Links Corner Forum

Hi Colin,

I did not do exhaustive testing, and it was some time ago, once I found enough water problems I posted in the dgVoodoo support forum. I know it does not effect the Demo version of Links which has 9 holes of Skeleton Coast and water on it, but I do not think that course uses reflective water, so I expect it to be a reflective water issue. Versions past 2.81.3 have the water issue, the most recent version of dgVoodoo I have tested is 2.86.3

You can also see water problems if you do not have the so called 'Nvidia' patch installed, often it will be solid blue water but then the course crashes not long afterwards.

Most of my early testing were on Australian courses as they gave me a range over all course versions to start with. I routinely retest dgVoodoo when a new version comes out, but given I have seen the problem with Robina I just test that course with it, and go no further if it shows the same issue. I'm also keeping my eyes open for other wrappers that work with Links, so far no joy.

FWIW the only courses I have had problems with on any system to date are 2003T courses, and they generally occur on systems with the dgVoodoo wrapper and Intel GPUs. I tried a number with dgVoodoo and Nvidia HBAs and had no problems.

Des

Seam blends inherit some properties from the texture they were made from. For example, I like to clone a green texture for the fringe seam blend so that the breakline indicator works on the seam blend.


If you made your ocean - surf seam blend from a cloned water texture, the seam blend is likely still a reflective water. Change the seam blend to a single texture material type, set the category as fairway etc., save the texture, then go back in and change it back to a seam blend material type.

Hi Colin! Still no new lidar data available for Barnbougle Dunes.

Thank you Linkster, hope you're well. That's excellent, it makes sense, I will do that.

Thanks for checking again about Barnbougle too. I think I might need to just accept the inevitable....

Thanks again mate.

What Linkster said works. There are many little tricks that we designers are uncovering all the time.

Remember the program is almost 25 years old and only had 1 major upgrade.

So what we are able to do is amazing.............

I still think a well designed course in APCD looks better than any other golf game out there.

Sage.....

sagevanni wrote: ↑December 30th, 2025, 7:37 am What Linkster said works. There are many little tricks that we designers are uncovering all the time.

Remember the program is almost 25 years old and only had 1 major upgrade.

So what we are able to do is amazing.............

I still think a well designed course in APCD looks better than any other golf game out there.

Sage.....

Yep, the technique works perfectly! Thanks again Linkster.

Hmmm, could you imagine what we might have had with just one more upgrade of the designer tool?