Published my first Lidar Course

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Hi all, I just published my first Lidar Course. It is a local course of mine that I have played countless times over the past 30 years. The name of the course is Newport News G.C. VA (L). If you get a chance to play it let me know what you thought. Thanks!

[andersnm]

I have taken a look and played a round here Wade. Good job for your first RCR

First a question: did you use lidar trees?

From the pictures I looked at of the course, it is hard to get a feeling of how dense the trees should be, but I think it could be a little bit more dense. Problem with lidar trees, are that in dense forests etc - there will not be enough trees, underbrush etc. Also - I use the auto-gen trees to get trees on the surrounding terrain.

Other than that, splendid job with nice waters, bunkers, fairways and greens.

[hammers1man]

Looks really nice Wade, I'll give this a play sometime this week.

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May 12, 2020 19:19:40 GMT hammers1man said:

Looks really nice Wade, I'll give this a play sometime this week.

Thanks Paul! I was very please how it turned out. It is very realistic to the actual course. 

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May 12, 2020 18:36:26 GMT andersnm said:

I have taken a look and played a round here Wade. Good job for your first RCR

First a question: did you use lidar trees?

From the pictures I looked at of the course, it is hard to get a feeling of how dense the trees should be, but I think it could be a little bit more dense. Problem with lidar trees, are that in dense forests etc - there will not be enough trees, underbrush etc. Also - I use the auto-gen trees to get trees on the surrounding terrain.

Other than that, splendid job with nice waters, bunkers, fairways and greens.

Thanks Anders, no I planted all the trees. My plant meter was almost 3/4 full. I can't remember if I loaded the lidar trees or not. Looking back I should have just used the dark green trees. I thought it would make it look dull so I used a variety. I was really impressed with how the terrain turned out. Very realistic to the course. 

[andersnm]

May 12, 2020 22:09:10 GMT @sirwade said:

May 12, 2020 18:36:26 GMT andersnm said:

I have taken a look and played a round here Wade. Good job for your first RCR

First a question: did you use lidar trees?

From the pictures I looked at of the course, it is hard to get a feeling of how dense the trees should be, but I think it could be a little bit more dense. Problem with lidar trees, are that in dense forests etc - there will not be enough trees, underbrush etc. Also - I use the auto-gen trees to get trees on the surrounding terrain.

Other than that, splendid job with nice waters, bunkers, fairways and greens.

Thanks Anders, no I planted all the trees. My plant meter was almost 3/4 full. I can't remember if I loaded the lidar trees or not. Looking back I should have just used the dark green trees. I thought it would make it look dull so I used a variety. I was really impressed with how the terrain turned out. Very realistic to the course. 

Okay. Yeah, good lidar data gives you the correct realistic terrain.

[skunky]

congrats sirwade,on a steller rendition of Kinloch.fantastic course.

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May 7, 2021 17:58:36 GMT skunky said:

congrats sirwade,on a steller rendition of Kinloch.fantastic course.

Thank you Skunky! I am really enjoying playing it.