Settings & Options
The Settings & Options Window allows you to change global settings within OptiShot.
The Settings & Options window allows you to control a wide range of aspects of the OptiShot world.
You can get to this window during Play and Practice Setup. You can also get there by opening the Tools menu in the lower left and clicking on Settings & Options or by using the F5 keyboard shortcut.
THE SETTINGS PAGE
To see these options, click on the Settings tab at the top of the Settings & Options window. These are divided into three main groups: General Options, Shot Data Display and Camera View Options.
GENERAL OPTIONS |
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| Overhead Map | By default the Overhead Map is always visible. Should you wish to hide it, you can select to do so here. Simply check the box to show the map, and uncheck to hide it. |
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| Show Shot Tracer | When you take a shot, OptiShot shows you the ball's path using a ribbon-like display called a Shot Tracer. Initially, Shot Tracers are visible. If you wish to turn off this feature, uncheck this option. To turn it back on, simply check this box. Note: You can manually clear a tracer while in Play or Practice. |
| Metric Distance | Check this box if you want OptiShot to display distances in kilometers (km) instead of yards. |
| Metric Speed | If you have Metric Distance selected, you can have OptiShot display speeds in meters/second (m/s) or in kilometers/hour (km/h). Simply select the measurement you desire. |
| Ambient Sound | By default OptiShot is set up to sound like a real golf course -- wind, birds and so on. If you do not want to hear these sounds, uncheck this box. Note: The standard sounds, the swing of the club, striking the ball, the ball landing, will still be heard. If you wish to turn off all sounds, you can go to the 3DD Golf Settings window. |
| Show Putting Grid | When you reach the green a grid appears over the putting area to help guide you in your putts. (see The Putting Grid for details.) You can elect to show or hide this grid by checking or unchecking this option. |
| Show Rolling Balls | If you have the Putting Grid visible, this option will overlay rolling golf balls on the grid to show you how your ball will break at various points on the green. |
| Show Flag Marker | This is the black-and-white marker that bobs up and down to mark exactly where the hole is and is visible from anywhere on the hole. You can uncheck this to remove the marker. (The pin flag will still appear showing the location of the cup.) |
| Automatic Flyby | A Flyby is a bird's-eye tour from the Tee to the Green. This allows you to see the path the ball needs to travel to the hole. OptiShot takes you on this tour before each hole. If you do not want to see the flyby automatically, uncheck this option. (You can perform a flyby manually, see Flybys for details.) |
SHOT DATA DISPLAY |
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| Show Briefly | This choice will cause the Shot Data to display briefly (approximately 8 seconds) immediately after each shot. |
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| Always Show | If you select this option, the Shot Data display will show all the time. |
| Never Show | Selecting this will hide the Shot Data display entirely. |
CAMERA VIEW OPTIONS |
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| Player's View of Ball Flight | This option will result in you remaining at the point the shot was taken and the ball will travel away from you down the course. |
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| Ball's View of Ball Flight | Choosing this will have the camera follow the ball through the air. |
| Elevate camera on Tee Box | If you check this option, OptiShot will give you an elevated view of the course at each Tee. Unchecking it will result in the camera remaining at ground level at the Tee. |
ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICS
This section allows you to modify the way in which OptiShot calculates your shots. There are three areas you can make settings: Speeds, Penalties to shots and Weather.
SPEED |
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| Green Speed | This choice lets you set how fast the greens are. Your choices are: Slow, Medium-Slow, Medium, Medium-Fast and Fast. |
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| Fairway Speed | This choice lets you set how fast the fairways are. Your choices are: Slow, Medium-Slow, Medium, Medium-Fast and Fast. |
PENALTIES TO SHOTS |
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| Light Rough | This option lets you set how easy or hard a shot is because you are in Light Rough. Your choices are: Easy, Moderate, Demanding and Very Demanding. |
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| Rough | This option lets you set how easy or hard a shot is because you are in Rough. Your choices are: Easy, Moderate, Demanding and Very Demanding. |
| Bunker | This option lets you set how easy or hard a shot is because you are in a Bunker. Your choices are: Easy, Moderate, Demanding and Very Demanding. |
WEATHER |
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| Wind | Here you can set the strength of the wind. Your choices are: Calm, Light Breeze, Gentle Breeze, Moderate Breeze, Strong Breeze and Strong Wind. By default OptiShot selects the average wind speed for the course you have selected. |
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| Wind Direction | Here you set the direction the wind is coming out from. Your choices are: North, North East, East, South East, South, South West, West and North West. By default OptiShot selects the average wind direction for the course you have selected. |
| Weather | You can select the general weather conditions. Your choices are Clear, Cloudy and Foggy. |
GAME RULES
Here you set the rules for game play. There are two groups: Options and Putting.
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| Mulligans | Select whether you want to allow players to take a Mulligan during game play. |
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PUTTING | |
| Putt out in OptiShot | This means that each player must putt the ball into the cup before proceeding to the next hole. |
| Manual entry of putts within set distance | When a player lands within the distance set they will be able to enter the number of putts they believe it would take them to complete the hole. |
| Gimmie within a set distance | Once the ball is within the set distance of the cup, OptiShot will assess a 1 stroke putt and complete the hole. |
| Auto Putt within a set distance | When you are within the set distance, OptiShot will calculate the number of putts - these will range from 1 putt to 3 putts. |
