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Post by anquila1978 on Oct 27, 2014 16:45:01 GMT -5
Just published a links course that I hope to submit as a European tour course
AGE:H2.1
Obviously before submission it will have a proper name but because of not being able to delete yet it is easier to temporarily name them this way.
Constructive critism is welcome, I will say that high winds should be expected, hopefully the challege is there and fun can be had too.
Cheers
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Post by Doyley on Oct 27, 2014 16:49:38 GMT -5
Great idea anquila - hope you get some takers. I'll try and have a go if I can get a few minutes of free time (hard to find these days!)
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Post by SmilingGoats on Oct 27, 2014 18:48:29 GMT -5
Gave it a quick play through. Keep in mind I'm not an official reviewer but knowing the course rating guidelines, I would say you're sitting at a 3.0 to 3.5 range at the moment.
Things I would recommend that you could improve:
1) Some of the elevations on the fairways are a bit extreme. Keep in mind that in general you want shots in the middle of the fairway to hold the fairway and not roll of the side into the water or rough. It is ok for an overshot not to hold a fairway but good shots should hold.
2) The bunkers have good elevation but some are small and the ones with the "natural" rough around them look awkward...I'd put some heavy rough there to blend them a little more.
3) There are some areas that need rough textures to blend the textures. You'll notice around some of the fairways that in spots there are dark green ribbon areas surrounding the fairways. That happens when there is no texture blending.
4) Some of the greens are a little extreme. Hole 10 is an example.
5) Overall, consider the realism of each hole. A few of them felt a little too much toward the arcade style to be considered for a tour stop.
6) There are a couple of spots where there are "rough" areas...areas where the elevation changes around bunkers and such need to be smoothed to get rid of the angular looking terrain.
You did a good job with hole variety, varying length and hole types. I think the biggest thing is working on your mastery of the elevation tools. Check out some of the top courses and look at how natural the elevations look, even when extreme.
Hope that helps.
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Post by anquila1978 on Oct 28, 2014 7:27:23 GMT -5
Good feedback, just to clarify
1.Keep in mind that in general you want shots in the middle of the fairway to hold the fairway and not roll of the side into the water or rough. It is ok for an overshot not to hold a fairway but good shots should hold.
Could you number the holes, I have played in upto 17mph and I find that the fairways don't roll overly to the rough but I could be hitting the best areas?
2.The bunkers have good elevation but some are small and the ones with the "natural" rough around them look awkward...I'd put some heavy rough there to blend them a little more.
Small 'pot' bunkers are a feature of the classic links courses in Scotland, that's a look I am going for, the tough round the bunkers I agree with, unfortunatly the heavy rough may prevent a ball rolling into a bunker and allows the player a get out, mostly on the links course I play rough will not encircle all the bunker, just a feature of the GNCD, but I will go back as the dark green is slightly out of line with the course.
3.There are some areas that need rough textures to blend the textures. You'll notice around some of the fairways that in spots there are dark green ribbon areas surrounding the fairways. That happens when there is no texture blending.
Not sure how to do this, any tips?
4.Some of the greens are a little extreme. Hole 10 is an example.
The greens have the possibility of four pin positions, I have tried to have landing areas to allow good shots a putt at a birdie but only really good shots a guarenteed this, Hole 10 has been a nightmare, can seem to get it quite right but thought I had fixed the back left.
5. Overall, consider the realism of each hole. A few of them felt a little too much toward the arcade style to be considered for a tour stop.
Hole 7 and 9 with the cliffs and 18 with the island?
6) There are a couple of spots where there are "rough" areas...areas where the elevation changes around bunkers and such need to be smoothed to get rid of the angular looking terrain.
Coll I will address those.
You did a good job with hole variety, varying length and hole types. I think the biggest thing is working on your mastery of the elevation tools. Check out some of the top courses and look at how natural the elevations look, even when extreme.
Fair enough, didn't think the elevations on most holes were that far off from those on Asencion etc but different eyes see different things.
Cheers again and back to the drawing board sort of.
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