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[Rackme32]

That Turf Effects thing looks awesome indeed.

Great to see that Course Forge is a major step closer to reality, too!

I'd better go finish my 3-click tourney rounds before I can plug 'em in the bunker

[mcthommo]

That grass effect looks useful- I just wonder what hit on frame rates it will have 

[Charles]

Nice to read Andrew. Thanks for this post. Love the soundscript addition. Should make playing a lot more fun.   Plugged lies in bunkers are also a very good touch.   Looking forward to playing the Rio Olympic Course! I watched both comp's (men/women) and the course looked to have some great holes. The shot clock option is also a good idea! Adds a touch of realism and focus to ones game. Hope that new Ani's are on the horizon?..    Keep up the great work!

[SirGrassCutter]

yes but its 60 seconds per shot should be 30 seconds

 

I agree and that was what I would be going for next.  But at least 60 seconds is a start. 

[Parkle]

Interesting update Andrew but just one question.

Can you give us any idea of a timescale for the introduction of some alternative animations, including lefties and female animations ?

They are sorely needed in this game as Hacker Harry is frankly depressing and well past  his sell-by date !  

[Andrew]

We did a test project with 10,000 blades of grass and it had no impact on Frame Rate.

On the subject of animations, this is an expensive item and so we will be doing these as priority 1 as soon as we are able to.  Beyond that I cannot provide a timeframe.

[Dazmaniac]

Nice one guys. Glad to see the DX11 build decision to incorporate better features.

iRacing have made a similar decision where they will be phasing out DX9 support as it is holding the sim back and making DX11 the minimum.

[Mailman]

We did a test project with 10,000 blades of grass and it had no impact on Frame Rate.

 

Sure would be good to see screenshots before and after to give us an idea of what turf effects look like within PG.

[footslogger]

I hope the soundscript editor inspires someone to provide tournament-style commentary scripts such as tks(?) provided at Links.  They added a lot of atmosphere to the game.

[gravedodger]

I hope the soundscript editor inspires someone to provide tournament-style commentary scripts such as tks(?) provided at Links.  They added a lot of atmosphere to the game.

^^^^^ this, so much 

[Bob5453]

I hope the soundscript editor inspires someone to provide tournament-style commentary scripts such as tks(?) provided at Links.  They added a lot of atmosphere to the game.

I still have the 3 Stooges soundscript somewhere. I loved it!  

[FixAmer1st]

I still have the 3 Stooges soundscript somewhere. I loved it!  

 

I have all of the Links sound scripts.  Once the sound script is working here I will make them available, somehow,  to anybody that needs/wants them.

[Drrobmiller]

My God,..those Nvidia grass effects are incredible,..probably the final piece to making incredible(I sound like trump) courses.

 

WOW

 

Rob

[mebby]

My God,..those Nvidia grass effects are incredible,..probably the final piece to making incredible(I sound like trump) courses.

 

WOW

 

Rob

I think it's great that JNPG will be on the cutting edge with this.  I think once the updated animations are in (although it's sounding like this is on the way back burner) we'll have a current looking game at a minimum, and in many way, a leading edge looking game.  But having the Nvidia Turf without better animations is kinda like waxing a beautiful car to a shine but leaving the wheels are dirty.

[johnmeyer]

Think its a good move personally. Golf simulator season is upon us, guys coming in from the summer looking for the most realistics sim option where avatars make no difference = $250 annual fees to be snapped up, for a minimal cost to the developer, as opposed to $30 lifetime fees for a huge cost to the developer.

 

Again only a personal view, but the focus in my opinion right now (for the next 4 weeks or so) should be physics and fixes to the core realism of the game to try and get these guys on board. With Skytraks now in the financial reach of many more golfers, the market is growing in this area, and now is the key time of year to take advantage.

[mebby]

Think its a good move personally. Golf simulator season is upon us, guys coming in from the summer looking for the most realistics sim option where avatars make no difference = $250 annual fees to be snapped up, for a minimal cost to the developer, as opposed to $30 lifetime fees for a huge cost to the developer.

 

Again only a personal view, but the focus in my opinion right now (for the next 4 weeks or so) should be physics and fixes to the core realism of the game to try and get these guys on board. With Skytraks now in the financial reach of many more golfers, the market is growing in this area, and now is the key time of year to take advantage.

I think we're actually pretty darn close on the physics.  Sure, there are a few things that could potentially use tweaks but I think what they've done is found the balance between perfectly accurate physics and a video game.  I would love to be able to play with the physics personally but I'm guessing some of the things that we all know aren't perfectly realistic are very intentional.  I could be wrong.

 

I'm quite pleased with the game. Time for the eye candy (and CF)!

[johnmeyer]

There are still some questions that keep cropping up physics wise in terms of the firmness settings, bounce physics, the way the ball reacts around greens when chipping and pitching, and also wind. 

 

Whilst maybe not so prevalent using a mouse/controller, when using a launch monitor when you have full shot data you can compare to real life results the difference become more apparent. Happily Andrew is looking into it, and hopefully we'll see some progress.

 

Dont get me wrong, the sim side is very very happy with the software,  we're comparing it to software that costs $1000s of dollars, but equally when people are handing over $250 annually on top of the minor purchase price they are quick to scrutinise where things dont happen as they should

 

Fully agree though, "course" eye candy, and CF are without out a doubt essential, and think the 3D grass and CF are the exact right steps that need to be the absolute priority in those areas.

[mebby]

There are still some questions that keep cropping up physics wise in terms of the firmness settings, bounce physics, the way the ball reacts around greens when chipping and pitching, and also wind.

Whilst maybe not so prevalent using a mouse/controller, when using a launch monitor when you have full shot data you can compare to real life results the difference become more apparent. Happily Andrew is looking into it, and hopefully we'll see some progress.

Dont get me wrong, the sim side is very very happy with the software, we're comparing it to software that costs $1000s of dollars, but equally when people are handing over $250 annually on top of the minor purchase price they are quick to scrutinise where things dont happen as they should

Fully agree though, "course" eye candy, and CF are without out a doubt essential, and think the 3D grass and CF are the exact right steps that need to be the absolute priority in those areas.

10-4. Makes perfect sense.

[Stoney]

Are we still getting this update this weekend?

[Hammerfest]

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