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Post by lessthanbread on Oct 16, 2019 16:06:55 GMT -5
I make boring tee boxes and I can't figure out how to make cool, interesting ones that don't look too goofy. All my tee boxes are either flattened circles or flattened squares/rectangles.
Does anyone spline tee boxes? Or do you find interesting ways to combine brushes?
How about sculpting? I know around the actual tee needs to be flat but what about other areas of the tee box?
Pictures would be helpful. Not looking to steal designs but just some visual around the explanation
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Post by b101 on Oct 16, 2019 16:09:18 GMT -5
Honestly, for me, simple works best. You can occasionally get a little funkier with par threes, but I don't ever really venture away from the stock circles or rectangles - I just think it makes the most sense.
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Post by cplampman on Oct 16, 2019 20:49:42 GMT -5
I always enjoy the tee shots where if you’re playing from the tips, the tee boxes are randomly placed in front of you and unique shapes. Can’t think of any in game courses but something like these at Tobacco Road. Seems like a lot of these could be done with a pretty standard brush and some advanced edits. In terms of sculpting, I personally like it kept pretty simple. Outlandish tee boxes just seem so unrealistic. I don’t get too hung up on course realism but that’s just an area I can’t help but look at and think “well how do you get up there?” So typically nothing special in the inbetween tee area (flat or steady gradual slope to the next) and the actual tee boxes slightly elevated. That’s just kinda a general statement though. There’s some courses that do the unique outlandish ones great. I have tried to make some unique ones but really not experienced enough to make it look good.
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Post by lessthanbread on Oct 16, 2019 21:06:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the info guys. I really can’t think of any examples of TGC courses that have interesting tee boxes. Probably because it’s the last thing anyone really looks at... I’ll have to do some experimenting in the designer
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Post by Celtic Wolf on Oct 16, 2019 23:22:03 GMT -5
I spline my tee boxes and depending on the length between each box they can be joined up. I'll just select the heavy rough as the second surface so it looks a bit smoother.
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Post by linkslover on Oct 17, 2019 5:32:14 GMT -5
I keep mine simple on the whole, occasionally connecting up some tees together to give 'more shape'. That said, the 6th at The Swiss Wall tees off the top of some rocks.
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Post by ohheycat on Oct 17, 2019 6:20:54 GMT -5
Im experimenting presently with diamond tee boxes. Im curious if it effects decision making because you only get symmetry when you aim straight down the point, perhaps I can use that to make you mess up muahahaha
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Post by wedgely on Oct 17, 2019 12:31:45 GMT -5
I spline my tee boxes and depending on the length between each box they can be joined up. I'll just select the heavy rough as the second surface so it looks a bit smoother. See, I'd love to use splines for my tees but I can't for the life of me seem to get the lines straight. Any tips?
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Post by Celtic Wolf on Oct 17, 2019 13:02:29 GMT -5
I spline my tee boxes and depending on the length between each box they can be joined up. I'll just select the heavy rough as the second surface so it looks a bit smoother. See, I'd love to use splines for my tees but I can't for the life of me seem to get the lines straight. Any tips? I normally just place the waypoints 6 yards apart, it's just a waypoint in each corner then just close path and fill spline. It can be a bit trickier if you are joining 2 tee boxes at different angles, but if it's not straight I'd just move the waypoints around until they are.
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Post by grovey31 on Oct 21, 2019 10:22:15 GMT -5
I would suggest using splines to create random shapes that also fit the overall course aesthetic. Check out the google maps overhead of the 17th at Friars Head and the 14th at Maidstone to see some cool and interesting teeing area designs.
Streamsong, Ohoopie, and Ballyneal (among tons of others) are a few real life courses that have free flowing teeing areas. There’s no set tee box on its own. Basically there’s fairway height areas with a few flat spots where you can tee off from and the rest is just interesting little contours.
This idea usually works best when the teeing areas flow into and from connecting fairway or short grass areas. I love this look and try to incorporate it a lot into my projects. This creates a cohesive and tight routing which I think gives everything a really nice flow.
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Post by cephyn on Oct 21, 2019 10:51:25 GMT -5
Thanks for the info guys. I really can’t think of any examples of TGC courses that have interesting tee boxes. Probably because it’s the last thing anyone really looks at... I’ll have to do some experimenting in the designer Self promo here - Roadrunner Mesa, hexagon teeboxes The Course at Cycad Reach, boomerang tee boxes.
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Post by Kermit_418 on Nov 3, 2019 22:45:29 GMT -5
I use the brushes but change the elevation and angles. This is from my OSPGC beta v3. Uphill reachable par 4 with wind. (The red tee are on the island in front of the fence).
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