Post by sandsaver01 on May 8, 2020 7:33:23 GMT -5
Well I finally got around to playing this today... thanks for your patience.
I thought the course was absolutely fantastic, and I really enjoyed my round. If I had one main comment, I’d say some of the plantings around the course, mainly the small trees and bushes, feel a bit too much like extra clutter and sometimes don’t fit very well. So I’d say just open it up a little and get rid of all the bushes you don’t see in google earth and other aerials. What’s funny is that the plantings actually feel a bit sparse on some holes near the water, but that’s less big of a deal.
Another question is if there are any pine and cedar trees on the property in real life? I saw a few sprinkled through your course and they looked a bit out of place. Idk.
This course was seriously spectacular... these hole by hole comments are just nit picky things as always:
Hole 2 - seems like some of the trees especially up on the left by the creek and green don’t exist in real life, maybe just clear it up a bit.
Hole 10 - I think right off the tee to the left there’s a bit more trees covering the river and bank from sight... maybe fill it in a bit
Hole 11 - there’s that one small tree after the hazard on the left that I’m not sure if it should be there. Also fill up the bank next to the river a bit more.
Hole 18 - that tree on the right, right in front of the tee I think is a bit too encroaching... move it out a bit right so there’s more room to play to the right side of the fairway
Thanks as always for your work - this one turned out really well!
Thanks as always for your careful evaluation! I was just about to publish because it had been a while since any comments so it was good you came in.
Most of the trees that are on the course were put there directly from the Lidar data, but that data had no way of determining what variety they are, so I am sure there are a few evergreens that should not be. If you look at a Google overhead from early 2014 when all the leaves are gone from the deciduous trees you can see there are a few (presumed) conifers out there, but fir, spruce, cedar, I do not know. I am just not anal enough to go through all the pictures available and try to find out, since only you and I and perhaps someone who has played it IRL will ever know.
I did let the engine plant trees in order to fill in the outside of the plot, but then I went through and removed those that were planted inside the course. As for the individual hole comments I think I have addressed them, except I could not figure out which "small tree after the hazard on the left" on #11 you meant. It is not important enough to worry about though.
Thanks again; I will probably publish in the next couple of days. I am working right now on doing Cascata, which I love the look and layout of, but I have a feeling I will not be able to finish it. All the terrain, which is one of the reasons I chose it, makes the designer incredibly sloooooow between clicks - we're talking 5 to 10 seconds - and there are a lot of water bodies and sculpting that I can't do on the flat version of the course. I may just have to give it up and move on. Too bad.