ProTee Labs Changelog

Things we are currently working on and/or improving

• Improving A.I. models for club data
• Improving AoA and Lie readings
• Improving Spin readings
• Adding new features such as swing video, bag mapping, dispersion circles, user sessions, improved search and filters, and more.

ProTee Labs Release History

November 20, 2024 - v1.7.9

• Improved the updating process
• Fixed a bug where left handed putters did not show the impact point
• Fixed club data shown in TGC for left handed clubs
• Potential crash fixed in the Spin Visualizer
• Minor bug fixes

November 4, 2024 - v1.7.8

• Fixed a potential crash and a GSpro related bug

October 31, 2024 - v1.7.7

• Improved VX connectivity reliability

October 30, 2024 - v1.7.6

• Fixed a bug that caused the shot video to not keep its size
• Fixed a crash in the Ball Spin Visualizer

October 28, 2024 - v1.7.5

• Added a button in advanced settings to manually check for updates
• Various crash fixes and small bug fixes

October 16, 2024 - v1.7.4

• Added the ability to change the top flight orientation by making the height longer than the width
• Fixed an issue that caused the driving range and shot video tabs to be off-center with certain screen configurations

October 15, 2024 - v1.7.3

• Added a Spin Axis visualizer
• Added an X button to the calibration window to cancel the calibration process at any time
• Fixed bug that caused the VX not to connect on systems with a 100mbit connection
• Potentially fixed a crash caused by the shot saving

October 8, 2024 - v1.7.2

• Fixed a bug that would still show the unset background button after resetting the visualizers
• Fixed a bug that would cause the shot video not to show up
• Added a new visualizer to validate spin
• Flight model tweaked - improved driver carry
• Improved visuals for all visualizers
• Disabled spin readings for putting shots
• Fixed a rare crash in ball spin
• Fixed a crash in the patch note view window.
• Fixed a crash when Ai models could not be loaded
• Added "Edit Mode", this can be enabled and disabled by clicking the lock icon in the top right
  In "Edit Mode" you can do the following:
  - Move and resize visualizers
  - Add and remove visualizers
  - Set and unset visualizers as the background
• Added tab customization, you can add, move and rename tabs
• Added driving range as a visualizer
• Improved the onboard ball and trigger detection - VX will work with more ground surfaces, tees and bunker mats
• Fixed GSProg logging issues
• Added a null check for when the selected game is null, even though it should never be set to null
• Fixed a version issue in the patcher
• Added logs to help narrow down where any potential failures occur
• Added a fix which may help with systems which are stuck in looking for update
• Fixed a crash that occurred if you put a non valid .wav sound file in the sounds folder
• Fixed a rare first-time startup crash
• Small bug fixes and improvements

August 20, 2024 - v1.5.13

• Added a Microsoft .Net8 installer into the auto-update tool in preparation for future updates
• Various crash and bug fixes

July 31, 2024 - v1.5.12

• Improved ball spin detection
• Added the option to also select .bat files when selecting the path of a game
• Fixed a bug in the bug reporting tool

July 11, 2024 - v1.5.11

• Fixed a potential crash

June 26, 2024 - v1.5.10

• Improved spin detection
• Improved reliability of VX connection
• Shows an email box if ProTee Labs can't get the email from the license info
• Added a button to set local altitude using Windows location services
• Automatically set locaL altitude using Windows location if enabled and value not already modified
• Fixed a potential crash
• Fixed a bug in auto-connecting for E6
• Fixed a ball detection bug

June 19, 2024 - v1.5.9

• Fixed a CreativeGolf connection issue

June 18, 2024 - v1.5.8

• Updated the networking libraries
• Fixed a bug when trying to reconnect to the VX
• Fixed a bug in the VX startup

June 17, 2024 - v1.5.7

• Fixed a bug with E6 always trying to auto-connect
• Fixed a bug in the bug reporting tool ;-)

June 6, 2024 - v1.5.6

• Changed the device connection indicator to a button
• Grouped the game connection indicator with the device connection indicator
• Fixed a potential crash when closing GSPro while connected
• Fixed a bug where the ready sound was overwritten on each update - you can replace the ready sound with your own sound
• Fixed a potential crash when posting bug reports

June 4, 2024 - v1.5.5

• Added a button to the navigation bar that brings you to the game settings and indicates if you are connected to a game
• Added the option to disable the "there is an update available" popup window
• Added options to launch 3rd party software from ProTee Labs directly
• Added options to automatically connect to running 3rd party software
• Added options to choose the monitor ProTee Labs starts and/or is displayed on
• Renamed Video gamma to Video brightness and moved it to customise windows under the shot video group
• All display settings are grouped in general settings under Display settings
• Renamed the shot video line names in the Customize settings to make it a bit more clear
• ProTee Labs now detects when a game has been closed and will switch back to Auto Club Detect for Club A.I.
• Some small bug fixes

June 3, 2024 - v1.5.4

• Fixed a potential crash

May 27, 2024 - v1.5.3

• Added draggable windows: drag tabs out of the navigation to create a new window
• Small bug fixes

May 21, 2024 - v1.5.2

• Added the option to revert to the previous version AND to the previous stable version
• Fixed an issue with the club side view drawing showing the wrong data
• Added extra status codes to logging for easier troubleshooting
• Improved bug reporting form
• Improved overal connection stability
• Minor bug fixes

May 6, 2024 - v1.5.1

• Reworked the ProTee Labs Bug Reporting tool
• Fixed potential crashes
• Small bug fixes

May 6, 2024 - v1.5.0

• Improved Ball Spin
• Optimized ProTee Labs memory usage
• Optimized processes resulting in an even faster shot launch
• Small bug fixes

April 29, 2024 - v1.4.10 (stable)

• Improved logging system
• Fixed a bug that caused spin-axis to be zero when Club Data AI was used
• Fixed a couple of potential crashes
• Small bug fixes

April 22, 2024 - v1.4.8

• Club A.I. now also works with Intel Arc dedicated GPU's
• Fixed a bug that caused images not being sent
• Improved spin detection
• Small bug fixes

April 11, 2024 - v1.4.7

• Added extra information to logs to better diagnose issues
• Fixed a crash that could occur on first startup when switching tabs
• Fixed a bug that caused the first time calibration help window not to be displayed
• Added a check to prevent users from pressing the calibration button by accident
• Fixed the settings not being saved properly when opening/closing calibration
• Fixed a crash when clicking on the "open calibration" popup after disconnecting

March 29, 2024 - v1.4.6

• Hotfix for 1.4.5
• Fixed a shot deletion crash
• Reverted an image brightness change

March 28, 2024 - v1.4.5

• Improved club speed and swing path (previous Beta)
• Improved club AI model (previous Beta)
• Improved ball detection
• Improved logging system
• Added hardware suspend to the VX failure states
• Added a config setting to disable the periodic staying alive message checking for users who are experiencing disconnects
• Fixed a bug in the camera setting
• Fixed a potential bug where the VX thought it was connected even though it wasn't
• Fixed a possible freezing on disconnect
• Fixed a rare crash in the update popup

March 18, 2024 - v1.4.4

• Various bug fixes
• Fixed a potential issue during calibration
• Fixed a couple of potential crashes
• Prepared BETA 1.4.5 for our BETA testers

March 6, 2024 - v1.4.3

• Play area boundaries are now shown in blue during calibration
• Play area is now automatically maximised during calibration
• Calibration board orientation is now checked to prevent pointing in the wrong direction
• Minor improvements to ball detection for balls with large black stripes
• Always use handedness detection when playing a game and having ClubAI enabled
• Fixed a bug that caused a bug report not to be send
• Fixed a couple potential crashes

February 28, 2024 - v1.4.2

• ProTee Labs automatically detects when there is an issue with the calibration and will ask to recalibrate
• Fixed some minor calibration bugs

February 22, 2024 - v1.4.1

• Fixed 2 potential crashes
• Minor bug fixes

February 19, 2024 - v1.4.0

• Improved the Club A.I. model. Club data is more stable, and a larger variety of golf clubs are detected
• Optimized Club A.I. GPU and VRAM usage
• Added more checks on bad club detections
• Added auto reconnecting for the VX. A brief disconnect will not cause the VX to go into sleepmode anymore and it will reconnect automatically in a few seconds
• Shots that are done during a brief disconnect would previously be lost. Now they are bufferred and send to ProTee Labs after automatically reconnecting
• Added a time-out to the buffer send function, preventing the VX from getting 'Stuck' in sending for 5 minutes when disconnecting during data sending
• Software patcher now shows a status percentage and download speed
• Fixed a bug that showed yards on carry when putting
• Fixed a bug that caused the club selection from ProTee Play not being used
• Improved trigger detection
• Fixed possible driving range crash caused by a slow pc
• Minor bug fixes

February 14, 2024 - v1.3.9

• Hotfix: Fixed a bug that the ball spin video would not start playing automatically
• Added a ball speed and launch angle threshold for the putt speed multiplier

February 13, 2024 - v1.3.8

• Added putting speed slider to tweak putting speed send to 3rd party games
• Removed the Auto Game Boost setting (obsolete feature)
• Added more logging
• Fixed GSPro sending wrong club info to ProTee Labs
• Small bug fixes

February 8, 2024 - v1.3.7

• Enabled BETA system for BETA testers
• Minor bug fixes

February 7, 2024 - v1.3.6

• Fixed a bug where the X and Y impact point where flipped when sent to GSPro
• Added a check to make sure the ball has travelled a minimum distance before marked as a valid
• Fixed a potential bug where a ball did not get found in the hitting area
• Prepared a beta release for an improved A.I. system
• Minor bug fixes

January 30, 2024 - v1.3.5

• Added Impact height and width as options for the data blocks
• Improved UI performance
• Changed the default order of the data blocks
• Fixed a crash caused by swapping the data blocks in a certain order
• Fixed a bug where the top flight view line would be drawn on the flight side view when game boost was enabled or flight speed was set to max

January 24, 2024 - v1.3.4

• Added options for custom units of measurement
• Minor bug fixes

January 22, 2024 - v1.3.3

• Add more logging for debugging
• Fixed a potential crash

January 19, 2024 - v1.3.2

• Fixed a bug in shot history

January 18, 2024 - v1.3.1

• Fixed a crash when loading in a shot of a hybrid from the shot history tab
• Fixed a bug where GSPro would send the wrong club to ProTee Labs
• Fixed a bug where the game club would override the club from a shot loaded from the history tab

January 17, 2024 - v1.3.0

• Added a shot history tab
• Removed the impact point indicator in case where the impact point was not found
• Improved overal data parsing to TGC
• Fixed a potential crash
• Fixed a bug where the settings of soft and hard fairways were inverted
• Fixed the issue where the time of the line drawing could reset causing extra lines to appear
• Various small bug fixes

January 5, 2024 - v1.2.4

• Optimized ProTee Labs GPU usage
• Added more logging options for troubleshooting
• Launch angle is now set to 0 when putting in GSPro
• Various UI Improvements
• Minor bug fixes

December 14, 2023 - v1.2.3

• Added a toggle in game settings to enable auto game boost
• Reducing GPU load on ProTee Labs animations when game boost is activated
• Added start/stop mouse click on ball spin video animation
• Various UI improvements to reduce GPU usage
• Removed the "new feature" popup of the database
• Added minimum launch velocity to prevent ghost launches
• Removed spin data when putting in GSPro for a more consistent distance
• Added extra pop-up messages when upgrading and/or downgrading
• Fixed a couple of potential crashes
• Minor bug fixes

December 6, 2023 - v1.2.2

• Added Stimp rating and world rotation axis to the database
• Added a Physics tab in the settings
• Added a new surface type: Green
• Added a stimp rating slider for the green
• Added a toggle to automatically select the green surface type when a putter is used
• Fixed a decent angle calculation issue
• Fixed a potential VX disconnect
• Fixed a couple of potential crashes
• Minor bug fixes

November 17, 2023 - v1.2.1

• Hot fix: Bug in shots send to the cloud

November 16, 2023 - v1.2.0

• Added club selection button for shot recording
• Added shot recording - shots are being sent to the cloud when enabled
• Added support for Beta releases
• Improved Club A.I. models
• Improved Face Angle and Swing Path detection
• Improved Club Speed detection
• Fixed a potential crash on ball detection
• Fixed club type not updating after a game was closed
• Enabled Angle of Attack for Drivers (BETA VERSION!)
• Minor bug fixes

November 2, 2023 - v1.1.9

• Improved club path visualizer spacing
• Fixed ProTee Play connection issues
• Fixed a potential crash when using the bug reporting tool
• Fixed a crash where the ball pixel target radius was too big
• Fixed a crash and improved stability in ball spin
• Improved ball detection (Should be better for white circle putters)
• Minor bug fixes and improvements

October 26, 2023 - v1.1.8

• Improved Club A.I. club face angle detection
• Improved logging features
• Minor bug fixes

October 25, 2023 - v1.1.7

• Hot fix: bug fix in bug reporting tool

October 25, 2023 - v1.1.6

• Hot fix: potential ball not launching when putting

October 24, 2023 - v1.1.5

• Improved the size and placement of the X (close) button
• Improved some notification messages
• Improved ball detection for putters with white circles (not perfect yet!)
• Fixed a ball detection issue where the ground is too bright
• Fixed center point of the putter in the visualizers
• Fixed the starting position of the iron in the visualizers
• Fixed a potential crash with club detection
• Various improvements and small bug fixes

October 19, 2023 - v1.1.4 (revert to earlier version release)

• Enabled and improved Angle of Attack for Irons
• Improved line and ball visualizers on the shot video
• Improved Club A.I.
• Fixed a potential crash with the A.I. system
• Fixed swing path visualizers when drawn from left to right
• Minor bug fixes

October 16, 2023 - v1.1.3

• Improved the automated update not to time-out on slow computers/internet
• Fixed a potential crash with club detection
• Fixed visualizers bugs when drawing from left to right

October 12, 2023 - v1.1.2

• Added a slider in the settings to offset the center in the driving range
• Added lines over the angled shot video to indicate what is straight
• Increased the updater download timeout for slower systems and slow internet
• Improved ball detection
• Improved crash reporting systems
• VX log files are now saved per day
• Fixed a bug where club speed and smash factor were not beeing displayed in E6
• Fixed a potential crash when looking for a ball

October 5, 2023 - v1.1.1

• Added ProTee Labs version info to the bug reporting tool
• Added an option to revert back to the previous release after an update
• Improved various visual components for left-handed players
• Added Creative Golf as a new game option (Creative Golf license required)
• Added a Ready Sound when the VX is ready to take shot (can be switched off or replaced with any custom .wav sound)
• Added a drop-down menu for the various club detection methods
• Under construction Club Data Points will now show N/A
• Improved Wedge Shot detection
• Fixed an issue where A.I. was not using the high-end graphics card
• Fixed a possible high club speed when putting
• Fixed a bug where GSPro did not connect on the first attempt
• Fixed a scaling bug when using a 4K screen
• Fixed a bug where a shot did not launch
• Fixed a potential crash when saving images
• Various small bugfixes

September 19, 2023 - v1.0.6

• Improved flop shot detection
• Updated help screen in bug report window
• Added extra information on pop-up windows

September 18, 2023 - v1.0.5

• Added game disconnect button (use this when done playing 3rd party software)
• Improved ball detection
• Added popup with important information when selecting "Fast Club mode"
• Fixed an issue when Microsoft Windows language is set to French
• Fixed GSPro handedness and club selection not reaching ProTee Labs correctly
• Fixed two potential app crashes

September 15, 2023 - v1.0.4

• Updated generic UI scaling features
• Fixed minor UI bugs
• Improved A.I. for Face Angle detection
• Updated the startup loading screen
• Added a scroll feature to the bug reporting screen

September 12, 2023 - v1.0.3

• Improved physics model
• Added settings for Altitude(0-5000m/16000ft), Temperature (25°C/77°F) and Humidity(50%)
• Added link to this changelog on update pop-up

September 7, 2023 - v1.0.2

• Improved AI models for club data

September 5, 2023 - v1.0.1

• Improved clubspeed A.I.
• VX will now enter sleepmode when network cable is disconnected
• Added center line in driving range
• Fixed driving range center being slightly off
• Improved camera image feed during calibration
• Improved calibration board detection during calibration
• Added more detailed logging
• Various small bugfixes

August 29, 2023 - v1.0.0

• Initial release 1.0.0