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The Three Click Bunker


So we keep telling you how easy our tools will be to use, but talk is cheap! Here's a quick preview of what it takes to actually make a finished sand bunker (final versions will be more polished and better looking!)
So we keep telling you how easy our tools will be to use, but talk is cheap! Here's a quick preview of what it takes to actually make a finished sand bunker (final versions will be more polished and better looking!)

First of all you use a simplified version of Unity's Terrain sculpting tools to mould the terrain, it's like a paintbrush but you're painting hills, slopes and valleys instead. If you can use any computer paint program such as MS Paint you can use this!

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Once you're happy with your bunker elevations you can now draw the more detailed bunker outline in our shape drawing tool. Make sure 'bunker' is ticked.

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Click 'Create bunker' - This creates your detailed bunker mesh automatically.

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Click 'Finish' - This adds the textures and dirt lip automatically. Of course if you want more control you can easily change the textures and the type of bunker edge ie grass, dirt etc for a different look.

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That's it!



With lots of automation like this which takes the hard work out of building your course, you can spend more time designing it and less time building it. Share it with the Online community and have it played and rated by other players. If we like it, we'll use it for one of our real time tournaments and you'll get rewarded with special 'in game' items only available to course builders.

These tools are for you. Go on..... be creative!


33 Comments

sirputterman
Jan 07 2013 07:49 PM
I just had a look at the new vidio on the course forge and honestly I am blown away!!! compared to the oldC.A. tool used in TW this is light years ahead in technology and ease of use. Very impressed and I truly hope this project is a go. I can't wait to try out this new design tool. One question will we be able to use dems from sites like usgs.gov?
Very interesting. I like what I see a lot. I will be following your development.
Thank you JWL! If you like this post you may want to check out Mike's latest post, "CourseForge In action." if you haven't already.
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truckerkills
Jul 08 2013 05:27 PM

Awsome, cant wait

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J.H.Buchanan
Aug 09 2013 04:40 PM

Among other things the bunkers look absolutelly fantastic it is like the first time one can really see the many depths and curbes that a bunker has whereas in all the other golf sims it was so generic and when I would make bunkers with the other golf sims editor this was usually when the editor file for the course I was making would crap out and I would potetially loose all my work. But with this engine here no only are the bunkers 1 million times better in looks and physics  ... now even a caveman can make a bunker.

So When Is this start? and how are the avatars look like? Cant wait much longer.