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Green dots go only one way

• TracyMax 2,361 Posts

  Sun, May 22 2016 7:54 PM

  If you take a mulligan in practice mode to work on putting, the game only shows vertical dots. How are we to practice this way? There's no practice green, and WGT's have advised using the mulligan to practice. What good is it if dots aren't shown both ways?

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2016 3:15 AM

  TracyMax:

  If you take a mulligan in practice mode to work on putting, the game only shows vertical dots. How are we to practice this way? There's no practice green, and WGT's have advised using the mulligan to practice. What good is it if dots aren't shown both ways?

  LOL Good point.

  I thought you were yanking my chain...so tried it - sure enough, absolutely no read on the dots.

  So a pointless exercise from out POV, but WGT are making money off this via increased ball use - quite shameful.....again.

  Now if I had a dollar for every screw up by the programmers......

• spg777 40 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2016 6:14 AM

  I just did a one hole practice putting on St Andrews and when I clicked the mulligan button, the dots were still working. Could it be that the dots don't work on some courses, but do on others?

  I have also found that for me at least, the free ball putts the same in practice as a pay-for ball. So I don't use up the hits on the balls I purchase.

• alosso 21,069 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2016 7:34 AM

  Dunno about the dots in mulligan mode, but...

  spg777:

  I have also found that [...] the free ball putts the same [...] as a pay-for ball.

  True.

  spg777:

  So I don't use up the hits on the balls I purchase.

  Irrelevant. Putts from the greens do not use up ball life in any situation, except in CTTH games.

• lonniescott711 4,204 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2016 7:36 AM

  spg777:

  I just did a one hole practice putting on St Andrews and when I clicked the mulligan button, the dots were still working. Could it be that the dots don't work on some courses, but do on others?

  I have also found that for me at least, the free ball putts the same in practice as a pay-for ball. So I don't use up the hits on the balls I purchase.

  Actually it happens on all of the courses you just got lucky thats all .All balls putt the same no matter whether free or paid for . The putting grids have been locking up during practice mode for months now .

  I have sent in over 8 bug reports in the past about this and nothing has been fixed .WGT doesnt care about fixing anything their focus is on getting you to spend more money .

   

• Robbo81303 417 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2016 8:56 AM

  lonniescott711:

  All balls putt the same no matter whether free or paid for

  Perhaps for you but not for me.

  Two examples: 

  1)  I use many different WGT balls.  A 'D' ball (b-xd, Gi-D, etc) requires 10% less power than a WGT Legend ball to travel the same distance usually, and

  2)  A Nike RZN requires almost 25% less power to putt uphill than a WGT Legend ball (on champ greens, anyway....&, as a result, I can't putt worth crap w/ the Nike's, lol).

  Just my experience, but, as in everything WGT, your results may vary.  Try it & see for yourself.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Mon, May 23 2016 1:05 PM

  alosso:

  Irrelevant. Putts from the greens do not use up ball life in any situation, except in CTTH games.

  Not quite true - as per FAQ

  Is there a cost to use a mulligan?

  If you use a mulligan during a Practice game, the ball you are using will be degraded by two hits instead of one hit. Mulligan putts will also degrade your ball by two hits.

  So the best policy is use a starters ball, even for putting and if you miss the ding....just try again.

• borntobesting 9,696 Posts

  Tue, May 24 2016 1:57 AM

  It also could be a browser issue. It works correctly on some browsers but doesn't work correctly on others.