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Post by canthitstraight on Jun 13, 2016 12:24:24 GMT -5
Ummmmm why are so many people lady golfers?? I base my characters off my two sons in many games action / rpg games. My daughter complained that she couldn't be one of my video game characters. So this me giving her some love. |
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Post by boomboom on Jun 13, 2016 14:12:30 GMT -5
Ummmmm why are so many people lady golfers?? Because it is gay to stare at a mans ass for hours on end. |
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Post by boomboom on Jun 13, 2016 14:17:37 GMT -5
Boomboom: did you figure out the horizontal grid lines counting method on your own? If so, very creative! I find that it is working very well for giving me accurate putts for uphill and no hill putts. Do you make many adjustments for downhill putts? I haven't been successful applying this to any downhill putts yet. And the steeper the decline, the farther off I am. My method for downhill putts is what I'm going to coin the "play it safe method". In this 14 feet putt that is 4 inches below the ball, I subtract 4 from the 14 feet to make it 10 feet. Then I know that the relatively fast green speed of 179 will take my ball quite a bit past the hole, so I drop a few more feet to 8 feet. I now aim in the direction of the break at a distance that is purely off past experiences and I end up within a 3 feet radius of the cup. When I use your method for downhill puts, I find I have to make adjustments: In this example I count 7 clicks to the right for this downhill putt. Then I re-center and go 7 clicks in the opposite direction. Since I know this will not nearly give me enough, I go an extra 7 clicks to the left. My 11 foot putt that is 5 inches downhill I calculate this way: 11 - 5 = 6 feet. Instead of subtracting a few more (the way I would in my example), I add 2 more to make it 8 feet the way I would normally take an uphill putt. This recalibration allows me a direct line at the hole, but takes my ball 8 feet past the hole if the line isn't true. How would you handle this particular situation? Well I did explain, "Now I set the marker for the distance I intend to hit and turn the opposite way of the way of the break till the grid lines go flat and level and take note of how far I turned. Little mistake in the below photo, the marker should be out to the distance I intend to hit........ Not sure what you are asking sorry. |
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Post by canthitstraight on Jun 13, 2016 16:20:08 GMT -5
Boomboom... I'm clearly aware of what you've said as you can see by the first two videos I posted.
But in the case of the final video, had I only gone the 7 clicks in the opposite direction and hit at a putting marker of 4 feet (11-5-2 feet), the ball would not have had the correct combination of aim and power for the line to come anywhere near that hole. The ball would have ended up 4 feet to the right of the hole
I am asking you specifically how you would have handled this situation in this video.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2016 16:39:16 GMT -5
Just don't do clicks....
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Post by Royce on Jun 13, 2016 16:40:28 GMT -5
Charting is great and all, it can certainly help improve scoring no doubt, but what I found is it took a lot of the enjoyment out of playing the game.
I've built wind & club distance charts and even a spreadsheet tool that uses wind speed and direction degrees to give you the true effect of wind at various angles for different clubs (dreaded 7:30 wind for example)....it all just quickly became punching numbers into a computer instead of feeling like golf. I'm glad I did it all, and I use it to some extent on every single shot still, but in more a subconscious way.
Putting is an entire different animal. I'm going to try your method, as I've yet to solve it in nearly 2 years of many three putts.
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Post by canthitstraight on Jun 13, 2016 16:47:21 GMT -5
Clicks or going by distance in each direction really come out to the same. Same issue remains. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2016 16:48:14 GMT -5
Downhill putts seem fine to me.
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Post by boomboom on Jun 13, 2016 18:34:57 GMT -5
Boomboom... I'm clearly aware of what you've said as you can see by the first two videos I posted. But in the case of the final video, had I only gone the 7 clicks in the opposite direction and hit at a putting marker of 4 feet (11-5-2 feet), the ball would not have had the correct combination of aim and power for the line to come anywhere near that hole. The ball would have ended up 4 feet to the right of the hole I am asking you specifically how you would have handled this situation in this video. I guess I got confused when you did not put the marker at your intended distance to hit in the opposite direction first. You had the marker at 12 feet not 8 which should of been closer to 6 or 7 when you checked for level. So you first moved the marker to 12 feet, moved in the opposite direction then moved the marker the direction of the break, then further out then further back to 8 feet. No where had i suggested such a complicated method. I never stated move the marker to the intended distance you want the ball to travel, I said to the intended distance you want to hit. Had you first moved the marker to 7 feet, then the opposite direction till the lines went flat and level, then back an equal distance in the direction of the break, then a play a little more break to account for the green speed you would of been much closer, in a much faster method. Sorry if I sound frustrated, it's just I think some people read stuff that's not there, which makes me go back and check what I wrote only to find what i wrote is fine. |
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Post by canthitstraight on Jun 13, 2016 20:33:33 GMT -5
Boomboom... I'm clearly aware of what you've said as you can see by the first two videos I posted. But in the case of the final video, had I only gone the 7 clicks in the opposite direction and hit at a putting marker of 4 feet (11-5-2 feet), the ball would not have had the correct combination of aim and power for the line to come anywhere near that hole. The ball would have ended up 4 feet to the right of the hole I am asking you specifically how you would have handled this situation in this video. I guess I got confused when you did not put the marker at your intended distance to hit in the opposite direction first. You had the marker at 12 feet not 8 which should of been closer to 6 or 7 when you checked for level. So you first moved the marker to 12 feet, moved in the opposite direction then moved the marker the direction of the break, then further out then further back to 8 feet. No where had i suggested such a complicated method. I never stated move the marker to the intended distance you want the ball to travel, I said to the intended distance you want to hit. Had you first moved the marker to 7 feet, then the opposite direction till the lines went flat and level, then back an equal distance in the direction of the break, then a play a little more break to account for the green speed you would of been much closer, in a much faster method. Sorry if I sound frustrated, it's just I think some people read stuff that's not there, which makes me go back and check what I wrote only to find what i wrote is fine. I messaged Daniel before your post and he clarified a few things for me. One of which is the fact that I should move the putting marker as a first step, not last. I've always moved it after adjusting for break and it never occurred to me to (even though you explicitly said to do it first) to take that as a first step. Second thing he clarified for me is that once the distance is set, move to make the grid line between the ball and the hole horizontal, rather than the lowest grid line on the screen (which was the one I was attempting to use). Sorry you're frustrated. I posted my first two videos here in an attempt to clear up to some people what your three screenshots on the first page were trying to convey. I figured that would give me a little bit of goodwill. No one's perfect, whether it's our virtual golf game or our reading comprehension. |
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Post by Terry Grayson on Jun 13, 2016 20:39:40 GMT -5
Ive been practicing the putting tip, and am getting closer to getting it dialed in.... Making many more than I was missing... still a way to go.....
Thought Id see if it transpired to the PGA tour (Im a Webber) and through two I am -19... Without doing the above mentioned things pointed out and charting clubs, NO WAY
I would get close to shooting that... So things are looking up....Still tweaking everything to fit my game, but thankful for folks like Boomer that takes the time to help us lowly
hackers.. HA HA HA
Terry
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Post by Doyley on Jun 13, 2016 23:15:02 GMT -5
Now I set the marker for the distance I intend to hit and turn the opposite way of the way of the break till the grid lines go flat and level and take note of how far I turned. Little mistake in the below photo, the marker should be out to the distance I intend to hit........ Ever since I got my new rig all my grid lines are flat - even on severe slopes they are flat - not sure if it's an AA thing or not but on my old dead card i could read the grids much easier. Big reason why I don't putt as well now! I have ways to find out but it was nice being able to see grids that didn't look flat for all types of putts. |
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Post by boomboom on Jun 14, 2016 4:54:13 GMT -5
Now I set the marker for the distance I intend to hit and turn the opposite way of the way of the break till the grid lines go flat and level and take note of how far I turned. Little mistake in the below photo, the marker should be out to the distance I intend to hit........ Ever since I got my new rig all my grid lines are flat - even on severe slopes they are flat - not sure if it's an AA thing or not but on my old dead card i could read the grids much easier. Big reason why I don't putt as well now! I have ways to find out but it was nice being able to see grids that didn't look flat for all types of putts. Got my new rig same thing happened. While flat they are not level though, but you know that already, however when launching from steam select medium and the bumps return. |
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Post by boomboom on Jun 14, 2016 5:09:41 GMT -5
Ok next tip. Uneven lie. This one you cannot practice well in the designer because the designer plays differently.
Uphill and downhill slopes are not in the game yet, i stress yet, but side hill lies are. How do you tell you are on an uneven lie. You need watch closely what happens to your ball when you land in the fairway and the last little bit of roll-out just before the balls stops. For a left handed player such as myself, If it moves right the ball will be above your feet, left it will be below your feet. Even the slight ones have impact. The amount of impact is determined by 2 things, the amount of slope and your swing. 1 we know, 1 we don't. I won't get into the 1 we don't, because we cannot control that, but if the ball is below your feet the ball will take off left and hook, opposite for ball above your feet, how much depends on the amount of the 2 things I mentioned. Reverse this for right handed player.
So folks, if you are not already, start figuring out if your ball is on level land or not.
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Post by BillySastard976 on Jun 14, 2016 5:53:33 GMT -5
Great tip. I have a lot of trouble seeing if the ball is slightly above/below my feet,this will definitely help a lot.
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