Path behavior now uses local position relative to the group the object is in.
  
• Added "Smooth" green style. Looks mostly like a normal green but behaves like ice.
  
• Added undo/redo for switching the active hole.
  
• Added undo/redo for creating and deleting holes.
  
• The action menu now follows the position it was opened at.
  
• Lights now get turned off in the course creator when the hole they are a part of is inactive.
  
• Holes now create their own "Reflection Probes" (in short, reflections and ambient lighting around holes look better)
  
• Added logging to course creator actions to help with debugging.
  
• Upgrade Unity version from 2018.2 to 2021.1 beta.
  

• Fixed water hitbox not updating when changing the sea level.
  
• Fixed power-up items not syncing correctly over the network when placed inside of groups.
  
• Fixed erroneous selection and action menu opening when confirming/cancelling moving objects.
  
• Fixed some issues with moving objects up and down.
  
• Fixed Move To Position behavior sometimes resetting position in the editor.
  
• Fixed some errors caused by event link lines.
  
• Fixed issues with undo/redo for color picking.
  
• Fixed events not duplicating correctly in some circumstances.
  
• Fixed issues with some course creator editor visual effects.
  
• Fixed selection being blocked by objects from inactive holes.
  
• Fixed some camera issues in course creator test mode.
  
• Fixed Visibility behavior not working with groups that have nested behaviors.
  
• Fixed collision issues with Move To Position behavior with a duration of 0, so that "teleporting" objects with behaviors are now possible.
  
• Fixed grouping relationship lines not being cleaned up.
  
• Fixed errors and some crashing when grouping.
  
• Fixed event links not being hidden when a hole is inactive.
  
• Fixed certain green setups causing a freeze when trying to move the green pieces.
  
• Fixed issues when changing transform options while spawning if Advanced Transform is enabled.
  
• Fixed cursor not showing when the shot reset popup opens.
  
• Fixed some sounds not respecting the "SFX Volume" option.
  
• Fixed turn never ending if a ball with the Weight power up enabled stopped near a ball with the Black Hole power up enabled.