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Chambers Bay #12 Timeout???

• roidrage03 399 Posts

  Thu, Jun 11 2015 7:54 PM

  Submitted a bug report and have questioned it in another thread, but perhaps a thread in this forum would make sense (a search didn't bring up an existing thread).

  How does a shot "timeout"? The ball is clearly going downhill, approaching the pin (likely going by), when suddenly it stops? This has happened several times to me, and others have noticed it, too.

  C'mon WGT - this takes away from the fun of the hole.

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• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Fri, Jun 12 2015 8:08 AM

  roidrage03:

  How does a shot "timeout"? The ball is clearly going downhill, approaching the pin (likely going by), when suddenly it stops? This has happened several times to me, and others have noticed it, too.

  C'mon WGT - this takes away from the fun of the hole.

  It would be good if WGT replied to this.  As I said in the other thread, the 30 second shot limit was fine when the maximum green speeds were slower.  It is time for WGT to look into changing the time limit.  And IMO it should be a simple change of one value if the code was done right in the first place.

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• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Fri, Jun 12 2015 8:37 AM

  andyson:

  the 30 second shot limit was fine when the maximum green speeds were slower.  It is time for WGT to look into changing the time limit.

  Totally agree Andy. A 35 or 40 sec timer should suffice. 

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Fri, Jun 12 2015 8:59 AM

  ZioMio:

  andyson:

  the 30 second shot limit was fine when the maximum green speeds were slower.  It is time for WGT to look into changing the time limit.

  Totally agree Andy. A 35 or 40 sec timer should suffice. 

  Would say yes as a refinement, but with the current track record happy to leave it as swings and roundabouts personally.

  

• roidrage03 399 Posts

  Fri, Jun 12 2015 9:18 AM

  ZioMio:

  andyson:

  the 30 second shot limit was fine when the maximum green speeds were slower.  It is time for WGT to look into changing the time limit.

  Totally agree Andy. A 35 or 40 sec timer should suffice. 

  On #12 I'm not sure 40 would always be enough, but it would be better than 30.

  The counter-clockwise tour of the green is part of the play of the hole. Would it be possible to program an exception (60 seconds?) for this particular hole?

• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Fri, Jun 12 2015 9:35 AM

  roidrage03:

  not sure 40 would always be enough

  5 to 10 seconds more, game wise, would be a big improvement. Ultimately, if they want to mimic reality, it should last till the ball stops moving.

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Fri, Jun 12 2015 6:14 PM

  hi guys

  I will check on this next week and see what we can do. I agree though, that one had a chance to get in the hole

  -wgticon

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Sat, Jun 13 2015 6:50 AM

  Thanks Icon!

   

  (and you can bet we will remind you.....;o)  )

• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Sat, Jun 13 2015 8:33 AM

  X2 

  Reminding Bump ;-)

• roidrage03 399 Posts

  Thu, Jun 18 2015 2:51 PM

  "Haven't seen the pros timeout yet" bump.

  Any update?