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Re: Would this work/help?

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Wed, Sep 30 2009 6:23 PM (8 replies)

pillsy

489 Posts

Tue, Sep 29 2009 6:14 PM

I know it takes countless hours/resources to release a new course (or so i've been told). Seems like a lot of it is just logistically getting all the photographs of the course which in turn translate to the game. my suggestion is this: there's an indoor golf simulator in my town that I've played a few times in the winter when it's -10 degrees and 3 feet of snow on the ground. The simulator has several well-known courses, and from what i remember, they all seemed very high quality. would there be any way to "piggy-back" off the imaging they have already done? i have no idea if this is even possible, just a suggestion in case there's a possibility the whole wheel doesn't have to be re-created.

gaoerfuqiu

443 Posts

Tue, Sep 29 2009 6:27 PM

I highly doubt it, pillsy. There's probably all types of copyrights and such that would prohibit them from doing this. If they somehow worked out a deal with the simulators, they'd probably have to give them either a set amount of money or a cut of the profits; which in the end would work out to about the same amount. It's a very expensive business and it's tough to churn out profits when you have to spend $200,000 and six months on one course ... we'll just have to wait and see!

molideha

213 Posts

Tue, Sep 29 2009 7:03 PM

Links came with a course making tool...thats why there are over 300 courses free for download, though the Links creators themselves never celephane wrapped more than about 30.

if WGT spent their time building a course creating tool, and offered it free, they might be surprised how willing the free labor force can be with a creative tool in hand.

Soulcatcher

1,970 Posts

Wed, Sep 30 2009 9:17 AM

The hd technology prohibits that.

...........................unless I take my camera down to my course and hmmmmm................

Snaike

3,678 Posts

Wed, Sep 30 2009 4:57 PM

hmmm... Harding Park, (home of next week's President's Cup) is less than one mile from my house... Hey, WGT, one of you all drop by with a high-end HD camera and I'll get all the shots you want from Harding! Won't cost you anywhere near $200K ... well, almost, but not that much!

LOL!