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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...

The MS version of Pelican Hill is the south course. The back to back short par 3's #12 and double green #13 near the ocean is a distinct feature.

I found a good 2023 DEM that covers the entire course. Would you like a plot that has both courses or just the south?

Seam blends inherit some properties from the texture they were made from. For example, I like to clone a green texture for the fringe seam blend so that the breakline indicator works on the seam blend. Untitled2.png If you made your ocean - surf seam blend from a cloned water texture, the seam blend...

I wonder what caused it and what Links extender does to resolve it. I am glad that Links Extender worked in this situation. It doesn't always work, but lucky it did here. My "theory" on the APCD is that the additions made to APCD 1.5 versus 1.1 were done quickly and not properly tested. S...

Well that was interesting! I tried deleting all 2D objects, did a V & S, no big change in file size. I tried deleting all path and multiple maps for seam blends, did a V & S, no big change in file size. I tried deleting all shapes, did a V & S, no big change in file size. So then I opene...

That was me Sage. I figured out the necessary file conversions to get 3D into the APCD. https://linkscorner.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2162 I don't think there was much uptake on the subject and I am not a good 3D modeller. The APCD can handle decent textures for the 3D but Links is limited to 256x25...

The time needed to generate the shadow file is excessive for me. How many 2d objects are planted on the course? Rule of thumb I use is to keep it at 1 or 2 million max. Do the grasses have a top view? This is likely the issue. The trick to getting rid of top views is to add a new grass to the object...

This is working well for me. I hope others can get it to work for them and share their experiences.

With all the talk of AI and automation and bots scrolling social media, I have always wondered if there was anything that could be done to automate work in the APCD. After a few YouTube videos and getting into coding with Python, I have found a way to automate the clicks needed to add vertices aroun...

There is a vert used for a seam blend that is below the level of the reflective water. It would be rendered in Pete's screenshot.