It looks like you have to steer the ball down the lane

[PatmanQC]

That is horrible, why would they make it like that?

[Ronald McToggles]

Hope not, that would be meh. Would like something reminiscent to The Golf Club but with bowling.

[KingBobCat]

Originally posted by PatmanQC:

That is horrible, why would they make it like that?

Hard to tell if is that or the bowlers can have a hook to their delivery. I hope it's not steering... I agree that would ruin the game.

What I would LOVE is it were something I could have the option to use the trackball on my X-Arcade Tankstick (which is a control like pushing the computer mouse forward). That would make it much like Silver Strike Bowling and the old bowling arcade games.

[Pinballwiz45b]

Steering like in Gutterball? There's a bit of that but I think it's all limited to hooking the ball and making it spin into the pins rather than controlling the ball outright.

Once the ball exits the oil, trying to make it spin to where you want it to go is pointless. I have the game on mobile, so I know what I'm expecting as far as controls go on here.

[jack.anderson19]

https://youtu.be/JA9T3YUOIu0

[MoFuk MoGuns]

im playing on ps4 and you do have to steer the ball, you hold the stick in a certain direction to build up hook the longer you hold, balls have different rating of hook so you would have to adjust or just give it a few arrows of hook instead of holding it maxed out all the way down

[MeAndBettyWhite]

Originally posted by MoFuk MoGuns:

im playing on ps4 and you do have to steer the ball, you hold the stick in a certain direction to build up hook the longer you hold, balls have different rating of hook so you would have to adjust or just give it a few arrows of hook instead of holding it maxed out all the way down

Sounds like the pba mobile game. Its kind of steering but more changing hook. Kinda like in Tiger Woods golf games when you controlled spin after syou hit the ball. I hated that. Any option to turn that off and have to choose hook before you throw? The first line in the description calls this game the best bowling simulation. There's nothing sim about controlling the spin after the balls left your hand lol

[Pinballwiz45b]

Originally posted by MeAndBettyWhite:

Sounds like the pba mobile game. Its kind of steering but more changing hook. Kinda like in Tiger Woods golf games when you controlled spin after syou hit the ball. I hated that. Any option to turn that off and have to choose hook before you throw? The first line in the description calls this game the best bowling simulation. There's nothing sim about controlling the spin after the balls left your hand lol

I think the devs did showcase exactly what you described on the Twitch stream. You can set power and hook before you throw. I'm not exactly sure how to enable that but it should be one of the options.

[PhRank21]

Hi Pat, the devs said in the Twitch stream that the Steam/PC release has simulation mode where hook is set beforehand. The version on other platforms only have ball steer (arcade mode) for now but they are promising updates to all versions. Unfortunately they also said the game is being delayed to later tonight or tomorrow due to Valve's approval process.

Cheers,

Frank

[MoFuk MoGuns]

Originally posted by PhRank21:

Hi Pat, the devs said in the Twitch stream that the Steam/PC release has simulation mode where hook is set beforehand. The version on other platforms only have ball steer (arcade mode) for now but they are promising updates to all versions. Unfortunately they also said the game is being delayed to later tonight or tomorrow due to Valve's approval process.

Cheers,

Frank

On ps4 we have arcade and sim mode, arcade mode has powerups you can use, like split ball or grenade thats garunteed strike, sim mode is only bowling balls. I dont see any setting to set hook befor the throw, and as of now im a good 40 or 50 so games into the career mode and every game is a complete reset of the match so no oil breakdown or drag, also theres a lot of different oil patterns but i literraly throw the same line,speed and hook on everyone and there is no difference in anything, now the balls do react way different, but oil does not on any pattern

[PatmanQC]

Originally posted by PhRank21:

Hi Pat, the devs said in the Twitch stream that the Steam/PC release has simulation mode where hook is set beforehand. The version on other platforms only have ball steer (arcade mode) for now but they are promising updates to all versions. Unfortunately they also said the game is being delayed to later tonight or tomorrow due to Valve's approval process.

Cheers,

Frank

Thanks Frank, it's good to know it will have a simulation mode.

[MeAndBettyWhite]

Can confirm. Simulation mode you pick spin before you throw. The throw mechanic is actually really intuitive. It uses left and right stick. Im loving the controls. The one thing they should change is the game remembers where you aim and defaults to that. At the beginning of each turn. I haven’t played enough yet to know for sure but it seems like that would make it too easy to keep the sweet spot.

[Łτ•βЃĄЙĐΘИ-]

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to give an official response to this. On PC the Simulation mode has different controls from Arcade mode. These controls are part of the reason why our release was delayed, we had to send the build to Valve a few days later than we planned to (and then they took slightly longer than average to approve it). The new simulation mode controls will be available on the other platforms as soon as possible, but for now it's a PC-only feature.

The new simulation mode controls remove the ball steering (still available for arcade mode), and have you set your power and spin speed before you throw the ball. We will be tweaking them for a better experience going forward.

[VinTheVampire]

Can you kindly explain how to hook the ball in simulation mode.

[VinTheVampire]

So far, I can only move the position of the bowler (left and right) and change the angle using the trigger buttons. How do you adjust the hook? I'm on PC.

[VinTheVampire]

Originally posted by Łτ•βЃĄЙĐΘИ-:

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to give an official response to this. On PC the Simulation mode has different controls from Arcade mode. These controls are part of the reason why our release was delayed, we had to send the build to Valve a few days later than we planned to (and then they took slightly longer than average to approve it). The new simulation mode controls will be available on the other platforms as soon as possible, but for now it's a PC-only feature.

The new simulation mode controls remove the ball steering (still available for arcade mode), and have you set your power and spin speed before you throw the ball. We will be tweaking them for a better experience going forward.

Please explain how to set the hook on PC - simulation mode.

Thanks