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[pingzing]

Love the videos Gary, very informative mate and thanks for your time and effort, there a big help here

Hope there`s more coming

 

Cheers

[garynorman]

Love the videos Gary, very informative mate and thanks for your time and effort, there a big help here

Hope there`s more coming

 

Cheers

 

Thanks mate,

 

To be honest, I'm struggling for ideas on new topics for the videos.  I don't want to continually repeat what Ive already posted and I'm reluctant to step on anyone else's toes regarding content... 

 

If anyone has anything that they'd like to see (providing that I know how to do those things!) then I'd be happy to hear any suggestions...

[pingzing]

Thanks mate,

 

To be honest, I'm struggling for ideas on new topics for the videos.  I don't want to continually repeat what Ive already posted and I'm reluctant to step on anyone else's toes regarding content... 

 

If anyone has anything that they'd like to see (providing that I know how to do those things!) then I'd be happy to hear any suggestions...

Ok No worries mate

 

Here`s a few ideas that  i can think of now actually 

 

Animate boats  etc running in one direction then looping, like my fishing boats, be good for others to learn

Waterfalls using the Unity Particle System or the downloadable waterfall as objects

Large waterfalls or one that are smaller  and cascade down a creek 

Creating large splines as per links style courses

Creating and shaping bunkers and surrounds

Multi tiered greens and how slopes in cf  are more exaggerated in game

Placing the pins on the green and how far they should be form the front or the edge of green

How to make custom tee boxes, retaining walls

How to create a custom flag

A fair number of fairway shapes are a bit straightish and boring,  how to make them more sexy and interesting.

Planting of trees from the fairway out, smaller trees at front then larger as you move back

planting rocks and changing their texture colour from the plain grey rock texture 

Creating fairway run off areas around the greens, not alot of new guys are doing this

Making nice looking creeks

Green sizes  for par 3.4 and especially larger one for par 5`s to allow for roll out

General tips and tricks when working with unity and cf

how to create a splash screen

Creating and working out your elevations up/down hill

Fairway widths, allowing for wayward shots and especially the wind factor

Backing up your work frequently, this is a big problem, accidentally delete things

Lighting and shadows

Layout of holes before you start,   a few guys have boxed themselves in and ran out of room

Trying to work out a theme and design/layout of a new course

Dont place holes too close to edge of plot, overhead map will show outside of plot

Placing mountains-objects into your course

Making folders in assets  and heirachy, getting things in order, dont place stuff anywhere hap hazardly

Textures- albedo/normal. what you know about them

Water hazards and how to add  water hazards, especially lateral hazards

Mow lines/criss cross/horizontal lines ,fiarway patterns, like 2 different shades running along the fairway

one side has a lighter or darker colour running along the fairway

 

Thats about all i can think of for now

 

Cheers gary 

[garynorman]

That'll be something to be going on with

 

I have just done one on Speedtrees which should be up later today...

[garynorman]

New video:

 

[garynorman]

The course finally has a name...

 

[DoGgs]

contour a flat green for us gary, sounds simple but i like the little contours you have going on, even on the smallest of green, what tools are you using, and at what intensity, my fictional greens could be better thats for sure.

[Dazmaniac]

The course finally has a name...

 

 

You been listening to Gwyneth Glyn?

 

 

I believe Tywod Gwyn translates to White Sand.

[olazaboll]

I have a name , but not a course for my Links-Course project

[Drgnslyr221]

contour a flat green for us gary, sounds simple but i like the little contours you have going on, even on the smallest of green, what tools are you using, and at what intensity, my fictional greens could be better thats for sure.

I second that. CF is great, but I have a hard time getting realistic contours without making silly pins. 

[garynorman]

You been listening to Gwyneth Glyn?

 

 

I believe Tywod Gwyn translates to White Sand.

 

The English to Welsh translator came in handy   

 

contour a flat green for us gary, sounds simple but i like the little contours you have going on, even on the smallest of green, what tools are you using, and at what intensity, my fictional greens could be better thats for sure.

 

I'll do that video today...

[bortimus]

Looking forward to that Gary.  The videos are very helpful.  Thanks for taking the time to help us learn.  

[DoGgs]

your pic reminds me of an area at the start of the brecon beacons just north of merthyr tydfil, you drive thru a gate like that and once you do its nothing but wilderness for miles, stunning area.

[garynorman]

The video is up:

 

[Dazmaniac]

Great video Gary.

Loved the tip with the measuring tool to get an appreciation of the amount of sloping around where you're working.

[clubcaptain]

I'd like to see how to set up creating a course from scratch, thereby not using the CFtutorial course. And including an island variation please.