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Post by grinder12000 on Mar 14, 2017 16:28:52 GMT -5
I have yet to find a good video on the basics For instance, what are the differences between Sculpt Flatten Tool Sculpt Raise Tool Sculpt Terrain Flatten Tool Sculpt Raise Flatten Tool Is there a LOWER or is that just the opposite of raise (seems silly to say that out loud) and once I raise or lower I hit ACCEPT and then I CLOSE to play the hole??? It seems many times I CLOSE and I'm back to the beginning with no changes. What am I missing
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Post by scampi00 on Mar 14, 2017 16:58:54 GMT -5
Start over. Use the blue tools. Not the red ones. In my set of videos, I believe there's one called "starting terrain" that will show you how to start from flat ground. That should get you started. I think it's episode 4 or 5.
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Post by scampi00 on Mar 14, 2017 17:05:45 GMT -5
It's episode 3. There are actually 2 "layers." One that you see and one that you typically don't see, beneath the layer you see. When you raise or lower land with the red brush, you are raising or lowering the "invisible" layer.
Many people use this to make fairway bunkers. They'll place their bunker onto a fairway, then their rough. Once they do that they lower the invisible layer, bringing the fairway applied to the invisible layer down, essentially causing a small hole in the "normal" layer. This sill expose the rough and the bunker with what's left of the fairway around it. I NEVER make my fairway bunkers this way because I feel it's overly complicated but there are some who do.
Play with it if you like, but I find it too tricky. Just use the blues until you get comfortable enough to experiment.
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Post by grinder12000 on Mar 14, 2017 17:17:08 GMT -5
Well that explains a LOT of my brain cramps!
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Post by grinder12000 on Mar 14, 2017 19:27:23 GMT -5
OH - yea - I've seen those videos and like most (all actually) tutorials it goes too fast. The mouse or whatever flies around clicking on menus like you have done it a thousand times and a person watching (who has never done it once) is trying to follow along and gets lost.
I've been raising and lowering the RED tools and getting SO frustrated because nothing happens (it seems).
I'm certainly not complaining but designers who put out basic tutorials need to slow down. The journey is more important then the destination.
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Post by titaneddie on Mar 14, 2017 19:53:40 GMT -5
OH - yea - I've seen those videos and like most (all actually) tutorials it goes too fast. The mouse or whatever flies around clicking on menus like you have done it a thousand times and a person watching (who has never done it once) is trying to follow along and gets lost. I've been raising and lowering the RED tools and getting SO frustrated because nothing happens (it seems). I'm certainly not complaining but designers who put out basic tutorials need to slow down. The journey is more important then the destination. Just dont even bother using the RED tools for now. They really only have a few purposes and you won't need them.
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Post by grinder12000 on Mar 14, 2017 21:55:07 GMT -5
Well my biggest issue is solved just knowing that the RED was just messing with my brain all along!
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Post by casimir on Mar 15, 2017 8:26:46 GMT -5
From some experience too I can say that if you're starting out with the designer, I'd argue that Scampi's method of flattening the entire course area and starting with a flat plain makes learning the tools a bit easier... in no small part due to what you've just experienced with the red tool. You won't need the red tool at all if you start this way. I've got two courses I'm working on - a flat one and one where I've let the designer create the terrain layout (water and hills). That one caused me some major frustration for a while because, like you, I didn't quite understand the red tool's function, and as such some of my fairways weren't laying down due to the "invisible" layer near the waterline. Thankfully ErixonStone informed me of the problem and how to fix it.
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Post by ErixonStone on Mar 15, 2017 10:27:59 GMT -5
I use the red brushes to build my basic plot before I start building holes. That way, once I start building, I know where my water is.
Another method is to use the red brushes raise the plot so that there is no water on the course, and then use the blue brushes to build the final plot.
A third method is to use the red brushes to completely flatten the plot and the do all sculpting with the blue ones.
The important thing is that, before you start using the blue brushes, make sure you know where there is water and where there isn't. Then, you can just use the blue brushes to do all your sculpting work without worrying that a piece of fairway/green won't cover an area that was once underwater.
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