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Meter again..

• igiveup 110 Posts

  Wed, Apr 27 2011 11:06 PM

  Playing from Australia using Explorer 8... the meter is the least of my problems when playing this game.

   

  A hint if you are concerned about the meter, if it looks a bit jumpy have a practice swing or 2 before playing the shot.... this may also help the hand eye coordination...

   

  Have fun

• RUSTY40 255 Posts

  Thu, Apr 28 2011 12:31 AM

  There has been a lot of discussion regarding limiting the number of friends to smooth out the meter problems. Many people I know have deleted most of their friends to accomplish this and swear by it. 

  While I do not want to delete friends there should be ,at least, some way to disable all friend activity while I am playing. This could be an optional "on and off" switch. I want friends to know when I am available but I see no need for my friends list to be active while I am playing.  Let us decide if we want it to be active.   

   

• oneputtdavid 1,337 Posts

  Thu, Apr 28 2011 12:56 AM

  igiveup:

  A hint if you are concerned about the meter, if it looks a bit jumpy....

  Had to chuckle a bit after reading your advise. Not at you, I see you've been around for awhile.

  Just played a RG @ St A back 9, after a 19hole AS match game. No meter issues whatsoever. Trust me I KNOW meter idiosyncrasies.(ask any of my friends, if I have any left) Anyway, eagle at the par 5 (2'4" from a DE) puts me 5 under w/4 to play. Tee-up at #16, 16 mph head wind @ 11to 5, aim 3yds left of the wall, planning to hit early to avoid the bunkers on the left. Whammo the biggest spike I've see in three weeks. Completely out of nowhere, no warning, no signs nada. Meter downswing starts out normal for 1/2 way... stops at the 1st line for a micro milli sec, (remember I want to hit early) then "warp-speed" 1/2 inch past ding. Well you know the rest. 

  Sorry to bore you with my story...just jotting down my thoughts to ease some frustrations.

• oneputtdavid 1,337 Posts

  Thu, Apr 28 2011 1:04 AM

  RUSTY40:

  This could be an optional "on and off" switch..........Let us decide if we want it to be active.   

  Oh God Please.....Rusty...I'd give my right....urr.. your right (you know what) for that option..;)

• chrisironsbones 3,524 Posts

  Thu, Apr 28 2011 8:00 AM

  But this is what confuses me (and doesn't take much at the moment LOL), i'm using a 5hit cpu while my new one arrives, it has 1 GIG RAM, a low ghz AMD dual core processor, no graphics card, but my meter is quite smoth, 1 or 2 skips per round, similar to when i use my old high spec cpu.  Any one know why?

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Thu, Apr 28 2011 8:25 AM

  chrisironsbones:

  my meter is quite smoth, 1 or 2 skips per round,

  Hmmm.....That's considered good?

  If WGT...

  Built watches, they would skip 2 to 4 seconds every minute.

  Was an internet service provider, there would be no service 1 to 2 days a month.

  Built cars, the brakes would work 94 to 97% of the time.

   

• chrisironsbones 3,524 Posts

  Thu, Apr 28 2011 8:45 AM

  andyson:

  Hmmm.....That's considered good?

  If WGT...

  Built watches, they would skip 2 to 4 seconds every minute.

  Was an internet service provider, there would be no service 1 to 2 days a month.

  Built cars, the brakes would work 94 to 97% of the time.

  Deffinately good compared to the crap meters i hear from most people who moan about it,

  and just as well WGT is only making golf simulators,

   

• eligolfer 87 Posts

  Thu, Apr 28 2011 11:07 AM

  Why arent you doing anything about this meter problem WGT??? Seems to me everyone is having trouble with it except those who wont confess it.. 

  Why can't you fix a small lag-issue on your server or whatever it is? 

• HDBanger 348 Posts

  Fri, Apr 29 2011 3:31 PM

   

  eligolfer:

  Why arent you doing anything about this meter problem WGT??? Seems to me everyone is having trouble with it except those who wont confess it.. 

  Why can't you fix a small lag-issue on your server or whatever it is? 

   

   

  Because that would cost money, not make money. Simple fact.

   

• SgtDoodles 3,112 Posts

  Sat, Apr 30 2011 8:06 AM

  mrunreadable:

  pluer:

  few tips -

  1. wait few seconds before you pull me meter - club advert in the left down corner

  2. pull the meter as the driver in real life - smooooth ! - release it asap

  3. play nights :-) local conntection is better

  3. I clear my flash player cache everyday

  4.GL

  5. delete friends

  6. Run CCleaner

  7. Run GameBooster2