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by linkster
April 29th, 2026, 12:47 am
Forum: Course Corner
Topic: Update blue monster at Doral?
Replies: 1
Views: 136

Re: Update blue monster at Doral?

No one has asked for the DEM so I would assume no. I can whip up something playable but it won't have the finished look that a completed course has.
by linkster
April 17th, 2026, 2:33 am
Forum: Designers Corner
Topic: LIDAR Tutorial 1 – Creating Green Contours in QGIS
Replies: 16
Views: 79494

Re: LIDAR Tutorial 1 – Creating Green Contours in QGIS

Hi owntor! QGIS will convert a .tif to a .dem as a raster conversion (raster - conversion - translate). However, this function got depreciated around QGIS version 3.40. I now stick to QGIS version 3.38.3 to keep this function. There is also the website MyGeodata Converter (https://mygeodata.cloud/) ...
by linkster
April 11th, 2026, 3:03 pm
Forum: Playing Links
Topic: Look What I've Been Up To
Replies: 33
Views: 45592

Re: Look What I've Been Up To

My designer creates .CRS files, but it could just as easily create .CRZ files. I could basically make the file extension be whatever I wanted. Of course, now that I've built my own game I know why the Links CRZ files are "uncrackable". I've tried to open them a number of ways using AI and...
by linkster
April 8th, 2026, 1:07 am
Forum: Playing Links
Topic: Look What I've Been Up To
Replies: 33
Views: 45592

Re: Look What I've Been Up To

I promised some screenshots so here they are. This is in the course designer. This is of my home course and it's a lidar import using the process I mentioned above. You can see some of the other courses I've imported in the course list on the left. I was working on the designer tonight, but I will ...
by linkster
April 3rd, 2026, 12:56 am
Forum: Course Corner
Topic: Augusta National 2026
Replies: 26
Views: 3419

Re: Augusta National 2026

Pins and tees are all the same as the 2024 version. :thumbup:
by linkster
April 2nd, 2026, 2:24 am
Forum: Course Corner
Topic: Augusta National 2026
Replies: 26
Views: 3419

Re: Augusta National 2026

Thanks Pete. Not a big update from 2024 but this will make the course feel complete. I added the dam near the 11th green and did a basic clubhouse. It is nothing like the building complex that is there in real life, but the work necessary to make it look good is way more than I want to take on. The ...
by linkster
March 5th, 2026, 1:57 am
Forum: Designers Corner
Topic: Not ANOTHER chain link fence question?
Replies: 7
Views: 9063

Re: Not ANOTHER chain link fence question?

Sorry, I just noticed this question. Which 2001 stock fence are you looking to use? 3DFences001.png 3DFences002.png If you have all 4 files necessary for a 3d object (.cmf, .map, .prv, .XYZ), they can be added to your planting library through the same way a 2d object is. Instead of looking for a .tg...
by linkster
February 12th, 2026, 11:13 pm
Forum: Course Corner
Topic: Ballyneal Golf and Hunt Club
Replies: 19
Views: 15555

Re: Ballyneal Golf and Hunt Club

I opened the course in Links Extender and had a look at the number of verts. Looks like it is over 532k. APCD with not load a course over 525k (or so) verts. You'll have to go back to a previous save and work ahead from there. I feel bad for not lowering the vert count for you before the hand off. :...
by linkster
January 30th, 2026, 12:39 am
Forum: Designers Corner
Topic: AI and APCD
Replies: 5
Views: 6249

Re: AI and APCD

It is far from utilizing the potential of AI but I did build a script using pyautogui to help automate the clicks needed to "Add vertices" to shapes for doing the terrain edges. It is not perfect, but it does help. https://linkscorner.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2496 I have a newer script th...
by linkster
January 16th, 2026, 1:37 am
Forum: Designers Corner
Topic: What's up with the "user.lib" file
Replies: 9
Views: 13152

Re: What's up with the "user.lib" file

I agree with Ian. The textures for a course are stored in the .crz file (except the stock textures) and the user.lib file is just the APCD making a copy of all the textures it encounters. This shortens the course loading process by maybe 30 seconds. However, there seems to be bugs in the copy proced...