Early Access Release v.028

Please continue to feedback to help us to refine and improve. Here are the patch notes for Release v.028:

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.

CHARACTER CREATOR _________________

• FixedADDEDSponsor Management Tool. Allows users to swap between and manage sponsors - FIXED: In the Character Creator, remove the word “Sponsor” in the Dr or Stats menu as it occludes the information. - FIXED: Character - 8th Moustache disappeared when selecting other moustaches. - FIXED: Character - 4th female custom character caused a load loop. - FIXED: Character - Surf boards - spamming select caused UI and selection issues - MODIFIED: The Custom fin type listed first followed by the number - FIXED: Highlighting a locked wetsuit was not updating the stats (normal and sponsor suits) - FIXED: Surfboard & Leash stats went missing from right hand side panel when user trying to Repair the board or leash - FIXED: Domenica - The flag has bird facing wrong way and Horizontal colour strips were not in correct order - FIXED: England - displayed UK flag instead of England flag - FIXED: Fixed NULL ref error with players not able to adequately select male & female characters hair

UI: ___

• AddedFIXEDAll Tour mode records not displaying (from 1-10) in the Character Creator records area - FIXED: PS5 SPAM- Leaderboard Legends - Selecting things too quickly would enable an incorrect selection - FIXED: PS5 numerous naming convention issues with competing platform terminology - FIXED: Contender Series – Tour 2 we have the wrong $ amounts for Hossegor, Pipe, Jaws, Trestles - FIXED: Contender Series - the prizes were locked on the second tour when they should have been reset - FIXED: User was spamming 'A' button on XSX / 'X' button on PS5 for the coin toss would break the UI - FIXED: Tooltip flickered when wave and ride PWC were usable at the same time - FIXED: All Tour mode records should have been displaying (from 1-10) and they were not - FIXED: PS5: Incorrect button operation from Paddle to Stand was displayed - FIXED: XBX no internet still able to navigate into leaderboards - ADDED: three extra tips in their respective languages - FIXED: Incorrect wave height information for Aileen's big wave settings

LOCALISATION ____________

• FIXED: Systems displayed untranslated texts for the controller images within the Tutorial

ACHIEVEMENTS: ________

• FIXED: Pipeline Master achievement not triggering correctly

AUDIO: ________

• FixedFIXEDFixed music player: numerous issues with repeating tracks, music player name display and general stability issues

GRAPHICS ________

🌊 FIXED: Graphic setting brightness levels in options screen - FIXED: Headless models at the Final Presentation cutscene - FIXED: Removed language button from the start of the game for consoles. Also reconfigured text spacing for this screen - FIXED: Pipeline Round 3 Debug text issue – Japanese was the remaining language issue - FIXED: Update Game Credits update for consoles - FIXED: Fix shader for red facial textures and adjust the default values - UPDATED: Updated screen space, image size and resolution of controller images main menu - UPDATED: Updated screen space, image size and resolution of controller images tutorial - FIXED: Barton Lynch: using sleeveless wetsuit caused graphic issues on sleeves on competition wetsuit

LEVELS ________

• UPDATED: Trestles sprite crowd, adjust position and judges tower GAMEPLAY ________

• FixedADDEDSponsor Management Tool (see Character Creator) - FIXED: For any Tours after Tour 11 – ensure levels remain unlocked, as the lock was reapplied. - FIXED: Contender Series - the prizes are locked on the second tour when they should be reset - FIXED: User stuck and unable to past the Final Presentation cutscene back to main menu. - FIXED: Tokyo: restart issues with the player and A.I.restarting in the wrong pool - FIXED: Tokyo Pause > equipment (pause in general) – needed to place surfer on the correct side when re-entering round - FIXED: PS5 Load loop - Create > select the 4th female precreated custom character - FIXED: PS5 The application failed to transit the user directly into the appropriate activity segment - FIXED: PS5 The application displays an indefinite loading screen when checking for Free Space - FIXED: Contender Series – Tour 2 we have the wrong amount for Hossegor - MODIFIED: Weather conditions modified for Round One Mundaka

SAVE SYSTEM ___________

• FixedFIXEDFix unnecessay multiple saves - FIXED: PS5 - using a PS user OR a PSN signed out user problems with the system save, where the system did not save accurately

LOADING _______

• FixedFIXEDWhen no internet connection is active, skipping the title screen caused and the Network Disconnect pop-up to display but not clear - FIXED: Loading from Tokyo to Jefferys Bay caused an infinite load loop - FIXED: PS5: Insufficient space to create or update save data was not handled correctly

LEADERBOARD ___________

• AdjustedFIXEDGHOST SYSTEM: Xbox Leaderboard Legends: Fix score upload - FIXED: PS5 failed to display a complete Online ID - FIXED: PS5 The application failed to update changed Online ID - FIXED: Swap L1 and R1 button positions on the Leaderboard Legends table – they were back to front - FIXED: PS5 - Leaderboard Legends spamming selection causes incorrect selection - FIXED: Leaderboard Legends new player Combo Trick tallies modified to revert actual tally as opposed to junk numbers

CURRENTLY WORKING ON: _____________________

• Animation problem with the lip moves post tow-in release - Animation delay issue with landing from height - Language localisation & UI cleanup (ongoing) - Adding more Tips and localisaing those new tips - Adjust Hossegor A.I. start positions - Tokyo: numerous game related bugs, and tweaks - A.I. score related issues - some A.I refuse to score deep into the game unless a Main Menu reload occurs - AUDIO TWEAKS: varying small audio fixes 🌊 Improve communication for exiting wave move 🌊 Tweak Scoring (this one we're working on now, and will be ongoing) 🌊 Research adding more variety in the waves in the same heat or even in freesurfing (longer term) 🌊 Research extending the heat time (longer term) 🌊 Research adding A.I. to Freesurf along with PWC gameplay considerations (longer term) - General QA bug list

That's all for today.

The Bungarra team.