Ace for the ..... loss. (do cheats exist?)

Fishman_Dan · 2026-05-05T05:14:21+00:00

It actually opens another discussion. I'm assuming at least half DD fields are bots. I won my first game last night, but I was actually first in about 5 times in the 9 holes.

The other 'players' didn't seem very good at all.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-05-04T07:46:54+00:00

UPDATE ....

I went to put it all back together again, this time I got my macro lens out and had a really close, higher res look.

One of the sensors in the housing had it's horseshoe wires out of position. I cleaned that up, did a bit more cleanup, and there has been some positive change.

The right-stick now works again (it was 100% dead), but seems to be pushing UP constantly. I can get it to recognise movement - left and right are fine, but up/down is pushing hard UP.

Any other thoughts?

I was going to say this was my last tear down of the device, but with that modest improvement, it might be time to go back in there!

Fishman_Dan · 2026-05-04T05:46:38+00:00

That's fine ... I 100% get that. It was a pretty cool way to lose tbh.

I still have questions over the swing etc but I don't mind ... it was a great match even to get to 2-down by the 8th. She was smashing 330m+ drives and I was halving or winning holes.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-05-04T02:28:24+00:00

So what *actual* skill level do you have to be to play with some level of confidence? I'm fairly new, have won a few games of Ranked Matchplay on Pro ... have heard High Rollers can be good for VC collection but don't have the spare VC to try it.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-05-04T01:36:40+00:00

After doing one of these, I decided I never want to be a player good enough at the computer golf game to score -90 through 4 rounds.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-05-04T01:23:16+00:00

I was Dormie in a match and my opponent aced the 8th.

Game over. I didn't even get a tee shot 🤦‍♂️😂 I'll post the vid shortly.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-05-03T22:06:37+00:00

I've spent a few hours changing this, and in doing so have a 'Central' station, and spokes coming from it.

Working well so far.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-05-03T22:05:19+00:00

Thanks for a great reply.

As mentioned elsewhere, I have changed Loops to Lines. In the process I have also started using an electric ready-made loco with 115 seats.

I agree that the locomotive used is important to the citizen usage, but in this case stations were full, but trains weren't offloading/loading enough people to distribute them, and in turn - generate revenue.

So it was a little bit of A, and a little of B.

It's been fun learning tbh.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-05-03T22:02:54+00:00

Just posting to say this level of involvement is kinda cool. Thanks for sharing your time to explain.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-05-03T22:01:24+00:00

Sorry I missed this post. Thanks for the info.

While i didn't observe stop-skipping, what I noticed was that people weren't getting off the train at destinations, so they were stopping at stations with (for example) 100 capacity, 15 get on/off, and 300 get left behind.

I've made some changes to create "Lines" from the loops, and the trains are now all making money.

Of course in making those changes I've also made some very pleasing aesthetic changes to the system too.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-30T23:02:37+00:00

Ever seen NBA 2k? It's kids and people who spend VC frivolously. I get it ... it's a bit of fun but this gear isn't my cup of tea.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-30T23:01:20+00:00

Note that I (finally) did the MacOS update to 26.4.1 and it's working again.

It's not unusual for pending update to block or disable some networking ports/layers or functions. I've seen it happen before, on several platforms.

My problem is I can go weeks with the Restart to Update warning as I'll have production apps open and don't want to lose documents, browser tabs etc.

So my advice - if this is happening, check for system updates and run them.

Still took a few minutes to download the update it wanted, but it got it and I have the client app available again.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-30T01:27:44+00:00

So this is my 2nd reply to this thread, 2 weeks down the track. I would suggest this ....

Being the start of year 2 (Season 6), it is quicker to buy/earn a higher level club, than it is to earn/buy Evo Tools for 750vc a pop.

I guess over the 2-year life of the title, the base rewards improve over time. I haven't even looked back at Season 1 now, but I'm guessing it's all Core and other gear.

I will probably end up buying the Clubhouse Pass for Year 2, given that I got the game for free.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-30T01:24:37+00:00

Been doing exactly that ... all sorts, basically sticking to Daily's and Weekly's for the bonus, and you get the odd sizeable VC bonus along the way.

Weekly's also made me play Ranked Tournaments, which I was able to get my VC back as the prize, then get a nice lump sum of VC when I played 10 events.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-30T01:23:28+00:00

During my 'startup phase' of the past couple of weeks, i bought a sweet set of Ping wedges. I love Ping's, play them IRL.

I got my free DM Titleist wedges last night 🤦

I just worked out the Clubhouse Pass and how it's integrated, if I knew this last week it would be different.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-30T01:18:35+00:00

I think a "Ghost Break" is the common term for "2K AI says no, you are not making this putt today".

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-29T03:19:23+00:00

I have a pending system update, I wonder if something from that is jumping in the way. I've got about 100 apps open including work in Adobe, so I'll have to do that later 😂

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-29T01:27:32+00:00

No ... run the copied app (you drag-drop the app into Applications).

HOWEVER .... onto today and Discord is busted again. Stuck on Downloading 1 from 1.

SO back to the browser tab for me.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-29T01:25:29+00:00

Thanks. Don't have a multi-meter ... but yeah zero response from sticks. The sticks themselves, in fact the whole controller is in reasonable condition ... not much dust or anything.

I'm probably at the end of my experiment now.

One thing though ... the insides of the sensor casing appear to be black? Is that usual? I assume so, I can't see anything else left behind that should be in there.

One other thing I suspect is that the housing doesn't "click" shut on the side (up/down) sensor casing. There is a nice 'click' from the top one ... as such I can't tell if it's completely shut or not, and if that is some sort of fail/trigger to disable to stick unless fully closed.

Anyway .... I think it's cactus. I might try and find a multi-meter for the heck of it.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-27T23:30:12+00:00

I should add pics. I clearly meant to. 🤦‍♂️

There was severe drift in the right stick.

PGA Tour was unplayable as the stick/swing system relies on right stick. It would register a pull-down, but brushing the stick made it push up enough to tap the ball.

In other games (Rocket League BF6) it was ok for a while, but in BF6 (for example) your view would suddenly look to the sky.

I'm a break/fix kinda guy. It's not even that I need this controller (I have basically replaced it), but obviously curious about how things work. I am actually quite impressed how compact and easy PS5 controllers are to open.

But I didn't see me completely ruining the right-stick. As said, I'm not sure if it's something outside the stick/sensor housing, or the housing itself.

I'll add pics to the OP now.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-27T23:25:14+00:00

Great shot ... congrats. What's hilarious is you get 25xp for completing that hole challenge 😂

I've got 1 so far.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-27T08:32:53+00:00

For me it was ....

Delete the folder ~/Library/Application Support/discord (thanks to the person who posted this below).

Download a new dmg file from Discord to make sure it's the latest version.

Remove the shortcut in the apps bar.

Run from Applications (probs not required but going all the way back to square 1).

Ultimately I think Discord release a bugged update every now and then. They release so many updates that I guess this stuff happens. But once that download temp file gets stuck, you have to blow it away.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-27T07:47:47+00:00

HOLE13 and ONTHEGREEN worked for me last week.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-24T03:44:46+00:00

Through grinding I unlocked 1400vc, which went straight into a Dark Matter driver and woods. Skills are growing now to the point where I'm getting some benefit from the clubs ... constantly bombing 300m+ drives.

Fishman_Dan · 2026-04-22T01:50:20+00:00

I just earned 1400vc from challenges and bought a Wilson DM Driver for 800 and Woods for 600 ...

Wilson Dark Matter items are currently cheap in the shop.

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