Early Access Release v.026

Please continue to feedback to help us to refine and improve. Here are the patch notes for Release v.026:

Any change with a ‘🌊’ icon in front of changes/fixes that have been brought to our attention by fellow players & QA. If you have any suggestions/bugs that you stumble upon, please let us know in the Steam forum.

INFORMATION ABOUT SAVE FILES: _____________________________

Please note, if you have any current or old saved data stored then the ongoing build updates will not necessarily translate accurately to your save files at this point. It's a little hit and miss at the moment - some features will apply to an older save and some will not. In most circumstances, in order for the changes to take effect it may be better to begin a new game and /or save file to ensure that the latest fixes are applied accurately. Apologies for this. We are working on a solution to allow for future updates to apply to save files.

Also please note: swapping for either an Xbox or PlayStation controller will now automatically detects and changes the UI mapping. While you can swap controllers during a live game, please avoid swapping your controller mid game as it can cause problems with the rumble and the pump animations. The detection works well and most consistently when you swap prior to commencing a game. Starting the game with one particular controller is the way to go. Please also note, PS4 controllers can cause issues with some sound cards (we found this out the hard way ourselves!). We used this tutorial to help us fix our local test machine when that happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg9LGSF15K4

MAIN MENU: __________

• FixedFIXEDNavigation highlight failing from The Contender Series back to the main menu - FIXED: Navigation highlight failing during the Tour for events 5-8 or events 9-11

CHARACTER CREATOR _________________

• FixedFIXEDBoards > Customize Rack Surfboards/Decals & Sprays/Deck grip, fix purchase lock and unlock bug - FIXED: Facial hair blends needed to animate again with facial features (e.g. nose and moustache type) - FIXED: Character - If an item was about to be purchased (Wetsuits/Surfboards/Repair Kits/Doctor) another item could be purchased if the user navigated quickly away - FIXED: Lengthen the player name input wihin the character creator from 8 to 11 characters - FIXED: Blend shape problem with female custom character - teeth passing through the top lip and chin for certain blends

UI: ___

‘🌊’ FIXED: Update platform specific terminology 'Triggers' where needed and 'button' where needed ‘🌊’ FIXED: Location select screen features the thicker select outline for all of the locations ‘🌊’ PlayStation Controller Option: UI mapping auto detected for either Xbox or PlayStation controllers - FIXED: Missing Japanese character bio information in the Tour Cutscene - FIXED: Removed 2022 date in the Tide Charts heading within the Tour Cutscene - FIXED: Options > Music Screen > Japanese language needed to be resized - FIXED: R button (stats in Main Menu) Headings needed resizing. Sponsor text needed to be Sentence Case - FIXED: Leaderboard Navigation buttons needed to be re-sized - FIXED: Pause Screen Inventory needed localisation - FIXED: Character Creator Sponsor and Notoriety text needed localisation - FIXED: Character > Boards, last selection has English text 'Sponsor Rewards'for non English settings - FIXED: Character > Boards > Leash text needed localisation - FIXED: Freesurf > Manly > Pause menu > Change Weather, displayed English text 'Loading...' on the left panel - FIXED: Freesurf > Manly > Pause menu, English text in the audio player - FIXED: Character Creator Character Stats text needed localisation - FIXED: Character > Wetsuits > 2 Piece, English text in some non English descriptions - FIXED: Character > Wetsuits > Sponsor > Wetsuit, highlighting any wetsuit will show English text i.e. 'Level 1' - FIXED: Tokyo missing translation for when the surfer is on the Cart - FIXED: Options > Music Screen non English speaking text could not be seen nor toggled on/ off by the user - FIXED: R button (stats in Main Menu) Headings need resizing. Sponsor text needs to be Sentence Case - FIXED: Character > Details, "Regular Foot" and "Goofy" was in English only and needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Face > Skull, selecting Scar' was in English only and needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Face > Freckles, selecting 'Freckles' was in English only and needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Head > Skull, selecting 'Skull' was in English only and needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Head > Ears, selecting 'Ears' was in English only and needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Jaw/Mouth > Mouth, selecting 'Mouth' was in English only and needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Eyes > Eye, selecting 'Eye' was in English only and needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Nose > Nose, selecting 'Nose' was in English only and needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Hair > Eyebrows, selecting 'Eyebrows' was in English only and needed to be localised - FIXED: Leaderboard Navigation buttons needed to be re-sized / spaced on 1 line - FIXED: Leaderboard text need to be re-sized / spaced on 1 line if possible. - FIXED: Options Screen Text – 1 line instead of 2 and correctly localized - FIXED: Challenge > Single Session, start up equipment was in English only and needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Boards > Leash, needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Boards > Leash > Light leash in table, needed to be localised - FIXED: Freesurf > Manly > Pause menu > Change Weather, displays English text 'Loading...' needed to be localised - FIXED: Freesurf > Manly > Pause menu > Equipment > Y button, English needed to be localised - FIXED: Freesurf > Manly > Pause menu, English text in the audio player needed to be localised - FIXED: Character Creator Stats Page Key needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Wetsuits > 2 Piece, some descriptions needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Wetsuits > Sponsor, sponsor descriptions needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Wetsuits > Sponsor > Wetsuit, highlighting any wetsuit needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Boards, last selection 'Sponsor Rewards' needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > P.W.C > PWC, English text needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Y button > highlight 3rd wetsuit needed to be localised - FIXED: World Surf Tour > Sponsor pop-up, English text "Rewards : Level 1 items" needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Trophy Cabinet, Spanish text cut off - FIXED: Character > Boards > Fins > FUTURE > Future Fins, text overlap in description needed to be fixed - FIXED: Character > Boards > Fins > FUTURE > Future Special Fins, fixed debug text '#undefined' on all fins - FIXED: Freesurf > Manly, right panel has English only text/Debug text and needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Wetsuits > Select Wetsuit 3 (shirtless) > needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Wetsuits > 2 Piece, debug text needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Wetsuits > Sponsor > Wetsuit, will show in sponsor level text needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Boards > Sponsor Rewards, 'Sponsor and Notoriety Functionality' needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Boards > Fins > FUTURE > Future Fins, text overlapped in description when scrolling through fins - FIXED: Character > Boards > Fins > FUTURE > Future Special Fins, debug text '#undefined' on all fins - FIXED: Options > Camera Screen, tips had an incorrect image as it has two up d-pads - FIXED: Character > P.W.C > PWC drivers, stats table needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Y button > highlight 3rd wetsuit, needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Wetsuits > Sponsor > Wetsuit, highlighting any wetsuit needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > P.W.C > PWC, text "Personal Water Craft 2" needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > P.W.C > PWC colour text "Red", "Yellow", etc needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > P.W.C > PWC type, text i.e. 'Matte', 'Glossy' and 'Metallic'needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > P.W.C > PWC drivers, stats table needed to be localised - FIXED: Character > Y button > highlight 3rd wetsuit, needed to be localised - FIXED: Tutorial > Paddle and Stand heading text needed to be localised - FIXED: Character Creator. We need to re-size the surfboard description text - FIXED: Saving icon (bottom left corner) is in English and needs to be localized: 'Saving - Don't turn off...' - FIXED: CHALLENGE > TUBE CHALLENGE: update description text regarding round time limits - FIXED: Spanish button spacing issue within Popups - FIXED: Spanish Character Creator: Wetsuit headings needed translation and Caps. - FIXED: Spanish Character Creator Box Sizing Issues. For certain screens the box areas and text is misaligned - FIXED: Spanish Options Screen Tool Tip - FIXED: Spanish Summary Screen Screen - FIXED: Japanese Options Screen: Japanese language - Options > Rules. Under "Priority" heading there was debug text of " Tricks > Wave Tricks tab: Missing localisation string errors showing up. Missing English / all non English language - FIXED: Options > Tricks > Wave Tricks tab: Replace incorrect terminology - FIXED: Fixed Future Fins (normal menu not the Special Futures) headings occuling the body text - FIXED: Custom player height from the character creator does not transition into the game in the Tour intro cutscene. - FIXED: Tutorial paddle and stand lesson fix typo and remove non platform compliant button image - FIXED: Fix smoother animated loading logo - FIXED: The three special cases where only PC and Xbox buttons appear and not PlayStation buttons - FIXED: Tour > Leaderboard. Fix Championship Tour Ranking for Forward and Back button are showing PS buttons (R1 and L1) in all cases - FIXED: Summary Screen fix accuracy of surfboard stats in the summary screen - FIXED: Updated flags images missing in the end cutscene screens (Italy, Israel, Iraq, Iran etc)

CAMERA: ________

• AddedFIXEDGameplay / Cart camera / Tokyo: Add default cameras to the cart - FIXED: Fixed cart camera player panning - FIXED: Added cart camera real time logic to the d-pad camera

AUDIO: ________

• AdjustedFIXEDEdit Tutorial x2 slides for PUMP lesson for platform compliance - FIXED: Replace audio for Pump lesson screens - FIXED: remove PWC Tutorial x1 slide for platform compliance - ADDED: Improved turning audio

GAMEPLAY ________

• AddedFIXEDThe Contender Series results reset once the user enters a new tour - FIXED: Revert snapped sponsor boards to being able to be purchased by the user once snapped - FIXED: World Tour - During competiton if the user board or leash was broken, once the "Change Equipment" pop-up was dismissed the user was stuck - FIXED: TOUR MODE – The Box (Semi Final Round). If the user restarted the game from Main Break as opposed to the Box, the restart position was incorrect - FIXED: Adjust position of the Saquarema end of world buoys - FIXED: Remove non functional location pins and lines from Tokyo - FIXED: Model and texture judges box signage, load sprites in Tokyo during the Tour round, unload during Free Surf - FIXED: Tokyo cart collision for both PC and consoles - FIXED: Hossegor added end of world boundaries to the area in the Harbour near the lighthouse - FIXED: Challenge / Online mode load error for the rash shirt textures and UI markers appearing black upon first load - FIXED: Contender Series round: Once all four rounds have been completed, altered messaging to better explain next steps and remove redundant button functinality - FIXED: Challenges Event: Once event ends, add a tick image to be placed within the circle

GRAPHICS ________

• AdjustedADDEDfoam trail to both A.I. in early heats, foam trail to single A.I. in later rounds - IMPROVED: foam wave texture

LEADERBOARD ___________

• AddedFIXEDThe wrong model (Yago) loading for each A.I. generated - FIXED: Game Screen> Replace “Rank Medium” etc with the actual current rank of the competitor “Competitor Rank: 4” etc - FIXED: Game Screen> Replace “Score” with “Score to beat:” 2 lines is okay - FIXED: Game Screen> Replace “Win/loss ratio” with the competitors trick score. - FIXED: Summary Screen> Added English messaging about the records not saving to the table if the player moves away from the screen. - FIXED: Summary Screen > Altered "Top trick" and "Combo Score" text to relevant names within the summary table - FIXED: Platform Lock: The tables for each platform needed be locked for the respective platforms. - FIXED: Audio: would fade out for players occasionally - FIXED: PWC MARKER: remains rendered within the drop off area when the PWC is not present - FIXED: Added an extra column to display Combo Trick data - FIXED: records not displaying when the user navigated to the next location

CURRENTLY WORKING ON: _____________________

🌊 Graphics settings to options screen 🌊 Widescreen Support - Audio: Adding voice profiles to female A.I. - Audio: Adding improved ambient wind audio - Music: Adding more music track - Proper Ghost System for Online Leaderboard Legends - ongoing development - Some menu pop-ups will play twice and / or not clear - Animation problem with the lip moves post tow-in release - Language localisation & UI cleanup (ongoing) - Tokyo: numerous game related bugs, and tweaks - Alter combo scoring system for tied events - Character Creator - character texture blit issues - General QA bug list

That's all for today.

The Bungarra team.