Settings:

Configure or activate your game, set your playground dimensions or update software to the newest version

Game Setup

Change game setup, define default settings and options of the game in 5 tabs:

Course Conditions

The Course Conditions tab allows you to change green hardness and speed, flag position, wind speed and cloudiness.

Game Option 1

In the Game Option 1 tab, you can change the settings of a golf game, e.g. which units to display, whether computer should putt instead of you, whether and what distance to use for gimmie, where to display 3D grid, movement of camera during shots, and many others.

Game Option 2 

The Game Option 2 tab allows you to predefine values for the play game dialog, and default language.

Graphics

The Graphics tab allows you to change graphics details mode, settings of graphics card,
displaying of balloons, birds and so on. If you use touch screen, set Windows mouse option to
disabled.

Setting V-Sync, Anti-Aliasing

V-Sync: Set the limit of fps (frames per second). Vertical synchronization is synchronizing of rendering on graphics card with refresh rate on
the display. Two scenarios are possible:

• • Graphics card renders faster (bigger FPS) than display refresh rate. In this case, it is good to set the V-sync to Interval 1 to limit FPS to display refresh rate. It prevents from screen tearing
  • Graphics card renders with smaller FPS than display refresh rate. In this case, it is good to switch the V-sync (Disabled) off to minimalize display lag (time measured between user action and reaction visible on screen)

For deciding if computer is powerful enough to use V-sync Interval 1, run the Performance test.

• Steps are:
  1. Set V-sync to Disabled
  2. Run Performance test
  3. Get results on High Details

If average FPS on High details is bigger than your monitor refresh rate (common are 60 FPS/Hz) then use Interval 1, in other cases use Disabled.

In case you get FPS under 25-30, it is good to switch off Anti-aliasing, and if it does not help, it is recommended to use Medium or Low details.

*Note*: There is a possibility that V-sync Interval =1 will not work on some notebooks and all-in-one computers. In such case, go to CG3D installation folder, ‘bin’ subfolder and delete the ogre_release.cfg file. When you start the CG3D again, the first configuration dialog appears, and you must set the V-sync to ‘Disabled’.

Sound

The Sound tab allows you to turn sounds, shout sounds and applause sounds on/off.

Playing Area

Software Maintenance