PGLS

A friend of mine is having issues with installing courses. He downloads them, extracts, puts them into his courses folder and when he goes into the game it says he does not have the course. This has just happened recently as he has downloaded courses in the past with no problem. I have been on his computer and checked everything he does to install the courses and cannot see any problems. Does anyone have an idea why the courses are not showing up when he starts JNPG to play? Thanks.

Well firstly I would check the courses folder for any issues using our PGLS Courses Checker program ...

http://pgls.golfladders.co.uk/forums/vi ... f=2&t=1854

The middle window will list any issues. Usually when courses aren't shown it's down to the zip file being extracted into another folder underneath the existing one. eg aloeridge / aloeridge / "4 files"

Let us know.

Thanks Mark. Will try the Courses Checker Program but I have installed many courses on my computer with no problems and have installed them on his computer previously, again with no problem. Once they are installed I go into the courses folder, find the course we just downloaded, open it up and check it against what I have on my computer to make sure the files installed are exactly the same (which they are). Thanks

Make sure that Steam knows where he is installing courses, especially if he has moved the \steamapps\common folder or the courses folder for JNPG.

This is how I install courses and have him doing it the same way. It may not be the best or easiest but its worked for me, and for him in the past. I created a shortcut to the courses folder on the desktop. I download the zip file to my desktop. Extract all files to my desktop. Take the extracted file, which is the course folder with the usual 4 files in it, and drag it into the shortcut courses folder. Done. It has worked for me since day one and still does. It has worked for him in the past, until now for some reason. Trying to figure out why it stopped working.

Well it sounds correct what you are doing.

Is he only seeing the courses already provided by PG and none of the ones that have been added manually ?

Hey everyone

A few months back I built a golf simulator cage at home (attic) using a Skytrak. Luckly I bought JNPG before it was no longer available for purchase, but never gave it a shot till now. It was too hot on the attic in the summer and real golf was nicer.

Autumn seem to have kicked in, dark, windy and rainy days. So I've only recently started experimenting with JNPG, especailly as I wanted to play the Ryder Cup course which I found, amongst others on OGT thanks to a tip on the golfsimulatorforum.com.

Without bragging I can say I am a computer professional, but like some people reported on Perfect Parralel and Golfladders, the downloaded courses did never appear in the carrousel.

I did Steam Game File integrety checks, clear steam cache, uninstalled, reinstalled, redownlaoded the courses, used the (cool!) course checker program. Started playing with security rights on the (default) C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Perfect Golf\Courses folder etc. Nothing seemed to work.

Until I got a pointer by coincience.

I turned on my game laptop, launched PG, but just forgot to go through the 'connect to Skytrak' / 'connect to perfect golf' process in the separate Perfect Golf Simulator Console window (i.e. dind't click connect to skytrak / connect to pg).

I was scrolling through the carrousel to play some default installed course (which always worked by the way), and miracle o miracle, all courses where in there!

I was playing a few Pebble Beach holes and felt happy (not with my ball striking, but with JNPG additional course working :).

Next day I got all excited to play again, but ... the courses where gone again. I couldn't believe it. And then it became clear. I remembered the only thing I did the day before was I acceidentally forgot to connect to Skytrak first.

So the fix (off course if you've correctly unzipped and put the folders in the right path, not burried in another folder), is to lauch PG ignore the Golf Simulator Console connect window. Choose your course.

Once the couse had loaded, use Windows + Tab to bring up the Golf Simulator Console connect window, turn on your Skytrak and press the connect to Skytrak'and 'connect to perfect golf' red dots. When they are both green, go back to the main screen and your Skytrak laser dot will be there and off you go! If you decide to end your round to play soething else, you'll noticed the downloaded courses are gone again. So you will again need to restart your game without Skytrak connection.

Hope this is helpful for everyone.

I am totally new in the virtual / screengof scene.

Take care all

GoTeamEurope

xtiger74
Belgium