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- / Golf Guru V1.2 /
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- / Written by Alan Bilsborough /
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- / * COURSE EDITOR DOCUMENT * /
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- 1) INTRODUCTION
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- It is very important to understand the way that Golf Guru works before
- creating courses in this program. Hence, if you haven't read the main
- document file and looked at the example data (see quick start document)
- then could you do that now.
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-
- Golf Guru records golf rounds in one of three ways :-
-
- 1) Log Only
-
- 2) Text Scorecard
-
- 3) Text & Graphic Scorecard
-
-
- Log Only data does not require any details of the course played as they
- are manually input by the user. However, to utilise the Text (scorecard
- only) and Graphic (every shot recorded) options, Golf Guru requires details
- of the course which you have played on. These details are :-
-
- Text Only - Scorecard Details
-
- Text & Graphic - Scorecard Details plus individually drawn holes
-
- This is where the Course Editor program comes into play. The Course
- Editor is used to input scorecards and draw individual holes. It should be
- noted that the drawing of individual holes is time-consuming and the user
- should not expect to complete the task in one or even two sessions. Please
- be patient and hopefully you'll find that the hard work has been worth it.
-
-
- 2) USING THE COURSE EDITOR PROGRAM
-
- The course Editor is menu-driven (press right button to see options),
- with the following options :-
-
- SYSTEM 1.1) Load Course
- 1.2) Save Course
- 1.3) New Course
- 1.4) Quit
-
- EDIT 2.1) Course Info
- 2.2) Scorecard
- 2.3) Hole Setup
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- As in the main program, the user can use the example course supplied on
- the disk to explore the Course Editor and its functions. To do this choose
- the Load Course option and load the Example Golf Course.
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- SYSTEM
-
- 1.1) Load Course
-
- To load existing courses select this option and specify the drive to
- load from. If more than one course is found then the user will be asked
- to choose which course is to be edited.
-
- 1.2) Save Course
-
- Saves all changes to the specified drive. Hard disk users should refer
- to the Hard Disk Users document which will explain the volume name to be
- assigned to allow the correct saving of data. It is advisable to store
- course data on a separate formatted data disk (for floppy disk users). The
- supplied program disk is quite full and could easily be filled with Golf
- Guru data. The data disk could also be used to store your file of golf
- records saved by the main program.
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- IMPORTANT - ALWAYS BACK-UP ANY IMPORTANT DATA TO AT LEAST ONE OTHER DISK.
- THE MORE IMPORTANT THE DATA (OR TIME-CONSUMING TO COLLECT), THE MORE
- BACK-UPS YOU SHOULD HAVE.
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- 1.3) New Course
-
- Erases all existing data and starts editing process again.
-
- EDIT
-
- 2.1) Course Info
-
- This page (initial page on loading) should always be filled in first.
- The program needs to know how many holes/tees you want to input and also
- the course name. Note that all data is saved under the specified course
- name, so you shouldn't have duplicate course names.
-
- At this stage, the units to be used for all distances should also be
- specified.
-
- 2.2) Scorecard
-
- When this option is selected the scorecard for the course will be
- shown according to the number of holes and tees input in the previous
- page.
-
- To enter the hole and tee name, click on the line and type in the
- name. To change the distance/par/stroke index use the LEFT button to
- INCREASE the value and the RIGHT button to DECREASE the value.
-
- Note that you should work from the left column to the right. The program
- will increase/decrease all the column values to the right of the number
- being changed. This is to save a bit of time as the distance/par/stroke
- index are usually approx. the same for each hole.
-
- If you're only interested in the scorecard for the course and don't want
- to draw individual holes then the user should at this stage save the
- course to disk. No other preparation is required.
-
- 2.3) Hole Setup
-
- Okay, easy up to now. If you'd like to draw all the holes for a course
- then this is the next option to choose.
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- Using distances from the course scorecard will not produce an accurate
- hole map. Users should consider buying the courses Pro Guide which gives
- accurate distances of the overall hole and distances from different points
- on the hole, i.e. tee to bunker, bunker to green, depth of green etc.
-
- An accurate map of the hole will allow the user to analyse the length of
- shots. However, if the user doesn't regard this as important then a
- graphical representation of the hole will do.
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- The user will be presented with a screen consisting of :-
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- 5 buttons
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- 6 colour boxes
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- 6 shape boxes
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- 1 blank screen on which the hole is drawn
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-
- Before drawing the hole the user should determine the scale of the hole
- picture. The button View Area should be adjusted so that the ENTIRE hole
- can fit in the framework. The ticks immediately above and below the hole
- picture are marked every 50 units.
-
- To draw the hole, simply select the colour and shape you want, move the
- shape into the blank screen and using the left mouse button "paint" the
- screen. To assist in the measurement of distance, the user can use the
- coordinates (of the middle of the shape) or the distance from one point to
- another. THE DISTANCE CAN BE ZEROED BY CLICKING THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON.
-
- Drawing holes can be a pain if the user doesn't draw features in the right
- order, so from the authors experience here's how I think holes should be
- drawn.
-
- 1) Work out an initial figure for the View Area.
-
- 2) Select the smallest circle shape and an appropriate colour.
-
- 3) Click using the right mouse button where you are going to draw the back
- of the back tee. Move the shape to the other side of the picture. Click
- with the left button where the back of the green (or last feature) will
- be. If the hole doesn't fit then increase the View Area and start again.
- If you can decrease the View Area then do so, the larger the hole picture
- the better.
-
- 4) Decide on your colour scheme. I used the lightest green for the tees
- and greens. The next green is fairways, next rough, then woods / out of
- bounds, light grey for bunkers and blue for water features.
-
- 5) Establish markers (using technique 3 above) where your main features will
- be. i.e. tees, fairway bunkers, greens etc.
-
- 6) Always work from the whole to the part. For instance draw your
- background colours (i.e. out of bounds, woods, fairways) first. This will
- obliterate your markers, re-establish them. Now you can draw tees,
- bunkers, green etc. If you draw the tees, bunkers & greens first then
- you'll find it difficult to paint around these features accurately.
-
- Once you've finished drawing the hole orientate the north pointer to its
- correct position. This will be used in Golf Guru to indicate which
- direction the wind was blowing during your round.
-
- To go on to the next hole click on the Hole button. Again, the left mouse
- button will go the next hole. The right mouse button will go to the
- previous hole.
-
- When you are finished editing, or you're just plain fed up then EXIT the
- Hole Setup page and choose the Save Course option before exiting the
- program.
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