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Re: Unlimited time between shots

• TheSlagBrothers 1 Posts

  Mon, Feb 18 2013 7:38 PM

  I love to play with my buddies and it would be great if there were an option for no time limits between shots.  You could play 18 holes witha friend over the course of a day and not get timed out for inactivity.

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Tue, Feb 19 2013 1:17 AM

  TheSlagBrothers:

  I love to play with my buddies and it would be great if there were an option for no time limits between shots.  You could play 18 holes witha friend over the course of a day and not get timed out for inactivity.

  hi

  the problem is 2 fgld... one if you have connection for such a long time, then you will likely disconnect, encounter memory leaks, and many other things.

  I think 90 seconds is plenty to make a shot.

  -wgticon

• diceman522 7 Posts

  Tue, Feb 19 2013 10:14 AM

    Hi sorry to  but in . This s sort f on the same sub  I wld like to find out if u and the other players agree to a break time after 9 n an 18 hole rnd  and agree not to hit the continue button until that agreed upon time ....will that allow a   say 10 min. break and resume where left off..???

                                                                   thanks Diceman52

   

• TarheelsRule 5,607 Posts

  Tue, Feb 19 2013 12:23 PM

  That actually is a good idea.

  If there was an option to a 3 to 5 minute break not necessarily between nines but at any time.  For example the door bell rings, you go to the door to handle it and it takes 3 minutes, you either have to get DQ'ed or quit when all you really need is to be able to tell the other players the circumstances.

  I think this should probably only be an alt shot or stroke play option but it would be a good thing for when you need a few minutes. 

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Tue, Feb 19 2013 12:55 PM

  Or you could play by post. :-)

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Tue, Feb 19 2013 1:12 PM

  Nice idea Dice and a feasible one, I could envisage an option similar to the suggest drop game option, but have a suggest pause for x minutes so all players would have to agree.

  As for unlimited time, could be like watching paint dry - possibly OK in practice mode and you could actually spend time helping newer players/CC members etc.

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Tue, Feb 19 2013 5:54 PM

  WGTicon:

  TheSlagBrothers:

  I love to play with my buddies and it would be great if there were an option for no time limits between shots.  You could play 18 holes witha friend over the course of a day and not get timed out for inactivity.

  hi

  the problem is 2 fgld... one if you have connection for such a long time, then you will likely disconnect, encounter memory leaks, and many other things.

  I think 90 seconds is plenty to make a shot.

  -wgticon

  I think you're missing the point. Yes 90 seconds is sufficient to make a shot IF YOU WANT TO, however if you want to just stroll around the course, have a chat with your friends, admire the scenery, slug a beer, then of course it isn't, and as this is 'virtual' golf it isn't as if you're holding up play.

  In single player mode, there is no limit to the time taken I frequently get half way through a round and have to go bath and change my daughter and put her to bed, this can take WAY over an hour. No problems I come back and my avatar is still standing there ready.

  In multi player games so long as all players agree to unlimited time ( and yes an hour might be a little extreme :) ) I see no problem.

• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Tue, Feb 19 2013 6:21 PM

  Couldn't this just be simulated by one player disconnecting at a prescribed time arranged by all the players. Like what happens by "accident" when you have to wait in the lobby for them to return. Seems that purposely disabling ones Internet connection would do the trick.

  Just typing out loud :-)