Discouraging

[Greensboronclion]

The other option is to do what I am about to do and that is just play against my cpu created dude and say the heck with it and just leave it at that for the time being. Every video game ever created has had this issue and when a fix is in place I will start playing tournaments again and until then I will just do as I stated in the first sentence.

[MiMiC]

The following announcement has been made and sent to members at PGLS:


Hi to all,

With the recent arrival of the Perfect Golf update vers. 1.4.2.4, there has been some movement forward on issues which we have been focusing on over the past month with regards to addressing potential exploits within the game.

The new update includes changes in 3-click, which will address concerns expressed over time about use of mechanisms to slow down the swing. These were not originally addressed in previous builds and we are very pleased to say that the developers prioritized a request made by us to make sure this was looked at and fixed.

Our own investigations into movement swings have also revealed where a quantifiable but small number of rounds are being played where the player is, or is likely to over the course of 18 holes, see a message telling them that they are using a device (mouse or controller) which does not return the variance in swing which the game was designed for.

If, as a player, you have regularly been seeing this message, then it has been and continues to be in your interest to address this. We also feel if you are receiving this message, you should have decided that the honourable route would be to address the issue and not compete in competition until you had done so.

In most cases, the issues come about because of a controller which is 'generic' and not of a sensitivity level such as those of Official XBox or PS4 standards. For mice, you may also find this happens if you are using an older model with very low sensitivity levels and dpi where one axis is vastly different from another, or where some form of 'auto-correction' is in use by the mouse.

From the end of this week's forthcoming events (1st June 2017 onwards) events played which return a measurement which would have resulted in a message being sent to your screen, or which on shorter rounds of 9-holes would have meant the same, will no longer register at PGLS. This means, on a round-by-round basis, your score will not register if you were outside of the sensitivity parameters. You will receive a message when this happens to explain.

Please note, this in NOT a player ban, but a safeguard to make sure you address the issue of equipment which is meaning the game is being played in a way it was not designed to react, and which could gain unfair advantage.

As a courtesy, we will be informing a very small number of players that they will need to address their equipment. If you do not receive one of these emails or Private Messages, then you should have no concerns.

For those that do, PGLS can help you with knowing if your swing is massively in need of change, or if a tweak will bring you into compliance. Please contact one of the admin team to make arrangements for a private testing session.


We hope that our ongoing quest to make our game environment as fair and transparent as possible meet with the approval of our members, and rest assured that we continue to look at issues, including new ones if brought to our attention, to bring you the best home for your golfing enjoyment.



PGLS Admin Team

[Greensboronclion]

Great job by PP and PGLS to bring integrity to the game and thanks to all for listening to the concerns of many.

[terbal]

i think sole play should be restricted to non event games. so many people play events that have rarely or never been seen in the m&g. if you dont join in the club you should not play their events. I would never dream of playing a real round of golf on my own. this might upset a few but i mean no harm or offence. just my opinion which is all i have.

[terbal]

maybe the rules should be you must play at least 1 round with another member

[Greensboronclion]

Playing a round with another member does what? With an anti cheat code in you will not be able to do it with out being caught and if you are playing with someone how would that help as you cant if they have a cheat by just looking at the Ani perform. Not all people are comfortable playing with others and I have and do occasionally but most of the time prefer to play by myself and can stop when I want to get a drink or whatever. This new program will weed out the problems we have so why make more rules when not needed.

[Mwh65]

We have no intention of preventing solo play or forcing any rounds to be multiplayer in any of our tournies.

[terbal]

it wasnt a suggestion to find cheats it was to encourage more people into the m&g. golf is a social game and it should be encouraged.

[Seasider47]

My prefured method of play is player vs player even I tournaments, but there are times when this is impractible. Gettting a game with another player is never easy because you can wait for a long time in M&G without seeing another player. Also with a limited time scale its very difficult to fit all tournies in unless you do some solo. There are times when I might be interupted and be unable to complete a game so will play solo with the knowledge that if I need tol stop I can continue later without having to spoil someone elses game, So Terry if you are someone like me who wishes if possible to complete all tourneys (Someone has spent some time setting the rounds up and the least i can do is play them) Then it would be vertually impossible to complete all player vs player

[Crusher]

so i take it from a certain persons point......................if we dont use 3c then we are cheating..................... i have tried 3c its boring, i use mouse swing because i feel more in touch with the game and any bad shots are made by me ,.......so guess im a cheat.nice to know

It's also the toughest swing-method to master at Tour Pro or Pro. It sure ain't boring.