madfranky
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Recent Courses Cape Cornwall Club Redux Monte Mayor,Andalucia (L)
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Post by madfranky on Aug 3, 2023 10:34:04 GMT -5
New course release! 123rd US Open, LACC (L) My Lidar version of the Los Angeles Country Club. The course had a major redesign in 2010 led by Gil Hanse's team, the objective being to return it to the layout set out by George C Thomas and to bring back the original style of the bunkers as created by Billy Bell. The course was built on an incredible plot of land in what is now Beverly Hills, with many famous properties flanking the course, with views to downtown LA (most famously framing the background to the 11th green) and surrounded by the looming skyscrapers of Century City (built on the old Fox studio lot) and Wilshire Boulevard. A barranca (known as The Wash) winds its way through much of the course and features on many of the holes. It is as accurate as I could possibly make it using course flyovers, Google Earth and TV footage from the 4 days of the event. I have used the tee manipulation trick in the designer so that it features all the tees and pin positions from the 123rd US Open in 2023. To play each day with the correct tees and pins you should play Day 1 pins with Blue tees, Day 2 pins with White tees, Day 3 pins with Red tees, and Day 4 pins with Black tees. I was also able to use the waypoint manipulation trick to build downtown Los Angeles (and the more distant parts of Century City and Wilshire Boulevard) in the background beyond the limits of the plot to really enhance the realism of the course. I can't work out how to post photos on here but you can see them through this facebook link www.facebook.com/groups/444284424303216
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Post by yeltzman on Aug 3, 2023 13:00:20 GMT -5
Loved this version Franky, just hope in the future we get back the Higher camera in future games like in 2k21 so we could see the surrounds instead of just a glimpse of them or even a Flyover where did they go to.(i thought 2k21 was more immersive for real courses than 2k23). Thanks for doing this Franky love things like this to go back to and play the pins.
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madfranky
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Recent Courses Cape Cornwall Club Redux Monte Mayor,Andalucia (L)
Posts: 55
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Post by madfranky on Aug 3, 2023 15:03:00 GMT -5
Loved this version Franky, just hope in the future we get back the Higher camera in future games like in 2k21 so we could see the surrounds instead of just a glimpse of them or even a Flyover where did they go to.(i thought 2k21 was more immersive for real courses than 2k23). Thanks for doing this Franky love things like this to go back to and play the pins. Cheers Yeltz, it's a fabulous thing for us to be able to do in recreating these great courses. I remember playing golf video games back in the day and wistfully hoping that I'd be able to recreate my boyhood course one day (Blackwell GC in Worcestershire) and realised recently that they've updated the LiDAR for that area so I'm looking forward to fulfilling that dream! I've got 2 or 3 courses on the go at the moment so going to have to wait a little while for that!
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Post by yeltzman on Aug 3, 2023 16:01:43 GMT -5
In Bromsgrove not to far from me in the west midlands......I counted the other day from tgc2109/2k21/2k23 i think i have over 65 layouts i can play it is amazing really, but once i get the lidar playable its a bad habit just to move on to another layout and not get it designed proper and that's one on the list....played one of your beta's the other day had no idea what the course was but it had some amazing views just what i love playing.
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madfranky
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Recent Courses Cape Cornwall Club Redux Monte Mayor,Andalucia (L)
Posts: 55
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Post by madfranky on Aug 4, 2023 4:44:23 GMT -5
Over 65 is quite greedy! Are you ever going to finish your Brancaster with the tide in? I'm still waiting to play it!
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Post by yeltzman on Aug 4, 2023 10:28:38 GMT -5
Ill see what i can do not looked at it since i got the import below 100%,it's Brancaster the town which stopped it's release could not get it right how the Map imported.from the video below town needs to be seen from the 12th. Just doing a Nine hole course for a community xbox member in 2k21 at the moment who can't afford new game and pay for the course to be done,ill take a look at it when i get that done but there are so many my favourite course Lidar version of Lytham needs finishing off as well. On the Subject of Brancaster Massive High Tide yesterday there Nearly Went over the course Defences.
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Post by bears123 on Feb 24, 2024 5:32:29 GMT -5
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Post by yeltzman on Feb 24, 2024 10:34:48 GMT -5
I have a course file of Southerness but the OSM and the lidar is very poor when looking at it, for a course which is around 6700 yards it's one of those the amount of time it takes me to alter it and design it is it worth the time, It's a course really a member or someone who really enjoys it to design it,i would say frankie or his roomate might have a playable demo somewhere hopefully.
You are correct so many fantastic courses in the area and scotland to design.
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Post by bears123 on Feb 24, 2024 12:14:55 GMT -5
OK many thanks
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Post by yeltzman on Feb 24, 2024 14:43:16 GMT -5
Now you have mentioned it here i wouldn't be surprised to see someone design Southerness its a course which needs to be in the game really.
just had a look at the website a fabulous on course guide there as well.
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madfranky
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Recent Courses Cape Cornwall Club Redux Monte Mayor,Andalucia (L)
Posts: 55
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Post by madfranky on Feb 25, 2024 7:13:30 GMT -5
I played Southerness IRL and have to admit it's not one of my favourites so I'm unlikely to do it. Portpatrick I loved though! Steve (designer hiblet, my flatmate) did a VERY rough version which I think is up somewhere but its certainly a course that I may get round to doing. Trouble is it is very short so won't play particularly well in the game.
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madfranky
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Recent Courses Cape Cornwall Club Redux Monte Mayor,Andalucia (L)
Posts: 55
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Post by madfranky on Mar 10, 2024 10:51:02 GMT -5
123rd US Open, LACC has been removed from the search engine by HB so if you want to play it you'll need to have had it saved in favourites or find it in a society that has used it....it's had over 4000 plays so some of those must be society but I haven't a clue which onesš¤£
Bizarrely it only seems to be that version that has been removed. All the other versions of Los Angeles Country Club by other designers are still there and my WIPs and individual day releases during the event but the full version has gone. There is also a version I did for play on older consoles that is the full version without the stands and hospitality tents called 123LACCLite. This has all the daily tees and pins from the event.
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Post by yeltzman on Mar 10, 2024 13:17:42 GMT -5
It does seem very random which courses they remove, it's either someone just goes through it and thinks ill remove that one, its the same with Augusta out the at least 4 versions out there they remove a version which all through very good not quite up to the standard of others and leave at least 3 decent versions.I Think i understand why they removed "April's Major" because it was the 1st course on Highly Rated so nice and easy to find for them on xbox.
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Post by metatropic on Mar 10, 2024 13:47:24 GMT -5
āUS Openā in the title may have something to do with itā¦
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Post by charles56 on Mar 11, 2024 3:05:02 GMT -5
This whole removing thing is a total disgrace. Especially as it oozes selective/random intervention. This is pure crap and the person(s) responsible should go and find a real job. The whole 'legal' angle is BS in spades. Just my disgusted 2C.
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