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Post by cephyn on Oct 31, 2018 10:51:38 GMT -5
Is there a tip or trick to avoid green slopes turning yellow upon publishing? I had a few spots turn yellow on my first course, and I'm not really sure what I need to do to prevent it. The current course I'm building has all green slopes, but they feel quick, and I'm afraid of a yellow nightmare happening upon publishing. Is there anything I can to beyond just completely flattening out (and de-fanging) my greens?
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Post by ErixonStone on Oct 31, 2018 11:58:22 GMT -5
The angle at which the green grid is drawn will affect the color-representation of the slope. In the designer, the green grid is drawn at one particular angle over the entire course. While playing, the green grid is drawn so that it matches a line drawn from your ball position to the hole. As you would expect, these almost never line up.
The best way to check for this is to crank up your green speed to the max temporarily and playtest. Putt around the hole and see whether any yellow shows up.
Even then, you'll still miss some if you've got any semblance of slope. At that point, leave it to the rangers and schedulers. Courses are republished all the time so these issues can be fixed.
To this day, "publishing errors" seem to be an enigma. No one really seems to know how or why they happen, or how to even recreate the problem.
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Post by cephyn on Oct 31, 2018 12:17:15 GMT -5
That's really helpful information, thank you!
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Post by ErixonStone on Nov 9, 2018 16:01:18 GMT -5
Also of note is that the color of the grid lines represents the amount of break, and not simply the grade of the slope. What this means is that the grid lines are more likely to turn yellow or red when the green speed is turned all the way up.
Designers should get into the habit of testing the slopes at each of the green speeds available to tournament admins that is faster than the default:
187, 164, 144, 119
In other words, if you are planning to release the course with a default green speed of 154 feet, you need to test your slopes at 187 feet (max) and 164 feet speeds. If you're releasing the course at 177 feet, then you only need to check 187.
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Post by coggin66 on Nov 10, 2018 5:21:09 GMT -5
The angle at which the green grid is drawn will affect the color-representation of the slope. In the designer, the green grid is drawn at one particular angle over the entire course. While playing, the green grid is drawn so that it matches a line drawn from your ball position to the hole. As you would expect, these almost never line up To help with this, you should also test outside the designer. Go to Local play and find the Unpublished Courses tile in the Course select screens. This is more likely to mimic the green grid in post-publish play. There is still no guarantee that you will get the right shot angles to show up any issues though.
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Post by Moe Slorkman on Nov 27, 2018 18:14:54 GMT -5
Personally I design my courses on 187 glass greens and turn it down when publishing (pretty much same as above)
If your greens are playable on carpark settings then you can have any settings you like and not worry about traffic lights .
But still you’ll get 1 in 72 that has a flick of yellow 😂
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