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[RobC]

Bandon Trails is now in Beta testing:-

[johnmeyer]

if you want real courses go play rory mcillory golf . put your own spin on your courses make them your own and unique.

could not agree less with this post, real courses are my absolute first choice. Using a GC2 with real clubs and balls is made all the better playing on these fantastic accurate recreations of real courses.. Keep them coming

[StoneComet]

Hi everyone,

I went through a couple of pages in this thread. I'm thinking about trying my hand at Unity. I'm wondering what most designers here are using the free version or the Pro version? Also, when Course Forge is released eventually will we still have to use Unity to create the underlying framework or will Unity be incorporated into the design mechanic? Thank you to those that take the time to reply.

[Kablammo11]

Hi everyone,

I went through a couple of pages in this thread. I'm thinking about trying my hand at Unity. I'm wondering what most designers here are using the free version or the Pro version? Also, when Course Forge is released eventually will we still have to use Unity to create the underlying framework or will Unity be incorporated into the design mechanic? Thank you to those that take the time to reply.

 

 

We use the free version. Course Forge is a Unity add-on, so you will have to rely on Unity even after the release.

[Brendan]

I downloaded unity yesterday, spent 20 minutes looking at it and then went to play Augusta on 14 stimp for some light entertainment.

[RobC]

Soooo....

Onto Pacific Dunes

a look from behind the 1st with a new style of bunkering:-

Another look at the new style of bunkers also a new look gorse bush in the background:-

Still all a work in progress and will probably change a bit before I settle on something

Cheers RobC

[Buck]

Looking great Rob!

Just curious but do you work off of photos or how do you do this?

[wim1234]

looks very good to me.. i like these textures you use..they look more natural

[RobC]

@_buck...

For a real course I usually decide which course

Then search the internet for as much information and photo's of the course as I can find

The big help is Terrain Forge and the 1m Lidar data...its very accurate

I then just try to copy what I see best I can

[NoPutt]

Nice bunkers Rob, did you remove the dirt lip or just assign

another texture to it?

[RobC]

I have assigned another texture to it and put less verticality( ) to it ...basically fiddled till it looked OK

[bortimus]

Nice fiddling RobC

Looks awesome!

[Birdie]

Just a sidenote, remember how long it took in the APCD decade untill we saw some evolution in "lip design"😎. Really exiting to follow the progress here. Keep on fiddling!

[RobC]

Pacific Dunes

Looking Back Down The Par 4 4th:-

[wim1234]

wow Robc, thsi is almost looking photoreal, awesome job

[erwildcat]

Soooo....

Onto Pacific Dunes

a look from behind the 1st with a new style of bunkering:-

Another look at the new style of bunkers also a new look gorse bush in the background:-

Still all a work in progress and will probably change a bit before I settle on something

Cheers RobC

RobC, you are so good at this type course! Have you ever considered doing the Streamsong courses (a.k.a. Bandon South)?

[RobC]

Funny you should say that I am going to Orlando on holiday in June and was looking to play there....However there is no lidar data for the course so I probably won't reproduce it

[NoPutt]

Looks like a blast to play, sand-blast in my case.

[RobC]

Pacific Dunes

Short Par 5 3rd From The Tee...Lots Of Gorse In View:-

 Looking back over the green:-

Par 3 5th:-

Short Drivable Par 4 6th:-

[DPRoberts]

Simply beautiful. You are owning these seaside designs. I have been toying with heather (she's quite the viagra) and love wandering through courses like yours for ideas. It seems most stock things are either too bright or dark at the base. It appears that the "magic" is in matching a splatmap texture with a grass color to pull off the realism.