PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread

[drummer_god]

You need a different driver for the video card.

You can try this one if you’re not having any success;

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kwcg76qn8y3hr0k/178.13_geforce_winxp_32bit_english_whql.exe?dl=0

Please don’t share a drive image with the dongle emulator installed as that will lead to multiple people having the same cabinet ID which will cause problems if people with the same cabinet ID try joining the server. Thanks.

[Thunderspy0712]

hi

[Thunderspy0712]

give me screen editor form

[Thunderspy0712]

Do you have Championship I and II CD can you link on your Google Drive

[drummer_god]

give me screen editor form

The manners on this one. 

[nipsmg]

Yeah this isn’t new.  My private messages on this board were riddled with the same demands.

[mx5xm]

Well in the spirit of the new year I'd like to thank everyone for the help I've received.

Over the holiday break I was able to finally convert everything over to my new PC (Dell Dimension E510). The advice, proactive help with drivers, etc. was a great thing. I moved faster than I would have anticipated without the help.

I just need to figure out the sound (downloaded the drivers but haven't yet installed) and I will be good to go.

That being said, I have a 3ghz P4 and 3x1gb sticks of ram from the old beige PC. If anyone wants / needs them just let me know. I hate to throw them out if someone in the community can use them. I received enough help here the least I can do is help someone improve their setup.

[BladeZX]

I got my PGA Tour TC running - I have video but I do not get any audio over the hdmi cable
I am using a Geforce 8800 GTS card - I have the DVI and 3.5mm audio going into a Dvi and R/L Stereo Audio to HDMI Converter

This is the one I am using:

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B009GUNEAI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Video is working great but I get no audio from the HDMI

Anyone seen anything like this before?

Thanks

[mx5xm]

Try a different TV / monitor, that would tell you if sound is or isn't coming through the converter.

Reading the reviews suggest the converter sucks. I would try a different one as I think that's your problem.

[BladeZX]

OK I got trackball working in the diagnostics screen
BUT when I press start to start a game it goes to the play golf screen and I cannot do anything on it
After 20-30 seconds it reloads the attract mode

Restarted a few times and gets stuck after I press start to start a game
Has anyone seen that happen before?

[BladeZX]

I am getting an error 1068 when I try to start the HASP dongle service
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver - same thing
Can anyone tell me why that is?

[nipsmg]

OK I got trackball working in the diagnostics screen
BUT when I press start to start a game it goes to the play golf screen and I cannot do anything on it
After 20-30 seconds it reloads the attract mode

Restarted a few times and gets stuck after I press start to start a game
Has anyone seen that happen before?

I’ve only ever seen that when trying to use a normal mouse — not with the trackball hooked up to the nytric.  Are you sure the nytric is getting power? Is the 4 pin power hooked up to it?

[BladeZX]

Got the trackball working

Now I am getting error 1068 when I try to start HASP 2007 dongle service
It was working fine but not sure why it is happening now

[stryker006]

Hey everyone.  new to the group.   lots of great info here.   I just picked up a PGA Tour Golf Challenge Edition.  It worked fine when i brought it home last night, but when i flipped it on this morning the picture has gone from bad to worse.   I tested another VGA cable, as well as an external monitor.  I'm figuring it has to be a bad graphics card, but want some input.    The menus load fine.  The demo has these weird boxes while it plays.   When you try to load and play a game, the screen is all pixelated and you can't make out anything.

Just wanted opinions on if this is a graphics card issue, or a software issue i need to recover.   I'm guessing the former, but any input is much appreciated.   Pictures attached for reference (sorry for the quality).

[mx5xm]

Got the trackball working

Now I am getting error 1068 when I try to start HASP 2007 dongle service
It was working fine but not sure why it is happening now

What got your trackball working? Everything in my diagnostics screen was fine, but I have same problem. Once I click start and get to the next screen I'm stuck.

My Nitric card is plugged in. I wouldn't assume it's a driver issue as I cloned the hard drive from the original when I put into this PC but I'm really stumped why it works in diagnostic but not in practice.

[BladeZX]

Mine was a grounding issue
Make sure all db37 pins that are ground are grounded

[BladeZX]

Now my audio will not work
XP says it cannot start the audio device

[Sonofdan]

Hi everyone, trying to obtain the discs for Team Challenge. I replaced my video card and now receiving an error message that the memory can not be read. Also does the Facebook group still exist and is there still a server to play online. Thanks in advance.

Update (I was able to find the discs required)
Error message resolved. Once updated with discs.
Video card driver found on this forum for GeForce cards.
Game is working great.

This forum was a bit tough to navigate but using the print on the page it displayed all pages, easy to Ctrl+F to find a good amount of info.

[game_nerd]

So is there a definitive list or rough approximation of what prebuilt systems will work with this game?
I have a working team challenge and an extra cab I'm rebuilding, but it does not have the computer.

I read through 30 pages of this thread tonight and see a random post or two about a windows 8 computer and some saying you can install to sata not ide
but nothing tying OS, motherboard chipsets, etc.
The only thing I'm sure of is a geforce 5x to 9x video card which is no problem.
is anyone running newer hardware? the optiplex 280s from 2015 posts in this thread are hard to come by these days

[BladeZX]

Is there a graphics card that has hdmi on it that would be supported with PGA Tour TC?

[Sonofdan]

So is there a definitive list or rough approximation of what prebuilt systems will work with this game?
I have a working team challenge and an extra cab I'm rebuilding, but it does not have the computer.

I read through 30 pages of this thread tonight and see a random post or two about a windows 8 computer and some saying you can install to sata not ide
but nothing tying OS, motherboard chipsets, etc.
The only thing I'm sure of is a geforce 5x to 9x video card which is no problem.
is anyone running newer hardware? the optiplex 280s from 2015 posts in this thread are hard to come by these days

From everything I've read it appears the only thing that matters is that video card and the nytric card. I have found the discs, dongle emulator, and video card drivers.

I thought I saw mention of PCI cards being used over AGP. There maybe something to change in bios to switch video card. Search this forum for bios settings. When I upgraded to a GeForce 7800 I just had to run the driver software. There is mention of other cards being used but looks like editing files in the Hercules folder which will take a bit more effort. Find a used GeForce on marketplace/Craigslist whatever. I picked up for $25.

For the sata I was reading something that you would clone an IDE drive as the initial sata install may fail.

If you plan to use all the discs that exist I would make sure you stick with some type of setup that supported windows XP.

[Sonofdan]

Anywhere I can get the smartcard reader? Looks like I have the old reader no lights.

[nipsmg]

There’s a really cheap USB reader on eBay that’s compatible. I don’t have the link anymore but they will on the Facebook group.

[Sonofdan]

There’s a really cheap USB reader on eBay that’s compatible. I don’t have the link anymore but they will on the Facebook group.

Actually I see an old post of yours that linked eBay. Thanks. I found one that looks identical. Previous one was showing out of stock. Wonder if it would work. No real identifier on it.


https://www.ebay.ca/itm/404001661485?hash=item5e1060222d:g:wzEAAOSwlLJijuBa&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAABIM88aRNpg%2Bx%2FS0yTCQ3%2FdNCfY5UCIoUgNmEtQOmxfjkQjPUVkf1YhDZI5n7GSbTptwCgTO1fjtc%2B3Ud4E7boErYaZ6FhedN5lqwd1lQfUnqeM1dtx3J9cS9XxPot09kGLJoyDvvG9h8G%2Bx01z4kGeeWXwWrMSz3%2FhURGZacPJTRwUQqgcDRkFRzGxD5%2BD9fAH3YyqTyckqBrnd6S3%2F2BVdL4qy7m69zLHVCyPp%2BdIfPJGUZQI5FDGMDgi9he4eEDc4dzeCPPKj6Ftjkt4NTf9Pq3xAtJn5sRv3hOjRmv88jbk8AV9OEt%2FSDICmihEcMRB6L4byHBoHGmltlaiR0EdsJ1olJKJoWAgVAXAi1LjASgqE1DUs1CL%2FS83xd0WGvsnw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM4u-vybth

[mx5xm]

First things first - thank you all for all the help!

I have a struggle I can't seem to overcome. I migrated my hard drive and nitric card into a newer PC, everything boots and I have the right video card, drivers, everything.

My only problem is the trackball only works in the diagnostic menu. When I press the start button I get to the start menu, but I cannot move forward.

I don't have another keyboard or mouse plugged in. Only the USB that goes to the Nitric card and the USB card reader.

The I've tried the card in two different slots, I also confirmed there is power to the card via the molex connector.

I have hours into this and I'm no further. Do I need a driver for the nitric card that might be missing? I've plugged and unplugged things over and over with no luck. My original PC died and I'm trying to resurrect and save this machine. At this point if anyone has an old original computer for these machines I'll buy it. I just want to resolve this giant paperweight.

[nipsmg]

There’s a really cheap USB reader on eBay that’s compatible. I don’t have the link anymore but they will on the Facebook group.

Actually I see an old post of yours that linked eBay. Thanks. I found one that looks identical. Previous one was showing out of stock. Wonder if it would work. No real identifier on it.


https://www.ebay.ca/itm/404001661485?hash=item5e1060222d:g:wzEAAOSwlLJijuBa&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAABIM88aRNpg%2Bx%2FS0yTCQ3%2FdNCfY5UCIoUgNmEtQOmxfjkQjPUVkf1YhDZI5n7GSbTptwCgTO1fjtc%2B3Ud4E7boErYaZ6FhedN5lqwd1lQfUnqeM1dtx3J9cS9XxPot09kGLJoyDvvG9h8G%2Bx01z4kGeeWXwWrMSz3%2FhURGZacPJTRwUQqgcDRkFRzGxD5%2BD9fAH3YyqTyckqBrnd6S3%2F2BVdL4qy7m69zLHVCyPp%2BdIfPJGUZQI5FDGMDgi9he4eEDc4dzeCPPKj6Ftjkt4NTf9Pq3xAtJn5sRv3hOjRmv88jbk8AV9OEt%2FSDICmihEcMRB6L4byHBoHGmltlaiR0EdsJ1olJKJoWAgVAXAi1LjASgqE1DUs1CL%2FS83xd0WGvsnw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM4u-vybth

This looks identical.  I would imagine it's the same but I guess there's never any guarantees. 

[Zedmag]

Hey guys. Just found this post. I picked up a Challenge edition for free from a storage unit. Monitor is toast and the thing was covered in tar. found that the DFi still booted and played. Has the card reader as well. ended up reading and searching and found so either forums. Was able to backup and copy a working image to be safe. Then upgraded the unit to TC with an AAP emulated dongle. Boots and am able to play but damn this hardware sucks. I tried reading thru the posts but 68 pages is ton to sift thru. I’d love to upgrade the cpu and ram and video to something else for better performance. With some trial and error with pcs I have lying around I’ve come to realize it’s not that easy to find a working combination. does anyone have a list of working hardware or suggested parts list? I’d love to be online and playing with you guys. I’ll be cutting the cab down like I did with my SSB(separate unit) and would love smooth play on 1080. I’m a GT guy and own about 15 GTs. This just seemed like a fun project and a nice change. I’m very tech savvy and can do most things with ease. I’m a little confused as I noticed AAP doesn’t give an option to ‘register’ so am I to understand AAP does NOT allow online play with the private server? and I need to emulate the TC dongle instead? here are some pics and any conversation surrounding this would be greatly appreciated. I also saw someone earlier that had the AMPlayer crashing when trying to start a game, mine did this as well until I disabled tournament in the op settings, this was with the AAP, so maybe that will help you if needed. Hope to hear from someone. And excited to play with you guys! 

[Zedmag]

before upgrade

[Larbear79]

Hello everyone,  like a lot of people here I'm new to the game and looking to get a neglected unit playable, and online (if still possible). I have a Championship III edition that I  would like to get to Team Challenge but I only have Frankensteins monster. See Pics. Basically going to be from scratch with a new pc if I can hunt one down for cheap. The pc in there I got to boot once then nothing (power issue I think). Its a Dell 280 with a 6600 gpu (I believe) and no dongle. I looked on Global Vr website and after shipping it'll be $90+ for the recovery and install disks, then I have to emulate or find a working dongle. If anyone has a cheaper way to get these disks I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you please let me know if more pics or anything else is needed.