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True Blue beta 3

Posted: June 13th, 2025, 1:53 pm
by sagevanni
Hi everyone,
I've uploaded a final beta for the course. I would like it if any issues are found you would let me know.

It may take a few hours to get on the download area.

Sage....... :cheers1:

Re: True Blue beta 3

Posted: June 14th, 2025, 3:32 am
by dwg
Just the one round played so far, so initial reactions.

Good fix for the 17th tee.

I find it an interesting and particularly enjoyable course to play, it is very picturesque.

A special mention on the undergrowth planting, it covers things like the tree bases nicely and makes it look very natural, it is well done.

The round I played was on a notebook, so 15.6" screen 1366 x 768 resolution but playing Links at 1280 x 720.

On this machine I found the hole previews difficult to read, notably, I think it was the 14th and 17th holes, the text also got cut off at the bottom and the left margin was very tight. I will look again on some different machines.

Other than this I have seen nothing of concern in my round. I was paying insufficient attention to my play and did have to go for a swim to retrieve a ball :rant:

I'm enjoying this course very much there is something about it.

Des

Re: True Blue beta 3

Posted: June 14th, 2025, 7:13 am
by dwg
That roof is blue!

I have played a further 3 rounds on machines ranging from a Gen 3 i3 to a Gen 13 i5. All my current systems are core i Series.

The course looks good and plays well on all of them.

My comment about the hole preview text holds true for all my systems. The text does overwrite the image on at least one.

The resolutions of the systems are:

24" screen 1920 x 1200 resolution
24" screen 1920 x 1080 resolution
15.6" screen 1920 x 1080 resolution

Personally, I find the green used on the hole previews a little too intense.

Des

Re: True Blue beta 3

Posted: June 14th, 2025, 2:47 pm
by Titus
Hi Sage,

you've done a great job again, I like it. I've played the course several times now and haven't seen any errors.

I also looked at the hole previews and they look normal for me, nothing cut off.

I play on a 48-inch screen, 3820x2160 (1920 x 1080 pixels), but I never use these hole previews in the game.

Titus :cheers1:

Re: True Blue beta 3

Posted: June 14th, 2025, 3:16 pm
by sagevanni
Thanks everyone....... :smile:

Sage....... :cheers1:

Re: True Blue beta 3

Posted: June 14th, 2025, 6:08 pm
by bear2016
anyone else having issues with the water on this course?

Re: True Blue beta 3

Posted: June 14th, 2025, 6:17 pm
by Titus
this is what it looks like here - also with voodoo
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Re: True Blue beta 3

Posted: June 14th, 2025, 10:55 pm
by bear2016
i thought i downloaded all the right files. it was the first three on the website. don't know if i missed one one or just missed placed a file.

Re: True Blue beta 3

Posted: June 14th, 2025, 11:12 pm
by dwg
During my testing I saw two main causes of the light blue water rendering problem.

1. The so called Nvidia Patch was not installed, it should be installed even when Nvidia is not the GPU.

2. Later versions of dgVoodoo are used. The version pointed to by the post on the Links forum does not have this issue.

Re: True Blue beta 3

Posted: June 14th, 2025, 11:18 pm
by dwg
Example hole previews with cut off text.
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