Our biggest update YET!

🏌️‍♂️ Under Par Golf Architect – Major Update!

Hello Architects!

We’re here to drop a hot new update — our biggest so far! 🔥 We’ve received an incredible amount of feedback, and we’ve worked quickly to address it.

Without further ado, here’s the full changelog:

⭐ NEW FEATURES

• Close the Gate System – Close the main gate and all golfers will leave the course instantly.

• Map Selection Improvements – The map selection carousel can now be moved using mouse clicks.

🔧 GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS

• Adjusted course rating balance — previously required too many greens and hazards to achieve an A rating.

⛳ Golfer Behavior Improvements

• Golfers will no longer aim shots toward other holes.

• Reduced tendency to always pick the shortest path, allowing more creative course layouts.

• Ongoing improvements to shot simulation.

• Fixed issues with the hole solver when water interrupts paths.

⚖️ BALANCING

🏌️ Golfer Performance

• Long shots are now more powerful.

• Putting difficulty increased for more realistic outcomes.

• Weed and Trash will effect only nearby golfers!

• You can see weed and trash in the overlay menu.

• Overlay menu changed white to dark gray to save your eyes!

• Ongoing tuning of golfer needs (hunger, thirst, energy).

🤖 AI & SIMULATION

• Fixed an issue where golfers would not complete the final hole during tournaments.

🧠 Needs & Decision Making

• Golfers now prioritize closer options to satisfy their needs.

• AI will now properly exit the course when gates are closed.

• Improved gardener activity levels.

🛤️ Pathfinding Improvements

• Fixed NavMesh issues causing agents to get stuck with high population counts.

• Reduced pathfinding problems in forest areas (now walkable with higher movement cost).

👥 SOCIAL & GROUPS

• Added UI support for golfer groups.

• Groups can now share outfits for better visual clarity.

🏢 STAFF & FACILITIES

• Improved Staff House functionality:

  • Increased recovery capacity (previously limited to one employee at a time).

• Benches

  • Queue limited to 1 for clearer and more predictable behavior.

• Increased effective range of trash bins.

🖥️ UI / UX IMPROVEMENTS

• Expanded UI with more detailed and useful information.

• Improved clarity on how course ratings are influenced by reviews.

• Added better visibility into golfer preferences (e.g., decorations like flowerbeds).

• Now you can see where the golfers is headed!

🔄 Queue System

• Queues now reorder dynamically based on actual agent positions.

⚠️ KNOWN ISSUES / WORK IN PROGRESS

• Tutorial/demo difficulty is currently too high (will be balanced in a future update).

• It can be difficult to understand when and where money is earned.

• Golfer hole ratings are not always clearly visible.

• Some 3D UI elements interfere with mouse clicks (e.g., hole lock pins).

IM SURE I'M MISSING SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( For example the quality settings in the settings -.-)

Thanks again for your amazing feedback — it’s helping us shape the game in a big way 💚 If you're enjoying the progress, consider leaving a Steam review — it helps us a lot!

See you on the course! ⛳