The Movement Control
The Movement Control is your key to looking around and moving around the golf course. By clicking on the arrows in the Movement Control, you can change the camera angle in the Game Window, or walk the golfer to any spot on the golf course. Click or click and hold on an arrow tip to move in the direction of the arrow. Click on the large and small spheres to zoom in and out.
Moving or Hiding the Movement Control
Click and drag on the center of the Movement Control to reposition it anywhere in the Game Window. Or you can hide the Movement Control completely. Just click and hold on the Show... button on the Toolbar, then slide your cursor over to Movement Control and release the button. Repeat the procedure to make the Movement Control come back.
Keyboard Commands
Most of the movement controls can be duplicated with keyboard commands. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move forward, back, left or right. Move up or down by pressing the Ctrl key and the up or down arrow key. The Shift key in combination with the up or down arrow keys let's you zoom in or out.
Looking Around and Walking Around the Golf Course
There are three separate modes in a SimGolf game -- Golf Mode, Practice Mode and Walk Mode -- and the operation of the Movement Control varies, depending upon which mode you're in.
In Golf and Practice Mode, the view of the course is seen through the eyes of a camera positioned behind the golfer. The Movement Control moves the camera, shifting the image you see in the Game Window. You can move the camera in any direction, but only for a short distance. You'll notice that can't move too far away from the golfer.
When you switch to Walk Mode, you "step into the screen" and see the course through the eyes of the onscreen golfer. In Walk Mode, the Movement Control moves the onscreen golfer, and the golfer can move anywhere on the course.
Using the Movement Control in View Windows
You can use the Movement Control to shift the camera view in the Landing View and Pin View windows. Click in the window and the Movement Control will jump there. Then use the Movement Control to shift your view in the same manner you would in the Game Window.
