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[☠InDaSkies☠]

Here's a video of the putting meter:

[☠InDaSkies☠]

Buck, on 30 May 2015 - 11:23 PM, said:

I'm not a tester.  It does seem like they've been directed to not show anything with the avatar/golfer view or putting though

I am a tester and I can assure you no one has directed us to not show anything. The avatar is still a work in progress. I think all in all everyone will be pleased with the new update. And hope everyone will understand that this game is a work in progress. And will have many things coming.

[Dazmaniac]

Like IDS says, the golfer animation is still the same one from U4 builds. Don't be expecting an all new animation just yet, because we have gone U5.

 

PP have already said once the U5 build is stable and they are happy game is running OK, they can push on with getting the animation updates worked on.

[Dazmaniac]

Just to add to the posts about the new putt meter.

 

Just been play testing @ Massachusetts and had a 50ft putt to the pin, which was up on the top level of the green, 20 inches above my player and the ball. Stimp running at 10. Hit the putt at 12 o'clock and it ran out to 70 ft.

 

Had the putt been flat I guess it would have gone a fair bit further.

[Buck]

Sinewiz, on 01 Jun 2015 - 3:45 PM, said:

That's because billboard trees are a thing of the past. Trees in the distance depending on your settings will have a lower LOD (level of detail) than trees up close but they still look far better than cardboard cut outs.

 

Awesome news about no more billboards!

[Dazmaniac]

Buck,

 

I quick preview if I may. The trees in the distance are over 400 yds away and I have camera distance set to max (2000). This pic has the tree quality slider at its lowest level of 0.5

 

In the wind the distant trees do not move, they are static, but still look OK.

 

On high setting of 6 for comparison (at higher levels distant trees move in the wind).

 

Just goes to show the improvements the new LOD settings for trees have made, as even at lower level settings, they are way better than the old billboards. Pics don't really do it justice, so hopefully not long before you get to see for yourself.

[Buck]

Dazmaniac, on 01 Jun 2015 - 8:32 PM, said:

Buck,

 

I quick preview if I may. The trees in the distance are over 400 yds away and I have camera distance set to max (2000). This pic has the tree quality slider at its lowest level of 0.5

 

In the wind the distant trees do not move, they are static, but still look OK.

 

On high setting of 6, they look fine and do move in the wind.

 

 

Great pics - thanks for posting!

 

The new tress are a huge upgrade, no question!  

[DaShotShapa]

ETA of an update?

[Mike Jones]

Buck, on 31 May 2015 - 6:38 PM, said:

Really awesome point. I think some transparency near the shorelines would Indeed help a ton with the look of realism.

There is nothing to stop coursebuilders creating courses with refractive water. We don't because it uses a lot of performance which might be better spent in other areas. Once again I have to disagree with people who think the water and surrounds in 'the other game' looks great. It looks cookie cutter to me with every pond having a shoreline which is just not the way it is on 90% of real courses. The only time i really see refraction on a lake is when im looking down close to the edge of it and that scenario just doesnt occur that often. How many times have you seen refractive water on a pga tour course?

[DaShotShapa]

InDaSkies, on 01 Jun 2015 - 6:26 PM, said:

Here's a video of the putting meter:

Thats gonna suck. How are you gonna b able to click that fast for a 1 foot or less putt?

[✠ davef ✠]

GolfGenius, on 01 Jun 2015 - 9:38 PM, said:

Thats gonna suck. How are you gonna b able to click that fast for a 1 foot or less putt?

i hear ya Rich it sould be a little harder for you but after playing many rounds with you im sure you can figure it out.

but then again i sure hope they don't work fellows out of the game with disabilitys such as yours either.

well my break is about over you guys ready to get the ladder kicked back up or has total intrest been lost. i have not been on teamspeak for so long, so i thought you may have an ear on it.

[axe360]

Ok, I dare someone to try and tell me, this pic doesn't look Amazing!!! Mind you I have a low end system too.

 

[Jimmy]

axe360, on 01 Jun 2015 - 10:06 PM, said:

Ok, I dare someone to try and tell me, this pic doesn't look Amazing!!! Mind you I have a low end system too.

Beautiful mate, absolutely beautiful;-)

[axe360]

Yep  here is another, enjoy. Dynamic Skies ON...

 

[Splash]

Sure it looks good, glad trees are real now too. Get rid of some of that shortcut stuff going thru the trees.

[✠ davef ✠]

axe360, on 01 Jun 2015 - 10:06 PM, said:

Ok, I dare someone to try and tell me, this pic doesn't look Amazing!!! Mind you I have a low end system too.

 

the graphics look 100% better, thanks Axe

[axe360]

YVW, Dave...

[✠ davef ✠]

will there ever be a practice green or we just continue to learn the new putting

while in round?

[Jimmy]

Whats it like on fps on your rig Axe?

[axe360]

I believe we will get a practice range back.

 

I have had to lower tree detail a bit Jimmy as I must confess, I am taking a hit on fps compared to before with U4... Hopefully since this is all new, PG will get that dialed in, in due time... I have complete faith in PG...

 

But I can still play with tree detail around 2.70 and pretty smooth... But still a hit on fps's.. I am playing on HIgh too.

If you check the minimum specs for this game, those were taken from my rig. I now have a 750watt PSU and a GE Force GT 730 card but still the same 3.00 GHz Core 2 duo processor..So if I lowered down to Med, game play would really smooth out for me..