games-pc tiger woods pga tour 2000-course architect User Manual
Course Architect 2000
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to EA SPORTS Course Architect™ 2000. For years, this tool has been
used by EA SPORTS™ to design, build, and export golf courses for our golf
games. For the first time, you can use these professional design tools to build the
golf course of your dreams. And, you can import your dream course into Tiger
Woods PGA TOUR® 2000 or Tiger Woods 99 PGA TOUR® Golf to challenge the
pros to a round or tournament on your custom course.
used by EA SPORTS™ to design, build, and export golf courses for our golf
games. For the first time, you can use these professional design tools to build the
golf course of your dreams. And, you can import your dream course into Tiger
Woods PGA TOUR® 2000 or Tiger Woods 99 PGA TOUR® Golf to challenge the
pros to a round or tournament on your custom course.
Course Architect 2000 is a 3D development tool that shares features and
methods with 3D graphics programs like 3D Studio Max®. When developing a
course, your base unit is the hole. Each course has eighteen holes that you
configure, load, and design one at a time. When you are working with a course,
you’re presented with a 2D, top-down view of the layout of your course in one
window. Then you can position the 3D camera anywhere in the window, and by
pressing a button, you can render the camera’s view into the 3D View window.
methods with 3D graphics programs like 3D Studio Max®. When developing a
course, your base unit is the hole. Each course has eighteen holes that you
configure, load, and design one at a time. When you are working with a course,
you’re presented with a 2D, top-down view of the layout of your course in one
window. Then you can position the 3D camera anywhere in the window, and by
pressing a button, you can render the camera’s view into the 3D View window.
Additional camera modes allow you to watch your design come to life on your PC.
In Locked Cam mode, you can move the 3D camera across the surface of the
course, which automatically updates in the 3D View window from the point of view
of a golfer strolling across the course. In Free Cam mode, you can move the
camera up and down to get the best bird's eye view of your work area. In both
windows, you can use the powerful suite of selection, positioning, and shaping
tools from the desktop. In this manner, you can develop your course from any
vantage point to get the right size, shape, and positioning of its features.
In Locked Cam mode, you can move the 3D camera across the surface of the
course, which automatically updates in the 3D View window from the point of view
of a golfer strolling across the course. In Free Cam mode, you can move the
camera up and down to get the best bird's eye view of your work area. In both
windows, you can use the powerful suite of selection, positioning, and shaping
tools from the desktop. In this manner, you can develop your course from any
vantage point to get the right size, shape, and positioning of its features.
When you have completed your course, a menu item prepares and saves the
course to seamlessly include it in your suite of courses in Tiger Woods 99 PGA
TOUR Golf or Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2000.
course to seamlessly include it in your suite of courses in Tiger Woods 99 PGA
TOUR Golf or Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2000.
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Used for years to build courses for EA SPORTS golf games, this
professional tool has been tuned and updated for easy customer use.
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Course creation tools fully integrated into one application for WYSIWYG
(What You See Is What You Get) development.
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Automatic 2D and 3D Views lets you switch in real-time from strategic
planning to detailed implementation.
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3-plane camera positioning and movement puts the camera right where you
need it.
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Excellent movement and selection tools give you total command over the
course and its terrain features.
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Visual tool palettes with keyboard and menu equivalents let you tailor the
controls to your personal preferences.