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Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 12, 2012, 01:29:06 pm
I'm starting this thread so we can ask questions and share ideas that may not be on topic with the PGA Golf thread started by Ed12 regarding software and hardware modifications.  Ed's thread can be found here...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,115417.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,115417.0.html).

This thread will be used to help all PGA Golf owners bring back all of the lost extras (courses, players, etc) of their machines after Global VR's servers went offline years ago.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT PGA TOUR GOLF BUT NEVER BOTHERED TO BECOME A REGISTERED USER HERE...DO SO NOW AND JOIN IN ON THE CONVERSATION!!!


RECENT UPDATES...November 2015

Thanks to the massive efforts of member "bootsinallovryou" our PGA Tour Golf machines now have the ability to connect to an online server allowing us to compete against one another on tournament leaderboards.!  A step by step tutorial to enable tournament mode for these machines has been provided by member "Spitfire" and is posted below.  You can read how this started and track current progress starting from page 13 (post #499) of this thread.

To join in online you need the latest patcher_04 linked below and a regular team challenge machine. No other machines will work. On the attract screen run the patcher in your cd rom drive. Once it says press any key to continue turn off and power up your machine again. Once back in attract mode go to the operators menu by pressing the red operators button inside ur cabinet. Be sure to have your machine connected to the Internet by plugging in an Ethernet cable directly to your cabinet Pc ethernet port. If you are using wireless be sure to configure your wireless connection as per the instructions before trying to register. Choose register/connect option, register cabinet and register your machine using the 4 digit code option using any four digits as it doesn't matter. Make sure you change from Dial up to cable adsl option and follow on screen instructions and allow the machine to call server.  This may take a while first time to get to 100% complete.  Once registered choose the force a call to the server and exit to game option and that's it. You should now be tournament enabled and online. To play online in a Tournament or the World tour option on your cabinet You will need a players card and reader. You will also need to turn your machine off free play otherwise you won't be able to select World Tour and Tournament on the start screen. This has to be done in the operators menu by choosing machine and settings option and disabling free play.
Once you select World Tour it will ask you to insert your players card. It will say that the card is not tournament enabled and will run you through a number of steps to make it so follow instructions and your card will be made tournament ready and you will be given a player number. Now you can use your card or number on any machine linked to Boosts Server and your home made player can be used to play every course on the game without having an all access pass. You will be able to unlock hidden skill shots on every course to unlock special player customising items and equipment. Once all courses available on World Tour are played you will be given a player ranking and it will also unlock heaps of customisable clothing and equipment to use on your player in the Game face option of the game. You can also keep track of how many skill shots you have found and your ranking by inserting your players card into your card reader on the attract screen of the game. There are now also leaderboards available so you can show the world you are the best player out there.  All this is thanks to are Legend known us boostinallovryou!!! without him none of this would be possible!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 12, 2012, 01:41:40 pm
So my most recent idea involves utilizing the space where the mini marquee sits (above the screen and below the main marquee).  My original thought was to remove the mini marquee and install a 10" LCD screen in there and connect it to a webcam that was hidden somewhere in that area as well.  I suppose you could even bracket a laptop computer that has an installed webcam.  This would allow you to see your buddy and carry on a live conversation while you are playing them via tournament play (when that gets rolling).

Then I thought it may be very easy to purchase a mount for a tablet with a front facing camera (Ipad, Galaxy, etc.) and slip the tablet in the mounting bracket in front of the mini marquee.  If you launch Skype, Google, etc. you would be able to do the same (have a webcam experience) without having to mount an LCD and a separate webcam.  You could also remove the tablet when not playing so that the mini marquee remains in tact. 

You could still play against a friend without connecting to their machine.  Although this option would not be AS FUN as playing online LIVE you could still play against someone else and keep a manual score hole by hole by connecting to video chat with your mounted tablet that's on your PGA cabinet.  You could even pull the tablet out and face it to the screen to confirm a score if need be.  It would be a blast to see the facial expression of your friends while being able to carry on a conversation without them being there.

So now I'm looking at install brackets and going to test it out.  Hopefully it works as well as I think that it could.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on December 13, 2012, 07:12:53 pm
I am thinking of making my own personal intro for when the game is in attract mode.  Just need to create video, rename it, and see if it runs.  Also thinking storing my personal player as one of the pros.  I thought its my game why not.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on December 13, 2012, 10:35:15 pm
hi

stpcore thk-u very very much
this will divide the load alot
i will support u fully
just ring the bell
great job :):)

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 14, 2012, 10:50:00 am
I am thinking of making my own personal intro for when the game is in attract mode.  Just need to create video, rename it, and see if it runs.  Also thinking storing my personal player as one of the pros.  I thought its my game why not.

Jason

That sounds awesome. I would love to throw in a custom video with a custom sound track as well. If you do this could you post a tutorial so others could do the same? I would like to have my personal golfer as a pro too.

hi

stpcore thk-u very very much
this will divide the load alot
i will support u fully
just ring the bell
great job :):)

ed

Thanks so much, Ed. I appreciate all your efforts and support!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on December 14, 2012, 07:39:41 pm
I am going to have to get my hands on tiger woods 04-06 as from what I have been able to find online this arcade game is direct port.  Exact players, courses so am thinking we should be able to cut and paste to add.  Also can you hook up your pga HDD and look arount with nvidia thumbnail viewer (seperate program to look at ddl files).  I am not going to be near a computer for next few days and want to see if this works.  Also there is a site coursedownloads.com that is dedicated to adding courses to different ver of tiger woods golf.  Hope this sparks some interest in others with PGA GOLF.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 31, 2012, 11:08:27 am
Here are some pics of the gutted PGA cabinet that I hacked into a pedestal cabinet.  I also went with an illuminated blue trackball and have a little shelf that houses sleeves of golf balls on the top side of the control panel for a little extra personalization.  I still have to install the lock on the coin door (tape holding it in place now), clean up some rough edges, give everything a fresh coat of paint, and install a NOS control panel overlay and then she will be all set.

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/PGAPedestal1_zpsc3005019.jpg)

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/PGAPedestal2_zpsebc2e9c2.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on December 31, 2012, 11:12:38 am
Looks great!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 31, 2012, 09:06:23 pm
Looks awesome. Now if someone can make sense of how to unlock PGA golf we will all be laughing ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 02, 2013, 11:35:37 am
Looks awesome. Now if someone can make sense of how to unlock PGA golf we will all be laughing ha ha ha

I hear you on that one!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 02, 2013, 12:21:49 pm
Two quick things...

#1 Anyone up for a "low score" competition?  We can all play the same course and put the difficulty on NORMAL (no mulligans).  We can post screen shots of our best score over 18 holes.  Just a way to have a little fun for now. 

#2 I never realized that pressing the "SHOT TYPE" button during the number of players screen or course selection screen can change the difficulty for you.  I had always went into the service menu to do this (LOL!).

Now I'm wondering if I'm missing some other rather obvious things in this game.  Anyone else have one they would like to share?  I stumbled upon my little find by mistake.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 02, 2013, 07:33:07 pm
Sounds great about the comp mate. Ill be in once I get a new graphics card in machine as mine has ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- itself. I also have noticed that if u press I think it's shot type or start once shot is in play , it will speed up the shot in flight so u get through ur round much quicker. One of the buttons also will allow u to show a reply of the shot that u have just played aswell.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 04, 2013, 06:09:06 pm
I went poking around within my TEAM CHALLENGE hard drive today and after having a conversation with yukonblaze I was able to change some of the music in my game.  So now when I press start I have Stone Temple Pilots playing during my game select, player select, and course select screens.  Pretty cool way to customize your game a bit.

I took the hard drive out of the PGA TEAM CHALLENGE computer and connected it to my desktop with a USB to IDE adapter (versus having to slave it in another enclosure) before doing any modification to the files.  It was so easy to connect to my computer this way!  I bought the cable from Amazon for $19.47 and it saves me a bunch of time.  Here is the link in the event you want to grab one.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UO6C5S/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UO6C5S/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00)

I took my Stone Temple Pilots mp3 and converted it over to a wav file in order to replace the wav file in the game.  The wav file that is currently in the game is 24.6mb and my new file was about 45mb.  Then it was time to swap my music files.

To do this I went into the "pga_tour_golf_2006" folder, then the "Shell" folder, then the "music" folder to find a wav file called "shell_music".  I deleted that "shell_music" file and renamed my Stone Temple Pilots mp3 to "shell_music" and pasted it in place of the file I had just deleted.  So essentially I deleted the original wav file and renamed a new wav file with the original name of the old wav file.

Now I have Stone Temple Pilots playing in my PGA Team Challenge!

If you have any questions please feel free to ask and I will help you the best that I can.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Midcoastsurf on January 06, 2013, 01:12:49 am
I just picked up a Championship Edition 3 game a few days ago.  The game does not have the card reader (hole is covered with a plate).  Everything seems to be working except for the light behind the marquee (bad starter or bulb I guess).  I still need to clean the rollers/bearings on the trackball. 

What is needed to upgrade this game to the Challenge version?  I don't have any of the backup discs or other discs that were supposed to come with the upgrade kit when my machine was converted.

Is the game dongle a white piece of plastic that plugs into a printer port?

Thanks,
Brad
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 06, 2013, 08:34:13 pm
I sent you a PM. The dongle is the adapter that plugs into the printer port. Each version of PGA has its own specific dongle that is required for the game to be playable. If you would like to upgrade to "Challenge" you would need the Rescue CD and Install CDs as well as a "Challenge" version dongle.  You would not be able to use your Challenge III dongle to upgrade to Challenge unfortunately.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on February 04, 2013, 01:58:31 pm
Hey everyone...what version of PGA do you currently own?  I'm running Team Challenge.  There is a poll at the top of the thread if you care to participate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on February 06, 2013, 10:17:25 am
I picked up a Dell Optiplex GX260 computer this weekend and I'm attempting a fresh install of PGA on the computer's stock components.  It's going through installation now so it will be interesting to see if this older Dell can be a quick replacement for a bad Global VR computer.  I will post some results as soon as installation is completed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on February 06, 2013, 02:17:35 pm
***UPDATE*** The game installs but hangs on the course loading screen after seeing the "CHALLENGE" loading screen upon rebooting.  I will play with this a little more and see if I can get it to work.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on February 06, 2013, 04:30:01 pm
keep your thread open
and by all mean's tinker
i did hand u ppl the tool's
if u still want beta-brite s/w ?
i will see if the .zip will up-load

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on February 08, 2013, 12:28:36 pm
Ed, I will keep playing with it. I actually was able to contact paulstevens (member here who posted in your PGA thread in its early stages) since he was able to get a Dell Optiplex to run PGA.

If you have a spare moment to post those card reader drivers with a breif explaination on how to install them that would rock the house. I really want to create a player but the reader isn't recognized by my PGA for some reason. That would be a big help indeed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 08, 2013, 09:37:36 pm
Hi all,
I finally installed my betabrite led topper. However all I get once installed is betabrite advertising but no game stats etc. when I test in the diagnostics it doesn't show anything like the cable isn't connected?? But it is. Any ideas? Might my install of team challenge all access pass not have the drivers or software installed on it needed to run the led sign properly? Any help would be appreciated?

Hey Ed is the betabrite software above is that what I may need to run stats etc??

Thx Spitfire.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 01, 2013, 03:15:28 pm
Hey guys...does anyone here have the installation disks for ALL ACCESS PASS?  Did they even use install disks for this upgrade or was this done with a thumb drive?  Anyone that is running ALL ACCESS PASS that can chime in here would be appreciated.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 03, 2013, 02:46:52 am
Hi STP,
I don't have any CDs for the all access pass as when I bought the machine didn't come with them. I have cloned the hard drive so I will look to transfer to USB drive and get to u n others that have asked.
As mentions by paulstevens I think the guy is either the dongle or in the registry files as the game folders contain all the courses players etc as per a normal PGA golf machine but mine allows me to play the extra courses that's the only difference.  I does not allow me to play any extra players or unlock player items, tournaments etc.
Which I'd really love to do!!
Thx Spitfire
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 03, 2013, 09:32:26 am
PM sent.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 03, 2013, 06:32:47 pm
I've been working with Paul Stevens all day on unlocking players and courses and I think we did it (players)!!!  We are working on some finishing touches but I can confirm that I've golfed with both Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer this afternoon on my stock Team Challenge machine!  It's not a difficult edit at all and can be done in a matter of minutes.  Be prepared to have a keyboard and mouse on hand and a tutorial will be available shortly.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 03, 2013, 08:14:47 pm
PLAYER SUBSTITUTION TUTORIAL for PGA Tour Golf TEAM CHALLENGE Edition

I will do the best that I can to write this tutorial in the simplest of terms so that everyone can follow.  I recommend reading this tutorial all the way through before performing the actual steps.  This method will allow you to replace any of the current golfers on the player select screen with any of the 43 golfers that are within the game!  I recommend making a back up of your current PGA Team Challenge hard drive in the event something goes wrong as I will not be held responsible if any damage occurs.

This should take you only a couple minutes to complete.  The tutorial looks extensive but it really isn't.  I tried to dumb this down so even a 6 year old could do this so please don't take offense to my attempt at simplicity.  I know that I would personally want TOO MUCH information versus having to try to fill in any gaps.  With that being said...here we go!

Step One- Connect a PS/2 style keyboard (not USB) and a mouse (I used a USB mouse) to your PGA Tower and power it on.

Step Two- Allow the game to fully load into attract mode.

Step Three- Hit the WINDOWS button on your keyboard (located next to your ALT key) and a menu will open.

Step Four- Use the down arrow key to highlight gvr close and hit enter.  (You may have to hit the WINDOWS key again and click on CONTROL PANEL).

Step Five- Click on the folder up arrow icon on the top left of the page.

Step Six- Double click on the C: PGA drive

Step Seven- Double click the pga_tour_golf_2006 folder

Step Eight- Double click the Players folder.  Once opened you will see a list of players.

Step Nine- Scroll through the player list and find the players.ini file and double click it to open it.  Another list of golfers will be displayed with numerical values next to each golfer.

Step Ten- Below is the list you should be seeing BEFORE you make any edits.  I have placed the players that are currently available in the player select screen in BOLD.  These will NOT be in bold on your actual screen.  We can change the names associated with these BOLD numbers to any golfer we would like on this same list. 

For example, if I don't care to use Tiffany Williamson (Player34) as a golfer I can assign a new name (say Arnold Palmer) to her numerical value.  To do this I would replace her name by erasing it with the backspace key and entering a replacement name so that it reads Player34=Arnold Palmer for example.

Player00=Adam Scott
Player01=Adriana Dulce
Player02=Alastair McFadden
Player03=Aphrodite Papadapolus
Player04=Arnold Palmer
Player05=Ben Hogan
Player06=Bev Bouchier
Player07=Billy Hightower
Player08=Bunjiro Tanaka
Player09=Caesar Rosado
Player10=Charles Howell III
Player11=Colin Montgomerie
Player12=Dion Douglas
Player13=Gary Player
Player14=Hunter Elmore
Player15=Jack Nicklaus
Player16=Jeb McGraw
Player17=Jesper Parnevik
Player18=Jim Furyk
Player19=John Daly
Player20=Johnny The Hustler
Player21=Justin Leonard
Player22=Justin Rose
Player23=Justin Timberlake
Player24=Kendra Lovette
Player25=Natalie Gulbis
Player26=Notah Begay III
Player27=Raquel Rogers
Player28=Reginald Weathers
Player29=Retief Goosen
Player30=Rich Beem
Player31=Ricky Barnes
Player32=Seve Ballesteros
Player33=Stuart Appleby
Player34=Tiffany Williamson

Player35=Tiger Woods
Player36=Ty Tryon
Player37=Vijay Singh
Player38=Dan Reid
Player39=Shawn Powers
Player40=Vinnie Sioti
Player41=Kazuo Saito
Player42=Alexa Everett


Step 11- After changing the name from Tiffany Williamson to Arnold Palmer we will then close the window by clicking on the red "X" in the upper right hand corner.  You will be asked if you want to save your changes and you will choose YES.

Step 12- Hit the WINDOWS key once again and a menu will pop up.

Step 13- Select gvr boot and the game will reload with your saved changes!

At this point we took Tiffany Williamson's golfer out of the game and replaced it with Arnold Palmer.  However, when you go to the player select screen you will notice that Tiffany is still there.  That's because we aren't 100% on how to change the profile pic to represent the replacement golfer as of yet but we are working on it.  When you select Tiffany Williamson and select your course, Arnold Palmer (or any other golfer you choose) will show up and will be playable while you are golfing.

You can do this with any of the golfers to customize how your game plays.  Personally, I will be replacing all of my fantasy golfers with golf pros.  Once we figure out how to change the player profile pic and the game face overlay that is displayed during play it will be complete.  PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU REPLACE A LEFTY GOLFER WITH ANOTHER GOLFER, THE NEW GOLFER WILL ALSO BE LEFT HANDED (EVEN IF THEY ARE NORMALLY A RIGHT HANDED GOLFER).

We are also assuming that there has to be a way to allow ALL of the player numbers to be recognized in the player select screen.  That would give us over 40 golfers to choose from!  Have fun and if you have any ideas please contact me so that we can finish up this part of the project!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 04, 2013, 07:34:13 am
Great work STP the first clear workthru n actually something that has worked not just her say.
Keep up the good work.
Thx
Spitfire
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on March 04, 2013, 11:26:12 am
This is great. With two threads and multiple people trying to crack this game we should have it all figured out soon.

Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on March 05, 2013, 10:05:35 am
Ken
Awesome work. I have all access cd do i need to just copy it to add to dropbox for ya. As for adding player pic during selection i think you will have to grab that image from the tiger woods game and reassign it in tne player art folder (?name). Has been a little while since i sat down and messed with the files.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on March 05, 2013, 11:38:03 am
so what's up with this "all access pass" kit I keep hearing about? I realize it's an upgrade, but where does it stand in the scope of things? does it use it's own dongle or is it an upgrade that...say for example, uses the dongle from PGA chapionship edition to add additional stuff?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 05, 2013, 11:54:03 am
From what I understand it has it's own dongle (USB type)?  We are working on patching the additional courses from the All Access files into Team Challenge without having to do an upgrade.  It's our hopes to find the structural or coding differences between the two versions so that we can find a way to unlock the courses that are already on the Team Challenge hd.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: The-O on March 05, 2013, 02:02:21 pm
Hi, lilshawn

All access is a patch you apply to the game. You then need an updated dongle, ours are all LPT dongles. Have yet to see a USB one.

The-0
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 05, 2013, 04:09:00 pm
Hi all,
My all access pass machine has a normal white dongle just like anyone else's not USB.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Trey Franco on March 06, 2013, 10:03:02 pm
I have a question concerning a VR global arcade machine I own Madden Season 2. I can play on it for bout three games then in the middle of the fourth game or so it kicks me back to attract mode. Any ideas what could be causing this? Been looking everywhere can't find nothing bout this problem thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 07, 2013, 01:41:55 pm
I have a question concerning a VR global arcade machine I own Madden Season 2. I can play on it for bout three games then in the middle of the fourth game or so it kicks me back to attract mode. Any ideas what could be causing this? Been looking everywhere can't find nothing bout this problem thanks

I'm not quite sure why that would happen.  You may consider starting your own thread as it would gain more exposure to those Madden Football owners that may never see your issue hidden within the PGA Owners thread.  Always wanted a Madden Football!  Hope you get it resolved!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: paulstevens on March 07, 2013, 05:40:12 pm
Agree with stpcore - start a new thread so it gets better exposure.

In the meantime, try installing a new hard drive and install the software again.  Corrupted sectors can cause the program to barf back to a known good state such as the attract mode / menu.   A reinstallation onto the same hard drive often is not good enough.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 04:54:21 pm
Moving from eds thread. Got my tower back w new mobo. No more beeps but no game. Getting a note that a file can't be found on the cd rom. Can get past that and use windows to get to the exe. Next screen says usbio card is missing, or usbio card software install incomplete please make sure nitric card is is present and cabinet connected. Turn cabinet off and on after fixing or cabinet may malfunction.

Any clues what I need to do. Have no discs but ordered them. Good news is at least I can get to windows!  Kind of unrelated but when in windows I get the out of range display once and a while. Jeez I just want to play!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 05:04:56 pm
I wonder if you have a bad i/o board?  You have the USB cord going from the i/o and then into one of the other USB ports, correct?  Do you also have power going to the board from your PSU?  I know that the USB will power the i/o to a point but I also know that their is additional power supplied by the PSU if I remember correctly.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 05:08:09 pm
Your losing me but I think so. Can you dumb that down?!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 05:10:20 pm
I've said that more than a few times in these PGA threads over the past year!

Give me a minute and I can post a couple pics for you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 05:14:51 pm
Thx!  Any chance it is a date and time issue?  If so can't find in control panel to check.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 05:17:47 pm
Date and time should be adjusted by hitting the DEL key when the computer is trying to boot in order to get into bios.  Pics coming in a second...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 05:21:52 pm
First, let me apologize for the condition of this PGA tower.  It looks like it was pulled from the Titanic.  It's FILTHY to say the least and I haven't had time to take it apart and clean it yet but it should serve for the purpose here.

So the first pic shows the basic cable connection.  The bottom portion of the cable is connected to the i/o board which is where your controls are plugged into.
(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/20130308_161144_zps99f957a2.jpg)

This second pic shows the inside of the tower and shows the wire coming from the power supply plugging into the i/o board as well.
(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/20130308_161207_zpsc6a764b3.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 05:25:17 pm
K. Let me pull the tower and check. Decent chance they didn't do this. Back soon and thank you so much.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 05:27:55 pm
Hey man, no problem at all.  Hopefully we can get this thing to work for you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 05:33:42 pm
Here's what I have. I have one cord into this but I have two usbs up top where you have one.
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Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 05:47:59 pm
I have two USB inputs on the top of mine.

Do you see that wire from your power supply to your i/o card and how it's connected to one of the side ports?  Mine is powered with a smaller connector on the back of the i/o card.  I wonder if that's causing your issue?  Pull that larger molex connector out and place the smaller one from the PSU to the back and see if that may work?
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Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 05:54:23 pm
The one on the back is larger. Doesn't look the same.
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Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 06:04:14 pm
Hmmmm, do you have anything you can plug into that port?
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Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 06:09:33 pm
No. The light on the back comes on when I have it on. Green light next to big port.
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Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 06:12:10 pm
I'm wondering if it's just a bad board?  Maybe someone else can offer up an idea on this one?
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Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 06:35:57 pm
Brand new mobo sure hope not. First error on booting says file usbui.dll is needed on CDROM. Then asks where to copy files from. If you hit cancel it will take u to the screen I described. For some reason I can't post pics of the screen from iPad.
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Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 06:38:27 pm
Not a bad mother board but a bad I/o board. You have the USB ports enabled in the bios menu, right?
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Post by: lilshawn on March 08, 2013, 06:44:38 pm
check your bios and make sure your usb hasn't been disabled.

now would be a good time to check your battery.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 06:50:27 pm
Tell me where to find that please. Hit delete and see
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Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 06:53:31 pm
Make sure your bios match this...

You can do this by repeatedly hitting the DEL key while the computer is attempting to boot. Once in the bios screen make sure that these values are matching your machine. Make sure your settings match the ones below.

....main screen...
on power boot >>delete key<<
this will take u to the bios screen

std setting's as follow's
current date must be current
current time must be current

ide primary >> wdc wd200bb >20meg< this is the hard drive def for your unit..could veri
ide slave >> none
ide secondary >> master >cdrom<
ide secondary >> slave none

drive a 3.5"
drive b none

video >> ega/vga
halt on >> no error's
base mem >>640k
extened mem >> 52364
total >> 524288

....advanced....
bios flash protect >> disabled
virus warring >> disabled
cpu l1 & l2 cache >> enabled
quick power on self test >> fast
first boot device >> cdrom
second boot device >> hdd-0
third boot device >> floppy :we can turn this off:
boot other device >> disabled
swap floppy drive >> disabled
boot up floppy seek >> enabled :we can turn this off:
boot up numblock status >> on

that is the first 2 settings page
we skip the third and go to the 4th

......integerated peripherals......
on-chip primary pci ide >> enabled
ide primary master pio >> auto
ide primary slave pio >> auto
ide primary master udma >> auto
ide primary slave udma >> auto
on-chip secondary pci ide >> enabled
ide secondary master pio >> auto
ide secondary slave pio >> auto
ide secondary master udma >> auto
ide secondary slave udma >> auto
usb controller >> enabled <<< important >> USB will not work if disabled
usb keyboard support >> disabled
ac97 audio >> auto
ac97 modem >> auto
init display first >> agp : this is 1 of the setting's we change when using a dif video card
onboard ac97 codec >> enabled
onboard lan control >> enabled :we need this for turenne
onboard lan boot rom >> disabled :we enable it to use the lan
ide hdd block mode >> enabled : this is beacuase u may have a cable select mode,and or master/slave setting on your hd setup

that is part 4 of the bios setup

Once your values are complete try restarting the computer and see if it gets you anywhere. At that point even if it's not booting at least you are starting your diagnosis with the correct settings.
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Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 07:11:17 pm
Made Ur changes  still get the CDROM issue. Hit cancel and boot exe get this. Odd thing is this is a champ III yet screen looks like regular champ.
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Post by: lilshawn on March 08, 2013, 07:21:11 pm
you may need to re-install. looks like your usb drivers went kaput, or the board did.

reloading software is free, i'd try that first.
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Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 07:27:26 pm
Will do. Waiting for discs to show up in mail. Pray that's the ticket!  Thanks to you and stp for all the help today.
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Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 07:27:51 pm
My Championship III screens look like it is a regular Championship version as well. It's normal.
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Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 07:58:11 pm
Will do. Waiting for discs to show up in mail. Pray that's the ticket!  Thanks to you and stp for all the help today.

I can certainly make an iso of the Rescue and 2 Installation CDs and upload them for you tomorrow at some point as I have those for Championship III.  I'm not certain what country code your dongle is for and if there would be a compatibility issue with US disks?
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Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 08:00:56 pm
It's US. Game is from ill. I'm in ia!  Thanks!!!
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Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 08:02:04 pm
Why did I think you were from out of the country? LOL! Sorry.
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Post by: ed12 on March 08, 2013, 09:34:14 pm
hi
ppl and i am not stepping on toes here as it is not my thread
but did we all miss a few point's ?
it boot's and come's back it cannot see the >i/o< card
my q would have been.
is it plugged in right?
ie the jumper from the card to the top of the tower where the usb port's are?
or are u using the usb >2< card ?
if so did u try to plug it right into the tower ?,from the i/o card to the upper usb port ?
have u tired another usb cable?

reason for this question is the i/o card will go sideway's as they are legacey

second dose it have a point on the i/o card where u can plug in a power supply point ?
like the 1's u use on a ide hard drive ?
4 pin's yellow black black red ?
as some of the older gen card's need +12 and 5+ fed to them

did not mean to hijack
just thought i would toss in 2%

ed
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Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 10:55:55 pm
Ed, not sure i follow. From what I've learned this is the I/o card I've always had and before mobo switch it was fine. It is hooked up exactly the same prior the swap. New issues, not sure of importance are: tower only turns on by powering it, not off of master on/off. Once going it goes fine through boot then goes black. W windows key I can get the error listed above about the usbui.dll missing from CDROM. Cancel that and then it goes to the shot above about usbios. Stuck here.
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Post by: ed12 on March 08, 2013, 11:28:32 pm
god holy hi-jack
sorry stpcore..

did u set the power option's to
AFTER POWER OFF TO TURN ON AUTO ?
in the bios.
 it could be under POWER OPTIONS/SETTINGS/COUSTOM
 if so did u set the mobo the way stpcore asked u to ?
with out touching any buttons
it should come right on
and game should load
if it fail's on the  >i/o< test it simpley mean's it is not reading the i/o card

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 11:39:05 pm
All I see is a PWR Lost Resume State. It's set to keep off n
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 11:41:37 pm
Turn that on so it powers up when you flip the switch on your cabinet.
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Post by: Slimonce on March 08, 2013, 11:54:37 pm
K. Loads off master power and way faster. Still same issues. Should I default to safe settings off the bios screen to see what happens?
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Post by: stpcore on March 08, 2013, 11:57:57 pm
I think your bios are fine. I have a feeling its the actual I/o board as the USB ports are enabled and everything in bios is configured correctly if you followed the prior post. If you want to do a complete fresh install with the iso images I can have those ready for you tomorrow for Championship III? That would be the last thing I can personally think to do.
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Post by: Slimonce on March 09, 2013, 12:05:32 am
One thing I just remembered the guy at DIT said he defragged the hd and cleaned it up. I know Ed said don't touch it on the other thread. Could that be the issue? 
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Post by: yukonblaze on March 09, 2013, 02:38:31 am
Remeber getting same error as i/o plugged into wrong usb port.
Also when changing golfers to tiger ect. If you use the lefty players, tiger ect will also be lefty.
Jason
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Post by: Spitfire on March 09, 2013, 06:54:31 am
Hi Simon,
You need to make sure you set ur bios exactly as STP has posted as it seems u haven't done so as u didn't have the resume state to power on.
Once this is done n still same error I agree with Ed that you may need to take out io board n reseat board as just may not be in correctly or far enough. Also try a different USB slot as suggested. If all this fails as ready mention it has to be corrupt files or bad board!
Good luck
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Post by: Slimonce on March 09, 2013, 09:33:53 am
Ever have a duh moment?  Take a look at my pic at 5:54 yesterday. I don't think the I/o cars is seated in anything. Which slot should it b in?  Doesn't seem to align w either very well. Think we found the issue tho!!!!
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Post by: stpcore on March 09, 2013, 09:59:02 am
I think it's seated if you look closely but it's hard to tell by the angle of your pic.  You will see pins coming out of the back that look like they should plug into a port but they do not.  Check out my pic...same thing.
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Post by: Slimonce on March 09, 2013, 10:24:02 am
K. From what I think I know. The only thing connected to this is the wires that I assume to be the power. This card does not have anything going into the mobo. It's just kind of floating w that one cord you can see connected to it. Where it looks like it should seat into mobo there are no "connectors". They are on the back as you suggest. Is the only that should connect to this the cable that is already there?  Just thinking if that's only power something else needs to connect to recognize it. Prolly pipe dream!
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Post by: stpcore on March 09, 2013, 10:31:40 am
I think your i/o is different than mine because mine does sit in the mother board.  Maybe this pic will show you with more detail from a different angle.  If it's just floating plugged into the power supply then you found your problem for sure.

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/20130309_092700_zps79b384aa.jpg)
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Post by: Slimonce on March 09, 2013, 11:13:47 am
Here's what I'm looking at. There's nothing to seat where it should seat by comparing to yours.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on March 09, 2013, 11:33:46 am
hi
ya thats a gen 2 i/o card
do the fast fav's
i know i asked u last night to make sure the power plug was plugged in
ie the white 1 at the end of the board..
un-plug it
hook in the usb as i explained
and see if the green light come's  that is on the board faceing the same way as the usb and the game harness hook's in,it is there at the top of the card
u DO NOT NEED THE GAME HARNESS HOOKED FOR THIS TEST
what u are doing is finding out a few thing's

if the green light dose not come on
then your usb is NOT enabled
if it DOSE come on then your usb is ENABLED

that is fast and dirty chk for them card's
it dose not even have to be in the machine :for that test:.

now if the green light is on but it keep's coming back i/o is not be seen
then u need to look for a new card.

u ppl have to rember the i/o card has it's own mirco and eeprom

ed
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Post by: stpcore on March 09, 2013, 11:37:18 am
I peeked into one of my Championship III towers and it is NOT seated into the motherboard either so it must not make a difference with the gen2 i/o.  Never noticed that before.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on March 09, 2013, 11:43:17 am
hi
stpcore
sorry for hijacking

but the gen 2 was moved from the pci slot onto a stand along board
this was the start of the usb2 day's
ie the reason they ship with a 4 way usb2 port
but that card can and dose go either way
usb1  and or usb2

ed
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Post by: stpcore on March 09, 2013, 11:44:44 am
Got it, thanks Ed.
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Post by: Slimonce on March 09, 2013, 12:01:04 pm
Green light comes on w/o power. What next?
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Post by: Slimonce on March 09, 2013, 12:07:12 pm
Still wonder if this means anything relevant to what were doing...
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Post by: ed12 on March 09, 2013, 12:27:44 pm
hi
i gotta ask question
why is it showning windows xp >pro<
it should show windows xp EMBEDDED

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on March 09, 2013, 12:33:11 pm
No clue. Same hd, new mobo. Nothing else has changed except the guy said he defragged it. He might have said he updated it, don't remember.
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Post by: ed12 on March 09, 2013, 12:42:53 pm
hi
stpcore i am very sorry about his hijack
it should have as stated said in the other thread

i did explain in clear text
DO NOT ALLOW UP-DATE'S
without knowing what u are doing..it is that simple
windows xp embeded is totaly dif. then window's xp pro
xp pro carry's a wack of service pack's we do not use
embedded mean's what it say's >reduced<
u my friend are in a pickle here
NEVER NEVER HAND OVER YOUR HARD DRIVE FOR A DEFRAG
now with that with standing
u will need to do as stpcore pointed
RELOAD the s/w from the start
U REQUIRE the main MBR

sorry  stpcore
it just took this long to get a handle on the op's problem

ed
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Post by: Slimonce on March 09, 2013, 12:48:48 pm
Well crap. What's s/w and MBR mean? 
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Post by: ed12 on March 09, 2013, 01:03:53 pm
hi
s/w >means software
mbr >means master boot record

ed
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Post by: Slimonce on March 09, 2013, 01:04:19 pm
Scratch that I can look them up. Not that lazy!!!  Called the repair guy. He only defragged and updated registration. Said he got the same error before he did that. He thinks its related to new mobo and like you, needs the discs. Just need them to get here or stp to get me a copy. Either way ill chill til then. I truly appreciate all the help and time you've given. I know I'm slow when comes to this stuff and you've all been great!
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Post by: stpcore on March 09, 2013, 04:07:03 pm
hi
stpcore i am very sorry about his hijack
it should have as stated said in the other thread

i did explain in clear text
DO NOT ALLOW UP-DATE'S
without knowing what u are doing..it is that simple
windows xp embeded is totaly dif. then window's xp pro
xp pro carry's a wack of service pack's we do not use
embedded mean's what it say's >reduced<
u my friend are in a pickle here
NEVER NEVER HAND OVER YOUR HARD DRIVE FOR A DEFRAG
now with that with standing
u will need to do as stpcore pointed
RELOAD the s/w from the start
U REQUIRE the main MBR

sorry  stpcore
it just took this long to get a handle on the op's problem

ed

Ed, no need to apologize.  I asked people to post trouble shooting questions here so that you wouldn't have to deal with any distractions in your thread. You are posting here as well so where did you want the traffic to go for troubleshooting?  No need to have 2 threads answering the same questions (I'm sure you will agree).
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Post by: briscos horse on March 11, 2013, 12:19:51 pm
Does anyone know where I can buy the coin droor (Just the door) or the metal plate that covers the dollar bill acceptor to PGA tour challenge 1?

I can trade the cd's that came with the game or the plastic control panel overlay or small marquee overlay.

Thanks in advance
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Post by: stpcore on March 11, 2013, 12:34:58 pm
Great question.  I personally would love to fill the gap where the bill acceptor is located so it's not wide open.  I'm confident someone here can point you in the right direction.
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Post by: lilshawn on March 11, 2013, 04:12:18 pm
i would just cover a piece of metal or plastic in black vinyl or paint and use it to fill the hole.


they do have blanking plates for DBA holes, but it's pretty much no better than anything you can make yourself.

my 2 cents.  :dunno
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Post by: ed12 on March 11, 2013, 04:17:53 pm
read there catolog
http://na.suzohapp.com/coindoors/coindoors.htm (http://na.suzohapp.com/coindoors/coindoors.htm)
if u are on the cheap ask in the buy/sell thread

ed
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Post by: dirt on March 11, 2013, 04:38:14 pm
Hi Ed,
 did your boss happen to get a tracking number? The tower hasnt shown up here.

Thanks

Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2
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Post by: Slimonce on March 14, 2013, 09:48:18 pm
Got the discs and did restore. Kept getting that popup throughout (usbuii.dll) but hitting cancel allowed me to go through the restore and 2 discs. On final reboot you could see the popup but boot continued. Said loading courses and I about peed my pants....then back to the usbios screen and no dice. Interesting thing I learned is that I have the 5700 video card which builds from disc 1 and not the restore. Back to issue...it seems I can get further into the load w the keyboard plugged in. When I reboot w/o it I only get I initial boot and then black screen. Said before I'm stupid at this but is there some way it's looking at the keyboard input and not recognizing USB?  Any other wild ideas or things try?
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Post by: lilshawn on March 15, 2013, 11:15:58 pm
you aren't using a usb mouse or keyboard are you?!?!?

you should be using a ps/2 keyboard and mouse....a USB keyboard or mouse will cause windows to detect them and try to install drivers for them (which it wont have because it's XPe...a stripped down driver set.)
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Post by: Slimonce on March 16, 2013, 11:15:30 am
Nope. Ps2.
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Post by: stpcore on March 16, 2013, 12:38:59 pm
I use a USB mouse on all of my machines and haven't run into an issue yet.  Maybe because it's a Microsoft mouse?  I always have used a PS2 keyboard however.
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Post by: paulstevens on March 16, 2013, 04:53:09 pm
Team Challenge works fine with usb keyboard and mouse.  I believe Slimonce is running "Challenge" so may have different issues.  PS2 would be the safe way to go if that is the case.
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Post by: Slimonce on March 18, 2013, 01:22:05 am
I'm good, playing now
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Post by: yukonblaze on March 18, 2013, 07:22:59 pm
PLease explain your fix so others may be helped!!

Jason
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Post by: Slimonce on March 18, 2013, 08:20:34 pm
Found the usbui.dll file, burned it, loaded it and cured the error. Had to find USB drivers on new mobo. Turned on and voila!!!  Took forever and a lot of beer!  Really thought I was sol. Having some minor trackball issues now so suppose that is next.
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Post by: lilshawn on March 18, 2013, 09:28:22 pm
xpe is a real bugger...if a driver file doesn't immediately have a dependency or have an entry in the FBA (first boot agent) to plock it into the install, it won't be.

looks like there was a change in hardware midway through the release, so some versions have 2 system dependent disks.

you may have the "wrong" version.

there could be many more reasons for your missing file, but you've got it sorted anyways.  :cheers:
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Post by: Slimonce on March 18, 2013, 11:00:27 pm
I kind of gave up on being delicate and just kept plugging in CDs to resolve the issues. Happy all worked out and I'm golfing! Any ideas on where u can get graphics/artwork for the sides?  Want to start plugging away at the cabinet now. Also where to get tmold?
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Post by: stpcore on March 18, 2013, 11:56:36 pm
I kind of gave up on being delicate and just kept plugging in CDs to resolve the issues. Happy all worked out and I'm golfing! Any ideas on where u can get graphics/artwork for the sides?  Want to start plugging away at the cabinet now. Also where to get tmold?

I do custom artwork and vinyl printing/cutting for my full time job. If you want something custom I can work with you. You won't find the original cabinet art any longer.  Here is a custom control panel I designed for my own personal PGA pedestal cabinet that Im building. I designed it from scratch with the Taylormade Rocketballz theme. I have to clean up a couple things but you get the idea.

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/TaylormadeOverlayFInal_zps905e2aac.jpg)

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Post by: Slimonce on March 19, 2013, 04:05:40 pm
That's way cool. Have you taken a stab at the side art for a full cabinet?
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Post by: stpcore on March 19, 2013, 04:06:45 pm
Thanks.  If you let me know what kinds of objects and/or ideas you are looking to implement, I'm sure I could design and print something for you.
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Post by: Spitfire on March 20, 2013, 05:31:59 am
Hi All,
Have been away for a while so haven't been able to assist in the mods we r attempting with unlocking the courses. Have we got any further with this n also the player unlocking oh n not forgetting the grand finale of playing each other online??
On an other not I finally got round to installing lilshawn's new cable for my topper and all is now working a treat and I am getting all the stats being displayed while I play. Thanks lilshawn for all ur help.
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Post by: stpcore on March 20, 2013, 09:15:49 am
What's up, Spitfire?  Hope all is well in Australia.  I sent you a PM.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 21, 2013, 02:49:03 pm
Using the same general template I used to create the Taylormade themed control panel I created a replacement control panel for PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge.  This control panel (and the Taylormade) will not fit on a standard cabinet control panel.  These would be placed on a Golden Tee LIVE style pedestal cabinet control panel.  Those control panels measure approx. 26" wide by 20" tall.  I was going to implement the PGA logo as well as EA Sports and Global VR but thought it best to not post those here (even though I'm not selling these).

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/ControlPanelOverlayDesignPGAGOLFFINAL2_zps0df9363d.jpg)
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Post by: ed12 on March 21, 2013, 03:49:20 pm
yes correct

back away from posting the full logo
>ea< is very prickey to say the least
but gobal vr is very happy these gen's are up and running
sorry i have not posted much
but bening away will do that

ed
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Post by: Slimonce on March 22, 2013, 11:24:14 pm
So the one thing I didn't do until tonite was plug in betabrite. It just displayed garbage before but looked stupid w nothing at all. Plugged it in after 9 and it is actually displaying my stats. When on attract it is also synching w that. Thought I would just put it down but now I'm jazzed!  Wondering if all the mobo/USB crap I had to go through somehow patched this too. Would have never thunk it...bonus!!!
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Post by: stpcore on March 23, 2013, 07:42:17 am
Yeah, the Betabrite is a cool little bonus when they are displaying stats properly. Great work on getting your machine fully functioning. Let me know if you want to do some custom cabinet art and I will help you.
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Post by: Spitfire on March 23, 2013, 06:55:52 pm
Yeah sure is great have mine running great thx to lilshawn's cable enjoy this great game.
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Post by: lilshawn on March 23, 2013, 07:19:46 pm
 :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Pokey on March 27, 2013, 08:22:08 pm
Hey guys, I just want to say I started reading this thread yesterday and decided to join.  I am really impressed with all of the knowledge here and would like to join in and see if I, too, can add some knowledge as well as learn something.  I own a PGA Team challenge machine w/all access pass.  I already voted at the top, now we are at 3%!  I'll get everyone up-to-speed on the status of my machine....  I recently replaced the power supply, light in the marquee, replaced a few fans and added a few more to keep things cool inside the cabinet.  My tournament display at the top works for awhile showing the game stats but after a few hours or so, it will go out.  Also, if I don't turn the game on for awhile, the monitor flickers for the first few minutes it boots up and then seems to work fine.  I'm assuming I may have a monitor chassis issue?  As far as the tourney display shutting down, could it be a heat issue from the motherboard?  Thoughts?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on March 28, 2013, 09:42:32 pm
That seems odd. My mobo issues took down the tower. I'd feel around for heat issues w the cable when it hits that point. Specifically the connections. Maybe your getting residual heat?  Not anywhere near the resident expert but where I'd start!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on March 28, 2013, 10:00:14 pm
in the marquee stuff in 2 fan's 1=air in 1=air out
and rem the marquee power supply is a rather large wall wart 7.5v 2900 ma's
that = 2.9 amp's at 7.5 volt's

the monitor look for cold solder joint's and a complete cap kit
do not cheap out on the cap kit

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Pokey on March 28, 2013, 11:32:03 pm
Thanks for the quick response fellas.  I did modify the marquee to fit an older style (PGA Tour) display so there is less room than what was in the original marquee cabinet I pulled it out of (much narrower & less room for airflow).  It looks pretty good.  Check out the pic below and let me know what you think...  Also, when I boot the game, if I let it sit in attract mode for a few minutes, a menu pops up stating the game will reboot in X amount of seconds and if I let it go, it will automatically reboot itself once and then will not do it again until I reset the power.  I'm wondering if the original owner did something when uploading the software or added this "reboot" somewhere in one of the menu's?  It's kind of annoying but something I could live with if I have to.  Figured someone may know of an easy fix?  Thanks again guys!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on March 28, 2013, 11:40:10 pm
the time is out
that is the normal problem with that error

>Also, when I boot the game, if I let it sit in attract mode for a few minutes, a menu pops up stating the game will reboot in X amount of seconds and if I let it go, it will automatically reboot itself once and then will not do it again until I reset the power.  I'm wondering if the original owner did something when uploading the software or added this "reboot" somewhere in one of the menu's?  It's kind of annoying but something I could live with if I have to.  Figured someone may know of an easy fix?  Thanks again guys!<

or it is looking for something in the :game: setup menu
which u can access through your setup menu button

ed

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on March 29, 2013, 12:42:39 am
Hey Ed whats the word on my tower? It never showed up and you never responded on your pga thread.

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on April 01, 2013, 11:40:55 am
Some of you may remember a while back that I hacked an old PGA cabinet and made it into a pedestal style cabinet by removing the top portion.  That pedestal had found a new home and I was without a working machine for a few weeks.  So I went ahead and made a prototype pedestal cabinet from scratch this time around using some 3/4" MDF and 3/4" birch plywood I had laying around.  By doing this from scratch I was able to substantially reduce the amount of depth (the footprint) of the cabinet.  I still have to slot it for T-molding, give it some paint, etc. but I wanted to show you the progress up until now. 

I used the prototype custom control panel that I designed for my brother to demonstrate the pedestal cabinet.  I also have some accent lighting on the bottom which makes it look great in the dark.  This was just a practice build and is a little rough but after doing this I have a better understanding as to how I will want the final pedestal cabinet to be constructed.  Here are a few pics to show you where I am at at this point...

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/20130329_164346_zps9cb893fc.jpg)

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/20130329_165109_zps3ad5bf5d.jpg)

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/20130329_180024_zpsa3f422b9.jpg)

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/20130329_175951_zps39d115f7.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on April 01, 2013, 11:56:41 am
Very, very nice!!

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on April 01, 2013, 12:31:41 pm
Thanks, dirt.  It was fun to build.  Can't wait to make some changes/tweaks and build another one this week.  It's very convenient to be able to move this pedestal base around to different rooms or even in the garage if I want to.  Not so easy with a full sized cabinet but that's just my personal preference.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 04, 2013, 06:42:03 pm
Hi Pokey,
My all access machine resets the same way thought it was normal??? Ummm does anyone else have this happen and is there a fix in the setup menu?

Hey Ed any chance of giving Dirt his PGA PC back mate?? I could have picked it up from Australia by now mate. Let the man play some golf!!!

Thx
Spitfire
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on April 05, 2013, 09:44:40 am
Hello everyone,

I got a Global VR PGA tour cabinet about a year ago with a bad motherboard.  I'd like to get it running, but the restore disks I have are bad, and or they aren't for the dongle that was included.  The dongle says Championship Edition I, and I have 4 cds.  Disk

Disk 1 "Disks works, but windows goes to blue screen of death during boot"
Labeled: Emergency recovery disk
Version: 9.7.2002
Operating System: XP
Computer: DFI
Machine: PGA Tour Golf

Disk 2 "Disk doesn't install, it fails halfway through image load:
Labeled: System Disk 1 of 1
Golf PC REV.B 1/28/2003

Disk 3, 4 "I can get these two disk to load overtop of Windows XP pro, but get Missing Dongle Screen"
Labeled: Game Disk 1 of 2, and 2 of 2
PGA Tour Golf
Version: 1.2
Part # 050-9993-01 Rev Green

Does anyone know what CD's should go with the Championship Edition I dongle.  Or is there something special that makes the software see the dongle.  I've tried changing all the possible bios settings for the LPT port, but no change. 

The original DFI computer had a bad motherboard, so I am using another computer.  When  I first installed the hard drive into my donor computers cabinet it was asking for a disk that had P3.sys or something like that.  I wasn't able to locate it on any of the cd's I had, so I tried to use the disk label system disk, but it failed. I then tried the Emergency recovery disk, but then I was getting the blue screen of death.  I'm not sure if it's because the motherboard is different or not.  I then loaded XP pro, and loaded Game Disks 1 and 2. The game installs, but after the system reboots the screen says " Dongle key is missing".

Does anyone know if this is the correct software for my dongle, or if the dongle could have been reprogrammed for another edition?
Does anyone have the correct software? 

Thanks for any help
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 05, 2013, 01:02:27 pm
hi
stpcore i am sorry if this sound's like a hijack

spitfire that box has shipped 2-x
this time 3-x it went through my boss
as i am on the home land security no no list >look me up<
everything i try to ship into that great land called usa is refused
so i went through my boss...

@ running windows xppro to try to load any xp:e: program it simply will not work..
u do not read well..i covered this in detail in my thread

stpcore support's a server that has all the s/w u need
your problem is that u are trying to load an emmbeded s/w winxpE on a drive that is formated in ntfs and is running winxp-pro
u need to reformat >32bit< is best
then start from there...

hope this puts this to bed

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 05, 2013, 07:25:54 pm
Hi Ed,
So it seems Dirt is not going to see his machine anytime soon unless he picks it up himself giving ur situation. Maybe that was something u may have mentioned to him before u had him send his machine to you.
Are you able to send to Australia or r u black listed here also?? Then I will send it onto to Dirt from here?
Sounds like a lot to do but poor bloke just wants to play some golf. Ha ha.

Also never heard anything more on your work on our online play. What's the latest? Would be a shame if that had crash n burnt also.

Thx
Spitfire
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on April 06, 2013, 06:00:27 am
Ed, Thanks for your somewhat insulting reply.  It seems to me that you didn't read my post very well either.  No where in my post did I say I tried installing PGA on a NTFS formatted drive.  I have read all 30 pages of your post, and all of the pages in this post.  I have been following it for about 8 months, and nothing in your original post was really spelled out clear enough for anyone to really follow.  Everything on it appears somewhat very scattered brained, and very hard to know what topic you are talking about.  It's missing any kind of structure.  So even after reading it numerous time I still have no clue what's going on.  That is why I decided to post my questions under this post. If you look to the left under my name you'll see that it says Newbie, but that doesn't mean Dumb@ss.  I know you have spent a lot of time helping others, and that's great.  Also know you've been very busy trying to get @Dirt his computer back, making PGA dongle-free, hosting a game server, and unlocking all the players, and discussing your frustration about your boss.  So, I don't want to disrespect you, or bother you from getting all these other things complete.  I just want to get this system running PGA tour, or I'll covert this cabinet to a Live GT2012 or SSB, and scrap this Global VR's stuff.

I just need to know what version software goes with PGA Tour Championship edition I, and if the CD's I have are correct or not.

I do know enough about computers and OS's to have formatted it to FAT32, before installing the game install disks. Everything installs fine, system boots with Global VR boot screen, and then shows the missing dongle screen.

Everything on your post talks mainly about the newer version PGA Tour games. Like Tiger woods 2006.  My game is the EA sports game with Tiger woods 2002.  None of the files are the same as any of your instructions. They are totally different, and that's why I'm here instead. If my cd's are correct, then they must be defective.  If not then my dongle is bad, or isn't being seen by the HASP4 HL driver.

So if anyone can help me with what the correct software would be for pga tour championship edition I, then I would greatly appreciate it.
If I managed to overlook this info in a post then I'm sorry. I know @stpcore posted some disks he has, and their versions/revisions. They don't match what I have. "The ones I posted above"




Thanks!

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on April 06, 2013, 08:44:51 am
I don't believe your game will install or run properly if you installed XP "Pro" and then attempted a Championship I install as the game was coded to run on a stripped down version of XP "Embedded". I have some Championship I CDs here and a couple Championship I dongles as well. I can check the versions for you today and see if we can find a working combo for you. XP Embedded installs automatically on the first CD we use to start installation of PGA.

For now, I would take out the hard drive and reformat it to FAT32. Connect the HD to another tower and go to "My Computer" and right click your PGA drive and click on "Reformat" and choose the FAT32 option. This will not only format it correctly but will also delete the current contents of the drive so we have a fresh start when we attempt another install. Finally, adjust your BIOS to the exact settings that are posted in this thread On page #1 reply #55. Any little change can cause issues.

If your dongle is malfunctioning you can send it to Global VR and they will send you a working dongle for your version for $105 plus shipping. If you don't want to do that I have a couple Championship I dongles. I've never seen a bad dongle though.

Im confident we can get your game running!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on April 06, 2013, 09:02:08 am
Ok that is how the system is sitting now. It is blank, and has been formatted to FAT32.  My bios has been set to match everything in your past posts.  The only thing I have questions about with the bios would be the LTP port settings.  Should it be set to bi-directional, SPP, EPP, or ECP. I know this can change the way the OS uses the LPT port.
My Dongle is: HASP4 M1 1.3
My Dongle says: Championship Edition I
I can also see where there was some tape on the back of it that has been peeled off.
I've seen some of these dongles that have been upgraded during software load, and ppl label them Challenge or other things.
So I'm not 100% its the Championship Edition I

Thanks for your help,

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on April 06, 2013, 09:08:00 am
To be completely honest, I'm not sure about additional settings to the LPT port.  I'm also not familiar with anyone upgrading dongle software as it was to my understanding that new dongles were sent by GVR with each software upgrade.

Regarding install CDS...for Championship I... I have two versions (2.0.0.2 and 2.0.0.4).  Each of these versions have two CDs for the game install plus the Recovery CD.  So you should be installing 3 CDs in total.  The Recovery CD version for Championship is PN:050-0024-01 REV B.

We would install the Recovery first and then the two install CDs for a total of three CDs for proper install.  Not sure if any of this helps?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on April 06, 2013, 11:50:25 am
Yes this all make perfect sense to me.  Now my main problem is whatever software I have isn't correct for my dongle.  I guess that's ok since the recovery disk I have is bad. 

So now I'll have to see about buying them from GVR, or downloading them if anyone has them uploaded to dropbox or something similar.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on April 06, 2013, 04:39:57 pm
I reformatted w the drive left in the tower. Used kill disk. The recovery disk rebuilt the embedded sw, I think!  What mobo do u have?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on April 06, 2013, 05:17:38 pm
none of the disks you have are going to work with different hardware. The install disk is designed to be used with that particular computers hardware.

again, they have stripped ALL drivers out of windows, and only supplied drivers for the original golf hardware on that first install disk. no amount of farting around is going to change that. The windows XPe disk supplied WILL NOT WORK WITH ANY HARDWARE BUT THE ORIGINAL.

If your board is pooched, the only way you are going to get anything running is by installing windows XP pro and all the drivers you need to have everything working....and then modifying the PGA install to run on that install.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on April 06, 2013, 05:36:20 pm
I have PGA Golf running in a Dell Optiplex and all I did was transfer over the TI4200 video card and the i/o board and the game runs fine.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on April 06, 2013, 06:34:14 pm
while i can't speak for your particular optiplex (as dell used that name for literally THOUSANDS of configurations) it likely has the same chipset as the original DFI board. as long as it has the same chipset the XPe won't know the difference cause that's the drivers in there.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 07, 2013, 02:58:59 pm
hi
just a heads up
for the smart asses that tend to like to ---smurfette--- me out
and them of u whom throw sticks
i am killing gobal vr and pulling all my requests and reply's
at this point inteligent ppl would start to copy to note pad >all replys<
as it will be done tonight

thank-u very much for telling me i do not know  what i am doing and or u cannot read ?
as your game's would be junk crap right now
and or u would still be begging for a fix

dirt i def do not what your problem is ? my pm work's fine
but thk-u very much for taiting another thread

spitfire
the server is fine
my ppl in canada are having a we-ha time of it
thk's for asking
i handed u the tool's >>use them<<

i have explained the mobo mean's crap
hercules is olny looking for a few thing's
OPEN IT IN NOTED PAD
read english no ?
if u are dumb enough to try to load a winxpe fat32 onto a ntf system
u realy need to go back to school...

explain to me how u thought u could load it this way ?
and my posts rattle?
fine they will be gone soon enough..

stpcore
it was a fun ride
no bones bud

ed


Title: Re: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on April 07, 2013, 04:40:43 pm
hi
just a heads up
for the smart asses that tend to like to ---smurfette--- me out
and them of u whom throw sticks
i am killing gobal vr and pulling all my requests and reply's
at this point inteligent ppl would start to copy to note pad >all replys<
as it will be done tonight

thank-u very much for telling me i do not know  what i am doing and or u cannot read ?
as your game's would be junk crap right now
and or u would still be begging for a fix

dirt i def do not what your problem is ? my pm work's fine
but thk-u very much for taiting another thread

spitfire
the server is fine
my ppl in canada are having a we-ha time of it
thk's for asking
i handed u the tool's >>use them<<

i have explained the mobo mean's crap
hercules is olny looking for a few thing's
OPEN IT IN NOTED PAD
read english no ?
if u are dumb enough to try to load a winxpe fat32 onto a ntf system
u realy need to go back to school...

explain to me how u thought u could load it this way ?
and my posts rattle?
fine they will be gone soon enough..

stpcore
it was a fun ride
no bones bud

ed
whoa ed. Whats with the hostility? I replied to the other thread because I saw you posting in that thread and not your own after I asked about my computer. I figured if your posting over there you would see my question.

You've had my computer since last September. You've told me many different stories about shipping it but it has never shown up here. I dont think asking about my computer 5 months after you said youd ship it back to me out of line. I told you from the beginning I'd pay you for the repair, your time, and the return shipping and asked numerous times how much  I owe you to cover everything. I have always been polite to you in asking but now to me and other people here it definitely looks like you had no intention of ever sending it back. it really sucks. Ive been a member here since 2003 and this is the first time ive had somebody not come thru on their word. I dont know about where your from but where im from your word is your bond.

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 07, 2013, 10:08:05 pm
dirt
no bones
your unit shipped
it is double tapped
but when u go out of normal protacal ..ie yacking to other nick's and or not trying to get ahold of me personaly,and going public with an issuie we both went over..
1 has to get a tad be-side them-self's
u have both my phone #
and my e-me
plus my pm here
so do not lay this on me..period
my choice to yank my post's is just that..my choice
it has come to me..that u ppl either do not want help and do or need it
both are fine with me
will not change my world 1 little byte
in my view when it goes from a person seeking help to selling it
it tell's me we have come to the end run

every thing is laid out for u
all u need do is filter it
and place it in order

in life there is no set path
we make it
i walk away with a badge
knowing i olny asked a simple question
can u change a video card out in a gobal vr pga..to helping fix multi cab's
and a person making a side line business out of it...
lord some ppl here even have there topper's going again
go fig that 1 out
all from 1 simple question...

angry no
not on your best day
just will not put up with stupied
reason..>>>>U CAN NOT FIX STUPIED<<<<

just do as i requeseted and copy that mother long thread
before i get to the rest of it tonight

ed
Title: Re: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on April 07, 2013, 11:02:53 pm
dirt
no bones
your unit shipped
it is double tapped
but when u go out of normal protacal ..ie yacking to other nick's and or not trying to get ahold of me personaly,and going public with an issuie we both went over..
1 has to get a tad be-side them-self's
u have both my phone #
and my e-me
plus my pm here
so do not lay this on me..period
my choice to yank my post's is just that..my choice
it has come to me..that u ppl either do not want help and do or need it
both are fine with me
will not change my world 1 little byte
in my view when it goes from a person seeking help to selling it
it tell's me we have come to the end run

every thing is laid out for u
all u need do is filter it
and place it in order

in life there is no set path
we make it
i walk away with a badge
knowing i olny asked a simple question
can u change a video card out in a gobal vr pga..to helping fix multi cab's
and a person making a side line business out of it...
lord some ppl here even have there topper's going again
go fig that 1 out
all from 1 simple question...

angry no
not on your best day
just will not put up with stupied
reason..>>>>U CAN NOT FIX STUPIED<<<<

just do as i requeseted and copy that mother long thread
before i get to the rest of it tonight

ed
it is laid on you. You took my tower in sept. Its now April. How the hell are you trying to blame me for you stealing my tower? asking for an update on something not returned in 5 months is not following protocol? and talking to other member on a forum is "yacking"?  I posted all my questions concerning you shipping the tower in public the whole time. let me explain what you did. You stole my computer. Your a theif!! You cant blame me for that. Im not deleting my posts so everyone here can read them. You knoe why? I have nothing to hide.

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 07, 2013, 11:28:41 pm
thanks dirt

u are now a star

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 08, 2013, 12:18:27 am
sorry ppl

i
ok dongle is now gone
problem i have is small yet i will not do it tonight
need to rewrite the autoexe.bat
so as to put stall/un-stall gobalvr

finding's with the file's i removed
system will boot perfect
then stall out ? u have no control at this point
not even my trick of hitting the windows key and bringing up the control panel will un-stall it
this has something to do with 1 of the exe's i removed
but now that i have them down and listed
as to where they are and reside
it is not a hard shuffle
i can then narrow down the file in short order

on to other business
i contaced gobalvr for u ppl about the dongle
and i think the eng flipped a wig..the convo was to say the least not nice
"quote" if u think we are gonna do that then u are a  idiot his word's were alot stronger then that
even told him they were sold on flebay for $45.00,click went the phone
get the drift ?

back to my head
i will get this part done in the next few day's
need to go in tommrow? why is beyound me but is but
after the next few post's  dongle kill complete
i have the nessary e-me's in the server
i am going to ask saint to colse this thread
as i do not see a need for it anymore

ed
knew i would come to it

theif
fine
thk-u very much
i guess u cannot do a pm from your phone ??

ed
Title: Re: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on April 08, 2013, 01:12:02 am
sorry ppl

i
ok dongle is now gone
problem i have is small yet i will not do it tonight
need to rewrite the autoexe.bat
so as to put stall/un-stall gobalvr

finding's with the file's i removed
system will boot perfect
then stall out ? u have no control at this point
not even my trick of hitting the windows key and bringing up the control panel will un-stall it
this has something to do with 1 of the exe's i removed
but now that i have them down and listed
as to where they are and reside
it is not a hard shuffle
i can then narrow down the file in short order

on to other business
i contaced gobalvr for u ppl about the dongle
and i think the eng flipped a wig..the convo was to say the least not nice
"quote" if u think we are gonna do that then u are a  idiot his word's were alot stronger then that
even told him they were sold on flebay for $45.00,click went the phone
get the drift ?

back to my head
i will get this part done in the next few day's
need to go in tommrow? why is beyound me but is but
after the next few post's  dongle kill complete
i have the nessary e-me's in the server
i am going to ask saint to colse this thread
as i do not see a need for it anymore

ed
knew i would come to it

theif
fine
thk-u very much
i guess u cannot do a pm from your phone ??

ed
why would I pm you? So nobody can see that you ripped me off? no thanks, ill keep it public to worn people not to deal with you.

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 08, 2013, 07:26:12 am
Hi Ed,
Wish I did know how to use the tools you gave mate as I would be playing online against you and everyone else that have spent months reading over ur thread and this one. However due to my lack of knowledge it seems I can't. However it seems I am definatlely not alone.

 t sad to see that Dirt will never get his PGA Machine back and at least play at home with friends, like we all are enjoying doing. The offer still stands to send it to Australia if you can and ill send it on to Dirt if that will help pm me if this will work.

It's very very sad to see that all what u were working on and promising u will never deliver on mate. Would have been a great way to silence everyone and show us that all you have been working on was real. However it seems we will never know. Enjoy playing with ur Canadian mates Ed I hope maybe one day we can all come together again and just enjoy an online game of PGA Golf in the near future.
Only time will tell.
Spitfire
Title: Re: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on April 08, 2013, 10:13:46 am
Hi Ed,
Wish I did know how to use the tools you gave mate as I would be playing online against you and everyone else that have spent months reading over ur thread and this one. However due to my lack of knowledge it seems I can't. However it seems I am definatlely not alone.

 t sad to see that Dirt will never get his PGA Machine back and at least play at home with friends, like we all are enjoying doing. The offer still stands to send it to Australia if you can and ill send it on to Dirt if that will help pm me if this will work.

It's very very sad to see that all what u were working on and promising u will never deliver on mate. Would have been a great way to silence everyone and show us that all you have been working on was real. However it seems we will never know. Enjoy playing with ur Canadian mates Ed I hope maybe one day we can all come together again and just enjoy an online game of PGA Golf in the near future.
Only time will tell.
Spitfire
hi spitfire, ill be able to play my machine soon. Since I finally got sick of the lies and decided to call ed out on what he is, I went ahead and bought another tower plus some extra parts from a member from Klov last week. He gave me a UPS tracking number and it should be here today. He has more pga computers and some parts. If anybody needs anything let me know. I can put you in contact with him. he is a stand up guy.

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on April 08, 2013, 10:38:37 am
So I'm thinking at this point we should all try to relax and refocus.  I can see both sides of this and since we are all reasonable people we should be able to sort this out.

TO ED: What can we do to get dirt's tower back to him?  Do you have another friend or family member that would be able to ship it from their address so that there aren't any issues with it coming into the US?  If it has already shipped can you simply provide dirt with a tracking number so he can see that it's on it's way?  That seems like it would be an easy solution to this entire issue.

I also noticed that you are going to be deleting or editing all of your posts in your original thread.  I completely understand that this is your decision and if that's what you feel is necessary then that's how it will be.  I do realize that your intentions where to help others with their PGA towers so that they can be playable for years to come.  I also know that you have helped in getting several machines up and running again.  I think the downward spiral of that thread was regarding the mods to the game (adding players and courses, running without a dongle, playing online via your server) that you suggested were on the way and up to the time of this post have not happened (to my knowledge) and I'm OK with that as I know you were trying.  I think that is where the frustration sits with some of the members here.  I believe that you had the best intentions on this and I appreciate all the time you must have put into it.  Many of us followed that thread for over a year in order to see these mods come to life and we all waited patiently (at first, lol).

If what you are saying is that the information to accomplish these mods are there (in your prior posts on your PGA thread) and it's up to us to figure out the rest then that's fine too.  I do think that it would be unfortunate for all of your information to simply disappear as if it never happened.  If anything I think it shows the amount of time and effort you put into the game and the code in order to attempt to help us with our requests.  I suggest that you reconsider your decision but fully respect whatever decision you ultimately make.

For me personally, the bummer is the online tournament play.  You say that you have your tournament server running in Canada and your friends are enjoying it?   That's a little bit of a slap in the face to be honest but I'm not going to take it personally.  I tried on several occasions to offer any assistance to getting that going.  I think that it would have been a blast to have all of the members that followed your thread to have the ability to compete against one another in tournament play.  That (in my opinion) would have been the biggest benefit for owning one of these machines.

So I'm hoping that we can all get back on the same page here and take a deep breath.  I've made some awesome friends here over the past year and I'm hoping we can all work together to push forward.  If mistakes were made in the past...let's correct them and bury the hatchet so to speak.

If anyone else here needs to vent please do so now (respectfully) so that we can get this thread back on topic and move forward with our PGA Tour Golf machines!



Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 08, 2013, 02:51:07 pm
hi
stpcore it is all fine...
yes i am pulling my post's from that thread..this is truth
gobal-vr is even a byte tickie about it
i have been on the horn with there dept's all day
it really dose not matter
i just took it upon my-self to condense the info
and make it less brain scratting
i truly hope this clears the air about that ?

dirt's problem
my boss is taking care of it now

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on April 08, 2013, 07:48:02 pm
Hey Guys,

I sure hope I wasn't the cause of all this drama on here. If so, then I'm sorry.

I wasn't try to attack anyone.  I was only trying to get some info about my PGA game, and felt like I was being insulted by Ed.  For not reading his post thoroughly enough. I wasn't trying to insult Ed or anyone else by saying the other post was scatterbrained.  I just couldn't follow it, and didn't see the answers I was looking for.

I'm an electrical engineer, and I work with all kinds of OS's and systems, and have a lot of experience in writing code and designing hardware.  I only asked my questions on here because there's no reason to try re-inventing the wheel or trying to solve problems if someone else has done that.  That would be a waste of time and resources.  Video games are kind of a hobbie of mine when I have the time.  I'm very familiar with the different versions of Windows, and know enough about writing hardware and software code, and creating drivers for devices that I designed.  I do it every day!  I do know there is no way to take the dongle call out of this program without having the original source code.  I did read that Ed was going to get that or did get that from GVR, but I do know that would be hard for GVR to do and probably illegal because they have a legally binding agreement with Microsoft and EA Sports.  Which regulates what they can and can not do.  It would be a lot easier to just copy/clone their security dongles than trying to hack it to run without.  Emulation is also an option, but you would have to create your own emulator to save any money.  Companies charge too much because these dongles are used on systems like what I design that cost millions of dollars to service.  So cloning or copying it would be the easiest/cheapest option.  A basic electronic tech could do this pretty easy by buying a atmel chip reader/programmer or whatever that matches the chip HASP dongle uses.  My problem is my dongle either doesn't work, or isn't correct for my game load.

The NTOSBOOT.EXE file that gets installed at the end of the game load is one problem you have after loading the game overtop of windows xp pro.  Meaning BSOD "Blue screen of Death". Why? Because NTOSBOOT.EXE is calling out the wrong version of windows than you have.  This file is called out in the boot.ini file, located in the root directory, and its main function is to change the boot screen to Global VR's boot screen. 

You can fix this problem by a few ways. 

One way is to edit the boot.ini file. Open the file with notepad, and delete "/Kernel=NTOSBOOT.EXE" and save it.

Another is to fix the NTOSBOOT.EXE file and make its version match your version of windows xp.  Windows XP pro uses a file called ntoskrnl.exe for the boot screen, you can edit it to change your boot screen to whatever you want.  I've done this many time for my custom made jukeboxes to block users from knowing its a windows based system.  You can change the screen to whatever you like.  It's pretty neat, and if you'd like to try it I've attached the tools to do it, and my own Readme.txt instructions to modify the ntoskrnl.exe and create a GVR NTOSBOOT.exe file for your PGA Cabinet.
You can do this with a program called resource hacker.  I have attached a zip file with version of the PGA Tour NTOSBOOT file for Windows xp pro, my ntoskrnl.exe file that I used to modify.  Try it if you want. Have fun..
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 08, 2013, 10:34:02 pm
hi
u were not
i will galdly help u,as will stpcore
our thrust here is to keep these nice machine's working
and support them
as u cannot get it from gobal-vr..we are on our own
my thought's are lets just do it
insult no..u got to have a bigger brick then that,trust me here..
now
let's c how far u have came.
u did reforamt to fat32 >great<
u have tried to re-load from the start ?
do u still get the doongle crap?
let me know please

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 08, 2013, 11:56:13 pm
Hi Timjgar,
Does that mean by using this mod you were able to run PGA Golf on a win xp pro PC? If so that's awesome and would be a great step forward as a lot of these old machines are dieing everyday?
Thx
Spitfire
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on April 09, 2013, 01:47:08 am
I still get that dongle missing crap, but I think that's because the version PGA doesn't match my dongle.
I have need the game load CDs for PGA tour championship I. I have no idea what the game install CDs I have are for. Once I have the correct CDs for my dongle I'll be able to figure it all out. The system boots up and runs like all the other ones I've fixed in the past.  I've done two others pga systems for a friend of mine and never had any problems. But I never kept copies of his software. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 09, 2013, 12:16:40 pm
hi
i should have that
let me do a lookie see
if it is barking over the dongle
then it means
1 of 2 thing's
it is either not seeing it ?
or it is the wrong rev for the s/w
i will post the way to find your s/w rev
there is a way to walk around the dongle
but un-less u are good at c++ or vb i would walk away
as the code is still a tad messey

side note here
i was in a pm with a owner
my thread will get back all of it's info
i just wish i could get it in order
as i agree it dose look a little rambling

back on track here
the dongle is called 4-x time's
1=hercule's
1=gobal-vr
1=gobal-vr/tool's
1=a set of windows dll's
and the window's 1 set up a register value
(h-key)...and that is where it become's trickey
for the simple reason a few of the h-key's are inter-linked..
so in short if i kill the h-key in question
it d-link's the rest,then we need to re-write a new h-key
this take's time
i have posted the offender
if i removed fear not
they are going back up

ed

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 09, 2013, 08:31:31 pm
hi
i found them
there is total of 3 disks
1=rescue
then disk 1 and 2
making it a 3 set
the rescue disk is perty much a unverisl 1
ie will work on most if not all gobal vr platforms
what rev are u using again on the dongle ?
when it error's out it will tell u what it is looking for

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 10, 2013, 09:00:28 pm
Hi Ed,
It seems that every time we ask a question of whether u have ur PGA Server up n running we never get an answer. You said in ur rant earlier that ur Canadian mates are online playing on ur server as we speak?

If this is true are u going to inform us how we can all join in the fun??

Thx Spirfire
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 10, 2013, 10:13:34 pm
spitfire
i beg u go pm
running me open channel will not get u to where u want to be
the ppl on my server read this
and they will and can say  >i do not think so<
go pm please

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on April 13, 2013, 11:17:11 pm
I still get that dongle missing crap, but I think that's because the version PGA doesn't match my dongle.
I have need the game load CDs for PGA tour championship I. I have no idea what the game install CDs I have are for. Once I have the correct CDs for my dongle I'll be able to figure it all out. The system boots up and runs like all the other ones I've fixed in the past.  I've done two others pga systems for a friend of mine and never had any problems. But I never kept copies of his software.

Did you get what u need?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on April 13, 2013, 11:57:19 pm
Not yet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on April 14, 2013, 12:02:19 am
I just needa copy of championship edition I. I've been stuck in Phoenix all week so I wasn't worried about it. It would be cool if someone could upload them to dropbox .
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 15, 2013, 07:54:03 pm
Hi All,
Just a little off topic but wouldn't it be great if we had a server up and running so us Aussies can show the rest of the world how to play golf, just like Adam Scott at the masters ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 15, 2013, 09:57:16 pm
spitfire i sent u a pm today
did u nt get it ??
or is pm broken ??
>Posted by: Spitfire
« on: Today at 07:54:03 pm » Insert Quote

Hi All,
Just a little off topic but wouldn't it be great if we had a server up and running so us Aussies can show the rest of the world how to play golf, just like Adam Scott at the masters ha ha ha<

or are u just bored ?
the work's are done...

try replying to your pm mate

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 17, 2013, 07:34:22 am
Hi Ed,
I was just commenting on my fellow Australian winning your biggest golf tournament the masters. I also am waiting to kick ur arse on your server in the near future as I have received your Pms mate. Till then I'm waiting patiently as I think we all have been.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 17, 2013, 01:08:28 pm
hi
ok spitfire i must have misread it my bawd
here was the problem in a nut shell
the origanl host >canadian side< was fine
but when we ran trace routing
it sucked going to your side and back,there equ. was just not up to the job
so i had to move the COMPLETE thing
i went to the new host and it's routing and b/w are just fine
the new .bat file u will need is going up to the ftp server shortley
u will copy it,place it in hercules,plus gobalvr tool's
all your involment to this is just to place the .bat
it will take care of the rest.
i hope this clear's the air and we can settle down so i can do what i have to do ?

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on April 26, 2013, 08:29:00 pm
Hey guys, I'm brand new to this whole thing and am in the process of getting a machine. I'm posting a picture of what the guy has and any input would be greatly appreciated.

Also of note, I'm relatively computer (hardware) savvy and would be more than willing to help out if there's anything that I can do once I get this machine. I've read over the other posts and am not sure where you guys are with unlocking all the courses and players so please let me know if I can be of assistance.

On a more negative note, I'm new to this whole forum stuff so forgive me if I do anything wrong and feel free to let me know if I do. Looking forward to working with everyone on this project.

Vee
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 26, 2013, 10:53:17 pm
The machine looks great mate. Enjoy playing such a great game. Not to sure where we r at with unlocking the goodies on the game as its gone quiet in here for awhile but I'm sure STP would appreciate any help u can offer.
Thx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on April 27, 2013, 12:44:19 am
Has anyone replaced the mini marquee with a small monitor? I was just playing my machine and listening to some music. I thought it would be cool to have a touch screen mp3 jukebox in the machine. Kind of a 2 in 1 machine.



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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on April 27, 2013, 12:46:15 am
I did that with my GT live cabinet
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on April 27, 2013, 12:54:57 am
I did that with my GT live cabinet. The mini sign on my PGA cabinet is kinda small, but you could maybe get a cheap 7" android tablet pc to look good there.  Most of the good jukebox programs are setup for a screen res of 800x600 or 1024x768 or something like that.  With a little scripting and modifications you could get there resolution down lower for a screen that size.
Title: Re: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on April 27, 2013, 01:29:48 pm
I did that with my GT live cabinet. The mini sign on my PGA cabinet is kinda small, but you could maybe get a cheap 7" android tablet pc to look good there.  Most of the good jukebox programs are setup for a screen res of 800x600 or 1024x768 or something like that.  With a little scripting and modifications you could get there resolution down lower for a screen that size.
cool. Got any pics of the gt? I think im going to see if I can find a small touch screen. I really like this idea.

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: chuckr on May 06, 2013, 09:50:32 pm
Hi All,

Just signed up to this site tonight. I have an original PGA Challenge Edition cabinet and it is currently stock (software wise). I bought it years ago and never put it online as it was for home use. I have replaced the mother board and video card and other things with more powerful versions as I used to know quite a bit about these. I only recently decided to upgrade mine only to find out that the parts I need don't seem to be for sale anymore. I am interested in the upgrade to the unlocked courses and reading through this thread it seemed like nobody has quite solved it yet. If I can help please let me know as I want to do the same thing. I upgraded my cabinet years ago with aftermarket parts and could get the specs if anyone needed. Certain chip sets are key to a motherboard swap and there are a few Nvidia cards that will install easily that run smoother than at least what was being used on the original Challenge edition games. Basically I was tired of some of the courses lagging and mostly eliminated it but got busy with other things. I also eliminated the case and mounted everything directly to the inside of the panel in an old school fashion. Keeps things cool and looks more like a real arcade game to me than the factory set-up and doesn't collect as much dirt and dust as an enclosed fan powered case does. I am in the Chicago area if anyone on the project is local to me shoot me a pm or if you just want to trade some files or info that will work as well.  If you have a factory game and it was made in Indiana than it was made on the assembly line I designed and built years ago as I was the manufacturing engineer that did the games out of Indiana so I know quite a bit about them or at least the Challenge edition. Good to meet you all.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on May 06, 2013, 10:31:14 pm
I'm new to the forum as well and just recently finished setting up my Team Challenge machine. It works great but I really would love to have the extra courses. There is a company selling the upgrade on eBay but they are not moving on the $295.00 price. There is also someone selling the Team Challenge All-Access dongle along with the hard drive but not sure if that will work without the discs. He's asking $179 for those 2 things. Again, if there is anything that I can offer the group from my machine that would help, I'm more than willing to do so.

Is there a way to read the dongle to see what's on it and compare the different versions to see what the differences are?

I assume that the courses are already on the hard drive and just need to be unlocked or are they not even on there?

Wish I was more of a programmer but unfortunately I am at the mercy of the smarter guys on here.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 06, 2013, 11:44:20 pm
there is total of 27 course's
some are just not turned on
if u open hercules/pga_tour..u can count them out for your-self
there is a program that re-write's all course's
it goes by the name or anark
the dongle has crap to do with the course's pre-say >expect canada rev-4<
for any pga there is a total of 4 disk's
1=resuce
the other 3 are game loader's
pga run's on winxp(e)
not windows(xp),and not service pack 3
yes u can easily swap the video card's
gobal-vr did not want to do this because
of about 4 reason's
the first is when lcd came out the white's would blurr
second ati >maker of the 3dfx card< said they would not jump build's
they lied.
there is no hard coding left to be done with turning off the dongle call.
nor is there any hard coding left to do on the lan/dial-up-modem/turnie/and or swap out the dang i/o card.
u can remove the usb (2) card and use your card reader just fine with usb(1).
the mobo is of no real concern
if u want to run mame..thats a total dif story i will not go into.
here is a snip of the pdf


so i have a handy test card 3dfx. i think that will do it right ?
after all it is a vga out right.?. !!wrong wrong!!
no where dose hercules/gobalvr/gobalvr tools  point to it,
nor dose it's system or system32 .dll's.. so as u see we need to edit and add..

now this was just a short example of the need to edit.

ok so a short tourtial is in order here
let's say i have a nvidia 6800 video card, should plug in and work right ?
after all it dose in window's(xp) so why not here.?
well the first problem is u are using window's(e) embedded,this is a striped down verison of window's(xp),they olny took certian driver's.
so what we need to do is tell hercules/gvr/gvr_tool's and in this case nvidia
the new card # ie: 6800,and place the driver's where they need to be.
in this case we point hercules to nvidia,which it already is pointed to.
but now here is the trickey point's

and that is olny a snip of it
u can also if u followed both thread's find how to turn off the bark, and c u are running windowsxp(e)
plus if u hit the window's key on your key board well the game is up and running u can break it down to windows,and that point gain control over your machine
so at that point u can load via usb/cd/flop
what ever turn's your crank
to do real time edit's
do this

            pga master text and code set's plus the how and why's

First a bit of a read me here,
in here U will find every bit of a topic I posted at arcade-control's
under globalvr-pga.

what I have done is taken a year and 1/2's worth of work and condensed it to a .text file.

In this text file U will find code needed to change your video card's to other non embedded global-VR brand's.

how to turn OFF your conexit dial up modem.

how to turn ON your on board LAN.

U will find how to get rid of the pesky I/O card,with a replacement opticard

how to bypass the dongle.

plus U will find
how to type a few cmd's to gain control over your running pga,
and do real time edit's.

plus it will be explained to U the difference between windows(xp) and windows(e),and how to expose it on the screen to U.

now on to what u will need to do...

1-U will be required to back-up your current running pga hard drive..this is a must period..
2-U will need to know how to edit
3-u will need to know how to rename file's. ie: .txt to .bat or .dat or .ini or .cfg
4-U will need to know how to load file's into there reseptive .dir's ie: win32/system/system32 and or root.this of course is to the actual running game..this is real time edit..hence the back-up.
5-u will be remnaming file's like nivida to nivida1 so u can rewrite the main file to suit your need's,
the reason for this is u will be required to :repoint: the 3 main file's which are

hercules/gobalvr/gobalvr-tool's

this is required because these 3 file's carry all of the nessary info :pointers: for
the loading of the game

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: chuckr on May 07, 2013, 01:46:49 am
Sounds like you are talking about this 30 page thread:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,115417.1120.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,115417.1120.html)

A bit of reading is nothing compared to the work that went on to make it so I will get to reading. Compiling the info would be a great "sticky" though. Thank you for the time to write the summary below and if I missed the thread you were referring to please let me know.

there is total of 27 course's
some are just not turned on
if u open hercules/pga_tour..u can count them out for your-self
there is a program that re-write's all course's
it goes by the name or anark
the dongle has crap to do with the course's pre-say >expect canada rev-4<
for any pga there is a total of 4 disk's
1=resuce
the other 3 are game loader's
pga run's on winxp(e)
not windows(xp),and not service pack 3
yes u can easily swap the video card's
gobal-vr did not want to do this because
of about 4 reason's
the first is when lcd came out the white's would blurr
second ati >maker of the 3dfx card< said they would not jump build's
they lied.
there is no hard coding left to be done with turning off the dongle call.
nor is there any hard coding left to do on the lan/dial-up-modem/turnie/and or swap out the dang i/o card.
u can remove the usb (2) card and use your card reader just fine with usb(1).
the mobo is of no real concern
if u want to run mame..thats a total dif story i will not go into.
here is a snip of the pdf


so i have a handy test card 3dfx. i think that will do it right ?
after all it is a vga out right.?. !!wrong wrong!!
no where dose hercules/gobalvr/gobalvr tools  point to it,
nor dose it's system or system32 .dll's.. so as u see we need to edit and add..

now this was just a short example of the need to edit.

ok so a short tourtial is in order here
let's say i have a nvidia 6800 video card, should plug in and work right ?
after all it dose in window's(xp) so why not here.?
well the first problem is u are using window's(e) embedded,this is a striped down verison of window's(xp),they olny took certian driver's.
so what we need to do is tell hercules/gvr/gvr_tool's and in this case nvidia
the new card # ie: 6800,and place the driver's where they need to be.
in this case we point hercules to nvidia,which it already is pointed to.
but now here is the trickey point's

and that is olny a snip of it
u can also if u followed both thread's find how to turn off the bark, and c u are running windowsxp(e)
plus if u hit the window's key on your key board well the game is up and running u can break it down to windows,and that point gain control over your machine
so at that point u can load via usb/cd/flop
what ever turn's your crank
to do real time edit's
do this

            pga master text and code set's plus the how and why's

First a bit of a read me here,
in here U will find every bit of a topic I posted at arcade-control's
under globalvr-pga.

what I have done is taken a year and 1/2's worth of work and condensed it to a .text file.

In this text file U will find code needed to change your video card's to other non embedded global-VR brand's.

how to turn OFF your conexit dial up modem.

how to turn ON your on board LAN.

U will find how to get rid of the pesky I/O card,with a replacement opticard

how to bypass the dongle.

plus U will find
how to type a few cmd's to gain control over your running pga,
and do real time edit's.

plus it will be explained to U the difference between windows(xp) and windows(e),and how to expose it on the screen to U.

now on to what u will need to do...

1-U will be required to back-up your current running pga hard drive..this is a must period..
2-U will need to know how to edit
3-u will need to know how to rename file's. ie: .txt to .bat or .dat or .ini or .cfg
4-U will need to know how to load file's into there reseptive .dir's ie: win32/system/system32 and or root.this of course is to the actual running game..this is real time edit..hence the back-up.
5-u will be remnaming file's like nivida to nivida1 so u can rewrite the main file to suit your need's,
the reason for this is u will be required to :repoint: the 3 main file's which are

hercules/gobalvr/gobalvr-tool's

this is required because these 3 file's carry all of the nessary info :pointers: for
the loading of the game

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on May 07, 2013, 09:23:57 am
ed12: Thanks for the info. I thought I had found all the threads and read through them but I guess not. Will read through that. Much appreciated.

Chuckr: Thanks for the link to the thread, otherwise I probably would have never found it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 10, 2013, 09:53:32 pm
Hi All,

Just signed up to this site tonight. I have an original PGA Challenge Edition cabinet and it is currently stock (software wise). I bought it years ago and never put it online as it was for home use. I have replaced the mother board and video card and other things with more powerful versions as I used to know quite a bit about these. I only recently decided to upgrade mine only to find out that the parts I need don't seem to be for sale anymore. I am interested in the upgrade to the unlocked courses and reading through this thread it seemed like nobody has quite solved it yet. If I can help please let me know as I want to do the same thing. I upgraded my cabinet years ago with aftermarket parts and could get the specs if anyone needed. Certain chip sets are key to a motherboard swap and there are a few Nvidia cards that will install easily that run smoother than at least what was being used on the original Challenge edition games. Basically I was tired of some of the courses lagging and mostly eliminated it but got busy with other things. I also eliminated the case and mounted everything directly to the inside of the panel in an old school fashion. Keeps things cool and looks more like a real arcade game to me than the factory set-up and doesn't collect as much dirt and dust as an enclosed fan powered case does. I am in the Chicago area if anyone on the project is local to me shoot me a pm or if you just want to trade some files or info that will work as well.  If you have a factory game and it was made in Indiana than it was made on the assembly line I designed and built years ago as I was the manufacturing engineer that did the games out of Indiana so I know quite a bit about them or at least the Challenge edition. Good to meet you all.

Hi Chuck,

Im in the Chicagoland area as well. PM me when you have a spare minute. I would like to chat with you when you have time.


To everyone,

I've had a crazy month and haven't been in the forum. Trying to get caught up this evening to see what I've missed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on May 10, 2013, 09:56:19 pm
You haven't missed much. My PGA pursuit has ended from the lack of software...lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 10, 2013, 09:57:24 pm
Ed,

Is the tourney server up and running? Also, where is this condensed .txt document you mentioned above. Those 30 pages in the other thread are going to be a long read for anyone new. You are also mentioning that within the .txt document that you have completed some things that where not fully explained in your original thread (bypassing the dongle for instance).  Let me know, thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 10, 2013, 09:57:52 pm
You haven't missed much. My PGA pursuit has ended from the lack of software...lol

Do you still need install CDs?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on May 10, 2013, 10:01:34 pm
Yeah but its not that big of a deal. I play my GT live game
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 10, 2013, 10:04:28 pm
Yet you are still here in the PGA thread  ;)

I know you contacted me a couple times and I wasn't able to come accommodate your requests for one reason or another and I apologize.  If there is anything that you need and I can help PM me one more time and I will make it a priority for you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on May 10, 2013, 10:10:10 pm
Yeah my phone randomly says droid every time someone posts something here.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 10, 2013, 10:29:42 pm
hi
ya i know stpcore
i am in the middle of making the full readme and how to
from it and this thread
tonight i am in dongle mode
have found most of them (dongle) call's
and have most of them listed.
just trying to find the best way to explain how to do it

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bumblebb360 on May 11, 2013, 03:43:59 pm
I just picked up a Team Challenge machine and having monitor issues. Anyone else have a Kortek MP-KT2182 chassis board. My screen comes on for about 3 minutes and then the vertical collapses. I pulled everything out and did not find any obvious caps blown or bad soldered pins. I also forgot to take a picture of the power cable can someone tell me which way that should be plugged in or does it matter? black and white cable .

I also have a Championship III that I have a 19" LCD mounted in the cab. I really want to get this bigger monitor working.

HELP !!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timjgar on May 11, 2013, 03:51:06 pm
The power cable should be keyed so it only plugs in one way.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bumblebb360 on May 11, 2013, 04:01:28 pm
nope its not keyed. it will plug in both ways.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bumblebb360 on May 11, 2013, 05:56:51 pm
I re-soldered the vertical IC Chip and its working now. The picture is dark though and its hard to see the fairways. any ideas??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on May 11, 2013, 07:43:41 pm
turn up your screen control a bit (not too much though) it's on the big black transformer with the thick wire that goes to the tube.

don't go crazy or you'll blow it up, just turn it up enough that the black is still black and not gray
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 14, 2013, 10:27:09 am
I re-soldered the vertical IC Chip and its working now. The picture is dark though and its hard to see the fairways. any ideas??

You may also want to go into the diagnostics menu and adjust the monitor gamma (the in game diagnostics and not the monitor itself).  You can do this by pressing the service button usually located within the coin door.  This really can make the difference depending on your set up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on May 14, 2013, 09:41:51 pm
I re-soldered the vertical IC Chip and its working now. The picture is dark though and its hard to see the fairways. any ideas??

You may also want to go into the diagnostics menu and adjust the monitor gamma (the in game diagnostics and not the monitor itself).  You can do this by pressing the service button usually located within the coin door.  This really can make the difference depending on your set up.

adjusting the gamma is what fixed mine from being too dark. it looks great now.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Midcoastsurf on May 16, 2013, 02:53:19 pm
What is the biggest LCD someone has put INSIDE their cabinet?  My monitor is having trouble (power supply section) and I am thinking about picking up an LCD of craigslist to throw into the game instead of spending even more to have my monitor repaired.  I have a separate thread going in the "Monitor/Video" section if you want to see the issues my monitor is having.

Anyone successfully fit a 32"?  If so, did you pull it from the case?  I believe the game is only 30" wide?  I'll have to go measure the inner width when I get home.

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 16, 2013, 04:00:50 pm
rickn a @ here
sell's complete lcd kit's for any of them cab's >they are drop in plug and play<
send him a pm,he will respond..and is 1 heck of a nice person

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Midcoastsurf on May 16, 2013, 04:38:01 pm
Thanks for the lead!  I have sent him an email.  I just don't want to spend $500+ on a 26" arcade LCD when I can get a 50" for that price and just turn it into a pedestal.  Problem is...I don't have $500...so I need a different solution.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 16, 2013, 07:08:08 pm
hi Midcoastsurf
and no problem
let him guide u

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 19, 2013, 10:23:37 am
What is the biggest LCD someone has put INSIDE their cabinet?  My monitor is having trouble (power supply section) and I am thinking about picking up an LCD of craigslist to throw into the game instead of spending even more to have my monitor repaired.  I have a separate thread going in the "Monitor/Video" section if you want to see the issues my monitor is having.

Anyone successfully fit a 32"?  If so, did you pull it from the case?  I believe the game is only 30" wide?  I'll have to go measure the inner width when I get home.

Thanks

I was pondering these exact same options a while back before I finally decided to just go the pedestal route.  I ultimately found that the Vizio 29" Razor LCD (the largest widescreen LCD I could find that would fit in the cab) would be a perfect solution for under $250! Here is a copy of part of my post from the other PGA thread.  I also designed a monitor bezel for this and it can be viewed there as well.  The monitor bezel can be seen below.  If you decide to do something like this and would like the monitor bezel printed let me know as I print vinyl graphics and decals as my full time job and I would be happy to help you out.  We may have to find a workaround for the PGA and EA Sports logos as I'm not sure if either organization would have issues with their logo being printed for a one time use or not.  PM me and we can discuss that further.  Here is a link to that page if you want to read everything (scroll to the middle).  http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,115417.600.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,115417.600.html)

I didn't want to put another regular monitor in there as I wanted to upgrade to widescreen (16:9) LCD/LED. The problem with widescreen LCDs and arcade cabinets that I've found is width of the cabinet can make certain LCDs look small in general because widescreen (16:9 format) are wider and lose a little height in the process.

So my goal was to fit the biggest LCD widescreen TV I could find inside the 27" of space that I have in the cabinet. I also wanted to fill in the areas above and below the screen with a custom printed bezel so that the screen wasn't lost in a space of blackness making it look smaller. So this is what I've come up with so far.

The TV I plan to get is a VIZIO Razor 29" Widescreen Format LCD HDTV. It's 26.42" wide which will fit PERFECTLY inside the cabinet! It has VGA (what we should all be using with our PGAs) as well. The link is here http://store.vizio.com/led-lcd-hdtvs/e291a1.html (http://store.vizio.com/led-lcd-hdtvs/e291a1.html) and it can be found for about $250 at Walmart, Costco, etc.


(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/PGABezelExample.jpg) (http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stp24core/media/PGABezelExample.jpg.html)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 19, 2013, 11:03:44 am
ea sport's are the trouble makers
gobal vr dose not give a rat's xx

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 19, 2013, 12:53:24 pm
ea sport's are the trouble makers
gobal vr dose not give a rat's xx

ed

I can understand that.  I'm not mass producing these things or anything.  I just feel that the game designers should be given credit for the game they created.  With that being said, I have yet to actually print one of these but I would like to for my next PGA cabinet that I install the 29" LCD on.  I recently bought three towers and two of them had PGA with ALL ACCESS HDs and security dongles so that was a nice surprise!
Title: Re: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on May 19, 2013, 01:10:20 pm
ea sport's are the trouble makers
gobal vr dose not give a rat's xx

ed

I can understand that.  I'm not mass producing these things or anything.  I just feel that the game designers should be given credit for the game they created.  With that being said, I have yet to actually print one of these but I would like to for my next PGA cabinet that I install the 29" LCD on.  I recently bought three towers and two of them had PGA with ALL ACCESS HDs and security dongles so that was a nice surprise!
nice find!

Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Midcoastsurf on May 19, 2013, 02:15:40 pm
Please post pics when you do this. I have seen a widescreen monitor in the PGA cab and I wasn't thrilled. I guess the 4:3 format spoiled me. The game I saw had a black bezel, so that could have added to my dissatisfaction.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 19, 2013, 03:04:55 pm
u can not take credit away from where it is not due
the time line is easy
gobal vr came up with the pga
at the same time ran into $$$ trouble's
so they let the eng team of pga go,they are fully disbanded
and ea sport's bought into them under the stamp they get to put there name on it
the true coding team was/is gobal vr

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 19, 2013, 03:10:13 pm
Please post pics when you do this. I have seen a widescreen monitor in the PGA cab and I wasn't thrilled. I guess the 4:3 format spoiled me. The game I saw had a black bezel, so that could have added to my dissatisfaction.

I know where you are coming from but in every scenario where I saw someone use an LCD on these things they have always been a 26" and it just looks way to small in my opinion.  The black bezel surrounding a 26" widescreen LCD makes it look lost and out of place in an original cabinet.  The 29" on the other hand will fill more much more realestate and a decorative bezel should help to make it look seemless.  I can change the design, color, layout, etc. of the bezel as I did all of the design work on this one.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 19, 2013, 03:12:55 pm
u can not take credit away from where it is not due
the time line is easy
gobal vr came up with the pga
at the same time ran into $$$ trouble's
so they let the eng team of pga go,they are fully disbanded
and ea sport's bought into them under the stamp they get to put there name on it
the true coding team was/is gobal vr

ed

I thought the PGA Tour Golf arcade was a port from the Tiger Woods Golf game engine from EA Sports?  So EA Sports didn't create this game and allow Global VR to code it over for arcade usage?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 19, 2013, 06:38:03 pm
ea never had a thing to do with it >code<
tiger wood's is in all course's,just not invoked.
the reason for this is the time line i spoke of
and ea soprt's did not to pay tiger wood's :right's:
so it was turned off
i do believe the olny thing missing is his picture
if u try to invoke tiger wood's
it will give u 3 error's
1=not a vaild course
2=not a vaild avatar
3=not vaild sound

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 19, 2013, 07:19:51 pm
You can substitute Tiger Woods in place of any other golfer in the game if you really want to play as Tiger.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 19, 2013, 08:14:34 pm
yup yup
thats 100 % correct
it is his course's of that time,that i am refering to
much like the tiger wood's hack u can d/l from a ftp site

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 20, 2013, 02:03:37 pm
I placed a call to Global VR Tech Support today to ask about current video card replacements for PGA Tour Golf and thought I would remind everyone of this (per Global VR Tech Support)...

Game versions PGA Tour Golf through PGA Tour Golf Championship III all run on the 4200 video card.  Challenge, Team Challenge, and Team Challenge with All Access will run on the 4200 but will also support the 6600 video card.  I ordered a 6600 (256 MB) video card today with a DVI to HDMI cable to see if I can install the 6600 in a Team Challenge STOCK (not modified) machine and get it to output to HDMI to an HDTV.  Curious if this will work and if there will be any difference in picture quality.  Anyone try this as of yet?

Just thought I would share!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 20, 2013, 02:09:00 pm
yes 6600 will work
and u should get a disk to load with it
the disk is written by nivida for pga

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 20, 2013, 02:10:39 pm
I don't think it's coming with a disk.  I was hoping that it was going to be plug and play if it's supported on a stock machine.  Do you think I will be able to get HD displayed with this card via the DVI to HDMI on my LCD?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 20, 2013, 02:55:09 pm
well to start with
i would be super suprised if it did not come with a support disk.
as no where in the pga is there support for 6600
unless nivida hard coded it into the card's on board bios ?

as to the dvi
if the card has it navtive on an output then there is no reason it would not support it

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 20, 2013, 03:06:11 pm
Right now when I change the resolution (using SVGA cable) to anything other than 800x600 in the SETTINGS menu it will not fill the screen (stays square versus 16:9) with the 4200.  What resolution are you setting your machines to when outputting to LCD, Ed?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 20, 2013, 03:50:34 pm
i will chk my setting's in the morning
as i will be with the boss..we have business to go over
will get back to

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Midcoastsurf on May 21, 2013, 07:45:28 pm
Please post pics when you do this. I have seen a widescreen monitor in the PGA cab and I wasn't thrilled. I guess the 4:3 format spoiled me. The game I saw had a black bezel, so that could have added to my dissatisfaction.

I know where you are coming from but in every scenario where I saw someone use an LCD on these things they have always been a 26" and it just looks way to small in my opinion.  The black bezel surrounding a 26" widescreen LCD makes it look lost and out of place in an original cabinet.  The 29" on the other hand will fill more much more realestate and a decorative bezel should help to make it look seemless.  I can change the design, color, layout, etc. of the bezel as I did all of the design work on this one.

You are correct, I was thinking of a 26" which had a thick border on the sides of the LCD.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 22, 2013, 10:04:20 am
Try that 29" Vizio Razor.  If the dimensions are accurate it should fit in there like a glove and I think it would look really sharp!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 22, 2013, 01:58:55 pm
stpcore
we use a rickn display
it takes care of everything from it's controler board

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 22, 2013, 02:07:28 pm
That makes sense.  Those are nice displays but a little smaller and pricier than what I'm dealing with for home use.  Thanks for the follow up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 22, 2013, 03:01:55 pm
np
there called lcd:x: meaning there multi mode compatiable
it is the white tearing for the exact reason i went to :x: mode unit's
home unit's just do not have the stuff

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 22, 2013, 03:04:50 pm
Please post pics when you do this. I have seen a widescreen monitor in the PGA cab and I wasn't thrilled. I guess the 4:3 format spoiled me. The game I saw had a black bezel, so that could have added to my dissatisfaction.

Here is a quick rendering of a 26" widescreen LCD versus a 29" widescreen LCD in a PGA cabinet.  I think the 29" is a much better fit.

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/PGAMonitorSizes_zps19e5e57a.jpg) (http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stp24core/media/PGAMonitorSizes_zps19e5e57a.jpg.html)
Title: Dell Optiplex and PGA Tour Golf
Post by: stpcore on May 31, 2013, 02:37:27 pm
I thought I would ask for some advice here as I'm stuck.  I have a Dell Optiplex GX260 that I am converting to a PGA Tour Golf computer.  After installing the new hard drive, a TI4200 video card, and an I/O board the game is up and running.  The problem I am having is that the trackball is not working in the game menu or in the service control test menu.  I find this strange because all of the buttons are working but the trackball is dead.  I thought it may have been the I/O board but after replacing it with another I am having the exact same issue.

The interesting part was that after my first attempt to get the game running in the Optiplex I could not get past any of the attract modes without the game freezing and I did not have any audio.  After updating the audio drivers in the Dell the game is working fine and has audio but the trackball is not being recognized.  I then used the same wire harness and buttons on a stock PGA computer (instead of the Dell) and everything functions properly (buttons and trackball).

So I'm wondering if there is another driver that needs to be installed on the Dell so that the trackball will function with the I/O board?  Has anyone ran into similar issues?  I can say this...the Dell Optiplex with 512MB RAM runs this game SO MUCH MORE SMOOTHLY than my stock DFI PGA computer does that has 1GB of RAM.  No skipping, freezing, or stuttering in attract mode at all.  Can't test the actual game play yet until I get the trackball to work (if possible).

Finally, the 6600 video card that I ordered should arrive today.  I was told by Global VR that it will run PGA Challenge, Team Challenge, and/or Team Challenge with All Access.  I'm going to swap out the TI4200 and see if it is plug and play and if there is a noticeable difference in performance.  I will report back on that one.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 31, 2013, 03:47:08 pm
i know this sound's as bad as what it get's
but the track ball need's a dc feed
red wire edit here +5v
measure it to ground
make sure u have +dc

side note here
yes u get a up-date disk

the 6 pin molex carry's
1-vcc
2=ground
3=left
4=right
5=up
6=down

that is NOT THERE EXACT ORDER
but u get the point

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 31, 2013, 04:17:45 pm
Why does the same trackball and wire harness work on the stock PGA computer and not the Dell?  If it works on the stock PGA does that not mean that it is powered and wired correctly already?  Not sure if you are suggesting that I need additional wiring due to the Dell setup?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 31, 2013, 04:52:31 pm
ok fair enough
got that from the post here.
 do u have the i/o hooked up ? to the 4 pin power supply plug on board ?
if not u may not be powering the track-ball,hence the reason i asked u to meter it.

pin out's
i/o card pin # 2 = yellow/white (1b) track ball 3
i/o card pin #20 = green/white (1a) track ball 4
i/o card pin #7 = red or red white track ball 2 (=5 vdc)
i/o card pin #18 = black = ground = track ball pin #1
i/o card pin #4 =blue/white (2b)
i/o card pin #22 = 22 voilet/white (2a)

the right side is your 6 pin moulex

chk your vcc

ed

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 31, 2013, 06:18:11 pm
Received the 6600 256MB video card today and the slots don't line up for it to be seated within the computer.  Oh well!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 31, 2013, 09:08:18 pm
6600 is a pci:e:
slot is backward's

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on May 31, 2013, 09:41:08 pm
Wondering why Global VR told me it was compatible? There are some PGA games I see being sold that have a 6600 card. Does anyone know if there is a way to make this card compatible with my current set up?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on May 31, 2013, 09:53:59 pm
the last build for pga used pci:e: card slot
your board may be a pci :1:
the way to tell is where is the slot :knotch: in the card ?
looking from the hdmi/svga side of the card
is it foward? or toward's the back ?
if foward it is a pci:e: card
which work's perfect with the last rev of there board's
same as a 4200/4800 will

side note for u ppl
skw # pga-05-aw-02 = right side art work
^^^^^^^^^^^  01 = left  side art work
^^^^^^^^^^^ 14 = control panel art work
it is ordered by this name >profile overlay<

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on June 01, 2013, 12:34:24 am
Where can you currently use those sku #s to order cabinet art, Ed? I haven't seen cabinet art for sale in quite a long time.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 01, 2013, 12:49:47 am
phone # 734-432-1040
there in  north usa
and in stock

the number's came right out of gobal vr today

side not: here to u stpcore
u sould get a pm from a @ looking for your dropbox addy

side note here
if your board has >sata< on it?
it will will be ice :e: which is pci >2<
the first gen's were non sata  pci >1<

the reason they swapped out is because the origanl mfg stopped making the mobo
and a few other dozen reason's $$$$$

ed


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on June 01, 2013, 12:59:08 am
I don't see them on their website yet. What are the prices? Any links you can provide?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on June 01, 2013, 01:02:34 am
Still looking for the newer style card reader (with the 2 LEDs on the front) for PGA if anyone has extras they would like to sell.  This was the model number I believe... SCR28I- S033U

Can't get the original Xico card readers to work with Team Challenge on any of my computers and have given up on trying.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 01, 2013, 02:02:46 pm
hi
i shaould have explained to u that when they go south like that
it is the atmel at fault..
let me see where i put the .bin of good 1
if u can rewrite it ?.which is not hard..
u use a little program called > pony prog<,and a serial port
all it dose is rewrite the flash of the unit,
normaly what happen's is the mobo's power supply goe's south,and surge's the usb ports's

will get back to on the bin

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on June 01, 2013, 03:12:07 pm
Ed, thanks for the offer and the effort but I would not have any idea on how to do that.  At this point I just want to buy some working card readers.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 01, 2013, 03:19:48 pm
its ok
thought i would thorw it out there as a option.
do yourself a fav..do not worrie about the led's
what u want is a usb driven style reader,and not the serial type :9pin-din:
for a 10 cent chip and 2 buck's worth of code they want way to much money
imho..
hence why i tossed in pony-prog,it's a very very handy program
as u do not need to remove the chip,to reflash it with good code

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on June 01, 2013, 05:21:44 pm
If anyone has the card reader w the LEDs on the front, could you please take a peek and see if you can get any make/model #s?  I managed to find an operators card and would love to see what it does for us. Having same issue as stp. Not recognizing old card reader on team challenge.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 01, 2013, 06:57:04 pm
the problem
is not nessarly the reader but the flash
and as i have been trying to point out
it is coded to nixturix
your i/o card
so in short the card needs to beable to see the reader
and visa/versa
like a dallas chip the flash on the reader's can and will go south
but u can reflash
as i have pointed out in this thread and my own
take the reader and hook it up to a xp box or 7 erither will do
see if it see's it ? if it dose the flash has gone south
reflash and save the $$$

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on June 02, 2013, 02:54:41 pm
All of my cards are recognized in XP.  I can also see tham as a HID (Human Interface Device) in XPE on my PGA computer in Device Manager.  I would be open to attempting to reflash.  If anyone can point out a very simple tutorial to do so and also provide the software that is needed that would be great.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 02, 2013, 03:31:55 pm
here
let me see if i can dig the bin up u need

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 02, 2013, 03:35:59 pm
to use it is as simple as it get's
4 wire's off of a db9
u lift 2 pin's and tie right to them + a ground wire and vcc if needed
then u mount the program,dump the flash/reflash/away u go

will post the exact pinout and ins set

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on June 04, 2013, 01:31:50 pm
Nice little update here if you are looking at upgrading to a different tower...

So I was able to successfully install and play PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge with ALL ACCESS PASS on a Dell Optiplex GX280!  I wanted to try the GX280 due to the fact that I bought that 6600 video card that was PCI-E and did not fit in my stock PGA tower.  Well the 6600 card is in the GX280 now and it was, in fact, plug and play without any installation CD or drivers that needed to be installed or updated!  I did not use the SATA HD connector on the GX280 but rather used an IDE drive in there with the upgarded 6600 256mb video card and 512 ram and the machine plays like a dream!  You will also need to use your old I/O board to connect the controls.  I did have to install the sound driver and that took about 2 minutes and I'm good to go!

So I have now successfully installed PGA on the Dell Optiplex GX260 and the Optiplex GX280.

Just thought I would share.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 04, 2013, 01:43:34 pm
congrads stpcore  :applaud:
glad to see it did not need a driver disk as i thought it would..my bawd
now  u can ram it up to 2 gig..and watch it fly

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on June 04, 2013, 01:51:07 pm
Ah...good point!  It's already flying at 512mb believe it or not.  The attract mode is so smooth and when playing I don't experience any choppiness or skipping/stuttering issues with the ball in flight as I would sometimes on the stock tower.  These Optiplex computers are pretty easy to work with when you get used to the bios setup.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flhick on June 29, 2013, 05:47:59 pm
ok i have read this thread and 99% of the others.  I am in need of some help.  I have a PGA Champ III and it loads the software.   All my controls work trackball buttons ect.   I load the credits, or on free-play, I am running in to a problem.   The game lets me select my golfer number of players and so forth.  Where the game would normally load the actual course and let you play my game is looping and then starting the game and the ea sports logo again.   Im baffled.   I changed the hard-drive and put in new memory. I can provider pictures of what puter i have.     Video card is a 3dForceMX440-8x   I didn't see a name on the mobo but it is a yellow orangish looking board.  All the functions work in the game except the actual playing of the game.  Im at my wits end this machine is about to take a trip with the fishes in the gulf. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on June 29, 2013, 06:23:46 pm
your video card might be the problem.

what do your disks say? (something like "for DFI" or something along those lines.) that should give us an idea what board you have in there and what video cards you can use.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flhick on June 29, 2013, 08:32:05 pm
Computer DFI
NVidia GEFORCE 4    050-002401 Rev-B
is on the recovery disk

Version 2.2.0.0 is on the actual champ III disks (2 of them)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 29, 2013, 08:41:42 pm
hi
i was thinking the same thing..
we went over this awhile back
i do believe i asked for rev of the s/w,this is stamped right on the disk's.
u could have good hardware?,but 1 of your disk's could be bad,thus causing it
because the video stuff dose not get loaded until the 3rd disk,or it could be a bad cd-reader,as this will cause it to skip a file or 3 thus causing the cycling
let me chk my pdf's on them puppie's before u make it intoa new fish pond.
my crib note's should point me to it also,and the term is :wdt: watch dog timer
this olny happens on corrupt firmware,if the video card stay's up the full time until
u go to play it then it cycle's,it mean's the courses are not getting loaded.
have u tried it without the player's card reader hooked up ?
if not try it that way.
i will chk my crib note's and get back to u
and yes i read your pm
congrad's dad

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flhick on June 29, 2013, 08:47:29 pm
yes i have powered it up and ran it without the players card cable connected and same result.   i have pictures i will attach to this.  what ever you guys need to get me running i can provide.   beer if needed!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 29, 2013, 08:55:13 pm
i do not believe i have ever seen that video card used ?
as a rule i dot normaly see a hdm1 port
but hey i have been corrected before

 sw >>050-0097-01
(Team Challenge)

 sw >>050-0072-01 (Challenge Edition, US Only)

 sw >>050-0055-01 (Championship III, PS35-BL Only)

 sw >>50-0024-01 REV B (Version 1, NB-32 Only)

Nytric USBI/O
Version 1.4 for Championship II Edition and older (No other version can be used with this edition.)

Version 1.4, 1.5, & 2.01 for Championship III Edition and newer (Version 1.5 or 2.01 is required for card dispenser.)

USBI/O Extreme Version 2.01 for Team Challenge with PS35-BL motherboard

GVRI/O Mini
Version 04 with Nytric Firmware (Part #: 990-0014-02) & Conversion Harness (Part #: 115-0229-01)
For Team Challenge Only

what dose the disk's tell u..not just the rescue ?

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on June 29, 2013, 10:25:22 pm
yes, where did that videocard come from?

it's a geforce 4MX card, but i have never seen one like that either. it could be different enough to not work with the driver they have injected into the system. all the cards Ive seen have never had the HD connector (black round one)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 29, 2013, 11:29:15 pm
ya
hmm

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flhick on June 30, 2013, 01:33:38 am
i dont know where it came from it was in there when i bought it.     what do you guys recommend.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 30, 2013, 12:08:52 pm
i thought stpcore had done a list of hardware to sw for use
the 1's i have seen :3:,do not have that port
on your s/w disks in hercules is a folder called nivida
it will spec the type used
u can slave your curnet drive and read it that way if u want
or u can just pop it into a reader and go through it
use the rescuse didk but DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CD TO BOOT FROM THE CD PLAYER
ie ATUO=OFF,this way u can read the rescue disk

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flhick on June 30, 2013, 03:10:15 pm
Ed i need a instructional for dummies.    Some things im good at others im teachable.   
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 30, 2013, 04:05:25 pm
ok fair enough :)
place your resuce disk in your home putter
DO NOT ALLOW AUTOBOOT
once it is in and the player thing come's back at u >colse it<
go to windows explorer
and find the drive in which the cd is contained. rember this is you home putter
open the disk
ie right click so u can see the dir tree <files>
next come to hercules,it is a file folder
in there find nivida
in nivida find the info file,this u can open in note pad and or wordpad
in the .inf=info file u will find the card type's supported and there names
ie 4200/4800 etc
these were the driver's loaded and supported by that game's os
from there u can tell which video card  is to be in there
that is a walk through.
it is hard
post me the video card make and i will see if the support is there

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flhick on June 30, 2013, 04:33:08 pm
okay i put the system recovery disk in my home computer and it only had 13 files on it. no hercules file/folder/dir  see attached photo.   also i have attached the actual photo of my actual disks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flhick on June 30, 2013, 05:05:53 pm
the video card info is NVIDIA GEFORCE MX 440 with AGP8X  i thinkn this is the driver for it here at this link http://www.nvidia.com/object/nzone_downloads_winxp_2k_32bit_93.81.html (http://www.nvidia.com/object/nzone_downloads_winxp_2k_32bit_93.81.html) 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 30, 2013, 08:03:40 pm
ok
as per your post i book marked the page
even though there beta drivers's
i think we can work with them?
u will need to bear with me as i have to go to the nivida site,re-log in and go to the forms
what i explained is a tad advance and i mised it my bawd..
now u are going to do thing's that if u are not sure of do not do it
but i will def grab the driver's
and explain how to load them
thk-god it is a nivida
thk-u for that 1

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flhick on June 30, 2013, 08:25:26 pm
Thanks Ed.   I can follow along pretty well. Im not computer illiterate im just computer cautious.  I realize as long as i have a good back up pretty much anything can be redone.    Im rereading the Pga golf Cr-global post again.   you guys are great!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on June 30, 2013, 11:21:09 pm
ya
i will get to it
i did forget about my personasl thread
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,115417.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,115417.0.html)
but is but
in there i did explain all of it
i was asked not to go tech here >pm< style,i will abide by that
and for them that say this is a hijack..try again
what we need to do is plant in the driver's >system/system32<
sounds simple right ?   wrong..u need to add a tad more
let me get them right
lok into my thread
i will post them for u
if u cannot script ?
i will make it a simple loadable file

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flhick on July 01, 2013, 08:01:29 am
a loadable file sounds wonderful.  less room for error.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 01, 2013, 12:06:06 pm
I think we should try to keep this thread as clean and clear as possible.  We should be posting working updates or mods without posting theories on what may work as that's what got confusing in the original thread.  If you have something new to offer please post a step by step tutorial so that others can follow.  Simplicity is what we are looking for here so please keep any tutorials as basic as possible.  Anything contributed is appreciated!

For those of you that may be starting to research your PGA golf game there is currently nothing posted on these forums (this thread or Ed's) that shares a working alternative for the game dongle.  You will need the dongle to play your game regardless of the version you have.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 01, 2013, 12:36:12 pm
ok i have read this thread and 99% of the others.  I am in need of some help.  I have a PGA Champ III and it loads the software.   All my controls work trackball buttons ect.   I load the credits, or on free-play, I am running in to a problem.   The game lets me select my golfer number of players and so forth.  Where the game would normally load the actual course and let you play my game is looping and then starting the game and the ea sports logo again.   Im baffled.   I changed the hard-drive and put in new memory. I can provider pictures of what puter i have.     Video card is a 3dForceMX440-8x   I didn't see a name on the mobo but it is a yellow orangish looking board.  All the functions work in the game except the actual playing of the game.  Im at my wits end this machine is about to take a trip with the fishes in the gulf.

I've had similar things happen and I would put all of my money on the video card!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Tsegler on July 01, 2013, 12:37:28 pm
Hi everyone,
 I'm looking for the rescue disks for team challenge 4.0.0.8, I would like to upgrade the tower but need the disk
And thanks stpcore as I am new to forums
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 01, 2013, 12:39:18 pm
Sending you a PM...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 01, 2013, 07:49:27 pm
I went out today and picked up the 29" Vizio Razor LED to put inside one of my PGA Tour Golf cabs and I have to say it's a huge upgrade from the 27" CRT that went bad.  That thing fits in there like a glove and fills the cabinet space nicely.  I haven't made a bezel for it yet but I put it in there with some supports to give you an idea as to what to expect.  It's nice to be able to go 29" versus the normal 26" LCD that the Golden Tee cabinets are restricted to.  The ultra thin bezel on the Vizio Razor makes it possible to put a 29" LCD in there!

I will post some finished pics after I make the bezel and print some artwork to go on the bezel as well!

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/2013-07-01180955_zps2865ca16.jpg) (http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stp24core/media/2013-07-01180955_zps2865ca16.jpg.html)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on July 01, 2013, 10:08:36 pm
hi stpcore
i told lcd's were beauty in these
just watch your white's :)
to answer a other q here from a @
this is what must be in the machine for that video card to work right
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup2
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Home Edition 

it is all sp3  ie windows-xp service pack 3
u will need to either get another video card or hang on for the sp3 up-date
and i hate darn .exe file's they are a pain in the arzz

ed
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Tsegler on July 02, 2013, 09:10:01 am
Does it matter if you use intel or amd mobo? I would like to use amd since they run cooler.
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Tsegler on July 02, 2013, 10:17:01 am
My brother-in-law has a PGA tour championship III and the video card went out. I would like to know if there's a list of video card that can replace the original?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 02, 2013, 10:21:02 am
The most common and most affordable swap (plug and play) is the TI4200.  I like to get the 128mb versus the 64mb card.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on July 02, 2013, 10:57:45 am
ya 4200 or 4800 or 6000

ed
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Tsegler on July 02, 2013, 12:58:41 pm
Leaning towards the ti4800 because I found one on eBay with cooling fan. Can't find the 6000
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 02, 2013, 01:06:35 pm
I have no experience with the 4800.  I do agree that you want a card with a fan however.  In addition, I would recommend keeping the side panel off of your tower at all times.  These things run hot.  I've switched some of mine into Dell Optiplex (GX260 and GX280) computers and have not had overheating issues as of yet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on July 02, 2013, 01:37:17 pm
yes on both points stpcore
the dell is bar none 1 of the best

the fan's are a nessary evil

the on-board video will get shut down

the 6000 is a supported board

if u buy a 4800 make sure the fan has ALWAYS RAN

i tend to run my cab's the same way stpcore..with a side cover off

ed

Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Tsegler on July 03, 2013, 12:40:00 pm
I have a optiplex gx280 but it the compact model. I don't think it will work
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on July 03, 2013, 01:00:03 pm
i have used a multiatude of mombo's
in these machine's
the true and olny thing it want's is the video card of a ceritan type
ie 4200,4800,6000
these are supported type's and will biatch at u until u provide it
the few other trick's i do is to ram it up a bit,and incerase the power-supply to 400watt,add more fan's

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 03, 2013, 01:04:08 pm
In addition, if you are running CHALLENGE, TEAM CHALLENGE, or TEAM CHALLENGE w/ ALL ACCESS you can throw a 6600 card in there as it is plug and play with those versions only.  I have a 6600 256mb card running my TEAM CHALLENGE w/ ALL ACCESS and the game flies without any choppiness or skipping in attract mode or during the flight of the ball.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on July 03, 2013, 07:57:38 pm
Is anybody in need of parts?   ;D

i will be parting out 2 cabinets. I figured, before I post it in the B/S/T thread, I'll give you guys first crack at it.

Story goes, we have decided to gut out our PGA cabs and convert them to GOLDEN TEE pedestals with 42" tv's. I've convinced the boss to offload the parts since they will probably just sit upstairs in our warehouse for 10 years and then we will throw them out.

SO...

I'll find out more info tomorrow since i'm just doing this at home... but.. basically:

I have 2 questionable computers, (with dongles and software...i believe one is team challenge and the other challenge 3 (i'll double check)) i can strip out parts or whatever. if you want just the dongle and software thats fine too...i'll toss the rest.

2 control panel overlays, 2 harnesses etc. I have one LED marquee board and power supply. (no housing)

stpcore, i believe at one time you were looking for a card reader? i have one. (the other is still in a machine i forgot to remove it  :lol ) eventually i'll have 2

post here or send me a pm with your item request and an offer. Items will ship from Alberta Canada (if you want to estimate shipping online), depending on where it's going it may cost a few bucks to get it to you. Unfortunately because this is for the business, I can't offer any kind of free shipping, though we will do it at ACTUAL cost. I'll run the offers past the boss and if he's cool with it i'll let you know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 03, 2013, 08:02:26 pm
I do need some card readers, an overlay (if newer style), and wire harnesses for the control panel if possible. I would even buy your ram in the computers and the I/O board that runs the wire harness as well as the graphic cards. I wish you were closer as I would probably buy everything! Just looking for small pieces I can ship to the US without getting crushed with ship charges.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on July 03, 2013, 08:47:41 pm
u know if i needed the part's i would jump all over this 1
the card reader's alone are worth there weight in gold
the putter's that 50/50
the harness again is worth it's weight in gold

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on July 03, 2013, 08:49:18 pm
i'll get some more info and some pics tomorrow for you when i go in.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on July 04, 2013, 02:51:13 pm
funny thing. I stand corrected regarding my comment about the video card.

it seems one of these systems has one of these cards with the 3 connectors. (vga/dvi/hd connectors.)

not sure what it is... it has a sticker on the fan that says "startek", and has the number "10004773 REV A" on it. quick google says it may be a nvidia Ti4200 series. under some other name of "visiontek" which is likely a startek company.

I'll get around with uploading some pics I took with my potato phone today....my wife decided today was a good day to try and have a baby, so today is all thrown off for me.  :lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 04, 2013, 03:20:18 pm
my wife decided today was a good day to try and have a baby, so today is all thrown off for me.  :lol

Hey man...good luck with the baby!!!  I will congratulate you after you have your first cigar and a beer.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on July 04, 2013, 04:51:22 pm
today is always a GOOD DAY  to bring life into the world
greet's

ed
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Tsegler on July 09, 2013, 10:08:48 am
So how do I get team challenge to run in regular XP pro?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: VGC on eBay on July 10, 2013, 07:59:28 am
Hello everybody, a couple weeks back I was lucky enough to purchase 3 non working yet complete PGA Golf games.  I have since been able to get all three working but one still gets a disc read error sometimes while booting up.  I just leave the keyboard attached to hit control alt delete if needed.  One Machine needed a power source, One was missing a video board and one had a sticky start button which actually caused video problems oddly enough.  Anyways the main reason for posting is One of the machines is a team challenge version and came with a sealed welcome kit including an operator plus card.  Can this be used to open up any items or courses? If so how difficult is it.  I'm not too computer savvy.  All machines have the dongle attached but only the 1 has the team challenge dongle.  Thanks in advance, Mike : )
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 10, 2013, 09:38:08 am
Hi Mike.  As of now the operator card has no advantage to us since the machines are no longer connected to the Global VR servers for online play.  It doesn't hurt to hang on to it but it's useless at this point.  You cannot add courses unless you upgrade to Team Challenge with ALL ACCESS.  ALL ACCESS gives you all of the courses without having to be online (online play is no longer supported).
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: VGC on eBay on July 10, 2013, 10:59:48 am
Thanks Stpcore, do you know the disc version for the all access pass and does it require an all access dongle.  All my machines had discs in them.  The highest version install disc number I have is 3.0.4.6 but all my recovery discs are version 3.0.0.  Mike : )
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 10, 2013, 11:40:16 am
No problem.

If you are running Team Challenge there is an upgrade CD for ALL ACCESS but that requires its own security dongle (for All Access) as well. They are quite pricey unfortunately but if you keep your eyes open you may stumble upon one at some point.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: VGC on eBay on July 10, 2013, 11:45:13 am
Thanks for your help. I will keep a lookout. Mike : )
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: awassig on July 15, 2013, 01:54:02 am
Ok Guys new to the group. Just picked up 2 global vr pga  tour golf machines. Unfortunately both were missing computer towers and had bad monitors. I want to restore one and get a fully functional game.  One of the cabinets is a team challenge cabinet and that is the one I would like to get up and running. Can anyone give me a rundown of all of the parts needed to get this thing functional? It has complete control panels with wiring, the control panel has some type of printer plug on it, There is a usb cable in the bottom of the cabinet that has one side usb and the other side is square I am assuming it is a usb cg2 type cable. It has the multistrip installed marquee lights coin door etc. Looks like I just need a new monitor, and pc.

What are the specs for building a quality pc to run this game? Also were do I get the components like the install discs, security dongle, and I/O board?, Sound card needed? ETC......

Thanks for your time and any help you could provide.

Arlyn
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 15, 2013, 10:52:33 pm
Hi and welcome!  I will try to give you a brief overview...

You are going to need a tower that can accept an IDE drive with Team Challenge installed. You will also need the security dongle to run Team Challenge.  You will need to install an I/O board for PGA tour Golf and that is what your printer plug connects to for your controls.  The USB cable connects to a card reader if you choose to have one (not necessary). You will also need another USB cable to power the I/O board and the other end will plug into one of the empty USB slots in the tower.  You will need a compatible video card (most common is the TI4200).  If you are running one of the stock DFI towers that came with the game you should be good to go at that point.  If you use a different type of tower (Dell seems to work well and I encourage you to read through this thread for more info on this) then you may have to install a driver or two. 

The most difficult part to find will be the I/O board in my opinion.  You may want to see if anyone here has an extra that they would be willing to part with.  It's good that you have the wiring harness as that is a little more difficult to find as well.  I would also consider replacing your non working monitor with a Vizio 29" Razor LCD connected via VGA if you are in position to spend another $200 on your cabinet restoration.  If its an original PGA dedicated cabinet it will fit in there perfectly and looks unbelievable in comparison to the original 27" CRT monitor.

If you have additional questions Im sure myself or others will be happy to take the time to help you.  Good luck!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: awassig on July 16, 2013, 03:01:34 pm
Thank you so much for the help on this.....I will put a post out to see if anyone has a extra I/O board available. Can you load the software on a flash drive instead of the common hard drive?  :notworthy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 16, 2013, 03:36:24 pm
I haven't heard anyone attempting to do this yet.  If you do try and have some success please let us know as that would be a great alternative.  Let me know if you need anything else!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on July 16, 2013, 04:18:21 pm
if the mobo can boot from usb
then u should have np

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: awassig on July 16, 2013, 05:36:10 pm
I was thinking using a ssd drive since there is no moving parts. :)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on July 17, 2013, 07:10:34 pm
i have an extra IO board (in addition to the 2 computer sets i mentioned earlier in the thread)

I also have a brand new wire harness. (new, never used)

send me a PM if you are interested.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 23, 2013, 08:47:42 am
Hi All, I have been away for quite a while and was wondering what has been happening in the world of PGA golf. Did anyone ever work out how to allow online play and unlock all the game goodies?
Hope all is well out there?
Thx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 23, 2013, 11:06:00 am
What's up there, Spitfire?  Long time no talk.  Nobody is running anything online and we haven't had any major breakthroughs on anything since the last time you are here unfortunately.

I did make a portable PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge with All Access Pass last week.  I will upload some pics later if I have time.  It was cool to carry the thing over to my brother's place this weekend and connect it to his LCD during a party.  Very handy and VERY portable!
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Post by: stpcore on July 23, 2013, 12:00:37 pm
So my friends enjoy coming by to play PGA whenever possible and I was trying to figure out a solution where they could still play without having to come here every single time.  So I wanted something that would be a solid portable arcade experience and this is my prototype.  The box is big enough to place the entire tower inside if need be with additional room for cooling, speakers, etc.

On this first unit I used an old control panel that was collecting some dust and then built the box with 3/4" MDF and 3/4" cabinet grade birch.  I then used my Kreg jig for the pocket joinery and some glue and the thing is rock solid.  I was able to reuse the original speaker grill from a damaged cabinet which was nice.  I did not slot it for t-molding or add rubber feet or anything like that yet as I wanted to give it a test run to find the pros and cons before doing a final build.  I have to say that we used this thing for about 8 hours on Friday night and did not have any issues at all.  I haven't weighed it but I'm guessing it's about 30 - 35lbs in total weight.  I have a 25' VGA coming out of the back so that it can connect to the largest of screens at a proper distance.

I thought I would post a couple pics in the event anyone was interested...

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/20130723_104517_zpseba6c9b3.jpg) (http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stp24core/media/20130723_104517_zpseba6c9b3.jpg.html)

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/20130723_104609_zpsd6236e1b.jpg) (http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stp24core/media/20130723_104609_zpsd6236e1b.jpg.html)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 23, 2013, 07:09:19 pm
Hi STP, sad to hear that no one has been able to find the holy grail of online play and unlocking all the goodies. I like the idea of a pc swap as my old tower is running a bit choppy at times so might give that ago.

That portal unit of yours is great mate and would be very handy indeed. Thinking that might be another project of mine as my monitor colours are also starting to fade and game would look great on an LCD.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 24, 2013, 12:52:09 pm
Spitfire, I'm not sure if you have access to the Vizio Razor 29" LCD in Australia but I HIGHLY recommend picking one up if you need a monitor replacement.  It fits in there like a glove and fills a ton of space (much more than the 26" LCDs do).

Also, I have several different security dongles for every version of PGA golf so if anyone needs one send me a PM.  I will be selling them from $25 - $50 depending on the version you are looking for.  I only have 2 All Access dongles left and I'm going to hold on to those for future projects.  I was going to list some of these on Craigslist or eBay but I thought I would check here first in the event I can help anyone.  The dongles will also come with the install CDs.  All of the dongles are officially licensed dongles from Global VR.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bayne on July 24, 2013, 10:32:43 pm
Hi I just bought a PGA Tour Golf Championship Edition I machine. Is there anything I can do to upgrade it to either edition III or challenge. To be honest I don't even know what is the best one to have. Any help is appreciated.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on July 24, 2013, 11:36:14 pm
pm stpcore
he has what u need

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on July 26, 2013, 11:33:53 am
I do have dongles and CDs but not for All Access right now.  I have the following:

(1) PGA TOUR GOLF
(3) PGA TOUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP I
(2) PGA TOUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP III
(2) PGA TOUR GOLF CHALLENGE
(2) PGA TOUR GOLF TEAM CHALLENGE

I just noticed a PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge Showcase style cabinet on eBay (link below).  Does anyone know if this was something that Global VR released at some point?  I assume that someone converted that over to PGA from something else.  I'm curious as to where that control panel overlay and artwork was ordered from.  It's definitely the biggest PGA game I've ever seen!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Global-VR-32-LCD-PGA-Tour-Golf-EA-sports-Team-Challenge-video-game-nice-/151086942105?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item232d7bc799 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Global-VR-32-LCD-PGA-Tour-Golf-EA-sports-Team-Challenge-video-game-nice-/151086942105?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item232d7bc799)

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on July 26, 2013, 12:49:09 pm
no
that was built from a big buck hunter cab
gobalvr ea@ sports dropped pga after full acess

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on August 03, 2013, 08:17:00 pm
Got the new card reader installed and it cured the error on all access!  Can start to design my own player but when it gets to the details I get a windows error. Says I need a debugger. Will play around w it but know stp would be interested in progress.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on August 04, 2013, 04:15:49 pm
Got the new card reader installed and it cured the error on all access!  Can start to design my own player but when it gets to the details I get a windows error. Says I need a debugger. Will play around w it but know stp would be interested in progress.

Good job. I was able to get a more recent card reader that has the LED lights and it worked fine on my All Access as well. The older readers (without the lights) don't work for me and I've tried 4 of them so far.  Did your reader have LEDs or was it the older style?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on August 04, 2013, 06:38:56 pm
It has LEDs.  Are u able to create Ur own player?  I can select a person but when it gets to the face/body details I get a common language runtime debugger error. When I click cancel to debug it says I don't have the debugger.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on August 04, 2013, 07:28:26 pm
Slimonce

i have a fast q or 2 for u

1=is this a clean boot ?
by that i mean did u re-load the os on a hard drive ?
or is it orignal ?
2=if u re-loaded the software ? was it loaded to a fat32 drive or a drive that had been used for window's ntfs before ?

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on August 04, 2013, 07:42:04 pm
It has LEDs.  Are u able to create Ur own player?  I can select a person but when it gets to the face/body details I get a common language runtime debugger error. When I click cancel to debug it says I don't have the debugger.

I can create a player and save to a player card without errors.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on August 04, 2013, 07:57:12 pm
Ed, it was put on a used IDE drive. Likely had full windows. Not sure if it was wiped prior to reloading it. Can I get a zip of the debugger and put it in or will that create more issues.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on August 04, 2013, 09:04:07 pm
Slimonce
hi  without knowning the exact content of what :was: on the drive before
the o/s was loaded and what format it was,u are faced with a few option's
please take a better picture of the error and or write it down >the exact error inculding the  numder's < all of them
what i can make out it is in the heep stack..
on the other hand if it came with the o/s disk's ie rescue and on.
u can remove the drive slave it format it to fat32
recongig the jumper to cs=cable select
then reload it with a complete new s/w,which should solve your problem

the tech on this is easy..a ntfs drive is not a fat32 drive
and it boils down to sector 0 track 0 ie mbr=master boot record

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on August 04, 2013, 10:42:19 pm
Application has generated an exception that cannot be handled

Process Id=0x580 (1408), thread id=0x5c8 (1480)

When I hit cancel it says the jit debugger is not available.

Don't have sw for this hd.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on August 04, 2013, 11:22:12 pm
ya
u are looking at a hard drive that had xp
>Disable Microsoft's Just In Time Debugger...Please help, thanks ...
answers.yahoo.com › All Categories › Computers & Internet › Software‎
Jul 10, 2007 - In IE, hit Tools -> Internet Options then hit the Advanced tab and scroll down the list until you get to Microsoft VM, and uncheck all three boxes and hit ...<
try to disable as pre above
or google jit debuger
remove the ><'s
so it should read hit enter or save
this way u are shuting it down >debuger<
ask stpcore if he has up-loaded your rev of the s/w
if so save it, write them :each: to a cd rom
and burn.
 then :remount your hard drive:

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TritonDrew on August 24, 2013, 10:20:32 pm
Great information. I'm really interested in building a portable PGA Tour box.  Anybody have an extra IO board and control panel they would like to sell? 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on September 01, 2013, 10:26:21 pm
So I needed a trackball and nutted up an extra $10 for the red illuminated happ ball. Looks pretty cool and works tons better. Had to share!  Wired to the coin drop light. Wish it was led but still good 
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mrcram on September 01, 2013, 10:55:24 pm
Ed12, I have a challenge and added another gig of ram same brand type on a stock tower. I have noticed no difference and same if not more lag when ball is in air. Am I doing something wrong?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on September 02, 2013, 12:52:56 am
mrcram
no not really
just a ram mis match
or the bios never picked it up
if the bios did then the video card is using it as a buffer
chk to mk sure of a few thing first
a=if u have a 4 slot board >ram< that u are in 1 and 3
on your board it could want 1 and 2
b=make sure u have 2-1 gig rams and not 1=512k and 1=gig
as the game will not see it,u c the game expects the same type of ram
ie:512k-x-2=1gig to the game
but where the bios might see 1gig and 512k as 1.5gig
the game will not respond to it that way
windowsxpe is a fussy 1 for sure,and messy in code to say the least

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on September 06, 2013, 04:57:11 pm
It has LEDs.  Are u able to create Ur own player?  I can select a person but when it gets to the face/body details I get a common language runtime debugger error. When I click cancel to debug it says I don't have the debugger.

I have had this same problem it seems that some software ver. needed to connect to the server to update depending on the game ver same cabinet old ver gameface worked fine then 4.1.0.6 it gives error
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on September 23, 2013, 04:02:49 pm
Im going to design a Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf PC version dedicated cabinet. Does anyone know what versions work best supporting the trackball? Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on September 24, 2013, 09:17:39 pm
Most of my online research is pointing at '05 or '06 and possibly '08 for trackball support. Just curious if anyone has tried any of these versions? I know a lot of the PC game was removed for the arcade port so it would be nice to have an ultra-loaded PGA Tour Golf pedestal cabinet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: jsmith52692 on October 04, 2013, 12:10:22 am
I recently ran into a PGA Championship III for free. The store was getting rid of it because there was no room for it. There is currently a problem with the cpu. The game comes up fine. And will stay on if i dont play but once i start to play about 5 to 10 minutes in the cpu shuts off. Any ideas? any help would be appreciated
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on October 04, 2013, 09:39:25 am
If the computer is shutting down it sounds like it may be a bad power supply. It should be an easy fix.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 04, 2013, 10:24:45 am
check your fans make sure they spin freely. it doesn't take long to start overheating and shut off /crash on you. check the video card, the CPU, and don't forget the power supply fan too.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on October 04, 2013, 10:32:35 am
check your fans make sure they spin freely. it doesn't take long to start overheating and shut off /crash on you. check the video card, the CPU, and don't forget the power supply fan too.

Excellent point.  I actually remove the tower side cover on every PGA computer to help further with cooling.  They do run especially hot.

I picked up a copy of Tiger Woods PGA Golf 06 and plan on throwing that in a computer  to see if it plays well as a standalone game in a PGA cabinet with a nice 29" LCD.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on October 19, 2013, 11:32:50 am
I've been playing around with Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2006 for the PC and I have to say this looks like it will be an awesome game to put into an arcade cabinet or arcade pedestal cabinet.  The game has so many more features than PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge (even with ALL ACCESS).  There are many more game modes (including multiple custom modes, career mode, rival mode, Skins, Matchplay, Elimination, Team Challenge, etc.), additional commentary, and a HUGE list (HUNDREDS!!!!) of downloadable courses that are not even offered on the ALL ACCESS PASS arcade upgrade.  We all know that PGA Tour Golf is basically a port of Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf but I never realized how much was left out of the arcade version.  It obviously makes sense to dumb it down and take out much of the fluff in order for people to play quickly which intern allows more money to be plunked into the machine.

I was wondering how this game would interact with a trackball interface.  I tried it with a smaller PC trackball mouse and it worked remarkably well.  This game was designed to be used with a mouse or trackball using the "Trueswing" option.  Also, 2 click and 3 click button options can be used for those that prefer the shot meter method and this could be easily implemented within an arcade setup as well.

For those of you that are having problems with your card reader and cannot create or save a golfer on your PGA Tour Golf, the PC version offers you a ton of options for customizing your own golfer and it will save your golfer to the hard drive without the use of a card or a working card reader.  I find this to be convenient and is an awesome option for the career mode where you create your golfer and then have a calendar of events that you can choose to enter each month.  You will receive money for your winnings, obtain sponsors, upgrade your equipment, and try to achieve your goal of taking Tiger Woods down as the number one golfer in the world.  You can play up to 30 seasons in career mode!

I'm ordering a USB/PS2 interface Happ trackball for the PC on Monday.  I have a tower computer ready to go and will be installing Windows XP service pack 3.  I will be upgrading the ram and will be looking for a nice and affordable video card so that the game plays perfectly.  Then I'm going to order another KADE Device (I've ordered a couple of these in the past for some projects and they are awesome) in order to take the PC keyboard hot key assignments for Tiger Woods 06 and map them to arcade buttons (flyby, move golfer left/right, replay, etc.).  It will be fun to design a new control panel for this game and customize it for the new button layouts.  Then I can build a pedestal or put it into an empty PGA Tour Golf cabinet (put a 29" Vizio Razor LCD in yours if you haven't already...it's STUNNING!) and I should be good to go!

I will continue to tinker with PGA Tour Golf but to be honest, if this PC version works as well in the end as I think it will I don't know that it would be necessary to try to add courses, golfers, etc to the arcade version any longer as the PC version seems to address and supersede all of those nagging issues.  The final burden would be trying to achieve online play but I don't think that will be an option for us with these older versions with the EA servers taken offline and no other option to set up our own server that I know of.

I will be happy to keep everyone updated on this if there is any interest.  I realize this is straying a little off topic and I don't want to derail my own thread so I may start another thread for this project.  Any questions, suggestions, or concerns would be appreciated.  I would rather complete this project correctly the first time versus finding out I made a major mistake after completion.

I hope that everyone is doing well and I look forward to any correspondence!



Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on October 19, 2013, 12:11:24 pm
Hey guys, sorry for dropping out for awhile. I have had some personal stuff ive had to deal with. I havent even fired up my games in a month or 2.

the tiger woods PC idea sounds great. Ive already got everything needed to try it here except the software. I think I will get it and convert my pga to tiger woods. After all the problems ive had with the pga computers im to the point of giving up anyway. Ill buy the software and keep you up to date on how its going.

Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on October 19, 2013, 12:24:12 pm
Picked up mine (Tiger Woods Golf 06 PC version) on eBay for about $10 if I remember.  Let me know how you are coming along and I will do the same.  Hope everything is going well on your end.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on October 19, 2013, 12:46:44 pm
Its been a rough couple months but im finally past it. Ill get on Ebay and buy it today. This really does sound like a solution to me.

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on October 19, 2013, 12:50:54 pm
Dirt, if you have a dedicated PGA Tour Golf cabinet look into taking out your 27" CRT and putting the 29" Vizio Razor LCD in there.  The difference is night and day and to put it bluntly the game looks bad ass with that LCD in the cabinet.  The 26" looks too small but the extra width of the PGA cabinets will allow for that specific 29" LCD to fit like a glove.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on October 19, 2013, 03:20:02 pm
Thats a good idea. if the tiger woods works good ill definitely swap out the crt.

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on October 19, 2013, 03:29:30 pm
I just bought tiger woods 2007 for $23.

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on October 19, 2013, 03:36:01 pm
Let me know if it works well.  I stayed with 2006 because it was the latest version that I could find that I new would support the trackball well.  If 2007 supports the trackball then I will be grabbing that too.  In fact, I was going to try 2006 and if it worked I was then going to try 07, then 08, etc. until trackball support wasn't working well any longer.  Please let me know how it works on your end!  So far Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2006 for PC is making PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge with ALL ACCESS PASS seem like a demo, ha!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on October 19, 2013, 04:04:45 pm
Ill let you know as soon as it gets here. I didnt know there might be a trackball issue.

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on October 26, 2013, 10:42:24 pm
i'm very interested in what you guys are doing.  Please keep in this thread and let us know progress.  I've been pretty bummed I can't save players and this would get us there.  Still wishing for online play!!!!  I played the crap out of 08 on the wii and loved it  if we can do that w a track ball thats pretty sweet!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 27, 2013, 04:56:32 am
Hi guys,
Great to see you guys are still going strong with ur machines and all the great things u r doing with them.
I have just recently added tiger woods 2008 to my multicade machine using an arcade betson trackball linked to an ultimarc optipac also added left n right mouse buttons through the optipac.
The game plays perfectly with this setup and I am going to try online play soon through direct ip link option in the game will keep you posted.

Thx Spifire
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: slapchop on October 28, 2013, 12:41:39 am
HELLO ALL just got given an pga championship 3 arcade machine and have ordered  the wrong game load cds they sent me team challenge disks has anyone got the pga championship 3 install cds I have no idea where to start with trying to get this thing to work 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: slapchop on October 28, 2013, 12:46:27 am
here is a pic of what was given to me
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 28, 2013, 12:39:07 pm
Could anyone give me a PM, to setup a phone call with me to get 3 of these machines working?

I've got 2 Team Challenges and a Championship.

I can't get any of them to work properly.

It would be much easier to handle it one on one, one machine at a time. Could someone please give me a PM?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 28, 2013, 01:46:59 pm
If I wanted to reformat ther hard drive, and reinstall the golf software, what would be the process?

I have the tournament version disc 1 of 1, and disc 2 of 2.

I tried rebooting with disc 1/1 in the drive, and it reinstalls "something" but then gives me a BSOD when I reboot.

I tried disc 2/2 and it never starts the installer.

I also tried to get to disc 2/2 after installing disc 1/1 before rebooting, and I can see the exe files, but none of them work. THey all say "cannot be run in DOS mode".

I am very versed on PC repair (owned my own shop since 1997) but I lost interest, and now I'm doing the arcade machines.

Any help would be appreciated!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 28, 2013, 06:00:49 pm
you should have a system specific OS install disk that you have to install first.

this installs the operating system and drivers for the computer. then after you reboot you get prompted to install the game disk 1/2 and then 2/2.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 28, 2013, 07:02:35 pm
I didn't see one of those, but with about a dozen of these machines on site, I could probably come up with one.

If not, could someone sell and ship one to me?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 28, 2013, 07:23:25 pm
you'd have to find out which system you have (DFI landmark series etc.) as the OS only has drivers for that SPECIFIC computer installed.

the OS disk is a stripped down version of a windows XP install that has all the support stipped out of it. Basically if you wanted to plug in a USB keyboard into it, you'd likely run into driver issues.

the OS has a call in the boot that autoruns and says to insert the game disk 1 to install the rest of the software.

if you have issues obtaining an OS install disk, i'm sure one of us here might have it someplace...just make sure to post what system it is so we can match it to the proper disk.

IIRC global VR sells a disk for the OS install that has all the appropriate drivers for all the systems they built for these cabinets. (IE not system specific)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 28, 2013, 07:44:33 pm
Can you be a little more specific on where I would find what system I have?

The reason I am asking is that I've picked and pulled enough parts from 3 systems to get a fully operational system, but it takes forever to boot into the game.

The hard drive from the Championship machine is the one that I'd really like to get working.

So let me ask this...

Does the IO board have to match the Dongle? And does that have to match the hard drive?

From my understanding, the hard drive has the OS (duh) which has the golf software for the particular games. The dongle is just a key to authenticate the software. And io card is just a way to get the controls to be read by the pc.

Also, is a Jamma board required for this? One of the games has a Jamma board that the controls go to, then to the io board. The other machines has the controls going directly to the io board.

I think I need to take more pics of these machines! I'm confusing myself now.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: slapchop on October 29, 2013, 01:36:29 am
Ok had I look what is  in the pc box and these are all the parts I have team challenge cd set including recovery cd but this will not load at all says conflict with graphics card and its a championship 3 machine and the cds I have are pga golf team challenge. I need all the help I can get thanks all and  Thank god for this site am reading so much learning heaps as my pc now how is for the tip
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 29, 2013, 10:56:02 am
sarver systems, you have a sticker of some kind on the case someplace that has the model of computer. for instance the computer shown in the post of slapchop above, you can see it says "PS35-BL" this means it's a "DFI PS35-BL"

the IO board doesn't matter
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 29, 2013, 11:41:39 am
OK, perfect. I saw oneof the ioboards was a "superio" I think it said. The other 2 were the same.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 29, 2013, 12:38:16 pm
yes, global went through a bunch of iterations of this machine, changing hardware as supplies dried up. this is why there is 3 or 4 different motherboards 2 or 3 different video cards, and a couple different IO boards.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 29, 2013, 12:51:19 pm
Is there a master list somewhere that says "For this model, use this video card, this dongle, this software, etc..."

The reason I ask is, I know there are more of these machines in another room that I haven't even looked at yet, and I'm sure some of them have already been parted out partially.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 29, 2013, 03:02:03 pm
if you want to get technical, they are basically all the same/similar. the videocards are different but the chip is the same. motherboards use a similar chipset but different sound chips etc.

i belive stpcore put together another thread (or maybe the begining of this one...it's been a while) with installing XP pro on the computer to have better compatibility across the parts and/or replacement parts. ed12 did a thread as well but it sort of got off track. you could have a look through that one as well.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 29, 2013, 03:04:45 pm
Installing XP, and then installing the golf game would be ideal.

I will be looking for that tutorial now.

If I recall, the golf game is running Win98 currently.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 29, 2013, 03:17:12 pm
If I recall, the golf game is running Win98 currently.

it's xp. it just looks like it's win98 because the xp "skin" that make it look like windows xp is not installed. so it has a basic win98 look to it with the plain start menu, plain windows etc.

like i mentioned before, this is install is called "XPe" or "Windows XP Embedded" XPe retains the very basic necessities of windows operation and that's it. nothing else. this keeps the install size down CONSIDERABLY.  (down to under 32mb in some cases) as such there is no driver support other than what the original equipment manufacturers put in the OS. so adding anything results in windows flipping out because there is no drivers available for anything you'd hook up. this also reduces the chance that somebody could attack or hack the machine, for instance loading a virus or hack onto a USB stick and loading it into the system...since the OS would need to load a driver for the USB device to access it.

you'd be surprised at what kinds of things actually run XPe. ATM machines, Cable boxes, Car radios, Cash registers, GPS devices... the list goes on. The requirement that microsoft has with XPe is that the end user never see the windows itself and that the OS boot straight to the software.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 29, 2013, 03:36:05 pm
SO let me ask this then....

Boot the machine with an XP disc.
Load XP.
Install the necessary drivers (video, USB, etc...)
Insert disc 1, load the golf software.
Install disc 2, load whatever is on the disc.
Profit?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 29, 2013, 05:55:03 pm
sort of.

I don't know much about trying to load XP on the stock hardware. I tried following the original thread and got confused. but, I'm guessing you could...there is a hercules software program that apparently does some calls around the system (i guess in an effort to ensure the proper hardware was being run or that the security dongle is still good or something) it can't hurt to try though since you have original hardware.

There where plans at one time(original ed thread) to fix the software to have it run on any system...remove the dongle calls so you didn't need the security dongle any more... insert extra players into the game...and on and on and on. FYI this is where the original PGA thread sort of degraded and started getting off track and people in the thread started going crazy and eating each other and everything came to a head.

i'm sure in a bit stpcore will chime in...he knows WAY more about the system and what you would need to do in this instance.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 29, 2013, 06:53:45 pm
Doing away with the dingle would be AWESOME!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on October 29, 2013, 08:01:12 pm
I don't have much time to go into anything this evening but I was just reading through the most recent posts and wanted to chime in.

What I ended up doing was a fresh install of PGA (with the original recovery CD that contains the XPE and install CDs) in a Dell Optiplex computer (search earlier in this thread for more info).  The Optiplex runs much better than the original computers that Global VR used.  I had to install the TI4200 graphics card and the I/O board as well installing a couple drivers manually to the Optiplex and these things run like a champ.  In one Optiplex I was able to install an upgraded graphics card and can output via HDMI is is convenient.

If anyone is missing a CD please PM me as I have just about anything you can imagine for PGA and installs.

I will make it a point to check PMs tomorrow and peek in on this thread and offer any assistance I can.

SPITFIRE: Let me know if you are successful in the online play.  I am going to finish up this PGA Golf 2006 PC version and then try 2008 since you said it's running well.  I'm also going to give 2005 a try as it seems that may be the CLOSEST (menus, setup, graphics, etc.) version of PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge.


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 29, 2013, 08:43:50 pm
I've got Disc 1/1 and Disc 2/2. I don't have an OS disc. Unless its buried in another machine that I haven't touched yet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on October 29, 2013, 08:51:27 pm
I just recently purchased a PGA tour Team Challenge machine at an auction. The machine had PGA Challenge installed on it but I found the Team Challenge discs in the back of the machine so I installed them but found out after I did that I have the PGA Challenge Dongle instead of Team Challenge. Does anyone know someone that is selling the Team Challenge dongle?

By the way I have read through all the post on this post and the others and love the interaction that group has going on and I cant wait to participate and get involved
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 30, 2013, 12:03:31 am
Depending on what I can get working, and what I can't...I have 2 dongles for you.

What's the going price on 1 of these anyways? I wanna help out as much as I can, but I need to be fair for both of us.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on October 30, 2013, 08:05:33 am
The only place I have found for sale is by one company on ebay. They wanted $149.00 for the dongle and the installation discs. Thats why I figured I would try here and see what you guys had.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 30, 2013, 08:33:53 am
I'll get with him over the weekend and see what he wants to do.

I think he wants to convert some of these over to multi's. If he does. that would free up a dongle.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: slapchop on October 31, 2013, 12:02:49 pm
Can any 1 pm please if they have championship 3 cds for install for the pc requirements in pic I posted thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 31, 2013, 12:55:50 pm
How difficult is it to clean the trackball on these?

I have 3 that all feel like they are filled with sand.

I've already cleaned the ball itself, but did not disassemble it yet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 31, 2013, 01:01:18 pm
pretty easy to disassemble.  couple of screws and the 2 halves come apart.

clean off the rollers and it should be good to go.

occasionally you might need to replace the bearings. while they are out, give them a spin, if they spin fast and free (they should make a nice "woosh" sound. they are good.

if they spin slow or "buzz" when you spin them, the bearing is worn out. SOme people say you can soak them is solvent and then after they dry out, in oil to rejuvenate them, but i've never done it, i've just replaced them since we had them.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 31, 2013, 02:14:48 pm
Any idea on replacement bearings?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 31, 2013, 02:49:01 pm
http://na.suzohapp.com/all_catalogs/trackballs/95-0570-00 (http://na.suzohapp.com/all_catalogs/trackballs/95-0570-00)
 or

http://na.suzohapp.com/all_catalogs/trackballs/95-0831-WB (http://na.suzohapp.com/all_catalogs/trackballs/95-0831-WB)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on October 31, 2013, 03:14:24 pm
Excellent! I bet I could source them for much cheaper.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 31, 2013, 04:25:06 pm
likely. There should be a tiny part number on the side of the bearing that you could use to search with.

the ones i have are labeled "7R4" they are 1/4IN ID 5/8IN OD (6.4mm ID 15.8mm OD)

found what seems to be a "R4-ZZ" that is the same size

it also lists these as a cross too:
SKF       2Z
TORR    D
FAA       D
---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?---      2ZR
NSK       ZZ
NTN       ZZ
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 01, 2013, 02:31:02 pm
Does anyone need any good detailed shots of these machines?

I'll be working on several machines tomorrow. I'm more than happy to help out.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on November 01, 2013, 04:34:17 pm
Does anyone need any good detailed shots of these machines?

can't hurt. somebody will be sure to need something someday.  :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: djpoint on November 02, 2013, 10:34:18 am
This is my first time using this forum, i hope i posted this in the correct discussion.  My bar has a PGA Championship 2007 video arcade game. I had some boot up problems several months ago and restored the game using the CD's inside the cabinet.  Past 2 weeks it will randomly not boot up all the way.  I get a blank blue windows xp screen with a frozen mouse arrow.  The only way to correct this is to unplug every cable in the back of the tower, boot it back up. With all the cables unplugged except monitor, i still get that blue screen with mouse arrow. I turn machine off, plug all cables back in, turn it on again and it works fine.  Also the screen is very dim with the game but not with XPe.  Any ideas? Bad cable? Hardrive? Video card?.....Any info. would help...thanks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on November 02, 2013, 01:35:28 pm
FIRST THE GOOD NEWS:

it still boots.

NOW THE BAD NEWS:

it might not for much longer

things to look at...


fans fans fans fans.

it's SUPER important that the fans are operating properly. these things become ticking time bombs if they overheat. you will want to peel open the computer and check over everything. make sure the fans are working.


make sure the capacitors look okay. you don't want them looking like this:
(http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/SelectTronix/2011-11-27_220850_capacitors.jpg)

they don't necessarily leak out the top...even just a domed top is an indication something is going sideways on you.

be sure to check the main board and the videocard for bad capacitors.

remove the power supply and take the lid off it. and check the capacitors in there too. i'll bet someplace you will find some blown caps.

if your power supply has blown caps, just go ahead and replace it with a new one. They can be had from a computer or parts store for under $50.

if your board had blown caps you might have to gain some nerves and change them.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 03, 2013, 08:35:21 am
I was ble to locate some discs for the games. He had an envelope stashed away with a bunch of CDs and books for the games.

I also found 2 credit card-looking things in there. 1 says its a player's card, the other is a technicians card (I think it said).

Any idea what these are for? I know they plug into the card reader, but purpose do they serve?

I'll post up the part numbers soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 03, 2013, 09:43:41 am
I was ble to locate some discs for the games. He had an envelope stashed away with a bunch of CDs and books for the games.

I also found 2 credit card-looking things in there. 1 says its a player's card, the other is a technicians card (I think it said).

Any idea what these are for? I know they plug into the card reader, but purpose do they serve?

I'll post up the part numbers soon.

One of the cards (orange) is an Operator Card that was used while registering the game for online play and tournaments.  It is no longer used since the Global VR servers are not up and running.  The second is a players card which can be used to save the golfer you can create within the game.  This allows you to take your custom golfer to different machines and choose him in the player menu by inserting your card when asked.  If your card reader is not working these options (create a golfer, load your golfer) will not be available to you.

I do have a bunch of players cards if anyone is looking for one or more.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mllkat on November 04, 2013, 08:02:12 pm
Greetings,

I have been reading all your posts with interest as I have been gathering pieces for the PGA Tour Game for awhile now. I have all the software and dongles for the original PGA Golf, the software and dongle for Championship III, and for PGA Challenge, which I have been running up until now on a makeshift cabinet that was originally an old Taito cab. I recently obtained the PGA team Challenge Software and all access pass along with its dongle, but as luck would have it, my PGA computer went south on me. After reading some of Ed12's work on adapting the system to use different video cards and others to use a different computer, I decided to try an older E-Machine (T-6524). After installing the software and using Ed's tips for the video card, I was able to get the E-Machine to load up PGA challenge and go into attract mode. Does this mean this computer will work for this game? I haven't tried hooking up the controls yet, but so far so good. In addition, I went ahead and loaded the team challenge software and again it went fine until it said the dongle was invalid. I am assuming this is because the I/O card is wrong. It is the older Nytric 1.5. If what I read is correct, that would work for PGA Challenge but not for team challenge. Am I correct in this assumption? Any and all assistance would be appreciated.

Mllkat
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on November 04, 2013, 08:51:07 pm
I received the tiger woods 2007 game. I wont have time to work on it till next weekend, im going out of town this weekend. Ill keep you guys posted on how it goes.

Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on November 04, 2013, 10:57:04 pm
it said the dongle was invalid. I am assuming this is because the I/O card is wrong. It is the older Nytric 1.5.
Mllkat

i would think it's because the dongle is invalid. you must have the correct version of dongle for the software. it should say "tm challenge" on the dongle. if there was an issue with the IO board, the controls wouldn't work etc.

check your parallel port settings in the bios and be sure it's set up proper. you may have to switch it to another mode to get it to work right (ECP+EPP or bidirectional mode)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on November 07, 2013, 05:50:14 pm
Hey guys. Been out of the loop for a little while. Still hoping to unlock the "All Access" on my Team Challenge machine but no luck. There's a seller on eBay that's selling the upgrade for $295 but won't budge on the price. If anyone finds one in the $200 range (or preferably less) please let me know.

My main question was about a video card. As noted above I have the Team Challenge machine with the DFI computer. Will this card work on my system with a simple swap:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BFG-Nvidia-GeForce-6600-GT-OC-128MB-GDDR3-PCI-Express-video-graphics-card-/231090223367?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item35ce0cf907 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/BFG-Nvidia-GeForce-6600-GT-OC-128MB-GDDR3-PCI-Express-video-graphics-card-/231090223367?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item35ce0cf907)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If this won't work, can someone direct me to a card that would be an upgrade and stop the random choppiness that I get.

Again, thanks for the help!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mllkat on November 07, 2013, 05:57:30 pm
it said the dongle was invalid. I am assuming this is because the I/O card is wrong. It is the older Nytric 1.5.
Mllkat

i would think it's because the dongle is invalid. you must have the correct version of dongle for the software. it should say "tm challenge" on the dongle. if there was an issue with the IO board, the controls wouldn't work etc.

check your parallel port settings in the bios and be sure it's set up proper. you may have to switch it to another mode to get it to work right (ECP+EPP or bidirectional mode)

Thanks for the reply. I have checked the bios and tried the different modes but to no avail. I have included a pic of the dongle that came with my software and the error screen that comes up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on November 07, 2013, 07:25:11 pm
you need to make sure you have the parallel port driver installed for the board you are using. it's saying N/A for everything. This is leading me to believe it's trying to read it but can't.

if you installed championship 3 and then team challenge overtop, you might need to reload windows, then install team challenge from scratch.

this software can be very finicky with stock hardware, let alone with hacked together hardware.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 08, 2013, 12:28:52 am
With my limited knowledge of this machine, but massive amounts of knowledge of PCs in general, I would completely agree with lilshawn.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 08, 2013, 01:04:38 am
not olny dose the s/w have to match the s/w on the dongle..
a simple over-write is a full no no
u MUST clean the hardrive of all other verisions of :hercules:
or u will run into a ton of problems..
sticking in windows xp drivers on a >xpe< machine is a touchie touchie thing
u see >xpe< runs on very limted drivers :the ones the mfg needs:
sp2 at best...xp is sp3..total dif biatch
so in short if u got a windows :xp3: driver for the video card ?
and your running windows service pack 3.? then loading on pga
u have a wack of driver problems to over come
this also appy's to your ports

my first advise is to find out what :the un-locked key is for:
they came in multi flavors


ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 08, 2013, 10:31:29 am
Hey guys. Been out of the loop for a little while. Still hoping to unlock the "All Access" on my Team Challenge machine but no luck. There's a seller on eBay that's selling the upgrade for $295 but won't budge on the price. If anyone finds one in the $200 range (or preferably less) please let me know.

My main question was about a video card. As noted above I have the Team Challenge machine with the DFI computer. Will this card work on my system with a simple swap:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BFG-Nvidia-GeForce-6600-GT-OC-128MB-GDDR3-PCI-Express-video-graphics-card-/231090223367?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item35ce0cf907 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/BFG-Nvidia-GeForce-6600-GT-OC-128MB-GDDR3-PCI-Express-video-graphics-card-/231090223367?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item35ce0cf907)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If this won't work, can someone direct me to a card that would be an upgrade and stop the random choppiness that I get.

Again, thanks for the help!


Game versions PGA Tour Golf through PGA Tour Golf Championship III all run on the TI4200 video card.  Challenge, Team Challenge, and Team Challenge with All Access will run on the 4200 but will also support the 6600 video card.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 08, 2013, 10:47:40 am
For anyone that is interested in implementing the PC versions of Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf in an arcade cabinet I thought I would share some quick notes:

So far I have purchased Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2005 and also 2006 and both are confirmed as working well with a HAPP USB LED Trackball.  It's actually pretty funny because when you enter the Pro Shop in 2006 the PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge music starts playing!  I'm currently getting ready to design a clean layout for buttons since the PC version uses the keyboard which offers too many different options (camera angles, positioning golfer, club select, etc.) for a typical arcade control panel.  Nobody wants to use an arcade control panel that has 20 different buttons!  I would like to keep the control panel simple with the trackball and 5 or 6 essential buttons.

I will now be ordering the 2007 and 2008 versions and if those work well I will keep all four versions on one tower so that players can select the year/version that they prefer.  Then I can go in and add courses (hundreds of courses can be added) and get this project finished!

I'm really excited to be able to have a complete "unlocked" version of our Team Challenge game without expensive upgrades and additional limitations (no career mode, limited golfers, etc).  I would encourage all of you to give this a try if you are using these machines for at home personal use.

If anyone has any ideas regarding this project or has anything to offer from personal experience I would really appreciate your input.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 08, 2013, 05:28:09 pm
stpcore...

Would you mind writing up a step-by-step guide on how you accomplished this?

There's a ton of info here in this post, but getting it all cleaned up and put into a single post would be AWESOME.

I'd volunteer my time to do it, but I'm in need of the info myself.
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Tsegler on November 09, 2013, 08:16:40 am
I think it's a great idea! I have a team challenge that Someone had put tw2006 on the hard drive with team challenge
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mllkat on November 11, 2013, 03:51:00 pm
not olny dose the s/w have to match the s/w on the dongle..
a simple over-write is a full no no
u MUST clean the hardrive of all other verisions of :hercules:
or u will run into a ton of problems..
sticking in windows xp drivers on a >xpe< machine is a touchie touchie thing
u see >xpe< runs on very limted drivers :the ones the mfg needs:
sp2 at best...xp is sp3..total dif biatch
so in short if u got a windows :xp3: driver for the video card ?
and your running windows service pack 3.? then loading on pga
u have a wack of driver problems to over come
this also appy's to your ports

my first advise is to find out what :the un-locked key is for:
they came in multi flavors


ed

Thanks for the advice Ed12,
For starters, I got my DFI PGA Challenge computer going again so that eliminated the driver issues. I cleaned the HD and installed PGA Team Challenge fresh. This time I received no invalid Dongle error but I did receive this:

Is this because of the older Nytric (1.5) card? or is there another possibility?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 11, 2013, 04:39:02 pm
Do you have another IO card you can swap out?
Do you have it plugged into a known working USB port?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 11, 2013, 04:42:33 pm
i find that often with them
 chk to make sure u are powering it from the power-supply
there is a header plug for it.
second move to the on-board usb,if u are using the 4 output pcmia style usb adapter
this nornmanly clears it up

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mllkat on November 12, 2013, 04:50:32 pm
i find that often with them
 chk to make sure u are powering it from the power-supply
there is a header plug for it.
second move to the on-board usb,if u are using the 4 output pcmia style usb adapter
this nornmanly clears it up

ed
Do you have another IO card you can swap out?
Do you have it plugged into a known working USB port?

I have combined your advice, I first switched the power supply source and the USB source but to no avail. I then switched the Nytric board and connected it the same way and it worked just fine. Thanks for all the help. Now I need to decide whether to try to find an empty PGA cab, build one (I have the actual plans used by Global VR for their cab) or just continue to use my makeshift Taito cab. I would like to use the new control panel I have or the new cabinet header...or the sideart I have to use...(as I said, I have been gathering parts for a while now). Thanks again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 12, 2013, 04:55:10 pm
Where are you located? If you're near Pittsburgh.. let me know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 12, 2013, 05:59:39 pm
i find that often with them
 chk to make sure u are powering it from the power-supply
there is a header plug for it.
second move to the on-board usb,if u are using the 4 output pcmia style usb adapter
this nornmanly clears it up

ed
Do you have another IO card you can swap out?
Do you have it plugged into a known working USB port?

I have combined your advice, I first switched the power supply source and the USB source but to no avail. I then switched the Nytric board and connected it the same way and it worked just fine. Thanks for all the help. Now I need to decide whether to try to find an empty PGA cab, build one (I have the actual plans used by Global VR for their cab) or just continue to use my makeshift Taito cab. I would like to use the new control panel I have or the new cabinet header...or the sideart I have to use...(as I said, I have been gathering parts for a while now). Thanks again.

Personally, I would recommend doing a pedestal cabinet.  They can be portable and give you the newer Golden Tee bar style play.  Below is an example of a very slim PGA Tour Golf cabinet that I sell locally.  They are popular, slim, and built like a horse.  Now if you go with a PGA Tour Golf cabinet and you are building it to specs I would recommend using the 29" Vizio LCD 720p tv as it fills the space well and is superior to any CRT that you would put in there in my opinion.  You can see this below as well.

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/2013-09-22074120_zps60d7425c.jpg) (http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stp24core/media/2013-09-22074120_zps60d7425c.jpg.html)

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc316/stp24core/2013-09-21093123_zpsdacb6919.jpg) (http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stp24core/media/2013-09-21093123_zpsdacb6919.jpg.html)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: apristel on November 20, 2013, 01:43:01 pm
Can we install PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge on a motherboard other than the original ones?

I have the disks..?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 20, 2013, 02:28:27 pm
Yes you can.  The most important thing is making sure the video card is compatible or installing the proper drivers for a video card that is not supported.  I install PGA Tour Golf versions on Dell Optiplex GX240 and GX260 versions and they run fine.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: apristel on November 20, 2013, 05:07:31 pm
I actually have a gx280 that I want to use, but when I launch the install it says that the mobo isn't allowed... are there any flags to bypass it that you know of?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 20, 2013, 05:31:42 pm
Allow me to correct myself.  In my original reply I said I had installed PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge on a GX240 and GX260.  That was incorrect.  I've installed it successfully on a GX260 and a GX280.  I also installed a 6600 video card on the GX280 and hooked the hard drive up to the IDE cable.  I then installed a sound driver and the game ran fine.  I never encountered a motherboard error.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: apristel on November 20, 2013, 05:42:38 pm
I'm going to give it another go, I'm installing the embedded XP right now on a new drive via the SATA port, I have all the drivers etc all set.

Thanks for your input. I'll report back.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 20, 2013, 05:54:14 pm
pga golf is NOT mother board portected
olny the VIDEO CARD..which we all know the way around

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 20, 2013, 06:35:54 pm
which we all know the way around

ed

Do tell!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 20, 2013, 06:47:10 pm
stpcore layed out my work
follow his advise

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mllkat on November 24, 2013, 12:51:23 pm
pga golf is NOT mother board portected
olny the VIDEO CARD..which we all know the way around

ed

Just to follow up with Ed12 and Stpcore has said, I was able to use an E-Machine T6524 using an older Nvidia card following ED12's instructions and it is working just fine. It did require me to make sure all my required motherboard drivers were installed BEFORE I installed the PGA Software. After I installed the imbedded XP, added the necessary drivers, and then installed the PGA Software it is a steady performer. Thanks to ED12 and Stpcore for all their ground work. Opens the door for other possibilities.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 24, 2013, 05:06:58 pm
So brought home the 4 CDs needed for reinstalling the software on a Team Challenge machine, for 2 reasons.

#1: I am having issues getting the software to install.
It'll do 1 of 2 things:
     A: When it gets to disc #2, it yells about the software being a different version, with options for continue, retry, abort. I am able to retry, through about 25 files, and then it prompts for disc 3 as expected. I know it is the correct disc because they are all original discs, with matching version numbers.
     B: It'll install all the way through with no errors, but when the game runs, at a random time (sometimes within minutes, sometimes an hour later) I get an error about it not being to read a file.
#2: I want to make backup copies of these CDs both onto another CD, on a DVD, and possibly to USB thumb drive.

Any suggestions?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 24, 2013, 07:47:15 pm
i just copy them as iso's

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 24, 2013, 09:13:00 pm
I was really hoping to use the USB drive to install from as well.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 24, 2013, 10:10:06 pm
as a rule
the :normal: mobo's used do not support that type of loading
ie: boot from usb,u have to rember u are working with legacey here
now as i have stated..it is :NOT MOTHER BOARD DEPENDENT:,
so if want to swap mobo's go for gold....
if not iso is your best bet

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 25, 2013, 09:16:47 am
So how about this then...

Boot from the CD to get the OS reloaded.
Then plop in the USB drive to do the last 3 discs?

I'm trying to eliminate the CDs as much as I can.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 25, 2013, 11:38:09 am
put the complete o/s on a dvd
and use a dvd drive to load it with

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on November 25, 2013, 12:23:25 pm
I wasn't wanting to put a DVD drive in it, but your reply made me think "Just hook one up temporarily!!!" Brilliant!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 25, 2013, 12:53:50 pm
thats all i do
besides the fact dvd readers are a dime a dozen now
and burners are like 27.00..for me atleast up here in the great white north
i am sure u can get them for cheaper.
your olny real investment
will be for the burner..handy as u get to keep it.
just make sure all of the drives read the -x right
and burn at that speed -x
btw make sure u are writting a bootable dvd
ie:boot track

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: laurend on November 27, 2013, 10:36:16 pm
HI!  I am trying to help a friend.  He had a Team Challenge DFI Computer with a PS35-BL MB.  MB went bad and he found a Used Computer on Ebay (Gobal VR EA Sports PGA Tour Team Challenge All Access Computer PC All 27 courses).  It came with the dongel but not the Nytric input/out put card.  Got the replacement tower in yesterday.   Put in the Nytric Card from the old Tower and now he is trying to hook it back up.  It will boot up, but sometimes will say 'no player card reader', which we have plugged in but do not use.  or we will get a message about the usb io card.  Any ideas on what we need to do.  I can't tell if we need to get a different io card or not.  Please help!!!!  Thank you so very much!!!!!


This is the link to what he bought -  http://www.ebay.com/itm/301011159552?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/301011159552?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 27, 2013, 11:00:00 pm
i will go through this 1 more time
u do not need the 4-1 usb card to plug in the i/o card
just take it to the main usb on the mobo
it is all it need's,now the older cards do need a power feed from the putters power supply,u will see the normal 4 pin hook up for it at the top of the card..
next the player card problem could be 2 fold
but u can just inqoure it because the reader is getting flakey :or the usb:
second just hit start button it will by-pass the test
in the game set up mode u :can: turn that feature off
now with all that said make sure the usb's on the main mobo are working right..
which u can test real time with a mouse or a keyboard >mouse is best<

here is what happens,if u have not read it all ?
these boards are legacey,they tend to get strange.,as i have stated the
game is not MOTHER BOARD DEPENDET olny the video card..
but that walk around is now well posted
they are also windows >xp:e:<
that is limted drivers loaded
u may need to load in drivers manual.,.dll/.ocx etc..windows system32 and windows system

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: laurend on November 27, 2013, 11:19:40 pm
Sorry for making you repeat yourself.  I have been trying to read all the posts in this thread, but there are sooooo many.  I am thinking we are missing something.  There is the dongel, power cord, usb kb & usb card reader.  Nothing else.  We plugged in the kb and card reader into the mb and the usb pigtail - no difference.  Also, tried to bypass the message with the start button - nothing happened.  I will re-read all your posts and play with it some more tomorrow.  Thanks again for your in-put! :)

----
Based on the info I have given you, do you think the Nytric IO Card we have will work with this system?  Wasn't sure if we had to get the conversion card.  Thanks again
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 28, 2013, 12:02:17 am
laurend
none taken :)
the 2 threads are a biatch to keep up with,i know ..
but do filter out the clutter
stpcore got on to it real fast,what i was stating,that is
now lose the mouse and keyboard..it is a stand alone game.
before u do this make dang sure your usb ports are all there
1,2,3,4 or how however many the mobo has ? and are working right..:do not load drivers at this point..
on the back of the tower use them 1's there should be 2
they hook straight to the mobo.
the ones  on board usb's are >usb1<,the 4-1 port makes it  >usb1-usb2<
but it often becomes un-glued in windows >xpe< thus causing u a boat load of grief.
as far  to it not answering the :start: command
make sure if it is a older nitric board that the 4 pin header is plugged in..:most important:,then chk the cab wiring,
also well u are under the hood as it said chk all fans,every last 1 of them.i can not say that enough..also make sure if your video card has a fan that it is working ?
as it will cause u a boat load of problems as u just stated
if it dose not 1 >stick 1 on it<,
and hope for the best..
as 4800's are a very far and in few between
hence the original thread.
the other problems are walk arounds

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 03, 2013, 02:37:04 pm
HI!  I am trying to help a friend.  He had a Team Challenge DFI Computer with a PS35-BL MB.  MB went bad and he found a Used Computer on Ebay (Gobal VR EA Sports PGA Tour Team Challenge All Access Computer PC All 27 courses).  It came with the dongel but not the Nytric input/out put card.  Got the replacement tower in yesterday.   Put in the Nytric Card from the old Tower and now he is trying to hook it back up.  It will boot up, but sometimes will say 'no player card reader', which we have plugged in but do not use.  or we will get a message about the usb io card.  Any ideas on what we need to do.  I can't tell if we need to get a different io card or not.  Please help!!!!  Thank you so very much!!!!!


This is the link to what he bought -  http://www.ebay.com/itm/301011159552?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/301011159552?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649)

If your only problem is the card reader error I would do one of two things.  One-Just hit start and be done with it.  Two-get one of the more recent card readers that have the LED lights on them.  The reason I say this is because I have 6 of the older card readers and although they are recognized by device manager NONE of them are recognized in PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge (with or without All Access).  However, every single card reader that has the LED lights on the front has worked flawlessly.  Unfortunately those readers are not as easy to find but you will see them come up for sale on occasion.

If your friend likes building custom golfers I would recommend installing a PC version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf as it gives you extensive player options (from game face, to clothing and accessories, to golf clubs and equipment, etc.).  Since it saves everything to your computer hard drive no card readers are necessary and you can start a career mode which allows you to build your skills on a tournament by tournament basis.  Saving a golfer to your computer is nice if you have multiple friends playing on your machine since they don't need a player card and it will save ALL of their individual stats and records (players card on PGA Tour Golf does not do this).
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 03, 2013, 02:42:39 pm
Just an update regarding the TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR GOLF PC versions.  The 2006 version is working nicely but I don't recommend the 2005 version as it's not as similar as our PGA Tour Golf arcade machines.  Next I will order 2007 and 2008 and see how they play.  From the bit of research I've done it seems that 2008 may be the last playable version with a trackball.  I will update again soon.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf (PC Version) 2005  *Supports trackball but NOT RECOMMENDED*
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf (PC Version) 2006  *Supports trackball with similar graphics to PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge RECOMMENDED*
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf (PC Version) 2007  *TBD*
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf (PC Version) 2008  *TBD*
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flyer92292 on December 05, 2013, 12:47:27 am
Hi everybody recently came into a pga championship III edition and it was working as recently as last week as it started to load today it came up with a
"disk boot failure, Insert system disk a press enter" Im not very good at fixing problems yet since im pretty young have limited experience in the arcade world and was wondering what i can do to get back to being able to play.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 05, 2013, 09:22:24 am
That's a pretty familiar screen, lol.  When the computer starts how many beeps are you getting?  If you moved the machine recently something may have become loose or unseated such as ram, video card, hard drive, etc.  I've fixed that problem in the past by doing any one of a number of things including reseating the ram, reseating/replacing the battery on the mother board, replacing the power supply, reseating/replacing the video card, replacing the hard drive etc.  With that being said, the beep code (number of beeps you hear as the computer starts) may be able to help pinpoint the problem versus having to try to take each step blind.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on December 05, 2013, 12:47:20 pm
yes everything stpcore says
but i would foucs on the cmos batt.
as your screen is telling me it cannot find its boot partition

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on December 05, 2013, 02:35:34 pm
From my MANY years of PC experience, but limited experience of arcades, I would say you have a dead hard drive, or a loose cable going to the hard drive.

However, by all means, please follow the adive of the others here as well, they are worth every cent!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on December 05, 2013, 03:39:02 pm
well i thought the same thing..dead drive
but at the same time i know the bios batt will also cause this error.
with that aside,the drive can be slaved and chked in another putter just as fast..
if the unit will not detect the cdrom ?
it tells u the bios is not right,as i have never seen the ide interface fail to date

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on December 05, 2013, 08:14:50 pm
well it has got to the point where it's loading the OS, so the POST has passed... everything is all good there.

taking a look at the photo above, there is no drive detection. (reads none,none,cdrom,none)

you have a bad connection on the harddrives data cable... where it plugs into the harddrive, where it plugs to the motherboard, or a bad power connection.

if those are in good order, the drive has toasted.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on December 05, 2013, 08:34:04 pm
ya the board is passing its crc chks
reason i am pointed to the cmos is if it fails
it will not know what drive to look for no matter what
on the other hand,u as i said can slave the drive in another comp. to see if it is toast

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on December 05, 2013, 11:43:10 pm
Do you have a jumper on the drive to tell it Master/Slave/CS?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: flyer92292 on December 06, 2013, 12:36:34 am
Hey guys just wanted to say thanks for the input i reseatted a few things then got to the harddrive and when i touched the connector it practically fell out lol needless to say everythings back and running well again but one more question i was wondering if its possible to change what the header says. Just thought it would be cool to make it say something instead of weird things lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 06, 2013, 12:18:20 pm
If you have the correct connector for your Beta Brite topper and connect it to your computer it will display game stats during game play for Challenge and Team Challenge. Not sure if it does for Championship III or not. It's annoying watching the advertising sign advertise for itself, lol.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on December 06, 2013, 02:04:57 pm
Can that sign be used for anything else?
Or programmed by any other games or computer?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 06, 2013, 02:29:56 pm
There is a free program or two that will allow you to tinker with the sign display. It's available online. Google search Beta Brite Software or similar to find it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 06, 2013, 02:32:49 pm
I have a few of these PGA Beta Brite sign toppers and I'm looking into making them into live sports ticker (update scores and news) displays by streaming an RSS feed through a computer and to the sign. In theory it should work but I haven't begun to attempt this yet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on December 06, 2013, 02:34:42 pm
i found some software someplace that did just that. i'll have to see if I can find out what it was.

edit:

also i'm lazy

http://www.remote-control.net/software/ledsign/ (http://www.remote-control.net/software/ledsign/)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 06, 2013, 08:58:23 pm
i found some software someplace that did just that. i'll have to see if I can find out what it was.

edit:

also i'm lazy

http://www.remote-control.net/software/ledsign/ (http://www.remote-control.net/software/ledsign/)

Hey man...perfect. I will try that out soon. Did you get a chance to test out the software? Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on December 19, 2013, 04:14:37 pm
Would anybody be able to help me out.  I am doing a Team Challenge install and I cannot find my Rescue CD for the life of me.  I know it's here but I recently moved my office from upstairs to downstairs and it has to be in one of about 50 boxes.  If someone has time to upload an iso to dropbox I would be very appreciative of your efforts and would be happy to help you with whatever I can.  It can be the Rescue/Recovery CD for Challenge or Team Challenge (US edition).

I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on December 19, 2013, 09:26:08 pm
the rescue disk was the os install wasn't it? i have 4 ISO's on dropbox already but i sort of half ass labeled them.


Sent a PM to you anyways...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on December 19, 2013, 09:46:40 pm
stpcore needs the usa 1...there is olny 2 rev's i know of
where we share 4

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 01, 2014, 01:36:17 pm
Recently noted that when playing All Access the announcers don't announce every player at first tee. Started to search hd and found an extensive library of commentary in a folder. Any idea of location or .ini for settings to adjust commentary to include all files in the folder.  Also installed geforce 5200 as it is listed in the driver notes without problem. Still didn't resolve the stutter on the attract screen.
Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 01, 2014, 07:34:29 pm
The installs I have done on a couple Dell towers did not have any stutter during attract mode or game play which is nice.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on January 01, 2014, 08:26:44 pm
stuttering could be a  low memory issue or overheating CPU (windows swaps to HD causing lag or the CPU does a thermal throttle causing the lag)

a rotten videocard will cause it too. check the caps and cooling.

pull the CPU cooler and reapply the thermal interface. make sure the heatsink makes good square contact.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on January 01, 2014, 09:02:47 pm
well i was gonna chime in and say the ram also
if the old video card crapped out ?
time for some ram

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 02, 2014, 07:48:52 am
Does it on 2 differen video card. 1.5 g ram but will pull it one  by one and see if it helps. Will also reapply thermal paste but only does it on attract video. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 02, 2014, 07:50:59 am
Does any know if the commentary announces every playable golfer at first tee.  Mine isnt announcing everyone.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dtreidjr on January 03, 2014, 12:47:47 am
The installs I have done on a couple Dell towers did not have any stutter during attract mode or game play which is nice.

Hi there.  Sorry for the hijack here but I saw the work you've done and was wondering how to get ahold of you to buy one of the machines you've built.  My name is Dan Reid and I was the PGA Tour Championship National champion.  They put me all over the machine ads and gave me my own player.  I had a machine but when Global shut down their support of the machines, I gave my machine to a local vendor.  Anyway, I'd be interested in buying one to have in my new house. 

Looks like you've done some incredible work!
Dan
dtreidjr@aol.com
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on January 03, 2014, 01:30:21 am
hey stpcore
thats impersive

Dan Reid

he is in the player list


ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on January 03, 2014, 01:39:25 am
Hi Dan
btw gobal did not really drop there support
what went on was ea sports sued and won a 400mil law suit against
gobal
even though there was an agremet in place for name usage
ea wanted to go on there own ?
so they :ea: fourced gobal to shut down there servers
and stop using the trade mark gobal/vr
once the peeing contest is over u will have to dif companys now
if u ask how i know it is easy
i was signed to a nda with gobal/ea sports
i recieved the order to stop work on the ea side
this is the hercules moudle and a few other modules used in the game

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 03, 2014, 09:13:22 am
The installs I have done on a couple Dell towers did not have any stutter during attract mode or game play which is nice.

Hi there.  Sorry for the hijack here but I saw the work you've done and was wondering how to get ahold of you to buy one of the machines you've built.  My name is Dan Reid and I was the PGA Tour Championship National champion.  They put me all over the machine ads and gave me my own player.  I had a machine but when Global shut down their support of the machines, I gave my machine to a local vendor.  Anyway, I'd be interested in buying one to have in my new house. 

Looks like you've done some incredible work!
Dan
dtreidjr@aol.com

Good to hear from you, Dan. I can certainly help you out. Send me a PM or I will send you an email later today and we can get on the same page to do something customized for you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 27, 2014, 11:42:24 am
Does anyone have a Team Challenge rescue CD that they could share with me?  Mine isn't working and I can't find my spare (been looking!).  Thanks in advance, guys.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on January 27, 2014, 11:56:13 am
mine is for canada or i would share it with u..

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 27, 2014, 12:34:21 pm
Thanks.  I spoke with someone a couple days ago that ordered the rescue and install CDs from directly from Global VR but Global VR then cancelled the order before shipping.  It doesn't sound like they sell them any longer.   
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on January 27, 2014, 12:41:35 pm
no they do not..
under the terms of settlement
anything that covered :ea:,they must not sell:new of:,olny what they have in stock.
hence the reason for our sister thread:)
i could try to get my rescue up to u
but i am out if it will allow u to load the other disks?
for the simple reason the :key: dat is carried in it..:(
for your other problem
read your pm..i think u need disk 2 or 3 to fix it

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 27, 2014, 12:53:03 pm
I appreciate your willingness to help but I'm thinking someone here in the US may have one.  lilshawn helped me on this before but I had a problem with his rescue for some reason.  If someone has one Challenge or Team Challenge rescue CD in iso format I would appreciate if you would be willing to upload it to Dropbox as I simply don't have any other way to get another copy.

Also, I do have several install CDs and dongles for different versions (except Team Challenge and All Access) so if you have a game that's missing a dongle or if you need some install CDs let me know and I'm sure I can help you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on January 27, 2014, 03:38:22 pm
I've got some original CDs here.

It's been quite a long time since I did anything with iso's. I'm sure I'll need burning software.

If you can write up a quick step-by-step tutorial in copying these CDs, I can do it for you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 27, 2014, 04:00:57 pm
I've got some original CDs here.

It's been quite a long time since I did anything with iso's. I'm sure I'll need burning software.

If you can write up a quick step-by-step tutorial in copying these CDs, I can do it for you.

Thanks for your help.  I sent you a PM.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on January 27, 2014, 11:29:34 pm
chk your e-mail
just pick the 1 u need
just ask.
if u do use the full file
rember u go to sp3
and U CANNOT ROOL BACK

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on January 28, 2014, 12:58:51 pm
ok there is 2 of them
try now

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: jgomes600 on February 13, 2014, 05:45:33 pm
Hi Guys,

Firstly Id like to say that Im super excited!!! that I found this forum. ;D ;D ;D

I currently own 4 cabs with all access on them in South Africa and currently trying to build my fifth one.
Please bare with me if I ask anything that has been discussed already and please note that Im not a computer genius but have learned some stuff along the way.

I read that there was some work being done on a dongle free PC has this been achieved as we are all well aware that the parallel ports are becoming very scarce. I have tried going the parallel card route but I could not load the all access disk, however the game functioned perfectly without Aa.

How are you loading your software when there are no IDE ports on a specific mobo. My work around was to load the OS on another PC then plug the HD in the new mobo and it worked perfectly. My current build is not working to well I tried doing the same as there are no IDE ports but I get BSOD!
My guess is that the OS needs/wants to be loaded with the new mobo but my issue is IDE. When I try going the DVD ROM route I get the following message "No valid CDROM device drivers selected"  :banghead: What is your work around?

I read about going the Tiger Woods 2006 route, will the current nitric card work? and has this been a success.

And finally ;) what is your current situation with nitric cards, are you guys able to get?
Ive managed to have a guy build them in SA  :o all the controls work the only thing that needs to be tweaked is the trackball speed as it does not feel the same as the original.

Once again, Im happy to be here and bare with me wrt pc knowledge.

looking forward to your responses.

Regards
J

 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on February 14, 2014, 11:35:25 am
set your mobo bios to boot a usb and or as your first boot device
make sure u have a bootable usb stick,load the progie's u want through it.
why u do not have an ide is beyound me ?

stpcore the dll pkg will not rev u all the way to sp3
u would need a boat load of oxc's/and root installer's
go through the pkg and find any dll that refer's to your problem
place it in system32
and system
u may be needing a oxc file?
i will look

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on February 16, 2014, 12:33:32 am
ok the good news is u do not need a oxc file
now it should have not have reved u,but rather made it sp3 ready
in short your lan should now detect,as should a few other thing's i never touched on.
if u olny want original .dll's i can dropbox them..but i do not think this
is nessary..
to go into a few details about sp3 reving
u would need an active-x file
then u would need dot.net framework 3.5/4/4.1>sp3< style
plus a few other gibbles and bit's.
as these machines run on an older style of server. dot.net framework 1.1
and it is locked,that would need to be over written,thus voiding any lic. to it
hence the reason i held back a rather large chunk of that code
which i can support.
now it may bark and biatch about this that and the other thing,
this is easy,tell it no,or allow it,either way u olny put in a set of dll's that will make it sp3 ready,i tore the other crap out so it will not go..

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: jgomes600 on February 18, 2014, 02:43:04 pm
Hi Ed,

Ive tried making a bootable USB, but when I boot the pc with the USB inserted the pc freezes in the boot up.  :banghead: I assume that I did did something wrong when making it a bootable USB. Ill try downloading different bootable software and give it another shot.
Have you successfully loaded a PGA pc with a bootable USB? If so, what software did you use to make the USB a bootable one, please send me the download link for the software.

Wrt IDE, my current pc's all have IDE but the newer mobo's dont have them anymore, I prefer to use newer hardware as its way more reliable. Im trying to build my next one which doesnt have IDE.

I received a PM from "The-O" I cannot reply for some reason, Ive asked admin to assist.
Please pm me your email address so that we can chat in the meantime.

Thanks in advance guys.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on February 18, 2014, 03:18:25 pm
ok no ide

so u are going to run the full game off of a usb stick ?
or where u going to tie in a sata drive ? >which is best for on the fly up-dates<
as both are different modes
u c u are no longer perparing a harddrive >rescue disk<

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: jgomes600 on February 18, 2014, 05:42:50 pm
Hi Ed,

Yes ill be using a sata hd, just want the usb to load the game onto the drive.
What are your suggestions? As mentioned before Ive tried sata dvd rom but get the error message.

Thanks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on February 18, 2014, 07:30:18 pm
ya i will need to chk my pga notes on this
there is a way,i think we use iso but do not quote me here yet
will get back to you

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: jgomes600 on February 19, 2014, 01:48:02 am
Hi Ed,

Thanks a million.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sarver Systems on February 20, 2014, 10:40:26 am
Does anyone know if a wiki exists for this yet?

If not, we should write one.

I know I am VERY confused when I read this post from start to finish.

I've got 3 machines, none of which will boot or play a game.

Having info laid out in an organized fashion would probably eliminate most of the questions posted here.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Tahoe on March 28, 2014, 10:25:26 pm
Has anyone added a Sata PCI controller card so they can run an SSD? I've cloned my old Hard drive and dropped in the sata pci card, but it's not starting up... I think I need to change the BIOS settings any help would be much appreciated.

I'm getting the following message:

For Realtek RTL(R/B/C)/RTL8130 PCI FAst Ethernet....
PXE_E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE Rom.
INSERT BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

I Have the NB32-SL Motherboard by DFI and I'm running PGA Team Challenge.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on March 29, 2014, 07:14:15 pm
as i covered this
the simple answer is no
u MUST  USE THE BIOS SWITCH ,BUT ALSO HARD-CODE IT INTO HERCULES MOUDLE

>Has anyone added a Sata PCI controller card so they can run an SSD? I've cloned my old Hard drive and dropped in the sata pci card, but it's not starting up... I think I need to change the BIOS settings any help would be much appreciated.

I'm getting the following message:

For Realtek RTL(R/B/C)/RTL8130 PCI FAst Ethernet....
PXE_E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE Rom.
INSERT BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

I Have the NB32-SL Motherboard by DFI and I'm running PGA Team Challenge.<

drive order
1=floppy
2=hd=0
3=cdrom

if u want it to boot from sata u must hard code it in

drive order
floppy
hd=0
crom
sata
usb etc

etc
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on April 12, 2014, 08:38:57 pm
There's side art on ebay for anyone looking.  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Global-VR-PGA-Golf-video-arcade-game-NOS-sideart-NEW-/111324575209?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19eb7635e9 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Global-VR-PGA-Golf-video-arcade-game-NOS-sideart-NEW-/111324575209?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19eb7635e9)

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 12, 2014, 08:53:51 pm
nice catch
thats for the dynamo cab

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 31, 2014, 08:10:13 pm
Hi All I am looking for a PGA challange dongle 2.0 or 2.1 to run the challange version of PGA golf. I have tried the team challenge dongle but it doesn't work asks for the 2.0 or 2.1 dongle. I have team challenge but want to play a version with skins on it. Any one have any for sale or happy to trade for team challenge dongle? Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: thesonofabeach on July 04, 2014, 09:11:09 am
I've got some original CDs here.

It's been quite a long time since I did anything with iso's. I'm sure I'll need burning software.

If you can write up a quick step-by-step tutorial in copying these CDs, I can do it for you.

Hi I was wondering if you could help me.. I have a pga team challenge unit in my possession that I said I would fix for a friend and the hard drive is shot and I have replaced it, problem is he has no disks to reload the o/s and software,http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/banghead.gif .. I have the machine, dongle etc and thought I would be able to download some iso's from the manufacturer's website... as you probably know.. you cant so I was wondering if you or anyone on here could help me with some iso's that I could download.. it is pga team challenge 2006, any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance... Richard...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mattlqx on July 31, 2014, 01:53:27 pm
I have a PGA TC machine. The motherboard on the original machine is kinda hosed (it doesn't hold CMOS settings), so I've been trying to build a replacement machine. I got a Dell Optiplex GX 280. I've mirrored the ECP settings exactly (0378h, DMA 3) and the WinXPE driver/resource settings on the ECP are exactly the same as well, but I can't get the dongle to be seen on the new PC. It only seems to work with the original PC. I'm kinda stumped. I'm also a little surprised nobody has been able to bypass the dongle yet.

(http://users.lqx.net/matt/pga1.jpg)

(http://users.lqx.net/matt/pga2.jpg)

(http://users.lqx.net/matt/pga3.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on July 31, 2014, 03:26:36 pm
where did u plug the i/o card into ?
and u do realize that the parall  port must be native to the mother board right ?
as for the bios that is a batt problem
as for the dongle there is a work around :not realsed to the public: for :legal reason's:

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on August 01, 2014, 09:27:35 am
Use hasp2007xl to get dongle key. Then load onto your computer from same program.  Not sure if the key works on multiple drive or just the drive it was taken from.  My pga cab booting with dongle for past week.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mattlqx on August 01, 2014, 02:57:08 pm
where did u plug the i/o card into ?

The I/O card is plugged in, powered and USB connected to an onboard motherboard USB port. Not sure what other possibilities there would be.

Quote
and u do realize that the parall  port must be native to the mother board right ?

Not sure what you mean by this. It's an onboard parallel port.

Quote
as for the bios that is a batt problem

I replaced the battery and still no go.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mattlqx on August 01, 2014, 03:01:13 pm
Use hasp2007xl to get dongle key. Then load onto your computer from same program.  Not sure if the key works on multiple drive or just the drive it was taken from.  My pga cab booting with dongle for past week.

Jason

Thanks for the lead!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mattlqx on August 01, 2014, 10:15:31 pm
Doh. My problem was the Hasp 4 driver wasn't installed by the restore CDs. I downloaded the driver from Aladdin, installed it with the parallel option and the game works now perfectly on the Optiplex 280 with GeForce 6600!  Nice and smooth!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dirt on August 04, 2014, 06:36:35 pm
Does anyone have a spare power supply for a pga tower? My first computer was never returned by Ed and now my second one has fried the power supply
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on August 05, 2014, 11:01:25 am
it's just a standard ATX power supply. a new power supply will have SATA power connectors....it's all the wires you need, just cut one sata connector off the new supply and wire on the extra plug neded for the pga board (6 pin)

hack off the 6 pin connector and wire it to the new supply. (just extra 3.3 and 5 volt and ground connections.) match same color to same color (orange to orange, red to red and black to black.)
Title: Crashes at gameface
Post by: TheSherman8or on August 12, 2014, 06:40:14 pm
My Team challenge machine keeps crashing at game face when I select a golfer to start editing. I have cards and the card reader works. Anyone else have a problem like this?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 15, 2014, 07:25:31 am
Does anyone have a spare power supply for a pga tower? My first computer was never returned by Ed and now my second one has fried the power supply
Hi Dirt can't  believe that Ed never returned ur PGA machine?? That's just not right. Hey Ed send dirt his machine back n if it's a security issue or something send it to me in Oz n I'll send it on to him.
Regarding your power supply any old atx power supply will do a job mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on August 15, 2014, 10:35:31 am
Does anyone have a spare power supply for a pga tower? My first computer was never returned by Ed and now my second one has fried the power supply
Hi Dirt can't  believe that Ed never returned ur PGA machine?? That's just not right. Hey Ed send dirt his machine back n if it's a security issue or something send it to me in Oz n I'll send it on to him.
Regarding your power supply any old atx power supply will do a job mate.

What has most likely happened is that for one reason or another customs has kept it. By default if a package is undeliverable (customs restrictions or otherwise) it's just abandoned, not returned to sender or anybody contacted regarding the package. There is a special customs form you have to fill out before sending to have the package returned back to you if it's undeliverable (at the senders expense of course).

The post is a bag of ---Deutsche Frankfurters---. They could care less about the items you've entrusted to them.

Just recently, I had internationally sent an item back in June. They charged an exorbitant amount of money to send the item with tracking... I had contacted the postal company and submitted a ticket to find out what happened to it several weeks later. "oh yeah we should have this sorted out by october"  :banghead: then had the gaul to have it take nearly 6 weeks to get there.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on August 15, 2014, 11:42:20 am
u know what
i never wanted to reply open to this as dirt can pm me and or e-mail and or call me on  the phone...but as i seem's most ppl will not this lay..
the pkg was sent 3-x all time's it came back >un-del.-able<
last time was same as first >no answer at door<..as it required a sig. to sign off..
now there..thk's for throwing this into the mud...

what exctley do i want with a pga ?,i have enough of them to keep me busy,thk-u very much..

i have gone over this matter for the very and i mean very last time...

a power supply usd is 17.00 for atx style..suck it up peanut..if u care to work this out ??
like a man.PM/E-MAIL/CALL

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on August 15, 2014, 01:09:39 pm
   Anyone here have and/or used anark media before?  The menu's for the game (i.e. playes/course/driving range) are all built using anark.  On Team Challenge there is a Anark Media viewer which you could use to look at each menu indiviually.  I ask because the images for selecting players is encoded with anark and cant be changed with just a simple name change to file.  I have been able to load additional .plr files from Tiger Woods PC (2005) for different Players and looks.  I am looking to create a custom menu and remove and then add players that I would rather use.  The additional images of player(s) is just a simple add via photoshop or alike program.
    Also has anyone able to read .stn file correctly? Can look with note++ and another text editor but still has some garbled lines.  STN controlls what sounds are played and when.  I believe the course in Team Challenge All Access is turned off as PC version has a cmd line that you type in for no initial commentary.

Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on August 15, 2014, 01:14:00 pm
its been month's for me ,working with anark  and the sound file's
i will dig out and post u some code i did..
anark is a private s/w company that dose not like ppl busting there code (caution here)
but i used c++ to tear it down...

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lostboy4480 on August 24, 2014, 10:12:51 pm
I have just picked up a PGA Tour Golf Challenge which has a bad monitor and bad hard drive.

I am going to replace the monitor with one of the 28" VIZIO screens as that will probably be much more reliable than trying to fix the Kortek monitor but the problem I have is my cab never came with the recovery disks.

Does anyone here have an image of the recover and game disks for a US version of Challenge.  The motherboard in mine is the DFI board.

Thanks for your help !
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on August 24, 2014, 10:43:09 pm
welcome aboard
on your doongle is a set of #'s
u MUST MATCH THEM FOR THE BUILD..
from there look for stpcore's up-load's
if this thread is still alive i can not see why the bucket thing is not.?
but if u run into a  .img problem >which btw u are asking for<> and or >iso<
ask a mod here..shawn is handy that way..

ed
p.s mne are all canadian
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lostboy4480 on August 24, 2014, 11:51:51 pm
Thank you the information Ed !

I have added a picture of the label on dongle and also of one on the bottom of the computer..

Which number is it that I need to make sure I get the right build ?

Thank you for your help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on August 25, 2014, 11:58:20 am
1.5 is your build
u are united kingdom ?

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lostboy4480 on August 25, 2014, 01:02:34 pm
No I am in the US, Thats why I assumed it was a US version...

Does the UK prefix mean I would need to find the UK Game Disks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on August 25, 2014, 01:14:36 pm
no not really
us/uk are same build pre-say..find a usa build..
i cannot help u there as mine are canadian..diff build
u want 1.5 to match your key..it will say it right on the disk's..
there will be about 12-x digit's
then at the bottom will be the build #

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lostboy4480 on August 25, 2014, 05:06:56 pm
I was looking at the GlobalVR store to see if I could still get the disks from there and have can across these which I believe would work for my setup

System Recovery Disk, PGA TOUR Golf, Challenge Edition, US Only (050-0072-01)

and then

Game Install Disks, PGA TOUR Golf, Challenge Edition (050-0085-01)

These are from the GlobalVR store here
http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?store=GLOBALVR&keywords=PGA%20TOUR (http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?store=GLOBALVR&keywords=PGA%20TOUR)

But nowhere does it mention anywhere about a build number, or a version number as low as 1.5
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bowana on September 03, 2014, 08:23:04 pm
Just found this forum.  I need to build one now!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on September 03, 2014, 08:55:27 pm
lostboy4480
i will look at my list

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bowana on September 04, 2014, 10:41:41 am
STPCore,

Do you have plans for the portable unit or pedestal unit you made?  I'm looking at making a PGA Machine and liked your ideas.

I would have sent a PM but since I'm a Noob to this Forum it won't let me.

Thanks

Scott
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bowana on September 06, 2014, 08:40:21 pm
Well I picked up a PGA Tour Team Challenge upright today with monitor issues.  Let the fun begin in getting it to work!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bowana on September 21, 2014, 02:04:59 pm
Thanks to Ed my PGA is up and running!

Thanks again Ed!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on September 21, 2014, 02:14:40 pm
your welcome
and any time

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on September 26, 2014, 05:40:45 am
Yes would be great to get player icons changed to match the new players. Been away for quite sometime did anyone work out how to unlock any of the items to be used to make your on players. An Ed or anyone else ever work out to play online? Would be great to know if and how if possible? Thx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on September 26, 2014, 08:23:13 am
yes and yes
just upping the server to net5

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: theonlycjohnson on October 10, 2014, 09:13:45 pm
Hello! I have had a PGA Tour Team Challenge cabinent for awhile with the all access pass. I was wondering if there is a way to unlock the golfers or the tournament mode or the world tour to get the stuff locked because of the box being offline now that the servers have been shut down for awhile. Also have a beta brite board that came with it and i have it connected corectly and tests ok but cant get it to display any stats or anything in game. Have any of these things been figured out at all? if so any direction would be awesome!

thanks!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 13, 2014, 10:02:55 pm
Make sure that you have both power n the com cable connected to the betabrite topper and the com cable is connected to the pc com port. It should then display stays automatically once a course is being played.

Ed any news to give us on the online play or the unlocking of items??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: theonlycjohnson on October 13, 2014, 11:33:49 pm
Thanks Spitfire sir. Yes i have it to the com1 port and the power in it, i noticed in attract mode it takes the board like 2 to 3 minutes to even display buy your.... or new courses... lol, i think something might be wrong with the board. thanks for the reply! vbdetf
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 14, 2014, 04:41:03 am
Make sure that the com cable is plugged in properly at the bretabrite end if so try another port at pc end if there is one it fits. Also a non corrupt sign should give 3 beeps on power up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 04, 2014, 07:49:20 pm
I just recently picked up a PGA Tour Team Challenge and just came across this thread.  It seems people have been working 2+ years on this game but i havent seen a report about a private server for tournament play.  If i am wrong could someone pm me.  If not i would like to make that happen.  Talk is cheap so instead of yacking about my skill set how about i prove it.  That is if it hasnt been done already.  Look forward to hearing from everybody.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 04, 2014, 08:26:51 pm
I just recently picked up a PGA Tour Team Challenge and just came across this thread.  It seems people have been working 2+ years on this game but i havent seen a report about a private server for tournament play.  If i am wrong could someone pm me.  If not i would like to make that happen.  Talk is cheap so instead of yacking about my skill set how about i prove it.  That is if it hasnt been done already.  Look forward to hearing from everybody.

Welcome to the thread.  I started this thread a while back and you are correct...there is a bunch of info on here ranging from tech support to nifty tutorials but I have yet to see any evidence of an active server for tournament play.  If it does exist, nobody within these forums  made mention of it (and I'm sure someone would have happily mentioned it).  I feel that this would be the most beneficial addition to the PGA Tour Golf community.  If you would like to make this happen I would be happy to assist in any way that I can.

I like when someone pops in here all guns a blazing making bold statements.  Let's see what you can do my friend and don't hesitate to reach out to me publicly or via PM if I can be of any assistance.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 04, 2014, 09:20:29 pm
Thanks stpcore.  I tried to pm you earlier and it said i didnt have access.   Maybe you could pm me first to start the convo.
I am sure many have claimed they could do something and fell short of the goal.  Thats why i say talk is cheap.  I just wanted to verify this task hasn't already been done.  Dont want to duplicate efforts.  Since it hasn't ill get started.  Thanks again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 04, 2014, 09:42:02 pm
yes it is done and is douable
u have to read until your eye's bleed
it is not as simple as plugging in a lan card and away u go..no sir...
first u have to remove the dial-up crap
then u need to tun on the on-board lan.>not an easy task in xpe<
then u need to inbed the cmd's into hercules
next u need to manualy add each and every driver windows will bark for >26 if mem serv'sme<
next u must rember u are playing with a very out-dated sql with no way to up-date it
unless u up windows to sp3,which again is not an easy task because u are working with windowsxp(e)
now with that said it is easy to do and best to run on a xp server
as a 7 server opens a whole new bag of tricks
but i would love to see your work

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 04, 2014, 09:57:07 pm
You have this server up, Ed? I never got an invite to play on it. Who is playing on your PGA server?  I was under the impression that this never happened.

Boost...PM sent.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 04, 2014, 09:58:42 pm
Hey Ed, thanks for the information.  I have a different approach when working on things like this.  Some people like to rip the guts out of things and fight the system where i take a "KISS" approach.  But like i said, talk is cheap and the proof is in the pudding.  I look forward to bringing everybody connectivity and having some fun.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 04, 2014, 10:55:46 pm
hmm i thought i did respond to u stpcore ?
yes there was 10 ppl on it last year >xp<
the new 1 is 7,we are load testing now,sorry i missed u

ed
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good luck

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 04, 2014, 11:23:08 pm
ok as i like a person with the stones to tell me they are not going to
gut down a sowtware program to fiquire out why it dose not did what u wish it to,
i will lend a hand here,so please follow along
get a computer with windows xp service pk3 on it olny..nothing else
dump all of the dll's into a .dll file
202meg worth
now copy that to a usb stick
from there get your pga up and running
hit the windows key on your keyboard
this will bring u to a windows screen
find where u plugged in your usb stick,?
then copy the dll's into system32
this should up-date your internet and a few other bug's without
fregging up your winxp(e)..
i would however expect u to have a backup of the original game
incase u need to go back
there is more tricks to do here
but if u read the thread's and u are as good as u claim,u should beable to whip toghter a server in no time
remeber everyone attached has to be assigened there own .img/.bin-id/and route #

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 04, 2014, 11:33:55 pm
I really appreciate your willingness to help ed but i would like to approach this with a fresh set of eyes.  Also my angle is 180 degrees opposite of yours.  I mean no disrespect, just like to do things my way.  Thank you again though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 04, 2014, 11:57:03 pm
all is fine and well
i just had 0 help
so i went about it the best i know how,man what a learning curve
from reason's of why this video card did not work to why the onbard lan would not work,found them all and posted on them,then i went ahead and add the new extra player's missing in team challange,game face's,bill-board score,>all server strapped<
but u are correct there may be a different way?
i have never seen it but that means 0 also..
i want u to keep 1 thing in mind
these point's are very very important
u are working with windowsxp(e) embeeded
that mean's in easy term's there is limted driver's
and any changes u make u MUST reflect in hercule's >1 of my last post's to u<
to do any advance editing u will run into advder
it is propirty to them and they get picky
aslo if u are usa bound watch out for :EA: sport's
if they get wind of a on-line server with pga
they will send u a cies and disit order >stop for short<
or u will end up in a wack of dodo
please for the love of good do not post your working code
in public....the mod's here do not like it
the lead up how to is fine >be careful with it,edit where needed<
the finshened stuff no no

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: CougFan56 on November 05, 2014, 02:09:35 pm
STPcore,

New here and it won't let me IM you.  I am guess I would need to pay or something.  Anyway.....I got a PGA Tour Team Challenge Machine and I am looking at replacing the overlay to something more geared towards it being my home machine.  Do you still do the custom overlays?  Thanks

Brentt
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 05, 2014, 02:26:14 pm
STPcore,

New here and it won't let me IM you.  I am guess I would need to pay or something.  Anyway.....I got a PGA Tour Team Challenge Machine and I am looking at replacing the overlay to something more geared towards it being my home machine.  Do you still do the custom overlays?  Thanks

Brentt

Hello and welcome.  I can certainly help you out.  I can do some design and printing for you if that's what you are looking for.  I will send you a PM and see if it will let you reply...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 05, 2014, 02:34:33 pm
hmm i thought i did respond to u stpcore ?
yes there was 10 ppl on it last year >xp<
the new 1 is 7,we are load testing now,sorry i missed u

Well that is unfortunate that I was forgotten.  I know many people here had asked if you wouldn't mind sending them an invite when you had the server up.  Did you invite anyone from this thread to play?  I know that Spitfire has been requesting an invite from you for years  ;D I would love to get some feedback on the online server play.  Do you have any screenshots that show how it looks to be playing online?  I never played this game when it was active and connected to online servers in it's day but have always been curious.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: CougFan56 on November 05, 2014, 03:01:59 pm
STPcore,

New here and it won't let me IM you.  I am guess I would need to pay or something.  Anyway.....I got a PGA Tour Team Challenge Machine and I am looking at replacing the overlay to something more geared towards it being my home machine.  Do you still do the custom overlays?  Thanks

Brentt

Hello and welcome.  I can certainly help you out.  I can do some design and printing for you if that's what you are looking for.  I will send you a PM and see if it will let you reply...

STP,

Looks like I got your PM but it won't let me respond.  Shoot me an email if you can @ brenttroberts@hotmail.com

Thannks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 05, 2014, 03:08:01 pm
ya i will get u what u need when they are done load testing
so i can move the rest over

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 08, 2014, 02:08:35 am
Just wanted to drop in real quick and give an update/teaser.  The following was done on a bone stock PGA TC.  No game code was changed.  They say a picture is worth a thousand words so here ya go:
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2eupdnk.jpg)

More to follow this weekend hopefully.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 09, 2014, 12:06:59 am
Anybody up for a tournament??

(http://i57.tinypic.com/14j5kde.jpg)

Disregard the "During Text" strings.  Those were just for debugging.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 09, 2014, 12:47:11 am
nice poke
u just made sure u will never get a  request....
edit on...

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 09, 2014, 12:52:48 am
Lighten up Ed, it's just a joke.   Pretty sure I'll do just fine without your vpn though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 09, 2014, 01:50:08 am
erp's sorry
next time post some "live" screen shot's
with tiger-wood's.,and or build your own....
vpn.,nice lookie see before i edited my little slip...find the server...dig in...
now we will go back to your edit's in "plain.txt"
wow that was hard....i think not...i did that back in the main post for this...thread,my thread that saved so many pga golf's from landfill,ask stpcore
the op made a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- load of money from a simple question..
NICE README EH ?

so next time u post
try this
real time :BILL-BOARD: :REAL-TIME:
try this :PLAYER'S .GIF: where u can change them REAL TIME
let'a have at it
if all else fail's u post a picture of YOUR UNIT HOOKED TO THE SERVER U SAY U CAN DO.???????
TO POKE ME INTO GIVING U OR ANYONE A FREE RIDE IS AT BEST ABUSERD

I really appreciate your willingness to help ed but i would like to approach this with a fresh set of eyes.  Also my angle is 180 degrees opposite of yours.  I mean no disrespect, just like to do things my way.  Thank you again though.


get the point ? ...u siad u can do it.???
have at it

7 is now load tested...file's were moved
yes u are right vpn
512k enc...your .id must be up-to-date-or-u-are-hoffed
SUCK IT UP PRINCESS

ed

up-link time >real-time<,
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 09, 2014, 01:55:51 am
You talk too much Ed.  Talk is cheap.  Lets see your tournament screen shots.  Im waiting.....
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 09, 2014, 02:15:41 am
that is a easy answer..it start's: with NO
and it beg's u do it,ie U DO IT,i will post mine if u do it first ????
but as i know u can not...i have no FEAR'S of handing them out
REMBER THIS COMMENT
I really appreciate your willingness to help ed but i would like to approach this with a fresh set of eyes.  Also my angle is 180 degrees opposite of yours.  I mean no disrespect, just like to do things my way.  Thank you again though.

u @ post a picture of your unit hooked to a real "game live"
as u said u can do...
and i do not mean 2012/13/14 it's-gaming golf
but rather a pga complete and or pga golden tee final edition

now to SNAP this picture is not hard
just make sure u have your lan hooked
hook into the subset mask..
This take's typing,as u should know by now,as it is not :STATIC:,but rather
dchp,but u can get there..
now post them #'s
and the follower's will do the same
if they know how to go around..simple input..
like gain control of the network,admin,password,allow,auto,etc
then A-FIX this info to a .BAT file to make sure it stick's
from there send it out to the proper ppl

oh btw do not let me forget to say u must KNOW the EXACT machine ID???

ABOUT RIGHT ENOUGH FOR YOUR,: I CAN DO THIS IN 5 MIN'S FLAT WITH-OUT YOUR EDIT'S ?
right from your quote's ?

NO DOG..GO BACK TO THE POUND

ed

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 09, 2014, 02:24:53 am
Ed, you are rambling and a complete waste of my time.  It's obvious you are all talk and your lack to post a screen shot like i did just confirms it.  This is the last time i will respond to you.  I'm too busy to argue with a fraud like you.  I'm done with you, go away.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 09, 2014, 02:31:03 am
Anybody up for a tournament??

(http://i57.tinypic.com/14j5kde.jpg)

Disregard the "During Text" strings.  Those were just for debugging.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 11, 2014, 03:33:08 am
Just dropping in to give a little more status.  This is my bone stock TC machine communicating with my server over ethernet.  No dial up needed.  Makes it 20% of the way through registration before it bails.  1/5 of the way there :-)

(http://i57.tinypic.com/2igy82s.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 11, 2014, 05:39:10 pm
So this is pretty interesting.  Thanks for posting screen shots as I've never seen anything like this before with these machines.

Does anyone know how the tournaments work?  I'm assuming we would all have to dial in to the same server and enter a tournament ID or would there be an option to start a tournament that would display to everyone in a lobby?  Do you play your normal round and your score updates on a leaderboard?  I'm also hoping that MULLIGANS are disabled during tournament play?

Again, very interesting and thanks for sharing with the community.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 11, 2014, 05:51:42 pm
So here is how the whole thing works:

1) A machine has to have an operator and register with the server.  This was done with an operator card.  The company that owned the machine would get an operator card from GVR and it would contain all the information about the operator and have a unique operator number.  When they registered the game they would insert the card and it would setup the machine and make a connection to the server to register.  Now the server knows the machine exists.

2) The server starts a tournament.  The course is selected, the number of holes, the difficulty, promo advertising, etc were configured on the server.  This could be done ahead of time.  I.E. tournament "setup" on the 1st of a month but it has info that the client machine should not start advertising until the 5th of the month.  This info is given to the client machines when they call in which is normally each night.  Or immediately in the case of registration.

3) Tournament starts.  Now you walk up to your machine, put your money in, and select that you want to play a tournament.  All the machines know what course, difficulty, etc.  The machine will ask for your players card.  This is a card you got from GVR or the machine for ones that supported card dispensers.  This card will have your name, address, etc, etc.  Also it will have a unique player number.  You play your round using your card and the results are stored on the machine.

4) Machine connects to server and uploads your game play.  At the same time your machine downloads other people's game play that have been participating in the tournament.  The leaderboard for the tournament on your machine is updated.  So now after the update you see who is in the lead, what city state they are from, and other information.

That's pretty much how it works.  It's an asynchronous tournament.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 11, 2014, 09:47:28 pm
Hi Boost your screen shots are a breath of fresh air around here as this thread has become so stale. As STP said I have been trying for years to get ED to add us Aussie boys to his so called server with no luck! There is always something that's not right for some reason or another and as you have said talk is cheap but unfortunately I don't have the expertise to make this happen but if you could we would greatly appreciate this Downubder in Australia.
Any assistance I can offer please let me know and I am happy to test anything for you from this end on the world. Keep up the good work and eagerly awaiting your next post. Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 12, 2014, 10:32:31 am
So do you think we would need operator cards or is there a workaround for that?  I have a few operator cards and about 30 player cards so I can help some people out if need be.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 12, 2014, 01:45:14 pm
Hey Spitfire,

Thank you very much for the post.  It's great to know there are people ready and waiting to connect and challenge each other.  There is absolutely NO reason why US, Canada, UK, AU, etc cannot play against each other.  While setting up the tournament that you saw my screen shot of I see where entries have to be made for each country code that is allowed to participate.  All the server has to have is a single entry with the same tournament number for each country.  So no problem getting you boys and girls from down under connected.  I'm actually very excited to play against people from around the world.  Keep your eyes open for a new screen shot this weekend.  Last night was a MAJOR breakthrough.  If I went into details nobody would understand, or really even care because it all was related to the server and backend.  Let me just say that I am now 100% confident we will have a server.


Stp,

Here is what I am thinking.  The operator cards are only needed one time.  Just to configure the machine.  In reality because this is a private server that doesn't care about billing the operator, collections, cuts, etc the operator configuration is just a formality that needs to be there to satisfy a data requirement.  If all the machines had the same dummy operator info in it that wouldn't hurt a thing.  So I have two possible solutions.  Two because I am not sure which one will work the best, or which one is easier for you guys.  But here are the two solutions:

1) I supply an ISO image that you download and burn to a CD.  You put it in your machine and reboot the game.  The game will boot off the CD, run a program that I have on there that removes all previous operator information and creates a new dummy operator.

2) I supply another image that you flash onto a USB thumb stick.  Again you reboot the game and it boots off the thumb stick, executes a program of mine that will generate a blob of data on the thumb stick.  You then upload that blob to the server.  The server then automatically makes the corrections to the blob and supplies you with a new blob.  Put that blob back onto the thumb driver, reboot the game again, and this time to pushes the modified blob onto your machine giving you the dummy operator configuration.

Let me just say that these modifications do NOT make changes to the game binaries.  The game is not changed in anyway.  This modification is just changing configuration parameters by us instead of the game's code.  This is a very important fact.

As for player cards.  This is something that people need to have.  For a couple of reasons.  It allows multiple people to play a tournament on the same game at the same time.  It allows people to play a tournament on your machine as themselves and not playing as you.  Also this gives each player a unique ID.  That is the most important part as the server needs this info.  I think cards are still available though.  Need For Speed is another game by GVR that had tournament ability, uses the same server logic, and same card.  It just has a different logo.  I will have to confirm this but I think people can go to their local arcade that has a need for speed, buy a player card for it, put their info in, the NFS game will program it, and then you can use it on your PGA.  Just as long as everybody has the new style card reader.  I will start to address this next week.

What I want is to make this extremely easy for people, keep the game code unmodified, and I use myself as the guinea pig.  So there really shouldn't be any reason why what I do on my machine doesn't work for everybody else.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 12, 2014, 11:31:27 pm
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a server.....

(http://i58.tinypic.com/2lwn8sn.jpg)

There is a LOT more work to be done.  I cannot start a tournament for you guys yet, but I can get it so you can connect, register, and get your cabinets tournament enabled.  More to come soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 13, 2014, 12:56:19 am
so as i stated a tad more then your point eh....gee
no u need not need the operater's card,nor the player's card..
yes u need to tell hercules to listen for the lan >wake-up if u will<
and be very careful with usa..as ea sport's get very hissie
the rest is wide open..
and a smart fellow will have a tira byte set aside for player/course tweak's..
and btw enable led-bright for your over head winner's display..but also u can code in
a small lcd to do the same thing...good work ,btw with-out a major server, vpn
limt's u to 10..yes 10 tcip hook in's,u must over-ride some fuction's there..



ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 13, 2014, 01:02:02 am
Ed just stop.   You have no idea how the system works.  Your posts prove that.  Just stop blabbering.  I told you i don't have time for your bs posts.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 14, 2014, 07:37:57 am
@Boost starting to get excited mate, please let us know if there is anything you need us to do in preparation for these tournaments here in OZ. I have an operators card and some players cards so ready to go I guess.

@Ed mate we have been waiting for years for you to deliver something but you have given us a big fat zero. Time to let someone else have there turn!! And as Boost said please don't side track things with anymore posts as you need to be some kind of wizard to understand anything that you ramble on about!!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Dalejustin96 on November 17, 2014, 10:36:36 am
I recently hooked up my team challenge to a flat screen and the boot up process seems fine but when the game starts to load I get a screen that reads.........

This TV does not support the output format, video resolution and/or refresh rate being sent by the connected device. Please refer to the user manual of this TV for a list of supported input formats, resolutions and refresh rates and modify the settings on your connected device

Then it goes to a screen that says.....

Resolution mismatch!  Change resolution

What's the easiest way to fix?   THANKS
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 17, 2014, 12:14:06 pm
Just dropping a quick status update.  Server has been deployed and is connected to Internet.   Now putting together the bootable iso that will automatically point your machine to the server.  Hopefully will have time to test it tonight.  As soon as it is tested i will release it, you can burn it to a cd, run it one time on your machine, and your machines can connect from anywhere around the world.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rspark on November 17, 2014, 02:26:14 pm
Man this will be awesome.
Finally have something going on in this thread that I can understand.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 18, 2014, 04:46:39 am
@boost that's great mate can't wait for it to happen. Hope it all tests well and we are compeating against each other soon.

@Dale make sure that your VGA cable is connected to the VGA port on the video card at the back of the PGA golf pc and then connected to the VGA port on your tv. The tv should automatically change resolutions to match the resolution being sent from the pc video card which should be 800 x 600. If this is the case and ur still having trouble try to change to and from the VGA AV selection on ur TV or adjust some sort of setting on ur tv. Also
Make sure that a normal computer monitor will display a signal if all else fails to make sure ur video card is not going bad. I hope that helps
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Dalejustin96 on November 18, 2014, 11:50:47 am
I'm thinking my card must be the issue.  I have the challenge edition hooked up to this tv and the resolution settings are the same on both computers.  The challenge tower that i'm having the problem with works fine on the tube tv it just has issues on the flatscreen but i know its not the tv since it works with the other.   I'll try a new card next.....thanks for your help!

Dale
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 18, 2014, 08:16:01 pm
Make sure you grab a compatible video card. Cheapest option would probably be the TI-4200.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 02:14:38 am
You guys ready to point your machines to the new private server?  I have finished the automagic pointer and tested it on my machine with success.  Here is what you do:

1) Download the iso from here: http://www.filedropper.com/pgaserverptr (http://www.filedropper.com/pgaserverptr)
2) Burn the iso to a CD using any tool you want.  Nero, WinISO, ISO Recorder, Windows Image Burner, etc
3) Put the CD into your machine's cdrom drive and reboot the game
4) You do not need to touch anything.  No keyboard, no mouse, nothing, the cd will do everything for you
5) You will see a boot menu, countdown, lots of verbose output while booting, etc.  At the end of booting you should see a line that states that the machine was updated to point to the new server and you should eject the cd and reboot your machine.  Then you will get a "#" command prompt.
6) Because the linux kernel has the cdrom mounted you will not be able to eject it so just turn your machine off, turn it back on, and eject the disk before it boots off of it again.  There is no harm in running the cd over and over.
7) That's it

Here are a few important notes about this ISO image:
1) I am not responsible for any damage it might cause.  You use at your own risk.  (Had to put that disclaimer)
2) This was created as a derivative work of Trinity Rescue.  Trinity Rescue is licensed under GPL v2 thus this derivative is licensed under GPL v2.  Basically just saying that Trinity Rescue gave permission for me to modify and distribute this under the GPL v2 license.
3) This was tested on my bone stock Team Challenge machine.  There is no reason this shouldn't work on other versions but just saying I could only test it on TC.
4) This ISO in no way changes any of the game code.  There is only one change and that is to a windows config file.
5) This ISO assumes you are using the stock GVR computer that has its hard drive connected to the Primary Master IDE bus.  If your hard drive is set to slave or you have it on the secondary IDE bus this ISO will not work for you.  Just change your hard drive to Master and make sure it is connected to the Primary bus.
6) Make sure you set your connection method to "Broadband, DSL, Cable"
7) If you are not using the stock computer and have your own windows installation rolled out then PM me and I can give you directions on what to do manually as you already have access to the box.  You will still need to download the ISO.

I think that about covers it.  I have the server "half way" up for the next day or two as I make some changes.  The server is still up for you to test connect to but you will not get a "Successfully connected to GVR servers" message.  This will be fixed in a day or two like I said.  To tell if your connection is working just do a test call from the service menu, if you get a 50001 error you did not see the server.  If you get a 40001 error you did connect to the server but it did not authenticate you (because I am making changes).

Let me know how it goes.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 05:04:52 am
Hey Boost this is awesome mate will try this first thing tomorrow Oz time. Need to run a Ethernet cable to my machine I guess it has anyone linked these machines wireless?? Ummm can't wait. If this works and runs well let's get together and organise some prizes for the winners of these tournaments each month or so would be great ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 12:27:43 pm
I have a couple topics to mention:

Wireless connectivity:
I actually connect my machine wirelessly (I know that isn't a word) right now and have plans in the next day or so to connect it to the internet via my cell phone for further testing.  To connect to my home network I have taken an old Linksys WRT54G router and flashed it with DD-WRT.  This allows me to set the router up to be a wireless bridge.  A wireless bridge is just what it sounds like, it bridges two physical networks using your current home wireless network.  I put the router on top of my machine and connect it to the PC with an ethernet cable.  Then anything sent from the machine gets forwarded to my home wireless router and vise versa anything needing to be sent to the machine goes to the wireless bridge and then to the PC.  There are plenty of step by step write ups on the internet about how to do this.

Cellular connectivity:
To test from a different network and with tighter firewalls (cell networks do not allow initial traffic to come to the cell phone, all communication must be initiated by the phone) I plan to use my cell phone to connect my machine to the internet.  To do this I use the same wireless bridge as I do for my home but instead of bridging my home wireless network I turn the hot spot feature on in my phone and bridge that.  So my phone has now created an ad-hoc network and the wireless bridge can bridge to that.  Just another way of testing.

Another note on server pointer ISO:
The ISO I put together was done as quickly as possible.  I did not make it robust with error handling, or even looking at the return values from calls I make.  This means you can get a message that says the redirect was successful even though about that line are error messages.  If you see any errors just let me know what they say.  If you see anything that says "Disk is dirty and was not cleanly unmounted during last windows session.....fixing...."  That is ok.  That is expected.  Just wanted to make everyone aware that the success message will always appear.

Course unlocking:
During my investigations I came across an area that had course names like "Tigerized <Course Name>", or "Fantasy <Course Name>".  Are these the unlockable courses you guys are talking about when you were referring to server course unlocking and the All Access Pass version of the game?  I am not familiar with what courses were unlockable and what was new in AAP.  But if I stumbled onto something let me know.

Course additions:
So......I think all of what I am doing is just the tip of the iceberg.  I think the game has a great software base and it appears it was written so courses could be added by the server.  With that said what if it was possible to not just play the current courses, but make new courses!!  I think it is completely possible and another thing that is rattling around in the back of my head.  But first things first, got to get a solid server underneath us and get some tournaments going :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 19, 2014, 05:36:12 pm
With the All Access Pass dongle and upgrade CD you have access to all 27 courses that were available when the servers where online.  Some of them are fantasy courses and some of them are actual course recreations. 

PGA Tour Golf (arcade) is close to the PC versions that were released around 2006.  I see several files (audio, file folders, etc.) that are within the arcade game file structure but don't seem to be used.  I think they were cut out of the final arcade game when it was ported over from the PC version perhaps?  For instance when you say "Tigerized" that is something that you can do in the PC or console versions of the game which allows you to modify a course (larger bunkers, smaller greens, etc.) to make it more difficult for Tiger Woods to compete on.  This was never an option on the arcade port.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 06:08:51 pm
Hi Boost, Just about to download the ISO and try on my all access pass team challenge machine will report back soon.  Would love to be able to unlock all the items in the Game face side of the game do add these items to your own player.  This was done in the original online Arcade version by playing the world tour challenge of the game.  Once the Tournaments are stable and up and running opening the world tour side of the game would be great so we can unlock all these new player items. thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 19, 2014, 06:12:31 pm
Hey Spitfire...did PGA ever have equipment upgrades (clubs, balls, tees, etc.) when the game was online?  I've worked with this game for years but never played it in the arcade so I don't really no what I'm missing.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 06:13:28 pm
Not a problem, I saw all of the world tour components while investigating tournaments.  I don't think there will be a problem at all unlocking those customizations.  Looks like we have a nice list of features starting to get compiled.  I like it.  Like you said, tournaments first.  Nervous and excited to see how the ISO works on your setup.  Should be just like mine but you never know right.  I finished the changes I wanted to make to the server and will upload it tonight.  So this evening you should be able to make a test call and it will work 100% for you and enable tournament in the bottom left of your screen.  Will let you know when those changes have been promoted.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 06:37:31 pm
is it worth me holding of with the cd install till then or should I go ahead and try to boot from the cd now?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 06:39:44 pm
I also didn't play it much when it was online but for what I can tell it was more cosmetic with clothing items and I think different balls also not sure about different clubs.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 06:47:20 pm
Boot from cd.  Go for it!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 07:36:20 pm
so booted up from cd and got to the end successfully and then rebooted machine and game loaded up as normal. Did all this without connected an Ethernet cable to the machine as I forgot ha ha is this a problem? looking for a cable now to connect to the internet and see if I can contact server through settings page? please advise if I have done something wrong. took photos also if you would like me to post some screen shots of the process?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 07:59:43 pm
Sounds like everything worked as it should.  You do not need to have cable connected to run cd.  If you would like to post screen shots so people can see what it should look like that would be great.  Yes you are ready to connect to server through service menu.  Make sure you change your connection method to broadband instead of dial up in service mode also.  Im going to upload new software to server in ten minutes.   Feel free to connect anytime.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 08:06:24 pm
Hi there is nowhere to change from dial up to broad pans that I can see in the settings so it's always try to dial up hen connected. Where do I do this?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 08:11:03 pm
Booting my machine to get exact location.  Just a second.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 08:18:37 pm
Go into service mode, scroll down to "Register | Connect", Select sub menu "Actions", Then on right side scroll to and select "Configure Connection" button.  Configure connection menu will appear.  Highlight and select "Connection Type", change to Broadband and select done button.  Then in Actions menu select Force Call (Manual).
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 08:22:39 pm
Hi mate yes I have seen those options in my earlier versions of PGA golf but this all access version of team challenge doesn't have those options anymore urghhhh disaster. Anyway to get them back up ha ha or any other way to make it use LAN instead of dial up. I also enabled LAN in the bios but nothing changed??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 08:28:57 pm
I wonder if GVR killed off the menu or even all of the server stuff because AAP was to replace the server.  Yes there is a way around the menu and physically make the settings "under the hood" but it is something only i can do with tools i wrote.  Best thing is for me to get AAP, test, and make you another bootable cd that does everything for you.  Sending you PM.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 08:41:59 pm
That option was ever there on this version from day one.  But it is there on the normal version of team challange
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 08:45:55 pm
Is there even a force call option in AAP?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 08:51:17 pm
No there is only a test in diagnostics to let you connect to server but it uses dial up. I have looked in the back end of my pc and all the options are there but somehow they have stopped them
From showing up in the config menus.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 09:14:43 pm
On the attract screen does it say tournament deactivated?  From what you guys said AAP was the answer to the server shutdown.  They might have stripped it of tournament play completely.  Ill buy an AAP kit off ebay and see what it looks like.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 09:23:52 pm
Everything still there at the back end as I have seen just disabled in the menus that's all trying to get them to appear in the menus and will let u know how I go.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 10:06:30 pm
Yep deactivated n try as I may couldn't get the registration menus appearing in the operators menus even though I made them active in the XML table menus file?? Will just wait for your instructions or might even hook up a stock standard machine and see how I go.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 10:09:46 pm
Do you have a regular team challenge machine?  Or cds and dongle to make one?  If not then i will acquire an AAP kit and see what magic i can cook up.  Let me know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2014, 10:21:38 pm
yes I will test tomorrow or later tonight on my regular team challenge pc.  Also have a portable challenge machine going.  STP has the All Access Pass Cds in ISO in his Dropbox which Im sure he will give you access to.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2014, 10:34:29 pm
Sounds like a plan.  Ping me when you go to try connecting to the server from tc.  I have not tested this code yet and can look at the logs if you see issues.  Was going to test it tonight if possible.  If not then definitely tomorrow.  But it is uploaded and waiting.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 20, 2014, 04:43:07 am
Ok boost Hooke up stock standard team challenge pc and all went well forced connection to sever got to 4% and then connection error 4010 this cabinet has not been registered yet. Also my start up screen still says tournament deactivated. I can feel that we are close. I hope it's jut that the sever isn't up yet your end. Waiting eagerly. Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 20, 2014, 08:53:17 am
I just looked at the server logs and i saw your machine connect 4 times.  It asked for the first stage of connection, the server gave it to your machine, but your machine never asked for anything else.  Plus the error number you received i have never seen before.  I am pretty sure the issue is your machine is in hibernation mode or it has never been registered before.  Can you register your cabinet using your operator card.  This will force new communication with the server.  Communication i have never seen before as my machine was already registered at some point.  I just had to change its status from hibernation to active internally.  We will work through all of this.  Thank you for helping debug and the exciting part........your machine in OZ was talking to the new server!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 20, 2014, 08:58:05 am
Another thing i can do and will do tonight is completely "deactivate" my machine.   There is an option to do that in the service menu.  This should put my machine at the exact state your machine is in.  Only problem is i dont have an operator card.  Looks like i need to get to a local arcade and get two need for speed cards and then reprogram one to be an operator card and the other to be a player card.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 20, 2014, 11:46:33 am
I just did some testing and logging.  There are two things i need to address:

Registration:
On a fresh install or a machine that has never been registered there are fields not set in the machines config that will keep it from calling in or enabling tournament play.  There are 3 possible solutions but only one makes sense.....i must find a way to generate operator cards for people that need them.

Unregistering:
I tried to unregister my game but it was unhappy with the servers response.  I am missing logic to handle this prorocol.  I need to add this.

It is going to take me a few days to investigate and solve these problems.  I have taken the server offline until i get this fixed.  Will report back in a few days with progress / results.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on November 20, 2014, 12:15:26 pm
I have about 30 of the GlobalVR Tournament Play Players Cards. If you need one or two let me know know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 20, 2014, 12:27:28 pm
There might be another (and better) way to do registration without an operator card.  I believe i can create another bootable cd that can make the necessary changes.  Gonna take some work but i think that is the best way to go as all one has to do is download an iso, burn it, run it.  Let me investigate this further.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 20, 2014, 03:55:21 pm
Morning from OZ, seems like I've opened a can of worms but glad to hear you have a plan to sort this out. So do you still want me to try my operators card or should I just sit tight for now?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 20, 2014, 04:02:17 pm
Good Morning.  It was good that you brought these issues to light.  All I could do was test with my machine and it already had operator data in it.  Anybody that does a fresh install or has a machine that has never been registered would face this problem.  I'm glad it came to light now so the proper fixes can be implemented.  Just sit back for a few days while I create a solution.  Even if you used your operator card and we got everything going there it wouldn't help the next person that wants to join with a fresh machine.  We can use yours as the guinea pig if you don't mind.  That and as soon as I finish the unregistration code my machine should start getting the same errors you are getting.  So we will have all of this fixed in a few days.  The bootable disk image is the right solution, but it just means 3x the amount of work on me :-)    I'm not worried about it though, we WILL have a solution.  This is great stuff.  Just the fact that you were able to connect to the server and start the first stage of communication has made my day!  When was the last time one of these machines has seen a server?  I think it's pretty cool.  So give me a few days to do the magic that I do and we will try again.  Thanks for your help and patience!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 20, 2014, 04:30:33 pm
No prob buddy happy to use this machine as the test machine. As I have 4 golf machines running my Access all areas this stock standard one, a Challenge machine so I can enjoy skins and a championship 3 version for different courses such as peeble beach. Very exciting stuff can't wait to see what u come up with. Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 20, 2014, 10:46:22 pm
Hey spitfire, just did some investigating and found that the 4010 error you got is because your machine does not have a client id.  This value is given to you by the server when you register.  Just wanted you to know i found the root cause and all will get fixed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 22, 2014, 06:40:26 pm
No prob mate thx for the info. Let me know our next move. Thx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 22, 2014, 06:48:40 pm
Last night i discovered my mistake.  Need about 4 hours to write new code then my machine will unregister.   After unregistering i will create boot cd to trigger registration.  I cannot do it manually as the machine has to write info to the dongle.  Im all over it, just need time.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 23, 2014, 05:04:20 pm
Hey Boost I hope everything is slowly coming together and we are all connecting to your golf server soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Yeti on November 23, 2014, 05:45:09 pm
I just got mine home Challenge Edition - PC appears to have a bad graphics card and the monitor appears to have no HT output.

I'll be using the housing (and hopefully monitor) for a MAME cabinet - the rest of the parts I'll be putting up for sale if anyone is interested - just now I need to try to get the monitor working.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 23, 2014, 11:42:18 pm
Hey mate to good a cabinet and game to use for a mame machine better off getting it up and running again. Post what your problems are maybe with some pics and well get it going for you again?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on November 24, 2014, 01:21:58 pm
Since this was just brought up Im wondering if anyone has done both with one of these games...Kept all the PGA as well as added a Mame system and controls to the control board. I think this system is large enough to add 2 players and plenty of buttons then just switch from one to the other depending on what you wanted to play.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 24, 2014, 02:54:04 pm
Have a server update.  I FINALLY got my machine to unregister.  There was a lot of stuff I had to figure out and account for in the unregister protocol and I still didn't get it 100% right yet but I got it good enough that my machine unregistered.  After unregistration I was not allowed to do a force call or anything, my screen changed to this:

(http://i58.tinypic.com/2ewmp3r.jpg)

When I select to register I get prompted with the following now:

(http://i61.tinypic.com/2qvvyx2.jpg)

This is great because we won't have to use an operator card.  I can give everybody a unique 4 digit code and then that machine can register.  Obviously I now have to analyze and handle this new registration process but it will be a LOT easier than creating bootable CD's and nudging the machine to do the right thing.  It natively wants to do it hahaha.

(http://i60.tinypic.com/f40duv.jpg)

This might only be for the TC version software though.  But at least it's a start.


Spitfire, you actually forced a call correct??  The error you got was 4010 right?  That error means the cabinet does not have an ID from the server BUT for some reason you were able to make a call.  That means the software believes the cabinet is registered but the dongle thinks it is unregistered.  Am I correct or are you able to see the same menus I have screen shots of above?  If you don't see these menus then I think we need to attempt to unregister your machine using the private server.  I will put the server back online tonight and upload my latest build.  You should be be able to select the unregister option, make a connection to the server, you WILL get a 4000 error but after that your machine should be unregistered like mine is now and you should see the same menus.

Next thing for me to do is write the logic for this 4 digit code registration.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 24, 2014, 10:38:12 pm
Yes I did force a call. I don't see these menu options.  Please let me know why my next step is?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 24, 2014, 11:02:24 pm
I just updated the server and brought it back online.   Please unregister your machine.  It is the last option on the same screen as force call.  You will get a 4000 error but it will unregister and you then should see the same screens as me.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 24, 2014, 11:11:17 pm
Doing it now
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 24, 2014, 11:16:10 pm
Got to 57% stalled for a while than have error 4000.  Have option to register now should I?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 24, 2014, 11:17:57 pm
Perfect.  That is what it should have done.  See if you have the menus and are unregisteted now.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 24, 2014, 11:19:01 pm
Yes I have those menus now in the option register cabinet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on November 24, 2014, 11:21:41 pm
Sounds like some real progress  :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 24, 2014, 11:24:15 pm
Yes!!!!  Ok you are properly unregistered.  Now i need to write the server registration code using the 4 digit code method.  Give me a day or two.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 24, 2014, 11:30:40 pm
Yes we r getting closer each day thx to Boost
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 24, 2014, 11:42:06 pm
Thank you spitfire for testing and helping.  I appreciate your, and everybody's patience.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2014, 10:26:21 am
I started investigating the four digit registration this morning and ran into a new issue.  It really applies to all registration attempts.  There is a check to make sure the cabinet has a matching and active operator entry in its database.  This will not exist on a fresh install or if the machine has never been connected before.  This is where the operator card comes in.  It would be the one to supply this info to the cabinet and configure the operator info in db.  Looks like i have to go back to the bootable cd to get this info into the machine.  What i will do is modify the original iso i created to not only point a machine to the private server but now also clear out any old operator info and insert new one for private server use.  This will take a few more days as it is a tad complex.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2014, 04:26:32 pm
I have an operators card if needed mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2014, 04:29:02 pm
Yea but that won't provide a solution for everybody that doesn't.....like me hahahaha.  It's ok, just means more work, which I am not afraid of.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on November 25, 2014, 05:04:14 pm
funny how almost all of this is over my head but I enjoy reading the progress
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2014, 05:15:28 pm
It's cool to read all of the behind the scenes stuff hahaha.  All the things the machine is doing that nobody knew.

I can explain a bit about where the complexity is right now.  I could easily supply a bootable disk that blows away the current machine database and put down a fresh one with the operator info in it.  That means though that for people that have had their machine for awhile and have high scores, world tour accomplishments, etc, all that would be blown away.  So now I have to find a way to modify the db.  The db is Microsoft SQL.  That means I have to mount it on a MSSQL server, make the changes, then unmount it.  Well all of the bootable disks are linux.  So there is a way to execute windows applications on linux and that is through Wine.  That would be great but Wine requires and X server.  This is something most bootable linux cd's don't have.  So I am thinking of alternative routes like seeing if a signature is produced in the database when the entry for an operator is added or subtracted.  If so then I could write a quick program that just modifies the database binary using signatures instead of the proper method.  Also when the db is modified their is a log db that also gets modified.  This is part of MSSQL.  So anyways these are all the things I am thinking about and contemplating.  I will come up with a solution.  Just need to evaluate everything.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on November 25, 2014, 05:22:12 pm
Im actually picking mine up this weekend (hopefully)...Sounds like just getting it up to snuff will be my main goal, this way I can continue to follow what yall are doing and hopefully get in on these tournaments. Shame my real handicap cant just be thrown into the game, its been awhile since Ive played PGA Tour
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2014, 05:33:51 pm
WAIT A MINUTE!!!!  PGA All Access Pass was not a bootable disk.  It was something that was executed while the current game was running and it patched the machine.  This means that Team Challenge has windows autorun enabled!!  This is the answer.  I don't have to create a linux boot disk, I can write a windows program to use the already executing mssql server and patch the database just like All Access Pass does.   Because autorun is enabled it will automatically execute my program as soon as you put the CD in.  This just got easy!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2014, 11:08:53 pm
Hi Boost glad to hear your hopefully on top of things as you were starting to sound a little like our mate Ed ha ha ha ha can't wait to see wht you deliver. Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 26, 2014, 11:48:44 am
Sorry for sounding like Ed, that's not a good thing.  I will refrain from posing any behind the scenes / tech information since nobody here is interested in it like me hahahahah.

Here is a status photo.  It doesn't look like much to everybody, but it is huge.  It is proof that my new method will work great.  All I did was put my cd in the cdrom drive while the game was running.  It stopped the game, connected to the database, and discovered that there is 1 old operator in the db.  Now I just need to write the last of the logic that will remove all stale operators and add the one we will use for the private server.  Along with this I will add the logic from my first cdrom that points the machine to the private server.  More things might get added to this but there will only be one cd you need to execute, and that's this one.  Also this ISO will be SMALL unlike my first one.

(http://i58.tinypic.com/2vwd24y.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 26, 2014, 02:07:59 pm
Alright I think I got the patcher ready for you brave beta testers (Spitfire) to try.
Download the ISO from here: http://www.filedropper.com/pgapatcherv01 (http://www.filedropper.com/pgapatcherv01)
Burn to a CD
Insert into your cdrom drive when the game is in attract mode.

Please let me know what it does on your machine.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 26, 2014, 10:55:51 pm
Hi boost that's great mate. Just of to work will try this in about 5 hours time and report ha ha till then
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Post by: Spitfire on November 27, 2014, 03:26:56 am
So I ran the cd in attract mode and the following photo is what happened and now this is my system info. What do I do next Boost??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 27, 2014, 04:12:37 am
This is great news spitfire!  This means your machine is pointing to the private server, the old operator was removed from the database, the new operator we are using for the private server has been added and activated, and now the 4 digit registration method can work.  Next step is for me to finish 4 digit logic on server.  Next time you test you will be registering.  Give me a few days.  Thanks again spitfire!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 27, 2014, 04:28:54 am
That's great to hear. Awaiting ur instructions.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Loafmeister on November 27, 2014, 09:44:05 am
I have nothing to bring for this thread, I don't own the machine and probably never will; but I just wanted to say that its really cool to see the work done on this, very mesmerizing actually, a keen insight on how success your approach appears to be boost.  Well done!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 30, 2014, 02:34:15 am
Hey Boost how's your progress mate?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 30, 2014, 10:23:44 am
It's going good.  I just didn't post about any of the specific issues i have had to overcome because i didn't want to sound like Ed :-) hahaha  I had to clear and populate more tables in the database so i created a v0.2 version of the prepper cd.  Then i ran into a pretty big issue as the registration data passed between the cabinet and server is encrypted.  I have written the logic to decrypt and read the data.  Now i am working on populating the response from the server and writing the logic to encrypt it.  Things are going very well.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 30, 2014, 04:33:35 pm
That's great to hear mate and your posts are actually pretty straight forward to understand even the technical ones thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 01, 2014, 03:36:27 am
So is everybody ready to register their machines??

(http://i59.tinypic.com/wcea34.jpg)

Here are the steps:
1) Download version 0.2 of the patcher from here: http://www.filedropper.com/pgapatcherv02 (http://www.filedropper.com/pgapatcherv02)
2) Burn it to a cd and insert the cd while the game is in attract mode.  You should see all success messages and no errors.
3) Remove the cd and reboot the game.
4) Go into service mode, Connect/Register, and select option to register the machine.
5) On the next screen select the 4 digit code registration method.
6) The screen after that will be an empty dialog box.  Press start to enter the code entry screen.
7) Using the trackball and start button choose any 4 digit value you want.  The server doesn't care what you choose.
8) Select done on the next couple of screens.  You will also select your timezone, connection method (Choose Broadband), and dial in times.
9) The machine will then connect to the server and register.  You might see it hang at 5% for a bit of time, this is normal.

You will get a success message like above.  Now your main service screen will show a valid cabinet number and status as registered.  When you exit back to the game you will see the green tournament enabled message on the bottom left and a green "last successful call" message on the bottom right.  You are now registered!!

The next thing for me to do is finish a little bit of code cleanup, some daily dial in code, and then I should be able to start a tournament.  When that happens all your machine will have to do is make a daily call and it will get the tournament info.  Please be patient with the first tournament.  I will be finishing code that syncs everybody.  I might not have code in the right spots and your awesome #1 stats might get lost.  The first tournament will be at beta quality.  Will need a few days to get that ready to go.  Please let me know what everybody's experience is when registering.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 01, 2014, 04:32:25 am
Awesome boost will do this now and report back thx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 01, 2014, 05:16:04 am
Ok so I did as instructed as seen by the pics all seemed to go well and it said last call complete however the tournaments still disabled and I received that error message on game resume. So I then tried a force call to see if it would fix the problem. It has stalled on 10% for over 10 mins there is internet activity on router but percentage not moving off 10%. What now boost?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 01, 2014, 05:34:20 am
So I had to power off to get control back rebooted tried again to force call but return to game option and again it stopped at 10% and returned to game now saying last call not complete?? Ummmm
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 01, 2014, 05:46:02 am
So I decided to run the patcher again and then reboot. On reboot nothing had changed in the settings I still had cabinet id and tried force call again and still only got to 10% and back to game. So I tried to unregister cabinet it got to 57% and gave me a connection error 4000 ummm but seemed like it unregistered. Registered again but the same outcome. Awaiting your help boost?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 01, 2014, 09:14:49 am
I think i know whats going on.  I bet your machine is not happy with the operator country, location country, or both.  I bet i will have to make a patcher cd for each region.  All the machines can play tournaments against each other but internally i bet it needs to see a AU country code instead of US because of the dongle.

The 57% issus during registration is normal.  I haven't fixed that yet.  Your machine did unregister though and that error is normal.

I need you to unregister your machine and wait for me to make a new patcher cd today.  I should be able to do this in about 5 hours when i get to work.  Ill call it 0.2au and post a link here when it's ready.  I am very sure that is the issue.  Thank you for testing and being outside of the US hahaha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 01, 2014, 11:06:14 am
Here is the Australian version of the patcher cd.  Please unregister before using this.  After executing the cd go ahead and register like last time.  Lets see what this does.

http://www.filedropper.com/pgapatcherv02au (http://www.filedropper.com/pgapatcherv02au)
 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bowana on December 01, 2014, 03:07:21 pm
That's pretty awesome stuff!!  Congrats on making huge progress!

Time for me to get my machine up and running.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 01, 2014, 03:17:47 pm
Thanks Bowana.  Got plenty of more work to do but am very happy with the progress so far.  Get your machine together and lets get you connected!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 01, 2014, 03:56:21 pm
It's morning here in Oz. Will deregister again and try this new patch and report back ASAP. Fingers crossed ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 01, 2014, 04:12:58 pm
Good morning!  My fingers are crossed as well.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 01, 2014, 06:01:54 pm
So boost did exactly as u asked unfortunately with the same result?? Last call complete but tournaments deactivated. Ummm any thoughts? Tried to force call again got to 10% and back to game and now last call not complete showing.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 01, 2014, 06:35:01 pm
Well, a part of me is glad if that makes sense.  I am glad because it means it is not region related.  That means we can go back to one cd for all.  I am happy about that.  I never got to finish the propagation logic which is used during unregistration and when the machine calls in each day.  That is why unregistration currently stops at 57%.  This is also the reason your call is stopping at 10%.  I didn't continue fixing it because there were bigger fish to fry AND I thought it was good enough to satisfy the propagation section.  Obviously it was for me, but not for you.  That means your machine might have an entry in the db that I have never seen before.  This is causing the call in to fail and deactivate tournaments.  Notice that it says your machine is registered but de-activated.  No problem, now I just need to get in there and finish the propagation logic.  Once this is done we all should be able to unregister and register with no failures at 57%, 10%, etc.  I'll continue tonight.  Thanks again for testing!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 01, 2014, 07:15:59 pm
No thank you boost for all ur work I know you will get this working and we will have our tournaments going soon. Would this new method work on my all access machine? If so should I give it a go to see if it works? Also this portable version of team challange doesn't have a card reader would that be any problem? Thoughts?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 01, 2014, 09:17:34 pm
What I intended to do with All Access Pass was investigate what changes they made to the service screens and database.  Then determine what I needed to add back to get the best of both worlds.  Tournament w/All Access Pass enhancements.  That is one of the things to do after the server gets on its feet.

The deal with no card reader is a bit tricky.  I'm sure the game is going to require you to insert your card to identify you as a player.  I might be picking up another machine next weekend.  If so it will only be for parts.  I can send you the card reader and you can just plug it into the free USB port on the back.

Time to get off work and go see what's going on with this server :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 01, 2014, 09:26:07 pm
Sounds like a plan buddy. Maybe a sneaky beer or 2 while your getting the server up n running also ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: DarkDiscord on December 01, 2014, 11:16:04 pm
Hello,

New here.  Found a PGA Tour Championship I in my area.  They want $300.  Everything works and looks good and they have all the install CDs.  Good price?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 02, 2014, 03:54:23 am
Not bad I guess but it is a very early version of the game. Normally Team Challenge sells for that price. You might want to upgrade to Challenge if you like playing skins or the latest version Team Challenge for better game play physics and graphics.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: DarkDiscord on December 02, 2014, 12:34:58 pm
Hm - and upgrading involves getting the software from someone and then finding a dongle as well as possibly upgrading the card to the 6600.

I'm jonesin for a golf game to play besides 2K on my MAME cabinet.  Mainly, I want to play in the online tournaments once you guys get that sorted. :)   I'll think it over.  Thank you for the information. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 03, 2014, 02:30:30 pm
Just popping in to give a quick update.  Registration and unregistration code is complete.  Found reason why spitfire was having issues.  Finishing base propagation code today and testing tonight.  Should have something this evening.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 03, 2014, 10:42:20 pm
That's great boost can't wait to try!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 04, 2014, 12:07:19 am
Ok spitfire, you're up.  My machine can unregister, register, and call in with no issues.  That au version of the patcher cd is not necessary.  Unregister your machine if it isn't already.   Run the regular v0.2 patcher.  Register with any 4 digit code you want.  Let's see if you have the same success as me.  Fingers crossed!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 04, 2014, 12:09:20 am
Oh forgot to mention that certain areas of unregistration and registration can take a minute and a half so be patient.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 04, 2014, 03:30:36 am
Deregistering now will post results soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 04, 2014, 03:56:26 am
So unregistered machine which completed 100% in approx 3 mins with a stall at 57%. Then ran patcher  v.02. Power off machine. Powered up machine went into operators menu selected register machine chose and entered 4 digit, timeline and broadband registration began stalled approx 3 mins at 4% then another min at 22% till eventually reaching 100% at a total of approx 6 mins.

However still said My machine was deactivated. So I forced a call to server and after about 1 min finished 100% which lead me to my pic and the holy grail!! Ha ha ha ha

Boost you are a genius! Does this mean let the world wide PGA Golf tournaments begin???
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 04, 2014, 03:59:35 am
So boost once you set up a tournament will I be able to select The tournament icon on the start screen as still unselectable?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 04, 2014, 06:19:39 pm
I'm very happy right now.  Very happy.  Spitfire thanks for testing and documenting times, appreciate it very much!  Yes, once a tournament is setup you will be able to select it and play.  I mentioned in a previous post that this is the "base" propagation.  There are a few more things that need to be done before a real tournament can begin.  If you want to know the specifics I can lay it all out but I think all anybody cares about is the end result hahahah.  After my next version of the server software you will be able to have your machine call in, and you will have a tournament to play :-)

I need to take care of some house things and the next version of the server code has a monster of changes.  I probably won't have it done until this time next week.  Sorry to keep everybody in suspense but these is a lot of work here.  I'll post updates as I continue.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 04, 2014, 10:29:45 pm
Congrats guys!!!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 04, 2014, 10:34:58 pm
Hi Boost thanks once again mate. Now just to clarify for everyone, should they be getting their machine to the same spot as our machines with tournaments enabled? Then waiting for you to do your magic again and get the tournaments up and running? Is this correct?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 04, 2014, 10:49:34 pm
Might be a bit soon but Im wondering how the tournaments will work...Will boost be the only one to start a tournament? Just wondering where it goes from here
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 04, 2014, 11:17:36 pm
I think everybody needs to hold off on registering until after we execute a test tournament.   I say this because one of the pieces of information given to the server during registration is an encrypted version of the key that will be used by the machine to encrypt the data passed to the server.  Vise versa it expects the data sent to it to be encrypted with this key.  Currently i am not saving off any of this information.  So spitfire you will have to unregister and reregister when i say.

96p993, you are correct, currently i am the only one who can configure a tournament.  In the future i would like to add the functionality for people to start their own.  That is a way off.  Adding tournament back to all access and unlocking courses on team challenge will come before that.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 04, 2014, 11:30:00 pm
That is what I thought, I was just wondering...

You are doing a kickass job, keep it up
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 05, 2014, 12:45:17 am
Thanks for the heads up for everyone boost. Yes would be great to get my all access machine in the tournaments and unlocking all the courses for others and other unlockable items for your player would be great mate I think this was done in the World tour feature of the game. Very exciting times thx to you Boost. Let me know when ur ready for the next test mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 07, 2014, 11:15:19 am
My cabinet gets delivered today!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 07, 2014, 07:37:36 pm
So I was setting up my cab for the upcoming tournaments and noticed that I had a bonus course I was able to play due to being tournament enabled and able to call server. See pics ha ha me likey
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 07, 2014, 08:46:32 pm
Hi Boost I hope all is going well with the tournament setup. So just out of curiosity I tried to enable my challenge machine the same way as my team challenge however gave me this error and unable to connect to server. Just thought id let you know for future reference.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 07, 2014, 09:00:22 pm
Hello everybody.  Almost done with my honey do's and i can get back to server work.  I expected the patcher not to work on challenge as i figured the database password would be different.  The good news....i just picked up a dedicated challenge game yesterday so i can fix this :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 08, 2014, 06:02:27 am
Great to hear ur of the leash again mate I know how hard it can be as mine is on rather tight ha ha ha. Nice you now have a challenge machine also you are covering all areas. Did you see the automatic new course that showed up in my team challenge?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 08, 2014, 09:52:46 am
Yea i saw that.  I never knew that just for showing up to the party you got a new course hahaha.  More to unlock soon :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 08, 2014, 11:55:26 pm
Hey all, cabinet showed up today. I am now the proud owner of a very nice Team Challenge. I really want to get the all access up and running but not sure I want to shell out the additional 250 Im seeing it for on Ebay. I will be putting in the 29" Vizio soon and getting some new art for the sides and control panel. Im looking forward to getting this baby up and running for some tournaments

By the way, is there any need to get a players or operator (I think that is what its called) card? I have a card reader but not sure if they are worth anything anymore.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 09, 2014, 06:11:13 am
No need for an operators card but you will need a players card to save your player profile and Create a clone Of yourself to play as in the game. Also boost is saying this is the way you will register yourself in the tournament when he gets it up and running. So I suggest you find and get at least one however I have made all my friends players that look like them to play as when they come round so u might want to get a few if you can.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 09, 2014, 08:45:39 am
Well I suppose Im on the hunt for a few players cards...If anyone has some extras please let me know
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 09, 2014, 09:14:19 am
When i got to the point of being able to play a tournament i was going to source new cards.  Remember, gvr never made anything, they integrated existing hardware.  These cards will be regulat off the shelf "somethings".  I will find you all a "heaping meadow muffin" pile of them when i get to that point.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 09, 2014, 10:11:18 am
Awesome thanks...

For all out there reading this thread and the 30 pager in another thread, has anyone built a new computer to replace the original? Im thinking about it but not quite sure where to start.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 09, 2014, 11:23:52 pm
STP put me onto a dell gx 260 pc which I have been able to get it to run the game on.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bowana on December 10, 2014, 08:24:27 am
Anyone know if they sell the 29" Vizio's in Canada?  I can't seem to find them.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 10, 2014, 08:25:06 am
This might be tough to answer but did you see any performance gains? I get a little skipping in some of the attract and the ball flight isnt as smooth as I would like. I would say most of this is a RAM issue but dont know if going through the trouble is worth it until the computer craps out...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on December 10, 2014, 05:10:32 pm
bumping up the ram certainly helps... but, also check your GPU fan, if it's slow or seized the video will stutter.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Dalejustin96 on December 10, 2014, 09:05:55 pm
I have a button out

What website is the best for replacement parts
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 10, 2014, 10:10:57 pm
Any arcade button off eBay will do
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 11, 2014, 04:22:34 pm
Hey Boost just checking in to see how everything is progressing mate?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 11, 2014, 04:29:31 pm
Things are going good, just a lot of work at this point.  A LOT of work.  A database to hold all info from cabinets, the 3 different encryption/decryption mechanisms, and the ~80 different messages that are passed between cabinet and server.  This is what I am currently working on.  The next goal though is for me to get a tournament started.  This means I might not be able to retrieve results, might not be able to update the leaderboard, etc.  But at least get to a point where I can properly communicate with each cabinet and send tournament info.  This is big because each machine encrypts the data with a different key.  Mess up the registration and the server will never be able to communicate with the cabinet.  Did I mention a lot of work??  HAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 11, 2014, 04:42:13 pm
I should have given the most important part of the answer.....when will the next milestone be met.  I think by saturday night I should have my machine playing a tournament.  When that happens then all you need to do is unregister, re-register, and you will be able to play the same tournament.  Then the next milestone will be extracting results and pushing leaderboard info.  That should only take a day or two more.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 11, 2014, 11:31:12 pm
So I was getting in a quick round this evening and while deciding what course to play I thought to myself, self I dont think I have the 22 course the Team Challenge is supposed to have. I went ahead and played Bethpage Black without giving much thought but this evening jumped onto wiki. Sure enough there are several course Im missing (I will list them tommorrow)...How is this possible? Is there a way for an Operator to go in and decide what courses to allow during play?

Someone help...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 12, 2014, 12:29:39 am
Boost wish I could help somehow as does sound like a shitload of work ha ha ha. Glad to hear it's all going well mate can't wait to test.
With regards to courses normal team challenge only has 9 courses I think only the all access pass machines have all the courses available to play.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 13, 2014, 03:08:32 pm
Just checking back in.  Database installed, all three encryption mechanisms implemented,  working on the three message transactions that have to be handled to start a tournament.   Very very close.  Hoping tonight.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 13, 2014, 05:43:12 pm
Your the man Boost!! Its so close I'm gonna start polishing my trackballs ha ha need them In good order to win these tournaments!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 14, 2014, 09:37:30 am
Well things didnt go as smooth as i wanted.  About 11 errors left to work out.  2 medium size, 9 easy.  Little more time :-(
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 14, 2014, 04:58:36 pm
Take all the time you need Boost we aren't going anywhere mate. I'm sure you will sort things out soon
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 16, 2014, 06:32:11 pm
So I got my 29" monitor installed, cabinet painted with new t molding and I have a keyboard and mouse on the way...We are getting close, though I do need some assistance on hooking this thing up to my network
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 16, 2014, 07:18:02 pm
Sit tight mate. Once boost has finished his magic he will re issue instructions on what is needed to be done to play his tournaments.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 16, 2014, 07:37:41 pm
Hey guys.  Tonight is going to be another round of testing.  My fingers are crosses.  I resolved all the errors the cabinet was upset about.  Lets see what tonight brings.  Another post soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 17, 2014, 12:06:55 am
My fingers and toes are crossed Boost.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 17, 2014, 03:28:42 am
I DID IT!!!  My machine after calling into the server!

(http://i59.tinypic.com/e03i8g.jpg)

I need to copy all of the new code and database to the private server that you guys can see.  Right now it is just on my local test machine.  I will do that this evening.

So spitfire, after I get the server updated tonight I need you to unregister your machine, rerun the 0.2 prepper cd (not the AU one), re-register using any four digit code you want, and then call in.  After that you will see the first tournament.  I am going to start a new one as the test one I had ends on the 19th.

Everybody else, after spitfire confirms everything is operational all you need to do is download the 0.2 prepper cd listed in a previous post, register using the 4 digit method choosing any 4 digits you want, and then forcing a call.

But again, wait until I get the server updated tonight :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 17, 2014, 06:09:13 am
Great work Boost never doubted you for a minute mate. Only one problem my end, I am away on a family holiday up north of Australia and not due back to test till late Tues 23rd Dec Melbourne Australia time. So we might need someone else to step in and test for everyone unless you all want to wait till then. Ha ha ha ha I know I can't wait!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 17, 2014, 08:36:09 am
No worries at all spitfire.  Everything will be waiting for you when you return.  Gives me time to work on the next issue.....what cards can we use, who programs them, where do we source them from?  Or the other task of returning tournament to all access pass.  Enjoy the vacation and family!

If anybody else is itching to try out registering just let me know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 17, 2014, 11:48:05 am
Boost I might be able to sub in for Spit but would need a bit of assistance getting connected to my network, and all the other fun stuff.

Im mechanically inclined not so much technology inclined...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 17, 2014, 11:52:47 am
I can help with your network issues.  Are you planning on using an ethernet cable to connect your machine and your router or are you trying to go wireless?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 17, 2014, 02:25:35 pm
I think ethernet would be the most reliable but the cabinet is my garage so wireless would be easiest right now. I can move it but would need to get some people over to do so...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 17, 2014, 04:38:10 pm
You can buy very long Ethernet cables these days so why don't you run one of these long cable to ur machine from the closes access point such as ur router or modem? That's what I have done.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 17, 2014, 04:40:13 pm
have no issue with that either...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 17, 2014, 04:44:31 pm
Yea running a long cable would be a great first start.  Maybe you go to wireless later, maybe you don't.  But at least you don't have to deal with anything.  All you need to do is plug the cable into your router and PC.  The machine is setup for DHCP so it will get an IP address, DNS server IP address, Gateway IP address automatically.  You will be connected in seconds.  That and when you select "Broadband" during cabinet registration.  If you find your machine was already registered when you got it you will need to unregister and then register again.  Only do this AFTER running the 0.2 patcher CD.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 17, 2014, 05:26:40 pm
Hey boost, went to download the patch and its just taking me to the front page, asking if I want to upload my files. Is the patch still available?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: csnow on December 17, 2014, 05:29:26 pm
I have a Championship III that is not working.  The computer will boot, I get the EA splash screen, some intro and then it goes blank.  Press the start button and it reboots.  The operator button isnt working but I didnt want to splice it to make it work without finding out if this thing is repairable.  I assume the drive is fragmented or maybe video memory.  Any ideas?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 17, 2014, 05:31:19 pm
Hey 96p993, I didn't know that File Dropper removed the files if not downloaded within 30 days.  From their website:
How long are the files kept?
The files are kept forever as long as they are being downloaded. If the files are not downloaded even once within 30 days consecutively they are removed. If you have a premium account your files are never deleted.

I'll reupload it to a permanent spot tonight.  Sorry about that.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 17, 2014, 05:41:59 pm
no problem at all...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 17, 2014, 07:41:38 pm
quick question for boost or spit...I can take my computer and a monitor out of the cabinet and hook it up anywhere I want. Now this means no controls but I have a ps2 keyboard and mouse....Will this work to get this moving? We are making the move with the cabinet upstairs but I just wanted to see if there is any reason this wouldnt work

It all boots up fine but Im not sure how to get past the no card reader press start screen...Enter does nothing, what equates to start on the keyboard??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 17, 2014, 10:09:05 pm
Hi Cs with regards to ur championship 3 machine it sounds to me that the game is not installed on ur hard drive. Does the game stop with the start menu visable and a ea sports wallpaper? If not then maybe it could be a video card issue try replacing card or even ram. If that fails you may need to install the game to ur hard drive again.

96 you want be able to pass the no card reader press start screen unless you have you controls attached to ur machine even with a the keyboard attached.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 17, 2014, 10:10:00 pm
Unfortunately i dont think the keyboard is going to work for you.  You need the trackball and buttons.  I too have my test rig out of the cabinet.  I took the pc, card reader, trackball, and wiring harness out.  I use a regular pc monitor.  All io comes into the game via the octopus cable in the back.  Keyboard and mouse wont control game.  But i could be completely wrong.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 17, 2014, 10:14:12 pm
Oh great news also regarding players cards.  I identified the manufacturer of the card readers and talked to them today.   They sent me the software development kit so i can connect the reader to my pc and dump an original players card.  Then i can provision new ones for everybody.  They are regular smart cards.  Run about a dollar fifty cents each. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 17, 2014, 10:35:58 pm
We got the game upstairs and all is good...I can move forward as soon as I find my long cables...

That is awesome about the cards...Has anyone discussed the older style card readers (no LED's) and possibly getting them to work?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 17, 2014, 10:37:28 pm
Those are the mag stripe readers.   Didnt they stop using them on champ 3?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 17, 2014, 10:45:02 pm
No idea...I have a new reader on the way, just seems like something that all will have to find if they want to do this.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 17, 2014, 11:30:04 pm
Hey 96 good to here bout the cab move and also great about the cards boost. My test cab has no card reader also. Only have one and some player cards on my all access machine which hopefully boost can get the registration options to show up in the operators menu. Otherwise I need to find another card reader also.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 11:16:02 am
I uploaded the patcher to dropbox.  You can pick it up from:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c37c9urx1grlbpu/PGA_Patcher_v02.iso?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/c37c9urx1grlbpu/PGA_Patcher_v02.iso?dl=0)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 11:18:36 am
I will get it in just a couple....

Now fill me in on exactly what you want me to do. I have read back through but I want to have everything in one spot when I start doing all this. I will have a cable long enough in a couple hours so I guess take it from plugging the cable in and going from there.

Thanks Boost
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 01:41:28 pm
Ok just finished moving everything from my test machine to the real server.   Here is what you do:
1) Download patcher iso image and burn to cd.
2) Put cd in running team tournament game.  Black screen will appear with status and tell you when to eject cd and rebooy game.
3) Connect game pc to your router
4) Go into service mode and if your machine reports a cabinet id then unregister it via unregister button.
5) Register machine via register button and then select 4 digit mode button.  Choose any 4 digits you want.
6) After registration completes successfully.....it better hahaha....Force a call via force call button.
7) Return to game.

After returning to game it might say a scheduled reboot is required and counts down....let it reboot.  Enjoy the tournament!

Remember....machine must call in to get info and give info.  Because the machine doesnt run 24/7 you will want to force a call each time you boot up.
.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 18, 2014, 03:15:33 pm
That's great news Boost. So the Tournament is up and running now is that correct? If so can't wait to get home and post my name on top of the leaderboard ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 03:19:01 pm
That is correct,  tournaments are up!  Current test one ends tomorrow night.  Test 2 will start right after that.  I will need to play a few rounds to get the leaderboard and all other stats propagating properly across all machines.  But basically......we should be good to go!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: csnow on December 18, 2014, 05:41:34 pm
Hi Cs with regards to ur championship 3 machine it sounds to me that the game is not installed on ur hard drive. Does the game stop with the start menu visable and a ea sports wallpaper? If not then maybe it could be a video card issue try replacing card or even ram. If that fails you may need to install the game to ur hard drive again.

There were no discs in the unit.  Only the PC, some stickers, and the blue operators manual.  Does anyone have some discs they are willing to sell?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 05:58:08 pm
Just got home..getting all ready now. I have 2 rookie questions:

How do I get into service mode?
How do I force call?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 06:09:02 pm
You get into service mode by pressing the red button on the little metal bracket that has the volume control and sound amplifier.  Open the coin door and look inside, it will be facing you.

You force a call, register, unregister, etc from the connection menu in service mode.  I can't remember off the top of my head what the name of the menu is, but you use the left and right buttons to scroll up and down.  Each menu will have sub menus.  I think it is like the second or third from the bottom.  Pretty obvious once you get in there.  As soon as you enter service mode the first screen you are presented with will let you know if you have a cabinet id or not.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 06:12:01 pm
inserting disk now...fingers crossed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 06:20:05 pm
put disk in, green light blinking on computer but nothing happening at all...Seems like it is reading but not doing anything past that
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 06:21:41 pm
I don't mean to ask a dumb question, but what I uploaded was an ISO which is a disk image.  Did you just burn the .iso file to a CD or did you burn the ISO image to a CD?  There is a difference.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 06:26:27 pm
I used IMgburn...I used "write image file to disk" and verified once done.

i do have a question though..Im in service mode: Im unregistered, never connected, and no call status

Am I ok to try and register?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 06:37:30 pm
If you used image burn then odds are everything worked behind the scenes.  I bet the game just couldn't be stopped for some reason.  I say go for it....attempt to register.  It won't hurt anything if the patcher didn't run.  You will just try to register with GVR which won't happen.  So yea, try to register.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 06:40:59 pm
Connection error 5006

Guessing it didnt run

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 06:42:51 pm
Correct, 5006 is no connection to server.  I don't think the patcher ran.  Put the cd back in the machine that burnt it and see if it is good.  You should see 4 files on the CD.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 06:46:38 pm
I found an issue...hold
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 07:08:57 pm
success on the patch!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 07:09:49 pm
Excellent.  Let me know how registration goes.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 07:17:34 pm
IM IN!!!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 07:19:11 pm
YES!!!!!  Congratulations!  I haven't even played a round of tournament yet.   Been so caught up in making it work :-)    See if you can play a tournament without a players card.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 07:20:44 pm
It shows tounaments enabled but I cant click on anything tournament wise. I see the test tournament and it says 9 holes 4.00 but no way for me to play.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 07:21:43 pm
Do you have a card reader connected?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 07:23:18 pm
No the damn thing wasnt in the mail today...I have an old one but it doesnt read  it. Im hoping tomorrow. I have a card on the way too until we figure out the deal with cards
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 07:24:36 pm
I guess the important part is I got in and all your amazing work is paying off!!!

WELL DONE
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 07:27:52 pm
Yea I think the game requires the card reader to be present.  I will test tonight.  I don't have a players card yet, but I do have some on the way to test/use until I come up with the new card solution.  Congrats on connecting and registering though.  Looks like you are the first customer.

For people that have Team Challenge the doors are open.  All Access Pass people just give me a little time and I will have a patcher for your machines that will re-enable tournament and point you to the private server.  Also Challenge version is in the works.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 07:29:14 pm
So is there going to be any way to go from TC to All Access? The 250 is tough to swallow
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 07:32:49 pm
There will be no need to go from Team Challenge to All Access Pass.  All the AAP version did was enable all the courses which the server would do for Team Challenge.  Since GVR shut their servers down fresh Team Challenge machines would have no way to get those courses.  So GVR released AAP and found a way to make a few bucks while disabling their servers.  Now that we have a server I should be able to enable the missing courses on TC.

This is what I have interpreted about All Access Pass.  If I am wrong someone please let me know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 07:34:22 pm
We lean on you brother!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 07:43:44 pm
So how will the tournaments work? Will there be a timeframe as to when all have to play the round? Will all participants have to be on at same time?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 07:50:57 pm
The tournaments are asynchronous.  That means you play whenever you want, as many times as you want.  Within a certain timeframe.  I.E. 1 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, etc.  The leaderboard will let you know who is in the lead.  Unfortunately PGA Tour isn't a game where you play at the same time as someone and get to talk smack to them as you play.  You play by yourself or with multiple people at your machine.  The results get uploaded to the server, and other machine and player results get downloaded to yours.  Server is the hub to collect and distribute this info.  At the end of the tournament span, top dog on the leaderboard is the winner.

You guys will be the ones to tell me what course you want, how long you want the tournament to go on for, etc.  I work for you hahahahaha.  STP or anybody can start a poll asking for votes.  Oh I can also set the difficulty for a tournament.  Even if your machine is set on 2 for example.  I can say that for the tournament the level will be 3 or 4.  Whatever you want.  You guys are the boss :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 08:13:29 pm
So will we be able to create players once the card deal is done? It would be cool to figure out how to give virtual prizes like I think they did when the servers were up. I know there was a ton of stuff the players could get just like Golden Tee does
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 08:25:19 pm
Yes, you will be able to create and customize your player once you get your card and card reader.

As for prizes that would be a cool thing.  The problem is GVR paid for the prizes with the money they received from the operators.  For each tournament played GVR would receive X % of the game cost.  So for example right now the test tournament is $4.00  With a 50/50 split GVR would make $2 per play.  Well since this server is free we don't have a way to pay for the prizes unless we all decided to kick a little something into a pool.  A little beer money or something.

I better follow that statement up with a......."The statement above was just an example only.  Nobody on this forum is proposing gambling or would ever partake in gambling as that is illegal." :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 08:29:59 pm
I was actually talking about virtual prizes...clothes for our players, shoes, balls, etc..

If we can get enough I wonder if we could get a season together...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 18, 2014, 08:35:03 pm
Ohhhhhhhh, my bad.  I actually haven't played PGA since Champ 3.  Back then there wasn't any customization like there is today.  If a virtual prize was awarded to a winner back when GVR ran the tournaments then there should not be any reason why this server couldn't do it either.  Once I get my cards I'll be able to work on this section and understand more.  Plus I'll be able to finally play some games :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 18, 2014, 08:41:26 pm
I wouldnt say money just yet...Still a lot of learning to do with this game

Im excited to see what you find when you can really get into the system and what all can be used by all on and off a tournament...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 19, 2014, 03:15:48 am
Can't wait to get home and join in however my test rig doesn't have a card reader either urghh n not easy to find her in Australia! I guess I might have to wait till Boost figures out the all access pass as that's my main machine with a card reader.

In regards to virtual player gear, team challenge used to unlock all this added player gear through the world tour option in the game Boost. Would be great to be able to get this virtual gear or even the world tour game up and running again to then unlock all this cool customisable stuff for our players.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 19, 2014, 08:15:42 am
spit you give the man a challenge it seems he finds a way to make it work...

I will keep an eye out for another reader as I found my online
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 19, 2014, 10:02:49 pm
Hey guys, been out of the loop for awhile. See you guys have been making some great progress. I have a Team Challenge (without all access) and tried to log on to the server tonight. The patch appeared to work fine. The issue I'm having is that I have a cabinet ID (15000) but under that it says unregistered. When I try to follow the steps to log on to the tournaments, it gives me a 5209 error saying that my cabinet needs to be unregistered before registering but there is no button/item choice for me to pick to unregister??? Any help?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 19, 2014, 10:07:13 pm
After 96's registration i think i found a small bug.  Before you attempt to register let me address it.  Ill write back probably tonight with the "all clear".

To unregister the button is the last one in the connection menu.  Same menu that has force call.  Think it says disconnect from tournament or something like that.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 19, 2014, 10:31:10 pm
Appreciate it. If there's anything that I can do to help, don't hesitate to ask.

On another note, I have a card reader installed on the machine but it has never worked. I just took it out and when I plug it into my computer it  recognizes a USB input device. The model is a Xico 7101USB.  Any thoughts?

Sorry for all the questions after just getting back. Really hoping to play online with the rest of you!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 19, 2014, 10:51:18 pm
Glad you are joining us.  The more people, the more fun and competitive it is.  Ill get that bug fixed tonight.  As for the card reader that is not the same model as what i have.  Mine identified itself as a sct-ii sdk device.  Does your reader have two lights on front?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 19, 2014, 10:57:40 pm
I think that cabinet I have was upgraded from an older version. I do not have any LED lights and believe that I have the magnetic card reader from the older machines. CRAP! Let me know if it's possible to get a hold of the newer reader. Also, if anyone can do anything with the reader that I have, let me know and you can have it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 19, 2014, 11:21:31 pm
The software expects the reader to be a smartcard style as your player info is stored on it.  I have three new style readers.  As soon as my cards come in let me make sure they all work and ill give you one.  You only need to pay the cost of shipping.

In the future if readers become an issue i can source replacements.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 19, 2014, 11:23:34 pm
Spitfire that reminds me, the reader is only held in by four carriage bolts and one usb connection.  Just "borrow" the one from your all access pass for your team challenge :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 19, 2014, 11:43:30 pm
Thanks boost, that would be greatly appreciated. I can pay for the reader as well as shipping so just let me know.
 
I've been messing with the machine and absolutely cannot find out where/how to unregister this thing!! I've posted screen shots.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 20, 2014, 12:32:21 am
Your machine is unregistered.  The problem is your machine is trying to register as the same cabinet id as 96.  This is because the server is failing to correct the cabinet id during registration.  This is the bug i was mentioning.  Hang tight until i fix it.  Then you can register again and everything will be good.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 20, 2014, 01:34:41 am
Boost if I need to do anything on my side just let me know...

Was hoping to get my card reader from USPS today but I think it will be tomorrow...Nothing like taking 6 days for 2 day priority!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 20, 2014, 02:32:19 am
So i just finished a round of debugging and got the 5209 error myself.  Its actually because there is an active cabinet entry lurking in one of the tables.  I will need to roll another version of the patcher cd to fix this.  Wont have it ready till tomorrow.  But good news is i see the same issue and can fix it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 20, 2014, 04:04:05 am
Boost you are a legend mate is there anything you can't get going. Glad to see more players are joining us and weeding out any issues. Home soon and will be hitting the tournament soon. Yes not hard to pull card reader from machine but would rather find another as would love both systems running properly.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 20, 2014, 05:15:23 am
Thanks spitfire, I'll tell you though, if i was half as good talking to my wife as i am talking to computers my life would be sooooo much easier hahaha.

So i dove back in for another round of testing.  Learned a lot!!  First of all got that bug fixed.  That was bigger than i thought.  Learned i need to add a bit more logic to the patcher cd.  No prob, version 0.3 will be here tomorrow.  Also learned you MUST have free play off or else you cannot play a tournament or world tour.  Also jotted down the courses available so i could see which ones are missing and the server has to enable.

Now....this part here deserves its own paragraph.  Looks like we might not need players cards!  I went to play a tournament and it gave me the option to swipe my card OR login with player name and card number.  I think the cabinet caches the local player config and also uploads it to the server.  That means i think i could create a base entry for everybody, push all of us to the cabinets via server, and you can login and modify.  No card needed!  Im going to investigate further.......after a new patcher, push my bug fixes to server, and start a new tournament :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 20, 2014, 02:28:09 pm
Here is the link to the new patcher 0.3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j16ag4he9k7xg8a/PGA_Patcher_v03.iso?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/j16ag4he9k7xg8a/PGA_Patcher_v03.iso?dl=0)

96 you do not need to do anything, you are ok.  Dahupshee and everybody else from this point forward need to use 0.3  So Dahupshee just burn this cd image and execute it the same way you did 0.2.  After that you will be able to register.  That is in about 10 minutes after I update the server.  By the time you get this message, download the image, burn it, execute it, the server will be ready for you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 20, 2014, 03:06:33 pm
Hey boost...Im wondering about the bonus course that showed up when we registered or called in ow whatever the trigger was. Do you know anything about it? Why/how it shows up? Can this be done with other courses?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 20, 2014, 03:22:20 pm
Funny you should mention the other courses :-)    i just got done analyzing which ones are missing and what to do to enable them.   It's going to take some work so probably a week or two since the holidays are here.   But i pretty much have it figured out.

The reason the bonus course exists is because it is built into the game to appear or disappear.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 20, 2014, 04:29:39 pm
I'm hearin ya Boost about the Mrs if only they were computers life would be a whole lot more easier however woman definitely are not logical! Ha ha.

Lots being worked out which is great. So as it stands no need for my system it seems to run the new patcher? Also must turn freeplay off for tournaments to work. You mentioned world tour, once you turn free play off will this also be able to be played?

Also if ur player is stored on the server also would be great to be able to bypass the card readers however to use ur own designed player I would think you would need the card reader at least once? Is that correct??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 20, 2014, 05:13:00 pm
You are so correct, women are the furthest thing from logical hahaha!

Since you already registered one time before i think you will need to run the 0.3 patcher to clear up one of the tables before you register again.  I think i am missing something in my unregistration code.  Better to be safe.

Yes, once you disable free play world tour will be available to you.  I confirmed that myself last night.

I dont think a card will be necessary to store custom created player.  I see the huge customization field in the database for each player.   The card would be necessary if you played at a new location as that machine would not have your info cached.  Since we control the server i can propagate all of our info to each of the registered machines.  That way it is cached and waiting for you.  Otherwise the cabinet would need a card to get the info onto the cab the first time.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 20, 2014, 05:17:06 pm
Btw, no matter what happens with the login stuff, I'm still going to support cards.  It's much faster to just swipe a card.  Just giving another option for people without cards or card readers.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 20, 2014, 05:19:59 pm
Just gave it a try and unfortunately I got some type of exception error. It did go to the black screen and did it's thing until the end. It froze the computer. I rebooted it anyway and went through to try to register but got the same 5209 error. I tried to install the patch again and got the same error. Here's a pic but not sure you're going to be able to see it. Says "Application has generated an exception that could not be handled"
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 20, 2014, 05:22:02 pm
If you can play world tour Boost it's in this format that virtual player stuff was given n courses unlocked on machines as you progressed through the tour. The further you get the more stuff you unlocked. Ha ha ha can't wait to get home n try it out. Next holiday i will be taking my portable machine with me ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 20, 2014, 05:23:31 pm
See.....that is what i get for being sloppy and not testing my code.  It was a simple addition but obviously i missed something.  My apologies,  don't use 0.3 until i fix this and release 0.3a.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 20, 2014, 05:35:46 pm
No worries man. Happens all the time BUT I only got one blank CD left!!! :-) I haven't burned CD's for years and was fortunate to find the 3 that I had! They were covered in dust in the bottom of a bin of old CD's and DVD's. Amazing how things have changed, used to burn 3-4 a day. I'll run out and get some more if I have to. Appreciate all your hard work!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 20, 2014, 07:25:07 pm
Completely understand about the cd's.   I have 0 left.  But i found the mistake.   Had an extra comma in my sql statement.

Here is 0.3a
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mt9m9q2086sacbr/PGA_Patcher_v03a.iso?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/mt9m9q2086sacbr/PGA_Patcher_v03a.iso?dl=0)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 20, 2014, 08:38:16 pm
Damn boost, you the man. No problems with the latest patch. Went through all the steps no issue. Got a new course for non-tournament play as well. When I tried to go to the tournament I didn't have a players card so wasn't sure what I should do. There was an option to "login" as well but didn't want to screw anything up. If you need me to do something to test further, just let me know.

Can't thank you enough for all your work. It's pretty amazing. Not sure if you can do this with other games but you should consider crowd funding something as I think that there are a lot of people out there that would get one of these machines if they new they could get online and compete against other people. I know I would donate and you definitely deserve to put something in your pocket for all your work. Thanks again and keep up the good work and please let me know if there is anything that I can do to help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: csnow on December 20, 2014, 09:28:26 pm
I am going to dismantle this Championship III cabinet and tower.  If anyone needs anything, PM me.  I have no idea what any of these parts go for so I will just go on the honor system. 

Chris
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on December 21, 2014, 01:22:50 am
im in.  wireless. 
Was able to create my own player which i couldnt do before.  Kudos Boost!!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 21, 2014, 08:48:52 am
Hey Boost, any reason I need to do the patch again? I got my  card reader yesterday  (nothing like 6 day (2 day Priority) shipping!!! Waiting on a card to arrive but I finally didnt get the no card reader screen.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 21, 2014, 12:11:30 pm
96, no you do not need to run 0.3a, you are locked in and ready to go.

Slim, that is awesome that you are registered and already have a player created.  Glad you joined us.  The more people the better.

Dahupshee, I did this server for a myriad of reasons.  The biggest reason of course was because it didn't exist.  The second being I'm so sick of companies nickeling and dimeing people to death.  This is made for us private home use guys and girls to not have to go to a bar and spend a ton of money just to get some friendly competition.  Sometimes we can't even make it to a bar because of family or whatever.   If i charged people i would be no better than them.  Plus this is fun to me.  No pressure,  no schedule, just me against the machine.  I'm glad you are appreciative of the work that has gone in to this so far.  That is thanks enough.  Do i have plans to do this for other games you asked?  The answer.........yes :-)  Time will bring more announcements.   For now still lots of work to do on this one.

Everybody, So there is still work for me to do.  I need to write the logic to capture everybodies tournament play and update the leaderboard.  Right now i don't have a tournament running.  I planned to start another test one when i get my cards.  Should be Monday.   I hope!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 21, 2014, 01:30:15 pm
My cards just arrived, development can continue!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 21, 2014, 05:33:34 pm
Should be home in time for the next test tournament. Can't wait to try all the latest things out. Thx Boost
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 22, 2014, 12:39:45 pm
Has anyone looked into changing out the glass that covers the monitor? It looks like someone with a ring played and I have scratches going up the middle of the glass. Im guessing this is just a pane of tempered glass but want to make sure that is the case. I would hate to buy the wrong glass and have it break...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 22, 2014, 12:43:35 pm
Yes, it's just a piece of tampered glass.   Whatever you do, do not get a piece of sheet glass.  Based from your message you already knew that.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 22, 2014, 01:07:16 pm
ya I plan on just taking it to a glass shop and having them match size and thickness
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 22, 2014, 01:55:03 pm
So I'm going to try to kill 3 birds with one stone.  I picked up a dedicated cabinet challenge a few weeks ago.  I want that to be my "player" game because what fun is it to do all this work if you don't actually play in the tournaments :-)    Well....Challenge isn't supported yet, so it's time to do that.  Not sure how many other Challenge people are here but it would be great for you to say hey so I know there are more than one.  Cabinet artwork says there are 22 courses so got to think a lot of them carried over to Team Challenge and we can have lots of Tournaments with both games.  Then there is the player data / game play data.  I need to extract all of that from each cabinet and propagate it to the others.  To do that.....you got to play a tournament :-)    I love testing hahahah.

So I think tonight might be getting Challenge up on the server and tomorrow would be starting a new tournament.  Everybody ok with that?

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 22, 2014, 04:00:41 pm
Is a card a must to play? Or are they simply for creating players?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 22, 2014, 04:03:17 pm
For playing tournaments or world tour the machine has to have some way of identifying you.  The card is what it uses.  But, I mentioned that once I figure out the card info I believe I can push a base schema to all the machines and then you can use the "Login" mechanism.  So if you or anybody else doesn't have a card reader, and doesn't mind typing in their name and card number on the screen via "Login", I should be able to get you going.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 22, 2014, 04:07:44 pm
I have a reader just not a card...I have one on the way but not certain will it will arrive.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 22, 2014, 06:14:31 pm
I have a challenge machine Boost an all my mates as we like to play the skins format of golf which for some reason team challange got rid of?? I also have championship 3 as this has The pebble beach course which later versions don't. So a lot of courses out their that haven't found their way to the latest version ummmm
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 22, 2014, 06:19:17 pm
Awesome, so if I get Challenge working your friends will join the party too??  Thanks for all the info Spitfire, appreciate the education.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 22, 2014, 06:20:30 pm
When I got my cabinet I also got all kinds of update disks...I think I have 8-10 disks for the different editions
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 22, 2014, 06:58:39 pm
I don't have a card reader but can use the login method if needed.  Also I have a new operator card if it helps someone.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 22, 2014, 07:46:22 pm
As I hoped, my card arrived today. Im good to go!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 22, 2014, 08:40:05 pm
dahupshee, To use the login method I think you will need credentials to already be on the machine.  So you might need me to push a base template over.  Not sure yet until I debug.  So let me try to get Challenge online tonight and then I'll start a new tournament.  I don't know what the number to course mapping is yet so I have just been picking numbers.  Essentially there is a "Course Number" that I have to assign.  That number equals a course.  I don't have a map of what equals what so I have been figuring it out as I start tournaments.  So if you don't like the course I pick.....tough....hahahhaahha.  You guys want 9 hole or 18 hole tournaments?  If 9 you want to do all the front first and then back?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 22, 2014, 08:50:07 pm
makes no difference to me on what or how many we play
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 22, 2014, 08:51:05 pm
Ok, I'll just go with 9 for now.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 22, 2014, 09:04:01 pm
Didnt you mention something about having to have free play off??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 22, 2014, 09:04:52 pm
Yes, you have to have free play off.  If it is on then the game won't let you select world tour or tournament.  At least that was my experience.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 22, 2014, 09:17:12 pm
Ok, just had to go in and make some changes to the amount of money it took to play the game.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 23, 2014, 10:18:45 pm
Sorry for the somewhat off-topic post. I am new to sending PM's and such and was trying to upgrade my team challenge cabinet and was ideally trying to get a hold of STPCore but it doesn't seem that my PM went through (or I'm doing it wrong). Anyways, I pulled my card out and it's a 3D Force FX-5700LE 128mb AGP card. I was wondering if I should upgrade to the same card with 256mb or get a 6600. Any input would be greatly appreciated. The reason for the upgrade is that I've been getting some choppy video since I got the machine. Thanks and sorry if I posted this in the wrong place.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 23, 2014, 10:24:04 pm
When i got my TC game it had a 4400 in it.  I jumped on ebay and found an AGP 6600.......Not impressed.  My attract mode screen where they have that world tour animation never scrolls like it should.  I jumps from beginning to end.  Now that i know a bit more about these games if i had to do it again i would get a better card and just install the drivers myself and live with the non supported video card nag message.  Just my two cents.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 23, 2014, 10:33:46 pm
Boost is the tournament up and running? I logged onto the server but didnt see it...Just wondering
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 23, 2014, 10:43:34 pm
No i wasnt able to touch anything the last two days.  Work and family consumed every minute.  I'll kick one off tonight.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 23, 2014, 10:55:37 pm
No rush..spend time with the family!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 23, 2014, 11:24:09 pm
Hey Dahupshee the best thing I found with my machine is to add more ram and make sure I had a fully working video card.  Both things are working perfectly then you should get good clean game play.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 24, 2014, 02:24:24 am
So got my machine up and tournament enabled again with new version of patcher and all worked well. Tried to
Play tournament but don't think there was one to play is that correct Boost? So I played world tour which worked perfectly all 24 courses available to play also looked like it stores my score on red rock mountain as was there when I played another course on world tour. Thanks once again boost for all your great work especially after so much false promise from the one who now shall remain nameless and his name never spoken by me again ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 24, 2014, 02:30:01 am
Welcome back spitfire.  Glad you are registered and ready to go.  I'm finishing patcher 0.4 right now.  It's smart enough to know if it is patching challenge or team challenge and does the right thing.  You guys dont need it but any challenge owner will.  Almost have this machine talking to my test server and then ill go setup a tournament.  Post back in a bit.

I just cant stop laughing at the nameless person and his steaming pile of meadow muffin line....wtf!!  Hahaha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 24, 2014, 03:12:12 am
Ok, just got done setting up the new tournament.  Force a call and you should get it.  Please let me know if there are any issues seeing it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 24, 2014, 08:54:30 am
I played in World Tour couple days ago...I played Predator, though I didnt do so well. Can anyone see my score?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 24, 2014, 09:46:52 am
Nobody is going to be able to see other peoples scores until i finish writing the extraction and propagation code.  With the holidays that probably won't be till the weekend sometime.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 24, 2014, 03:01:47 pm
Thanks for all the replies guys. I went ahead and ordered more memory and the 29" vizio. If it still gives me the skipping and choppiness and I may just buy the same card I have with 256mb on it to see if that helps.

Boost, you still good with the offer for the card reader. If so let me know how to send you payment and information. If you need the reader, no worries but I'll need the info to use the "login" option so I can play in the tournaments. Thanks as always for all you're doing.

Hope everyone has a great holiday!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lostboy4480 on December 24, 2014, 03:11:06 pm
Wow, Have been away from this thread for a little while and cannot believe all the progress that's been made.  Congrats to Boost for his work on the Server and everyone else thats been testing and helping, Very impressive.

I am looking forward to playing against a few of you once I source some new install CD's for my cab.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 24, 2014, 03:27:00 pm
Thanks for all the replies guys. I went ahead and ordered more memory and the 29" vizio. If it still gives me the skipping and choppiness and I may just buy the same card I have with 256mb on it to see if that helps.

Boost, you still good with the offer for the card reader. If so let me know how to send you payment and information. If you need the reader, no worries but I'll need the info to use the "login" option so I can play in the tournaments. Thanks as always for all you're doing.

Hope everyone has a great holiday!

Cant say anything about the additional Ram, I havent tackled that beast, but I can say the 29 is AWESOME. It fits great and makes the game play amazingly
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on December 24, 2014, 07:31:30 pm
Also as an FYI, I have a pogoplug that I use for random files to share with friends and it has plenty of space on it. I'd be more than happy to host any files on there including all the recovery discs for the various PGA machines as it seems that there are quite a few requests for them. I can setup a folder specifically for people at the forum that they can access whenever they need (assuming that it's legal, which I think it should be since all of us own the machines).
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 24, 2014, 10:26:46 pm
STP did have a Dropbox setup awhile back which we all had access to which had all the game disks there for all the different game versions. Not sure if it's still available PM STP and he will guide you further.

Am away again visiting the inlaws in the bush was gonna take my portable system but they have no internet access urghhh see you all in a couple of days.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 25, 2014, 12:59:50 am
Merry Christmas All!!!   :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 27, 2014, 11:30:56 am
Hey everyone, hope you guys had a merry christmas.  I'm back on development.  Challenge machine can register and call in now.  Joining a tournament is acting a bit weird but no biggie.  Card was configured properly so now i know what a base card should look like.  Also working on extracting tournament and world tour play off the cabinets so i can populate the leaderboards and everybody can compete.  Gonna be a pretty busy month but the end result is going to be awesome.

Dahup i havent tested the other two readers yet.  The fastest way to get you playing is probably the login way.   Let me get that going for you and then address the reader after if that is ok.

I was tossing around the idea of starting a twitter feed to have a quick way of broadcasting progress and try to pull more people in once things get rockin.  What do you guys thing, easier for you to stay up to date or a waste of time?  Never done social media before so testing the waters here.  Hey maybe gvr and ea could be my first subscribers :-)
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Post by: 96p993 on December 27, 2014, 04:56:29 pm
Im not a big social media guy but I agree it would be a great way to get others involved...
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Post by: Spitfire on December 27, 2014, 06:34:31 pm
Yeah not into the social media side of things either. Once everything is up and running I will have at least a dozen player here hooked up. Also should be able to get at least a dozen more through the forum so that would be a good start I guess. Let me know once the challenge patcher is complete and I'll test it this end for you boost.
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Post by: stpcore on December 27, 2014, 08:20:35 pm
Hey guys...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

I wanted to apologize that I haven't been checking in as much due to a crazy work load, 2 kids (one on the way), and the busy holiday schedule.  I wanted to thank everyone for their contributions (especially Boost and Spitfire) as this is a huge jump in progress!

On a side note...I am looking for a stock PGA Tour Golf computer (any version) as I am currently without one (can you believe it?).  If anyone has one that they would like to sell would you kindly consider sending me a PM?  I would also be looking for the newer card reader (the version with the two LEDs on the front).  It's so funny that I started this thread so long ago and when everything is coming to a happy ending I find myself without a machine, LOL!!!!

If anyone is in need of a player card please send me a PM as I will send one to you for the cost of shipping.  I bought a bunch of these over the years waiting for a moment like this for the forum members!  Also, I do have dongles for several versions of PGA so if you are looking for one please let me know!  Finally, if anyone needs any custom artwork for their machines please let me know as I can help you with that as well.  I also have some NOS control panel overlays that are under plexi, Beta Brite LED tournament toppers, etc.  If I can help anyone complete their machine just send me a PM and I will be happy to get these items out to you!

Let's have some fun and I hope to be competing against all of you online very soon.

THANKS BOOST!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 27, 2014, 10:50:46 pm
Ken let me know your gameplan on my artwork...Also might be interested in the NOS control panel overlays...

Shoot me an email
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 28, 2014, 02:58:13 am
Hi boost has a new tournament been started as tried again to play but none available?
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Post by: Spitfire on December 28, 2014, 03:45:32 am
Also can anyone remember any of the hidden skill shots in the world tour part of the game? There are 2 per course and if you achieve them you will unlock player items you can use with your custom golfer.
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Post by: Spitfire on December 28, 2014, 09:32:30 pm
Hi STP glad to see ur alive and well mate. I have a few machines but being in Australia it would be very costly to send to you. The best thing is to use ur own advice and get urself a dell gx260 and install the game fresh that's what I have done a few times works great.
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Post by: boostinallovryou on December 28, 2014, 09:40:46 pm
I'm glad to see this forum alive with activity!  Stp welcome back!  Hey i understand about family and obligations.   The only time i can code is after my daughter goes to bed.  A guy just posted a few days ago that he was going to part out a machine.   Check with him on the computer.

Spitfire i think i found a bug last night.  That i believe would be the reason you can't see the new tournament.  Because you are au and not us it is affecting you.  Working on a fix tonight.

Guess i better get back in my hole and keep working :-)

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 28, 2014, 10:35:42 pm
Spit check your PM
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Post by: Spitfire on December 28, 2014, 10:45:41 pm
Yeah just tried again now boost but says tournaments none available to play after inserting my player card. I'm sure you will get is Aussies in the tournaments soon Boost let me know when you want me to test buddy?
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Post by: boostinallovryou on December 29, 2014, 01:18:52 am
I found the bug spitfire.  What a pain in the --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules-- to find.  Now i need to code up the solution and test.  Probably be tomorrow.  Good news is the challenge machine started its tournament too.  So both can play together.  I think this bug is not just the aussie players though.  96, you dont see the nee tournament either do you??
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Post by: Spitfire on December 29, 2014, 01:51:51 am
Nice to hear you've found the problem. World tour is keeping me entertained while you fix it mate. If only I could find the hidden skill shots so I can unlock some new items for my golfer.
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Post by: stpcore on December 29, 2014, 09:06:24 am
Hi STP glad to see ur alive and well mate. I have a few machines but being in Australia it would be very costly to send to you. The best thing is to use ur own advice and get urself a dell gx260 and install the game fresh that's what I have done a few times works great.

That is what I was going to do but I'm not sure if these machines have to be "stock" in order to communicate with the tournament server.  Do you have yours connected with your Dell?
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Post by: boostinallovryou on December 29, 2014, 09:55:31 am
Stp, the machine itself has no bearing on server communication.  It can be stock or a Dell,  it doesnt matter.  If it is a dell just make sure you have the network driver installed.
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Post by: stpcore on December 29, 2014, 10:31:52 am
Sounds good.

Boost, if you get time in when all of the bugs are sorted out would you mind doing an easy to follow step by step tutorial that would allow a machine to connect to the tournament server?  I would like to add that completed tutorial to the first page of this thread so that people that are dropping in can get up and running quickly versus trying to read 20 pages of info.  I'm looking to make my original first post an updated information area so we can summarize and get more people involved.  This would be VERY helpful when you have everything ironed out.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 29, 2014, 10:55:20 am
Boost I go into challenge match, insert card, successful read, then go to the "choose your tournament" screen but it says no tournaments.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 29, 2014, 11:02:04 am
Thanks 96, that is consistent with the bug i found.  I started fixing it last night.  New logic is going to be more robust.  Thanks for confirming, i appreciate it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 29, 2014, 11:05:41 am
I will be around most of the day...If you need anyone to jump on just let me know
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 29, 2014, 06:45:01 pm
STP I have had both stock n dell machines talking to the server so no issue there mate.
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Post by: dahupshee on December 29, 2014, 06:47:50 pm
Boost, whatever is easy for you is fine with me. Even if you want to skip the login stuff I can wait until you have a free card reader and join the tournaments then.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas. I'll definitely be playing some golf on New Year's eve with a few buddies. Maybe will get on a tournament??
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Post by: boostinallovryou on December 29, 2014, 10:34:20 pm
Spitfire, need to confirm something.  You never played a round during tournament right?  Matter of fact nobody has played a round because of no tournament available or no card reader right?  I went to play a round and the session started, then ended immediately saying thanks for playing.  Hahaha.  Means something else needs to be populated.  Just wanted to make sure it wasn't just my challenge machine.
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Post by: boostinallovryou on December 29, 2014, 10:55:54 pm
Holy s!!!!  I found the issue.  I found that when i create a tournament i actually have to provide playing conditions for each hole for each day!  Wind direction, speed, rain, fog, even pin placement on the green!  This game is awesome!!  But more work hahaha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 30, 2014, 12:02:56 am
Hi Boost never have played a tournament as stated previously never see any tournaments in the challenge match menu. Great to hear how many customisable sections there are in the game. Can't wait till you get these tournaments up and running.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 30, 2014, 12:54:38 am
Just shot 17 under or better with a 20 under in world tour and it unlocked a flower tattoo
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Post by: Spitfire on December 30, 2014, 03:05:34 am
Brings a whole new aspect to golf thx Boost
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Post by: yukonblaze on December 30, 2014, 08:24:29 am
Spitfire,
  Was that unlocked when playing a tournament or just world tour?  This is what I have been waiting to unlock since getting my cab.  Since it stores on your player card, it has to be stored on the computer to write to card.  I am getting more excited about the thought of tournaments for all of us.  Can we start keeping a list of all the unlockables and how to obtain?
Thanks
Jason
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Post by: boostinallovryou on December 30, 2014, 11:19:23 am
So I'm a bit frustrated with the tournament stuff right now.  After supplying a ton of data for playing conditions and weather forecasts i was able to launch a tournament round.  Now the game is stuck playing the first hole over and over.  Like that movie groundhog day.  When this happens the best thing for me to do is back away, clear my head, and go after it again.  It's pretty obvious from me playing and looking at the data that world tour leaderboards are going to be way way way simpler than tournaments and will give us the first taste of competition against each other.  So I'm going to back off, take a breather, and return in a week or so and get leaderboards going.   Not checking forums or anything until i return.  Next time you hear from me i will be releasing challenge and leaderboards.  See you all next year.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on December 30, 2014, 11:58:21 am
Hey Boost, sorry this is getting a bit tedious, I think you have the right idea in backing off a bit. We all appreciate everything you have done and maybe a break is best. I hope you have a great New Years and we will see you on the flip side...

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Post by: Spitfire on December 30, 2014, 04:51:22 pm
Sad to hear Boost I have no doubt you will find the problem mate take ur time.  Yuko these items are unlocked in world tour. Each course has 2 unlockable items on it to find. I have posted the only 2 I have found so far. Yes If anyone else unlocks anything please post so we can keep a record.
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Post by: yukonblaze on December 30, 2014, 07:15:44 pm
Will I need to drop  my all access back to team challenge to access world tour?
Jason
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Post by: Slimonce on December 30, 2014, 09:39:23 pm
So... I didn't realize I was not on wifi and tried to connect.  Tried my opererators card and it said it was not registered.  Once I had wifi again, I was able to use the operators card and actually name my joint, etc.  Pretty cool.  I'm getting error 5208 saying I can't get in and when I try again 5209 saying I'm already registered but need to be unregistered. Threw the disc back in and got the same thing.  Just thought it was pretty cool that the operarator card worked this time and opened more things! Just can't get back to online play.  Boost, take a break!!!  You're doing awesome things and just seeing little things like this is awesome!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 31, 2014, 03:10:44 am
Hey Yukon you must have normal team challenge as that has the registration section in the operators menus and all access doesn't so you re unable to register after using Boosts latest patch.

Slim the operators card is directing you to the old global Vr servers and is useless now. You need to run boosts latest patch unregister and register again following boost instructions to get back online and talking to his server.
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Post by: 96p993 on December 31, 2014, 11:15:52 am
Hey all, while Boost is taking a well deserved sabbatical I was wondering if anyone had the Team Challenge disks I could use to put on a new computer. I have all the disks but this set, was hoping someone could help me out. I believe there are the install disks as well as a recovery disk, if you have all of them I would greatly appreciate your help.

Thanks
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Post by: stpcore on December 31, 2014, 03:59:11 pm
Hey all, while Boost is taking a well deserved sabbatical I was wondering if anyone had the Team Challenge disks I could use to put on a new computer. I have all the disks but this set, was hoping someone could help me out. I believe there are the install disks as well as a recovery disk, if you have all of them I would greatly appreciate your help.

Thanks

I sent you a PM.
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Post by: Slimonce on December 31, 2014, 04:44:00 pm
Hey Yukon you must have normal team challenge as that has the registration section in the operators menus and all access doesn't so you re unable to register after using Boosts latest patch.

Slim the operators card is directing you to the old global Vr servers and is useless now. You need to run boosts latest patch unregister and register again following boost instructions to get back online and talking to his server.

I'm using 3a.  I didn't see a more recent one.  Now getting error 5203.  Odd it was all working before.  Just wanted a little world tour action today!
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Post by: Spitfire on December 31, 2014, 05:43:00 pm
Not sure why ur having this problem. I would deregister run the patcher n try to register again. Make sure you are connected properly to the internet also.
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Post by: hoppy38 on December 31, 2014, 05:55:11 pm
Hey all!
 
 Thanks for this thread!    Simply put, I have a Team Challenge with all access.   It was working, and the hard drive failed.  Unfortunately I do not have the recovery or program discs. 

I was wondering if anyone had an ISO image of them, or point me in the right direction.   I am eager to get this back up and running, and duffing my shots again!

Thank you for your time!
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Post by: Spitfire on December 31, 2014, 08:08:42 pm
Welcome hoppy glad you could join us. Unfortunately the all access version want allow u to join to Boosts server just yet only the normal team challenge version.  STP is ur best bet for disks as he had an ISO version of them so try PM. eventually our saviour Boost will have everything up and running and our world wide tournaments will be online and great. He is just on a well deserved Christmas new year break.
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Post by: Spitfire on January 01, 2015, 09:37:37 pm
So for anyone looking to install Pga team challenge from scratch. You need to run the system recovery disk first. Then once complete install the game disks follow on screen instructions and your done.
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Post by: hoppy38 on January 01, 2015, 10:15:29 pm

Spitfire,  Thank you for the warm welcome!    And thanks for the heads up in regards to the tourney, as well as the rest of the info.

 STP, I would PM you (under the advisement of spitfire) , but when I click on your name, (which is where I would assume I would send a PM  from)  it opens another window giving me an error saying
 "You are not allowed to access this section"  Maybe its just me, and I am not looking in the right spots..   But if you see this, can you send me a message?

 Again i thank you all for your time, and for sharing your knowledge!
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Post by: PL1 on January 01, 2015, 11:32:44 pm
Hoppy38 -- Post a few more times and your PM system will auto enable.   :cheers:

IIRC, Saint has it set to switch on after 3-5 posts. (anti-spammer measure)

The (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/Themes/Yabb_SE_Classic_2/images/im_on.gif) icon is for PMs.   ;D


Scott
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Post by: boostinallovryou on January 02, 2015, 11:18:19 am
Happy new year everyone.  I wanted to have a few more days of vacation but my addiction to this server got the best of me :-)

I realized i must focus on one task at a time.  I can't juggle.  So i chose world tour leaderboards.  I have identified that four tables must be acquired off the cabinets and then i can construct and push the boards.  I again wont be posting much.  I will be behind the scenes collecting the data and writing the code.

What do i need you guys to do??  Simple....play world tour and keep your machines calling in so i can get your data :-)    In the next few days you will call in one day and the leaderboards will populate magically.  Then i will jump back on the forum.

Talk to you guys soon after I'm all done lurking.
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Post by: dahupshee on January 02, 2015, 02:39:18 pm
Boost, let me know if you can get me a login. Can't do world tour or tournaments without a login or the card reader. Thanks again for all your help and effort.
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Post by: boostinallovryou on January 02, 2015, 02:42:56 pm
The first table I have to read is the PlayerInfo table.  With this table I should be able to push a login to your machine.  Give me a day or two and I should have something for you.  Do me a favor, PM me with what you want your First Name, Last Name, Short Name (Nickname), to be and I'll create the rest.  You can give me a fake first, last, and nickname if you want.  The first name plus first letter of the last name seems to be what gets displayed on the game.
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Post by: Spitfire on January 02, 2015, 05:39:41 pm
Boost ur the king!! And yes first name and first letter are displayed. Just out of bed hear in Australia and off to play more world tour and start drinking as it's over 40 degrees today urghhh!!
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Post by: 96p993 on January 02, 2015, 07:20:18 pm
Welcome back Boost!!   :cheers:
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Post by: boostinallovryou on January 02, 2015, 07:24:07 pm
Feels good to be back, thank you for the warm welcome.  Yet sounds like it's hotter down under according to Spit.  Stay cool brother.
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Post by: boostinallovryou on January 02, 2015, 10:28:58 pm
Hey Dahupshee,  believe i found your issue.  Can you please rerun the 0.3a patcher cd and try registering again.  Let me know how it goes.
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Post by: boostinallovryou on January 02, 2015, 10:30:01 pm
Whoops, meant slimonce.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 03, 2015, 12:16:36 am
Played a heap of courses on world tour boost can't wait till we start getting a leaderboard and ranking system going it's going to be great!!

Can't seem to find any other skill shots. Any one else had any luck?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 03, 2015, 01:06:12 am
Just unlocked a funny hat with propeller on top with a double bogie at harbour town to help with the wind ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on January 03, 2015, 11:18:39 pm
 :censored:

I havent found anything...I thought they were for good play, now you are saying they are for all play. With some of my play how have I not found any of these
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 04, 2015, 03:09:47 am
Yep it seems that if you do certain things good or bad on certain courses then you will unlock certain items ha ha ha. The hard part is figuring out what and where??
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Post by: yukonblaze on January 04, 2015, 01:09:37 pm
Got the iso's up in a dropbox now.  Send me PM and will send ya link if you need the ISO to restore your game.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on January 04, 2015, 05:52:15 pm
Question for anyone who has done the Vizio upgrade. Is there anything else that needs to be done other than to simply swap it out for the monitor. I used the "stretch" option on the TV to fill the picture. Wasn't sure if there was any video card tweaking that could be done to get a higher resolution or improve the picture in any way. I have it plugged in via the VGA input and wasn't sure if DVI would be any better. Thanks in advance for any help. 
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Post by: 96p993 on January 04, 2015, 09:41:39 pm
Question for anyone who has done the Vizio upgrade. Is there anything else that needs to be done other than to simply swap it out for the monitor. I used the "stretch" option on the TV to fill the picture. Wasn't sure if there was any video card tweaking that could be done to get a higher resolution or improve the picture in any way. I have it plugged in via the VGA input and wasn't sure if DVI would be any better. Thanks in advance for any help.

I didnt do anything other than what you mentioned...I played with the settings to get the picture how I liked it but nothing special
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 05, 2015, 01:20:37 am
Hey dahupshee I haven't done the vizio upgrade but I am running a team challenge on a Pedastal unit displaying on a 42 inch approx LCD. The game displays at 800 x 600 res max I think and will automatically adjust to this res when using the VGA input.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 05, 2015, 12:50:25 pm
Good morning everyone.  Just finished testing and debugging player info acquisition.  Got to head to work but tonight i will be uploading this new code and making the necessary database additions.  Will let everybody know when it is live.  This brings us 1/4 of the way to world tour leader boards and 1/2 of the way to cardless login for dahupshee.  Not saying any names though :-)  Talk later tonight.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 05, 2015, 02:11:25 pm
Eureka, I am playing world tour. Just finished loading it and played 2 rounds at Kaplan without winning anything. I am excited now.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 05, 2015, 02:15:05 pm
Forgot to mention.  I will be releasing the version 0.4 patcher tonight also.  This will allow Challenge machines to connect to the server.  0.3a will be replaced with 0.4 as 0.4 can detect if the game is challenge or team challenge and do the right thing.  Also challenge and team challenge machines will live together as one on the server.  They will not be seperated.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 05, 2015, 07:09:55 pm
That's great news about the leader boards and with the new patcher I'll be making the rounds and get at least 6 more machines hooked up to your server boost. Thx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 05, 2015, 09:39:47 pm
Spitfire,
Was able to unlock the hat with propeller today, but what courses were you playing with the first 2 items you unlocked? I am finding it nerve racking trying to find the unlockable.
Jason
Also got my team challenge running without dongles now.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 06, 2015, 12:48:19 am
Hey Jason that's great news about no dongle please pm or post details of how it's done.
Also just finished every course on the world tour now I have a ranking and you can see the 3 skill shots I have found n the courses there on from the pic.
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Post by: boostinallovryou on January 06, 2015, 12:52:21 am
Just updated the server and db.  If someone wouldn't mind calling in to verify it's operation, it would be appreciated.

For new people and all challenge owners the new patcher is here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ehvyjvcvtj67uqx/PGA_Patcher_04.iso?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ehvyjvcvtj67uqx/PGA_Patcher_04.iso?dl=0)

Thanks again guys.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 06, 2015, 01:19:10 am
Calling in now boost what should I see or be looking for?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 06, 2015, 01:28:46 am
Ok so it said last call not complete and showing test tournament 2. When I select and try to play it just goes straight to the thanks for playing screen. I also then went to play world
Tour and the only scores I saw on the leaderboards were my own. Gonna try to call in again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 06, 2015, 01:32:56 am
Ok so received the error in the pic after calling in and getting to 100%. Let me know what to do next Boost. Thx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 06, 2015, 01:37:34 am
Oh i didn't mean for any tournament info to get passed.  Let me go remove it from the db.  Just a second.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 06, 2015, 01:43:46 am
Can you try again spitfire?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 06, 2015, 02:19:37 am
So tried calling in again and the same thing happened as before. Straight into te test tournament once back on game and call failed with same error
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 06, 2015, 02:21:56 am
Ok thanks spitfire.  I'll fire up my tc tomorrow and get this fixed.  Sorry bout that.  Will post tomorrow when it's fixed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 06, 2015, 10:00:18 am
Ok should be all fixed now.  Please let me know how it goes.
As for leaderboards that isnt done yet.  This update gives me some of the data from you guys that i need to continue.  Lots of behind the scenes work right now.  If i had to guess....i think friday night you guys might see leaderboards populate.  Then the competition begins.

Oh...if you guys get frustrated at finding all the unlockables, i can set them all to true for you and unlock everything.  But where is the fun in that :-)     Also unlockables like that seem to only be available in TC.  The unlock 1 and unlock 2 fields do not exist in the challenge database on the cabinet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 06, 2015, 10:58:30 am
I agree that finding the unlockables is part of the fun.  Will it be possible to add in courses? A couple of courses that were on the PC version didn't make it into the arcade (i.e. Penguin Falls and Central Park). Do we just need to connect to server to update the leaderboards or is it a necessary part of playing world tour?
Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 06, 2015, 11:56:58 am
Hey Jason,

Adding courses is a future goal I would love to achieve, but that is a far out goal.  A lot of things are in its way.  I.E. Tournaments, WT Leaderboards, Logins without a card.  Then there are the big issues that could stand in its way.  Modifying the game to accept the new courses.  That has its challenges.  The biggest of all though would be the legality of it.  Everything I am releasing and doing I am ensuring is legal.  The last thing I want to do is give GVR or EA a reason to come in and shut things down.  That would be a waste of hard work.  Now......that isn't to say that one day you or anybody else might find a magical CD floating around on the internet that when put into your game updated it with these courses.  That CD of course wouldn't have come from me :-)     No reason the server couldn't support that though if one of these unicorn CD's were found one day.  Future talk.

As for the leaderboards those will get updated when you call in.  The server will take your play, do all the calculations, and push out the latest boards with everybody elses play.  Cool because world tour is accumulative play.  Plus we will finally get to see spitfire's amazing play and have something to shoot for. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 06, 2015, 06:03:43 pm
38 in Melbourne n playing real golf at the moment. Will test when home boost thx.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 06, 2015, 07:38:15 pm
Had forgotten why I took a break from this game. It frustrates me like real golf. 8 rounds and didnt unlock one item.  I also remebered why I drink when I play rhis game, its frustrating. Have a bum arm and I am overcorrecting. Any excuse I can think of I am going to use.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 06, 2015, 08:41:52 pm
Wait till everybody gets to see each others scores.  Gonna be a lot of ish talking goin on!  "Just tap the ball....tap tap tap a roo"
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 07, 2015, 12:02:15 am
Ok so called in and all went well completed the call successfully. Can't wait to see the leaderboards populated boost will be awesome.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 07, 2015, 06:55:44 pm
The bulldog tatoo is from cor de allen course, just got it. Then realized spitfire got it.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 07, 2015, 06:59:15 pm
Yep these unlockable are very hard to find. I have played all courses and only found 3.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 07, 2015, 07:45:38 pm
Do I Need to download and install new patch, if old one works?
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 07, 2015, 07:51:54 pm
Patch is only needed one time. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: hemiballismus on January 07, 2015, 10:50:30 pm
Hey guys just joining the party! Nice work boost!  I just picked up a team challenge machine and am new to this but am excited about playing tournaments against you guys online.  I installed the patch 0.4 successfully (dos menus said success on all and told me to reboot), however am unable to register.  I don't have the connect/register option in the service mode.  I believe my machine is an all-access pass as I have all the courses already available, does this matter.  I do have a card reader and a VP card.  Help is appreciated. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 08, 2015, 01:47:04 am
Good evening everyone.  I just updated the server and database again.  This update will now receive all of your game play and store it on the server.  From all of this info i will now be able to create the leaderboards.  So it is important that you force your machine to call in often.  If not the server wont have your nee data and you wont advance on the board.  Also you wont get updated leaderboards.  I am going to write the board code tomorrow and hope to release it friday night.  So start calling in.  Before you play to get the new boards, after you play before turning your machine off to push your new data.  Tournaments will be the same way.

Dahupshee, i havent forgotten about you.  Just wanted to finish this board stuff and then you get full attention to your login task.

Hemi, Yea if you have all access pass then currently you cannot register or call in.  This feature was removed by gvr when they created all access pass as they were turning their servers.  I have an action item to restore connectivity to aap but it wont be for a few more weeks.  World tour leaderboards, no card login, and tournaments are ahead of the aap task.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 08, 2015, 03:48:04 am
Just unlocked a range of EA sports golf balls by getting an eagle on the 11th at Greek Isles course. Am now playing with a blue and white Captain America ball ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 08, 2015, 04:07:57 am
Just unlocked this rhino emblem at Troon north. Also noticed lots of clothing items are now unlocked also. May be due to completing every course in world tour.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 08, 2015, 07:00:50 am
Awesome job unlocking the items. Of course it will be 12hours till I get home from work and get to try again, I shouldn't read this board when I am at work.
Hemi
If you need iso to istall world tour let me know. I will give us link to dropbox account so you can reinstall.on you machine.
Nason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 08, 2015, 09:06:45 am
You guys should add a table to the team challenge wikipedia page to track and document the unlockables.  Just a suggestion.  I can do it for you if you want.  Just tell me what you unlocked, what course, what hole, and what you had to do to get it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 08, 2015, 05:21:31 pm
Hey boost don't worry too much about the unlockables that's something for a later time that we will sort out.  Half the fun is the surprise when finding one.  Can't wait for those leaderboards mate. Thx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 08, 2015, 07:06:45 pm
Hadnt connected in a couple days, today at boot told me my tournament would be disabled. Had to unregister and go through entire process again. Will build a longer ethernet cable tonight.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 08, 2015, 07:11:06 pm
Why did you unregister?  Just force a call in the service menu and everything would be happy again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 08, 2015, 08:02:45 pm
I forced calls multiple times, no go. Unregistered and it called instantly. When it showed that I hadnt called in, said I needed to contact gloabal vr to reconnect. Tried to force call and said unavailable. I lost all my unlockables, but didnt have many. So we mu connect once every 72 hrs or risk losing what we earned since last call.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 08, 2015, 08:08:43 pm
That's happened to me before and boost is right all you need to do is force a call again and all will be ok not sure what you did Jason?? Never unregister as then you will lose all your goodies as you have found out as new registration means new player.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 08, 2015, 08:12:15 pm
What do you mean by "I forced calls multiple times, no go"?  When you force a call it will either fail and give you an error number, or it will say successfully connected to servers.  I have plenty of times not called a machine in for a week or so during my testing.  I force a call and everything is good.  Let me know what you mean.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 08, 2015, 08:28:03 pm
I used the operators menu, forced call got to 2% and stated unable to connect. Attemped 5-8 times with same results. Used unregister in operators menu and it connected instantly.  Used same registration # it reinstalled and started. I will not call in again till I get the message and see if I can replicate it, should be sunday night. I will take photos as I go.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 08, 2015, 08:32:28 pm
Very weird.  That makes 0 sense as the connection to register, unregister, propagate, all use the same mechanism.  Can you force a call right now with success?  No difference between now and 3 days from now.  Interested in what it does.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 08, 2015, 08:39:37 pm
I just forced a call before I turned it off, no problem.  I mean by waiting till Sunday as the game cab said all tournament disabled till reconnected with global vr servers. Just wondering if that caused something to be turned off. I can forward the clock on computer and try again tomorrow see if same results. Finishing kids homework and getting them easy for bed, so me time has come and gone.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 08, 2015, 08:46:58 pm
Going to try a force call
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: hemiballismus on January 08, 2015, 08:57:14 pm
Would it help me to install team challenge without all access?  Jason is that what you are talking about?  If so are there instructions somewhere on how to install the uninstall TC all access and install TC?  Thanks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 08, 2015, 09:05:39 pm
Hemi
Go-to global vr website and download the game manuals. Get iso and burn them to disc. Pull your original hdd and create chd that way you have an image of your old drive to reinstall if you ever wish. Install iso according to instructions from manual and install boost patch and you are ready.
JAson
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 08, 2015, 09:08:58 pm
This shows the first attempt fail. I am not saying it wasn't user error, but nothing changed when I pressed unregister button.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 08, 2015, 09:12:48 pm
Hi Jason that's the screen I get but once you force a call to server all is back to normal. Next time it happens and the call fails let boost know the error.

Hemi yes you need to install just team challenge with out all access for now. Use install disks to install on other hard drive and replace all access hard drive with the normal team challange hard drive. Once game is running run patcher again and follow instructions to get online.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on January 08, 2015, 09:21:22 pm
Just got my first hole in one on world tour!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 08, 2015, 09:31:02 pm
Awesome
 :burgerking:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: hemiballismus on January 08, 2015, 09:56:32 pm
any idea where I can grab the TC iso from? thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on January 08, 2015, 10:31:03 pm
Shoot STPCore a PM I think he has it for downloag
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 08, 2015, 11:31:51 pm
Yuko said he has the ISO in his Dropbox so post a few more times then send him a pm.
Hey 96 did a hole in one unlock anything in world tour??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 09, 2015, 08:52:12 am
Hey boost I had a mate round who had his own card we registered his card for world tour online play then we play a course but he wasn't able to select his custom player only the first player was?? Any thoughts why he couldn't play as himself??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on January 09, 2015, 10:12:23 am
Yuko said he has the ISO in his Dropbox so post a few more times then send him a pm.
Hey 96 did a hole in one unlock anything in world tour??

I got the flower tattoo and shirt emblem at the end of the game but not at the time of the hole in...Cant say if it is because of overall play or the shot.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 09, 2015, 11:24:29 am
Hey boost I had a mate round who had his own card we registered his card for world tour online play then we play a course but he wasn't able to select his custom player only the first player was?? Any thoughts why he couldn't play as himself??

Hey Spitfire, I haven't tested that scenario yet, good catch.  I think it might be because the card isn't new so it relies on this "temp registration" scenario.  I am not doing anything with that temp reg table yet.  Looks like I need to.  I have two games so I can test this as I created a card on one and I will try using it on the other.  First let me finish leaderboards, dahupshee, then I'll look at this scenario, and then back to tournaments.  Thanks again for finding this.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 09, 2015, 06:50:12 pm
Hey boost another thing you might want to know is the team challenge character card when put in a challenge machine is unable to be recgognised.  You have to create a whole new character in the challenge game? Must use different code to read information on the cards between the 2 games?? Or they just wanted you to pay for another card??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coindropperTX on January 10, 2015, 02:20:39 am
So the issue I'm having is trying to use a USB wireless adapter to connect to the server. I can't get wireless zero configuration to start because remote procedure call is missing locator.exe... has anyone had this issue or know of a work around? The adapter driver loads fine and shows on device manager, but will not show access to wireless networks. Any help would be appreciated. Great work on the progress btw!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 10, 2015, 11:57:40 am
Turnberry Hole 7
Eagle of.better
Blue/Pink Ball

I eagled the only 2 par 5 on course and it only unlockex the one thing. But I found one, finally.
Jason

St. Andrews
Double bogey any hole
Bag to cover head
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on January 10, 2015, 12:00:43 pm
So the issue I'm having is trying to use a USB wireless adapter to connect to the server. I can't get wireless zero configuration to start because remote procedure call is missing locator.exe... has anyone had this issue or know of a work around? The adapter driver loads fine and shows on device manager, but will not show access to wireless networks. Any help would be appreciated. Great work on the progress btw!
My usb's were full so this was not an option for me.  I tried a wifi to LAN extender but it was a POS. I ended up going w/ a wireless access point that runs wifi through your 110 (e.g. regular outlet).  It was $50 but I figure I can use it anywhere in the house that I need to connect via LAN.  Let me know if you want the brand/model and I'll check.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coindropperTX on January 10, 2015, 01:14:07 pm
Thanks for the response slimonce, guess that's the route I will have to go. If you have the model info, that would be great!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on January 10, 2015, 01:50:51 pm
Netgear Powerline 200.  Picked it up at BestBuy.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 10, 2015, 06:18:35 pm
96
What course we're you playing to get flower tatoo? Trying to keep track.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 10, 2015, 06:37:48 pm
Jason double bogie at St. Andrews to win bag over your head is gold ha ha ha don't think I'll try to win that one.

Hey Boost how's the leaderboards going any progress mate?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 10, 2015, 08:33:35 pm
Spit,
  I want to xollect everything, good or bad.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 10, 2015, 09:23:34 pm
I'm hearin you Jason gonna try to get the bag after posting as many good scores as possible as now am considered a super star ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on January 11, 2015, 12:21:31 pm
96
What course we're you playing to get flower tatoo? Trying to keep track.
Jason

I will be playing today, will let you know..Im almost certain it was Flor de but I will check
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 11, 2015, 05:41:03 pm
Hole in one at bay hill and no cool item. 4 rounds in at bay hill and emerald Dragon with nothing new unlocked.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 11, 2015, 06:47:36 pm
I don't think the flower tattoo and emblem where for the hole in one. I got them at the Courer course for getting -17 or better and that's what 96 got them for.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on January 11, 2015, 08:53:54 pm
Ya I didnt get it after the hole in one...It was after total play so it was a round thing not a shot thing
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 12, 2015, 07:51:38 am
Hey Boost any updates? Haven't heard from you for a while hope all is still going well?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 13, 2015, 12:54:45 am
Unlocked these earring studs at TPC Sawgrass hole 13
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Post by: Spitfire on January 13, 2015, 07:25:35 am
Hello hello is anyone out there??????
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Post by: yukonblaze on January 13, 2015, 08:09:32 am
Hello Spitfire,
  Havent had anything new to post as in the last few rounds I havent found anything.  I have been looking for the hidden shots so I took screenshots of attract screen and seems you get a set of gold clubs by scoring legendary at Dubdread, shot 18 under but wasnt good enough.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on January 13, 2015, 08:57:47 am
I wonder what legendary would be...Time to give that a shot
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on January 13, 2015, 09:02:49 am
I'd love to give you some help finding these items but I don't have a card reader so I can't get into tournament or world tour mode. Hopefully Boost will get me in soon via login and I can give you guys some help finding all this stuff.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on January 13, 2015, 11:13:45 am
Sorry guys, been busy with the family and fixing some house issues.  Haven't had time to play.  Hopefully near the weekend things will free up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 13, 2015, 10:24:59 pm
Yes I saw that about the clubs at Dudbread and have shot -20 and nothing. Shot birdie or less on every whole and nothing. I think it's a wild goose chase ummm.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 14, 2015, 04:50:18 am
So played a few more games at Dubdread and there is a possibility to score around -25 if you do everything right ha ha ha unfortunately I have only been able to shoot -21 to reveal nothing. I'm thinking -22 is the magic number urghhhh
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 14, 2015, 07:19:58 am
I was hopeing the magic # was 20 under. I am going to have a perfect day to shoot better than that. Only got inone game yesterday and it was nothing to brag about.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on January 15, 2015, 12:32:08 pm
Hey all, Im getting ready to network my house. Im going to run cat6 but thought I would make sure there will not be any issues running cat6 to the PGA cabinet...Im wasnt certain if there would be a talking issue with the higher end cable.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 15, 2015, 07:48:45 pm
Not 100% sure but I think cat6 is backwards compatible.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 15, 2015, 07:58:10 pm
Started a round only to have ball not go anywhere I aimed. Tore down the trackball and it is horrible, I am surprised it even worked. Bearing in a oil bath and going to polish spinner post tomorrow. When I wired my house cat5e was standard so sorry I am no help.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 16, 2015, 03:58:10 am
So after a shitload of games at Dudbread I finally got -22 even choking on the last with a par and received the gold clubs oh baby ha ha
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Post by: yukonblaze on January 16, 2015, 07:01:54 am
Awesome job! I have a challenge ahead of me.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rspark on January 16, 2015, 08:26:51 am
OK, so i have mt TC without all access connecting to the internet (tested with IE going to MSN ) Patched with .4 version  and all went as stated.
Went to register and get connecting to server message then 100%, disconnecting, then communication failed error 4001. Tried multiple times but I must be doing something wrong. Not sure where to look.
Any Ideas?
Would like to give out a BIG thanks to boost for all the work and excitement He has created.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 16, 2015, 08:42:28 am
Hi Rs welcome mate. Your post is a little confusing?? Were u able to register your machine by forcing a call to boosts server and complete 100%?? If so that's all that is needed no need to disconnect. Please can you take a pic of your machines info in the operators menu and post? Also clarify exactly what is going wrong and when? Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rspark on January 16, 2015, 08:47:04 am
No,
I have not been able to connect to the server at all.
Tried to add picture but no go.
When I try to register I get a screen with connecting, Next screen says 100% disconnecting, Next screen says Error communicating with server - Please try again later (4001)
In the log option it has Failed every time I try registering my machine and success every time I have tried to force a call. But I don't think I'm getting through to the server.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 16, 2015, 09:25:17 am
Please post pic of details of machine info from operators menu. Thx joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 16, 2015, 09:28:24 am
Try to unregister. Run patch then register again and force call. It should take a little while to reach 100% when connecting to server several minutes sometimes.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rspark on January 16, 2015, 09:43:17 am
Machine shows unregistered and I don't have the option in the registration menu to unregister.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 16, 2015, 10:49:38 am
rspark
My Team Challenge looks nothing like that! When you goto desktop, it connects to IE instantly?


96
just looking over spitfire old post and picture of his scores plainly shows legend is -22.   Well either way we know now.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rspark on January 16, 2015, 11:06:53 am
Yes I can use a keyboard to open IE and it goes to MSN and loads the current headlines page.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 16, 2015, 11:17:28 am
When you were in the registration screen, what states did you put you are in?
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rspark on January 16, 2015, 11:19:17 am
Oklahoma, Enid is the city
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rspark on January 16, 2015, 11:26:37 am
I also have a Challenge machine that I will try to get up and running.
I'll post results sometime latter this weekend.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 16, 2015, 11:28:26 am
Well that states isnt on the no tournament list.  Is this a Challenge software or Team Challenge?
Jason
If you look at page 23 post when I had problems connecting with my Team Challenge, its a different screen.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rspark on January 16, 2015, 11:48:43 am
WOW,
I never noticed that. Great catch.
Seems I have a challenge edition in a team challenge cabinet.
Have the disc. but the dongle says challenge not team challenge.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 16, 2015, 01:01:35 pm
Boost
  What versions will be able to join tournaments??
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 16, 2015, 06:24:44 pm
Yes that is definitely a challenge machine. Boost has said that the latest version of of the patcher .4a should work with team challenge but I haven't tested. I will test today and see if I have the same problem.

Also if possible upgrade one of ur challenge machines to Team Challenge just to be safe.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 16, 2015, 08:02:08 pm
Spirited
How do I access instant stat screen (showing what world tour shots collected)?
Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 16, 2015, 09:44:19 pm
Just insert your players card at attract screen. Mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 16, 2015, 10:05:16 pm
Ok so tried to enable world tour on my challenge machine and I get the same error as Rs Boost.

I think the best think is to stop wasting time getting challenge machines to work and concentrate on the latest version team challenge as this is working perfectly. Let boost concentrate on populating the leaderboards on team challenge. All with challenge upgrade to team challenge. The disks have been made available on this forum and those with no dongle I think there is a work around emulator which is available through this forum also. However I have not tested this.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 17, 2015, 09:12:22 am
Does anyone have disc software for pga tour (original cab)? I have dongle only marked pga tour and want to test it. I believe there is 2 courses that aren't available on original that aren't on all access. Would like  to take the course files off an  test in all access.
Jason

Also if anyone  has or used anark media center please contact me. This is what EA Sports used  to create the menus. If we can edit the menu the files exist to add extra courses and play errors.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 17, 2015, 05:59:32 pm
I know championship 3 has pebble beach course and all access doesn't and I have those disks and dongle.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 17, 2015, 08:39:28 pm
Original pga has a different course in hawaii.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 18, 2015, 01:26:18 am
Hey Jason did you end up seeing your stats on the attract screen. What was your average? It will only show up if you have played all the courses.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 18, 2015, 08:27:17 am
Spit
A very unrespectable 9 under (pro). I have alot of work ahead of me. I see some rounds to do today. Spent all day yesterday walking around theme park, so going to have a few beers and play golf in between fixing my outrun 2 today.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 18, 2015, 05:28:23 pm
Hey guys haven't checked this in awhile awesome of how far you have come with this. I have a problem I went to turn on my Team Challenge last night and the computer turns on but the monitor says "no signal" faintly. I hooked my other computer to the monitor and it works. I checked all the connections everything looks good. Do you think my video card went?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 18, 2015, 05:39:53 pm
The computer hoked up to arcade monitor worked?
Computer monitor hooked up to.pga work?
Does video card have fan thats working?
Have replaced a couple of video cards in mine with same symptoms, am away from house but if you read through post you can find what card to replace with. Geforce 4800 maybe.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 18, 2015, 05:46:00 pm
Yeah the computer I hooked up to the arcade monitor worked. I hooked the pga computer to a regular monitor too and got a blank screen. The fan on the video card is working.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 18, 2015, 06:00:13 pm
Another thing I am noticing now too is the cd drive is blinking but won't open and there is no sound when its running and you hit buttons.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 18, 2015, 06:20:15 pm
Had same issue before, check power supply, check hdd, check memory. If you are computer savvy you may need to break it down and rebuild to find bad component. I also had to replace cpu once.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 18, 2015, 06:26:43 pm
Thanks I figured it wouldn't be an easy fix lol.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 18, 2015, 07:47:33 pm
You could have a set of bad caps on motherboard. These are known to go bad and cause these same problems. You are going to have to pull your computer outta cab. That's the only way to tell.
Sorry
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 19, 2015, 12:11:45 am
Hey Boost eagerly waiting for an update from our wizard? Or have ea or global silenced you urrgghhhh. Hope all is well mate?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 19, 2015, 12:20:19 am
Hey Sherm Are you getting any beeps on power up? If so that tells you ur problem. 3 quick beeps and ur video card is toast and needs changing. I would first reseat ram and try. Then I would change the CMOS battery and try. Then I would replace ram and try. Then hard drive ha ha. Firstly let me know if any beeps? Thx joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 19, 2015, 02:44:53 am
Anybody like my new watch? Ha ha
Won on Kapula course Hawaii
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 19, 2015, 03:09:37 am
When it rains it pours! Ha ha not sure which watch is better??
Won on bay hill course I think or is it coghill.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 19, 2015, 07:53:57 am
Spitfire
What courses unlocked those
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 19, 2015, 08:18:26 am
delete
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 19, 2015, 08:07:00 pm
Yeah no beeps on start up. Basically I turn the computer on and sounds like it starts up all fans turn on but that's it no video no sound. How much does it usually run to replace the computer? Or go the Dell way? Just wondering some options instead of shooting in the dark of what is wrong.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 19, 2015, 08:11:41 pm
I've had this happen to me before as well and after reseating the CMOS battery (the little round watch looking battery on the mother board) or replacing that battery I've fixed that problem before.  Worth a shot in my opinion.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 19, 2015, 08:17:35 pm
Pull the video card and see if it beeps, pull memory see if it beeps.  I know global vr charges arm and leg. Dell on ebay I think $50 range. If you get no beeps mean it isn't even getting to cpu embedded software bios.  Did you check to see if any capacitors are bulging or leaking? Unplug hdd when ya boot and see if you get beeps.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 19, 2015, 09:41:27 pm
Awesome thanks for all the feedback I'll post Wednesday night with my results from the different test. I hope I get it up and running I wanna get in on some tourney action.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 19, 2015, 09:50:43 pm
Yep if no beeps than either battery dead or motherboard urghhh.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on January 20, 2015, 09:16:07 pm
I've had this happen to me before as well and after reseating the CMOS battery (the little round watch looking battery on the mother board) or replacing that battery I've fixed that problem before.  Worth a shot in my opinion.

STP, Ive tried to get ahold of you several times to get some cabinet sticker work done but havent heard back. I sent you my dropbox invite and you accepted but havent heard anything
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 20, 2015, 09:33:34 pm
Wow, sorry. Not sure how I am missing you. I think you have my direct email? I can print for you tomorrow. Let's connect in the morning so I can ship tomorrow as well. Email me your details (measurements) tonight and I will follow up with you after I drop my kids off at school.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on January 21, 2015, 11:27:08 am
I've had this happen to me before as well and after reseating the CMOS battery (the little round watch looking battery on the mother board) or replacing that battery I've fixed that problem before.  Worth a shot in my opinion.

STP, Ive tried to get ahold of you several times to get some cabinet sticker work done but havent heard back. I sent you my dropbox invite and you accepted but havent heard anything

Sent you a PM as well.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on January 21, 2015, 10:52:24 pm
Hello everyone do we have a Facebook page ? And thank you boost for the tournament play can't wait till its all running , if we don't have a Facebook page it would probably be fun to post our screen shots , thank you again
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 22, 2015, 02:14:56 am
Don't know of any Facebook page mate?? Happy for you to start one though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 22, 2015, 05:10:44 am
Sorry guys, been busy with the family and fixing some house issues.  Haven't had time to play.  Hopefully near the weekend things will free up.

Missing our fearless leader  :notworthy: I hope all is ok your end boost. We hope to hear again from you soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 22, 2015, 07:11:00 pm
Alright so I got my game fixed come to find out the small cable going to the motherboard was not down completely lol I feel foolish :-) Thanks for all the help though. Now its time to get my machine tournament ready.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 23, 2015, 09:54:31 am
Glad to hear mate. Hope boost can re surface and we get the leaderboards running soon
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 23, 2015, 11:08:04 am
Glad to hear computer is working now.  I have a computer to get working this week for a Need for Speed.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: braggtd on January 24, 2015, 10:36:44 pm
Hey guys, I am a long time lurker but new to the board.  I have a question regarding Team Challenge.  I was having some artifacts issues and booting issues that I discovered were the video card (I believe TI-4200).  I purchased a GeForce 6600 which has removed the artifact issues as expected.  The issue is with the new card is the menu resolution is messed up.  It looks like it is at 640 x 380 or something.  Does anyone know how I can change the resolution?  The actual play graphics are now flawless...I highly recommend this card as an upgrade.  Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 24, 2015, 11:46:57 pm
That's strange mate. The resolution should change itself on ur monitor when plugged into the VGA input on your screen. You shouldn't need to change the res in the pc settings? I have had this happen after a graphics card change but after a reboot it seems to fix itself?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 25, 2015, 08:26:04 am
Same thing happened when I changed a card but resolved second time I booted. Is your monitor tri res? You can always hook up keyboard to computer and go into f desktop to change.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: darryldale on January 25, 2015, 10:30:52 am
OK quick question.

I've been reading all the messages about getting the machine hooked up online and don't know if my machine that I recently picked up is a good candidate. Here is what I have:

PGA Tour Championship Edition III machine
The marquee also indicates "World Tour Challenge"
It would appear that all the courses / players are unlocked on my machine (about 20 of each?)
I have a "World Tour Challenge" menu item on the machine that is not currently selectable.
There is a card slot on the front of the machine that appears to be functional.

Is this machine a good candidate for getting working online?

Darryl
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 25, 2015, 01:40:58 pm
Pics of your title screen, select screen. You may have all access team challenge. Look at global vr website for there manuals to determine what you have. Is good candidate as can reinstall team challenge.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on January 25, 2015, 04:45:06 pm
Boost, realize you've been busy but just wanted to give you a head's up that I tried to contact the server today to upload some of my player's data and got a 4110 error. Said something about it was unable to deserialize or something. When I checked the log about connecting it said partial failure.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 25, 2015, 08:44:17 pm
OK quick question.

I've been reading all the messages about getting the machine hooked up online and don't know if my machine that I recently picked up is a good candidate. Here is what I have:

PGA Tour Championship Edition III machine
The marquee also indicates "World Tour Challenge"
It would appear that all the courses / players are unlocked on my machine (about 20 of each?)
I have a "World Tour Challenge" menu item on the machine that is not currently selectable.
There is a card slot on the front of the machine that appears to be functional.

Is this machine a good candidate for getting working online?

Darryl
It sounds like you have a Team Challenge all access machine. At this point in time only the normal team challenge version works as the all access pass removes your ability to register your machine. Install normal team challenge version run Boosts patcher connect machine to internet register ur machine and your done.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: braggtd on January 26, 2015, 12:39:08 am
Thanks spitfire and yukonblaze.  A reboot fixed the resolution issue.  The 6600 is a great upgrade for anyone considering changing their video card.  I purchased it for $18 shipped from Ebay.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on January 26, 2015, 06:10:13 pm
Hey Everyone,
I have made a Facebook page for us to share our screenshots and to help assist this Owners Thread Thank you, would love to have who ever would like join
https://www.facebook.com/pages/PGA-Tour-Golf-by-Global-VR-EA-Sports-Owners-Page/703496909767804 (https://www.facebook.com/pages/PGA-Tour-Golf-by-Global-VR-EA-Sports-Owners-Page/703496909767804)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 26, 2015, 09:23:46 pm
On my register|connect page I only have the option to restore cabinet registration. I already had world tour and tournaments unlocked from the patcher. I hit restore cabinet registration to Re-enable online features and it goes to 5% jumps to 100% and says successful. I checked the connection history and it says failed. Anybody know how I can get it to unregister so I can re-register or connect to server?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 27, 2015, 01:26:56 am
Hey Sherm has this machine ever been online n tournament enabled before. What version of golf is it? It has to be the normal version of team challenge as that's all Boost has working so far. All access pass or challenge machines will not work.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 27, 2015, 06:53:24 am
Its team challenge and yeah I had everything working by following boosts instructions a couple days ago. I re-installed the software to  try and see if that would fix my gameface debugger error. I figured out that upgrading to SP3 fixed the error but when I went to force call the re-enable online was the only option I had in connect/register section and now it keeps failing and I also ran the patcher again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 27, 2015, 01:05:50 pm
Sherman
I have found that when there is an error, just reinstall the game again.  Updates can cause bigger issues on the game.


*Question for Everyone
Who here is using an everlast computer in their PGA vs origianl computer.  The reason I ask is I have spare of each and just trying to decide which to keep.  I have upgraded the cpu in each to the same specs but just wasnt sure if it made a difference.

Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on January 27, 2015, 05:20:00 pm
Sherm, I had the same issue w/ the debugger and gameface.  It worked itself out w/ the server but I think I helped.  I can't remember which I did first, but either create your player on your card, completely from the menu that has the driving range etc.  If that wasn't it, it was when I went to play world tour and picked use your own player.  One of those cured the error.  I also had the same issue your having w/ the server after unregistering and reregistering.  Boost had to help me fix that b/c I think the server was recognizing it as a duplicate, regardless of registration status.  Not sure if he fixed it for just me or for all.  Note to self, do not do service packs and do not unregister until Boost confirms.  Hope that helps!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 27, 2015, 06:39:04 pm
Yep I agree with Jason if you are having issues Sherm you need to re install team challenge and start again. A proper install of the game will let you follow boosts instructions and get you back on the World Tour. You shouldn't have any real game face issues if game installs without any errors.

Jason I have never used an everlast pc with the game. I have only the original and the Dell gx260 working.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 28, 2015, 08:45:22 pm
So I used the restore disc then reinstalled the game still getting the same option in the connect screen asks me if I want to restore cabinet registration. Goes to 5% then 100% says successfully restored but shows failure in connection history.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 29, 2015, 06:38:21 am
I would be using the full install disks Sherm not the restore disc as it seems something is wrong with the game files. After a clean install with the game disks you should be able to run the patcher and get your machine registered again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 30, 2015, 07:05:08 am
Boost! Boost! Why have you forsaken us? So close to leaderboards but yet so far. I could just about taste it. Please come back mate we can change!! ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 30, 2015, 07:51:10 am
Hopefully Boost is just busy with life right now and not forsaken us.  Wish i had time to play some pga but life is just getting in the way for last 2 weeks.  I hope to get in a few good rounds on the old game this Sunday after camping with my son. 

Spit
You unlocked anything new recently??
Sherman
After after fresh install the game plays normally? You just cant connect with boost patch? Try boost earlier patch and can you still connect it internet before calling in?

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 30, 2015, 05:31:43 pm
Nothing more unlocked unfortunately. I now have -18 or less on every course also ummm they are tricky little buggers to find aren't they.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 31, 2015, 05:17:56 pm
Yeah I did a fresh install still same problem i will try earlier patcher. Been occupied with my new toy I got at auction an Ivan Stewart's Off Road arcade game.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 31, 2015, 06:40:15 pm
Never had any problems with a freah install of the normal version of team challenge and the latest patcher. As i have connect a few up now. The problems you are stating i only have ever experinces this on the Challenge version of the game which is not supported.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 03, 2015, 06:19:15 am
I'm now becoming very concerned about our saviour Boost. It's been nearly a full month now since we have heard anything from him people just don't disappear. Please boost come back and continue your great work life is just not the same without you.  :cry:  :hissy:
Hope to hear from you soon mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rspark on February 03, 2015, 05:05:08 pm
Man it's strange not seeing Boost around.
All that excitement and progress and then nothing. :(
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bbaker2824 on February 04, 2015, 06:45:37 pm
Dang. I've followed this thread for a long time and got really excited when I saw all the activity. I just signed up so I could post. Major bummer that everything was going so great and then stopped. I'm ready too play tournaments!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 05, 2015, 06:01:23 am
Yep we were so close but now it feels we are so far away. Can't imagine what could have happened to you Boost. I hope your ok mate and still alive and kicking buddy. Even if you are really busy mate or the dreaded Mrs has put an end to all the fun and games please post something to let us know your ok??!!  ???
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Loafmeister on February 05, 2015, 11:53:08 am
Patience is a virtue. He last posted 3 weeks ago and said real life stuff required his attention. In the grand scheme of things, 3 weeks isn't that long, so give him the time he needs.  Of course, with the best hope that all is ok Boost.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 07, 2015, 06:52:12 pm
On a different note shot -20 at Bethpage only only missed 1 put and didn't find any of the hidden skill shots. These babies are very hard to find. Urghhh :timebomb:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on February 08, 2015, 12:14:50 am
May have found a new item that I didn't see posted as of yet. Various colored golf balls for an eagle on hole 7 on the Turnberry Golf course-Ailsa.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 08, 2015, 04:22:59 pm
This is where I have found the skill shots so far most for Eagles or concecative Eagles very low total scores etc. however some are for bad play also double bogies etc. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on February 10, 2015, 01:52:36 pm
Hallo all

What a pleasure to find this form.

@Boostinallovryou- It looks like you have done some amazing work getting the PGA on-line. I am from South Africa and would love to join in the fun. I started playing the game long after it went offline. I have read that a couple of Ausies are joining to. I have kept them in my prayers for this coming Cricket world cup.  ;). Just kidding guys. I predict a SA vs AUS final.

Does any one have a Championship 3 edition dongle that i can buy?

Once again so happy to have found this form.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on February 10, 2015, 03:58:43 pm
One more question:  Do you need a players card to unlock items, or must one use Boost's patch to do it?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 11, 2015, 06:08:01 am
Hi gvd glad you have joined us mate. I'm one of those Aussies that is now online and playing world tour and unlocking all those new items which is great. I am also very worried about Boost and hope that he returns soon.
To join in you need the latest patcher and a regular team challenge machine. No other machines will work at this stage and without boost there will be no way of getting them Working in the future. On the attract screen run the patcher in your cd rom drive and turn off and power up your machine again. Then go to the operators menu and register your machine using the 4 digit code option. Once registered force a call to the server and that's it. You should now be tournament enabled and online. Yes you will also need a players card and reader play World tour. Another thing make sure you turn of free play otherwise you won't be able to select world tour.
I hope this helps you and any one else trying to get online playing world tour with us. Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on February 11, 2015, 08:46:28 am
Thank you Spitfire.

I have the Team Challenge. Do I need to be connected to the internet the whole time if I want to play World Tour or only once to get the cabinet registered? Can I use the onboard LAN port?

I am hopefully getting a players card tonight. One on my friends might still have his.

You don't perhaps have a Championship 3 dongle? Thanks again
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 11, 2015, 07:21:46 pm
Hey gvd you have to be connected to the Internet all the time mate to play world tour and yes you plug in using the LAN port at the back of machine. Make sure it is connected inside also to the lan port on the pc.

Yes I think I do have a challenge 3 dongle I think as I set up a system to run that version as it has pebble beach course on it. Its the only one I have so not really for sale but pm me if your desperate with an offer and who knows ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on February 11, 2015, 07:46:55 pm
I am hopefully getting a players card tonight. One on my friends might still have his.

You don't perhaps have a Championship 3 dongle? Thanks again

I have one last PGA Tour Golf Championship 3 dongle and a bunch of players cards if you still need them.  PM me if you still are searching for the dongle and we can work something out.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on February 12, 2015, 09:37:09 pm
Wondering if anyone that has done the Vizio screen change has figured out how to keep the tv on when turning on the cabinet...Mine turns on then shuts off and I have to manually turn it back on, not sure if there is an option Im missing in the options that will keep it on...

BOOST WHERE ARE YOU????
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 13, 2015, 09:57:16 pm
So no luck at finding any more skill shots and still no closer to getting the leaderboards happening or the tournaments up and running which would add so much to the game.

So sad that Boost has disappeared!! I wish you would come back Boost as I'm starting to look at working on my virtual pinball again just to pass the time ha ha.  :timebomb:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 15, 2015, 04:17:55 pm
Haven't been able to play do to work related injury. Can't wait to get back at it.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bowana on February 17, 2015, 10:34:52 am
I've wanted to do the Vizio swap but haven't been able to locate a Vizio here in Canada.

Wondering if anyone that has done the Vizio screen change has figured out how to keep the tv on when turning on the cabinet...Mine turns on then shuts off and I have to manually turn it back on, not sure if there is an option Im missing in the options that will keep it on...

BOOST WHERE ARE YOU????
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 21, 2015, 12:44:02 pm
Switched HD over to d diffrent pga computer, now says machine not registered. Any ideas before I deregulated machine.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 21, 2015, 03:53:36 pm
Alright switched everything back into original computer and connects. I only have extra motherboard for other computer and wanted to have that as main pc, as had the pga game go down on kids bday party before so wanted a spare inside cab. Will do clean install on other pga cab and see if it connects.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on February 23, 2015, 08:20:36 pm
Hey guys, I reached out to Boost via email and he is alive and well.  He appreciated everyone's concern. His regular job has had away from home for quite some time and he is just getting back to his family.  He should be checking in here at some point soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 24, 2015, 03:46:41 am
Hey guys, I reached out to Boost via email and he is alive and well.  He appreciated everyone's concern. His regular job has had away from home for quite some time and he is just getting back to his family.  He should be checking in here at some point soon.

That's the best news I've heard in ages!! Thx Ken for that update. Just happy to hear he is still alive and well and all is ok. Hope to see you Back soon Boost!!  :burgerking: :applaud: :notworthy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 26, 2015, 11:25:20 am
Glad to hear about Boost being alive!!!!  One thing I have been doing is trying to get multiple machines running and all of them have a little choppy/lag when using the bl32 motherboard.  I have upgrade CPU, more memory, and better graphics card.  I am going to test different power supplies tomorrow and also look for bad caps, does anyone else have a fix to choppy videos and sometimes game play?  Also have been trying to find the location of World Tour average as when you use your card in another computer it doesnt register.  I am assuming the call into the server was to update your states for when you went to another cab.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on February 28, 2015, 06:21:54 pm
Hello guys!  I currently have a 2005 PGA Golf Challenge that, like most everybody else, I want to upgrade to a Team Challenge / All Access 27 courses.  I may need to talk to someone on here to get those disc but they don't seem to be as hard as finding the dongle.  I was reading through this forum and seen where people are playing this now without the dongle?  Can someone please post info about how to do this or PM me with some instructions.   ;)

Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 01, 2015, 06:22:05 pm
Hey Whompmaster welcome to the club mate. Unfortunately never went down the no dongle path but yes there are others who say the have their machines working with a dongle emulator. However what I can suggest is that you don't need the all access dongle anymore just the normal team challenge version. As this is what you need to follow boosts instruction and run the latest patcher on this normal treatment challenge and you will be able to play the World Tour which opens up all the courses with online play. I also have an all access pass machine which doesn't allow you to play world tour as the online call into server capabilities have been deleted.
Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on March 01, 2015, 08:22:30 pm
Hey Whompmaster welcome to the club mate. Unfortunately never went down the no dongle path but yes there are others who say the have their machines working with a dongle emulator. However what I can suggest is that you don't need the all access dongle anymore just the normal team challenge version. As this is what you need to follow boosts instruction and run the latest patcher on this normal treatment challenge and you will be able to play the World Tour which opens up all the courses with online play. I also have an all access pass machine which doesn't allow you to play world tour as the online call into server capabilities have been deleted.
Thx Joe

Hey Spitfire!

Thanks for the reply.  I was hoping I wasn't to new to get a response.   ;)  I actually bought my game about 5 years ago and I so wish I had of gotten into upgrading it a few years ago compared to doing it now.  I'm researching some things now and may do exactly what you said about upgrading to Team Challenge only.  Of course I will probably never play it online.  I don't even have home telephone anymore since we got our cell phones unless it has a Ethernet connection?

One option was to either buy a newer Optiplex PC and do the upgrade myself or maybe buy a PC already upgraded and software installed + dongle.  It all depends on who I run across and what deals I see.  I'll be looking to do something this spring or Summer time but also looking to buy another PC NOW.  Once I get that newer PC I'll really be digging into this process.   

I really look forward to going back to the beginning and reading this whole thread.  Most likely I'll do that over time once I do find another PC or software and dongle.  I still DO want the all access pass if possible but it seems very difficult to find.

I do have one question now that I'm thinking about it.  If I had another hard drive and did a install from scratch, does the PGA software also have the Windows Embedded on it?

Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 01, 2015, 09:22:56 pm
Windows Embedded is on automatically installed on the first rescue/recoveryet CD.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 02, 2015, 04:05:49 am
Yes whomp the machines cone t via an Ethernet connection through your router hard wired or wireless however I haven't yet gone down the wireless path. Once online you have every course. I never play my all access anymore. Also when Boost finally get back onboard he wi have leaderboards running and online tournaments so I would be bothering to much with the all access path.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on March 02, 2015, 05:33:35 am
Still not sure I'll do the online but on the other hand you just never know.  And I'll probably never really play 27 courses anyway but it would just be nice to have them.  More courses, more to pick from and better chance I'll find one I really love to play.

So, if AAP is 27 courses then how many courses comes with Team Challenge only? 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 03, 2015, 04:53:41 am
Normal team challenge when connected online with boosts patcher gives you 27 courses ha ha I dont think your listening very well Whomp without the online patcher I think around 11. However not to sure why you wouldn't wont to apply patcher and go online very simple.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on March 03, 2015, 05:23:52 am
Normal team challenge when connected online with boosts patcher gives you 27 courses ha ha I dont think your listening very well Whomp without the online patcher I think around 11. However not to sure why you wouldn't wont to apply pat her and go online very simple.

No, I very well may do the online thing.  I just don't know enough about it and how it works.  I don't care very much about playing people online or anything more than just doing co-op with some friends against two computer players.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 05, 2015, 03:12:15 pm
Hi all i am struggling to find a PGA golf card reader here in Australia or anywhere for that matter would anyone know where I can get one or does anyone have one they could sell to me?
Also does anyone know if the golden tee type card readers work on the Pga Golf machines as I have a few of these but can't get the game to register it?  Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dahupshee on March 05, 2015, 07:54:05 pm
They're really hard to come by. I looked for quite a while but couldn't find any. I randomly kept checking eBay and some guy was selling his PGA machine part by part and had one so I picked it up. Boost said he had a some extras so if he makes it back here, I would send him a PM. I researched the internet pretty extensively and couldn't find anything. They do apparently have them on the GlobalVR site but I think that they were around $200+.

The Golden Tee card readers are different and won't work with these machines. My buddy had a machine and didn't need the card reader but again (with extensive research) found out those would not work either.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on March 06, 2015, 02:41:41 pm
Hey everybody........did ya miss me??  I'm sorry to be gone for so long and with no communication.  My job sometimes takes me to places in the world that have 0 cell phone networks, 0 internet, and the ability to only phone home to my family 2 or maybe 3 times a week.  Pretty desolate places.  I'm very glad to be back in the US.  I'm very glad to be back home.  Has taken me a week or two to recoup, enjoy my family, and get back to normal.  The good news......it's time to get back on leaderboards :-)  Odds are with my last server changes there should be a TON of playing data from you guys and I can write the code to parse it and populate it on your machines.  I am only going to focus on Team Challenge as Challenge is do able in the future, but it just has too many differences to try to juggle at one time.  So with that said, it's time to get coding!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 07, 2015, 09:04:21 am
All hail king Boost  :burgerking: has returned!!! HAIL! HAIL! :notworthy: :applaud:
mate from all of us in Australia Welcome back! You have made me a very happy man and very glad to see you alive and kicking. Can't wait to see those leaderboards on World Tour come up will add so much to the game. Agreed let s get Team Challange running smooth first don't worry about the rest unless really needed. Thanks once again for coming back Boost.  :D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on March 07, 2015, 12:33:03 pm
Hi Boost and welcome back as it seems you were greatly missed here, lol.

I have two PGA computers coming that I hope to have up and running this week.  Looking forward to getting at least one of them connected and getting into the action with you guys!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on March 08, 2015, 07:51:55 am
Hey guys, can someone tell me what is a good PC to use to upgrade to?  The only one I know of is a Optiplex 745 but are there other Optiplex's that the software will work with that are even faster PC's?  I want to get this game upgraded this Summer and I'm looking for a place to start.

Also, would I need to upgraded the video card and if so which one is a good one to get?   If someone has already listed this on this forum then I can go back and read all 27 pages. 

Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on March 08, 2015, 03:16:28 pm
Hi all ! My neighbor scored a VR PGA Tour Challenge. Took an afternoon to get it up an running as it was off line for some time an not squared away properly. Lucky, tho, as the dongle was still attached an even has all the software CD's - program disk 1 & 2, an Recovery.. It has all the courses - 22, but have no idea how to access them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Fairly PC savvy, but have been away from techie mode for a few years, , , lol.      hmm, not sure how to post img of unit, , ,  selected 'insert image an only inserts this:   (http://)    HELP !!!!!  lololol

Al
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 08, 2015, 06:11:43 pm
Hi Al firstly welcome mate glad you can join us. Unfortunately not to sure what your post is asking for?? Ha ha you say you have your machine working and you have 22 Courses but you can't access them?? If the game is working properly a normal version of team challenge can be played by inserting a coin or hitting the credit button to start and then select play golf on the menu screen and hit the start button. If you have followed Boosts instructions and applied the patcher and have your machine online then you can access all courses through the world tour option??

Please clarify what you actually needed Al ha ha ha??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on March 09, 2015, 09:53:05 am
Hello Spitfire,,,,
Thanks for the 'welcome', ,  firstly, if you can tell me how to attach or upload pics to this page, that would be great, , ,  when I clic the 'insert image' button, all i get is (http://). To help get info on my issues, figure a pic is worth a 1000 words or better, , , by the way, did major hack of the cabinet yesterday and after opening  the cabinet where the player card writer would have been, found 2 CD's for Golden T '04 & '05 and the 'chip'.  if I can't get pics posted here, will do so on the FB page of this group.  Calgary, AB

*  opps, , ,  duh,  figured out how to upload pics, , ,  they on their way.

Al
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on March 09, 2015, 10:26:17 am
by the way, did major hack of the cabinet yesterday and after opening  the cabinet where the player card writer would have been, found 2 CD's for Golden T '04 & '05 and the 'chip'.  if I can't get pics posted here, will do so on the FB page of this group. 

Al

The Golden Tee chip?  I wonder is this was just a storage place or what?  Certainly it can't run in this cabinet or could it somehow?

Also, there is a Facebook page for this group?  What name does that go under?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on March 09, 2015, 11:30:12 am
read the box info, the chip is for Golden T, , here's a few pic of before and after, , ,  will be removing the coin box and card reader, unless its needed to unlock the other courses the game has on it, , ,  will try an do a re format an full install later this week an see what happens, , , will keep all posted as to results.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/PGA-Tour-Golf-by-Global-VR-EA-Sports-Owners-Page/703496909767804 (https://www.facebook.com/pages/PGA-Tour-Golf-by-Global-VR-EA-Sports-Owners-Page/703496909767804)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on March 09, 2015, 11:51:39 am
Did you say the original monitor was dead?

I wonder how much weight this takes off?  100 lbs. or so?  Maybe more?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on March 09, 2015, 12:06:01 pm
Hi
Monitor works, a little aged to say the least, , , lost about 80 lbs in the  modification, , , if anyone wants the monitor, can ship to at cost, , , from Calgary Alberta ! :laugh2:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on March 09, 2015, 02:19:51 pm
which monitor does it have? I'm up in Edmonton and might be interested in a road trip for the right monitor.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on March 09, 2015, 02:31:46 pm
Sure feels good to be back and see people posting and working on their PGA cabs.  The weekday evenings are the times my wife allows me to "Go outside and play".  So can't wait to get off work, go home, and write some code.  Also just to give everybody a sense of hope on tournaments before I left I was able to start a tournament round, but I was stuck on the first hole.  As soon as I would finish the hole and should have gone to the second......it put me right back to the first.  So both leaderboards and playable tournaments are so so so close.  Don't give up hope.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 09, 2015, 07:58:49 pm
Great to hear the news boost can't wait for leaderboards and Tournaments would be awesome.

Hey Al great chop job. Now to get ur machine online you will need the latest version of the game Team challenge it seems your version is the Challenge one. Also you will need your card reader and a players card to create yourself as a player in the game and to register for online play. Please let me know what other info u need or problems your having? As it seems your challenge version is running ok from pics.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on March 09, 2015, 10:11:16 pm
Welcome back Boost!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on March 10, 2015, 11:56:01 am
lilshawn

will take a few pics of monitor an post them, image is good, for its age, but think better to replace with plas or led , ,
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on March 10, 2015, 12:41:34 pm
How hard is it to use a LCD TV?  Do you have to add a different video card?  What about the driver install.  Is that pretty simple or anything tricky to it?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on March 10, 2015, 03:09:36 pm
PGA runs at a standard computer resolution (640 x 480). if your TV has a VGA input (as most LCD's do), it will accept the video signal without much issue. You may have to tweak the horizontal and vertical size in the TV menu to get the picture how you like it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on March 10, 2015, 03:16:44 pm
PGA runs at a standard computer resolution (640 x 480). if your TV has a VGA input (as most LCD's do), it will accept the video signal without much issue. You may have to tweak the horizontal and vertical size in the TV menu to get the picture how you like it.

Wow, I can't believe the resolution is so low.  In the game it looks pretty good.

It's also to bad they didn't continue to make these games to compete with Golden Tee
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on March 10, 2015, 03:34:46 pm
the old CRT monitors "hide" a lot of the crimes of low resolution images. this is something to be aware of when blowing up the image to a 50 inch TV.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on March 10, 2015, 07:56:54 pm
WhompMaster
no issues, jus hooked up the monitor to the pc/vga input on screen an  DONE
pic not the greatest, Iphone  suks, but  jus freakin awesome image !!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on March 10, 2015, 08:00:59 pm
All,  took screen shots of hard drive files directories, , , found it even has Tiger woods golf on the drive !
Also added pics of SERVICE Screens, , ,  hopefully they will be able to help me get this unit running all the courses on the drive an hopefully tournament !!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on March 10, 2015, 08:11:39 pm
more pics of hard drive directory
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on March 11, 2015, 05:31:08 am
All,  took screen shots of hard drive files directories, , , found it even has Tiger woods golf on the drive !
Also added pics of SERVICE Screens, , ,  hopefully they will be able to help me get this unit running all the courses on the drive an hopefully tournament !!!

Ok, I'm just learning all I can before Summer gets here and I swap my PC, do the upgrade and install the Team Challenge.  All the VR options in the software, is this something you see during the setup or something you can pull up anytime to make changes?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 11, 2015, 05:33:04 am
Hi alman not sure if you have been living under a rock or you haven't bothered to read any of this forum or listen to anything we have been posting but our saviour Boost has already done all the hard work for all of us and we have now been able to get our team challenge machines online, we are able to play every course through world tour and soon Boost will have us playing Tounaments against each other and having leaderboards on the world tour courses. So unsure what your are really trying to achieve??  Just download the Patcher and follow the instructions to the holy grail mate. Ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on March 11, 2015, 03:16:40 pm
It's starting to really warm up quickly here in SC!  I said I was going to clean out the garage once it warms up and work on a few arcade projects, including the PGA PC upgrade to a clientpro 545 (2GM ram & GeForce 6600) .  I think it's a Pentium 4 and not a dual core but I've heard it will run great.  Has anyone else on here upgraded to a duel core PC and had good luck with it or do you mostly stick to Pentium 4's?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 15, 2015, 02:53:55 am
Hey Boost just checking in mate wondering how things are going your end? Hopefully we will get some leaderboards in the near future? Let us know if you need us to do anything other than play Golf?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on March 25, 2015, 12:46:12 pm
Hey Spitfire.  I'm a little slow getting out of the gates here.  Ended up spending a bunch of time prepping and selling some games.  Gives me more room to work on my PGA as I have two setups.  One is my development system where I screw things up all the time and the other is the test bench where I test on that before releasing to the server.  Now that I have some room I am ramping up.  Got one more game to sell though.  Oh and I found my email alerts aren't working for this thread so I need to update that so I am not so out of touch.  I feel like a slacker!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 25, 2015, 11:11:49 pm
Hey mate glad to hear you are getting yourself organised. Take all the time you need Boost as I think I speak for all of us here when I say we are just glad to see you back!! ;D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on March 26, 2015, 04:12:34 pm
Glad to be back and excited to get these leaderboards working.  It's gonna be so cool when one day very soon you guys have your machine call in and all of a sudden that leaderboard is filled with our names and scores.  Too bad I won't be able to see everybody's face when that happens.  But the holy grail is the tournaments :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 28, 2015, 05:01:31 am
Yes mate that would be a great day to see those leaderboards populate. Also Tounaments would just make the year for me and my Aussie mates. With you back Boost anything is possible and the future looks bright.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: joepga on March 30, 2015, 06:36:12 pm
Hey guys, I have PGA Tour Championship III arcade machine, which didn't come with install disks or anything, and still have Championship III Dongle... I ordered PGA Tour Team Challenge and obviously getting the invalid Dongle error... Is there a confirmed way to bypass this? I've looked at previous threads and tried everything that was suggested but still cannot get this to work.. Any Suggestions?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 30, 2015, 11:56:52 pm
Hi mate welcome firstly. I also have heard that people have been able to bypass the dongle call with a dongle emulator  however I have never done it personally. Where are you based as their might be someone you could buy a team challenge dongle off?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: joepga on April 01, 2015, 01:27:05 pm
Hi mate welcome firstly. I also have heard that people have been able to bypass the dongle call with a dongle emulator  however I have never done it personally. Where are you based as their might be someone you could buy a team challenge dongle off?

I'm from Chicago, IL,  I heard you definitely need the original Dongle in order for the emulator to work..
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 02, 2015, 07:21:11 am
I might have a spare team challenge dongle laying around however I'm in Australia so might be easier if someone in the mighty USA has one for you. Can anyone help Joe out?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stpcore on April 02, 2015, 02:08:17 pm
The last Team Challenge dongle I got was from you, Spitfire!  I'm sending you a PM on something now...

I finally got my Team Challenge machine up and running and hope to get on the server this weekend.  Good times.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 03, 2015, 03:05:47 am
Umm that's right maybe I don't have one ha ha ha must be another version. I'll check n get back to you mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: joepga on April 06, 2015, 07:42:18 pm
So now, I got a hold of pga tour golf championship III install discs, and it's telling me I have an invalid dongle....  This is ridiculous..  I have a championship III single in there!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 07, 2015, 02:49:33 am
Hi all below is a link to an ebay item in the USAfor team challenge. You might want to save some time Joepga and buy it.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=161665441309 (http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=161665441309)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on April 07, 2015, 05:58:49 am
Hi all below is a link to an ebay item in the USAfor team challenge. You might want to save some time Joepga and buy it.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=161665441309 (http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=161665441309)

I seen this last week and thought about it myself.  It used to be "Buy it now" for $99.00 but now it's a bidding thing starting at $99.00.  Maybe he is trying something different.  I still want the AAP myself so I just passed on it since I can't upgrade it without the dongle.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 07, 2015, 08:00:43 am
Hi Whomp I think you are missing something. I have an Access all areas pass machine that I don't play anymore and am going to sell as now my standard team challenge pc linked to Boost server gives me everything my AAP machine does but the added access to Tournaments and World Tour which allows you to play every course and unlock special player customisable items in every course, also Special player rankings and much much more. Soon hopefully boost will add leaderboards and then the holy grail of online tournaments.

It's seems you haven't been reading this forum to closely. If you need help connected to server let me know?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on April 07, 2015, 08:25:55 am
Hi Whomp I think you are missing something. I have an Access all areas pass machine that I don't play anymore and am going to sell as now my standard team challenge pc linked to Boost server gives me everything my AAP machine does but the added access to Tournaments and World Tour which allows you to play every course and unlock special player customisable items in every course, also Special player rankings and much much more. Soon hopefully boost will add leaderboards and then the holy grail of online tournaments.

It's seems you haven't been reading this forum to closely. If you need help connected to server let me know?

No, I haven't been on here very long but I'm slowly going back and reading this thread from start to finish.   :)  I actually read the first 4 pages yesterday and it took a good while to do that but I'll eventually get through it.   I still have a ways to go as well from upgrading my entire PC to installing Team Challenge to possibly logging into the server.   I'm just not so sure I want to rely on a server for all this and then one day it goes down and I lose all the courses and such, IF this is how it works.  I may just bite the bullet and pay for the AAP dongle and do it myself.  Thanks for the advice though as I really do appreciate it. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: joepga on April 07, 2015, 10:27:30 am
So now I'm wondering if anyone has the dongle emulator dump file for either Team Challenge or Championship III and I can possible load the dump file in the emulator program and run without emulator?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 07, 2015, 05:58:22 pm
So now I'm wondering if anyone has the dongle emulator dump file for either Team Challenge or Championship III and I can possible load the dump file in the emulator program and run without emulator?

Instruct how the dump file is made and I'll make as I have both dongle versions.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: joepga on April 08, 2015, 11:36:01 am
So now I'm wondering if anyone has the dongle emulator dump file for either Team Challenge or Championship III and I can possible load the dump file in the emulator program and run without emulator?

Instruct how the dump file is made and I'll make as I have both dongle versions.

http://www.software-key.org/haspsbs.html (http://www.software-key.org/haspsbs.html)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 13, 2015, 08:07:25 am
Hey Joepga sorry haven't got round to copying my team challenge dongle yet mate just been flat out. Also I only have a challenge and championship 3 dongle spare at the moment.

STP are u alive mate. Sent u a PM with the online instructions did u get it?

Boost any updates mate? I keep playing golf waiting for those leaderboard to appear every now and then only to see nothing. I hope things are still moving forward. Have about 4 machines online now in Aus and slowly recruiting more. Hope to get an update soon.

Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on April 13, 2015, 08:25:52 am
Hey Joepga sorry haven't got round to copying my team challenge dongle yet mate just been flat out.

Thx Joe

Ok, please explain what you mean here.  Coping a dongle?

Wouldn't it be so cool to go pick up a $2.00 dongle and just copy the software to it and have AAP?  I'm sure you didn't mean that or did you?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: joepga on April 13, 2015, 11:46:41 am
I'm pretty sure you need special software to write to the dongle... we are looking at creating a dump file of what is read off the dongle and store it in a program so that when the game looks for the dongle the program says "here it is" without a dongle physically being plugged into the computer... Unfortunately I tried installing the championship 3 discs that I received from Global VR and before it actually installs, it does a cabinet check and tells me that I have the incorrect dongle inserted and I need to insert 2.0 and/or 2.1 or something... I looked on the dongle itself and it says 1.5.. I don't get it.. if anyone has 1.5 version software I would love to have a copy of it since basically that's all Global VR does is make copies of their own cds I don't see the individual cds for the software being unique.. or if you have a dropbox it would be cool to rip the cd as iso and put it in there for download..
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on April 13, 2015, 12:23:34 pm
I'm pretty sure you need special software to write to the dongle... we are looking at creating a dump file of what is read off the dongle and store it in a program so that when the game looks for the dongle the program says "here it is" without a dongle physically being plugged into the computer... Unfortunately I tried installing the championship 3 discs that I received from Global VR and before it actually installs, it does a cabinet check and tells me that I have the incorrect dongle inserted and I need to insert 2.0 and/or 2.1 or something... I looked on the dongle itself and it says 1.5.. I don't get it.. if anyone has 1.5 version software I would love to have a copy of it since basically that's all Global VR does is make copies of their own cds I don't see the individual cds for the software being unique.. or if you have a dropbox it would be cool to rip the cd as iso and put it in there for download..

Wow, if we could get this setup and working then we would not even need a dongle, right?  All we would need is the software disc which we could put on dropbox or something. That would be sweet!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 20, 2015, 06:35:20 am
Hi all this is a little off topic but would someone be able to buy this Madden control panel for me and then send it to me in Melbourne Australia 3030 as the buyer won't ship international. Will pay in advance for all expenses. As can't seem to find this anywhere.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=391103849650 (http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=391103849650)

Thanks in advance,

Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on April 21, 2015, 11:36:56 pm
Hi all this is a little off topic but would someone be able to buy this Madden control panel for me and then send it to me in Melbourne Australia 3030 as the buyer won't ship international. Will pay in advance for all expenses. As can't seem to find this anywhere.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=391103849650 (http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=391103849650)

Thanks in advance,

Joe

Spit shoot me an email about getting this to you...

bobber3@gmail.com

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on April 22, 2015, 02:16:43 pm
Hey Joepga sorry haven't got round to copying my team challenge dongle yet mate just been flat out.

Thx Joe

Ok, please explain what you mean here.  Coping a dongle?

Wouldn't it be so cool to go pick up a $2.00 dongle and just copy the software to it and have AAP?  I'm sure you didn't mean that or did you?

Hi

As far as I know Team Challenge and All Access Pass use the same dongle. All access pass is a small patch that must be installed after team challenge has been installed. So with that said. If you have a Team challenge dongle, you only need the All Access Pass patch.

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on April 22, 2015, 02:29:07 pm
Hey Joepga sorry haven't got round to copying my team challenge dongle yet mate just been flat out.

Thx Joe

Ok, please explain what you mean here.  Coping a dongle?

Wouldn't it be so cool to go pick up a $2.00 dongle and just copy the software to it and have AAP?  I'm sure you didn't mean that or did you?

Hi

As far as I know Team Challenge and All Access Pass use the same dongle. All access pass is a small patch that must be installed after team challenge has been installed. So with that said. If you have a Team challenge dongle, you only need the All Access Pass patch.

Thanks

You may be right but if it were this easy then someone would have cracked this already.  Where would this patch be located?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 22, 2015, 08:00:59 pm
Hey 96 email sent via pm. Also I think the dongle is different as I have a All Access machine and have tried with a normal team challenge dongle and the error comes up saying wrong dongle
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on April 22, 2015, 11:24:48 pm
I allready compiled the emulator for all acess pass dongle at  the pga Facebook page works with ver 4.0.0.8
https://m.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690?refid=17&ref=bookmark&_ft_
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on April 23, 2015, 05:28:50 am
I allready compiled the emulator for all acess pass dongle at  the pga Facebook page works with ver 4.0.0.8
https://m.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690?refid=17&ref=bookmark&_ft_

Is that the PGA Patcher_04 patch?  Also, how would you use it or is there instructions in there too?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on April 23, 2015, 09:08:36 am
Hi

Does anyone know where I can buy a Nitric card for my pga cabinet?


Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on April 29, 2015, 02:04:32 pm
I have a Nytric usb IO board rev. 2.0

has 37 pin dsub connector for panel connection

if you are interested/still looking, send me a PM.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on May 03, 2015, 11:33:53 am
Ok, I must have a older PC in my golf game because I can't seem to upgrade it to Team Challenge.  One of the upgrade / restore disk will go 100% through the install but the other disk stops at 85% each and every time.  I even tried two different disk from two different sources and they both stop at 85%. 

The install disk / restore disk that does work will also ask for a upgraded Net Frame (which I simply downloaded and installed)  It also wanted a upgraded Direct X which I also downloaded and installed. So no missing drivers or software errors.  It will even take my 3 Team Challenge install disk with no quirks UNTIL it tries to actually load Team Challenge and then it just shows the Team Challenge loading screen but right after you hear the golf ball fall in the cup it stops and blinks every few seconds, like something is missing.

First, is this correct that my computer will not let me install the other restore disk past 85%?  If so, what would I need to do in order to get past this problem?

I really believe TC will not run because I'm not using the correct or newer restore disk??  So, I would like to learn more about this problem before I invest anymore money on the game.  I could buy a GX 280 motherboard but I just need to know WHY this install is quitting on me first.  Has anyone on here seen this happen?

I didn't overwrite my original hard drive as I just installed a 2nd one but it's only a 20.5 GB.  It still has lots of free space on it.  Another thought I could try would be to ghost my original HD and then try to upgrade it to TC but I really feel like this will not work.

 

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: h0tw1r3 on May 05, 2015, 12:10:39 am
I just had someone strip and ship a PGA with challenge inside.  The PC came today, it has the I/o board and dongle, but the hard drive is dead. Now I'm in search of restore discs. Paying global vr feels wrong considering they don't support PGA at all anymore.

Anyone have an extra set they wouldn't mind parting with (or an I so)? I see people selling copied discs on fleebay.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on May 05, 2015, 12:45:23 pm
I just had someone strip and ship a PGA with challenge inside.  The PC came today, it has the I/o board and dongle, but the hard drive is dead. Now I'm in search of restore discs. Paying global vr feels wrong considering they don't support PGA at all anymore.

Anyone have an extra set they wouldn't mind parting with (or an I so)? I see people selling copied discs on fleebay.

As you can see my post right above yours, there are a few different kind of restore disk, from what I can tell.  I guess certain ones goes with certain kinds of motherboard and processors?  For example, the older PGA PC I have will not take the newer restore disk.  I guess I need to really dig and read about the certain disk that goes with certain hardware. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 05, 2015, 08:09:59 pm
Hi Whomp firstly I don't think it has anything to do with ur PC it has to do with the disks you are using to upgrade to team challenge. Looking at your photos it looks like you are using a challenge edition recovery disk and not a team challenge one. Firstly you need the right system recovery disk to match the game installation disks you have. In Australia I use the System recovery disc Australian Version v4.0a that works for my Game installation discs which ther are 3 of and are labeled Team Challenge version v4.0.0.8. Once you have the right disks it should work on and PC on any hard drive whether new or old.
What you do is input the system recovery disc first that will install windows xpe on ur PC then it will ask you to restart and input the game disks. If the right system recovery disc is used then it should install perfectly as I have done this several times on different pcs. No need to install more drivers only did this doth the new sell gx 260 motherboard to get sound working.

Now as for the ISO of these disks. STP on this forum setup up a Dropbox which had most versions of the game in it he would be the best person to contact and the easiest way of getting these discs. If you are stuck I have the discs but I think line are mostly the Australian version and unsure what the difference is. I am still connected to boosts server and all is working 100% good luck!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on May 06, 2015, 05:43:26 am
Hi Whomp firstly I don't think it has anything to do with ur PC it has to do with the disks you are using to upgrade to team challenge. Looking at your photos it looks like you are using a challenge edition recovery disk and not a team challenge one. Firstly you need the right system recovery disk to match the game installation disks you have. In Australia I use the System recovery disc Australian Version v4.0a that works for my Game installation discs which ther are 3 of and are labeled Team Challenge version v4.0.0.8. Once you have the right disks it should work on and PC on any hard drive whether new or old.
What you do is input the system recovery disc first that will install windows xpe on ur PC then it will ask you to restart and input the game disks. If the right system recovery disc is used then it should install perfectly as I have done this several times on different pcs. No need to install more drivers only did this doth the new sell gx 260 motherboard to get sound working.

Now as for the ISO of these disks. STP on this forum setup up a Dropbox which had most versions of the game in it he would be the best person to contact and the easiest way of getting these discs. If you are stuck I have the discs but I think line are mostly the Australian version and unsure what the difference is. I am still connected to boosts server and all is working 100% good luck!!

Thanks for all the advice.  I have actually tried and tried and troubleshooted this process over the last 2 weeks but with no success.  I do have the Team Challenge restore / install disk but it stops at 85% each and every time.  My mouse freezes up at that time as well so there certainly is something it doesn't like with that install disk or the hardware on this computer.  I've even tried the same install disk from a couple different sources and it stops at 85% each and every time.  So I know the disk is good but it must not like my PC.  It is a older PC and probably an original PC.

This PC was made for a original setup of Championship 1.  Championship 1 is the ONLY install that will make it to the point of asking for the dongle.  What is crazy is I still have the original HD where Challenge Edition is installed (and working) but I have no frigging clue how they got it to work.  LOL

It will only accept a IDE hard drive and no SATA connections.  My HD is only a 20.5 GB.  I want to at least try a bigger HD but I don't have one currently.

So, I tried this last night.  I installed the older restore disk XPE and then Championship 1.  Made it to the asking for the dongle part.  I then installed Challenge Edition but the game only blinks at the very end when it should work.  I know why though as it SHOULD work with the newer install disk which I'm sure goes with Challenge Edition.  I even went as far as installing TC on top of that as well with no luck.  When I do this I also have to install NetFrame 1.1 and add the DirectX drivers.  I wonder if I'm using the wrong DirectX version or I need to try a larger HD or it simply doesn't like my motherboard or processor in the older PC.

My last hope is to buy a GX 280 motherboard.  Does it matter which processor I use in it or will the install disk accept any processor that works on that board?   :banghead:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 06, 2015, 08:15:48 am
Whomp you are jumping around from saying ur installing championship 1 to challenge edition then team challenge edition. Not even sure what you are trying to achieve its very confusing??!!!  Now please advise are you trying to install the latest version of the game Which is Team challenge or are you trying to install the Challenge version???
That's the first thing that needs clarifying?? Once you have done this then please post pictures of both your system recovery disk version and also every game install disk version. When that's done we can advise better??

Now as stated in my last post the key is to have the right version of the system recovery disk. Now I have the latest team challenge version and with this I can install the team challenge game version and also the challenge game version correctly. You also need to have the correct dongle present while installing these game disks which matches the game disks you are installing or it won't install correctly.

Now please take some deep breaths and clarify everything asked so we can better help?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on May 06, 2015, 08:31:09 am
I know it all sounds crazy but this was just part of my troubleshooting.  I was ONLY trying to install Championship 1, Challenge Edition and then TC JUST to see if I had to do it this way but of course it didn't work.  Only testing and troubleshooting.   ;D  I want to install Team Challenge as that is my goal.

After doing a little more thinking this morning I'm just about 99% sure I need a upgraded PC that will work with the never version of the recovery disk.  This has to be the problem.  I have one of the original PC's that came with Championship 1 and I just think the hardware is different compared to what the NEWER recovery disk is looking for and it's the reason it's freezing up on me ALWAYS at 85%.  Does this makes since?  I think when it gets to the point of looking for a certain hardware then it doesn't see it and it freezes up.  Has nobody else on here ran into that problem before?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: swayze2 on May 06, 2015, 04:27:22 pm
Offloading some goodies from my machine. Never use the card reader...etc

Maybe someone can get some use out of it.

Thanks

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161697067505 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/161697067505)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 06, 2015, 07:29:45 pm
Offloading some goodies from my machine. Never use the card reader...etc

Maybe someone can get some use out of it.

Thanks

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161697067505 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/161697067505)

I'm after a card reader and cards.  PM sent
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 06, 2015, 09:39:40 pm
Hi Whomp you are just not listening!!! Nothing to do with hardware of Machine or PC being too old!!! As I have Team challenge running on same old PC with the same Rev 1.00 sticker on your machine. Now if you can kindly follow my instructions above and post pics of your disks and also your single then I can help you. As that where your problem lies!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on May 06, 2015, 10:03:12 pm
I had a similar issue and also and old mb/tower.  Not sure exactly, but it may have stalled around 85% as well.  I used kill disk and wiped the HD completly.  Next install to TC worked, but I think it still took a couple hours to completely install.  I don't know enough to know if it was a capacity issue or someting else lingering, but wiping and reinstalling worked for me.  Hope that may be a solution for you Whomp, best of luck and hang in there!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: h0tw1r3 on May 07, 2015, 12:09:18 am
Offloading some goodies from my machine. Never use the card reader...etc

Maybe someone can get some use out of it.

Thanks

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161697067505 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/161697067505)
Great! Pm sent. That's all I need to complete this machine. Going to put it in a school for special needs kids!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on May 07, 2015, 07:37:56 am
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: h0tw1r3 on May 09, 2015, 11:06:18 am
Has anyone tried installing PGA onto a full version of XP? If so, general steps?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on May 10, 2015, 02:40:28 pm
I figured out why my PGA would not install correctly.  It was something I thought may be the problem in the very beginning but I didn't have another, larger hard drive to test that theory out.  I was using a 20.5 GB HD and it simply didn't like it.  I finally found another IDE HD @ 40 GB and the install worked like a charm.  I have to admit the game runs pretty good the way it is but I did see some slow down here and there during our games.  So, I very well may get a GX280 motherboard and just screw it down, along with everything else, to a piece of plywood, made to fit inside the cabinet.  It should run cooler that way too!

Does anyone on here have any extra blue player cards they want to sell or know where I can get some?

Oh yea, I also have Team Challenge & All Access Pass running like a charm, without the correct dongle.   :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 10, 2015, 06:15:12 pm
Hey Whomp nice work. Are you using a dongle emulator to get it to run without the dongle?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on May 10, 2015, 08:07:41 pm
Hey Whomp nice work. Are you using a dongle emulator to get it to run without the dongle?

Yep, got a emulator and once you set it it will automatically run each time you boot the game up.  I really want to email that guy on Ebay and tell him to  :censored: off!  He is a crook and rip off artist AND he wants $20.00 for shipping too!   :laugh2:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lostboy4480 on May 12, 2015, 07:23:44 pm
Has anyone tried installing PGA onto a full version of XP? If so, general steps?

I tried this the other day,  But it seems that the launcher for the installation on Game disk 1 does a check for the OS and stops the installation with incorrect OS error.  If this could be bypassed (Which would probably be quite easy for someone that knows what their doing) I believe it could be made to work.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: WhompMaster on May 12, 2015, 07:26:02 pm
What's the advantage of installing this on XP compared to XPE?  It's runs just fine the way it is.
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on May 25, 2015, 09:50:47 am
Hi Whomp firstly I don't think it has anything to do with ur PC it has to do with the disks you are using to upgrade to team challenge. Looking at your photos it looks like you are using a challenge edition recovery disk and not a team challenge one. Firstly you need the right system recovery disk to match the game installation disks you have. In Australia I use the System recovery disc Australian Version v4.0a that works for my Game installation discs which ther are 3 of and are labeled Team Challenge version v4.0.0.8. Once you have the right disks it should work on and PC on any hard drive whether new or old.
What you do is input the system recovery disc first that will install windows xpe on ur PC then it will ask you to restart and input the game disks. If the right system recovery disc is used then it should install perfectly as I have done this several times on different pcs. No need to install more drivers only did this doth the new sell gx 260 motherboard to get sound working.

Now as for the ISO of these disks. STP on this forum setup up a Dropbox which had most versions of the game in it he would be the best person to contact and the easiest way of getting these discs. If you are stuck I have the discs but I think line are mostly the Australian version and unsure what the difference is. I am still connected to boosts server and all is working 100% good luck!!

@Spitifire,
I've just picked up a Championship III cab and found this thread in my searching the interwebs... Wow what a read.  I would be interested in getting a copy of your aus disks if not too much trouble? I would love to join this new tournament server along with the other Aussies. 

-Warren


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 29, 2015, 12:49:16 am
Is anyone having issues connecting to the server as only getting through 2% and getting a connection error 5006 saying failed to ping server urghhhh just sold my all access pass machine as well. BOOST where are you mate have you taken your server down??? Also server only used to work with  team challenge version Warren.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Pinballer73 on May 29, 2015, 12:52:32 am
Please help me resurrect my system.  Stumbling across this thread, I decided to dig out my system and get it setup for play and hopefully run the patch to play all the courses and hopefully join the leaderboard.

I purchased a used kit from an operator back in 2009, with the view to build a small pedestal cabinet, things got in the way and I never did do it.  Reading this thread got me back to it.  I decided to power-up the system and see exactly what my system is and what software it is running.  When I first got it, it was working, however the computer hardware was filthy.  I removed it all, cleaned it up and installed it in a new case, with a new CPU fan and power supply.  It worked when I packed it away.  Now after several years packed away, it doesn't power up. 

When power is initially applied the motherboard begins to power up and the CPU fan spins, doesn't last more than a second and it powers down.  Doesn't matter how many times I press the power button on the front of the PC, it won't start.  If I power cycle the supply to the PC, it will repeat the symptoms above, one time per power cycle.

The motherboard BIOS battery reads 2.94V.  The dongle is securely connected and I have reseated all the connectors within the PC.  Below are a few photos of my system.  Hoping someone can help me find the problem and get my system up and running.

I believe the system is a Team Challenge, going by the label on the dongle.  The power-up attempts did not have a keyboard or mouse connected to the PC, just the USB cable from the I/O interface card, the power cable and the monitor connected.  I also tried it with and without the wiring harness connected to the interface card.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 29, 2015, 01:12:39 am
Tried the patcher again and nothing still won't let me in. Please can anyone let me know if they also can't get in?? Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 29, 2015, 01:23:13 am
Hi Pinball I would replace the cmos battery with a new one and if that doesn't solve the issue I would then replace the ram. Let me know how you go. Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 29, 2015, 01:51:44 am
Back in the game again. It seems that my router must have been playing up. After a reset all well again. Only thing due to re running the patcher it now doesn't have my records of scores on the certain courses all listed at 0 times played. Oh well some golf games ahead of me to play every course again. Lost my ranking also on card. Still retained the skill shots I found though. Ummmm
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Pinballer73 on May 29, 2015, 07:27:30 pm
Hi Pinball I would replace the cmos battery with a new one and if that doesn't solve the issue I would then replace the ram. Let me know how you go. Thx Joe

Thanks Spitfire, that did the job, changed the CMOS battery and the system now boots straight up.  I now need to overhaul the trackball with new bearing or replace it, any suggestions? 

Am I running the right version of this game?  I suspect even though the Dongle label reads PGA TM CHALLENGE, I might not be running the right version, as the screen image mentions WORLD CHALLENGE.  Below is a few screen shots from my game in action.  If I am running the right version, am I now right to run the patch that boostinallovryou has made for us?  If not, can someone please help me out with the upgrade software?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 30, 2015, 07:50:38 am
Need to see the startup screens if they say Team challenge then your right to go if they say challeng on startup then need to update game.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Dalejustin96 on May 31, 2015, 02:15:20 pm
Does anyone have a Team Challenger header 4sale?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 01, 2015, 07:24:06 am
Does anyone have a Team Challenger header 4sale?
Rectangular or oval??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Dalejustin96 on June 01, 2015, 09:02:44 am
Rectangle
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Dalejustin96 on June 01, 2015, 09:05:23 am
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on June 02, 2015, 06:16:42 pm
Hi All
well, got a set of discs for PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge, all was well until I tried to use a patch  HASP/Hardlock Emulator 2007. Didn't do anything, unless instructions I followed were incorrect. So, tried the EDGEHASP, and all seemed ok, but wasn't getting the same screens on the game pc as my main pc. Anyway, tried disabling the N vid card, but the system halted as the game is synced to the video card, , , even swapped out monitors, , , just in case, but no go

Open to suggestions, or, if anyone knows where I can buy a proper dongle, , ,
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 02, 2015, 10:34:44 pm
Rectangle
Hi mate I have a few rectangle ones however I am in Australia. Can anyone in the USA help him out?
Hey Alman have never tried a dongle emulator. What error is being displayed?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on June 02, 2015, 10:46:16 pm
Hey Spitfire,   send me yur email addy, will send the files to you. If you look at the pics, the error is I cannot 'see' the key to GENERATE DNG code, , , issue with scree resolution
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on June 03, 2015, 05:20:26 am
Hi Spitfire,
Could I get a picture of the rectangle header? I'm wondering if it would fit my showcase cab.

-Warren
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 03, 2015, 07:45:25 am
Hey Spitfire,   send me yur email addy, will send the files to you. If you look at the pics, the error is I cannot 'see' the key to GENERATE DNG code, , , issue with scree resolution

Hey alman whompmaster just recent got his machine working with a dongle emulator so he would be the best person to pm. He sent me a walkthru which I will send to you if that helps. Don't know if works as I have never had to use a dongle emulator as always had the dongles.

Warren I'll send you a pic of what I have soon mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 04, 2015, 07:05:25 am
Here is the pic Warren
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on June 04, 2015, 09:41:46 am
Thanks spitfire, looks like it'll be a good fit but I'll have to measure my existing one. Can I ask what you're asking for it? I'm in vic 3029 for postage.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on June 04, 2015, 09:44:34 am
whompmaster
Could you look at my posts and see if there is something you can do to help, , ,
Al  crosby_a@hotmail.com
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on June 06, 2015, 05:12:27 am
@spitfire it looks like my header is 700x180, is that close to your one?


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on June 12, 2015, 05:18:19 am
Good day all.

My Championship 3 dongle stopped working. I tried searching on the internet for one, but with no luck.
Does anyone have a spare that they would sell to me?

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on June 16, 2015, 09:52:47 pm
I have just purchased a card reader for my machine and it doesn't seem to recognise it (XICO 7101USB) as it tells me it can't find a card reader and press a button to continue, if anyone else here has a card reader in their current setup could I ask you to check the device manager to see if it's listed in there.  My one is showing up under the "Human Interface Device" section with two entries, "USB input device" and "HID-compliant vendor-defined device".  Both of which are using generic Microsoft drivers.
If someone does have the device showing in the device manager, could they please send me a copy of the driver, it would be much appreciated.

Regards,
-Warren
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 18, 2015, 08:46:54 am
Good day all.

My Championship 3 dongle stopped working. I tried searching on the internet for one, but with no luck.
Does anyone have a spare that they would sell to me?

Thanks

I may have a spare one for you but all the way in Melbourne Australia I'll check and get back to you. Pm me with what they are worth or what your willing to pay. Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 18, 2015, 08:48:33 am
I have just purchased a card reader for my machine and it doesn't seem to recognise it (XICO 7101USB) as it tells me it can't find a card reader and press a button to continue, if anyone else here has a card reader in their current setup could I ask you to check the device manager to see if it's listed in there.  My one is showing up under the "Human Interface Device" section with two entries, "USB input device" and "HID-compliant vendor-defined device".  Both of which are using generic Microsoft drivers.
If someone does have the device showing in the device manager, could they please send me a copy of the driver, it would be much appreciated.

Regards,
-Warren

I have a few of those style of readers but never were able to get them working. When I get some time I will try one of them again on my machine and report back to you on how I went.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gurt on June 21, 2015, 09:00:43 pm
I just installed a Dell Optiplex GX270 (clam shell) PC using the original APG video card and had some luck.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gurt on June 22, 2015, 01:49:48 pm
I purchased a PGA Tour Team Challenge machine with a decent cabinet, but dead PC. I found that the heatsink for the CPU popped off a little and wasn't making contact. The drive was also mostly dead (making noise).

I had an old Dell Optiplex GX270, so I used that with a new dive and the old interface boards (display adapter, modem, and control interface).

Fortunately it had the dongle, System Recover Disk (version 4.0.0), three Game Install disks (Version 4.0.0), and All-Access Pass disk (version 4.1).

I was able to load the OS and the main game without issue, but when I try to load the All-Access Pass, it tells me that I need to be running 4.0.0.8. Not sure how to upgrade to 4.0.0.8. I don't have land-line phone service (even if their server is up and running).

Any clues? I wonder if STPCore has the needed patches in his dropbox?

I can't PM because I am too new to the forum.

From looking at the setting menu, it looks like I might have the wrong dongle.

I have posted some screen shots...
(http://i.imgur.com/Ozs30Vp.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/yL84hBT.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on June 22, 2015, 02:49:34 pm
just post a few more times to enable PM's. (i think the PM's kick in @ +5 posts) it's just to weed out spammers.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on June 22, 2015, 03:17:31 pm
Good afternoon everybody.  I have FINALLY finished all of my blocking issues and started working on leaderboards and tournaments again.  I am only targeting Team Challenge for now.  I want to let everybody know that I will be taking the server down for maintenance around 8PM Pacific Standard Time tonight.  It should only be down for about 30 minutes.  I need to image it so I have all of the play data your machines have been submitting.

I want to apologize for my long absence.  After I returned from a work trip I had to get a lot of outstanding issues under control.  Everything is finally handled and it's time to get back to work here.  I love to post behind the scene photos as I make progress so look back here soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: frankrizzo2 on June 22, 2015, 10:52:52 pm
Awesome!! I've been wanting to get mine online for some time now! Just have to get the ethernet cable out and give her a whirl.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 23, 2015, 07:22:35 pm
Good afternoon everybody.  I have FINALLY finished all of my blocking issues and started working on leaderboards and tournaments again.  I am only targeting Team Challenge for now.  I want to let everybody know that I will be taking the server down for maintenance around 8PM Pacific Standard Time tonight.  It should only be down for about 30 minutes.  I need to image it so I have all of the play data your machines have been submitting.

I want to apologize for my long absence.  After I returned from a work trip I had to get a lot of outstanding issues under control.  Everything is finally handled and it's time to get back to work here.  I love to post behind the scene photos as I make progress so look back here soon.

The chosen one has returned!!  :notworthy: Hail Hail King Boost. Can't wait for you to weave your magic again boost. Going to bring my portable unit into hospital as my girl is there and stuck in there this week. Let us know if we can help in any way mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 24, 2015, 09:21:44 am
I purchased a PGA Tour Team Challenge machine with a decent cabinet, but dead PC. I found that the heatsink for the CPU popped off a little and wasn't making contact. The drive was also mostly dead (making noise).

I had an old Dell Optiplex GX270, so I used that with a new dive and the old interface boards (display adapter, modem, and control interface).

Fortunately it had the dongle, System Recover Disk (version 4.0.0), three Game Install disks (Version 4.0.0), and All-Access Pass disk (version 4.1).

I was able to load the OS and the main game without issue, but when I try to load the All-Access Pass, it tells me that I need to be running 4.0.0.8. Not sure how to upgrade to 4.0.0.8. I don't have land-line phone service (even if their server is up and running).

Any clues? I wonder if STPCore has the needed patches in his dropbox?

I can't PM because I am too new to the forum.

From looking at the setting menu, it looks like I might have the wrong dongle.

Hi Gurt just be aware that boost's online patch only works on the normal team challenge version of the game not the all access version of it. Once online you unlock the Tournaments and World Tour section of the game which lets you play all the courses unlocked with the AAP anyway and also lets you discover hidden skill shots that award you special items to customise your player with. Now with boost back working again it want be long till their is an online leader board and online tournaments that we can all compete against each other. None of this possible with the AAP version as the online part of the game is removed. Due to this I sold my all access pass machine as much better game playing world tour online.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gurt on June 24, 2015, 01:18:55 pm
Good to knowSpitfire! Glad it didn't install.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on June 24, 2015, 06:27:24 pm
Spitfire I'm really sorry to hear your girl is in the hospital.  I hope everything will be ok.

I setup my new work area and have a dedicated development area now.  Will make everything so much more enjoyable.  Which means more coding hours :-)    So just to give a heads up according to the database 16 machines and 21 players have registered their cards.  Looks like we have some lurkers here hahahahah.  So yea, development has begun.  Leaderboards first, then tournaments.  I'm excited to see the new people jumping on here and communicating.  Exciting times.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 25, 2015, 08:22:30 am
Hopefully will be out of here soon. Great to hear you have things the way you like them boost. Can't wait for your next update.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 03, 2015, 10:17:42 pm
Back home with whole family. Will play some golf tonight. Hope all is moving along boost and we some leaderboards in the near future as that will cap off a good week.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: elle_effMR14 on July 06, 2015, 11:16:34 pm
Hey Guys,

Really enjoy all the information that you guys have released in this post and the other 30 pager.

I've recently purchased a used PGA Tour Challenge Edition machine off of Ebay. I'm having some problems getting it up and running properly and I was wondering if you guys would be able to help me.

The machine powers up just fine. I can get through the menu screens, choose my golfer, choose my course and finally get to the first tee box. At that point I'm able to take my first shot but then I start to get graphics glitches and then the game will eventually freeze. I'm assuming its a GPU issue but is it possible that it is something else? Like RAM or MOBO issues? I'll post pictures to show you what I mean.

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!!

Version Info:
(http://i.imgur.com/w3gjQIP.jpg)

Screen where game froze up:
(http://i.imgur.com/vEqkvPF.jpg)

YouTube link of the problem that I'm having.
https://youtu.be/9KZoOUkV1jg (https://youtu.be/9KZoOUkV1jg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gurt on July 07, 2015, 01:38:36 am
That looks like a GPU issue. Check the heat-sink to make sure it is clear of crud and the fan is running. You may try removing the heat-sink, cleaning off the old thermal paste with alcohol and applying new thermal paste. You may also benefit from doing that to the main CPU.

Thermal paste dries up over time and once it does, it doesn't transfer the heat to the heat-sink very well.

The paste will cost around $5 and can be a cheap way to narrow down the issue.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 07, 2015, 06:46:58 am
Any graphics glitches like that would lead me to replace the graphics card to a new compatible one. You can try what Gurt says and give it a clean etc. if problem Persists after this then I would go to ram replacement or slot change.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on July 08, 2015, 10:54:21 am
Hi SpitFire

Did you perhaps had a chance to look for the Championship 3 dongle.

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 09, 2015, 09:07:05 am
Yes mate just home this week from hospital and do have to that championship 3 dongle will try to get down to the post office and get you a quote to get it to you mate. Sorry for the delay but unfortunately ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- happens ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: elle_effMR14 on July 14, 2015, 12:24:05 am
Thank you Gurt and Spitfire,

I tried new paste on both the CPU and GPU. Didn't seem to do the trick. Tried swapping RAM slots and that didn't do it either. Just waiting on another GPU to show up as well as different RAM. Hopefully one of those things fixes it!

Cheers fellas.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: alman on July 18, 2015, 11:51:29 am
Hey Spitfire,   send me yur email addy, will send the files to you. If you look at the pics, the error is I cannot 'see' the key to GENERATE DNG code, , , issue with scree resolution

Hey alman whompmaster just recent got his machine working with a dongle emulator so he would be the best person to pm. He sent me a walkthru which I will send to you if that helps. Don't know if works as I have never had to use a dongle emulator as always had the dongles.

Warren I'll send you a pic of what I have soon mate.

WHOMPMASTER
can you help me out with dongle emulator ?  issue I have is screen resolution will not allow full image to be displayed, so unable to click on the 'generate' button to apply crack  crosby_a@hotmail.com
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on July 24, 2015, 10:14:58 pm
I've got a challenge machine I've recently purchased and brought back from the dead.  Monitor was not turning on, trackball was full of gunk and not moving, etc.

It's up and running now on Challenge, with a challenge dongle.

I'm going to try the Boost patch and connect route.  Is it only working with Team challenge at this point?

Anyone have a Team Challenge dongle I can purchase so I can upgrade?  also, any line on the ISOs for the install disks?

I'm thinking of loading team challenge on a different machine.  The one I have in there now the fan noise is insane. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on July 25, 2015, 11:34:42 am
I'm trying to follow the instructions to run the ver4 patch, burned iso to disk but when I put it in the machine during attract mode nothing happens.  The CD drive blinks like it is reading the disk but nothing runs.  I rebooted machine with disk in and nothing happened either.  Bad drive?

EDIT POST:

I found a PS2 keyboard (OMG good thing I still have one of these) and went into bios, checked status of CD drive, it saw it.

I booted the machine to windows and used the keyboard to browse the CD.  it was there, but autorun was doing nothing.  So in game I started task manager and started a new process to run the bat file on the disk.  Success!


Made a connection! success!  My cabinet is in my garage, so to make a connection I bridged my wireless on laptop.  I plugged an ethernet cable in laptop to the cabinet computer, bridged wireless and LAN - worked!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on July 25, 2015, 12:12:43 pm
Ok at this point I am connecting successfully but I cannot register my cabinet.  I get a 4001 error every time I attempt registration.  The regular force a call works fine.  Any help?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 26, 2015, 01:27:32 am
Hey mate are running this on your challenge machine or did you find and install the Team Challenge version. As Boost's patch will only work with Team Challenge?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on July 27, 2015, 02:10:04 pm
Just a challenge machine.  I'd attempt to upgrade to Team Challenge if I can get the ISOs and a dongle.  I don't have the dongle for team challenge.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 27, 2015, 06:25:53 pm
Unfortunately will not run on a challenge machine only team challenge. STP has team challenge disk in his drop box and people are emulating the dongles now on this forum.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: retrogamez on July 28, 2015, 01:31:45 am
Wow this is great to see that we will soon have a private leaderboard.  Thanks Boost for all your hard work.  I went ahead and upgraded my pc to an OptiPlex 745 dual core 3ghz p4, a patriot 64gb ssd drive  with 4gb of DDR2 ram and an ati HD 3400 video card.  Works like a champ now.  The videos play so smooth.  I also went ahead and installed two partitions with team challenge on one and All access pass on the other so I can dual boot between the two.  Until online is restored to AAP.  If anyone had the championship 3 disk and emulator please pm me.  I'd like to add that one to the boot up as well for Pebble beach. Is there any other version out there that has something that the team challenges don't?  Just waiting for a new updated card reader and cards to come in and I'll be set.  Man I'm excited.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 28, 2015, 07:03:58 am
Hi Retro firstly welcome mate. Yes I'm excited also and can't wait for our magician Boost to weave his magic. Did you have any problems with getting the game to run on your newer PC if so can you outline how you over came them so others can benefit. I like the idea about the dual boot as I have to systems running challenge and the other running Team challenge lined to boosts server. Challenge to play the skins style game and team challenge playing the world tour online option which runs all the ALL ACCESS PASS courses and much much more that's why I sold my AAP machine. But I do have the championship 3 disk drive for that very reason to play peable beach course.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 28, 2015, 08:24:42 am
Hi all I know people are emulating these Pga dongles but for those who don't like the hassle here are some being sold on ebay In your part of town USA.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=321816526070&globalID=EBAY-AU (http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=321816526070&globalID=EBAY-AU)
this seller is selling a few different dongles and a PGA golf
PC. Thought someone might be interested.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: retrogamez on July 28, 2015, 09:59:45 am
Hi Retro firstly welcome mate. Yes I'm excited also and can't wait for our magician Boost to weave his magic. Did you have any problems with getting the game to run on your newer PC if so can you outline how you over came them so others can benefit. I like the idea about the dual boot as I have to systems running challenge and the other running Team challenge lined to boosts server. Challenge to play the skins style game and team challenge playing the world tour online option which runs all the ALL ACCESS PASS courses and much much more that's why I sold my AAP machine. But I do have the championship 3 disk drive for that very reason to play peable beach course.

Yeah getting it on newer hardware is kind of cumbersome.  I started with a full install of xp embedded,  updated to SP2 and then I copied all the game disk info from all three disk to the root of a thumb drive and ran the install from there.  That way I didn't have to waste any cds or do any swapping.  Here is a pretty good tut on xp embedded http://blog.augustoalvarez.com.ar/2009/01/07/preparing-and-installing-windows-xp-embedded-images-part-i-setting-up-the-environment/ (http://blog.augustoalvarez.com.ar/2009/01/07/preparing-and-installing-windows-xp-embedded-images-part-i-setting-up-the-environment/)  Probably more advanced to do for a regular pc user but any techy person can probably do it.  So you should be able to run it on any hardware that you can run on xp sp2.  Which leaves out all of the latest hardware.  I might be able to build some more if any non techy people want to buy one they can just plug their I/o card and dongle into and play.  I also was playing with my test rig and don't have a spare trackball/harness  So while looking at the c:\pga_tour_golf_2005\shell\config if you edit the GvrIO.xml and change the Controller type from "Trackball" to "Mouse" you can then use your mouse as the trackball in the gvr menus.(not the game though)  Of course you need to change it back to use it on your machine.  But its helpful for testing.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on July 28, 2015, 08:57:34 pm
Hi Retro, how did you upgrade the  WinXPe that came with the rescue disk to SP2? I've tried a few things and it seems everything calls for SP1 to be in place first and I can't find a way to upgrade. Not having at least SP1 in place seems to be a roadblock to getting any newer hardware on that uses audio better than AC97. Any pointers would be great, thanks.

-Warren


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: retrogamez on July 28, 2015, 09:46:20 pm
Hi Retro, how did you upgrade the  WinXPe that came with the rescue disk to SP2? I've tried a few things and it seems everything calls for SP1 to be in place first and I can't find a way to upgrade. Not having at least SP1 in place seems to be a roadblock to getting any newer hardware on that uses audio better than AC97. Any pointers would be great, thanks.

-Warren


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Hey Warren,
Hopefully I can help.  Mine already had sp1 because I used a embedded xp builder using the modified files from an original drive.  But I should still be able to help you.  SP2 has sp1 included into it already.  That is why you can't find sp1 for download anywhere.  Even if you did you still would not be able to upgrade it.  I ran into this issue upgrading a beachhead game before about 2 years ago.  Hopefully I'm remembering this correctly off the top of my head it not don't hold it against me as its been a while since I've messed with it.  Global vr modifies the boot screen you seen during boot up.  Pre sp2 they were able to do this using a boot options in the boot.ini file that pointed to the logo.  Windows xp boots using ntoskrnl.exe in orginal xp and uses ntoskrnlsp1.exe if it has service pack one installed.  So what you need to do is Boot to a rescue disk or put the hard drive into another computer.  Change the boot.ini file from read only so you can modify it.  Then edit it with notepad.  Either remove the custom reference that's pointing to the modified ntoskrnl.exe or point it to the real version which should be at c:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe  Save it and then boot back up.  You should be able to run the sp2 update now.  So basically sp2 reads the boot.ini to find the location of the xp kernel file and when it verifies to see whether it is orig or sp1.  It fails both checks and throws up the generic error.   At least that is how I remember it.  Try it out and if that doesn't fix your issue let me know and I'll see if I can find my notes.  I'm pretty sure it will resolve your issue though.  Good luck and happy gaming.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: retrogamez on July 28, 2015, 09:50:04 pm
I forgot to mention you will loose your Global vr logo during boot up after upgrading to sp2 and it will be back to the normal windows boot screen.  If you are unhappy with that you can google modify windows xp sp2 or sp3 boot loader screen and there are plenty of tools online you can use to replace the windows boot screen with the global vr one again if you desire.  Me personally I really don't care so I just leave it at the windows screen. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on July 29, 2015, 02:32:13 am
Thanks for the tips, all sounds pretty straight forward so I'll give it a bash.  Can I simply use the XP (full) SP2 upgrade or is there an XPe specific upgrade for SP2?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: retrogamez on July 29, 2015, 09:37:14 am
There is a XPe Sp2 specific update but I have had no issues using the regular sp2 update.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on July 29, 2015, 06:17:46 pm
I had a look last night at the boot.ini and there was no reference to any ntoskrnl.exe or the custom background.  The only lines in the boot.ini were the pointing to the partition you want to boot from, simular to this (but not exact as I've lifted it from an sample file):

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP" /fastdetect

Any other ideas on where Windows might point to the modified ntoskrnl.exe?  Thanks again for the help on this.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: retrogamez on July 30, 2015, 03:47:34 pm
Ok so they most likely modified the original ntoskrnl.exe  I would find a google copy of ntoskrnl before sp1.  Rename the current modified one to ntoskrnl.exe.bak and copy the known unmodified version over to the default location.   If you can't find an original let me know I probably have an original xp disk somewhere.   
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on July 30, 2015, 10:39:37 pm
Thanks for the offer Retro, I might take you up on that. The only XP files I can find are SP3, I can't seem to find any old copies of XP with no SP anywhere.  Cheers
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: retrogamez on July 31, 2015, 12:43:06 am
pm sent
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on July 31, 2015, 06:20:39 am
No love, got a BSOD when I replaced the .exe file so I tried running the upgrade anyway to sp2 but it looks like it's looking for a database? (See attachment)


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: retrogamez on July 31, 2015, 04:32:54 pm
Maybe your machine already has sp1 installed.  I'll get you the kernel for it tonight. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on July 31, 2015, 05:58:10 pm
Thanks for that. I don't think it does as every driver I've found for my Realtek HD tells me the min spec for the OS is xp sp1 but happy to try anything, I've got a test machine I'm doing all of this to so not too worried what happens to it. Thanks again


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: retrogamez on August 01, 2015, 12:56:28 am
Maybe it would be easier if you'd let me know which restore disk your using.  I can see if I have it and start our fresh on one of my extra pc's.  It would be easier for me to trouble shoot that way.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wazsxr on August 01, 2015, 01:11:47 am
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 03, 2015, 07:30:01 am
Spitfire I'm really sorry to hear your girl is in the hospital.  I hope everything will be ok.

I setup my new work area and have a dedicated development area now.  Will make everything so much more enjoyable.  Which means more coding hours :-)    So just to give a heads up according to the database 16 machines and 21 players have registered their cards.  Looks like we have some lurkers here hahahahah.  So yea, development has begun.  Leaderboards first, then tournaments.  I'm excited to see the new people jumping on here and communicating.  Exciting times.

Hi boostinallovryou just wondering how things are progressing your end mate? Hope to hear an update from you soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on August 05, 2015, 07:18:12 pm
Hello all!

Some great info in this thread so far.  I'm still going through it all though. :)

Does anyone happen to have the ISOs or dongle dump for Championship 3?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 12, 2015, 09:34:13 am
Welcome edowen55 great to see new faces round here. It seems everyone is overly busy this time of year. In regards to your question I think STP would have the ISO for challenge 3 in his drop box. So post a few times and send him a pm. Not sure about the dongle dump. I will look also to see if I have the game disks as I think I do. I also have the dongle and looking to do a Dongle dump for another member so when I get round to it I'll let you know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on August 12, 2015, 10:00:18 am
Thanks for the welcome Spitfire!

I actually grabbed a Championship III dongle off of ebay the other day, but am still in need of the ISOs.  I'm also planning on trying to do the dongle dump when it arrives.  I also have the Team Challenge dongle that I'll be trying to dump as well.  We'll see how that goes. :)

I sent STP a PM over on KLOV, but he hasn't logged on for a while.  Like you said, I think everyone is busy this time of year.

My goal is to load up Champ. III, Team Challenge and All Access onto my hdd and have it dual boot so I can select the game.  Still waiting for a few parts to arrive so that I can start piecing everything together.

I did drag my cabinet into my basement though, cleaned it up, replaced the trackball with a nice, new, blue illuminated one.  Also picked up a 29" Vizio to toss in as the CRT was dead.

I am excited to get everything put together and playing some games.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 13, 2015, 01:35:25 am
That's great to hear mate. It seems you might have bought that championship 3 dongle out of the hands of gvdvyver ha ha he's been in need of one for a while our South African friend. Maybe you can help him out with the dongle dump.  You also need to get your team challenge on Boosts server no need for AAP as it allows you to play all course with added extras not found on AAP machines. I sold my AAP machine as online world tour play much better.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on August 13, 2015, 06:57:35 am
Pm'd gvdvyver, I'll definitely help him out with the Champ III file.

I'll probably throw AAP on my harddrive just in case I ever have issues with the server.  Plus, I already have everything I need for it.

Only things I need right now are the Champ III ISOs and the Challenge dongle file.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: danny_galaga on August 14, 2015, 03:13:56 am
Could I get an idea on prices for PGA Tour Golf cabs? A friend is interested in a golf cab. we were focused on Golden Tee, but 1) Apparently PGA is better and 2) No one seems very interested to even talk about Golden Tee! I figure if a cab has a 30 page thread dedicated to it it must be popular :duckhunt
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 14, 2015, 10:23:31 am
Well in Australia a fully working Team Challenge Cab would go for around $800 but in USA I would imagine they would go for much less and yes this is a much better game and now that boost has the online server running with team challenge it has made it a whole lot better!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 21, 2015, 07:16:59 am
Finally played all the courses again to get my ranking after mistakenly re registering my machine and having to start from scratch. Superstar sounds right in my book. Gonna be a very hard ask to become a legend. After all courses are played every customisable item is unlocked except for the rewarded items given when you find the hidden skill shots on every course. So many great items for your player to wear just adds another dimension to this great game.  Has anyone found any other hidden skill Shots not listed in the photo below?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 22, 2015, 08:32:27 am
Found this on Great white north course. Holed out for double eagle!! Which I call an Albatross. Ummm
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on August 27, 2015, 02:25:10 pm
Having some issues with my initial set-up, could use some help.

Game will boot-up fine, lets me add credits, and the start button will even work once.  However, trackball won't work at all and aside from that initial time when I can "start" a game, it won't do anything else.  Seems to time out and cycle back to the attract screen.

Any ideas?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on August 27, 2015, 07:31:13 pm
Well, I reloaded the game, added a couple drivers from an old thread I found and now it plays.  Noticed I need to reflow the solder on my sound board, otherwise it's working great.

Now to work on getting several games on one hard drive and connecting to the server...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 28, 2015, 10:17:32 am
Glad to see you sorted it out mate. Now if Boost would return from exile we can all live happily ever after ha ha :laugh2:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 06, 2015, 07:28:05 am
Does anyone have the All Access .dng file they would be willing to share?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on September 06, 2015, 08:26:35 am
Does anyone have the All Access .dng file they would be willing to share?

Hi mate try this PGA GOLF Facebook page I think it might be there?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 06, 2015, 08:55:54 am
Does anyone have the All Access .dng file they would be willing to share?

Hi mate try this PGA GOLF Facebook page I think it might be there?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/)

I found the .dmp file there, but have been unable to convert it to a .dng.  Was hoping someone had the .dng ready to go. 

I was able to use the TM Challenge .dng from the FB group to eliminate my TM Challenge dongle though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 06, 2015, 09:26:53 pm
Well, it was a good day.  I got TM Challenge to work with the dongle emulator and successfully connected to the server.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on September 06, 2015, 11:06:55 pm
That's great news mate. Was it hard to do with emulator as it seems some people are having trouble with it. I haven't tried myself as have the dongles but would you be able to post a walkthru for people that are having trouble? Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 07, 2015, 12:06:25 am
I didn't come up with the process, or create the files.  Lou and others over at the Facebook page paved the way.  I recommend signing up for the Facebook page if you haven't already.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/)

Here are the basic instructions for using the dongle emulator for Team Challenge:

1) Have Team Challenge running to the point where it says you don't have a valid dongle  (if you need the files to get you to this point, they're available through the facebook group)

2) Insert a disk or usb drive with the HASPHL2007.exe file and Team Challenge.dng files (available here - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gqbxb5g1wwl79k5/AAC4k4qpT47DsueU2eTpl6Z2a?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gqbxb5g1wwl79k5/AAC4k4qpT47DsueU2eTpl6Z2a?dl=0) )

3) Create a new folder on the C: drive and drop those two files into the folder

4) Open the HASPHL2007.exe file

Under “Driver” tab

5) Click “Install Driver” - driver should install

6) Select Automatic

7) Click “Save State”

Under “Emulator” tab

8 ) Click “Start Service”

Under “Dongle” tab

9) Click “Load Dump”

10) A window will open, locate the Team Challenge.dng file, select open

Under “Emulator” tab again

11) Confirm that the license field is populated

That’s it. Restart your game without a real dongle attached and it should work.

If you're running a different version of the game and have the .dng file, the process is the same.  I still haven't figured out how to convert a .dmp file to .dng.  If someone could share that info I'd be grateful.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on September 07, 2015, 08:24:34 am
Thx mate I will give this a try in case one of my dongles ever die.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on September 08, 2015, 03:00:44 pm
Are you guys doing this on your own, different hardware, or the computer hardware that came existing with the cab?

Reason I ask is I'd like to upgrade to Team Challenge on a newer machine as a sandbox and not overwrite my existing machine, so I can fail back if I have to.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 08, 2015, 03:21:11 pm
I put mine together on a Dell GX620, 6600 graphics card, and a fresh SATA hard drive with a IDE converter.  I'll probably try an SSD soon to see if it speeds up the boot time.

You can just pull out your original hard drive and load Team Challenge to a new hard drive so that you don't mess up your original.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on September 08, 2015, 03:26:45 pm
Good point, I thought about doing that.  My original machine in there is really loud too - not sure if it is the power supply or the processor fan but it is so loud I can't stand it.  So at the very least I need to get rid of the bad fan and replace it.

I can't do anything with the upgrade either until I can download the ISO from somewhere.  Is anyone still hosting those?  I have sent STP a couple PMs but haven't heard back from him yet.

I have a Challenge dongle, so to upgrade I'm going to have to go the emulation route. 

Also looking for some player cards if there are any out there.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 08, 2015, 03:30:48 pm
You can get everything you need from the facebook page, ISOs and dongle file.  My instructions above should make it easy for you to set up the emulation.

There are some player cards on ebay right now, 5 for $10 shipped.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on September 08, 2015, 06:42:31 pm
Cool will see if I can find the cards thanks

I didn't see the ISO on the Facebook page will look again
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 08, 2015, 06:55:02 pm
Cool will see if I can find the cards thanks

I didn't see the ISO on the Facebook page will look again

The link is in one of the posts.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 08, 2015, 09:00:50 pm
Here's a short video I put together to help with loading the emulator.

https://youtu.be/54f2Zq5u7cA

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on September 09, 2015, 12:25:20 pm
a fresh SATA hard drive with a IDE converter.  I'll probably try an SSD soon to see if it speeds up the boot time.

you won't see any difference. you are limited by the speed of the PATA bus not the throughput of the drive. you can increase speeds on PATA by making sure you are using an 80 conductor cable and not a 40 conductor cable.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on September 29, 2015, 11:50:35 pm
Update on my end, as already reported on facebook group:

bought a gx620 on ebay, 6600 graphics card.  Loaded it up, couldn't get the chipset right after loading the game and therefore sound was not working.  Worked on this forever, not helped by the fact that Dell no longer had the chipset for download, nor the sound drivers, for the desktop I got off the used market.  Tried to get them from Intel's site but I think I installed wrong ones.  Took a chance on some drivers I found on a 3rd party website (dicey) but they were solid and worked like a charm.  Dongle would not emulate though, even though I was certain I was doing the steps right.  I thought there was a chance the original chipset install might be the issue.

Finally decided to just try again from scratch, and this time after the OS recovery I loaded chipset and sound right away, then the game, and bam, emulator worked easy as pie on first try.

Then... I loaded  all access.  Oops... forgot that the server patch won't work with all access.   Now I feel like a total idiot because I am going to have to do the install all over.   :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Oh well - at least I know it all works now! And the new machine runs faster, and oh so much quieter!

Quick question - anyone tried to run the game using a new USB Happ trackball instead of the one with the IO card? Now that the dongle can be emulated, if there is a way to use the buttons with a small ipac and a Happ USB trackball I was thinking I could build another machine without needing any of the oem equipment.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 30, 2015, 07:28:52 am
Glad you got it all working.

Which dongle file did you use for all access?  Was it a .dng or .dmp?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on September 30, 2015, 12:32:36 pm
i used the dng that was included in the files i got from the facebook group for TC.  Then when I installed the All access patch, I kept the same dongle file in place and it never prompted me with an error.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 30, 2015, 02:51:48 pm
So you've got all access running 100% with the dongle emulator?

Did you add the all access patch after the emulator, as it sounds from your post?

I kept on getting a dongle error when I did the all access patch.  Guess I'll have to try again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on September 30, 2015, 03:12:47 pm
Once I had the TC running without AAP, I didn't really try to play anything.  I saw it booted up and controls were working, passed the dongle emulator, etc.

It asked me to register I think, and I skipped it.

My kid played a game, but I didn't.

After that, I installed the AAP patch via the disk.  As it was rebooting, I was expecting a dongle error, since the patch had been applied.  But nothing came up, and I was able to play with all 27 courses.

I'm going to wipe the whole thing and restart again as soon as I get a chance.  Might be a few days though before I get a chance.  That is, if the server is still available for check in.  Is Boost's server still up and running?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on September 30, 2015, 03:59:22 pm
Great, thanks for the info.

Yes, the server is working great.  I play on it almost every day. No tournaments currently running though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on October 01, 2015, 05:11:30 pm
UT oh did boost take down the server  :-[ can't ping the address anymore. It's a sad day at my house today have to play old school
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Beach Duck on October 02, 2015, 12:47:57 am
My dad recently purchased a Challenge cabinet in great condition. After wondering how to unlock the courses and different modes, I found my way here.

Just wanted to thank everyone in this thread for their contributions. The amount of knowledge gained and shared is quite special, I think.

I've decided to attempt to clone the Challenge drive onto a spare HDD and use the Team Challenge discs, Boost's ISO and emulator to see if I can get that running.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 03, 2015, 08:12:48 am
Server still offline? If it is back I will reload and try this weekend.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 03, 2015, 03:12:26 pm
I just got back from vacation to find that, indeed, the server is down.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 03, 2015, 03:41:47 pm
I am concerned that without some announcement from our friend that maybe there's a c&d letter at play.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 03, 2015, 03:53:07 pm
Also, I'm in the market for a replacement marquee - the one I have looks to be somewhat off in color.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 05, 2015, 05:58:18 am
I also have been on holiday to just see this news. If the server is really down this is a disaster. Boost where are you mate why have you forsaken us!!!!  :hissy: :cry:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 05, 2015, 01:39:13 pm
I think someone had direct contact (outside the forum) with Boost.  Maybe a followup to make sure he is ok is in order?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 06, 2015, 05:08:33 am
Yes STP has emailed him direct but no reply. He thinks he maybe on a remote job site with no contact. That's what he said happened last time.   Urghhh wish he would return soon!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 09, 2015, 07:49:23 am
 :cry: finally got round to testing the server for myself and yes no luck at connecting. This is a very sad time indeed!!! Where r u Boost please return and put us out of our misery!!  :hissy: :timebomb:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 10, 2015, 07:53:19 am
Just when I thought all hope was gone the Server is back up and running and that great man Boost is alive and well just flat out with a young family and another on the way. Server problems were due to power failure and battery backup failure but he has sorted things out and I am playing world tour in Melbourne Australia as we speak at 11pm ha ha. This has made me one very happy man and thx to that Genius Boost  :notworthy: This will make life much easier for us while we wait for him to find time and weave his magic again hopefully some time soon. Can't wait to post leaderboards and play some competitive golf against you all.  :applaud: Thanks Boost!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 10, 2015, 10:13:45 am
Great news! I will try to reload without all access tonight and connect.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on October 14, 2015, 02:48:28 pm
 :-\ server is down again
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 14, 2015, 02:58:34 pm
I haven't had the chance to reload my cab yet. I'm curious, when server goes down does world tour keep working for a small amount of time and then stop working? Like a week expiration or something?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on October 14, 2015, 03:21:28 pm
Scratch that I just needed to re-register the cabinet but yeah it needs a update every 3 days
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 15, 2015, 06:48:44 am
Stop scaring me Biglou!!! couldn't take it being down again love playing World Tour. Hopefully Boost finds some time soon and gets those leaderboards up and then Tournament play happening. He has also assured me that it's not if it will get down its when. Just need to find the time as he has a new baby due real soon.  What were we ever thinking having kids!! Ha ha ha such time consumers!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: eyeless on October 16, 2015, 11:03:49 am
Update on my end, as already reported on facebook group:

bought a gx620 on ebay, 6600 graphics card.  Loaded it up, couldn't get the chipset right after loading the game and therefore sound was not working.  Worked on this forever, not helped by the fact that Dell no longer had the chipset for download, nor the sound drivers, for the desktop I got off the used market.  Tried to get them from Intel's site but I think I installed wrong ones.  Took a chance on some drivers I found on a 3rd party website (dicey) but they were solid and worked like a charm.  Dongle would not emulate though, even though I was certain I was doing the steps right.  I thought there was a chance the original chipset install might be the issue.

Finally decided to just try again from scratch, and this time after the OS recovery I loaded chipset and sound right away, then the game, and bam, emulator worked easy as pie on first try.

Then... I loaded  all access.  Oops... forgot that the server patch won't work with all access.   Now I feel like a total idiot because I am going to have to do the install all over.   :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Oh well - at least I know it all works now! And the new machine runs faster, and oh so much quieter!

Quick question - anyone tried to run the game using a new USB Happ trackball instead of the one with the IO card? Now that the dongle can be emulated, if there is a way to use the buttons with a small ipac and a Happ USB trackball I was thinking I could build another machine without needing any of the oem equipment.
what 6600 card are you using ? one like this :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NVIDIA-GeForce-6600-256-VRAM-PM-G5-2-3GHZ-Video-Graphics-Card-/331677474538?hash=item4d39849eea:g:OvIAAOSwYHxWGAdb (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NVIDIA-GeForce-6600-256-VRAM-PM-G5-2-3GHZ-Video-Graphics-Card-/331677474538?hash=item4d39849eea:g:OvIAAOSwYHxWGAdb)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 20, 2015, 11:21:14 am
Hey everyone, sorry for the seriously long amount of radio silence on my end.  No C&D letter or anything like that.  Just a case of wife, child, child on the way, work, house issues, taking up all of my free minutes.  It's pretty obvious that when I'm at home there is 0 chance of me working on the server.  So I'm going to take my development setup to work today and set it up in my office.  Now I can go to work early, stay late, and the Mrs won't climb all over me hahahahah.

The server went down because I had a power outage and it was so long it drained the battery backup.  Spitfire let me know and I got it back up.  Is it working ok for everybody or is it down again?  I just took a peek at the machine and it is running, but I didn't log into it.  Just let me know if you guys are not able to ping it.  I'll try pinging when i get to work today.  Thanks everybody for being patient.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 20, 2015, 06:45:24 pm
Great to have you back again Boost.  :notworthy: Very happy you are finding a way around the fun police of the wife and kids ha ha. The server seems to be running as it should again mate played it the other day and connected 100% percent and played world tour as normal. I will try it again today and report back. Can't wait to see what your next update will bring for us all. Exciting times thanks heaps for all your hard work so far!!  :burgerking:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 20, 2015, 07:14:25 pm
Fun police........SO TRUE hahahahahah.  I am keeping the forum up all day while i'm at work so I can post more.  That way even when i'm in my little hole writing code people still know i'm here.  I have my dev machine setup here at work now.  Going to dedicate at least one hour a day M-F to the server :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 21, 2015, 02:31:00 pm
Making progress.  This was a test to 1) Determine how to update the boards.  2) Determine what the course to course number mapping is.  In this case St Andrews is course number 9.

(http://i59.tinypic.com/xddx1e.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 21, 2015, 02:51:12 pm
Looking good!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 21, 2015, 05:56:42 pm
Happy Days indeed. The legend is back!!  :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 21, 2015, 07:33:13 pm
I am very excited.  I was just able to successfully have my dev machine call into the dev server, and the server pushed the leaderboards to the machine.  I know this probably doesn't excite anybody else but me but I had to share as this is a big accomplishment.  There is a lot behind the scenes to make this happen and it just did.  So the next steps before deploying to everybody is:

1) Write code to parse all of your game play that is on the server and create the WT leader boards per course
2) Determine how to update the boards on the machine when someone overtakes another.  Basically how to invalidate an old entry and replace with new.

Once these two things are done it is time to deploy to the live server.  So for #1, just so you all know, every time your machine calls in to the server it transfers every game you have played since the last time the machine called in.  World Tour, regular strokes game, everything.  So when I get #1 and #2 done and your machine checks in you will see everybody else who has been calling in.  Then the real $hit talking can begin :-)

So close!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 21, 2015, 08:38:25 pm
Gonna be great to finally see my name on top of that ladder girls!! Ha ha ha I thought I'd start some $hit talking early Boost! :soapbox:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 21, 2015, 08:38:49 pm
In that case, you better work on your game. Because +9 ain't gonna cut it on the tour.

/had to be said
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 21, 2015, 08:50:45 pm
HAHAHAHAHAH  I dig the $hit talking early.  Don't worry, the +9 wasn't a real score.  It was a marker I used to identify what course was what course number.  I'm afraid these little PGA computers can't hold a low score of mine.  I might just shoot so low I crash the machine.  :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 21, 2015, 08:58:14 pm
Hmmm. Might call shenanigans on the code!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 21, 2015, 09:11:46 pm
I KNEW that was going to come up sooner or later.  Ok, so I promise never to manipulate the code or the server for me or anybody else.  What you see is what you get straight from the game.  Having this server power comes with responsibility HAHAHAH
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 21, 2015, 11:01:10 pm
Boost someone as smart or as nerdy as you surely isn't capable of playing good golf ha ha ha I'm happy to give you a few strokes handicap for all the hard work you are putting into all this mate! ;D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 22, 2015, 08:41:44 pm
Do you all have your difficulties set to max, 5 if I recall?  Ive found it way too easy on any other setting. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 23, 2015, 01:05:25 am
Yes I guess will have to decide what level everyone is playing on unless the leaderboard will determine the level you are playing on also?  I think mine are set to what ever the default is which I think is normal. But will check next time I play? 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 23, 2015, 02:09:21 pm
You guys are correct.  I just looked at the database that has everybody's game results and when it comes to WT results, there is a difficulty value in a sub table.  Every entry for WT play has a difficulty level of 3.  I'm not sure if that is because all of you guys calling in have your machine set to 3, or when it comes to WT play the cabinet skill level doesn't take effect and the software dictates the level be 3.

We can test this theory if anybody wants to change their skill level, play a round of WT, and then have their machine call in.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 23, 2015, 02:22:38 pm
My guess is WT is a set difficulty.  But its also very possible no one has changed the default.  I'll set mine to hardest tonight because I enjoy hurting myself and you can see what comes across.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 23, 2015, 02:26:19 pm
I agree, I believe WT has a set difficulty too.  The leaderboards do not have a distinction for difficulty, and trying to ensure N number of machines in the world are all set to WT 3 would be ridiculous.  Good to cover all bases.  Let me know when you are done hurting yourself and have called in.  No rush, plenty of code to write still and I can add that logic later if needed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 24, 2015, 04:43:31 am
Played a few games on Pga today and the normal golf play allows you on the player select screen to change your difficulty setting by hitting the shot type button however on World Tour this is not an option. So I think your right boys the difficulty level must be locked in and any level chosen through the operator screens become null n void I guess and only come into effect during normal game play.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 24, 2015, 01:03:43 pm
I set difficulty to 5 in operator mode then played world tour and made a manual connection to server after.

I'm thinking it has a set difficulty for world tour because the greens were still very flat.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on October 24, 2015, 04:46:29 pm
Hey guys Im having trouble connecting to the server. Is there a way to manually unregister the cabinet through the operating system I dont have the unregister button in the register/connect screen it just wants me to restore cabinet registration or set time zone. Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 24, 2015, 06:27:31 pm
Have you been able to connect prior to this happening?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on October 24, 2015, 07:47:45 pm
I had it connected once early in the process of the server going up. I forgot what happened but tried to connect again months later and this started. I have already re installed the software but it still gives me the same cabinet id number and the option to only restore cabinet registration.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 25, 2015, 12:12:13 am
Please clarify what's happening before you follow instructions below? What happens when your machine calls into the server? How far percentage wise do you get? And what error are you seeing? It may be something simple as below instructions will wipe past play and you start again from scratch.

Re run Boosts latest server patch available to make sure your machine is setup properly. Also make sure that your internet connection is still working properly. Do this first as my router needed to be powered off and on again as my internet connect had dropped out and I re ran the server patch first and lost all my scores I had as the server patch re assigns your machine a different online number and everything is lost. Once this is done you should be able to connect to the server without fail. The server patch does all the work!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on October 25, 2015, 01:07:26 am
I hope boost joins the Facebook page .I so look forward to the leader boards working this will be so much fun for all of us
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on October 25, 2015, 09:06:18 am
The only 2 option I have on the connect screen are Restore cabinet registration and set  time zone. I cannot force call to the server. I hit restore cabinet registration and it says connecting goes to 5% stalls for a minute then jumps to 100% and says cabinet registration restored but log says the call failed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 25, 2015, 09:57:08 am
What version are you running?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on October 25, 2015, 10:57:57 am
Team Challenge. So update... I uninstalled pga and ran restore disk. I reinstalled software and ran patcher. I still get the same options in connection. Tried restore cabinet registration and got same results goes to 5% pauses then shoots to 100% says successful restore but connection log says failed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 25, 2015, 05:33:58 pm
I hope boost joins the Facebook page .I so look forward to the leader boards working this will be so much fun for all of us
I don't do the social media thing, but i do have a facebook account i use for lurking.  I've bookmarked the facebook group and will be looking around from time to time.  I really appreciate you taking the time to support the facebook group.  The more people that join the server the better.  Facebook reaches so many people its ridiculous.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 25, 2015, 05:46:29 pm
Just an update.  I've written the server code that takes all of the game results, parses the WT play, and updates the WT leaderboards.  I'm going to test the code by hand tonight.  After debugging and fixing any errors there is only one thing left to do.  I have to test multi row server to cabinet pushes.  I just have to get the format correct.  Then it's time to load onto the server.  So I'm thinking ill have everything done monday night.  Then I'll push and update the server tuesday morning.

Spitfire, you're always my debug guy.  Hoping tuesday you could call in and make sure the leaderboards work.  Especially since you are in AU.  I have special logic that keeps US, UK, and AU all on same page and playing together.

Guys, i always try to keep the server stable but there are lots of code changes here.  Please dont get upset if there is a bug of some kind and all of your scores are trashed.  Not that i anticipate that happening but just wanted to give the disclaimer.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 25, 2015, 06:16:08 pm
That's great news Boost. I will log in to the server each day this week and report back. Also Boost wouldn't be that bad if scores are lost just gives everyone and excuse to play more golf as I had happen to me when I couldn't get into server. I ran patcher again and re registered which lost all my previous scores. Realised the problem wasn't the server or my machine it was my router that needed a reboot as the Internet connection had dropped away. Hey Sherm very strange what your Pga is doing. If you are running the latest version of the patcher and especially after re installing the whole game you should be able to go through the whole registration process again as I explained that's what I had to do. Make sure your internet connection is working as the error your getting is what happened to me prior to me turning power off on my router leaving for 10 secs and then power up to restore your internet connection.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 26, 2015, 02:27:01 am
Ok, all server database code has been debugged and tested.  Last step is to test multi row dataset pushes to the cabinet.  Should have this done today.  After that it's go time.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on October 26, 2015, 12:06:08 pm
So I figured it out!! If anyone else ever runs into this problem of restore cabinet registration and it won't reregister these are the steps i did. I went to modem test in diagnostics on operator menu. Before i did the test i pulled the dongle out then did the test. The test came back failed and i finally had the option to register my cabinet because it saw it as unregistered. I then went to the connect screen did the registration steps and plugged the dongle back in before i hit connect and then bam connected to server. Man I am glad that headache is over.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 26, 2015, 02:34:51 pm
Ladies and gentlemen, we have WT Leaderboards.  The following was taken after my dev machine called into my dev server.  This data is real game play but back from April.  Don't worry, the real server has all the latest scores.  I will upload the new code to the server tonight and update the database.  When your machine calls in you might see it take a bit of time at 48, 53, and 67%.  This is normal.  Should only take a minute or two.  Don't think the server wedged up and unplug your machine.  Just let it be.  I'll post again when the real server is updated and ready for you guys to call in.

(http://i61.tinypic.com/14m9pmx.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 26, 2015, 03:07:52 pm
Awesome Boost!  Can't wait, just say when...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 26, 2015, 05:29:00 pm
What great news to wake up to down under in Oz. Quick batman to the PGA Golf Machine ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 26, 2015, 05:35:08 pm
That's what i'm saying, forget the newspaper, just punch up ArcadeControls.com for the latest news hahahahah.  Don't go to the PGA cave yet.  I won't be home from work for another 4.5 hours to update the server.  Trust me, i'm excited to make sure all goes smooth.  I'm not excited about playing yet, I'm excited to bring connectivity one step closer.  I have such plans like a web page to view each course and who the leaders are without being at a machine.  Of course though.......TOURNAMENTS :-)     Once step at a time hahahaha.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 26, 2015, 05:37:35 pm
Oh btw, the LONG term goal......add new courses.  Yep, it's possible.  The original software that made the courses is still available and it appears the game was written to accept new courses.  So it's possible to make a brand new course that has never been played on, and upload it to everyone's machine.  That is long away though.  Tournaments next after WT is smoothed out.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 26, 2015, 05:39:52 pm
Also card readers are still available from GlobalVR.  They are a bit pricey ($200) but still available.  Go to http://parts.globalvr.com/ (http://parts.globalvr.com/)   select the game Need For Speed from right side, bottom of page click next 20 matches, and it's third from the top.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 26, 2015, 05:48:16 pm
Oh btw, the LONG term goal......add new courses.  Yep, it's possible.  The original software that made the courses is still available and it appears the game was written to accept new courses.  So it's possible to make a brand new course that has never been played on, and upload it to everyone's machine.  That is long away though.  Tournaments next after WT is smoothed out.

How about adding a course that exists on Champ. III, but not on WT.  Pebble Beach anyone?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 26, 2015, 05:53:47 pm
Oh btw, the LONG term goal......add new courses.  Yep, it's possible.  The original software that made the courses is still available and it appears the game was written to accept new courses.  So it's possible to make a brand new course that has never been played on, and upload it to everyone's machine.  That is long away though.  Tournaments next after WT is smoothed out.

How about adding a course that exists on Champ. III, but not on WT.  Pebble Beach anyone?

If the engine used for Champ III is the same as Team Challenge then the course should work.  It makes more sense to look at that first since it is a known working course.  I might not be able to ask for this but i'll do it anyways.....anybody have a champ III hard drive dump available?  PM me.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 26, 2015, 06:47:44 pm
I have a championship 3 hard drive sitting here mate. Let me know what you want me to do? And I'll say it again all hail King Boost  :notworthy: ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 26, 2015, 06:57:37 pm
I have a championship 3 hard drive sitting here mate. Let me know what you want me to do? And I'll say it again all hail King Boost  :notworthy: ha ha
Hang onto that drive for a bit.  We'll work on that after tournaments are working.  Not hail me.....hail you guys.  This server would be lonely if it wasnt for you guys and girls calling into it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 26, 2015, 11:52:29 pm
Server has been updated.  Let me know how it goes.  Fingers crossed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 27, 2015, 05:32:24 am
So forced a call and went all the way through after a few pauses at 62% and 67% however says I'm tournament enabled but also says last call not complete. Still able to play world tour but no leaderboards. Will try to call in again and see if it makes any difference. Fingers crossed!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 27, 2015, 05:43:09 am
So gets through 100% Boost but gives me this error. Hopefully an easy fix mate?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on October 27, 2015, 08:20:46 am
I got the same error too.  Under machine info last call says: Partially Failed if that helps.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 27, 2015, 09:34:30 am
My apologies guys.  Thought this was prime time ready.  The connection error number is the biggest help.  That lets me know what stage the cabinet was in when it bailed.  Sometimes these are in generic functions that are called everywhere so become no help.  I'll look at the error code this morning and see if it points to issue.

Last night i saw the leaderboard database table populated so i know that section of code worked.  Based on the 6x percent numbers i think it bailed while sending the boards.  Now that so much is going on inside the server i think it's time i added a detailed datalogger inside of it to help debug issues.  I'll see if i can get that written today too.

Sorry guys, I'll check in later when i have more info.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 27, 2015, 11:21:14 am
I found and corrected a database permission error that only existed on the deployed server.  Could someone please call in again and let me know if it works.  If not please give error code.  Thanks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on October 27, 2015, 12:17:04 pm
Just tried to call in got same error 4001.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 27, 2015, 12:19:57 pm
Thanks Sherm.  Ok, gonna have to add logging to get to bottom of this.  Thanks for calling in.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 27, 2015, 11:27:38 pm
Server has been updated with logging.  This should reveal whats going on.  Can someone call in please?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 27, 2015, 11:56:03 pm
Called in a few times today Boost and same issue. Will sit back and wait for your instructions. Thx mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 27, 2015, 11:58:22 pm
I updated the server about 25 minutes ago with a version that has logging.  Need you to call in to genetate a dump for me to analyze.  One more call please.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 28, 2015, 12:12:43 am
I updated the server about 25 minutes ago with a version that has logging.  Need you to call in to genetate a dump for me to analyze.  One more call please.
Calling in as we speak 60% complete
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 28, 2015, 12:15:05 am
Awesome thank you.  Going to analyze logs now.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 28, 2015, 12:16:26 am
Got all the way through and same Connection Error 4001. Off to work will check in when back. Good luck!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 28, 2015, 02:09:40 am
The logs yielded a good initial analysis.  There are 4 areas where there are issues.  I added more logging to help isolate what's wrong.  Need another call in please.  No rush, I'm off to bed.  Will look at new logs in morning.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 28, 2015, 05:02:01 am
Home from work and off to boot up machine and call in Boost hope you had a good sleep mate or not! :censored:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 28, 2015, 05:24:20 am
Success now to see if Leaderboards show up oh baby!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 28, 2015, 06:28:17 am
So got round to playing after it successfully called in and still no leaderboards on Pumpkin Ridge course but it's getting real close I can feel our man Boost will deliver soon!!  :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 28, 2015, 08:01:33 am
Yes, we are getting closer to the answer.  Its 4am and cant sleep.  Must know why server is upset.  New round of logging shows more answers.  Added even more logging and this time, the answer will be given.  I need another call in please :-)  Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 28, 2015, 05:21:03 pm
Just up and booting up machine now
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 28, 2015, 05:26:00 pm
Thanks, no rush.  I won't be able to check it until I get home from work in 4.5 hours.  Leaderboards will not work yet, this is just to get the next level of logs that I need.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 28, 2015, 05:29:59 pm
All done mate 100% successful. Fingers crossed!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on October 28, 2015, 05:48:22 pm
Havent been playing my pga much for past 6 months as life has gotten in the way. Still been reading here every so often and glad to boost is still chipping away at it. Called in today and connected, went to try and win some hidden items and WT not showing up. Did I mess something up or did i miss something posted earlier?
Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 28, 2015, 05:51:26 pm
Hey Jason,

Right now the server is not happy.  I am currently debugging the issue.  Keep checking back for status.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on October 28, 2015, 05:56:23 pm
Boost,

 Thanks for the reply, will keep checking back as now kids are back in school routine i can work on arcades more often.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 28, 2015, 06:18:03 pm
Boost,

 Thanks for the reply, will keep checking back as now kids are back in school routine i can work on arcades more often.
Jason
Hey Jason welcome back mate. For the world tour and tournament options to show up make sure your game is not on free play must be on pay per play so need coins or a coin button to play.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on October 28, 2015, 07:33:51 pm
Hey Spitfire
  Good to be back.  The first thing I thought was that it was on free play, so I reset it and started a game and no world tour.  Afraid when it works the desire to finish collecting world tour items will keep me busy for hours on end.
 
Boost
  Your talk of adding courses, is that written into software or using the course builder from the tiger woods course sire? I have always wanted to play central park and the penguin fantasy course so I wanted to try and load those on the cab but never took time to try it.

Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on October 28, 2015, 08:15:58 pm
Hey Y'all,

I'm really impressed with the work going into this.  I dug back out my PGA Team Challenge and now have it running with the dongle emulator.  I'm not yet connected to the server but really want to be.  This will be great!  Just puts GT Fore series to shame now.  ;)
 
Anyway, I think the server must be down from what I am reading.  I'm getting a 5006 error when trying to connect but I've run the patch twice now.  Should I be able to connect at this time or is this normal right now?  Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 28, 2015, 09:55:51 pm
Yes it is quite addictive to find those hidden shots however not easy to find. Will post a pic of the ones I have found soon. Once off free play call in and all should work. Strange how we can still play boost and Jason can't??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on October 28, 2015, 10:58:37 pm
Well, I was able to figure it out and login to the server and play the courses on the World Tour!!  The leaderboards were all empty but I think it is still being sorted out.  This is so great.  Thanks to the great Boost!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 29, 2015, 12:49:26 am
Need another call in please.  This one might work.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 29, 2015, 03:26:33 am
Thank you to whoever called in.  I found the issue.  I am exhausting all of the free connections in the db pool.  I didnt see this issue on the dev server because i was working with data from back in april.  There was a lot less game play.  I need to take a snapshot of the server db and put it on the dev server, test, and debug against that.  I'll try to get this fixed by tomorrow night.  If not then friday night latest.  Talk soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 29, 2015, 05:09:12 am
As a great man once told me it's not if it will happen its when! Glad to hear your all over it mate.  ;D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on October 29, 2015, 09:19:46 am
Called in got 4001 error and recalled instantlyvwith success. But still  no WT, so will continue to follow the post'
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 29, 2015, 11:46:27 am
So before going through all the steps i previously stated i decided to audit the code around the area showing issue.  Sure enough i found the culprit.  I just uploaded a new version to the server that has the fix.  So im 85% confident that the next person to call in will be treated with WT leaderboards.

Yukon, your issue is caused by this same server problem.  You didnt receive an error because it was silently dying. 

So fingers crossed leaderboards work now and yukon can play wt.  Let me know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 29, 2015, 12:00:57 pm
There are leaderboards!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 29, 2015, 12:01:37 pm
I'll go play a round to test it out :)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 29, 2015, 12:03:31 pm
YES!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 29, 2015, 12:39:13 pm
Looks to me like it works.

Awesome job Boost!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on October 29, 2015, 12:48:41 pm
Sweet!  I can't wait to get home from work to play!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 29, 2015, 01:18:25 pm
Thanks everyone for your patience and helping out by calling in and reporting what you see.  So the next step.......I need to update my challenge game to team challenge so I can play against you guys :-)    I devoted my team challenge PC to being the dev machine.  So after getting a machine going to play against you guys with.....oh wait....I mean "TEST" with hahahahah it will be time to start on tournaments.

I forgot to reply to yukon's question about adding courses.  I haven't dove into that yet so I don't know everything that will be needed.  I didn't know there was a tiger woods course editor.  I'll google around on that.  When I briefly looked before I recognized the extensions and found the software used to generate the courses was still being sold.  SUPER expensive, but still available.  Demo version would be cool.  Anyways outside of the course itself there are a ton of files used for things like defining pin placement, terrain, etc.  All of these things exist as you can play the same hole with different configurations.  Then to add to it you can play in different weather conditions.  All of this has to be fed into the course.  I am going to have to deal with that when it comes to tournaments too.  I have to define every nuance just right or else I find I can't advance past hole #1.  It loops forever like groundhog day.

Anyways, time to enjoy some leaderboards.  Let me know if you experience or see any bugs.  As you guys play more, call in, and boards change there could be little bugs we don't know about.  The fun part is finding out by playing HAHA. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on October 29, 2015, 01:30:03 pm
Sounds Good.  Question for you.  Do you set the difficulty or do we set it in our configuration?  It would be nice to have a level playing field. 

My initials are TOR and you'll see me at the top of the leader board.  :)  Well, maybe.  I'm playing with my control panel on the floor because my cabinet is disassembled for the moment which makes it difficult to shoot straight shots. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 29, 2015, 01:32:22 pm

My initials are TOR and you'll see me at the top of the leader board.  :)  Well, maybe.  I'm playing with my control panel on the floor because my cabinet is disassembled for the moment which makes it difficult to shoot straight shots.

Sounds like you're making excuses already  :P
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 29, 2015, 01:43:52 pm

My initials are TOR and you'll see me at the top of the leader board.  :)  Well, maybe.  I'm playing with my control panel on the floor because my cabinet is disassembled for the moment which makes it difficult to shoot straight shots.

Sounds like you're making excuses already  :P

I know right, it kind of makes me think of the scene in happy gilmour when the caddy says the green is sloped to the left, but pan down and it's because he only has one shoe.
Torin, you don't have to use your initials.  When you register your players card the game will ask you for your First, Last, and Nick (Short) name.  That short name is what I put in the board.  It can be a maximum of 10 characters per the game.  If you decide not to fill in the short name field while registering that is ok.  I take the first and last name, concatenate them together, and truncate it to 10 characters.  So we will see you at the top of the board and know who you are :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 29, 2015, 01:50:46 pm
Are the leaderboards updated each time with our scores when our cabinets call in to the server? 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on October 29, 2015, 01:54:59 pm

My initials are TOR and you'll see me at the top of the leader board.  :)  Well, maybe.  I'm playing with my control panel on the floor because my cabinet is disassembled for the moment which makes it difficult to shoot straight shots.

Sounds like you're making excuses already  :P

I know right, it kind of makes me think of the scene in happy gilmour when the caddy says the green is sloped to the left, but pan down and it's because he only has one shoe.
Torin, you don't have to use your initials.  When you register your players card the game will ask you for your First, Last, and Nick (Short) name.  That short name is what I put in the board.  It can be a maximum of 10 characters per the game.  If you decide not to fill in the short name field while registering that is ok.  I take the first and last name, concatenate them together, and truncate it to 10 characters.  So we will see you at the top of the board and know who you are :-)

lol.  Jerks!  :P

Ok, I guess I'll be Torin on the leaderboards then. 

"Just tap it in" 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 29, 2015, 01:55:52 pm
Are the leaderboards updated each time with our scores when our cabinets call in to the server?

Yes, when your machine calls in it pushes your complete play since the last time it connected.  WT, stroke, tournaments, etc.  After the server receives, parses, and stores your play it then regenerates the WT leaderboards.  Later on in the call in process your machine then asks for the changes to the leaderboard since the last time it called in.  You now receive the latest leaderboard info.  The only concern I have is with any temp entries the game might make to the leaderboards from the time you play to the time you call in.  I hope it discards them because if not there will be duplicate entries in the leaderboard.  One from when the game added an entry so it is locally up to date, and then the entry the server makes based on the game play you pushed.  On the server there will never be a duplicate, it would only be on the local machine.  That is why I mentioned playing and keeping an eye on the boards for anything weird like that.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 29, 2015, 02:26:57 pm
My machine called in to the server.  Looks like it updated everything as expected.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 29, 2015, 03:29:00 pm
My machine called in to the server.  Looks like it updated everything as expected.
Thanks edowen, this is actually a big relief for me.  I was concerned about this all the way into work this morning.  Now my brain can relax and enjoy the engineering high I am on from finally delivering leaderboards to you guys.  I'm really excited about this as I feel NOW we are finally connected to each other.  Well....that means I better start a daily backup of the server in case something happens.  Can't lose these precious scores hahahaha.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on October 29, 2015, 04:55:44 pm
Boost

  Awesome job my man!!!!  :applaud: You should be very proud of the job you have done for this community.  Hopefully when the tournaments start you will at least have that at the bottom of the leaderboard to show off! J/K
The tiger woods course stuff I was talking about is below:
http://www.coursedownloads.com/index.asp (http://www.coursedownloads.com/index.asp)
Take a look around as it is broken down by years, as each release of the cab (other than all access) was a different year.  Able to get WT to play so was a great day.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 29, 2015, 04:58:22 pm
Have awoken here in oz to great news it seems time to boot up my machine and see my name at the top of the leaderboards. This is gonna be nice!!!!!!  :lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on October 29, 2015, 07:23:59 pm
Successfully called in and updated leaderboard.  Thanks for the hard work!  I played on Cog Hill and am low, as in crappy, on the leaderboard as Tbone. 

I guess Tbone it is.  lol.  I don't remember setting that up on my Players card but its been a while.  Anyway to change your player card information?  Like nickname etc...

I looked but can't remember where.  I went into game face but didn't get very far.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 29, 2015, 07:38:35 pm
Successfully called in and updated leaderboard.  I played on Cog Hill and am low on the leaderboard as Tbone. 

I guess Tbone it is.  lol.  I don't remember setting that up on my Players card but its been a while.  Anyway to change your player card information?  Like nickname etc...

I looked but can't remember where.  I went into game face but didn't get very far.

OH SPIT.....where you at???  Tbone....I mean Torin, has thrown the challenge out.  Just a reminder to everybody after you play for the day or whatever you need to call in to push your play data to the server so others can get it.  I think you did that right Torin?

As for how to update your card info, i'm not sure how to do it in game.  I'm sure spit or the other vets can tell you how.  I can do it by hand on the server but i'm not sure what will happen when the cabinet receives the new info but the data on the card doesn't match.  That is assuming the short name is written on the card.  If you end up not able to find a solution on the game let me know and i'll modify the db by hand.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on October 29, 2015, 08:44:12 pm
Successfully called in and updated leaderboard.  I played on Cog Hill and am low on the leaderboard as Tbone. 

I guess Tbone it is.  lol.  I don't remember setting that up on my Players card but its been a while.  Anyway to change your player card information?  Like nickname etc...

I looked but can't remember where.  I went into game face but didn't get very far.

OH SPIT.....where you at???  Tbone....I mean Torin, has thrown the challenge out.  Just a reminder to everybody after you play for the day or whatever you need to call in to push your play data to the server so others can get it.  I think you did that right Torin?

As for how to update your card info, i'm not sure how to do it in game.  I'm sure spit or the other vets can tell you how.  I can do it by hand on the server but i'm not sure what will happen when the cabinet receives the new info but the data on the card doesn't match.  That is assuming the short name is written on the card.  If you end up not able to find a solution on the game let me know and i'll modify the db by hand.


Yeah, I did a force call after each of my scores just to make sure they were showing up.

I'll probably just keep Tbone unless its really easy to change.  I have another card I could try to but it has my daughters info from a while ago.  She's 15 and not into playing Golf right now.  :)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 29, 2015, 10:14:42 pm
Hey Boost I haven't had a chance as have been playing real golf ha ha ha great Friday here in Melbourne Australia 27 degrees Celsius. Will see where I sit when I get home have to be up there on the list.
Tbone I think you can adjust your registration details in the operators menu but not 100% sure take a look and see how you go.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 30, 2015, 05:32:45 am
So finally got round to calling in Boost and getting some leaderboard action in and am hit with the dreaded error 4001. Is this because you yanks can't handle an Aussie on top of the leaderboard!! Can't believe the dirty tactics are starting already Chuck!! Let me in please!! Ha ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 30, 2015, 09:07:48 am
Sorry Spit, i was hoping the region thing wouldnt cause issue.  I have special logic to keep everything together as one.  Let me look at the logs and see whats up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 30, 2015, 11:34:31 am
Hey Spit, i just checked the logs and there are no errors on the server side.  Based on your ip address i see you calling in and it appears to run to completion.  The 4001 error normally will show an error on my side.  Did you try to call in multiple times to ensure it wasnt a fluke?  I'm sure you did.  Early in the call in procedure the cabinets pass their event logs to the server.  This will tell me what the machines are unhappy about.  I currently dont save that data.   Guess i better add code to the server to retain this info for situations like this.  I'll start working on it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on October 30, 2015, 04:17:42 pm
Hey Boost Lou here, it works fantastic here in NC you are the best!! This is going to be so ooops much fun
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 30, 2015, 05:06:21 pm
Yep called in multiple times boost and every time ran to 100% and then gave me that error. Enjoy it while you can Lou as I'm sure the Spitfire will be back soon and to the bottom of the leaderboard you shall go!! Ha ha ha. Will try again today.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 30, 2015, 05:13:21 pm
Awesome Lou, glad to finally be able to bring this to you and everyone........except Spit :-(    Sorry man, it must be in the region logic.  Maybe I don't have the country code to country number set properly and your machine is upset about that?  The only way for me to know is to get the logs off your machine.  Once I have those I can determine what it is upset about.  I'll be able to get the logs with my next server change.  Sorry again, it's hard to watch everybody eat ice cream and your bowl is empty.  You have my full attention.  I'll get to the bottom of this.  I'll make changes and ask for you to call when I'm ready.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on October 30, 2015, 05:23:18 pm
Dammit, when did we get ice cream?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 30, 2015, 05:24:41 pm
Thx Boost enjoy your ice cream boys don't eat it to fast as u will get a stomach ache!! Ha ha ha  :hissy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 30, 2015, 06:25:17 pm
Boost, no hurry on getting Spit up and running.  Based on the current leaderboards, we need a head start. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 30, 2015, 09:29:17 pm
Yes no rush Boost as I have posted some very good scores already.  ;D get lots of practice in boys it takes dedication to be the Best!!  :soapbox:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 30, 2015, 10:16:51 pm
Ok Boost just a heads up when I call in does everything right even stalls on 67% for quite a while then progresses through to 100% but gives me the dreaded 4001 error at the end. Connection history also reads partial failure. I'll sit n play world tour in the background until you find a fix which I have no doubt you will. Enjoy your freedom of play boys until I return in glory ha ha ha :burgerking:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 31, 2015, 03:23:54 am
Hope you are all enjoying ur leaderboards!! While waiting for for boost to weave his magic was wondering if anyone would like these photos and want to Substitute these players into their selection of players? Also have ACDC thunderstruck running as my menu music. If anyone is interested I will post the instructions here and the jpeg files needed. Their are 4 images for each player.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on October 31, 2015, 07:22:17 am
Spitfire
 Nice work, looking forward to you write up so i can change mine up.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on October 31, 2015, 08:06:58 am
Spitfire, that'd be great.  I've been meaning to replace some players, just haven't gotten around to pulling my hdd out.  This will motivate me to do so.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on October 31, 2015, 01:12:13 pm
Boost,
Played again a few times and no name is how i show up. What do in need to do on my end to get my name correct on leaderboards? Pic enclosed is me at 11under on greek.
Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 31, 2015, 01:52:54 pm
Hey Jason,
No_Name means the server either didnt recognize your players card number, or it doesnt have a short, first, or last name.  When you registered your players card did you enter any info in those fields?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on October 31, 2015, 02:10:46 pm
I believe i did. When i swipe it in game it comes up with my name
Jason Canada
#364308
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 31, 2015, 02:37:36 pm
Perfect, ill use this number and see if the server has an entry for this.  If not ill add it by hand.  Want a short name for displaying on leader boards?  Up to 10 characters.  If not your display name will be Jason Cana
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on October 31, 2015, 04:17:29 pm
If you can put yukonblaze,that would be awesome.
Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 31, 2015, 04:52:05 pm
Hey boost any closer to getting me into the game? Do you need my player number?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 31, 2015, 04:59:20 pm
Hey Spit.  To get your machine info off the cab i need to write new server code.  To test it i need the dev machine which is now at work.  So i wont have any new code to upload until monday night.  I audited the db looking for answers but have no clue why its upset.  It must be cause you are AU and everybody else is US.  It's the only thing i can think of.  I could shot gun new code directly to the server but i could end up breaking it for everybody as its not a trivial tweak.  Sorry for delay.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 31, 2015, 05:09:15 pm
No prob mate I'm sure you will eventually sort it out so us AU players can enjoy the leaderboards. Has to be that as have checked everything my end and all working as it should and nothing has changed.  It's also still allowing me to play world tour so am still happy until that shuts down. Ha ha. Should I try to change my time zone setting on the machine etc to make server think I'm in the US, to see if that's a quick easy fix?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on October 31, 2015, 05:33:49 pm
The region code is burnt into the dongle.  The only way to make the machine think it's US is to use a us dongle or use emulator.  Tonight i am going to write the code and see about shot gunning it in.  If i bust the server i can always roll back to todays working version.  Ill post when i update the server.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 31, 2015, 10:29:22 pm
Hi All I thought it good to post this Instructional on how to connect to the Server.  I tried to message STP to put on First post and said he would but its been sometime and not done yet.  I will try again now.  Please read below to join in the fun.  Also let me know if I have missed anything? Thx Joe

To join in online you need the latest patcher_04 linked below and a regular team challenge machine. No other machines will work. On the attract screen run the patcher in your cd rom drive. Once it says press any key to continue turn off and power up your machine again. Once back in attract mode go to the operators menu by pressing the red operators button inside ur cabinet. Be sure to have your machine connected to the Internet by plugging in an Ethernet cable directly to your cabinet Pc ethernet port. If you are using wireless be sure to configure your wireless connection as per the instructions before trying to register. Choose register/connect option, register cabinet and register your machine using the 4 digit code option using any four digits as it doesn't matter. Make sure you change from Dial up to cable adsl option and follow on screen instructions and allow the machine to call server.  This may take a while first time to get to 100% complete.  Once registered choose the force a call to the server and exit to game option and that's it. You should now be tournament enabled and online. To play online in a Tournament or the World tour option on your cabinet You will need a players card and reader. You will also need to turn your machine off free play otherwise you won't be able to select World Tour and Tournament on the start screen. This has to be done in the operators menu by choosing machine and settings option and disabling free play.
Once you select World Tour it will ask you to insert your players card. It will say that the card is not tournament enabled and will run you through a number of steps to make it so follow instructions and your card will be made tournament ready and you will be given a player number. Now you can use your card or number on any machine linked to Boosts Server and your home made player can be used to play every course on the game without having an all access pass. You will be able to unlock hidden skill shots on every course to unlock special player customising items and equipment. Once all courses available on World Tour are played you will be given a player ranking and it will also unlock heaps of customisable clothing and equipment to use on your player in the Game face option of the game. You can also keep track of how many skill shots you have found and your ranking by inserting your players card into your card reader on the attract screen of the game. There are now also leaderboards available so you can show the world you are the best player out there.  All this is thanks to are Legend known us boostinallovryou!!! without him none of this would be possible!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 01, 2015, 03:51:53 am
Hi All attached below also are the instructions to substitute new players into your game and the images of the players I have running on my game.  These instructions are thanks to STP back in this forum.  If you have any problems following them just pm and Ill help you through it.  edowen55 no need to pull hard drive out mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 01, 2015, 03:55:12 am
More Images
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 01, 2015, 03:57:24 am
Last images I have made
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 01, 2015, 08:46:19 am
Thanks Spitfire for adding your images.  Now, where do I put them?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: trackballjunkie on November 01, 2015, 12:57:35 pm
i have team challenge on my on arcade. but my card reader is the non red and green led lights one. where can i find one for under a 100 dollars or can i just buy a smart card reader. thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 01, 2015, 05:16:27 pm
Thanks Spitfire for adding your images.  Now, where do I put them?
Follow the instructions posted earlier mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 01, 2015, 05:47:15 pm
i have team challenge on my on arcade. but my card reader is the non red and green led lights one. where can i find one for under a 100 dollars or can i just buy a smart card reader. thanks
Hi mate firstly welcome to our forum. Secondly I'm guessing that old style reader doesn't work within team challenge? Also the new card readers are very hard to find can be bought off the global VR website but very pricey. It's also on Boosts to do list to make it so any reader and any card can be used. However his list of things to do are very large and even though he seems like a god to us it might take some time to accomplish!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 01, 2015, 06:26:02 pm
Thanks Spitfire for adding your images.  Now, where do I put them?
Follow the instructions posted earlier mate

Would you mind pointing me in that direction?  I don't recall seeing directions on how to add the photos, only how to change players.  In the meantime, I'll start rereading the thread.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 01, 2015, 06:58:24 pm
Unlocked wrist band
Red Mountain Creek
Hole 10
Eagle or better

Got called to dinner and because i left game goinf and didnt exit, it didnt save.

As for adding photos, search hdd for player photo and will have four for each player. Rename to playet you substituted for on the list. Pics will be listed as GS_torso or something this effect. I belive they are on the great shots folder when i was looking today.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 01, 2015, 08:07:33 pm
Thanks Jason, that gave me enough info to make the change.  I looked through all 35 pages of this thread and didn't find info on how to add the images. so here's a quick tutorial for others.

Start with the same process of letting the game boot all the way to the attract screen, then press the windows button.

Navigate to the c: drive

Then PGA_Tour_2006 folder

Then Shell

Then Images

Then GolferSelect

Within the GolferSelect folder you will see four images for each of the golfers on the select screen.  Find the golfer that you replaced, ie: Tiffany Williamson was replaced in my game with Tiger Woods.  Drop the new Tiger Woods images into the folder.  You need to copy the file name from the replaced golfer (Tiffany Williamson), delete that file, then paste the copied name into the name of the new file (Tiger Woods).  Do this for each of the files.  Gist of it is, old files names need to be used with the new files.

Thanks Spitfire for the images.  I'm tempted to replaced all of my images now.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 01, 2015, 10:18:20 pm
Awesome.  Thanks for the write-up Ed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 01, 2015, 11:18:14 pm
Yes exactly as Ed explained above just make sure my image file names replace the old player image files and the names are exactly as they were for that old player image file.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 02, 2015, 12:42:07 am
In effort to help spitfire with his leaderboard issues i just shotgunned new code onto the server to store the cabinet event logs.  It's either gonna work perfectly, or cause call in issues.  Anyone taking bets??  Spit can you call in please?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 02, 2015, 01:59:32 am
Thanks for all the effort boost I am calling in now! Fingers Crossed!!! And by the way if I can't play no one can play!!! Ha ha ha ha  :timebomb:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 02, 2015, 02:01:52 am
No problem.  This server change wont fix the problem, it will hopefully give me the logs off your machine so i can root cause the issue.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 02, 2015, 02:04:59 am
Ok mate finish call in 100% finish. Error 4001 at end. Weave your magic Chuck!! As now I can't play world tour as has been too long since I called in successfully urghhh. Is doing another automatic call in now! :hissy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 02, 2015, 02:15:21 am
Well, server didnt save the log.  I have a parsing or database error in the code.  Best thing for me to do is debug it using the dev machine and upload good code tomorrow night.  Sorry spit, one more night.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 02, 2015, 02:19:40 am
No prob mate off to the soccer to watch the mighty Melbourne Victory and Melbourne Cup and Daughters birthday tomorrow so not much time for golf. Will be back to try in 24 hours. Can't wait till this is sorted as its like a part of me is missing lol :banghead:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 02, 2015, 11:08:55 pm
Ok Spit, server updated with working code.  Call in when you can please.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 02, 2015, 11:39:59 pm
Thx mate will call in soon as I'm back home will be a while though. Will post when done with results.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 03, 2015, 03:05:56 am
Just home Boost and calling in.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 03, 2015, 03:12:04 am
Ok Spit, server updated with working code.  Call in when you can please.
100% complete error 4001 I'm having withdrawals now Boost!! Ha ha ha  :cry:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 03, 2015, 09:08:31 am
Ok Spit, server updated with working code.  Call in when you can please.
100% complete error 4001 I'm having withdrawals now Boost!! Ha ha ha  :cry:
The server changes were not meant to supply a fix to your 4001 issue.  The changes brought log storage so i can see what your machine is upset about.  Now i should be able to analyze the logs and determine issue.  Next server update will hopefully supply the fix.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 03, 2015, 09:31:25 am
Just looked at logs and your machine is timing out while waiting for the leaderboard data to arrive at your machine.  This makes sense as it is a large chunk of data and you are further away physically from the server.  Its only because you have nothing in the table and need all of the data that this is occuring.  Once you get the data you only need the changes on following call ins.

I'm going to modify the server code to only supply a maximum number of entries.  Lets try 1/2 of the current leaderboard entries.  This means to get all of the boards you will need to call in twice.  This should get you back in action.  After your initial call in of twice you will fetch only changes.

I'll code this up today, test it out, install on server tonight.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 03, 2015, 03:59:39 pm
To quote Borat, "I excite!!!"  ;D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 03, 2015, 04:47:48 pm
Anyone have the Champ III system recovery disk?  Message me if you can help out.  thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 03, 2015, 06:50:37 pm
Anyone have the Champ III system recovery disk?  Message me if you can help out.  thanks
Hi ed I might have one. Will look when home and let you know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 03, 2015, 06:51:49 pm
Anyone have the Champ III system recovery disk?  Message me if you can help out.  thanks
Hi ed I might have one. Will look when home and let you know.

I appreciate it, thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 03, 2015, 07:52:28 pm
Well Spit, I have some bad news.  I tested a version of the server that breaks the transfer up into two chunks.  There is a problem.  The cabinet throws away all of the leaderboard data when a new set is sent to it.  So for example if there is a total of 1500 entries.  I can send the first 1000 and it is stored on the cabinet.  When I call in again and send the remaining 500, the cabinet throws away the first 1000.  All hope is not lost yet.  There must be a timeout value stored somewhere or something I can do to increase the amount of time your machine will wait before timing out.  Not sure how long it will take for me to find a solution, but i'll find one.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 03, 2015, 07:56:23 pm
Wait, I already know what the problem is.  I am sending too much data to each machine.  Each course can only display 30 entries.  I am sending more than that per course.  I thought the machine would hold onto the data and not purge it per transaction.  Now that I know the machine throws away the data I will just send the top 30 per course which will cut down the data size by almost 2/3.  That should get you back.  Coding it up now!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 03, 2015, 09:19:16 pm
Are the leaderboards only displayed at the start of every course or are they displayed after every hole along with your past score up to each hole? If it is the later than all the additional data may be needed?? And I thought just increasing the timing out number per machine would be the way to go however you are the expert not me ha ha :dizzy:
Also why does it complete to 100% if it is timing out??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 03, 2015, 09:24:55 pm
AFAIK the leaderboards are only displayed at the beginning of each hole.  As far as your personal play per hole that is stored locally on the machine.  You see 100% and then error because at 67% the leaderboards are being packaged up and sent to you.  Because there are so many entries the time to package them and get them completely sent to you was too long and generated a timeout for that section.  The machine won't abort immediately.  It marks a 4001 failure and continues trying to do the rest of it's job which completes at 100%.  Instead of being greeted with success you are slapped with the 4001 error.  I just finished testing my changes and it knocked the amount of data to process and transmit down over 1/2.  Plus I found and extra step I was doing at 53% that tripled the amount of time I was spending there.  All fixed and ready to hit the server when I get home in about an hour.  Will let you know when it's time to check in.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 03, 2015, 09:29:52 pm
AFAIK the leaderboards are only displayed at the beginning of each hole.  As far as your personal play per hole that is stored locally on the machine.

The overall leaderboard for the course is only displayed when you begin your round. 

There is a leaderboard that pops up between holes, but that just shows your scores.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 03, 2015, 10:38:54 pm
Ok Spit, moment of truth.  Call in.  You should have success and leaderboards.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 03, 2015, 11:23:33 pm
Ok Spit, moment of truth.  Call in.  You should have success and leaderboards.
Just off to work but had to call in before I left so gonna be late ha ha come on baby................. :angel:
Success back in world tour but played Sahalee country club and no leaderboards. Maybe I have to call in again to make them appear will do so and report after I get back from work in 4 hours urghhhh!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 03, 2015, 11:29:08 pm
I checked the database and saw you triggered a leaderboard generation.  So please call in again when you can.  If you still cannot see the boards then that means the region number i am using for AU region is not correct.  That might have to be a trial and error thing till we figure it out.  At least you are back on WT.

Can others call in and verify their boards look proper please?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 03, 2015, 11:33:34 pm
BTW, even though you cannot see the boards your game play still counts.  Your games that land you on the board are seen by others.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 04, 2015, 03:45:23 am
BTW, even though you cannot see the boards your game play still counts.  Your games that land you on the board are seen by others.
Urgghhhhh still no leaderboards for us downunder  :banghead: ha ha ha oh well I'm sure it won't be to long boost till you figure this out. At least I can play world tour again. Let me Know what I need to do mate?  :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 04, 2015, 11:28:57 am
This is going to be a trial and error thing.  First please make sure your dongle says AU for me.  Next i will just keep changing the region number until we find the right one.  Should be between one and five.  I just loaded the server with a new number.  Please call in when you can.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 04, 2015, 05:06:07 pm
Yep dongle says AU on it and in the settings it says region AU. Gonna call in soon and will report back. Boost we really need to make these leaderboards accessible world wide as don't want this to happen to someone else from another country. Any chance of this being possible?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 04, 2015, 05:48:04 pm
This is going to be a trial and error thing.  First please make sure your dongle says AU for me.  Next i will just keep changing the region number until we find the right one.  Should be between one and five.  I just loaded the server with a new number.  Please call in when you can.
Just called in still no good. Always before leaderboards are displayed a little glitch happens on screen then displays unpopulated leaderboards! Ummm
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 04, 2015, 07:01:43 pm
Ok no problem.  Just means we havent found right number yet.  I'll load the next one when i get home tonight and will let you know when to call in.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 04, 2015, 11:31:54 pm
Ok no problem.  Just means we havent found right number yet.  I'll load the next one when i get home tonight and will let you know when to call in.
Thx mate hopefully not to many numbers to go through??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 04, 2015, 11:44:20 pm
Just got home and uploaded server.  Give a call and let me know how it goes.  This is our third attempt.  I believe it will be under 5.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 05, 2015, 02:16:42 am
Just got home and uploaded server.  Give a call and let me know how it goes.  This is our third attempt.  I believe it will be under 5.
On way home will call in soon
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 05, 2015, 03:22:11 am
No good boost same as before little glitch then unpopulated leaderboards. Next number please!! Ha ha ha :laugh2:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 07:43:26 am
Can you please verify what your dongle says on it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 05, 2015, 09:20:38 am
Hi All

I have not been on here for a while. It is super exiting to see what has happen.

Is all the players that is on the leader-board from USA. I am from South Africa and will test my machine over the coming weekend. Can not wait. I would want to do it sooner, but are writing exams.

Must one have a players card to join or will it work with out one?

See you soon on links
Thank

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 09:36:30 am
Hey gvd,
Everybody i believe is from the US except spitfire, he is from Australia.  US games are seeing the leaderboards just fine but AU is not yet.  We are currently debugging that issue.  It is because global vr had seperate regions for tournaments and world tour.  The private server joins everybody together but must know what region code and number your game selects information by.  I need to know the information printed on the back of your dongle to make sure the server is including your region code.  Then it's trial and error to determine the region number.  So if you could send your dongle info that would be a great start.

Yes currently you need a reader and players card to play.  Readers are on ebay for under 100.  Need for speed underground readers are the same as pga.  Just make sure the reader has the red and green leds on front.

Welcome back.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 05, 2015, 10:22:38 am
Boost
  Would it be possible to limit the entries on the leaderboard per person, i only ask cause i am tired of spitfires name any every leaderboard pushing me off. J/K
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 10:25:00 am
Hahahahhahahahahah maybe thats why global vr made regions.....to contain spitfire!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 12:07:17 pm
Ok spit, next number has been loaded onto server.  Give a call in.  I still need your dongle info please.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 05, 2015, 01:37:38 pm
Boost,
 If this doesnt work, what if spit uses dongle emulation of US dongle?
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 05, 2015, 01:50:29 pm
Boost,
 If this doesnt work, what if spit uses dongle emulation of US dongle?
Jason

That should work, but it doesn't solve the problem.  Not everyone overseas is going to be savvy enough to load up the dongle emulator.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 02:18:00 pm
I agree with Ed, while that is a stop gap fix for Spit it doesn't solve the problem for others.  For instance gvd just wrote in today and said he is from South America.  I have no idea what the region number and code are.  The back of the dongle will give the code.  I.E. US, UK, AU.  That is why I need Spit to send me what's on the back of his dongle.  Would be a pisser if I am targeting AU and his dongle is UK, etc.  We will get to the bottom of this.  Just takes time.  If it was easy everybody would do it right.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 05, 2015, 02:43:11 pm
Hey gvd,
Everybody i believe is from the US except spitfire, he is from Australia.  US games are seeing the leaderboards just fine but AU is not yet.  We are currently debugging that issue.  It is because global vr had seperate regions for tournaments and world tour.  The private server joins everybody together but must know what region code and number your game selects information by.  I need to know the information printed on the back of your dongle to make sure the server is including your region code.  Then it's trial and error to determine the region number.  So if you could send your dongle info that would be a great start.

Yes currently you need a reader and players card to play.  Readers are on ebay for under 100.  Need for speed underground readers are the same as pga.  Just make sure the reader has the red and green leds on front.

Welcome back.

Hi Boost,

Firstly well done on getting the game back on-line. I have been playing the game for a couple of years and competition would be great. As long as you all know you are playing for second place. lol :)

I do not see much on my dongle except this code: 1876306243 and:  EMMMQ 203586 or 203686

Let me know if this is what you are looking for.

I have a card reader with the red and green led and a card. The card did not work with all access installed. I guess it should only be team challenge and the machine must be online for the card to work?

Thank allot. Can not wait for the weekend.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 02:53:51 pm
Thanks GVD.  So there is nothing on the dongle that has a country code like US, UK, or AU?  My team challenge dongle has "PGA TM CHALLENGE-US" on it.  Can you double check please?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 05, 2015, 02:58:13 pm
If the sticker fell off the dongle, the region should also be displayed in the settings somewhere.  I don't remember exactly where off the top of my head though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 02:59:53 pm
I'm going to scour the cabinet's database to see if it is something that is possibly sent to the server.  There is a TON of stuff that is sent that i'm not storing.  Hope region is somewhere in there.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 03:31:28 pm
I think i'm on the right track.  I found all of the country codes.  Now there are 2 numbers that can be the region code.  I am going to look at my original non touched database to see if what I think the code should be matches what is on the original database.  For educational purposes, here are the region codes:

United States = US
Canada = CA
United Kingdom = UK
Ireland = IE
South Africa = ZA
Australia = AU
New Zealand = NZ
Italy = IT
Europe = EU
Japan = JP
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 05, 2015, 05:04:26 pm
Ok spit, next number has been loaded onto server.  Give a call in.  I still need your dongle info please.
I woke up this morning excited to see so much activity. Raced out to the machine called in but still no leaderboards boost. As stated earlier my dongle has a sticker on it that reads Pga team challenge AU on it and the settings say I'm in Australia.
Hey Yukon I love this game and play it regularly I to would firstly love to see the leaderboards he he but secondly agree that no fun if my name is the only one on there once boost fixes the problem. Is there any way boost as mention to only show the player top score?
Also boost why must you start you number selection from the wrong end! Next number please? Ha ha ha :angry:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 05:40:13 pm
Perfect, now I am 100% sure AU is the right value and we aren't chasing a red haring.  Also after doing more investigation I believe I know what the magic number is.  I will update the server tonight when I get home from work and let you know when it's time to call.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 05, 2015, 07:18:27 pm
Boost
  Continued great work.  Still no name showing up on leaderboard for my card.
Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 07:20:00 pm
That's correct Jason, I've been spending all cycles working on Spit's issue.  I'm also not 100% sure that card info is being sent back to the cabinets.  I believe right now it's one way so more coding would be necessary.  I'll address after Spit is up and I have a machine on the real server with you guys :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 05, 2015, 07:37:35 pm
Boost
  Continued great work.  Still no name showing up on leaderboard for my card.
Thanks
Jason

Hey Jason is your name not showing up because you are not good enough to get on the leaderboards ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 07:59:02 pm
Boost
  Continued great work.  Still no name showing up on leaderboard for my card.
Thanks
Jason

Hey Jason is your name not showing up because you are not good enough to get on the leaderboards ha ha ha

Gettin' hot in here.  Give you guys leaderboards and the gloves came off.  Wait....I didn't give EVERYBODY leaderboards huh Spit??  :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 05, 2015, 08:10:52 pm
Spit
  I am good enough
      -my therapist
I just like seeing my name at the bottom.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 08:24:54 pm
You know what Jason, now that I think about it, I can at least fix the way you are seen on the leaderboards with one command.  Your card will still be blank or whatever, but on the boards you will appear properly.  I'll do that at the same time I upload the new AU region tonight.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 05, 2015, 08:45:51 pm
Boost
  Thanks, can i do something with my card to correct the problem.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 09:01:39 pm
I don't know the root cause right now so all I can say at this point is the server and cabinet are out of sync when it comes to your card info.  We can investigate once the spitfire dust settles.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 05, 2015, 09:30:04 pm
Boost
  Thanks, can i do something with my card to correct the problem.
Jason
Yes Jason it would be nice to see your name on the leaderboard however it would be even better if you could see the actual leaderboards ha ha ha  :soapbox: the one thing I have learnt about our great saviour boost its not if he can do it its when. Great work boost!! Thx for all your efforts!!   :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 09:32:08 pm
Its my pleasure guys, this is a lot of fun.  Leaving work now and headed to server.  About an hour away from test time!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 05, 2015, 10:55:34 pm
Ok, server is updated.  Let it rip spit.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 05, 2015, 11:31:13 pm
Ok, server is updated.  Let it rip spit.
Already at work back in 3 hours will call in then!! Fingers crossed!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 06, 2015, 02:42:54 am
If the sticker fell off the dongle, the region should also be displayed in the settings somewhere.  I don't remember exactly where off the top of my head though.


Hi Edowen,

Which setting are you referring to?

I will have a look tomorrow morning.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 06, 2015, 04:43:50 am
Ok, server is updated.  Let it rip spit.

I've said it before and I'll say it again your a genius boost!!! :notworthy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 06, 2015, 04:46:09 am
If the sticker fell off the dongle, the region should also be displayed in the settings somewhere.  I don't remember exactly where off the top of my head though.
Hi Edowen,
Which setting are you referring to?
I will have a look tomorrow morning.

Gdv there is a red button inside the coin box of the machine that gets you into the games settings. Once pressed the first screen shown is the info of your machine take a pic and post it on here so boost can see. It will show your region.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 06, 2015, 05:14:10 am
If the sticker fell off the dongle, the region should also be displayed in the settings somewhere.  I don't remember exactly where off the top of my head though.
Hi Edowen,
Which setting are you referring to?
I will have a look tomorrow morning.

Gdv there is a red button inside the coin box of the machine that gets you into the games settings. Once pressed the first screen shown is the info of your machine take a pic and post it on here so boost can see. It will show your region.

Hi

I will have a look. I access the operators menu with a keyboard.

I the level Normal (level 3) on world tour?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 06, 2015, 06:02:43 am
It's amazing how much harder this game becomes when you are chasing top spot on the leaderboard. Pressure!! Don't choke!!! Ha ha ha ha  :timebomb:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 06, 2015, 08:00:17 am
Ok, server is updated.  Let it rip spit.

I've said it before and I'll say it again your a genius boost!!! :notworthy:

Yes!!!!  The beast known as Spitfire has been released on the PGA community  hahaha.  You guys keep the #1 spot warm for me because after i fix Jasons card problem and get my game online I'll be coming to claim whats mine :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 06, 2015, 08:10:15 am
Can't wait for you to join in the fun boost its only fair you play as you created all this mate.  However aim for just getting on the leaderboard mate and you won't be disappointed.  :lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 06, 2015, 08:10:48 am
Yukon, can you tell me what your cabinet id is please?  Should be on main service menu or first menu under connect.  I'd like to look at the logs and see why the server isnt receiving your card info.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 06, 2015, 08:15:32 am
Can't wait for you to join in the fun boost its only fair you play as you created all this mate.
I'll be there soon.  Got to make sure the behind the scenes work is solid before i get to play.  For instance, gvd is about to get online.  He is from South Africa.  For him to get leaderboards i need to find a way to only send the region leaderboard info of interest or else we will be back to you timing out from sending too much info.  I'll be on the boards soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 06, 2015, 11:37:37 am
Got a replacement empty PGA cabinet yesterday to transfer my computer and control panel over to.  Now, I'll be able to play standing up and not laying on the floor.   :lol

Look out leaderboards!   Huh, not!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 06, 2015, 12:43:26 pm
Boost,
Cab ID
  30005
Card ID
  364308
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 06, 2015, 12:51:51 pm
Thanks Jason.  Do me a favor when you can, call in just so i have the latest conversation between your machine and the server.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 06, 2015, 02:05:41 pm
Boost
 I called in when I got the cab id.  Will call in again later.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 06, 2015, 02:14:17 pm
Oh ok, if you called in when you got the ID then the logs are waiting for me on the server.  No need to call in again.  I'll let you know what I find.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on November 06, 2015, 04:53:56 pm
Been absent for a week or so... going to try to get a wireless bridge running to my cab so it can make calls regularly without me having to set up a wired bridge with my laptop every time.

See you guys on the leaderboards!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 06, 2015, 05:41:01 pm
I have been following this community for a few weeks as I have been preparing to get my PGA Tour Golf Challenge machine. She is now in her new home and playing very well. I have tried to search to see if there is any way to reset the leaderboard scores, so that those of the previous owner will be reset and removed. So far now luck.
I wish I could enjoy the online play that seems to be going on, but if I understand correctly, since mine is a Challenge machine, it is not supported.
I will be receiving a Player and Operator card in the next few days, so I hope I can unlock the player features at least and make my own unique player.

Thank you for any help you can give.

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 06, 2015, 09:03:30 pm
Hi Tim firstly welcome to the club mate glad to see you are playing some real golf now and not having to endure that terrible golden tee machine you have ha ha ha.
Now unfortunately you are right, team challenge is the only version that can go online, you have to upgrade your machine if you want to be pet of the fun. If you want to do this the team challenge disks are readily available her or on the Facebook page and instructions on how to run the game with a dongle emulator.  So check it out if it's something your wanting to do.
In regards to your challenge machine I also have this version as I like the skins option it has that team challenge doesn't which is good when you play with a group of friends. To reset the leaderboards this can be found in the game settings in the operators menu. There should be a red button inside the coin door to access these menus. Press it while in attract mode and use trackball to go to the game settings and reset the leaderboards from there.
I hope this helps mate and hope to see your name one day on boosts online leaderboards!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on November 06, 2015, 09:04:37 pm
Here's a link to the manual:  http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-videogames/U/Users%20Manual.pdf (http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-videogames/U/Users%20Manual.pdf)

Page 15 shows settings.

D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 06, 2015, 10:26:40 pm
That's what I thought too. First I cleared all courses, then I reset game stats, then reset numbered player stats. The leaderboards still show the previous owners scores as the round progresses as well as their records for longest drive, putt, and whatever else is on the leaderboard. I then did a factory reset and this also didn't clear the leaderboards or records. Got me stumped. It is great to see how you support us and as a new owner, I am very greatful. Maybe there is something I have missed.

It would be fun to do the upgrade to Team Challenge as I placed the game right next to the phone jack in case it could be played online. I will have to reread this thread and the Facebook page to find how to upgrade to Team Challenge. I have a player card and operator card coming in the next few days and hope it at least lets me use the Game Face option I can't at the moment.  One other thing that is a little strange is when I turn the power on via the switch on the panel on the back of th cabinet, the PC tower doesn't turn on at the same time as the rest of the machine powers up. I have to open the coin door and press the power button on the PC tower. Otherwise, the game is a blast to play and a nice diversion from designing and playing courses for Perfect Golf.

Thank you for your welcome and help.

As for real golf, this is the course I built in my backyard. But since it is about to snow here, I need something to do during the winter. ;)


Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 06, 2015, 11:31:07 pm
Hey Tim,

I can help you with the power on issue.  There is a setting in the bios that says what to do when ac power is restored.  Options are to turn on, stay off, or do last state.  Choose turn on and save bios.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 06, 2015, 11:38:09 pm
Hi Tim your backyard is awesome mate however I'm living on the 5th green of Sanctuary lakes golf course so Its not to bad for me.
It seems after reading the manual that the records for scores are save on the game software and can't be erased unless you reinstall the game again? Strange that. Please correct me Anyone if I'm wrong.
The game card will allow you to create your own golfer through game face the operators card is obsolete and will make a good coaster as this was used for the old global VR servers and not here on Boosts server.
Lastly your cmos battery in your PC has died and needs changing that's why your bios settings are not right and you have to boot up PC manually. Once you change the battery follow the instructions in the manual starting from page 43 or 46 I think it runs u through what the bios settings should be. Once new battery is in and saved the PC will power up when you power on the machine.
You should look into upgraded you game and join in the fun mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 06, 2015, 11:45:21 pm
Only fitting that I should be on top of the leader board for my home course!! How do you like those apples CMS ha ha ha >:D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 06, 2015, 11:50:18 pm
Hey boost once things settle down would there be anyway to post who is top of the leaderboards for every course. As I think people would like to concentrate their games on the courses they aren't high enough on the leaderboards. Could start another thread for the leaderboards? Also would be good to know who is who on the leaderboard relating to this forum? My nick is easy as the same but others not so easy as for Jason who is alias no_name ha ha ha  :laugh2: Thoughts?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on November 07, 2015, 12:08:39 am
nice your own little amen corner bridge
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 07, 2015, 08:47:45 am
Hey boost once things settle down would there be anyway to post who is top of the leaderboards for every course. As I think people would like to concentrate their games on the courses they aren't high enough on the leaderboards. Could start another thread for the leaderboards? Also would be good to know who is who on the leaderboard relating to this forum? My nick is easy as the same but others not so easy as for Jason who is alias no_name ha ha ha  :laugh2: Thoughts?

I have a few ideas.  One was a webpage that you could go to that showed leaderboards.  Another was maybe the facebook page could reference the page i just mentioned and list the leaders.  There is also another database table in the game that appears to be a leaderboard for all regions.  I'm wondering if that is filled out where in the game it is displayed.  If in attract mode that would be great.  As for game name to board name maybe we could edit the first page of this thread or something.  The only thing i dont like about another thread is that it's  more to maintain and post to.  I personally like one thread to talk to everybody.  Just my $.02
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 07, 2015, 02:44:16 pm
nice your own little amen corner bridge
Thank you. I designed the course to have a look of Amen Corner. Welcome to Everest Corner.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 07, 2015, 05:28:08 pm
Hey boost once things settle down would there be anyway to post who is top of the leaderboards for every course. As I think people would like to concentrate their games on the courses they aren't high enough on the leaderboards. Could start another thread for the leaderboards? Also would be good to know who is who on the leaderboard relating to this forum? My nick is easy as the same but others not so easy as for Jason who is alias no_name ha ha ha  :laugh2: Thoughts?

I have a few ideas.  One was a webpage that you could go to that showed leaderboards.  Another was maybe the facebook page could reference the page i just mentioned and list the leaders.  There is also  :angel:another database table in the game that appears to be a leaderboard for all regions.  I'm wondering if that is filled out where in the game it is displayed.  If in attract mode that would be great.  As for game name to board name maybe we could edit the first page of this thread or something.  The only thing i dont like about another thread is that it's  more to maintain and post to.  I personally like one thread to talk to everybody.  Just my $.02
Sounds great mate. I to think post to this thread to keep it simple. The only problem is STP has disappeared and he's the only one that can do that. Gonna send him an email to see if he is still alive. Ha ha  :angel:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 08, 2015, 09:20:19 am
Hi Guys

My rescue disc is corrupt. I downloaded the on that STP made available.

I am how ever in the middle of a exam. I will get my machine online and get my name on that leader board when I finish for the year. It is so hard to concentrate on my studies knowing there is a leader board out there. :)

@Boost - I hope you will still help with the region issue then. I will be back on 19 November.

Enjoy


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 09, 2015, 03:27:17 am
Would anybody who has had success with the dongle emulator mind giving me a hand.  I took my challenge machine, loaded tc rescue and 3 tc game disks.  Installed emulator and dng file as documented.  See key and all that other good stuff, but always get dongle missing or invalid in game.  When i restart machine emulator is running but key is missing.  I kill off game, load key, restart game without restarting machine, always get missing dongle error.  Any help from someone who has had success would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 09, 2015, 05:21:03 am
I didn't come up with the process, or create the files.  Lou and others over at the Facebook page paved the way.  I recommend signing up for the Facebook page if you haven't already.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/)

Here are the basic instructions for using the dongle emulator for Team Challenge:

1) Have Team Challenge running to the point where it says you don't have a valid dongle  (if you need the files to get you to this point, they're available through the facebook group)

2) Insert a disk or usb drive with the HASPHL2007.exe file and Team Challenge.dng files (available here - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gqbxb5g1wwl79k5/AAC4k4qpT47DsueU2eTpl6Z2a?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gqbxb5g1wwl79k5/AAC4k4qpT47DsueU2eTpl6Z2a?dl=0) )

3) Create a new folder on the C: drive and drop those two files into the folder

4) Open the HASPHL2007.exe file

Under “Driver” tab

5) Click “Install Driver” - driver should install

6) Select Automatic

7) Click “Save State”

Under “Emulator” tab

8 ) Click “Start Service”

Under “Dongle” tab

9) Click “Load Dump”

10) A window will open, locate the Team Challenge.dng file, select open

Under “Emulator” tab again

11) Confirm that the license field is populated

That’s it. Restart your game without a real dongle attached and it should work.

If you're running a different version of the game and have the .dng file, the process is the same.  I still haven't figured out how to convert a .dmp file to .dng.  If someone could share that info I'd be grateful.

Hi boost haven't tried the dongle emulator yet but above is the instructions as per edowens post hope that helps!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 09, 2015, 06:31:54 am
Boost,

Are you using an original PGA computer or a newer Dell?

Did you load any drivers?  If so, did you do that before or after loading the emulator?

Where did you get the .dng file, from my link or the facebook page? 

After you get the dongle missing error, go back into HASPHL2007, select the emulator tab and see if your license field is still populated.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 09, 2015, 09:15:34 am
Boost,

Are you using an original PGA computer or a newer Dell?

Did you load any drivers?  If so, did you do that before or after loading the emulator?

Where did you get the .dng file, from my link or the facebook page? 

After you get the dongle missing error, go back into HASPHL2007, select the emulator tab and see if your license field is still populated.
I am using an original black pga computer.
I didnt have to load any drivers.  The emulator installed and started fine after os and game were installed.
I tried your dng file and one from facebook.page.  Also tried both emulators, yours and facebook.
After dongle error license field is still populated and i see passwords in dumper tab.  This indicates the emulator received password attempts from the game.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 09, 2015, 12:19:20 pm
Nevermind guys it's ok, I'm going to skip using the emulator and just reflash my Challenge dongle to match my Team Challenge dongle.  Already got the tools and unlocked them both for editing.  Thanks though for the help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on November 09, 2015, 12:36:15 pm
I had the same error but as asked by another poster it was using a new dell I had put in.  I had to load the proper chipset for the emulator to work.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 10, 2015, 07:07:53 am
Hi all just received a pm from our thread starter STP and he has promised to place our server instructions at the start of this thread for everyone to see. The more players we can get the better. I have just checked and they are not there yet but hopefully STP will find some time soon. While there I read over the first 5 or so pages of this thread and boy what a read!!! Better than any soap opera TC show out there ha ha ha ha. So much going on. Does anyone know if Ed is still around maybe he should be invited to play on the great man boosts server would love to see how he fairs on the leaderboard. So many unanswered questions still remain nearly 3 years down the track just from those few pages I read. I beat pm people to find out the answers I desire!! Ha ha ha. In closing been away from the server the last few days as busy and the Bosses (Wife's) birthday. Hope you have been practicing and posting some good scores. Asalways love a challenge. Enjoy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 10, 2015, 09:09:15 am
That's funny you mentioned the more players the better.  I went on craigslist yesterday and searched for people selling pga machines.  I sent them emails saying their machines are upgradeable and a server exists.  Sent them links to this thread and the facebook page.  Trying to get the word out.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 10, 2015, 12:38:56 pm
Well, my machine is finally online with you guys.  One thing is for sure......I'm horrible!!  Hahahah  Shot like 7 or 8 under on St. Andrews hahahaha.  Look for Chuck B moving up slowly.

Jason, now I'm going to focus on your players card name issue.  Stay tuned.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 10, 2015, 02:54:44 pm
I must say, you have me excited about converting my PGA Tour Challenge game for online play. I am a bit overwhelmed as I have searched this thread, the Facebook  page where I found a link to the Team Challenge Restore and Disks 1-3.  Since my machine has a PGA Challenge dongle, I assume that I will need to use the emulator and if that works, remove it for Team Challenge play. Then I will need to install Boosts patch version 4 and go through a process to connect to the server.
I received my player cards yesterday and was excited to see my card reader works, I also played around with the registration page and could hear the modem try and connect to whatever the obsolete phone numbers once were. So seems like with a little more help, I should be able to convert my machine to Team Challenge and then join the community online. Sounds much more fun than spending $300 for the All Access Pass disks and dongle, though that might be a way to get more use out of my machine if I can't make all this work. Just hard to find all the information as its spread across many sources and posts.

Keep up the great work!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 10, 2015, 04:44:09 pm
Hi Tim I think the best thing for you is to install another harddrive in your golf PC and install team challenge on scratch on that using the team challenge dongle emulator. Then you can use booting software to dual boot your machine. This will allow you to play the challenge game when you want to play skins etc and play online in team challenge as you will choose at startup which you won't to play. We can guide you through the process of how to do this mate. Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 10, 2015, 04:46:24 pm
Well, my machine is finally online with you guys.  One thing is for sure......I'm horrible!!  Hahahah  Shot like 7 or 8 under on St. Andrews hahahaha.  Look for Chuck B moving up slowly.

Jason, now I'm going to focus on your players card name issue.  Stay tuned.

Glad to see you are joining in the fun with us boost. I always knew however that a genius such as you wouldn't be any good at arcade golf. Ha ha keep practicing!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 10, 2015, 05:01:29 pm
Hi Tim I think the best thing for you is to install another harddrive in your golf PC and install team challenge on scratch on that using the team challenge dongle emulator. Then you can use booting software to dual boot your machine. This will allow you to play the challenge game when you want to play skins etc and play online in team challenge as you will choose at startup which you won't to play. We can guide you through the process of how to do this mate. Thx Joe
Hello Joe,
That sounds interesting, and also will require a lot of tutoring for me. I haven't added a hard drive to a computer since my 486 days. I am assuming that the extra hard drive would have to be at least 40GB as most have said, but how to add it and then the software to dual boot, will require some instruction. Do the Restore and Team Challenge disks include the XP operating system?  Sorry for all the questions and thank you for all you help.

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 10, 2015, 05:16:37 pm
Well, my machine is finally online with you guys.  One thing is for sure......I'm horrible!!  Hahahah  Shot like 7 or 8 under on St. Andrews hahahaha.  Look for Chuck B moving up slowly.

Jason, now I'm going to focus on your players card name issue.  Stay tuned.

Glad to see you are joining in the fun with us boost. I always knew however that a genius such as you wouldn't be any good at arcade golf. Ha ha keep practicing!!
You know just what to say to motivate me Spit! hahahahahahah
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 10, 2015, 05:17:17 pm
Hi Tim I think the best thing for you is to install another harddrive in your golf PC and install team challenge on scratch on that using the team challenge dongle emulator. Then you can use booting software to dual boot your machine. This will allow you to play the challenge game when you want to play skins etc and play online in team challenge as you will choose at startup which you won't to play. We can guide you through the process of how to do this mate. Thx Joe
Hello Joe,
That sounds interesting, and also will require a lot of tutoring for me. I haven't added a hard drive to a computer since my 486 days. I am assuming that the extra hard drive would have to be at least 40GB as most have said, but how to add it and then the software to dual boot, will require some instruction. Do the Restore and Team Challenge disks include the XP operating system?  Sorry for all the questions and thank you for all you help.

Tim

The restore disk will load the XP embedded operating system for you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 10, 2015, 08:32:41 pm
I must say, you have me excited about converting my PGA Tour Challenge game for online play. I am a bit overwhelmed as I have searched this thread, the Facebook  page where I found a link to the Team Challenge Restore and Disks 1-3.  Since my machine has a PGA Challenge dongle, I assume that I will need to use the emulator and if that works, remove it for Team Challenge play. Then I will need to install Boosts patch version 4 and go through a process to connect to the server.
I received my player cards yesterday and was excited to see my card reader works, I also played around with the registration page and could hear the modem try and connect to whatever the obsolete phone numbers once were. So seems like with a little more help, I should be able to convert my machine to Team Challenge and then join the community online. Sounds much more fun than spending $300 for the All Access Pass disks and dongle, though that might be a way to get more use out of my machine if I can't make all this work. Just hard to find all the information as its spread across many sources and posts.

Keep up the great work!
You are correct Tim, all of the information is scattered across (currently) 37 pages of forums.  I too had an issue yesterday setting up my machine where it thought it was already registered and I had to use Sherman8or's awesome steps to get back to normal.  I had to scan back 5 or so pages to find that post.  There is a PGA golf TC wiki here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Tour_Golf_Team_Challenge     What if we either added a section to it or started a new wiki page?  Probably a new page.  But document how to get your TC game onto the server.  Also document possible issues and the solutions to them.  For legal reasons I don't think we could say where to get restore disks from and how to use a dongle emulator.  That is obviously illegal and a quick way to draw the wrong attention.  Or, put a together a word doc in the same format but that time we can include restore, emulators, reflashing dongles, and put it on the facebook page.  Just suggestions.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 10, 2015, 10:46:40 pm
I was thinking the same think. Was gonna start a new thread and copy and paste all the instructions that people have posted including myself for different situations pertaining to this magnificent game. All these things are already out there but to find them all side by side and labelled in one thread would be the way to go definately.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on November 11, 2015, 07:19:19 am
I didn't come up with the process, or create the files.  Lou and others over at the Facebook page paved the way.  I recommend signing up for the Facebook page if you haven't already.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/)

Here are the basic instructions for using the dongle emulator for Team Challenge:

1) Have Team Challenge running to the point where it says you don't have a valid dongle  (if you need the files to get you to this point, they're available through the facebook group)

2) Insert a disk or usb drive with the HASPHL2007.exe file and Team Challenge.dng files (available here - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gqbxb5g1wwl79k5/AAC4k4qpT47DsueU2eTpl6Z2a?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gqbxb5g1wwl79k5/AAC4k4qpT47DsueU2eTpl6Z2a?dl=0) )

3) Create a new folder on the C: drive and drop those two files into the folder

4) Open the HASPHL2007.exe file

Under “Driver” tab

5) Click “Install Driver” - driver should install

6) Select Automatic

7) Click “Save State”

Under “Emulator” tab

8 ) Click “Start Service”

Under “Dongle” tab

9) Click “Load Dump”

10) A window will open, locate the Team Challenge.dng file, select open

Under “Emulator” tab again

11) Confirm that the license field is populated

That’s it. Restart your game without a real dongle attached and it should work.

If you're running a different version of the game and have the .dng file, the process is the same.  I still haven't figured out how to convert a .dmp file to .dng.  If someone could share that info I'd be grateful.

Hi boost haven't tried the dongle emulator yet but above is the instructions as per edowens post hope that helps!
Edowen's instructions, work a treat.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 11, 2015, 07:50:40 pm
Well, my machine is finally online with you guys.  One thing is for sure......I'm horrible!!  Hahahah  Shot like 7 or 8 under on St. Andrews hahahaha.  Look for Chuck B moving up slowly.

Jason, now I'm going to focus on your players card name issue.  Stay tuned.

Glad to see you are joining in the fun with us boost. I always knew however that a genius such as you wouldn't be any good at arcade golf. Ha ha keep practicing!!
You know just what to say to motivate me Spit! hahahahahahah

Hey boost did a complete restore of my cousins PGA team challenge machine as it was doing some odd things. Once done game working fine. Ran the patcher again to get him online ready with success. Went to the operators menu to register his cabinet again and all it had available was restore cabinet registration. So I did this and started calling into server. Got to 5% and has stalled. It's not timing out or anything? Not sure what or how to get him back in the game. He was previously registered as Weeda. Please advise what i should? Had to reboot to gain back control. In the info it's says the cabinet status is Cabinet Restore Required. His cabinet I'd is 30017. Country Australia. No option now to deregister just Restore Cabinet Registration (re-enables online features) but when tried stalls at 5% no time out urghh!! Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 11, 2015, 08:17:03 pm
I had that same problem spit.  Look on page 33 for sherman8ors solution.  You have to unplug dongle, attempt modem test, go back to main menu, it says unregistered, plug dongle back in and then register like new.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 11, 2015, 08:27:01 pm
I had that same problem spit.  Look on page 33 for sherman8ors solution.  You have to unplug dongle, attempt modem test, go back to main menu, it says unregistered, plug dongle back in and then register like new.

Your the man chuck I'll report back soon
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 11, 2015, 08:52:35 pm
I had that same problem spit.  Look on page 33 for sherman8ors solution.  You have to unplug dongle, attempt modem test, go back to main menu, it says unregistered, plug dongle back in and then register like new.
Hey boost thx mate we have re registered however the reason we did a fresh install is that his card is having trouble reading when on world tour sometime it registers most time it comes up with card error or has to re register for online play. However in the card reader test and for normal play there is never an issue? Not sure what the problem is going to try brand new card and report back. Let me know if you have any advise?? Brand new card same issue asks to register details once registered it tries to store info to card comes up with card error and then stalls!! Have to hit Windows key on keyboard close and reopen to gain control. Urghh disaster!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 11, 2015, 09:18:02 pm
Got tired of looking at the leaderboard scores and records of the previous owner. Looking at scores of -22 was getting depressing since I usually am only shooting -16 to -20 on normal settings. Didn't realize the game played that easy.  I decided to use the Restore and Install disks for my Challenge machine.  This went perfectly and my leaderboards and records have been cleared. I then decided to default the game to the Hard setting. Still shooting -15 or so.

Anyway, this has got me kind of excited to try and put the Team Challenge disks I have made to use and see if I could maybe join the community online. I think I like Spit's idea of installing it on a separate hard drive and just need to know exactly what would be best. Microcenter has an 160 GB IDE hard drive for $10. Wow that's cheap.

My thought was to at least to try things out by replacing my existing drive with the new one and then go through the process of using my Team Challenge Restore and Install disks. That way I would keep my version of Challenge on my existing drive, and for now, until I learn more about possibly dual booting, but could try and get Team Challenge running for online play.

So before doing anything, I thought I would appeal again to you knowledgeable people about what kind of hard drive to get and your thoughts about using it as my hard drive and install Team Challenge on it and just use the one hard drive at a time until learning how to dual boot in the future.

Thank you for your thoughts and help.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 11, 2015, 09:47:14 pm
I had that same problem spit.  Look on page 33 for sherman8ors solution.  You have to unplug dongle, attempt modem test, go back to main menu, it says unregistered, plug dongle back in and then register like new.
Hey boost thx mate we have re registered however the reason we did a fresh install is that his card is having trouble reading when on world tour sometime it registers most time it comes up with card error or has to re register for online play. However in the card reader test and for normal play there is never an issue? Not sure what the problem is going to try brand new card and report back. Let me know if you have any advise?? Brand new card same issue asks to register details once registered it tries to store info to card comes up with card error and then stalls!! Have to hit Windows key on keyboard close and reopen to gain control. Urghh disaster!!

Hey boost de registered the cabinet now and still having card reader issues again. It seemed to be fixed after the new restore but now after registering and even de registering the card reader comes up with card read error or if it does read it says no game face found or asks you to press start to register. After you input names etc it doesn't save to card properly and says to remove card. The game then stalls and you can't get control unless you hit Windows button and close and open GVR boot.
Don't know where to turn now do I need to run restore and games disks again or do you think it is the card reader. That's the only other thing we haven't tried with this machine?? Could the hard drive be corrupt as that's the only other thing that hasn't been changed? Card reader test always passes in operators menu? Very strange!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 11, 2015, 09:49:23 pm
Has anyone ever played 2 players at once on world tour?? Could this somehow corrupt the card reader?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 11, 2015, 09:51:46 pm
Spit, have you tried different cards?  Problem could be with card.  Also card test only does a simple read test.  It doesnt exhaustively try to move lots of data like when in the game.  Issue is going to be with reader or card. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 11, 2015, 10:06:59 pm
Spit, have you tried different cards?  Problem could be with card.  Also card test only does a simple read test.  It doesnt exhaustively try to move lots of data like when in the game.  Issue is going to be with reader or card.
Multiple cards same issue new or used. It has to be the card reader. It very strange though as it was working fine and reading before registration. Once registered back to the problems faced before restore. Even when we try to play normal golf as we did previously and it read perfectly!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 11, 2015, 10:08:50 pm
Hey Tim any Ide drive will do mate over 40gb in storage.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 12, 2015, 12:50:55 am
Jason,
I looked in the logs and your machine is telling the server it has 0 player records to send to the server.  Did you create this card on a machine other than yours?  Like a machine in a bar awhile ago?  That's the only thing i can think of.  I'm creating a record by hand right now.  Give 20 minutes and call in.  Your name should appear on the boards instead of no name.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 12, 2015, 03:34:18 am
Hey boost magic work again I see Yukonblaze on the score board. Still see no_name there to though. A quick update. So we did a full game restore again on my cousins team challenge machine and once done again the card reader works first time every time and his game face player can be played without fail as it was when we previously done it. The problem is now every time I apply the patcher and register his cabinet for online play the card reader won't reader properly anymore and will come up with card read error all the time and he can't play using his player any more. Now the only thing we haven't tried is a new card reader and I will rip out my reader off my machine and test as it's driving me insane that he can't play online with his player? But strange that it works perfectly before going online?? Any thoughts would be great! Ha ha ha :banghead:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 12, 2015, 04:39:15 am
Hey boost so with the machine offline card reader working great no errors. The only other difference is his machine uses a wifi connection where my house has a direct cable connection. Could his machine be timing out as the wifi dongle can't send information fast enough to cope with online play so the machine gives a card read error??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 12, 2015, 08:21:53 am
Boost
  I created the card on my all access computer, but have it disconnected and team challenge computer plugged into same machine.
I use a vpn at my home, would this cause an issue or is it the computer?
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 12, 2015, 09:43:17 am
Jason,
I figured out what's going on.  This is going to apply to everybody.  When a player/card is first initialized the info sits in the cabinet's database and waits to transmit it to a server.  In your case it was on your aap machine.  Problem is aap never connects to a server so the data sat there unable to move.  You then switched to your TC machine or reinstalled TC on top of your aap.  So the player info was blown away or stuck on old aap machine.  I have the same problem.  I'm no_name right now because i made my card on my development machine and server.  Data was transmitted to that server and removed from cabinet. 

So if anybody else made a card on a machine not connected to the private server please send me a pm with your cabinet number, card number, first, last, and nick name.  Remember nickname cannot be greater than 10 characters.  First and last name can be fake, i just need to put something in there.

Spit,
Being online doesnt change the hardware in the card reader.  What it does do though is access different information on the card.  These cards are smart cards.  Basically old cell phone sim cards.  There are different areas of the card that have to be unlocked before able to read.  If the reader is hurt it wont be able to unlock certain areas read when online only.  Wifi has no bearing as i am wifi too and there is no real time data transmitted when playing.  Only time data is transmitted is when machine is calling in.  Put your reader in his machine, ill bet a pint it works perfectly.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 12, 2015, 10:22:35 am
Sorry about my continual questioning. But I was just thinking about how after I get my new hard drive and install Team Challenge on it and go through the process to connect to Boost's server. I placed my cabinet next to my phone jack and the modem does work and tries to connect to GlobalVRs old numbers. However, I am thinking that in order to try and connect to play online, I will need to connect it via the Ethernet port on the back. Is this true? If so, I have no Ethernet ports in my house except on my Wifi router and also on my Wifi repeater. Would I need to purchase and additional wifi repeater, which have Ethernet connections, in order to connect to the server via my home Wifi?  I found some information in this thread from January 2015, but as with many topics they are widely scattered and hard to find.

Thanks again for the help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 12, 2015, 11:35:33 am
Hey Tim, ask as many questions as you need.  We are all here to help you.  Yes to connect to the server only broadband has been tested and ysed.  You can use the same wifi repeater you said you currently have if it is in proximity of your machine.  If it's not close then yes you will need to buy another one or run a really long ethernet cable.  Max cable length is 330 feet.  Those wifi repeaters are expensive though if memory serves.  Like 100 bucks right.  I dont know how tech savy you are but i repurpose 5 dollar old linksys routers and flash them with ddwrt.  They gave repeating built in.  But anyways to answer your question yes, you should use broadband.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 12, 2015, 11:41:04 am
So just a little announcement.  Today I'm going to start work on a simple web page to go to that will give real time leaderboard stats.  Im also going to put together a page that documents how to setup your machine and troubleshooting.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 12, 2015, 11:56:50 am
Boost
  Awesome job(s) as usual. Just saw my name in lights and has inspired me to knock off spit (not anytime soon)! On this page hopefully to have rewards and locations/action to unlock on courses.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 12, 2015, 01:55:36 pm
Thanks Jason.  Which page are you referring to for the unlocks?  Are you asking if I can show the progress of each player, are you asking to show for each course what the two unlocks are, or both?  I am able to see for each player on each course if they have unlocked any of the two available.  That could be another page if you wanted.  As for what the two unlocks are per course I don't have that info.  I think everybody was putting together an adhoc list as they played.  It's scattered somewhere among the 38 pages here ahhhahaa.  I could put that into the documentation page.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 12, 2015, 02:32:35 pm
Hey Spit (or anyone that knows),

This is really off topic but was Silver Strike Bowling ever an online game with tournaments or leader stats?  I have the nighthawk version.  Not sure what year it is.  It is going into my PGA cab along with 4 other games.  Wondering if anybody has interest in a SSB server if the game supports it?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 12, 2015, 02:35:59 pm
I know I know.....tournaments first hahahahahahaha :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 12, 2015, 06:04:48 pm
Boost
  Was just talking about keeping track on one page all the unlockables.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 12, 2015, 10:57:32 pm
Hey Spit (or anyone that knows),

This is really off topic but was Silver Strike Bowling ever an online game with tournaments or leader stats?  I have the nighthawk version.  Not sure what year it is.  It is going into my PGA cab along with 4 other games.  Wondering if anybody has interest in a SSB server if the game supports it?
Hey mate that would be awesome for the future mate if we could get SSB working I have 2012 live I think. However yes tournaments first ha ha ha. Also I also made my cards on my all access machine and somehow my cards work on my new installed team challenge machine. I do remember though it saying I had to register my card for online play put my full name and nick in and it saved properly. Then I was able to use card for world tour. This is the problem my cousin is having. However once online when he tries to save after it asks him to register card it gives card read error and then crashes. Won't read card properly then no matter what. We had to reinstall whole game again and now reads same card with same reader every time. Maybe on my new machine I went into game face and saved my player again before I called in. Would this save my player details to the new machine? Then it would be there when you called in. Is this a work around boost?  I will however try my reader as the poor guy just loves to play golf but no fun if you can't play as the player you created in game face on ur card. Thoughts?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 13, 2015, 04:05:00 am
Online instruction is now in the first post on first page if anyone needs to see a quick reference thanks to STP.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 13, 2015, 02:46:04 pm
Yes, you will be able to create and customize your player once you get your card and card reader.

As for prizes that would be a cool thing.  The problem is GVR paid for the prizes with the money they received from the operators.  For each tournament played GVR would receive X % of the game cost.  So for example right now the test tournament is $4.00  With a 50/50 split GVR would make $2 per play.  Well since this server is free we don't have a way to pay for the prizes unless we all decided to kick a little something into a pool.  A little beer money or something.

I better follow that statement up with a......."The statement above was just an example only.  Nobody on this forum is proposing gambling or would ever partake in gambling as that is illegal." :-)


This made me laugh as I have been again rereading the forum and reminded me of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYZQ180Fzg&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYZQ180Fzg&feature=youtu.be)

I bought 2 hard drives yesterday. 160GB IDE for $10 each.  I figured I would use one to install Team Challenge and try to see if I can get online and play with the community, the second, I bought to install the Team Challenge All Access Pass I purchased and hope to have next week. This way I should just have to switch hard drives to play different versions if I am correct. Figure that is as simple as popping the ribbon cable off and putting it on the other drive.

It wouldn't be me if I also didn't have a question.  Can I just hook up the new hard drive, insert the CD and then reboot to install the Team Challenge on the new drive. Then change out hard drives and do the same thing to install Team Challenge All Access Pass on the other new hard drive?  Do I need to have my current game running first, then disconnect and swap the hard drives, then put in the CD to install and reboot?

Thanks again for all the help. It has made more sense going back through the posts, particularly from November 2014 on.  I have tried to create a text file with the different setup instructions.  Hope this helps me get online with you all soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 13, 2015, 04:08:32 pm
Hey Tim not sure why you purchased an all access pass that was a big waste of money. As firstly all it gives you is access to all the courses. Once you are online you get access to all the courses through the world tour we are all playing. Secondly if you just wanted all access on another machine you could have used the dongle emulator and games disks readily available for free on this forum or the Facebook page ha ha. 

Any how if you are looking to run on the same machine. You would have to swap out the harddrive and dongle before you power up the machine then that game version will run. Seems again like a very pain staking way to do things. Urghhhhh
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 13, 2015, 06:15:48 pm
Hey Tim not sure why you purchased an all access pass that was a big waste of money. As firstly all it gives you is access to all the courses. Once you are online you get access to all the courses through the world tour we are all playing. Secondly if you just wanted all access on another machine you could have used the dongle emulator and games disks readily available for free on this forum or the Facebook page ha ha. 

Any how if you are looking to run on the same machine. You would have to swap out the harddrive and dongle before you power up the machine then that game version will run. Seems again like a very pain staking way to do things. Urghhhhh
I purchased them because I wanted a guaranteed way to maximize my machine. I have searched and have yet to find a complete way to do that without them. Even as I reread this forum, I still am unsure if I will get it to work online. I do plan to try, that is why I bought the separate hard drives. I can keep my original Challenge hard drive as it is to keep the option of the game as it is. I can install All Access Pass on a different hard drive to maximize the game without being online and I can use the extra hard drive to try and get the Team Challenge installed with the patches and hopefully use the dongle emulator, to make it work online and play with the members of this community. This I look forward to greatly as I have played online with a Links 2003 community for over 10 years, designed over a dozen courses for Links and now am also playing Perfect Golf and designing courses for it too.
So that gets back to my original question. How do I install Team Challenge from the CDs I have created from this and the Facebook forum, and the All Access Pass onto the new hard drives I have bought. I am hoping it is as simple as removing the original hard drive, installing the new one, then inserting the Restore and Recovery CDs to install the new versions onto the new hard drive.  I am also interested in how a dual boot might work, but I am unfamiliar with what needs to be done.

I greatly appreciate the help you have given and listening to all my questions.

Rereading the forums has been like an interesting history lesson. Now I need to take a few aspirin to help my headache ;)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 13, 2015, 11:51:10 pm
So web development is my kryptonite but I have a functional page to go to that will give you real time leaderboards for all courses.  Go to http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/wtleaderboards.aspx (http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/wtleaderboards.aspx)

In the database I only see course numbers.  I don't know what course number maps to what course name.  You guys can help me out by identifying your score for a course and letting me know that Course X = Name Y.  I can update the page with that info as you guys chime in.  I'll make it nicer to look at as time goes on.  For right now I just wanted to get something out there.  Let me know how it works for you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 13, 2015, 11:59:19 pm
So web development is my kryptonite but I have a functional page to go to that will give you real time leaderboards for all courses.  Go to http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/wtleaderboards.aspx (http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/wtleaderboards.aspx)

In the database I only see course numbers.  I don't know what course number maps to what course name.  You guys can help me out by identifying your score for a course and letting me know that Course X = Name Y.  I can update the page with that info as you guys chime in.  I'll make it nicer to look at as time goes on.  For right now I just wanted to get something out there.  Let me know how it works for you.
Boost you are the king mate. That's awesome. I will get the course name info to you as I storm up the leaderboards this weekend. Great to add course names.

Tim
The online instructional has been added to the first page of this thread for everyone to follow. It is quite and easy process once you have normal team challenge running.  Once you are online that is when you will see the true potential of the game not with the all access pass. You will understand this once online as the word Tour game gives you all the courses that AAP give you but so much more sucks hidden skill shots which get you player customisable items, when you finish the tour you get many more items which adds so much to the game and now leaderboards and tournaments to come. The AAP gives you none of this so much so I sold my AAP machine which was my pride and joy up until Boost that legend got us online. Just wasn't the same. Oh well once online hopefully you can sell It to someone and get some money back.
Now unfortunately I have never had a need to use the dongle emulator but many have and instructions for this are clearly posted not long ago and have worked without trouble. So if this what you need to do to get team challenge running then please follow them. Also it is very easy to install the game. Once you have the new hard drive in. Place the recovery or retire cd into the cd rom drive on power up of your machine. Hopefully your bios is set up to boot of cd first on start up. If it is t please go into your bios and make sure That cd rom is the first on boot up and then hard drive. The PC will then use this cd to install Windows xpe which is used by the game. Follow the instructions once installed from memory it will ask you to reboot and install game disk 1 it will then start installing the game. Again follow instructions until all the game disks normally 3 are installed. The game should then reboot and team challenge should be running as normal.
Once at this stage follow the online instructions found on first page or throughout this thread. Let me know how it all goes. We will then tackle how to duel boot if needed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 14, 2015, 05:07:17 am
So web development is my kryptonite but I have a functional page to go to that will give you real time leaderboards for all courses.  Go to http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/wtleaderboards.aspx (http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/wtleaderboards.aspx)

In the database I only see course numbers.  I don't know what course number maps to what course name.  You guys can help me out by identifying your score for a course and letting me know that Course X = Name Y.  I can update the page with that info as you guys chime in.  I'll make it nicer to look at as time goes on.  For right now I just wanted to get something out there.  Let me know how it works for you.

Hey Boost after doing a thorough check I am 99% sure of the course names. Here they are as follows in short;
Course 6 = TPC Sawgrass, 8 = Bayhill, 9 = St.Andrews, 11 = Sahalee, 13 = Highlands, 14 = Predator, 15 = Black Rock, 16 = Colonial, 17 = Kapalua, 18 = The Coeur, 19=Emerald, 20=Red Mountain, 21=Bethpage, 22=Coghill, 23=Edgewood, 25=Harbourtown, 29=Troon North Monument, 30=Turnberry, 31=Great White North, 34=Reflection, 35=Pumpkin Ridge, 36=Troon North Pinnacle, 37=Pasatie, 38=Greek Isles
Hope this helps you updating the leaderboard website. Also Why are there gaps in the course numbers? Are there hidden courses or something that can be added? Ummmm
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 14, 2015, 08:58:14 am
Spit, thank you so much for the course names.  Really appreciate it.  There are gaps in the courses because all known courses are not available on TC.  I.E. in a previous post someone mentioned pebble beach was in Champ III but not in TC.  If i look at that game im sure pebble beach is one of the missing numbers.  One day we might be adding courses to this game :-)   

Thank you also for putting the instructions on the main page.  This is a huge help.

Tim.....get that TC machine up and get online.  You're missing out.  You will really be missing out when tournaments are going on.  We can not only select what course we want but we can also select weather conditions for each hole.  Spit needs constant rain and 25mph winds hahaha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 14, 2015, 09:02:57 am
Spit, would you mind posting the leader board web page on the pga facebook site?  Not sure if all those guys read the boards too.  Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 14, 2015, 04:30:29 pm
Spit, would you mind posting the leader board web page on the pga facebook site?  Not sure if all those guys read the boards too.  Thanks!

No prob mate will do. Would be great to one day get those earlier missing courses on team challenge  such as pebble Beach as I have challenge 3 for that very course but can't compare with team challenge. Of course after tournaments. He he.
Anyone here know my arch rival CMS he has some really good scores and he would also need 25mph winds and 15 slope greens in tournaments ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 15, 2015, 12:39:37 am
Thanks Spit and Boost.
I hope to attempt the install of TC on my new hard drive when I get back home on Wednesday. Then will try and figure out the way to get it running without a dongle and try and connect it online.  So probably a lot more questions.
Thank you again for all the help and support.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 15, 2015, 01:05:39 am
Hey Boost I finally know who CMS is he is also a Chuck who is from the Facebook page. It seems these Chucks are very good at things. Just hit the server and waiting for the scheduled restart so I can claim the top spot from the remaining 9 courses. Not gonna be easy that Chuck is good at golf. Unlike you Boost ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 15, 2015, 01:17:02 am
You see Spit, the reason why i'm not as good as you at golf is because I spend my time working on the server instead of my golf game.  For that I think you need to spot me 6 strokes :-)     You know, that brings up a good idea.  When tournaments get running it would be cool to handicap them so guys who suck like me have a chance hahahaha.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 15, 2015, 01:31:49 am
Leaderboard web page has been updated with course names.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 15, 2015, 06:31:01 am
Leaderboard web page has been updated with course names.
Great work as usual mate. Your efforts rate much higher than being top of any leaderboard boost.  :notworthy:
As for tournament handicaps could be a good thing to level the playing field. Let's see how they run once up and running mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 16, 2015, 04:59:04 am
Leaderboard web page has been updated with course names.
Hey boost how often are you updating the leaderboard Webpage mate. Are you able to put a date on top when it was last updated? If needed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 16, 2015, 07:33:29 am
Leaderboard web page has been updated with course names.
Hey boost how often are you updating the leaderboard Webpage mate. Are you able to put a date on top when it was last updated? If needed.

Hi all,

@Spitfire - On which difficulty level do you guys play when playing world tour? Is it level 3?

@ Boost. I or rather my girlfriend might be able to help creating a nice looking website for us. She is into web-designing
Is there a way that I can draw some type of image file from your sever with the latest scores. I now if the game is running and you the hit fly over button one can go through all the courses that was played and see the scores. If that scores on the game is some type of image or one can create an image of that, it can not be to difficult to upload that image to a website.
One can then go and upload scores every 30min, 15seconds or what ever. Then we will always have the most updated scores. I am also thinking of a profile we can create for each player. Just to leave some general comments on a score someone played or what ever.

I am writing my last examination for the year on Thursday, my girlfriend on the 24th. Then we would be able to help get the website looking nice :)


Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 16, 2015, 08:38:35 am
Leaderboard web page has been updated with course names.
Hey boost how often are you updating the leaderboard Webpage mate. Are you able to put a date on top when it was last updated? If needed.
The scores are real time.  When you load the page it queries the leaderboard database and presents the leaders from that second.  No latency my friend.  So if you play a round, have your machine call in, and then go look at the web page.  Your new info is there.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 16, 2015, 08:52:47 am
Leaderboard web page has been updated with course names.
Hey boost how often are you updating the leaderboard Webpage mate. Are you able to put a date on top when it was last updated? If needed.

Hi all,

@Spitfire - On which difficulty level do you guys play when playing world tour? Is it level 3?

@ Boost. I or rather my girlfriend might be able to help creating a nice looking website for us. She is into web-designing
Is there a way that I can draw some type of image file from your sever with the latest scores. I now if the game is running and you the hit fly over button one can go through all the courses that was played and see the scores. If that scores on the game is some type of image or one can create an image of that, it can not be to difficult to upload that image to a website.
One can then go and upload scores every 30min, 15seconds or what ever. Then we will always have the most updated scores. I am also thinking of a profile we can create for each player. Just to leave some general comments on a score someone played or what ever.

I am writing my last examination for the year on Thursday, my girlfriend on the 24th. Then we would be able to help get the website looking nice :)


Thanks
Hey gvd, you and your girlfriend are more than welcome to put a template together if you want to help out.  Most of the game is written in a game/cad/cam program so you wont see to many gif or jpeg images.  Most of them are in .am.  That is why if you scan the hard drive you will see an amplayer.exe.  Might get lucky and find a gif, jpeg, or raw file though.

If your girlfriend is into web design she will know how to view the source of the current web page and use that as dummy data.  It will be presentedto her as a simple table.  She can then chop the table down to 1 for simpler usage.  This table is not static.  It is generated on the fly using asp.   But if she gives me her static page using the dummy data i can graft it into asp.  That way you and her only have to focus on the html part.

Data is real time so no need for updating or uploading every X minutes.  As the Spitfire CMS challenge heats up, there can be no latency in the leaderboards hahaha.

Thanks again for the help!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 16, 2015, 04:34:23 pm
Hey Boost I started to realise that every time I called in the leaderboard updated. That's Awesome mate.

Gvd my machine is on default level 3 but on world tour the level you play at is controlled by the tour itself according to boost. So everyone is on a level playing field when it comes to these leaderboards.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 16, 2015, 09:14:00 pm
While working on tournaments i found where the world tour playing conditions are for each hole on each course.  This includes pin position too.  So if wt isnt hard enough for you guys i can fix that :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 16, 2015, 09:19:47 pm
I also found that there are conditions for each hole that are unique for 60 days.  So you can play the same course 60 days in a row with different conditions.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 16, 2015, 09:22:23 pm
This reminds me of a question I was going to ask last week. I noticed that if you press the shot type button before selecting One Player, since I am not online yet, that an icon comes up changing the difficulty. My machine was originally set to Normal so it started there and then cycled through the different difficulties.  When I reinstalled the game to clear the leaderboards, I set the difficulty default to Hard as I was averaging -17 to -21 on Normal. I'm not sure what the difficulty actually does. It seems like the hole is slightly smaller and maybe the winds strength changes a little more often. So what does the difficulty do?

Hope to try and join everyone when I get home and try installing TC on one of my new hard drives.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 16, 2015, 09:38:28 pm
Anyone here ready for a tournament???  I just successfully created and played a round of tournament on my dev machine.  The next step is to code it into the dev server so it can be transmitted to the machine, then upload that code to the server for all of you.  For now I'm going to duplicate the same playing conditions as world tour.

Spitfire, you had to wait to join the wt gameplay so i owe you one.  You get to choose the first course we play.  Also everyone, how long should the tournament run?  1 week?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 16, 2015, 11:09:53 pm
Unreal boost. Thanks for the offer mate but just pick one at random happy to play any course. I think 1 week is great first up see how many actually play and then if we have to extend it out in the future we shall.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 17, 2015, 10:36:03 am
I have a question for everyone.  There is a tournament option to set the max number of games per person per tournament.  Is that something you guys want to use?  I.E. each person can only try like 5 times per tourney or do you want me to allow unlimited?  This value can be changed per tournament.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 17, 2015, 12:14:41 pm
Also there are 9 leaderboards.  Everything from single day leaders, gsp leaders, to double eagle boards.  Ill be adding those but after i get a test tourney up for everyone to play on.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 17, 2015, 03:52:37 pm
Hey Boost I started to realise that every time I called in the leaderboard updated. That's Awesome mate.

Gvd my machine is on default level 3 but on world tour the level you play at is controlled by the tour itself according to boost. So everyone is on a level playing field when it comes to these leaderboards.

Hi Spitfire

My machine is also set on level 3. How does it feel. Does the world tour feel like level 4 or level 3?

Can not wait for tournaments. This is going to be awesome!!!!


 :D

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 17, 2015, 03:59:21 pm
I have a question for everyone.  There is a tournament option to set the max number of games per person per tournament.  Is that something you guys want to use?  I.E. each person can only try like 5 times per tourney or do you want me to allow unlimited?  This value can be changed per tournament.

Hi Boost

I think some guys will have more time to play. So to keep it fair, I would limit the amount of rounds one can play.

We can always pick weekends that everyone is available and create a tournament with unlimited plays. One big marathon of golf.  ;D

My 2cents
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 17, 2015, 05:30:17 pm
I have a question for everyone.  There is a tournament option to set the max number of games per person per tournament.  Is that something you guys want to use?  I.E. each person can only try like 5 times per tourney or do you want me to allow unlimited?  This value can be changed per tournament.
Hi Boost limiting the amount of plays to say 10 plays in a week is a great idea mate as it makes sure you try to make every round count. Also I have found myself starting a new round a few holes In on world tour if I'm trying to beat a score and it's not going the way I like it, or even if the conditions aren't the way I like them. Ha ha ha. This will stop me or anyone else just restarting anytime as there is no money loss to stop you as all our games are modified to be free.

Also Boost as mentioned above game to game that all the conditions on a course in WT change which make it either a lot harder or easier. I'm hoping that in the tournament it's one set of conditions that never change. So it makes it a level playing field and also you can use your 10 rounds or whatever it may be wisely with no restarts to familiarise yourself with the course and the fine details of each hole and by the last game you should be able to give it a last ditched effort to get a score on a familiar course. There would need to be something that lets you know what game you are on out of your total number of plays as over a week you might lose track of this. I know it does sound like golf is my life but I do do other things to get me through the day ha ha ha

These tournaments are going to be awesome and can't begin to say how greatful we are for all your effort and hard work Boost your are without doubt the King mate.  :burgerking:
If you can name these tournament the inaugural one should be named in your honour Boost!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 17, 2015, 06:04:22 pm
Hi All now that boost is taking this great game back to those glory days of World Tour and now Tournaments I thought it would be good to know who the players are on the leaderboards or at least there first names so we can communicate better with each other. So I have made a list of player below that are currently on the WT leaderboards what I was thinking is that you would let us know your first name, forum name, and Country your from.

For example Spitfire = Joe, Spitfire, Australia

There are a total of 24 players as it stands today. Find your nickname below and please post who you are?
Once people have posted back maybe we can add this list to the leaderboard website boost for everyone to see and start to know a little about who they are playing against. I will also post this on Facebook page for those not on this forum. I will update a post here of results if boost can't get it onto the website page?
Any thoughts welcome? (NOF) = Not On Forum from Facebook page

Boost = Chuck, boostinallovryou, USA, OUR SAVIOUR!!
Spitfire = Joe, Spitfire, Australia (AUS)
Spitfirejr= Daniel, NOF, AUS
No_Name=Gerhard, gvdvyver, South Africa
CMS = Chuck, NOF, USA
Lou = Lou, NOF, USA
Yukonblaze = Jason, Yukonbaze,USA
Killer Kad = Kirby, USA
Frankrizzo = Josh, NOF, USA
Tbone = Torin, Torin, USA
Vee
Ed=Edward,NOF,USA
Humphey = Tom, NOF, AUS
JayG
Bedford
Sherman8or = Kory, The Sherman8tor, USA
Neanderthal
Dirk=Dirk,NOF,USA
Weeda = Wayne, NOF, Australia
Rspark
Sachin Pat
O'Conner
Smeigal
Scott
Trkballdon
Timboch=Tim, TimBoch,USA
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 17, 2015, 07:06:19 pm
I have a question for everyone.  There is a tournament option to set the max number of games per person per tournament.  Is that something you guys want to use?  I.E. each person can only try like 5 times per tourney or do you want me to allow unlimited?  This value can be changed per tournament.
Hi Boost limiting the amount of plays to say 10 plays in a week is a great idea mate as it makes sure you try to make every round count. Also I have found myself starting a new round a few holes In on world tour if I'm trying to beat a score and it's not going the way I like it, or even if the conditions aren't the way I like them. Ha ha ha. This will stop me or anyone else just restarting anytime as there is no money loss to stop you as all our games are modified to be free.

Also Boost as mentioned above game to game that all the conditions on a course in WT change which make it either a lot harder or easier. I'm hoping that in the tournament it's one set of conditions that never change. So it makes it a level playing field and also you can use your 10 rounds or whatever it may be wisely with no restarts to familiarise yourself with the course and the fine details of each hole and by the last game you should be able to give it a last ditched effort to get a score on a familiar course. There would need to be something that lets you know what game you are on out of your total number of plays as over a week you might lose track of this. I know it does sound like golf is my life but I do do other things to get me through the day ha ha ha

These tournaments are going to be awesome and can't begin to say how greatful we are for all your effort and hard work Boost your are without doubt the King mate.  :burgerking:
If you can name these tournament the inaugural one should be named in your honour Boost!!!
It's my pleasure Spit.  Honestly though the server would be nothing if it wasn't for all of you players that enjoy it.  I am so glad I could bring all of this back to everyone.

10 plays per week....dang Spit you do work right??? hahahaha   I understand too about the weather changing and giving others an advantage by luck.  I can set it up so that for the entire tournament it is only one weather condition.  What I will do is take the current 60 days of weather and randomly choose one to be the weather for all 60 days in the game.

So, if everybody is cool with it, I will set the tourney for 10 tries and the exact same weather for the entire tournament.

As for the website I plan on adding the other 9 leaderboards, results for all tournaments, and even a page for each player to see their WT unlock accomplishments for each course.  So many additions, I dig it!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 17, 2015, 08:10:18 pm
Boost that's great mate. The main influence I find on a course are the amount of wind and the direction it's blowing and the slope of the greens and severity. If they can be the same throughout the tournament than a level playing field can be had by all and every player can familiarise themselves with the exact same course and conditions throughout the 10 games that they have to post the lowest score possible.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 17, 2015, 08:13:25 pm
One could also say though that a skilled golfer can adjust to any weather condition and not rely on familiarity :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 17, 2015, 08:23:58 pm
One could also say though that a skilled golfer can adjust to any weather condition and not rely on familiarity :-)
That's very true mate only trying to level the playing field and all these things will bring the tournament scores a lot closer. Especially the amount of games played as if unlimited I will play all night and day and not do any work ha ha ha but if tou only have a certain amount of games the pressure will well and truely be on. Maybe make it only 5 games to make it even closer for everyone.
Now if all this is a big pain in the arse mate or can't be done just do it the quickest way and let the tournaments begin.  ;D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 17, 2015, 08:30:13 pm
I dig 5.  I think that is perfect.  Bring the A game or wait another week hahahah
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 17, 2015, 08:40:10 pm
I dig 5.  I think that is perfect.  Bring the A game or wait another week hahahah
You are one tough boss Boost but a like your way of thinking.  :applaud: make sure that if you restart it counts as one of your games. No mulligans!! :soapbox:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 17, 2015, 08:43:30 pm
Yep, every time you start a game a new entry is made under game results.  These results are what's sent to the server and used by the cabinet.  Once 5 starts happens a 6th won't be allowed.  BRING IT!!!!  hahahahah
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 18, 2015, 04:32:32 am
Yep, every time you start a game a new entry is made under game results.  These results are what's sent to the server and used by the cabinet.  Once 5 starts happens a 6th won't be allowed.  BRING IT!!!!  hahahahah
That's great boost. How far away you think our first tourney will start?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 18, 2015, 09:08:58 am
Yep, every time you start a game a new entry is made under game results.  These results are what's sent to the server and used by the cabinet.  Once 5 starts happens a 6th won't be allowed.  BRING IT!!!!  hahahahah
That's great boost. How far away you think our first tourney will start?
Last night i was able to code everything up except for the tournament leader boards.   I should be able to debug that code this evening.  Tomorrow i would like to code up that leaderboard.  Friday test and debug the board.  Friday night transfer everything to the real server and begin tourney.  Monday code up tourney leaderboard web page and upload to web server.  That is the schedule I'm shooting for.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 18, 2015, 03:29:16 pm
boost that is one awesome schedule.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on November 18, 2015, 06:49:49 pm
Hi All now that boost is taking this great game back to those glory days of World Tour and now Tournaments I thought it would be good to know who the players are on the leaderboards or at least there first names so we can communicate better with each other. So I have made a list of player below that are currently on the WT leaderboards what I was thinking is that you would let us know your first name, forum name, and Country your from.

For example Spitfire = Joe, Spitfire, Australia

There are a total of 24 players as it stands today. Find your nickname below and please post who you are?
Once people have posted back maybe we can add this list to the leaderboard website boost for everyone to see and start to know a little about who they are playing against. I will also post this on Facebook page for those not on this forum. I will update a post here of results if boost can't get it onto the website page?
Any thoughts welcome? (NOF) = Not On Forum from Facebook page

Spitfire = Joe, Spitfire, Australia
CMS = Chuck, NOF, USA
Lou = Lou, NOF, USA
Yukonblaze = Jason, Yukonbaze,USA
Killer Kad
Frankrizzo = Josh, NOF, USA
Tbone = Torin, Torin, USA
Vee
Ed
Humphrey
JayG
Bedford
Sherman8or = Kory, The Sherman8tor, USA
Boost = Chuck, boostinallovryou, USA, OUR SAVIOUR!!
Neanderthal
Dirk
Weeda = Wayne, NOF, Australia
Rspark
Sachin Pat
O'Conner
Smeigal
Scott
Trkballdon
No_Name

I'm Killer Kad and No Name.  Killer Kad is my buddy whose card I registered after the patch. No Name was built before the patch.  Appreciate all the work everyone is doing!  I've been overseas and not able to play as much as I'd like,but with the holidays approaching I'll get my practice in!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 18, 2015, 08:49:37 pm
Hi Slimonce what's your first name and what country you from?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 18, 2015, 08:54:45 pm
Hi All now that boost is taking this great game back to those glory days of World Tour and now Tournaments I thought it would be good to know who the players are on the leaderboards or at least there first names so we can communicate better with each other. So I have made a list of player below that are currently on the WT leaderboards what I was thinking is that you would let us know your first name, forum name, and Country your from.

For example Spitfire = Joe, Spitfire, Australia

There are a total of 24 players as it stands today. Find your nickname below and please post who you are?
Once people have posted back maybe we can add this list to the leaderboard website boost for everyone to see and start to know a little about who they are playing against. I will also post this on Facebook page for those not on this forum. I will update a post here of results if boost can't get it onto the website page?
Any thoughts welcome? (NOF) = Not On Forum from Facebook page

Spitfire = Joe, Spitfire, Australia
CMS = Chuck, NOF, USA
Lou = Lou, NOF, USA
Yukonblaze = Jason, Yukonbaze,USA
Killer Kad
Frankrizzo = Josh, NOF, USA
Tbone = Torin, Torin, USA
Vee
Ed
Humphrey
JayG
Bedford
Sherman8or = Kory, The Sherman8tor, USA
Boost = Chuck, boostinallovryou, USA, OUR SAVIOUR!!
Neanderthal
Dirk
Weeda = Wayne, NOF, Australia
Rspark
Sachin Pat
O'Conner
Smeigal
Scott
Trkballdon
No_Name

I'm Killer Kad and No Name.  Killer Kad is my buddy whose card I registered after the patch. No Name was built before the patch.  Appreciate all the work everyone is doing!  I've been overseas and not able to play as much as I'd like,but with the holidays approaching I'll get my practice in!!!
If you let me know your card number, cabinet number, name, nickname i can fix the no_name issue for you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 19, 2015, 09:15:54 am
Hello All,
I received my Team Challenge All Access Pass installation disks, I know Spit ;)
In reading the instructions, it looks like it first installs Team Challenge with dongle. After it is installed, you then run a patch disk to make it All Access Pass. It mentions that after the patch disk is installed, the game can't go online and in order to do so, I would need to reinstall the Restore and Installation disks without the patch. My question is since it is installing Team Challenge with the dongle, would this allow me to not have to try the dongle emulation route and could I then instead of running the AAP patch disk, could I instead run Boosts patch04 and try and just go online with you guys.

Thanks for your thoughts and help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2015, 11:40:03 am
One day delay in tourney release  schedule.   I have to write a program to assist me in configuring the server db for each tournament.  2160 entries have to be added to the db in order to start a tourney.  Not doing any of that by hand hahaha.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 19, 2015, 11:52:48 am
Hi all

I need some help please.

Boost you should see that I am registered on your server. I am so excited. ;D ;D

I selected WT from the menu. In white there is a message that saying insert card now or select one of the choices below. It ask to Login, Purchase Card or Cancel. I inserted my card, but nothing happens. I ran diagnostics on the card reader from the operators menu. When I insert the card the light goes green but nothing else is happening?

Because my card or card reader is not working I used the login option. I left the name at Player1 and used 1111111 for player number. A confirmation message popped up to say that "You are registered as number 1111111 and Player1. Is this correct?" I said yes and it asked to put money in. My coin validator is broken. I am getting a new one tomorrow from a friend that would solve the problem

Could I use the login option to play with you guys or must I use a card? Do you guys think it is my card that is broken or rather the card reader?

So close but yet so far.


Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 19, 2015, 12:05:42 pm
ooo Yeah!!

I just rebooted my machine and very carefully inserted the card. It read the card. Awesome,

Now it is just for coin validator.

@Boost. Is there away to change the name on the card? The current name is Hennie B.

Now I cannot wait for the coin calidator


Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2015, 12:43:30 pm
No way to change name on card to my knowledge.  I can only change name on server which will change leaderboard.  Did you register card when connected to private server or is this card from past?  If past then server has no info about this card.  Will need card number, cabinet number, your name and nickname.

You dont have to wait for new coin mech.  Open door and flick microswitch.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 19, 2015, 02:30:16 pm
No way to change name on card to my knowledge.  I can only change name on server which will change leaderboard.  Did you register card when connected to private server or is this card from past?  If past then server has no info about this card.  Will need card number, cabinet number, your name and nickname.

You dont have to wait for new coin mech.  Open door and flick microswitch.

Hi Boost

It is a card from the past

The cable that goes from the coin mech to the pc is missing. I am getting that cable tomorrow. Thank you for the tip on the micro switch. I would have throne money in all the time. hahahahahaha

My hard drive just crashed. Will install in new copy tomorrow and sent you those details.

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 19, 2015, 04:57:38 pm
Tim
  My machine was team challenge and when i sent out for my all access upgrade, the dongle works on both versions of game. I have a team challenge and all access computer in my cab. I run both off emulator, but before just used same dongle, switch back and forth before BOOST got us to the promise land, ALL HAIL BOOST!!
  Unfortunately there were a million cult joke/references i wanted to make, but fear of offending someone made me say them to only myself.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 19, 2015, 07:43:40 pm
Hello Again,
I was looking at the back of my PC and noticed that there is no cable in the Ethernet port going to the power panel.  I am assuming in order to try and connect online I will need to connect one from the PC port to the power panel and then another from the power panel to the wifi repeater Ethernet port. Does that sound right?

Thanks again for your patience with all my questions.

Probably more to come.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2015, 07:55:40 pm
Tim
  My machine was team challenge and when i sent out for my all access upgrade, the dongle works on both versions of game. I have a team challenge and all access computer in my cab. I run both off emulator, but before just used same dongle, switch back and forth before BOOST got us to the promise land, ALL HAIL BOOST!!
  Unfortunately there were a million cult joke/references i wanted to make, but fear of offending someone made me say them to only myself.

Jason
I don't think anybody here has a soft shell.  Fire those jokes at us.  Just remember my children, you must drink the purple punch first.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 19, 2015, 08:01:45 pm
Well I got TC AAP running on my new hard drive.  Here was my first round at Bay Hill and how I have the new hard drive configured. I couldn't get the existing Challenge hard drive out of the PC tower, so I used the hard drive mount from my Golden Tee machine that had my GT2003 hard drive in it. Packed that hard drive away since my GT has been updated to GT2006 Complete with a SSD connected directly to the motherboard.

This has me really excited to use my AAP disks to install Team Challenge on my second new hard drive and then instead of installing the AAP patch disk, to instead install Boosts patcher04 and see if I can get it running online.

I have had a problem getting Game Face to work on AAP. Originally I tried to use my Player Card for my Challenge game. That didn't seem to work, though after creating a new Player Card with the AAP setup, I get this error when I try to create a Game Face. The setup of the card seemed to go fine and issued me a registration number. Not sure what the error is about. I contacted GlobalVR and talked to Mark and he is going to look into the error message. But figure there are so many smart people here, maybe someone has an answer.

Thanks again for all the help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 19, 2015, 08:16:36 pm
Got same message once, reinstalled and it went away. 
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 19, 2015, 08:23:04 pm
Got same message once, reinstalled and it went away. 
Jason
Thanks Jason. I was hoping to not have to reinstall, but it only takes about 30 minutes so will give it a try.  I was wondering if it was an AAP patch issue, but am encouraged that maybe it was just a corrupted install.
Thanks again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 19, 2015, 09:20:57 pm
Well I got TC AAP running on my new hard drive.  Here was my first round at Bay Hill and how I have the new hard drive configured. I couldn't get the existing Challenge hard drive out of the PC tower, so I used the hard drive mount from my Golden Tee machine that had my GT2003 hard drive in it. Packed that hard drive away since my GT has been updated to GT2006 Complete with a SSD connected directly to the motherboard.

This has me really excited to use my AAP disks to install Team Challenge on my second new hard drive and then instead of installing the AAP patch disk, to instead install Boosts patcher04 and see if I can get it running online.

I have had a problem getting Game Face to work on AAP. Originally I tried to use my Player Card for my Challenge game. That didn't seem to work, though after creating a new Player Card with the AAP setup, I get this error when I try to create a Game Face. The setup of the card seemed to go fine and issued me a registration number. Not sure what the error is about. I contacted GlobalVR and talked to Mark and he is going to look into the error message. But figure there are so many smart people here, maybe someone has an answer.

Thanks again for all the help.
Hey, maybe Mark and the rest of the boys and girls at GVR want to join us online?  They have to have a couple machines laying around :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 20, 2015, 12:04:25 am
Hey Tim just either plug Ethernet cable straight from pc to router or as you suggested with a small link cable from pc to socket below power supply and then from socket to router.  Keep your AAP patch.  Once team challenge is loaded, follow instruction to get online with us. No need for emulator as the dongle you have should be fine.
See you on the leaderboard soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 20, 2015, 03:10:26 am
One day delay in tourney release  schedule.   I have to write a program to assist me in configuring the server db for each tournament.  2160 entries have to be added to the db in order to start a tourney.  Not doing any of that by hand hahaha.
Hey mate take your time. Don't feel any pressure to get it done. We will all be here awaiting patiently for you to weave that magic once again!!! :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 20, 2015, 05:14:08 am
Hey boost what does the handicap mean in WT? I currently have a hcp of 7 for all courses?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 20, 2015, 06:25:13 am
Red trophy club for perfect score on Reflection -22 however already have gold clubs ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 20, 2015, 02:09:55 pm
Hey boost what does the handicap mean in WT? I currently have a hcp of 7 for all courses?
I saw the handicap entry in the database also.  I'm not really sure what it is used for or how it is calculated.  I see that there are different "scoring type"s in the tournament configuration section.  I'm wondering if there is a way to enable a tournament with handicap enabled.  The only way to tell is to mess around with the value and see what it does in game.  I'll make a note for the future.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 20, 2015, 02:14:08 pm
One day delay in tourney release  schedule.   I have to write a program to assist me in configuring the server db for each tournament.  2160 entries have to be added to the db in order to start a tourney.  Not doing any of that by hand hahaha.
Hey mate take your time. Don't feel any pressure to get it done. We will all be here awaiting patiently for you to weave that magic once again!!! :cheers:
The tool is a major necessity.  It is taking longer than I thought to create it but it will make it easy to start new tournaments in the future and configure them as you guys want.  I envision that in the future via the web site that you guys can request the tournament you want with playing conditions as you specify.  Difficulty, wind direction, wind speed, pin location, etc etc.  Or the tool can even do random conditions.  It's a pretty awesome tool, shame nobody sees it but me hahahaha.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 20, 2015, 08:37:29 pm
Got same message once, reinstalled and it went away. 
Jason
I heard back from Mark at GlobalVR and he too recommended to reinstall as no one there knows what the issue might be. I reinstalled today and this time before running the AAP patch. Tried to use my player card in game face. All seemed to go well until selecting the player to modify. I again selected player 1, the basic white guy and as it launched it then came up with the error code again, but this one had different numbers. I wish I could get a mouse to work so I could click the cancel button and see what debugging info might come up.  So I power cycled the machine and this time tried to make my game face using player 2. This worked, though it took a lot of work to change the player 2 pattern to look like me. A homely, out of shape, white guy. I was able to save to the card and all works and allows me to play and modify my player in game face.
I then installed the AAP patch and played a few rounds. Not sure why the player 1 crashes, I think I tried player 3 too yesterday which also crashed.
I wanted to try installing AAP again because I think a player card is required to play online and figured if I couldn't get game face to make a player, then playing online might never happen. My wifi repeater should arrive next week and then I plan to install Team Challenge on my extra hard drive and apply Boosts Patch and see how it goes.

Thanks again for all the help.

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 20, 2015, 08:46:43 pm
Got same message once, reinstalled and it went away. 
Jason
I heard back from Mark at GlobalVR and he too recommended to reinstall as no one there knows what the issue might be. I reinstalled today and this time before running the AAP patch. Tried to use my player card in game face. All seemed to go well until selecting the player to modify. I again selected player 1, the basic white guy and as it launched it then came up with the error code again, but this one had different numbers. I wish I could get a mouse to work so I could click the cancel button and see what debugging info might come up.  So I power cycled the machine and this time tried to make my game face using player 2. This worked, though it took a lot of work to change the player 2 pattern to look like me. A homely, out of shape, white guy. I was able to save to the card and all works and allows me to play and modify my player in game face.
I then installed the AAP patch and played a few rounds. Not sure why the player 1 crashes, I think I tried player 3 too yesterday which also crashed.
I wanted to try installing AAP again because I think a player card is required to play online and figured if I couldn't get game face to make a player, then playing online might never happen. My wifi repeater should arrive next week and then I plan to install Team Challenge on my extra hard drive and apply Boosts Patch and see how it goes.

Thanks again for all the help.

Tim
You can get a mouse to work by just plugging a USB mouse into an unused USB port.  The only number that is useful is the thread id.  It is useful if you have a debugger up, can look at the thread pool, and have the source code.  GVR doesn't even have the source code, that is EA's.  Even if you knew exactly what code was running it's not like you can recompile the game with a fix.  What could be happening is you have a stuck bit in DDR.  Because the game executes the exact same way each time the memory it is malloc'ed will be the same.  That means all data structures will live in the exact same memory regions.  By using player 2 you are now accessing different memory.  Try this, hopefully you have 2 or more memory DIMMs in your PC.  Swap them around.  If there is a stuck bit it will move to a different memory address.  Ultimately I would really suggest putting a copy of memtest86 on a CD, booting from that, and letting it run the memory diagnostics.  For a quick test just swapping DIMMs should work.  It might still crash but it would do it in a different location.  Let me know if you decide to try it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 20, 2015, 09:22:53 pm
Yep anytime it's doing something like this it's the Ram that I will swap or replace firstly and usually fixes the problem. Had no idea why it worked though so thanks for the lesson boost. Your a very smart bloke mate!! :afro:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 20, 2015, 09:48:22 pm
I guess that brings up a new question. How easy is it to replace the memory. When I was in the PC tower yesterday, I thought I only saw 1 sim, not sure the size of it. How many memory slots are there and what would you recommend. Figure memory is pretty cheap so would it be best to just replace the memory that is in there and also add more if there is an available slot.
I think the manual shows the memory to be: DDR RAM, 512MB PC2700-32x8
Does that sound right?

I had tried to connect a PS2 corded mouse to the mouse port, but even though the laser was working, the mouse pointer didn't move. I'll try a USB mouse next time.

You guys amaze me with your knowledge. Thanks again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 20, 2015, 10:00:43 pm
I guess that brings up a new question. How easy is it to replace the memory. When I was in the PC tower yesterday, I thought I only saw 1 sim, not sure the size of it. How many memory slots are there and what would you recommend. Figure memory is pretty cheap so would it be best to just replace the memory that is in there and also add more if there is an available slot.
I think the manual shows the memory to be: DDR RAM, 512MB PC2700-32x8
Does that sound right?

You guys amaze me with your knowledge. Thanks again.
That sounds right for the era.  It never hurts to up the memory.  Matter of fact it is normally better to have 2 DIMMS instead of 1 as this will allow the motherboard to conduct multi channel operations.  I.E instead of reading N amount of data linearly from one channel the motherboard could read N amount of data via two channels at the same time (synchronously) theoretically cutting the read time in half.

Before you spend any money on hardware you don't know is bad, google for memtest86, download the iso, burn it to a cd, put it in your cdrom drive, and reboot your machine.  Let it run the stress tests and it will tell you if your DIMM is bad.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 21, 2015, 02:03:20 am
Just got done debugging the tournament creation tool.  It, the server changes, and the database changes are ready to be promoted to the main server and create our beta tournament.  It's late so I'm going to wait until tomorrow evening to do the push and test with my machine. 

Spit there is a possibility that you will encounter a timeout issue again due to the large amount of data being sent.  If that happens i will have to impliment a server change that drastically increases the speed of operations.  Didnt want to roll that out at the same time but if you encounter an error i will have to.

Will write again tomorrow night when i push everything.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 21, 2015, 02:05:19 am
Just got done debugging the tournament creation tool.  It, the server changes, and the database changes are ready to be promoted to the main server and create our beta tournament.  It's late so I'm going to wait until tomorrow evening to do the push and test with my machine. 

Spit there is a possibility that you will encounter a timeout issue again due to the large amount of data being sent.  If that happens i will have to impliment a server change that drastically increases the speed of operations.  Didnt want to roll that out at the same time but if you encounter an error i will have to.

Will write again tomorrow night when i push everything.
Let me know when I should call into the tournament and I will report my results Boss!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 21, 2015, 02:13:06 am
I'm not the boss, you guys are the bosses.  I'm just the humble servant haha.  The real boss.....she's asleep in the other room.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 21, 2015, 02:22:35 am
I'm not the boss, you guys are the bosses.  I'm just the humble servant haha.  The real boss.....she's asleep in the other room.
I'm hearin ya mate. Summoned home early from cousins house to cook a bbq. Urghh!!  More like ball breakers than bosses!!! Ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 21, 2015, 05:06:21 am
Getting closer to legend status with a great few round on a Saturday night. It seems the more beers I have the better I play ha ha ha :cheers: Only four courses to go CMS Chucky boy!! Till I'm the undisputed golfing champion from down-under!!  :burgerking: me likey
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 21, 2015, 05:57:04 am
Hi Boost - Spitfire

I need some help please.

I reinstalled TC. Ran the Patch 4 file and restarted. I then go to the operators menu to Register Cabinet. The is the second time that i am registering the cabinet on the server. The first time the option was Register Cabinet. The option now is Restore Cabinet Registration. If I do that it goes to 5% and stops. The PC in not frozen. Left it for about 10min but %bar not moving past 5%. I restarted and tried again, but with no luck

The Cabinet ID is 30032

Is there any other info that you need?

Thank you so much
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 21, 2015, 06:25:42 am
Hi Boost - Spitfire

I need some help please.

I reinstalled TC. Ran the Patch 4 file and restarted. I then go to the operators menu to Register Cabinet. The is the second time that i am registering the cabinet on the server. The first time the option was Register Cabinet. The option now is Restore Cabinet Registration. If I do that it goes to 5% and stops. The PC in not frozen. Left it for about 10min but %bar not moving past 5%. I restarted and tried again, but with no luck

The Cabinet ID is 30032

Is there any other info that you need?

Thank you so much
I had the same problem on my cousins machine.  Look on page 33 for sherman8ors solution.  You have to unplug dongle, attempt modem test, go back to main menu, it says unregistered, plug dongle back in and then register like new. Works like a charm and will register again as normal.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 21, 2015, 07:40:36 am
Hi Boost - Spitfire

I need some help please.

I reinstalled TC. Ran the Patch 4 file and restarted. I then go to the operators menu to Register Cabinet. The is the second time that i am registering the cabinet on the server. The first time the option was Register Cabinet. The option now is Restore Cabinet Registration. If I do that it goes to 5% and stops. The PC in not frozen. Left it for about 10min but %bar not moving past 5%. I restarted and tried again, but with no luck

The Cabinet ID is 30032

Is there any other info that you need?

Thank you so much
I had the same problem on my cousins machine.  Look on page 33 for sherman8ors solution.  You have to unplug dongle, attempt modem test, go back to main menu, it says unregistered, plug dongle back in and then register like new. Works like a charm and will register again as normal.

Thank you so much. It worked. Now i just need to get my coin mech to work then it is all systems go.

Thanks again. You guys are awesome   :)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 21, 2015, 09:31:21 am
Hey Spit, could you make a note in the trouble shooting section that says before reinstalling game, if possible unregister from the server.  What happens is part of the registration info is stored in the dongle, the rest is in the cabinet data base.  When you reinstall the dongle doesnt get wiped out clean.  When you unplug the dongle the game tries to read info from the dongle, doesnt get it, doesnt error, and thinks it is unregistered.  It's a bug in the game I'm appreciative for or else i would have to write the restore cabinet logic on the server.  Which i still might do, just bigger fish to fry right now.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 21, 2015, 11:37:06 am
Hey Spit, could you make a note in the trouble shooting section that says before reinstalling game, if possible unregister from the server.  What happens is part of the registration info is stored in the dongle, the rest is in the cabinet data base.  When you reinstall the dongle doesnt get wiped out clean.  When you unplug the dongle the game tries to read info from the dongle, doesnt get it, doesnt error, and thinks it is unregistered.  It's a bug in the game I'm appreciative for or else i would have to write the restore cabinet logic on the server.  Which i still might do, just bigger fish to fry right now.

Hi Boost.

Lets be thankful for the bug.

Should i see all the other golfers scores on my cabinet  or is it only on the web site?

The photo I attached is the info of the card I use. Can you change the name for me please?
Change to:  Gvdvyver

Thanks allot


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 21, 2015, 12:58:43 pm
You should see other golfers in world tour leaderboards.  Not in regular play.  Ill change your name tonight.  Also have another persons to do.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 21, 2015, 01:22:39 pm
You should see other golfers in world tour leaderboards.  Not in regular play.  Ill change your name tonight.  Also have another persons to do.

Sorry for the questions

Where is the WT leaderboards, when I select a course to play?
Should I see the other scores while I am playing

Thank you

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 21, 2015, 04:26:13 pm
No need to apologize, that is what this forum is for.  Ask all the wuestions you want.  Leaderboard for that hole will be presented before you approach the tee box.  There might even be a board if you use the flyover button or something.  But i only know about it being presented before you tee off.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 21, 2015, 05:10:16 pm
You should see other golfers in world tour leaderboards.  Not in regular play.  Ill change your name tonight.  Also have another persons to do.

Sorry for the questions

Where is the WT leaderboards, when I select a course to play?
Should I see the other scores while I am playing

Thank you
LeaderBoards only shows up quickly before you tee off on every course. For a longer look use the website. Once you have finished playing a course if you want your score to show up on the leaderboards both in the game and on the website you must call in again to the server.

Boost their are so many little pieces of instructional trouble shooting posts on this 40 page forum that we need to somehow place all in one spot. I'm happy to troll through and cut and past them somewhere or just highlight them. But where are we going to put them So everyone that as any problem can go there first to see if a solution has already been found?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 21, 2015, 05:13:16 pm
I agree spit.  The website is the best place.  If you can gather all of the knowledge up into a single file.  Notepad, word, i dont care.  One file.  I can put it on the site and make a troubleshooting tab.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 21, 2015, 05:19:34 pm
I agree spit.  The website is the best place.  If you can gather all of the knowledge up into a single file.  Notepad, word, i dont care.  One file.  I can put it on the site and make a troubleshooting tab.
Pm sent mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 21, 2015, 06:41:49 pm
Spit,
You have some unlockables not on my list. Do you remeber were you unlocked them?
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 21, 2015, 07:14:54 pm
Spit,
You have some unlockables not on my list. Do you remeber were you unlocked them?
Jason
Let me know which ones exactly and I'll let you know. They would be in this forum somewhere.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 21, 2015, 08:02:58 pm
Here are things I found while searching through this thread. Feel free to add or correct as desired.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 21, 2015, 09:09:32 pm
Getting close to tournament time.  One more hour till my daughter goes to bed and then its time to rock!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 21, 2015, 11:34:30 pm
Here are things I found while searching through this thread. Feel free to add or correct as desired.
Hi Tim thx for the effort mate. Some of the things have been superseded with later methods especially the patch for server registration. So be careful following some of the things in that text file. We will compile the latest instructions needed for every problem encountered and anything else that needs instructions and boost will add to the leaderboard website for all to reference.

Boost can't wait for these tournaments!! As Borat once said. I EXCITE!! Ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 22, 2015, 12:21:05 am
Sorry guys, no joy this weekend.  I didnt have time to test the server on the dev machine during the week because i had to write the tournament tool.  I felt confident though so i just uploaded it and while i was able to get enough data to make the game promote the tournament.....there is a major failure somewhere causing the call to terminate.  I rolled the server back to the original code.  Dev machine lives at work so i wont be able to fix it until monday.  Sorry guys.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 22, 2015, 03:33:22 am
Sorry guys, no joy this weekend.  I didnt have time to test the server on the dev machine during the week because i had to write the tournament tool.  I felt confident though so i just uploaded it and while i was able to get enough data to make the game promote the tournament.....there is a major failure somewhere causing the call to terminate.  I rolled the server back to the original code.  Dev machine lives at work so i wont be able to fix it until monday.  Sorry guys.
No worries mate as always we have full confidence in your ability to work it out and as always it's not if tournaments will happen its when. Until then I will dedicate my time to finishing on top of every courses leaderboard in World Tour.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 22, 2015, 05:27:56 am
You should see other golfers in world tour leaderboards.  Not in regular play.  Ill change your name tonight.  Also have another persons to do.

Sorry for the questions

Where is the WT leaderboards, when I select a course to play?
Should I see the other scores while I am playing

Thank you
LeaderBoards only shows up quickly before you tee off on every course. For a longer look use the website. Once you have finished playing a course if you want your score to show up on the leaderboards both in the game and on the website you must call in again to the server.

Boost their are so many little pieces of instructional trouble shooting posts on this 40 page forum that we need to somehow place all in one spot. I'm happy to troll through and cut and past them somewhere or just highlight them. But where are we going to put them So everyone that as any problem can go there first to see if a solution has already been found?

Hi Spitfire

i just played St Andrews and saw my score on the website, with no name, but it is there. Awesome

Two questions:

Where do you see the stats? You posted and I think you have Champion status. Where do I find that?
I do not see all your scores on my game. Just before tee-of the WT leader board pops up, but with no scores except my own. Am I doing something wrong.

After I Reconnected to the sever my Cab ID changed to 30034

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 22, 2015, 06:15:20 am
You should see other golfers in world tour leaderboards.  Not in regular play.  Ill change your name tonight.  Also have another persons to do.

Sorry for the questions

Where is the WT leaderboards, when I select a course to play?
Should I see the other scores while I am playing

Thank you
LeaderBoards only shows up quickly before you tee off on every course. For a longer look use the website. Once you have finished playing a course if you want your score to show up on the leaderboards both in the game and on the website you must call in again to the server.

Boost their are so many little pieces of instructional trouble shooting posts on this 40 page forum that we need to somehow place all in one spot. I'm happy to troll through and cut and past them somewhere or just highlight them. But where are we going to put them So everyone that as any problem can go there first to see if a solution has already been found?

Hi Spitfire

i just played St Andrews and saw my score on the website, with no name, but it is there. Awesome

Two questions:

Where do you see the stats? You posted and I think you have Champion status. Where do I find that?
I do not see all your scores on my game. Just before tee-of the WT leader board pops up, but with no scores except my own. Am I doing something wrong.

After I Reconnected to the sever my Cab ID changed to 30034

Thanks
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Hi

I found the instant Stats. No it is just for the leaderboards.

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 22, 2015, 01:53:48 pm
  Created a .txt with the unlockables uncovered so far. 15 unlocked only 14 documented.

Spit
 The only one missing from the list is the second one you unlocked on Sahalee.  From post #1016 to #1194 you get another unlockable but no post, are you keeping something a SECRET??  Just joking but going to continue to update this document as they become posted.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 22, 2015, 02:05:32 pm
Question for the PGA Forum:

  Does any have a preference about posting game specific items to list within post?  I only ask as I have a few items that are game specific (PGA) that I was unsure how often the for sale thread was checked.

Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 22, 2015, 04:39:56 pm
Gvd if you are no_name those scores are huge. Gonna be hard to beat!! Well done
Although Boost he is saying that he doesn't see any of our scores on the leaderboard only his own??? I think his top scores have to be null and void as playing in different conditions to all of us!! Ha ha ha
Gvd for instant stats insert your card at the attract screen.
Yukon anything to do with Pga golf please post here I never look at the for sale thread. Also not sure about the unlockable I'll take a look and try to remember what I done? Have unlocked all these long ago haven't seen a new one for a long while.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 22, 2015, 05:01:10 pm
Gvd
 With scores like that you unlock anything yet? Trying to keep track of a the unlockables, any help thankful.


 Spit
Loos like a new challenger has entered the fairway.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 22, 2015, 08:20:05 pm
Here are things I found while searching through this thread. Feel free to add or correct as desired.
Hi Tim thx for the effort mate. Some of the things have been superseded with later methods especially the patch for server registration. So be careful following some of the things in that text file. We will compile the latest instructions needed for every problem encountered and anything else that needs instructions and boost will add to the leaderboard website for all to reference.

Boost can't wait for these tournaments!! As Borat once said. I EXCITE!! Ha ha

Hello Joe,
I too think that most of this is dated and much has been superseded.  But this is what I found after hours of looking through the thread trying to figure out how to get my Challenge machine upgraded and online. It would be nice to have a current and complete set of instructions.

On a side note, I know someone in Minneapolis who has 3 PGA systems that he has dismantled to use the cabinets for multicades. I plan to visit them next Saturday in order to see what they have that might help the community. I believe they have 3 PCs for sure and probably dongles and other hardware, just not sure for what versions.

Will report back later.

I do appreciate all the help. I plan to install TC on my other hard drive when I get home Wednesday and try and get online next week.

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 23, 2015, 01:44:39 am
Hi guys

It would be nice if I can see your scores on my machine. @Boost - I will take pictures of what I see tonight and send them to you,

@Yukonblaze - 6 Eagles or Better on St Andrews unlocks Plaid Caps. I have unlocked about 5 items on different courses but can not remember on which holes it was. I will start tracking all of them from tonight and send updates. I will create a skill shot  excel spreadsheet for us and send it through. We can then update it and keep track of all the skill shots.

When I start with the website, do you guys think it would be a good idea to make space for the 2 skills shots somewhere close to the course? I think that would be a nice place to put them.

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 23, 2015, 03:36:23 am
Hi guys

It would be nice if I can see your scores on my machine. @Boost - I will take pictures of what I see tonight and send them to you,

@Yukonblaze - 6 Eagles or Better on St Andrews unlocks Plaid Caps. I have unlocked about 5 items on different courses but can not remember on which holes it was. I will start tracking all of them from tonight and send updates. I will create a skill shot  excel spreadsheet for us and send it through. We can then update it and keep track of all the skill shots.

When I start with the website, do you guys think it would be a good idea to make space for the 2 skills shots somewhere close to the course? I think that would be a nice place to put them.

Thanks
6 eagles or better ha ha that's awesome. Yes we need to start getting all this valuable info in one place and the website is the way to go. So keep compiling all this valuable info and then we can port it across once complete.
Gvd you might also be timing out being from South Africa but not enough to keep from playing online. As this is what my problem was being in Australia. Whatever it is boost will no doubt find a solution? 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 23, 2015, 06:57:42 am
Hi

See the attached excel sheet. If you guys are happy with it, we can use that to keep track of all the skill shots.
I could not upload a excel file. I had to zip it.

Let me know.

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 23, 2015, 07:39:12 am
Gvd, the reason you dont see leaderboards yet is because i need to add logic to the server to enter other regions other than AU and US.  To do that i need to impliment the server performance improvements i have or else a timeout will occur.  I cant do any of that until i get the tournaments up.  And i can only do that monday through friday.  Little bit of work backup but it will get done.  Thanks for your patience.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 23, 2015, 08:33:44 am
Gvd
Like that layout, if you look at my previous post you can use the .txt to fill in your columns.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 23, 2015, 08:45:27 am
Thank you Boost. I can see the scores on the website. That on its own is awesome.
Will you please do the name change for me when you get a chance? My player card number is 115107

Jason I will find your txt and update my spreadsheet and upload again.  :)

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 24, 2015, 06:32:23 am
Hi Spitfire.

That is a nice score on St Andrews. Well Done!! ;D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 24, 2015, 06:43:17 am
Hi Spitfire.

That is a nice score on St Andrews. Well Done!! ;D
You have set some really hard scores to beat I thought I was dew to set one of my own!! Can't wait for the tournaments it's going to very intense having limited play per course.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 24, 2015, 08:01:41 am
Hi Spitfire.

That is a nice score on St Andrews. Well Done!! ;D
You have set some really hard scores to beat I thought I was dew to set one of my own!! Can't wait for the tournaments it's going to very intense having limited play per course.

I love competition and pressure. I eat a little bit of pressure every morning for breakfast. Hahaha.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 24, 2015, 09:32:13 am
Hallo

Skill shots updated

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 24, 2015, 02:51:50 pm
Wow, I finally got all the bugs worked out on the dev machine and dev server.  There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to tournaments.  Not all of it is in yet, but I need play results from you guys to complete the rest.  After I update the server tonight here is what you will get:

(http://i63.tinypic.com/2crq49i.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/vi2nfd.jpg)

PLEASE READ THE FINE PRINT:
Tournament leaderboards are not coded yet.  I need play data from you guys.
Tournament leaderboards on the website are not coded yet.  See reason above.
Difficulty is set to 3
Playing conditions were randomly generated
Playing condition for all 60 days of a hole are set the same
Each hole has different conditions
I did not throw in rain yet as it would be weird to have one hole rainy, next hole sunny.  Need to put together algorithm to make it seamless.
I did not throw in fog yet.  See reason above.
Weather forecast is not coded yet.  So before you start a hole the forecast will be incorrect.  If you even read the forecast.

Tournaments will get better as we go.  But I'm happy just to see the first one happen.  So with that said.  I will upload all of this code to the server tonight and let you guys know when to call in.

GOOD LUCK!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 24, 2015, 04:04:46 pm
I do declare let the Tournaments Begin!!!

When boost says so!! Ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 24, 2015, 04:27:48 pm
Awesome!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 24, 2015, 05:14:01 pm
Awesome!!
Awesome are your scores beating top scores by 2 strokes!!

Boost those handicaps we are given in world tour might to come into play to help give every a chance to win in these tournaments just like real golf.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 24, 2015, 05:22:06 pm
Awesome!!
Awesome are your scores beating top scores by 2 strokes!!

Boost those handicaps we are given in world tour might to come into play to help give every a chance to win in these tournaments just like real golf.
Ohhhhhhhh NOW look who wants handicaps hahahahahahahah :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 24, 2015, 05:52:52 pm
Ha ha ha ha read through the championship 3 manual has lots of good information about world tour and tournaments however the handicap system is just used for your overall rating in world tour and doesn't get used in anyway to effect your overall score in tournaments or the game. So I guess all you none ranking players will have to watch and learn from us ranked Superstars or I guess gvd would be ranked as a Legend in world tour fight it out in the up coming tournaments.

It's gonna be no fun at the top without you boost!! Ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 24, 2015, 05:57:38 pm
Maybe I've just been hustling you Spit hahahahah.  Showing a bad player, waiting for the tournaments, then BAM!!!  Top of the leaderboard where I belong hahahahaha.  Also it won't be the same when you only get 5 chances to place.  Can't have a bad hole and then go....oh....i'll just start all over.  Nope, not any longer, the pressure is on!  hahahaah

What we can do is start an external handicap system.  Take tournament play and calculate your handicap from that.  You can't sandbag or else you will lose tournaments just to get a high handicap.  Then you could go and win a tournament using said high handicap but then it will just knock your handicap down again.  So I think the first X number of tournaments will be straight up, then we can all see if handicap is what people want.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 24, 2015, 07:12:40 pm
No handicaps is the way to go mate for now as that's how they were when global vr ran them. As you said can reassess after a while if needed.  Also would be good to get together and add some prizes in due course make it even more interesting. Even a NAGAR award mate so even players such as yourself can win something ha ha ha. Just ring that bell boost and let the pressure filled fun begin. Ha ha  :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 24, 2015, 08:11:07 pm
I'm not seeing the beta tourney when I go into tournaments.  Maybe it was taken offline?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 24, 2015, 08:15:36 pm
I haven't uploaded yet.  I mentioned in my post that I will do that when I get home tonight and let you guys know when to call in.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 24, 2015, 10:17:58 pm
My bad.  Just anxious, I guess. Thanks again for your hard work to make this happen.   :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 24, 2015, 11:39:19 pm
The time has come......tournaments have now begun.  Call in and let me know if you have success.
 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 25, 2015, 02:19:27 am
I can not wait to get home. But will only be later tonight. I have band practice. I will dial in after that.

Boost thank you so much for what you've done. I never played back in the days. Only heard some people talked about playing online.
This is going to be super fun.






Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2015, 03:45:41 am
The time has come......tournaments have now begun.  Call in and let me know if you have success.
 

OH BABY!!!!!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2015, 04:08:48 am
So tournament up and running and able to play after Call in. Tee off first hole and machine crashed ummm will reboot now and try again maybe just my machine but hasn't done that before??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2015, 04:41:03 am
Just a one off have played 2 rounds both 20 under and chocking ha ha ha I'll sit there for now urghh
Boost is it still just 5 games this tournament?  Does it show up anywhere yet how many you have played?
Can't wait till you get the data and add the leaderboards etc boost. You are the man mate!!! :burgerking:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 25, 2015, 10:56:19 am
Hi Boost


I can not see any tournaments.

I go to tournaments and see challenge Match.
After that i insert my card.
Then in yellow is a message that says None Available
Cab ID 30034

Let me know what I should do.

Thank you
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 25, 2015, 12:50:11 pm
What have we here

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 01:24:18 pm
Hi Boost


I can not see any tournaments.

I go to tournaments and see challenge Match.
After that i insert my card.
Then in yellow is a message that says None Available
Cab ID 30034

Let me know what I should do.

Thank you

I added your country code (ZA) by hand last night so I know that is valid.  Your machine has been registered with the server for days so I know the machine entry was added successfully.  When was the last time you called in?  Was the call in successful?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 01:31:03 pm
Just a one off have played 2 rounds both 20 under and chocking ha ha ha I'll sit there for now urghh
Boost is it still just 5 games this tournament?  Does it show up anywhere yet how many you have played?
Can't wait till you get the data and add the leaderboards etc boost. You are the man mate!!! :burgerking:

Yes, this tournament is set to 5 games.  So i'm very interested to see what happens when you attempt to play a 6th.
Before I add the leaderboard logic I need to add two rounds of performance improvements.  This is needed or else you will time out when the new leaderboards are calculated.  So the next steps are to:
Add the two players card entries to the DB that are missing
Add performance enhancements
Code leaderboards in game
Code leaderboards on web site.  You will be able to punch up any previous tournament by tournament name and see results.
Code handicap system and handicap leaderboard that will be shown along with non handicap leaderboard on website

Today being the last day before thanksgiving and weekend probably means I won't touch anything until next week.  I might get the bug though and tinker.  We will see.

I anticipate another beta tournament next week.  Different course.  We all can discuss what you liked and didn't like about this one.  Too easy, same weather, not enough tries, etc, etc.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 25, 2015, 01:34:23 pm
Hi Boost


I can not see any tournaments.

I go to tournaments and see challenge Match.
After that i insert my card.
Then in yellow is a message that says None Available
Cab ID 30034

Let me know what I should do.

Thank you

I added your country code (ZA) by hand last night so I know that is valid.  Your machine has been registered with the server for days so I know the machine entry was added successfully.  When was the last time you called in?  Was the call in successful?

I called in about 2hours ago and about 30-45 min ago. I did that to upload my latest scores. Both was successful.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 01:42:56 pm
I'm still not seeing any tournaments.  I've called in but still nothing.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2015, 04:24:26 pm
Ha ha ha it seems with no other players in the tournament it's going to be an easy win for me ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 05:06:18 pm
I hate to say this to you guys, but the ones that are not able to connect to tournaments, will probably need to re-install their software.  There is a good chance that there is old data in the cabinets database that is blocking the new info from the server being taken in.  I.E. Primary key values for certain tables could be higher than I am using, etc, etc.  I know that means you lose your WT data, but at this point that is probably the only solution.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 05:21:35 pm
Also, very important, before you re-install you need to unregister.  If you don't do this your dongle will be in one state and the machine in another.  Cabinet re-enable isn't supported yet so this is something you want to avoid.  Once you unregister, re-install, register, let me know what your new cabinet ID is so I can add it to the tournament.  I will make it automatic in the future but for right now that code doesn't exist.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 05:26:39 pm
Well, that sucks.  I thought gvdvyver just installed his software?

Also, do I install all the disks starting from the system recovery disk and then with the Team Challenge disks?

I guess that will mean re-loading drivers for my custom PC I have and re-loading the dongle emulator and applying the server patch too.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 05:28:54 pm
If your machine has NEVER touched GVR's server then don't re-install.  Since you said you have a custom PC then it sounds like your PC has never seen a bar or GVR's server and won't have stale data.  Is this true?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 05:42:19 pm
Yes, this was a fresh install on a custom PC.  Never touched GVR's servers.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 05:43:39 pm
WT works for you?  What is your cab number?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 05:47:07 pm
WT works fine.  My # when I enter my players card is:  328204

Not sure if that's my cab # or not?

Edit:  Cabinet number is:  30028
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 05:48:20 pm
You know what, there might be a common theme here.  Are both of you two that cannot see tournaments running dongle emulators?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 05:54:30 pm
I am but I do have a Team Challenge dongle too.  Should I install it and see what happens?  Will that screw up my data or settings?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 05:56:36 pm
If you plug your dongle in it won't have the registration settings from the server.  You need to unregister, uninstall dongle emulator, install dongle, re-register.  This won't mess up any of your WT settings or history.  After you re-register you have a 50/50 shot at seeing tournaments.  If you don't when I get home and manually add an entry in the database with your new cabinet ID you will 100% see tournaments.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 05:58:29 pm
Just to clarify what I mean by unregister is NOT to reinstall the .4 patch.  It means to just go into the service mode and instead of forcing a call, there is an option at the bottom to unregister from server.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 06:22:13 pm
Ok, will do and report back.  Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 07:14:04 pm
Ok, unregistered, uninstalled the dongle emulator, plugged in the real dongle and re-registered.  Got back on fine but still no tournaments showing for me.

It looks like my leaderboards and unlocked items are still intact but it shows that I haven't played any courses or got any scores on any of the holes and so I don't have any player stats anymore. 

Oh well, they weren't that impressive anyway.  :) 

My new cabinet # is:  30036
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 07:19:42 pm
Ok, once I get home I will manually add an entry for 30036.  After I do that I will let you know to call in.  You will then have tournaments.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2015, 08:26:00 pm
That's a big problem for those without an actual dongle that they can't play tournaments? Is there a fix or do they all have to find a dongle somewhere? If so gonna start finding all the dongles that exist here in Australia and buy them as spares!! Ha ha ha. I guess I'm still top of the leaderboard then boost as I'm the only one able to play ha ha ha. It's good to be the King!!  :burgerking: even if by default!! Ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 09:16:01 pm
Ok Torin, call in, you should have tournaments.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 09:42:08 pm
Just called in Boost.  Still no tournament.    ???
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 09:57:27 pm
What is the date and time say on your pc?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 10:05:33 pm
It says 11/25/15 and has the correct time and time zone in the game and on my actual pc.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 10:15:41 pm
In attract mode do you see tournaments enabled in green at bottom left of screen?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 10:20:18 pm
Yep, tournaments enabled and cabinet says registered.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 10:24:06 pm
I think it's time to unregister and reinstall from scratch.  Sorry man.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 10:24:51 pm
You have a card reader connected right?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 25, 2015, 10:27:49 pm
Yes, and it works great for WT.

Well, if I have to reinstall, I'll have to reinstall.  Not that big of a deal.  Thanks for all your help and have a great Thanksgiving.  I'll see you in the tourney!  Hopefully!

Torin
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 10:28:43 pm
Guess it's time to reinstall.  I'm out of ideas.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2015, 11:05:09 pm
Boost it wouldn't be a region thing? Are you playing the tournament boost? And is anyone playing?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 11:07:48 pm
I havent had a minute to fire up my machine and join in yet.  I figured everybody would chomp at the bit to call in and join the tournament.  Has anybody other than spit played?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 25, 2015, 11:16:40 pm
Well I got my wifi repeater yesterday, $14.99 off eBay, http://www.ebay.com/itm/161858554265?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT (http://www.ebay.com/itm/161858554265?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)
And decided to give it a go to try and get online.  The install went just fine, the patch which I installed on a very old CD-RW installed just fine. The cabinet registered fine and I was able to have the Player Card I made for TC AAP converted for use in TC World Tour.  I was able to connect to the server and all has gone well. I can see all the scores by some much better golfers than me as I play the courses, about 7 rounds so far. I force a call and send my scores and see them on the website.  All seems cool and fun. I too am unable to see a tournament however.
Here is my Cabinet ID and Player ID.
Fingers crossed to not have to reinstall.

I can't thank you enough for all your work making it available for us to play online!!

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 11:23:20 pm
Now you guys have me going wtf.  I'm gonna go test on my machine.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2015, 11:29:18 pm
Now you guys have me going wtf.  I'm gonna go test on my machine.
It seems I am playing by myself boost!! The boys on face book don't see it either just me I think?? Ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2015, 11:33:44 pm
Hey Tim what is your nick on the leaderboards?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 11:36:04 pm
I cant see it either, wtf!!  I'm on it!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 25, 2015, 11:44:29 pm
Hey Tim what is your nick on the leaderboards?
Here is my info.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 25, 2015, 11:48:22 pm
Oh man i might know what it is.  Spit was the first one to call in.  I bet i have a bug in my code.  Firing up machine now.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2015, 11:52:32 pm
I cant see it either, wtf!!  I'm on it!!!
I know I don't have that many friends but this is ridiculous!!! :cry: lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 26, 2015, 12:09:05 am
Found the bug, fixed it, uploaded, tested on my machine.  Go for it guys.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 26, 2015, 12:26:02 am
I played like garbage, only shot 15 under.  But at least im on a board somewhere with ya spit.

Torin I'm sorry man.  Part of being on the dev team right? 

Everybody is quiet now.  Guess that means they can see tournaments now :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 26, 2015, 02:08:53 am
Found the bug, fixed it, uploaded, tested on my machine.  Go for it guys.
Great news boost. It was getting lonely at the top. Home now after work and play some more rounds. Ha ha I love it!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 26, 2015, 02:10:14 am
Let me know if you are able to play more than 5.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 26, 2015, 03:17:54 am
Struggling hard with the conditions boost ha ha ha do they change daily? As exact same as yesterday for me.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 26, 2015, 04:43:44 am
Hi Boost

I called in about 5 hours ago and no tournaments. I will be home in about 8 hours and will try again. I am using a dongle and not the emulator

Note: That I can not see leader boards on WT yet. I remember you said that you have to do performance upgrades on the server for me to see leader boards. I am not sure if that is why I can not see tournaments.

Thank you
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 26, 2015, 05:06:27 am
Let me know if you are able to play more than 5.
Hey boost I played more than 5 times and still lets me play another round. I thought it may be because I didn't call in after. So I did so and still could play again played five rounds in a row even restarted. Tried all combos and still let me play. 23 under my best score! Also I am asked to play the tournament from the attract screen before anything else comes up? Is that what everyone else's machine is doing?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on November 26, 2015, 09:23:00 am
Hey guys just played the tournament worked great. I have a question maybe someone else had the same issue or can point me in the right direction. Sometimes when I am playing for awhile mostly multiplayer since they take longer I am not able to get a full shot. The ball barely goes anywhere with a full back swing. I was wondering if it is trackball related if after all the abuse it finally went or if the ram can't keep up and I need to upgrade it. If so what is the best ram you guys have found to put in it.
Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 26, 2015, 09:33:15 am
Hey guys just played the tournament worked great. I have a question maybe someone else had the same issue or can point me in the right direction. Sometimes when I am playing for awhile mostly multiplayer since they take longer I am not able to get a full shot. The ball barely goes anywhere with a full back swing. I was wondering if it is trackball related if after all the abuse it finally went or if the ram can't keep up and I need to upgrade it. If so what is the best ram you guys have found to put in it.
Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Hi Sherman8or

How much Ram do you have in the pc? What size graphics card do you have?

What you can try is to swop the red chips on the trackball and see what happens.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on November 26, 2015, 10:30:39 am
I have 512 mb of ram and nvidia ge force 6600 graphics card.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 26, 2015, 11:01:27 am
Struggling hard with the conditions boost ha ha ha do they change daily? As exact same as yesterday for me.
Please read my post above where i wrote "PLEASE READ FINE PRINT"
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 26, 2015, 11:04:19 am
Hi Boost

I called in about 5 hours ago and no tournaments. I will be home in about 8 hours and will try again. I am using a dongle and not the emulator

Note: That I can not see leader boards on WT yet. I remember you said that you have to do performance upgrades on the server for me to see leader boards. I am not sure if that is why I can not see tournaments.

Thank you
Correct, you cannot see wt lb until both rounds of enhancements go in.  I also need to add your card to db by hand.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 26, 2015, 11:08:55 am
Let me know if you are able to play more than 5.
Hey boost I played more than 5 times and still lets me play another round. I thought it may be because I didn't call in after. So I did so and still could play again played five rounds in a row even restarted. Tried all combos and still let me play. 23 under my best score! Also I am asked to play the tournament from the attract screen before anything else comes up? Is that what everyone else's machine is doing?
Yes, my machine asks if you want to play tournament right from main screen.  Ok, that is fine that the machine lets you play more than 5.  I will do the work on the servers end.  Meaning i will only take your first 5 game results and use those on leaderboard.  No matter if you call in or not a started game is recorded on the cabinet and sent to server sooner or later.  So no matter how many games you play, I'm only going to use the first 5 for leaderboard calculation.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 26, 2015, 11:15:17 am
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I am going to step away for the next 4 days.  Taking a few days to clear my head and think about nothing.  So the only thing im going to do is add the two card entries by hand and then I'm going dark.  Not reading the board, not touching the server.  When i return on monday I'll post again.  I won't be going back and reading old posts so save questions for monday.  Have a great holiday everyone!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 26, 2015, 12:14:13 pm
What have we here
Where do you find this stat information?
Played 2 rounds at St Andrews. Need to practice to keep up with you guys.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 26, 2015, 12:54:28 pm
Hallllooooo

I can see tournaments.  ;D ;D Thanks you boost.

@Tim - in attract mode. Insert your card and it will pop up.

Happy holidays.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on November 26, 2015, 01:15:03 pm
What have we here
Where do you find this stat information?
Played 2 rounds at St Andrews. Need to practice to keep up with you guys.

Put in your players card when the game is in attract mode and it will come up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 26, 2015, 01:37:00 pm
What have we here
Where do you find this stat information?
Played 2 rounds at St Andrews. Need to practice to keep up with you guys.

Put in your players card when the game is in attract mode and it will come up.

If the pc idle's. Not sure how to explain.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 26, 2015, 03:49:21 pm
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I am going to step away for the next 4 days.  Taking a few days to clear my head and think about nothing.  So the only thing im going to do is add the two card entries by hand and then I'm going dark.  Not reading the board, not touching the server.  When i return on monday I'll post again.  I won't be going back and reading old posts so save questions for monday.  Have a great holiday everyone!
Enjoy your holiday break mate you deserve it!!  :notworthy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 27, 2015, 07:21:50 pm
Tournament is supposed to be limited to five rounds, correct?  I played six.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 27, 2015, 10:36:33 pm
Tournament is supposed to be limited to five rounds, correct?  I played six.
Please read post below
Quote from: Spitfire on Yesterday at 05:06:27 am
Quote from: boostinallovryou on Yesterday at 02:10:14 am
Let me know if you are able to play more than 5.
Hey boost I played more than 5 times and still lets me play another round. I thought it may be because I didn't call in after. So I did so and still could play again played five rounds in a row even restarted. Tried all combos and still let me play. 23 under my best score! Also I am asked to play the tournament from the attract screen before anything else comes up? Is that what everyone else's machine is doing?
Yes, my machine asks if you want to play tournament right from main screen.  Ok, that is fine that the machine lets you play more than 5.  I will do the work on the servers end.  Meaning i will only take your first 5 game results and use those on leaderboard.  No matter if you call in or not a started game is recorded on the cabinet and sent to server sooner or later.  So no matter how many games you play, I'm only going to use the first 5 for leaderboard calculation
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 27, 2015, 10:46:36 pm
I hope everyone in the States are having a great Thanksgiving. We don't celebrate it here in Australia but I thought that my family and I would have a thanksgiving dinner in Boost's honour giving thanks for all he has done to make things so much better with this great game. 
THANKS Boost for all your hard work once again!!  :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 28, 2015, 06:59:27 am
Tournament is supposed to be limited to five rounds, correct?  I played six.
Please read post below
Quote from: Spitfire on Yesterday at 05:06:27 am
Quote from: boostinallovryou on Yesterday at 02:10:14 am
Let me know if you are able to play more than 5.
Hey boost I played more than 5 times and still lets me play another round. I thought it may be because I didn't call in after. So I did so and still could play again played five rounds in a row even restarted. Tried all combos and still let me play. 23 under my best score! Also I am asked to play the tournament from the attract screen before anything else comes up? Is that what everyone else's machine is doing?
Yes, my machine asks if you want to play tournament right from main screen.  Ok, that is fine that the machine lets you play more than 5.  I will do the work on the servers end.  Meaning i will only take your first 5 game results and use those on leaderboard.  No matter if you call in or not a started game is recorded on the cabinet and sent to server sooner or later.  So no matter how many games you play, I'm only going to use the first 5 for leaderboard calculation

Missed that one, been too busy to keep up with everything.

-23?  I need to work on my putting.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on November 29, 2015, 02:30:29 am
I'm not here right now, you guys didn't see me, I'm on vacation......but I couldn't delay in sharing this update to the web site.

http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/tournamentleaderboards.aspx (http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/tournamentleaderboards.aspx)

All of our tournaments will be here as we have more.  Just select the tournament you want to view from the drop down list box, click the button, instant results.  Right now it's just the overall info.  Will add longest putt, drive, etc.  But as you can see......Spit didn't reach the top!

Ok, back to my vacation, I was never here :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on November 29, 2015, 09:00:53 am
I'm not here right now, you guys didn't see me, I'm on vacation......but I couldn't delay in sharing this update to the web site.

http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/tournamentleaderboards.aspx (http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/tournamentleaderboards.aspx)

All of our tournaments will be here as we have more.  Just select the tournament you want to view from the drop down list box, click the button, instant results.  Right now it's just the overall info.  Will add longest putt, drive, etc.  But as you can see......Spit didn't reach the top!

Ok, back to my vacation, I was never here :-)

Nice Boost. Thank you for the name change as well.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on November 29, 2015, 11:31:06 am
Looks good Boost. Now get back to relaxing. The golf world needs you rested ;)
Also, I found these from a local arcade game vendor.  They had 3 PC towers and from various PGA cabinets that they have used for converting into Multicade games.  I think this is for PGA Championship 1. At least that is what I can make out of the dongle. I tried to get the hard drive for it, but I guess they like to wipe these and reuse them. I asked them about I/O boards and such, but they were very busy, so if you had parts you might need, I could ask them.  Their website is: http://www.summitamusement.com/ (http://www.summitamusement.com/)


On a side note, is there anyplace that lists the history of this game?  The wiki is pretty limited and it would be cool to see what the other versions of the game offered in comparison to Team Challenge that most of us are playing.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 29, 2015, 05:18:27 pm
Boost that's great mate. What are your thoughts about keeping the leaderboards for WT and Tournaments on the one website? Or is there going to be to much info to do that?

Tim I/O boards and card readers are the most important thing needed right now to build a new system as everything else has a work around.
Has anyone been able to get the game to work without the IO board?? Also boost did mention that he would be able to make and card work with any card reader but that is very low down on his list of to do things??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on November 29, 2015, 07:30:06 pm
Based on the tournament scores, I'm doing something wrong.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on November 30, 2015, 07:48:37 pm
I agree, my scores are not going to get me to the top either.  Only 3 games played on tournament and 2 interrupted by Thanksgiving Dinner.  Anyway here are a few spares I have lying around:
The CP I would love to swap with someone who has a red one, each pay shipping.
Betabrite has a slight rip on upper L hand side to cardboard, but works 100% $30 + shipping
Card Reader (no leds) $10 + Shipping

On a side note (asshatarcade.com) has a interesting write up about running 2 dongles and 2 drives in one Global VR computer (need for speed GT/Underground), could be a neat way to keep Edition # in computer to be able to play pebble beach.

Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: DanielVW on December 01, 2015, 03:21:04 am
Hi All

my name is Daniel

i have just just joined this forum and would like to ask for some help.

i have a team challenge arcade but the game seems to be corrupted 
and as luck would have it, i dont have any disc's.

if someone could please advise me were i can buy discs or if there is downloadable images
available somewhere that would be great.

thank you   
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 01, 2015, 04:58:33 am
Hi Daniel welcome to the club mate. I do have the team challenge disks but I'm in Australia. STP the starter of this forum had a drop box that had the disks in that. That's your best bet or maybe someone else in the USA can help.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 02, 2015, 02:05:04 am
Hello

I am close to start with a website design. Sorry for the delay. I have been covered with work from head to toe.
I was thinking to include the following:

3 tabs (for a start). One for WT Leader boards and one for Tournament Leader boards. Then a Troubleshooting section.
I will make place for the 2 skill shots next to, or at the bottom of each leader board.

What do you guys think of a comment section?
A general comment section or a comment section for each leader board?
If we go with the comments section I will then create a Register and login page as well.
Or do you think this Forum is good enough?

Any thing ells you guys think I should do as well?

Let me know you thoughts.


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 02, 2015, 04:50:08 am
Hey GVD would be great to have all these things on one website. The skill shots should be in the WT tab as they are part of that game. Not sure about a comments section as don't want to have to scroll heaps to get to leaderboards. The troubleshooting is a must and if I find some time I'll try and compile all the little tips that are on this forum too add to your site. Not sure what else is needed I think you've covered everything.

Boost how far away is the next tournament? As I'm having withdrawals  :dizzy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 02, 2015, 09:32:33 am
It's really up to you guys on how often the tournaments are.  I actually have a lot of questions for the group.  Like how often, how long should one run for, was 5 tries good, was the wind too easy, should i just throw in rain and fog randomly, was the same weather every day ok or should every day be random?

Lots of questions so i can ensure everyone is having a good time.  Also should a handicap system be implimented?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 02, 2015, 12:05:34 pm
I think random conditions, within reason, are exactly what golf is. It is nice to have a weekly tournament. I think 4 rounds would be a good limit. Figure that follows most tournament events.  Also, I think that the setting should be set at "Hard". I think this makes the cup size more realistic to real life. This should make my bad putting even more frustrating ;) But I think it has a more real feel.  Handicaps at some point might be a good idea to try and balance tournament scores.

Is there any way that other players can set up conditions? I don't want you getting burned out even more having to do all this set up. Though it is greatly appreciated. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 02, 2015, 12:20:24 pm
I think the "within reason" is where i wanted to lock things down at.  Right now i use a random number generator to choose a wind direction between 0 and 359.  Then i use the rng to generate a wind speed between 0 and 20.  Is 20 high enough?

  I then propogate a full day of conditions across 60 days.  Would you like different conditions for each day?

The difficulty settings are in numbers.  Last tourney was 3 which was what gvr was running their past tourneys at.  Is hard 4 or 5?

The tool i wrote makes starting a new tournament easy.  I just needed to know how often and when to start and stop them.  I can preload like two months worth into the server and then i dont have to touch anything.  A new on starts and stops when the date comes up.  So if they start on mondays and end on sundays is that good for you?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 02, 2015, 12:37:05 pm
I would say that winds in a random direction range of maybe 40 degrees and speeds maybe up to 20mph would be good. The ball really moves quite a bit even at 10mph. It would be nice to see these settings be at least slightly different for each day of a tournament and I don't know if that can be done for each time we log in to play an additional round. I still like the idea of 4 rounds as a max as it corresponds to real life tournaments.  Also, could the courses be set up to correspond to the actual PGA tour. Figure they play many of these real courses and then others correspond nicely to their regions or styles.  When nothing fits, then we have a fun week of something adventurous ;)
I play offline on setting 4 which is Hard. I feel it plays more like real golf, though it still is pretty easy to shoot well below par.
Can tournaments be set up to play Thursday through Wednesday? Not sure if this is better for most to play on the weekends. My days off are always different, so I have no "weekends."
Is the tool something that could be put online and used by other players? That way maybe a "guest" player could set up conditions, and also take the blame for them ;)

I must say, this has got me so excited I actually posted my Golden Tee 2006 Complete on Craigslist.

Keep up the great work!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 02, 2015, 01:49:47 pm
The tool cannot be put online for a number of reasons.  It would have to be ported to ASP so the user could execute it against the server db, more logic would have to be written so if a mistake was made it could be deleted (currently I execute direct sql commands when I modify the db), this would expose direct access to the db so hackers and other security issues would need to be addressed.  It's a big headache.  Much easier for me to just load up X number of tournaments.

The schedule of when a tournament is and what course is played is completely up to you guys.  If you want it to follow the real PGA tour that is no problem.  Just list what course you want, and what week you want it and I'll add it.

Also if you want to completely tailor the weather I have no problem with that.  You can put it into CSV format (comma separated) and I can modify the tool to read that in.  If this is something you want to do let me know and I'll post the format the CSV needs to be in.

As for M-Sun, Thur - Wed, it's totally up to you guys.  It can be anything you want.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 02, 2015, 04:37:38 pm
Hey boost a 4 or 5 day tournament every week or every second week would be the way to go no longer than that as the withdrawals are quite strong ha ha ha.  At least 5 rounds minimum however I think 10 over the course of the tournament would be better to give you a chance to get used to the course and conditions each day. 2 rounds each day. The conditions should be randomly generated as you have done 20mph wind is heaps and happy for them to jump around from hole to hole. Which is not realistic but makes it a lot more fun. Include fog rain everything. As long as everyone is exposed to the same conditions it doesn't matter. These conditions however should change each day as the course plays way different with different conditions so you can wait till the next day if you are struggling to see what conditions are thrown up so then you can struggle even more ha ha ha
all this I am happy for you to generate. Thx boost
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 02, 2015, 05:10:01 pm
Boost, that is so very true about putting stuff online and the security of the server and such. Understand completely.

The idea of a setup .csv is a very cool idea. So I am interested in helping with conditions if needed.

I still like the idea of a tournament being 4 scores (rounds).  I played Links 2003 in online tournaments for about 10 years (sometimes even on courses I designed) and am now playing Perfect Golf tournaments online for about the last 3 months. I often played practice rounds previous to my tournament rounds to get a feel for the course and conditions. We could still use the World Tour or even the Play Golf option (even thought there are fewer courses, this difference between TC and AAP surprised me a bit) to practice prior to playing our tournament rounds.

But mostly, I look forward to participating and competing with a fun community of players that brought such enhanced enjoyment beyond what I ever expected from my new arcade game.  :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 02, 2015, 05:18:48 pm
Hey Tim. Yes you could play the course before you play tournament on world tour or play golf option. However the biggest obstacle to getting a good score is the wind conditions on a hole and the green slope. Those two things can make each hole a lot easier or harder so if you're not practicing in the exact conditions as per the tournament it makes things very hard.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 02, 2015, 06:44:17 pm
Boost, that is so very true about putting stuff online and the security of the server and such. Understand completely.

The idea of a setup .csv is a very cool idea. So I am interested in helping with conditions if needed.

I still like the idea of a tournament being 4 scores (rounds).  I played Links 2003 in online tournaments for about 10 years (sometimes even on courses I designed) and am now playing Perfect Golf tournaments online for about the last 3 months. I often played practice rounds previous to my tournament rounds to get a feel for the course and conditions. We could still use the World Tour or even the Play Golf option (even thought there are fewer courses, this difference between TC and AAP surprised me a bit) to practice prior to playing our tournament rounds.

But mostly, I look forward to participating and competing with a fun community of players that brought such enhanced enjoyment beyond what I ever expected from my new arcade game.  :cheers:

Helping with setup would be great.  These tournaments are not for me to dictate what everyone plays.  It's for you guys to tell me what you want and then I make it happen.  So I'm not sure if you are familiar with .csv files but they are really simple.  You can use excel if you want or do it with a text editor like notepad, emacs, vi, whatever.  But here is how the format needs to be:

Each course obviously has 18 holes.  The game requires 60 days worth of condition information per hole.  That's going to be 1080 lines of information.  Each line will be in the order of (Pin Index, Wind Direction, Wind Speed, Rain, Fog).  The pin index is a number between 0 and 24 which denotes which location on the green the pin is at.  You won't know what the location is without looking at a course file.  My advise would be to make it a random number and then you can choose if it's the same per day or what.

Wind direction is in degrees (0 - 359), speed is in MPH, Rain and Fog are 0 or 1.  0 = no, 1 = yes

Starting with hole 1 a new line equals one day.  So Hole 1/Day 1= line 1, Hole 2/Day 1 = line 61, etc.  Each piece of info needs to be separated by a comma.  So here are a few example lines:
13, 128, 7, 0, 0
13, 246, 2, 0, 1
13, 14, 19, 1, 0

First line is Hole 1, Day 1, pin index 13, wind blowing towards 128 degrees at 7 mph, no rain, no fog
Second line is Hole 1, Day 2, pin index 13, wind blowing towards 246 degrees at 2 mph, no rain, yes fog
Third line is Hole 1, Day 3, pin index 13, wind blowing towards 14 degrees, 19 mph, yes rain, no fog

Need 1080 of these bad boys.  You can name the file the name of the course.  You are not obligated to do this.  If it is a big pain after seeing all of this it is no problem at all.  If it's not and you want to continue, awesome!  Once I get a file from you I'll verify it and modify the tournament tool to read it in.

I'll setup the next tournament tonight when I get home.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 02, 2015, 07:11:46 pm
Hey Tim. Yes you could play the course before you play tournament on world tour or play golf option. However the biggest obstacle to getting a good score is the wind conditions on a hole and the green slope. Those two things can make each hole a lot easier or harder so if you're not practicing in the exact conditions as per the tournament it makes things very hard.
I think you described exactly what makes tournament golf, tournament golf.  Familiarize yourself with the course but still have to play the ccourse as the conditions come each day.  No previous knowledge.  After seeing your scores Joe,  I think your game has been tuned far beyond most.   :D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 02, 2015, 08:07:45 pm
Boost that's awesome mate would love to setup a tournament one day when time permits. Is there a way to cut down the 60 days of conditions for each hole?? Why is this needed if our courses only run for 5 days and only change each day? Would 5 inputs per hole service this or however many days we won't our tournaments to run?  And if the conditions remain the same per hole each day wouldn't we only need 1 input per hole is that possible?

Tim not to worried about my scores or ability as I have played this game for years now and have become pretty good at it on my day. However I won't everyone in the community to continue to enjoy and play these tournaments and it's human nature not to continue playing if you are always getting killed every tournament. Ha ha ha so the idea of being able to practice a few times to familiarise yourself with conditions and course would help this I think. I don't want it to be unlimited number of rounds as that would work the other way we're the better players would post even bigger scores. So limiting the number of rounds is great it puts the pressure on to post your best score but only four rounds is way to little and the weaker players have no way of winning or even getting close to winning. And this eventually will stop them from playing. Which is not good for these tournaments. Handicaps may be another way to even things up again as everyone no matter what ability should feel like they have a chance to win the tournament. This would keep everyone happy challenged and playing for years to come.
Eventually once the right mix is found I would like to see us having some sort of small prizes to win this would add to the tournaments and give extra incentive to play enjoy and win.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 02, 2015, 08:28:04 pm
Boost that's awesome mate would love to setup a tournament one day when time permits. Is there a way to cut down the 60 days of conditions for each hole?? Why is this needed if our courses only run for 5 days and only change each day? Would 5 inputs per hole service this or however many days we won't our tournaments to run?  And if the conditions remain the same per hole each day wouldn't we only need 1 input per hole is that possible?
Nope, all 60 days per hole have to exist.  If not, BAD things happen.  This is because of the way their software was written.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 02, 2015, 08:47:58 pm
Boost that's awesome mate would love to setup a tournament one day when time permits. Is there a way to cut down the 60 days of conditions for each hole?? Why is this needed if our courses only run for 5 days and only change each day? Would 5 inputs per hole service this or however many days we won't our tournaments to run?  And if the conditions remain the same per hole each day wouldn't we only need 1 input per hole is that possible?
Nope, all 60 days per hole have to exist.  If not, BAD things happen.  This is because of the way their software was written.
Thought as much mate. Maybe a 60 day tournament marathon might need to be played ha ha. Can more than 1 tournament be run at once boost? Also what is the challenge match option about mate? Can that be used to create a specific match against select friends?? Would be awesome. Also is there anyway to play these matches linked to each other were it looks like your playing a 2 player match and you watch there shots but they are playing on there machine?? Ha ha ha I'm getting ahead of myself but how awesome would that be??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 02, 2015, 08:55:37 pm
I've already surrendered to the idea that I won't shoot those - 20s scores you guys are shooting.  I find those scores quite amazing.

But I think tournaments are for competing to the best of your abilities for each round. This seems to more closely represent real life to me. Practicing the actual settings sounds more like trying to solve a rubics cube than playing a golf tournament.  We already have the world tour to let us keep trying to go as low as possible.

I do hope we switch to level 4 (hard) settings as the hole seems unrealistically large to me at level 3 (normal).  The game already plays very easy,  but a more real to life hole size will make people have to hit better approach shots, shape shots into hole locations,  and such.

The best way to equalized players of different abilities is through a handicap in my opinion and this should keep everyone's interest in the game. I have played my Links 2003 tour for almost 10 years and competing for those 4 rounds every week became a scheduled part of my week. There are some scary good golfers there too who shot scores I can't comprehend, but the handicap made them have to keep their game strong and scores low to cover their handicap.

Sorry if I'm sounding like a golf freak. .

Also,  do we think that challenge matches might be doable in the future?  Oops. I think Joe beat me to that question. That would be a lot of fun if possible.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 02, 2015, 09:21:48 pm
I'll make sure the tournaments are set to 4 from now on.  I was just duplicating the previous GVR tournaments.

Challenge matches might be in the future.  If memory serves you logged into GVR's website and created basically a mini private tournament and invited your friends right?  If so I'm not sure that's really beneficial as we are already a mini group.  Also I'm not sure if I have the challenge tournament designation.  This is needed to identify the tournament as a challenge.

To answer Spit's question yes, you can have multiple tournaments at the same time.  The tournament designation was different.  I remember seeing single day tournaments at the same time a monthly was going on.  Again I ask.....really?  We only run a week tourney hahahahah.  I'm starting to spoil you guys hahahahah.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 02, 2015, 09:40:19 pm
To answer Spit's question yes, you can have multiple tournaments at the same time.  The tournament designation was different.  I remember seeing single day tournaments at the same time a monthly was going on.  Again I ask.....really?  We only run a week tourney hahahahah.  I'm starting to spoil you guys hahahahah.
We have been spoiled, not only by what you have done to bring a game back to life, but also bring a group of golf crazy guys together. This is becoming a great community and a lot of fun.

Is it possible to make an Excel spread sheet to set up course conditions and round settings? I am not good with marcros, but would it be possible to randomize course settings. My jaw dropped seeing how much you did to get the beta tournament running. Even more impressed how you consider it as not much of a big deal to keep doing it. That's a lot of work and a big deal in my book.

I look forward to Joe's first tournament ;)  Unless he makes me try first.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 02, 2015, 09:59:23 pm
Yes boost you have spoilt us and the things you can do r mind boggling to most of us?? :dizzy: happy the way things are running and just tweaking here and their to see what works better or not.
Again I ask Boost is it possible to actual create a multiplayer game were you can actually see the player your playing against take his ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- on your machine while playing it on his machine?? As this would be very very special!!
 :notworthy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 03, 2015, 02:45:44 am
To answer Spit's question yes, you can have multiple tournaments at the same time.  The tournament designation was different.  I remember seeing single day tournaments at the same time a monthly was going on.  Again I ask.....really?  We only run a week tourney hahahahah.  I'm starting to spoil you guys hahahahah.
We have been spoiled, not only by what you have done to bring a game back to life, but also bring a group of golf crazy guys together. This is becoming a great community and a lot of fun.

Is it possible to make an Excel spread sheet to set up course conditions and round settings? I am not good with marcros, but would it be possible to randomize course settings. My jaw dropped seeing how much you did to get the beta tournament running. Even more impressed how you consider it as not much of a big deal to keep doing it. That's a lot of work and a big deal in my book.

I look forward to Joe's first tournament ;)  Unless he makes me try first.

Hello

Allot has happen over night.(For me that is)

In excel the formula =randbetween(1;24) would randomize between 1 and 24. Have a look at the attached excel spreadsheet(in the zip file). I did the first line and copied that a 1079 times. Double click on any blank cell to randomize.

@Spit It would be awesome to have match play rounds and see what the other one is doing. One could setup a camera and stream it. Something like Skype would do the trick. We could have a conversation and a beer while we doing it.  :D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 03, 2015, 05:10:45 am
Gvd yes it would be awesome to view each other's game but I'm not talking about Skype or cameras etc. I'm talking about actually playing on you machine controls against someone else but not only do you see the shot on your machine but the player you are playing against sees your shot on his machine as if they were right there with you taking the shot. Like all multiplayer games these days. Then we could use Skype or FaceTime just to chat while playing. That's what I'm talking about.
Boost any chance of this ever being able to happen??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 03, 2015, 05:50:40 am
Finally got to play some golf after a hard work week and found this baby to go top of the leader board. Me likey!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 03, 2015, 06:33:15 am
Gvd yes it would be awesome to view each other's game but I'm not talking about Skype or cameras etc. I'm talking about actually playing on you machine controls against someone else but not only do you see the shot on your machine but the player you are playing against sees your shot on his machine as if they were right there with you taking the shot. Like all multiplayer games these days. Then we could use Skype or FaceTime just to chat while playing. That's what I'm talking about.
Boost any chance of this ever being able to happen??

Hi Spit

I understand. I was thinking Skype or something like Facetime can be a work around.

Maybe boost have something up his sleeve.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 03, 2015, 07:17:38 am
Yes it would be a good work around. STP was talking about this way back at the start of this thread but it never got off the ground as we were waiting for ed to produce but all he delivered was doughnuts  :laugh2:
Yes if it is possible boost is the only man that will deliver it. But for now let's set up a FaceTime or Skype call and play a round mate pm your details.

Also had a very productive round Gerhard and reclaimed the getable scores on 3 courses to hit the top of the leaderboard. It was the jd n Coke that did all the work. Ha ha ha :cheers: will have a crack at those courses where you have 2 or 3 and even 6 shots on me for another time. Will buy a bottle of Jack for that as I think it will be a long night!!  :dizzy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 03, 2015, 10:17:19 am
Sorry for the extremely short response but I'm getting the little one ready for daycare.  I will respond to all questions when i get to work, but it seems everyone is excited to know if live play between 2-4 people is a possibility.  The answer.......is yes :-)    It is something i thought of about a year ago when i picked up my cab.  It is 100% doable and i have two solutions but havent prototyped them yet.  It really comes down to if i can piggy back on existing computer or if i need everyone to buy a 80 dollar fpga board with my RTL on it.

Spit, you know im serious and this WILL become a reality when i say these words........It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.  Oh, as a teaser, my solution uses a webcam and injects a video of your opponent onto the game screen so you can see them along with talk to them as you play.  Up to 4 people :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 03, 2015, 11:13:23 am
Boost

This is getting better and better and better!!!!!!!!! :D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 03, 2015, 02:27:25 pm
To answer Spit's question yes, you can have multiple tournaments at the same time.  The tournament designation was different.  I remember seeing single day tournaments at the same time a monthly was going on.  Again I ask.....really?  We only run a week tourney hahahahah.  I'm starting to spoil you guys hahahahah.
We have been spoiled, not only by what you have done to bring a game back to life, but also bring a group of golf crazy guys together. This is becoming a great community and a lot of fun.

Is it possible to make an Excel spread sheet to set up course conditions and round settings? I am not good with marcros, but would it be possible to randomize course settings. My jaw dropped seeing how much you did to get the beta tournament running. Even more impressed how you consider it as not much of a big deal to keep doing it. That's a lot of work and a big deal in my book.

I look forward to Joe's first tournament ;)  Unless he makes me try first.

Hello

Allot has happen over night.(For me that is)

In excel the formula =randbetween(1;24) would randomize between 1 and 24. Have a look at the attached excel spreadsheet(in the zip file). I did the first line and copied that a 1079 times. Double click on any blank cell to randomize.

@Spit It would be awesome to have match play rounds and see what the other one is doing. One could setup a camera and stream it. Something like Skype would do the trick. We could have a conversation and a beer while we doing it.  :D

Hello Gerhard.

Really liked the randomizer spreadsheet.

I played around with it a little mostly to format it so I knew when days began and ended. I also added a new sheet with the 2016 PGA Tour dates in case anyone wanted to set up tournaments representing an actual event.

Give it a look if you like. It is attached as a zip file.

I have made an additional Excel file that includes additional sheets for the Team Challenge Courses and a current list of online players.  I have attached it here as PGA Tournament Conditions Randomizer Expanded.zip

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 03, 2015, 03:11:51 pm
Sorry for the extremely short response but I'm getting the little one ready for daycare.  I will respond to all questions when i get to work, but it seems everyone is excited to know if live play between 2-4 people is a possibility.  The answer.......is yes :-)    It is something i thought of about a year ago when i picked up my cab.  It is 100% doable and i have two solutions but havent prototyped them yet.  It really comes down to if i can piggy back on existing computer or if i need everyone to buy a 80 dollar fpga board with my RTL on it.

Spit, you know im serious and this WILL become a reality when i say these words........It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.  Oh, as a teaser, my solution uses a webcam and injects a video of your opponent onto the game screen so you can see them along with talk to them as you play.  Up to 4 people :-)
Boost that's awesome mate!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 04, 2015, 05:18:57 pm
One of my best games. 2 Hole in ones on the front 9 and 70 000 GSP. 100 000 GSP in 13 holes.
And I missed 2 puts  :banghead:

Sorry Joe. I just took St Andrews back.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 04, 2015, 05:23:17 pm
Now I feel even less worthy. You're shooting these scary low scores and doing it from the wrong side of the ball too? 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 04, 2015, 10:02:01 pm
WTF??? 2 holes in one!!! Ha ha ha that's outrageous. Imagine the tvs you could have picked up back in the day with all those points! :laugh2:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 05, 2015, 01:14:13 am
WTF??? 2 holes in one!!! Ha ha ha that's outrageous. Imagine the tvs you could have picked up back in the day with all those points! :laugh2:

This does not happen allot. It was a crazy game. Everything just worked.   :dizzy:

Tim when boost have the game setup so we can see what each other is doing you will learn allot. That is how I learned. There are a couple of really good players in SA. The guy that came second in the world champs lives not to far from me. When you leave the game to idle. After awhile you will see footage of two guys shaking hands. That is footage from the world champs. The one on the right is the guy who lives close to me.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 07, 2015, 03:10:12 pm
Hey sorry for the extra amount of radio silence on my side.  Had a few extra honey do's I had to take care of.   Tim sent me an awesome csv (Thanks!) and I would like the next tournament to be his.  I need to add the feature to read in csv files to the tournament tool.  Need a day to get that working.  Then the next tournament will be up.  After this works I hope Tim sends more for say the next month or two worth of tournaments.  I can load them all up and there will be no delay.

Also it's cool that if the tournaments follow the real tour there is a "promo" date in the DB.  This means after a tournament ends if there are a few days of nothing the game will put up a promo letting you know when the next tournament will begin.  So I think we can streamline this tourney stuff. 

Again thanks to Tim for putting the time in to actually craft the weather so it feels real.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on December 07, 2015, 03:26:37 pm
Sounds good Boost!

Question:  Does the tournament LED betabrite board display anything from the tournaments or WP?  Just wondering what the sign displays since I don't currently have one.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 07, 2015, 03:28:13 pm
Thanks for your kind words Boost. Gerhard deserves the credit for making the easy to use randomizer tool. I just played around with it and added some things. Hopefully others will find the Excel file useful and also give setting up tournaments a go. Without all you have done, we wouldn't have even the option of playing online. So thank you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 07, 2015, 03:34:01 pm
Sounds good Boost!

Question:  Does the tournament LED betabrite board display anything from the tournaments or WP?  Just wondering what the sign displays since I don't currently have one.
My board didn't show anything when I got it. I think this was due to it being a Challenge machine. When I installed the Team Challenge, I was shocked when I saw it light up. It now shows all sorts of information about the current round and many other things.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on December 07, 2015, 03:44:06 pm
Sounds good Boost!

Question:  Does the tournament LED betabrite board display anything from the tournaments or WP?  Just wondering what the sign displays since I don't currently have one.
My board didn't show anything when I got it. I think this was due to it being a Challenge machine. When I installed the Team Challenge, I was shocked when I saw it light up. It now shows all sorts of information about the current round and many other things.

That's awesome.  It would be great if it showed tournament and World Play stats.  Do you or anyone know if it does?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 07, 2015, 10:47:44 pm
Sounds good Boost!

Question:  Does the tournament LED betabrite board display anything from the tournaments or WP?  Just wondering what the sign displays since I don't currently have one.
My board didn't show anything when I got it. I think this was due to it being a Challenge machine. When I installed the Team Challenge, I was shocked when I saw it light up. It now shows all sorts of information about the current round and many other things.

That's awesome.  It would be great if it showed tournament and World Play stats.  Do you or anyone know if it does?
It displays all sorts of player stats during any game Played whether it be a tournament or world tour or normal play. I think it would be Abe to display what ever you want it to display as long as the info is pushed to it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on December 08, 2015, 12:27:41 pm
i have a betabrite that i had hooked up at one time to the computer that pulled RSS feeds and displayed them on the sign.

the software can pull any manner of data and display it...so i suppose you could have it do other things too as well. just a matter of formatting the data stream properly.

http://www.remote-control.net/software/ledsign/ (http://www.remote-control.net/software/ledsign/)

is where i got the software from. there are 3 or 4 different programs here should anyone want to have a play.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 09, 2015, 12:56:17 pm
25 or better on Troon North Pinnacle
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 09, 2015, 04:13:38 pm
Mmm nice clubs. Been flat out for last week of work. Holidays next week so definitely need to get in some practice and put a little dent in this one man South African show!! Urghhh! :timebomb:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 09, 2015, 04:21:46 pm
Hey boost any idea if these items found in WT especially the sets of special clubs, make the game easier when used or if found?? Might a special putter make it easier to hole putts or special clubs make you hit further?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jthain on December 09, 2015, 11:04:58 pm
HI All-I'm a new PGA TEAM CHALLENGE owner and just looking for some advice. I don't have all the courses and wondering how I can get them.  My info screen says it is...
Game version 4.0.0.8
Dongle version 4.0
Shell version 0.0.1.0
PLUS version 1.1.0.7

I also have a couple install discs...
Version 3.0.1.2 (2 discs)

What are my options? 
Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 10, 2015, 01:15:48 am
Mmm nice clubs. Been flat out for last week of work. Holidays next week so definitely need to get in some practice and put a little dent in this one man South African show!! Urghhh! :timebomb:

I like your spirit Joe.

I am on holiday from next week as well. We should do the Skype thing. I am happy to play in the morning hours.

Ps.  I eat pressure breakfast.   :laugh2:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 10, 2015, 01:38:28 am
HI All-I'm a new PGA TEAM CHALLENGE owner and just looking for some advice. I don't have all the courses and wondering how I can get them.  My info screen says it is...
Game version 4.0.0.8
Dongle version 4.0
Shell version 0.0.1.0
PLUS version 1.1.0.7

I also have a couple install discs...
Version 3.0.1.2 (2 discs)

What are my options? 
Thanks!

Hi Jthain

Welcome to the forum.

You need the All Access Pass patch if you want all the courses. I can provide it to you. Send me a PM

The better option is to get you cabinet online by activating your cabinet on a server that Boost is hosting and play World Tour and Tournaments. Boost did it all for us. All the info is below. I copied it from the first page on this thread.

Thanks to the massive efforts of member "bootsinallovryou" our PGA Tour Golf machines now have the ability to connect to an online server allowing us to compete against one another on tournament leaderboards.!  A step by step tutorial to enable tournament mode for these machines has been provided by member "Spitfire" and is posted below.  You can read how this started and track current progress starting from page 13 (post #499) of this thread.

To join in online you need the latest patcher_04 linked below and a regular team challenge machine. No other machines will work. On the attract screen run the patcher in your cd rom drive. Once it says press any key to continue turn off and power up your machine again. Once back in attract mode go to the operators menu by pressing the red operators button inside ur cabinet. Be sure to have your machine connected to the Internet by plugging in an Ethernet cable directly to your cabinet Pc ethernet port. If you are using wireless be sure to configure your wireless connection as per the instructions before trying to register. Choose register/connect option, register cabinet and register your machine using the 4 digit code option using any four digits as it doesn't matter. Make sure you change from Dial up to cable adsl option and follow on screen instructions and allow the machine to call server.  This may take a while first time to get to 100% complete.  Once registered choose the force a call to the server and exit to game option and that's it. You should now be tournament enabled and online. To play online in a Tournament or the World tour option on your cabinet You will need a players card and reader. You will also need to turn your machine off free play otherwise you won't be able to select World Tour and Tournament on the start screen. This has to be done in the operators menu by choosing machine and settings option and disabling free play.
Once you select World Tour it will ask you to insert your players card. It will say that the card is not tournament enabled and will run you through a number of steps to make it so follow instructions and your card will be made tournament ready and you will be given a player number. Now you can use your card or number on any machine linked to Boosts Server and your home made player can be used to play every course on the game without having an all access pass. You will be able to unlock hidden skill shots on every course to unlock special player customising items and equipment. Once all courses available on World Tour are played you will be given a player ranking and it will also unlock heaps of customisable clothing and equipment to use on your player in the Game face option of the game. You can also keep track of how many skill shots you have found and your ranking by inserting your players card into your card reader on the attract screen of the game. There are now also leaderboards available so you can show the world you are the best player out there.  All this is thanks to are Legend known us boostinallovryou!!! without him none of this would be possible!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 10, 2015, 03:59:26 am
Hey boost any idea if these items found in WT especially the sets of special clubs, make the game easier when used or if found?? Might a special putter make it easier to hole putts or special clubs make you hit further?

I was wondering the same. I will ask a couple of guys here in SA. They should know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 10, 2015, 04:57:08 am
Hey boost any idea if these items found in WT especially the sets of special clubs, make the game easier when used or if found?? Might a special putter make it easier to hole putts or special clubs make you hit further?

I was wondering the same. I will ask a couple of guys here in SA. They should know.
Yes would be nice to now as it seemed that after finding the gold clubs I was able to hit the ball longer might be my imagination ha ha.

Hi JT Don't waste ur time with the all access pass just get online and all the courses are open in world tour and you can compete in tournaments and leaderboards. That's the way to go thx to our King Boost  :burgerking :notworthy: :burgerking:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 10, 2015, 04:59:26 am
Mmm nice clubs. Been flat out for last week of work. Holidays next week so definitely need to get in some practice and put a little dent in this one man South African show!! Urghhh! :timebomb:

I like your spirit Joe.

I am on holiday from next week as well. We should do the Skype thing. I am happy to play in the morning hours.

Ps.  I eat pressure breakfast.   :laugh2:
Don't get too cocky mr Gerhard on my day I can shoot a pretty mean score. It's just my day don't come around that option ha ha ha :lol but with holidays means more practice and more practice means those days are a coming!! :soapbox:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 10, 2015, 05:40:38 am
Mmm nice clubs. Been flat out for last week of work. Holidays next week so definitely need to get in some practice and put a little dent in this one man South African show!! Urghhh! :timebomb:

I like your spirit Joe.

I am on holiday from next week as well. We should do the Skype thing. I am happy to play in the morning hours.

Ps.  I eat pressure breakfast.   :laugh2:
Don't get too cocky mr Gerhard on my day I can shoot a pretty mean score. It's just my day don't come around that option ha ha ha :lol but with holidays means more practice and more practice means those days are a coming!! :soapbox:

It's like Gary Player said. The more you practice the luckier you get.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 10, 2015, 08:56:29 am
My machine only had 1 512mb ram card and 3 extra slots so i picked up a couple 512mb ram dimms.  Will adding 1 or both of the ram cards help performance much? On very rare occasions things get choppy during ball flight, so I'm hoping this might help.

Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 10, 2015, 09:29:52 am
My machine only had 1 512mb ram card and 3 extra slots so i picked up a couple 512mb ram dimms.  Will adding 1 or both of the ram cards help performance much? On very rare occasions things get choppy during ball flight, so I'm hoping this might help.

Thanks for the help.

Hi Tim

Adding some ram can only do good. What size graphics card to you have?

I believe the performance of the PC plays a big role in how accurate the trackball preforms. When you spin the trackball and it starts to slow down, notice how it starts to spin to the  left or right as it slows down. It never stays 100% straight.

With that said. If your PC lags, it pics up the direction of the trackball late and thus an inaccurate shot. Try playing the game with a 64mb or an really old 126mb gpu. You will very quickly see the effect.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on December 10, 2015, 03:30:56 pm
Welp, I sold my Golden Tee Complete.  After the developments here, Golden Tee seems worthless and completely outdated.  The gameplay is so much better on PGA and now with the online stuff, it is the game to have. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 10, 2015, 04:17:25 pm
Welp, I sold my Golden Tee Complete.  After the developments here, Golden Tee seems worthless and completely outdated.  The gameplay is so much better on PGA and now with the online stuff, it is the game to have.
I listed my Golden Tee 2006 Complete too. If I can ask, what did you ask for yours and where was it sold?

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on December 10, 2015, 08:38:14 pm
Sold in Boise, Idaho for $500.00.  Gladly watched it go although it was fun while it lasted.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 10, 2015, 10:11:19 pm
Sold in Boise, Idaho for $500.00.  Gladly watched it go although it was fun while it lasted.
Thanks Torin. I never was very fond of Golden Tee when I played it in the bars. But I have enjoyed mine a lot over the last 3 years.  I originally was looking for a Birdie King game as I was beginning my arcade.
It has been a little while since I got out to Boise, but had some fun overnights at the End Zone and the Pie Hole.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on December 11, 2015, 09:40:46 am
Sold in Boise, Idaho for $500.00.  Gladly watched it go although it was fun while it lasted.
Thanks Torin. I never was very fond of Golden Tee when I played it in the bars. But I have enjoyed mine a lot over the last 3 years.  I originally was looking for a Birdie King game as I was beginning my arcade.
It has been a little while since I got out to Boise, but had some fun overnights at the End Zone and the Pie Hole.

Oh yes, good times to be had at those places.   ;D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 13, 2015, 05:05:59 am
Another crazy game. 2 Hole in ones on the back 9 on par 4's.

 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on December 13, 2015, 09:53:27 am
Unbelieveable, did you unlock anything in world tour with that score? I have only broken 20 once and you are regularly in the 20s, and now a 30.
Jason :notworthy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 13, 2015, 02:27:46 pm
Hey sorry guys for not getting tournaments setup for this week.  My wife has been in and out of the hospital.  My wife is 33 weeks pregnant and the little guy tried to come early.  Been a task to get him to stay put.  We are home finally and tonight after my chores are done I'm going to setup enough weekly tournaments to get you guys into february without me touching anything.  Sorry they wont be the specialized ones by Tim but I  just dont have the time to write the new code and test.  I'll choose random courses and random weather.  Hope you guys understand.  Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 13, 2015, 03:03:51 pm
Hey sorry guys for not getting tournaments setup for this week.  My wife has been in and out of the hospital.  My wife is 33 weeks pregnant and the little guy tried to come early.  Been a task to get him to stay put.  We are home finally and tonight after my chores are done I'm going to setup enough weekly tournaments to get you guys into february without me touching anything.  Sorry they wont be the specialized ones by Tim but I  just dont have the time to write the new code and test.  I'll choose random courses and random weather.  Hope you guys understand.  Thanks!
I think your wife is the understanding one to allow you all the time you work on this stuff for us ;)  There will be plenty of time to code when you are up 5 times a night for feedings and changings ;)
Hope things go more smoothly for her...and you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 13, 2015, 08:38:41 pm
Hey boost no prob mate look after your family first we are happy with what ever scraps fall of your table ha ha ha

Gvd are you f......ing serious ha ha ha 30 under that's just not cricket!! :angry:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 14, 2015, 01:42:56 am
@ Boost - I am sure we all understand. Family comes first.


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: frankrizzo2 on December 16, 2015, 11:12:26 pm
I know this has been covered before, but I am having a tough time finding the post. What should I be running for a video card or other components to get rid of the ball choppiness when its flying through the air? I have the DFI motherboard and I believe the processor is around 2 ghz and 512mb of ram. I was ok with it at first but it's driving me crazy now.Video card is a agp 6600gt card at the moment (I think it is 256mb). I have a 550ti and a 460 laying around but I'm sure its more than overkill. If one of them would work though I would use them. Thanks
 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 17, 2015, 01:22:28 am
I would be up the ram in your machine firstly and then use a graphics card with at least 512kb ram also mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 17, 2015, 02:28:35 am
I would be up the ram in your machine firstly and then use a graphics card with at least 512kb ram also mate

I run 512mb graphics and 1gig ram. Works perfectly.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 17, 2015, 12:33:23 pm
Said goodbye to my Golden Tee Complete today. Had a lot of fun with it,  but after getting online with my PGA Team  Challenge, didn't play at much anymore. Feel a little bit melancholy 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 17, 2015, 04:30:35 pm
Said goodbye to my Golden Tee Complete today. Had a lot of fun with it,  but after getting online with my PGA Team  Challenge, didn't play at much anymore. Feel a little bit melancholy
Good move I say!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 17, 2015, 09:31:12 pm
Has anyone updated the rewards list lately.  I'm sure this has been found,  but just in case no one has got a hole in one on #10 at Great White North for and Eagle or better, you get the Bear Ball.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 18, 2015, 02:49:52 am
Has anyone updated the rewards list lately.  I'm sure this has been found,  but just in case no one has got a hole in one on #8 at Great White.

Great shot Tim

I just found the other one. Double eagle on the 3rd.

For those who dont know. You can hit the ball over the mountain on the 3rd. Use a 3wood normal shot. No back spin. You will need the wind from the side or from behind. If you hit the mountain on the way down just right, you will land on the green and put for the double eagle.


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on December 18, 2015, 07:12:25 am
Said goodbye to my Golden Tee Complete today. Had a lot of fun with it,  but after getting online with my PGA Team  Challenge, didn't play at much anymore. Feel a little bit melancholy

Good move Tim.  You'll never look back.  What did.you end up getting for it?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 18, 2015, 07:13:12 am
Has anyone updated the rewards list lately.  I'm sure this has been found,  but just in case no one has got a hole in one on #8 at Great White.

Great shot Tim

I just found the other one. Double eagle on the 3rd.

For those who dont know. You can hit the ball over the mountain on the 3rd. Use a 3wood normal shot. No back spin. You will need the wind from the side or from behind. If you hit the mountain on the way down just right, you will land on the green and put for the double eagle.
What course is this for? And great looking ball!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 18, 2015, 07:41:18 am
Has anyone updated the rewards list lately.  I'm sure this has been found,  but just in case no one has got a hole in one on #8 at Great White.

Great shot Tim

I just found the other one. Double eagle on the 3rd.

For those who dont know. You can hit the ball over the mountain on the 3rd. Use a 3wood normal shot. No back spin. You will need the wind from the side or from behind. If you hit the mountain on the way down just right, you will land on the green and put for the double eagle.
What course is this for? And great looking ball!!

Great White North
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 18, 2015, 07:55:04 am
Said goodbye to my Golden Tee Complete today. Had a lot of fun with it,  but after getting online with my PGA Team  Challenge, didn't play at much anymore. Feel a little bit melancholy

Good move Tim.  You'll never look back.  What did.you end up getting for it?

Hello Torin. I was able to get $950 for it. This is on the high end of average for the Minneapolis area. But I think it was a good price since it was a home use only machine.  Not that I didn't turn down about a dozen emails asking "what is your absolute bottom price you'll take"  Figure if I didn't sell it, I'd just keep it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on December 18, 2015, 02:30:30 pm
Nice!  About twice what I got for mine.  Although, I wasn't very attached to it and hardly had any money into it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 18, 2015, 08:45:53 pm
Top price for bad game!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on December 18, 2015, 11:33:15 pm
Hey guys when is the next Tournament? I'm ready! Steve, AKA Bev. Later
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on December 20, 2015, 12:27:54 pm
Hi all , I am new here please bear with me
I have just bought a pga tour golf team championship machine however I am need of some help as after receiving it i powered it up and keep getting stuck on ...no card reader installed  (even though it has one )it then says press start to continue however this does not seem to work I have no back up CD and little knowledge of what I could do to have the machine working .... (the note accepter and coin mech are both working btw)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 20, 2015, 02:03:09 pm
New tournament has been started.  2015 christmas shootout.  Runs 12/20 to 12/26.  Difficulty 4.  Random course.  Random weather.  Call in and enjoy!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 21, 2015, 06:48:53 am
New tournament has been started.  2015 christmas shootout.  Runs 12/20 to 12/26.  Difficulty 4.  Random course.  Random weather.  Call in and enjoy!
That's great boost I hope the family are all well mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 21, 2015, 06:54:59 am
Hi all , I am new here please bear with me
I have just bought a pga tour golf team championship machine however I am need of some help as after receiving it i powered it up and keep getting stuck on ...no card reader installed  (even though it has one )it then says press start to continue however this does not seem to work I have no back up CD and little knowledge of what I could do to have the machine working .... (the note accepter and coin mech are both working btw)
Hi mictas welcome to the club, I would try reseating all cables at the back of the PC and maybe try a different usb for your card reader. Make sure all your button switches are all wired up correctly especially check for the ground or common wires are all seated correctly. Some pics of your machine and the back of your PC would help also.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on December 21, 2015, 09:40:08 am
Ty I will give your suggestions ago later ..and post some pics .think the earth wire now you have mentioned it is a very good idea
Looking forward to getting this working
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 21, 2015, 10:25:22 am
New tournament has been started.  2015 christmas shootout.  Runs 12/20 to 12/26.  Difficulty 4.  Random course.  Random weather.  Call in and enjoy!
That's great boost I hope the family are all well mate
We're hangin in there.  Wife is on bed rest so everything is on me.  If I thought I had 0 time to code before I guess that makes it -5 now.  We'll get through it and get back to normal.  Hope all is well with you and everyone here.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 21, 2015, 10:27:30 am
I found a bug this morning when I checked the current tournament leaderboards.  I set the tournament for difficulty 4 but the leaderboard shows 3.  That either means my tool accidentally set the tourney to 3 or the leaderboard code parsed/presented the data wrong.  Just wanted to let you guys know I'm aware of it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 21, 2015, 11:28:58 am
I noticed this too. I thought the holes looked more like difficulty 3 (normal) during the 2 rounds I have played. Even though it shows as difficulty 4 on the Tournament page. Then again, since the World Tour is set to difficulty 3 (normal) maybe my mind just thinks the holes look this way now.
Thanks for putting up a tournament, but take care of what is important. Always family first.
If I can help in any way, just let me know. Well except for diaper changing  ;)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 21, 2015, 04:09:17 pm
Why no diaper change Tim? Your fine changing your own!!  :laugh2:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 21, 2015, 06:04:26 pm
Why no diaper change Tim? Your fine changing your own!!  :laugh2:
I have a 20 and 14 year old.  God willing,  my diaper days are over. I'll just keep trying to hold my own online with you kids.   :D
On a side note, I am only seeing my 2 rounds on the Tournament website. Has no one else played a round yet?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 21, 2015, 06:33:09 pm
I meant the one you wear yourself Tim.   :applaud:
Haven't played yet mate busy time of year hope to get a few rounds in tonight. If the gaming gods are smiling upon me!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on December 21, 2015, 09:39:21 pm
Playing right now online if anyone wants to play? My guess is we could play Challenge Match if we are online at the same time? Sorry I'm a newbie but love it thanks! Text me if your ready to play 360 241-8294 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 22, 2015, 01:54:55 am
Playing right now online if anyone wants to play? My guess is we could play Challenge Match if we are online at the same time? Sorry I'm a newbie but love it thanks! Text me if your ready to play 360 241-8294
Don't think challenge match is an option just yet BEV on boosts to do list way down the track mate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 22, 2015, 05:14:03 am
I meant the one you wear yourself Tim.   :applaud:
Haven't played yet mate busy time of year hope to get a few rounds in tonight. If the gaming gods are smiling upon me!

Thank you Boost. I am exited to play a tournament.

Is it a random course every time? Joe we should play a tournament over Skype. It should create a little more pressure.

 ;D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 22, 2015, 06:20:25 am
I meant the one you wear yourself Tim.   :applaud:
Haven't played yet mate busy time of year hope to get a few rounds in tonight. If the gaming gods are smiling upon me!

Thank you Boost. I am exited to play a tournament.

Is it a random course every time? Joe we should play a tournament over Skype. It should create a little more pressure.

 ;D
Would be great mate just a crazy time of year and haven't played much golf for a while as you can see by my 2 quick rounds I played in the tournament. Ha ha. Hopefully after Christmas we can when things hopefully settle down a bit!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 22, 2015, 06:36:24 am
I meant the one you wear yourself Tim.   :applaud:
Haven't played yet mate busy time of year hope to get a few rounds in tonight. If the gaming gods are smiling upon me!

Thank you Boost. I am exited to play a tournament.

Is it a random course every time? Joe we should play a tournament over Skype. It should create a little more pressure.

 ;D
Would be great mate just a crazy time of year and haven't played much golf for a while as you can see by my 2 quick rounds I played in the tournament. Ha ha. Hopefully after Christmas we can when things hopefully settle down a bit!

After Christmas sound great. Maybe on Sunday
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on December 22, 2015, 08:23:58 pm
Oh gotcha, ok so just go to the Tournament and can you see others playing or get their updates on scores if online at the same time?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 23, 2015, 04:33:59 pm
Oh gotcha, ok so just go to the Tournament and can you see others playing or get their updates on scores if online at the same time?
Hi BEV in game leaderboard updates are not available yet either another on Boosts to do list mate. There is a website he has created with the world tour and tournament leaderboards to see how you are placed.
http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/wtleaderboards.aspx (http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/wtleaderboards.aspx)
http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/tournamentleaderboards.aspx?tournament_title=2015+Christmas+Shootout (http://pgaprivateserver.somee.com/tournamentleaderboards.aspx?tournament_title=2015+Christmas+Shootout)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on December 23, 2015, 10:35:45 pm
Awesome thanks! :laugh:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 24, 2015, 07:33:52 am
Merry Christmas from Oz everyone.  I hope you have a great day and maybe play a little bit of golf if Santa is nice to you!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 27, 2015, 07:04:03 am
Merry Christmas from Oz everyone.  I hope you have a great day and maybe play a little bit of golf if Santa is nice to you!!

Belated Merry Christmas to everyone. Hope you had a great day. 😀😀
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: boostinallovryou on December 27, 2015, 04:03:40 pm
What's going on with everyone, I leave the board for a bit and the party slows down??  Keep this thing rolling in my absence.  I'll be back soon.  New tournament starting today.  2016 New Years Shindig.  The ball that drops at midnight is a golf ball!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 27, 2015, 04:37:52 pm
What's going on with everyone, I leave the board for a bit and the party slows down??  Keep this thing rolling in my absence.  I'll be back soon.  New tournament starting today.  2016 New Years Shindig.  The ball that drops at midnight is a golf ball!
I think it's that time of year mate. We have had to much to eat and drink and now we are all on the go slow trying to recover!! Ha ha. Bring on the next tournament need to get some good practice in as last effort showed my lack of golf playing urghhh
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 27, 2015, 05:37:13 pm
Thanks for getting a new tournament setup.  Hope you and the family are well and all in the community have had a good Christmas
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 28, 2015, 01:54:59 am
Hello

I will update the skill shot sheet later today and sent it through.

Joe lets do the Skype game, or are you scared?    ;D



Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 28, 2015, 03:29:29 am
Hello

I will update the skill shot sheet later today and sent it through.

Joe lets do the Skype game, or are you scared?    ;D
Your a freak mate ha ha but would love to will be on tonight will look for ya and see how we go.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 28, 2015, 03:43:15 am
Hello

I will update the skill shot sheet later today and sent it through.

Joe lets do the Skype game, or are you scared?    ;D
Your a freak mate ha ha but would love to will be on tonight will look for ya and see how we go.

How many hours more or less from now? I just want to work out what time it would be on my side and be on the look out on skype
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 28, 2015, 04:56:23 am
Just on there now but no new tournament? Probably still coming I guess. Looking to Skype now mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on December 28, 2015, 05:00:21 am
Hello

I will update the skill shot sheet later today and sent it through.

Joe lets do the Skype game, or are you scared?    ;D
Your a freak mate ha ha but would love to will be on tonight will look for ya and see how we go.

How many hours more or less from now? I just want to work out what time it would be on my side and be on the look out on skype
9pm in Melbourne Australia. 12pm in Cape Town SA I'll be here for a while.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on December 28, 2015, 05:19:04 am
Just on there now but no new tournament? Probably still coming I guess. Looking to Skype now mate

I also thought the new tournament not up yet. Could not see any new tournaments loaded on the website.

Boost please save us :)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 01, 2016, 06:11:24 am
Is it just me or are boosts leaderboard websites down? And Happy New Year Everyone!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 01, 2016, 07:33:09 am
Happy New Year to everyone.

Leaderboards are down.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 01, 2016, 10:26:01 am
Happy New Year everyone. I noticed that the leaderboards went down about the same time that the new tournament was posted yesterday.

Also, I think that the hole is very small for being set at 4 (hard). This is the setting I use normally for non WT rounds and the hole isn't that small. To look into it, I played a round at level 5 (very hard) and the hole size, which is slightly bigger than the ball and is almost filled by the flag stick, looks more like the size for this tournament.

Looking forward to a fun filled year of online play.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 01, 2016, 03:33:14 pm
I agree Tim.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 02, 2016, 05:08:42 am
How does the scores look for the new year tournament?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on January 02, 2016, 08:10:37 am
I don't think I'd played that course before, it's tough.  I need to put in some practice rounds before I try the tournament again.  I'm afraid I'll get booted off the tour if I shoot another round like I did.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 02, 2016, 09:00:40 am
Front and Back 9 is challenging. I just have never played it as 18 holes.

I shot 2 good scores out of the 5 tries
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 02, 2016, 05:26:26 pm
Well, today I screwed things up in a big way.
After completing my tournament rounds and not having much more to do, I thought I would try and see how things worked with changing players names as STP and Spitfire describe. The fictional players truly drive me up a wall to look at, so I thought I would see how much work it took to navigate around.  My keyboard worked perfectly, but not my mouse, wired or USB wireless.  I tried to connect a jumpdrive and USB wireless mouse to the 2 usb ports on the front of the tower and neither would recognize.  So I burned the folder to my CDRW disk I originally used to install Boosts online patcher from. Guess what happened next....the patcher ran and reinstalled. Major dumb mistake on my part.
After everything rebooted, the fun really began.  I found my cabinet unregistered again. So I went through the steps to reregister, which went fine.  Only problem was that now my cabinet ID went from 30035 to 30039. Then more surprises as I found that I had no WT scores, long drives, putts, etc.  My player info still showed my hidden items, but no ranking.  So I resigned myself to begin my WT over.  Strange thing is that the leaderboards show my scores on them.
Will this cause a problem? or will my new scores be just added to the leaderboards with my same player name?

I don't mind starting the WT over, I just don't want to screw things up on the server.
I still would like to replace the fantasy players with players like Palmer, Nicklaus etc. But a bit spooked now.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 02, 2016, 06:06:22 pm
Hey Tim I feel your pain mate. I to re registered by mistake and had to start world tour again and it is a little confusing with my old scores still there but it has no adverse effect on the server. 

Now with changing players it's a must I too hate those fantasy players even though I don't use anyone other than myself on my card but friends love playing as Tiger.  I normally don't even connect a mouse when navigating the folders as everything can be done with the keyboard but if you are using a mouse you need an old ps2 mouse plugged in I think or if usb mouse try a sub slot at the back of your PC as you know they work. Follow the instructions I have posted and it's quite a simple process. I even have my menu music as ACDC thunderstruck which adds a lot to the game ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 03, 2016, 06:03:04 pm
Now with changing players it's a must I too hate those fantasy players even though I don't use anyone other than myself on my card but friends love playing as Tiger.  I normally don't even connect a mouse when navigating the folders as everything can be done with the keyboard but if you are using a mouse you need an old ps2 mouse plugged in I think or if usb mouse try a sub slot at the back of your PC as you know they work. Follow the instructions I have posted and it's quite a simple process. I even have my menu music as ACDC thunderstruck which adds a lot to the game ha ha
Thanks Joe. Is there anyway you could save your players folder and zip it up and post it here? That way I could just copy it over my existing folder and have the players you are using and get rid of the fantasy players.  I have already made a copy of the players folder and saved it to a new location on the hard drive, so I could always go back.
Also, do you have a screen shot of what your players screen looks like. Kind of curious what it looks like with different golfers.

Thanks again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on January 04, 2016, 04:49:05 pm
Has anyone figured out how to replace the fantasy player icons on the select page?  I've got the real player images loaded so that when you move down to one if the fantasy players, Tiger Woods shows up in the image to the right, but the avatar still shows the fantasy player.  Anyone crack that yet?  I've browsed around my hd, but nothing jumped out at me.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on January 04, 2016, 08:45:25 pm
So I figured it out!! If anyone else ever runs into this problem of restore cabinet registration and it won't reregister these are the steps i did. I went to modem test in diagnostics on operator menu. Before i did the test i pulled the dongle out then did the test. The test came back failed and i finally had the option to register my cabinet because it saw it as unregistered. I then went to the connect screen did the registration steps and plugged the dongle back in before i hit connect and then bam connected to server. Man I am glad that headache is over.

Thankyou TheSherman8or!

I too was getting the registration process hanging at the 5% mark, for a cabinet that was previously registered with GlobalVR. The instructions above did the trick.

Cheers  :notworthy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 05, 2016, 01:06:55 am
Hey Tim on holidays at the moment and back in town about a weeks time so will try to do it for you then. All screen shots and files you need are in posts from me on page 34 n 35 of this thread. Take a look it's they are great.

Hey Ed now haven't been able to figure how to change the icons though it was beyond my expertease. I think it's something that Boost would be able to do. When he is back from new baby duties we will get him to add it to his list as would be great to get those icons matching the substituted players.
How's the new tournament going anyone challeng that South African freak. Been away so haven't had a chance to even come a distant second. Urghhhhaving withdrawals. Ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 05, 2016, 01:39:02 am
Freak you say. hahaha

What does the scores look like? I can not see any info on the leader boards yet?

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on January 05, 2016, 06:43:17 am
Hi guys, just got online and have a quick question - are the leaderboads just dispayed for a tournament, or should the best rounds also appear when playing a world tour course?

Cheers,
Scott.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 05, 2016, 05:59:07 pm
Ed
  Icons can be changed but we need to use Anark Media.  Game comes preloaded with media player but need full anark media center.  Unable to locate a copy to try and change the icons, we would also be able to add players to the screen as well as courses (in theory that is).  The cost of the software runs between $1k to $3K.  If you can get yourself a version you should be able to peek and poke into the .ank file for game.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on January 05, 2016, 08:01:50 pm
Ed
  Icons can be changed but we need to use Anark Media.  Game comes preloaded with media player but need full anark media center.  Unable to locate a copy to try and change the icons, we would also be able to add players to the screen as well as courses (in theory that is).  The cost of the software runs between $1k to $3K.  If you can get yourself a version you should be able to peek and poke into the .ank file for game.
Jason

Gotcha, thanks Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 05, 2016, 10:41:33 pm
Hi guys, just got online and have a quick question - are the leaderboads just dispayed for a tournament, or should the best rounds also appear when playing a world tour course?

Cheers,
Scott.
Hi Scott, boost has 2 realtime websites showing all world tour and tournament scores which for some reason are currently down. In game best scores for each world tour course show up before you play a round. Nothing shows just yet for tournament play but is on boosts to do list.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on January 06, 2016, 03:55:46 am
Hi guys, just got online and have a quick question - are the leaderboads just dispayed for a tournament, or should the best rounds also appear when playing a world tour course?

Cheers,
Scott.
Hi Scott, boost has 2 realtime websites showing all world tour and tournament scores which for some reason are currently down. In game best scores for each world tour course show up before you play a round. Nothing shows just yet for tournament play but is on boosts to do list.
Excellent thanks Joe.

Cheers.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on January 08, 2016, 05:29:58 pm
My PGA went tits up yesterday won't show video, does not play blind but powers up. I reseated everything changed the RAM nothing CRAP!!!! I just sent it in to a computer repair shop I'm crossing my fingers I already miss her!!!!!!!!!  :banghead:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 09, 2016, 04:28:28 pm
Picked up a few more things today. I like the marquee more than my PGA Challenge one. Not sure what I can do with the install disks, but they look like they are for versions of PGA Championship 1 and 3 and maybe the original Tour machines. I also have 2 dongles, for PGA Tour and Championship 1. I wish I knew more about what these other versions differences are. I think Championship 3 had Pebble Beach, but never remember playing it. I have one extra IDE hard drive I could try and install it on and see what I get I guess.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 09, 2016, 06:29:23 pm
Hi Bev
Not of to hear about your golf PC going south. Should have held on to it for a while and we could have ran you through a few trouble shooting tips which would have hard her running again as not much to these machines. Oh well hopefully PC tech doesn't wreck it completely!! Urghhh!!

Tim championship 3 does have pebble beach on it and is the only one worth installing the rest are pretty poor versions of the game. You will need to link the machine to your original I/O control panel to be able to have any control of the game though as I don't think anyone has been able to emulate that yet.

Boost I hope we see you back here soon mate. Not the same without you and especially with the leaderboard websites down. Not that it makes any difference to us as GVD dominates every course ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on January 09, 2016, 10:08:38 pm
Great News, I'M BACK!!!!!! Yes next time I will check with you guys before sending it in for sure. It was a $30 repair, they reset the memory according to the bill. They liked me and put in 2gig of ram replacing my 256 gig ram which was cool. Just played Pumpkin Ridge and it was ugly, trying to at least make the scoreboard on some course!!!!!!  :cheers: 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 13, 2016, 04:02:15 pm
I was able to get the Championship 1 to install on a spare hard drive. I had to use my restore disk from my Challenge disks since the 3 I had for PGA Tour and different Championship versions wouldn't install some needed drivers. Must have to do with my PC tower.  I tried to install Championship 3, but came up with a dongle error.  I guess the Championship versions require their own dongle, unlike TC and AAP which can use the same dongle.
It was cool seeing Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Poppy Hills. Sure wish we could figure a way to get them into TC. Timber Creek was not too bad as a fictional course, but Scorpion Ridge was much too like some Golden Tee courses.

One thing after seeing the Championship version makes me wonder is where did the crowds go in Challenge and the Team Challenge versions. They have the tournament objects like camera towers and stuff, but no people. Unless there is a setting in TC to make the people show up.

If I could find a Championship 3 dongle, I could have 5 versions of PGA Tour runnable from my machine with the simple change of a hard drive.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 14, 2016, 07:47:35 pm
Hey all trying to source an I/O board for another Pga golf Cabinet I am trying to save from the scrap heap. Anyone have one for sale or know where I can pick one up?
Has anyone been able to bypass the I/O board somehow as that would be the answer to the lack of spare parts out there.
Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 15, 2016, 02:53:07 am
Tim, I am very jealous. Those courses look awesome to play. I have the Champ 1 discs and a dongle at home, but I am not sure if the dongle works. I am going to try to install it over the weekend.

Spitfire. There is a amusement shop in Melbourne, Zax Amusements. http://www.zax.com.au/ (http://www.zax.com.au/) I bought from them about a year ago. You can try them. Ask for the PGA Nytric Card.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 15, 2016, 06:19:04 am
Yes Zax does have them but they want $400-$500 for one. Very pricey.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 15, 2016, 01:36:29 pm
Joe, I asked the guys about the PC towers, RAM, and control boards when I picked up the "box of stuff" I got last week. I guess they use the PCs, RAM, hard drives and control boards for use as they convert the PGA Tour cabinets to multicades they then sell.  Makes me sad to think of these PGA units that could be again played online being lost, but they are a highly ideal setup to convert I guess.

I will see if they have boards they might not be using and might consider selling.  All the other PGA stuff they have just given me as they had no use for it any more.

I have been making settings for weekly tournaments to go correspond to the PGA events, hoping that we can use them when boost finds some free time. I bet he has his hands full with his real child.

Any progress on getting a players folder created?

Pretty soon the WT leaderboards will be overtaken by yours and Gerhard's scores ;)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 15, 2016, 03:52:40 pm
Hey Tim
Have been on holidays so I haven't been playing much at all. Back to normal next week so will start playing a bit more then. Pm me your email address and I'll get round to making a copy of my players folder for you mate.
If they are converting those Pga cabinets the I/O boards won't be needed so they should have them hopefully.
Would be good to see Boost back as would love the leaderboard websites up and running and s new tournament.
Didn't get to play in the last one!! Urghhh!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 19, 2016, 08:36:12 am
Hello

Can anyone help me out with the Championship 1 rescue and installation discs? I have a dongle, but have no idea where the discs dissapeared too.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 19, 2016, 03:03:47 pm
Try this link
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/auwpxyqwq4456zt/AABEm7EPZBltTNta00CxKXRia?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/auwpxyqwq4456zt/AABEm7EPZBltTNta00CxKXRia?dl=0)
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 19, 2016, 03:17:03 pm
Leaderboard websites back up and running. Woo hoooo!!! Time to play some golf as its been awhile.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bbaker2824 on January 19, 2016, 03:25:20 pm
Hi guys.  I've been lurking in here off and on for a while and love the progress you've made..

I have a Challenge game and would love to unlock the access to additional courses.  From what I can tell the tournaments you setup aren't available for my machine.  Is it possible to unlock access or upgrade to team challenge so I can join in the fun?

Thanks in advance and sorry if this was answered somewhere else in the thread.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 20, 2016, 11:51:02 am
Hi guys.  I've been lurking in here off and on for a while and love the progress you've made..

I have a Challenge game and would love to unlock the access to additional courses.  From what I can tell the tournaments you setup aren't available for my machine.  Is it possible to unlock access or upgrade to team challenge so I can join in the fun?

Thanks in advance and sorry if this was answered somewhere else in the thread.

Hi Baker

Welcome

You need the Team Challenge discs and dongle. Do you have Challenge or Team Challenge?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 20, 2016, 11:59:04 am
Hi Guys

I need some help please.

I am looking for some new courses to play. I know there are courses on Championship 1 and 3 that I have not played before. The courses Tim post of Champ 1 looks awesome.

My problem is. I have the original Champ 3 discs but not the dongle. I downloaded the Champ 1 discs from the link that Jason posted, but it looks like my dongle is broken. A message in yellow popped up saying invalid dongle. The dongle looked so pretty, but not so much anymore. lol  How much bad luck can one have. hahahaha

Please help a guy out.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 20, 2016, 12:01:39 pm
Hi Guys

I need some help please.

I am looking for some new courses to play. I know there are courses on Championship 1 and 3 that I have not played before. The courses Tim post of Champ 1 looks awesome.

My problem is. I have the original Champ 3 discs but not the dongle. I downloaded the Champ 1 discs from the link that Jason posted, but it looks like my dongle is broken. A message in yellow popped up saying invalid dongle. The dongle looked so pretty, but not so much anymore. lol  How much bad luck can one have. hahahaha

Please help a guy out.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 20, 2016, 12:27:36 pm
Hi Guys

I need some help please.

I am looking for some new courses to play. I know there are courses on Championship 1 and 3 that I have not played before. The courses Tim post of Champ 1 looks awesome.

My problem is. I have the original Champ 3 discs but not the dongle. I downloaded the Champ 1 discs from the link that Jason posted, but it looks like my dongle is broken. A message in yellow popped up saying invalid dongle. The dongle looked so pretty, but not so much anymore. lol  How much bad luck can one have. hahahaha

Please help a guy out.

I was wondering. Maybe I have the wrong software for the Champ 1.  Tim does the logo looks like the pic attached?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 20, 2016, 12:31:02 pm
Hi

I am willing pay for a dongle if anyone have a spare.

Sorry for all the posts  :)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 20, 2016, 12:45:05 pm
I have dongle for all but champ 2. I dumped all access couple years ago and have it running on multiple machines eithout dongle. I hope to try and dump rest and see if they work. Will let ya know what i find.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 20, 2016, 12:56:06 pm
I have dongle for all but champ 2. I dumped all access couple years ago and have it running on multiple machines eithout dongle. I hope to try and dump rest and see if they work. Will let ya know what i find.
Jason

Thanks Jason.  I have send you a PM.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 20, 2016, 01:02:31 pm
Looking for PGA Tour iso and reinstall software.  This is original game not champ ed 1.

Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bbaker2824 on January 20, 2016, 01:08:39 pm
Thanks for the reply. I have the Challenge. ; (  is there anyplace to get the software and dongle for Team Challenge?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 20, 2016, 01:24:31 pm
Hi

Does any have the link to the dropbox folder where Baker can find the TC installation discs?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 20, 2016, 01:26:11 pm
Send me pm with you email. I believe it is on the pga facebook page. Unsure as i dont use facebok, sorry.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 20, 2016, 01:37:29 pm
I downloaded the TC Restore and disks 1-3.iso files of a link on the Facebook page.  It's kind of buried in a comment or reply.  I never used them as I just bought the AAP disks and dongle off eBay and applied Boosts parcher04 to it which worked fine.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bbaker2824 on January 20, 2016, 03:01:16 pm
Jason,  hopefully i sent you a PM. I'm doing this from my phone so it's hard for me to tell. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 20, 2016, 05:13:00 pm
Here is link to dropbox with TC
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oxmhie41sd83l3p/AAD7E469a2TMSRqlrzI90iCea?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oxmhie41sd83l3p/AAD7E469a2TMSRqlrzI90iCea?dl=0)

Jason

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 20, 2016, 05:31:16 pm
Dumped PGA Champ 3 dongle this afternoon, but cant get hasphl2007 to autoload.  When I manually load, hit start button and game works.  Anyone run into this issue when install or using TCAA dongle dmp??  Going to write a .bat file and see if this works but want to see if any other work around.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bbaker2824 on January 20, 2016, 11:09:55 pm
Thanks!  Have them all downloading. Will try to decipher instructions tomorrow. I need to stop and get a WIFI card for the PC so once I get it all installed I can try to hook up with you guys!   :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 20, 2016, 11:43:03 pm
Thanks!  Have them all downloading. Will try to decipher instructions tomorrow. I need to stop and get a WIFI card for the PC so once I get it all installed I can try to hook up with you guys!   :applaud:
To get online with my machine, all I did was connect an Ethernet cable from the back of the cabinet into a WIFI repeater I got on eBay for about $15.
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/300Mbps-802-11-Wifi-Repeater-Wireless-N-AP-Range-Signal-Extender-Booster-US-Plug-/161858554265?hash=item25af858999 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/300Mbps-802-11-Wifi-Repeater-Wireless-N-AP-Range-Signal-Extender-Booster-US-Plug-/161858554265?hash=item25af858999)
The Repeater then connects wirelessly with your router and after running Boosts patcher04, follow the instructions to connect to the server. Works very well and you don't need to add anything to your PC or game.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 20, 2016, 11:47:09 pm
Dumped PGA Champ 3 dongle this afternoon, but cant get hasphl2007 to autoload.  When I manually load, hit start button and game works.  Anyone run into this issue when install or using TCAA dongle dmp??  Going to write a .bat file and see if this works but want to see if any other work around.

Jason

Hello Jason,
I sure would like to see if it is possible to run Championship3 without a dongle, but not sure what would need to be done. I am unsure if you can reprogram a dongle to work with a different version as I have a spare PGA Tour dongle for the original version of PGA Tour.  If it is possible to reprogram it to play Championship3 that would be very cool as I would like to see how much better Championship3 is than Championship1.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 21, 2016, 10:11:31 am
I have Champ 3 dumped, I can start game but have to turn on the emulator each time I power down machine.  My TC and All Access boot straight into game without dongle, but having trouble with Champ 3.  The emulator just isn't saving the settings going to try playing around with it again today.
TimBoch
Do you have disk for original PGATour? I need those as well. 

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 22, 2016, 07:51:46 am
Lots going on which is good to see. I've been back at work and every spare moment has been spent upgrading my Virtual Pinball.  I have a heap of Pga discs around and dongles I will check to see what versions they are Jason.

Tim still waiting for you to pm your email address so I can send you my players folder.

Welcome Baker can't wait to see you on the leader boards. 

Need to really play some golf this weekend as I don't think I have played a game this year ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on January 22, 2016, 07:54:13 am
Lots going on which is good to see. I've been back at work and every spare moment has been spent upgrading my Virtual Pinball.  I have a heap of Pga discs around and dongles I will check to see what versions they are Jason.

Tim still waiting for you to pm your email address so I can send you my players folder.

Welcome Baker can't wait to see you on the leader boards. 

Need to really play some golf this weekend as I don't think I have played a game this year ha ha

Hi Joe

let me know when you going to play. If you want we can do the skype thing.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bbaker2824 on January 22, 2016, 08:40:33 am
I didn't get around to messing with it last night. Had to work late. Will definitely be working on it this weekend though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 22, 2016, 12:17:09 pm
Tried to reinstall PGA Champ on my computer to mess with and only got a blue screen of death in windows.  I have a couple more PGA computers in garage so going to set them up and see if they will install on others.  Luckily have chds of all my PGA drives on home computer.  Anyone else having luck loading multiple versions onto one computer?
Jason
Title: Can I get some help please
Post by: Z28madman on January 22, 2016, 07:55:53 pm
Obviously I am new as this is my first post.  I turned on my Championship Ed. III game the other day and I get a message that  "USB I/O card is missing, not connected, or installation is incomplete..."
 I tried to reinstall the program using the recovery disc and disc 1 & 2, but to no avail I am still getting the same message.  I have checked all connections  multiple times, swapped cables that go to the I/O card nothing is seeming to work.  I found someone else having this issue on this thread and tried what was recommended to them and still nothing.  If I need an I/O Board what is my best course of action and where can I find one?

Thank you in advance for your help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 22, 2016, 08:43:51 pm
In my limited amount of research over the past day, I have come to the conclusion that not every computer will accept all pga disk.  It appears some computers wont install without being tournament enabled.  I am going to reburn all my pga disk and name them according to what version they are.  If anyone has a differnet version we can add to the list.  I would like to at least get each version of PGA cabinet up any running at my home.  Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: Can I get some help please
Post by: Spitfire on January 23, 2016, 06:32:29 am
Obviously I am new as this is my first post.  I turned on my Championship Ed. III game the other day and I get a message that  "USB I/O card is missing, not connected, or installation is incomplete..."
 I tried to reinstall the program using the recovery disc and disc 1 & 2, but to no avail I am still getting the same message.  I have checked all connections  multiple times, swapped cables that go to the I/O card nothing is seeming to work.  I found someone else having this issue on this thread and tried what was recommended to them and still nothing.  If I need an I/O Board what is my best course of action and where can I find one?

Thank you in advance for your help.

welcome Z28 glad you could join us. It's very strange for an I/o board to stop working, so it sounds like something not right with the PC. Firstly if you have checked all the connections like you said you did I would check to see if the card is getting the required amount of power needed. Check that the led on the board lights when then the PC is on and if it doesn't it might be the power cable not connected or a faulty power supply. If it does still might be a faulty connection from power supply or power supply faulty and should be changed. If all checks out good from the power supply I would then check the Bios and make sure that the usb slots are being used in the bios as sometimes the cmos battery fails and the settings reset causing the usb slots not to function due to change in bios. If so replace bios battery and adjust bios and save as per manual. After this I would check the ram. Reseat the ram or even change the slot. If still no luck replace the ram. All or some of these steps should get it working correctly. If not it would seem the I/O board is faulty but would be very strange.
Let us know how you go. Thx Joe
Title: Re: Can I get some help please
Post by: bbaker2824 on January 23, 2016, 11:57:03 am
Obviously I am new as this is my first post.  I turned on my Championship Ed. III game the other day and I get a message that  "USB I/O card is missing, not connected, or installation is incomplete..."
 I tried to reinstall the program using the recovery disc and disc 1 & 2, but to no avail I am still getting the same message.  I have checked all connections  multiple times, swapped cables that go to the I/O card nothing is seeming to work.  I found someone else having this issue on this thread and tried what was recommended to them and still nothing.  If I need an I/O Board what is my best course of action and where can I find one?

Thank you in advance for your help.

I'm no computer expert, but first thing I would check is the CMOS battery. I've had to replace mine twice over a couple years. Each time it wouldn't boot and give me an error about the cdrom... like it was trying to boot from it. When the bios got reset it didn't default to booting off the hard drive.  It could be yours defaulted to the USB and can't boot from it.

Just food for thought.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Z28madman on January 23, 2016, 02:33:20 pm
Thank you for the replies. I will check everything that you suggested as soon as I can. I hope one of those works. Thanks again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 26, 2016, 07:39:30 pm
*Attention*

Ok attached you will find file to extract and get dump for PGA Challenge 3.  I can load each time game boots if I use a keyboard.  Anyone willing to try different HASp emulator to see what works feel free.  Just keep us up to date if you find a fix.

Good Luck
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 27, 2016, 06:21:36 am
*Attention*

Ok attached you will find file to extract and get dump for PGA Challenge 3.  I can load each time game boots if I use a keyboard.  Anyone willing to try different HASp emulator to see what works feel free.  Just keep us up to date if you find a fix.

Good Luck
Jason

Sorry for my ignorance Jason but what is the zip file?? Is it the game disks? Emulator? Dongle? Thx  :dunno
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 27, 2016, 09:12:53 am
Its a compressed file of the dongle file. When unzipped, you get .dng file that emulators use in place of dongles.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bigcahoonas10 on January 29, 2016, 09:57:23 am
Hello Everyone,

I have 2 PGA Tour Cabinets, one has the Challenge edition and one had Championship 1. I tried swapping software because the computer that was using Championship 1 is newer and better. So I put the Challenge Dongle on and the system recovery disc in and went to start the other recovery process to find that it came with extra challenge and team challenge discs but no dongle for those and no Championship 1 discs.

So I am LOOKING for,

Championship 1 Discs
Challenge or Team Challenge Dongle

I have Extra Challenge discs if anyone needs them.

Please let me know what you have ASAP, I have a party coming up next weekend and would like to have both running.

Thank you
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 29, 2016, 02:20:25 pm
What dongles do you have?
We will start with that and get that back up and running. Look through the facebook page listed somewere throughout this post, i believe the have link to all the cds, dongles, and instructions.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on January 29, 2016, 09:41:10 pm
I have 2 Challenge Dongles if needed also.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Brian74 on January 31, 2016, 08:42:57 am
What is the link please?

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Brian74 on January 31, 2016, 08:44:50 am


What is the link please? I managed to get a pc from a Madden cabinet that I wanna try install pga on. I have the dongle for team challenge and championship edition 1

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on January 31, 2016, 12:36:01 pm
Someone on this post listed a facebbok page they created. I dont havr link as i dont use facebook. Read somwhere in the last 20 pages maybe.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bigcahoonas10 on January 31, 2016, 02:00:06 pm
Hi Guys

I need some help please.

I am looking for some new courses to play. I know there are courses on Championship 1 and 3 that I have not played before. The courses Tim post of Champ 1 looks awesome.

My problem is. I have the original Champ 3 discs but not the dongle. I downloaded the Champ 1 discs from the link that Jason posted, but it looks like my dongle is broken. A message in yellow popped up saying invalid dongle. The dongle looked so pretty, but not so much anymore. lol  How much bad luck can one have. hahahaha

Please help a guy out.

Hey,

I have a Championship 1 Dongle I will sell and I have a Challenge Dongle and Software I will sell. Text me 2407503888
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on January 31, 2016, 02:11:47 pm
Hey all, been awhile since I have been on here but seems like a lot has happened as I now see leaderboards on all courses. I was one of the first to beta the connectivity of the server but cant seem to get my name to show up on the leaderboard. Was there something else that needed to be done to get this to happen? Im also looking to get some artwork done for my glass, wondering if anyone out there is capable (wanting wet application only)

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 01, 2016, 06:41:25 am
Hey all, been awhile since I have been on here but seems like a lot has happened as I now see leaderboards on all courses. I was one of the first to beta the connectivity of the server but cant seem to get my name to show up on the leaderboard. Was there something else that needed to be done to get this to happen? Im also looking to get some artwork done for my glass, wondering if anyone out there is capable (wanting wet application only)

Thanks
Hi 96 glad to see you back mate. Once you play a game on world tour and then call in you score and name should automatically be updated on the world tour leaderboard. If your nick isnt there after call in it may show up as no name if so you may have been registered twice I think. If you send boost your player login number and nick you want he can fix this for you. However he is under family lock up at the moment due to a new born baby. I think their was another fix posted but can't remember how. May be worth re running the online patcher. This will issue you with a new nick and number once you register again but you also need to start world tour again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 01, 2016, 11:20:59 am
Hey Guys,
  I have gone through the dongles I have here at my house and began to create a master list.  Could you please take a look at any of the one you guys have lying around and see if the match or are different.  I Have been able to load multiple versions onto different computers, but so far dongle invalid.  The manuals say that each version prior to Champ 3 could have a regular version and a challenge version (tournaments), each needing different software, also each computer motherboard (pre Champ 3) installed with different drivers.  My goal is to get the dongle dump with its correct software and make it available to whoever wants it.  Any help would be truly appreciated.

PGA Tour
Hasp4 M1   1.3
EMMQ UE 212510

PGA Champ Edition 1
Hasp4 M1   1.5
EMMQ UM 217879

PGA Champ Edition 3
Hasp4 M1  1.5
EMMQ UF 250822

PGA Team Challenge/All Access
H4 M1  6.0
EMMQ 206045


Thanks Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on February 01, 2016, 02:53:26 pm
Jason,

Here's what I've got:

PGA TM Challenge - US
H4 M1   5.0
EMMMQ  205289

Championship III
HASP4 M1   1.5
EMMMQ  UK 251126
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: vespertillio on February 01, 2016, 03:55:50 pm
Hey all. I've been wanting to get one of these for a while and now I think I can. I'm thinking about purchasing this one. Will it work for tournament play? I have not seen it in person and am in negotiations at this time. IS there anything I should look for? Thanks all.

(http://[URL=http://s1351.photobucket.com/user/vespertillio1/media/PGA%201_zpsfewvinlj.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p786/vespertillio1/PGA%201_zpsfewvinlj.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 01, 2016, 04:56:26 pm
The marquee says team challenge all access, but confirm with the main screen.  If it is a team challenge all access it works perfect, just have to downgrade software.  The dongle is the same so don't need another.  Confirm computer has dongle on it, although we can re=un an emulator it is good to have. Other things to see if card reader works, test can be performed in operators menu.  The rest can be fixed with a little work.
This is my 2 cents when looking at PGA cabs.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: vespertillio on February 01, 2016, 05:20:06 pm
Jason. Thank you for the reply. I'll have him check. Where is the dongle located? I'll see if he can get a couple pictures. Will he have to have a card to test the card reader?

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 01, 2016, 07:09:44 pm
Dongle located on back of computer, operator s button inside coin door leads to screen for testing card reader.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: 96p993 on February 01, 2016, 09:35:58 pm
Hey all, been awhile since I have been on here but seems like a lot has happened as I now see leaderboards on all courses. I was one of the first to beta the connectivity of the server but cant seem to get my name to show up on the leaderboard. Was there something else that needed to be done to get this to happen? Im also looking to get some artwork done for my glass, wondering if anyone out there is capable (wanting wet application only)

Thanks
Hi 96 glad to see you back mate. Once you play a game on world tour and then call in you score and name should automatically be updated on the world tour leaderboard. If your nick isnt there after call in it may show up as no name if so you may have been registered twice I think. If you send boost your player login number and nick you want he can fix this for you. However he is under family lock up at the moment due to a new born baby. I think their was another fix posted but can't remember how. May be worth re running the online patcher. This will issue you with a new nick and number once you register again but you also need to start world tour again.

Thanks Spit, I will take a closer look and see if my name is being uploaded after the next call.

Im also looking for someone that does vinyl work, looking specifically vinyl for wet application, I make too many mistakes and really want to be able to situate before affixing to the glass
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Brian74 on February 02, 2016, 03:48:25 pm
 PGA Challenge
HASP4 M1 1.5
EMMMQ Uk 276525

Champ Ed 1
HASP4 M1 1.5
EMMMQ KG 97678

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 02, 2016, 07:02:58 pm
Thanks Guys

  Thank you for posting your dongle #s but after a few days of emails, the only way to determine version of dongle is to send them back to customer support. Have not decided if thats what i am going to do, but would tell me what cds i need.  I also learned this week that challenge is different than team challenge.  Great now i have one more dongle to track down.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 02, 2016, 11:11:11 pm
Hey all, been awhile since I have been on here but seems like a lot has happened as I now see leaderboards on all courses. I was one of the first to beta the connectivity of the server but cant seem to get my name to show up on the leaderboard. Was there something else that needed to be done to get this to happen? Im also looking to get some artwork done for my glass, wondering if anyone out there is capable (wanting wet application only)

Thanks
Hi 96 glad to see you back mate. Once you play a game on world tour and then call in you score and name should automatically be updated on the world tour leaderboard. If your nick isnt there after call in it may show up as no name if so you may have been registered twice I think. If you send boost your player login number and nick you want he can fix this for you. However he is under family lock up at the moment due to a new born baby. I think their was another fix posted but can't remember how. May be worth re running the online patcher. This will issue you with a new nick and number once you register again but you also need to start world tour again.

Thanks Spit, I will take a closer look and see if my name is being uploaded after the next call.

Im also looking for someone that does vinyl work, looking specifically vinyl for wet application, I make too many mistakes and really want to be able to situate before affixing to the glass

Hey 96 STPCore does that kind of stuff. I would pm him mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 03, 2016, 02:16:50 pm
Looking for iso of PGA Challenge disk (050-0085-01)  and recovery disk (050-0072-01).  These have a pic of golf bag on the disc.
*looking for any challenge disk (not team challenge)
Dont make me buy the off ebay, someone has them!!
Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Brian74 on February 08, 2016, 02:47:43 pm
I tried burning the restore disc 3 times. Keep getting the same error. Disc Boot Failure, Insert system disk
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on February 08, 2016, 03:56:12 pm
Have there been any recent tournaments?  My power supply went down and I'm now back up and running. 

It doesn't look like Boost has been on here for a while and I was wondering if this is still ongoing.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 08, 2016, 11:10:11 pm
Have there been any recent tournaments?  My power supply went down and I'm now back up and running. 

It doesn't look like Boost has been on here for a while and I was wondering if this is still ongoing.
Hi Torin busy times all round. Boost as a new born so he is on family duties so no new tournaments but world tour is still running. Hopefully want be too long before he returns and some new tournaments will start. Saying that I haven't played for a while so need to get some practice in. Hopefully work slows down as miss my golf!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jthain on February 09, 2016, 11:02:18 pm
Hi all,

Does anyone know why when I turn on the cabinet switch on my machine, everything starts up except the computer?  I need to reach around to the front of the tower and press the power button.  If I turn the system off for a couple seconds and back on, the computer starts. If I let is go about 20 seconds or more, I need to manually push the button on the front.

thanks all!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on February 09, 2016, 11:31:13 pm
Hi all,

Does anyone know why when I turn on the cabinet switch on my machine, everything starts up except the computer?  I need to reach around to the front of the tower and press the power button.  If I turn the system off for a couple seconds and back on, the computer starts. If I let is go about 20 seconds or more, I need to manually push the button on the front.

thanks all!

I had the same problem and it was my bios battery.  Seems to be a common problem as the  PC are aging.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on February 11, 2016, 05:12:48 pm
Think I will put my Championship 1 drive back in for this weekend and play the courses played on tour.  Too bad we can't get these iconic courses into TC.  If anyone would like me to set up conditions for a tournament let me know. I was thinking Edgewood Tahoe would be a nice fit.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 11, 2016, 06:04:23 pm
Hi Jthain welcome mate. Has Tim said its your bios battery replace that with new one and then you must go into your bios on reboot so connect a keyboard before hand once there you have to go to the power settings and make sure turn on on power loss is selected this will solve ur problem.

Tim sorry I haven't sent you the players folders it has been a crazy start to the year and haven't played a golf game yet. Will try my best to get to it over the weekend. Hate this time of year to much work!! Urghhh!! :banghead:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on February 11, 2016, 06:49:04 pm
No worries Joe. I haven't played much myself. Had I remembered that championship 1 had TPC Scottsdale,  I could have played along with the pros last week.  Wish I could find a championship 3 dongle and try and install that one. I wonder why the Championship series has crowds, but the TC and AAP only have tournament objects. Think I would rather have the crowds.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 11, 2016, 08:53:00 pm
  In the process of dumping challenge dongle, but game shuts itself down each time another program attempts to run.  There is a .bat file that kills all running apps.  Tried to minimize the window and work in background but no go.  Anyone have any ideas how to allow it to run minimized so I can run dumper??  Have also attemped running second monitor but was a no go as well.  Going to give it another go with second monitor this weekend.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jthain on February 14, 2016, 08:29:06 am
Hi Jthain welcome mate. Has Tim said its your bios battery replace that with new one and then you must go into your bios on reboot so connect a keyboard before hand once there you have to go to the power settings and make sure turn on on power loss is selected this will solve ur problem.

Tim sorry I haven't sent you the players folders it has been a crazy start to the year and haven't played a golf game yet. Will try my best to get to it over the weekend. Hate this time of year to much work!! Urghhh!! :banghead:

Thanks guys! I changed out the CMOS battery and fixed all my issues! 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on February 17, 2016, 04:00:47 pm
Anyone else having connection errors?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on February 18, 2016, 12:15:31 am
Yep, tonight no tournament connection everything is gone what happened?   :dunno
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on February 18, 2016, 01:43:10 am
Hello

I had the same issue last night. My guess is the server is down.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 18, 2016, 05:40:15 am
Yep it's down I think. Facebook saying lots of storms in the area. Will send boost an email see if he is ok and to check server??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 18, 2016, 05:49:20 am
---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- tried to email him and send a pm and both not going through!!!

Boost if your out there mate please put us out of our misery!!!  :cry:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on February 18, 2016, 08:53:55 pm
Ya, I'm getting close to getting on some leader boards!!!!!!! Well not really but hey!  :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 19, 2016, 02:52:03 pm
  Time to make my weekly request:
 Does/Has any have PGA Champ II Dongle (Dump)??

Only version missing as of right now.  Want to load each and try each.  Can trade ya a Dongle dump!!

Thanks
Jason

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on February 19, 2016, 03:52:43 pm
Since the online function is not working at this time,  I decided to reconnect my AAP hard drive so I could play all the courses. Got the bad news that it couldn't boot from this drive.  So I tried to restore the installation.  This also failed. So I thought I'd start over with a new hard drive.  Installation  went fine until I tried to install the AAP patch. Got an unexpected screen saying I would need 5o unregister my cabinet. Then reboot and install the patch.  How would a completely new installation on a totally different hard drive think my cabinet is still registered? So I went into the user menus to unregister the cabinet and only had the option to try and test the connection or return to main menu. So I'm now unplugging the whole machine and letting it sitand ttrying to reinstall.  Istthere any other way to unregister?

Things are getting weird.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on February 19, 2016, 04:25:40 pm
Alright, I am new to this forum, and this topic...  So please bare with me.

Next week my neighbor and I will be picking up a PGA Tour Golf cabinet.  I believe it's the first version, it has 12 courses.  It's not for me, it's for my neighbor, I already have a MAME cabinet that I recently built.

A couple of questions:

1.  He will be paying $400 for it.  That seems like a great price, am I right?

2.  It also comes with an extra computer WITH dongle, software and brand new video card.  Could I hook that up in my MAME cabinet and play it?

3.  My neighbor would like to use the cabinet to play the PGA Golf, but ALSO have me convert it to play MAME games (with another PC inside for MAME)....  Which sounded like it would work...  until about 10 minutes ago when I thought to myself "wait, how would I have the trackball and buttons hooked up to TWO PC's at a time?"  Is this possible?  Am I over thinking it?  Any ideas?

I have some more questions...  But I will wait for answers to these first.

I guess the biggest dilemma I can think of is having all the arcade controls connected to the PGA Tour PC like it is (by default) AND connect the trackball (and some of the same buttons plus the two joysticks) to the MAME PC at the same time.  Ok, I KNOW HOW to do this, just connect both sets of wires at the same time, which will work.  But, is there something I would be missing?  Any sort of interference?

Any help would be great!

Thanks,

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on February 19, 2016, 05:49:10 pm
Well nothing is working. I can't unregister the cabinet to install the AAP patch. I even tried to unregister the version of TC that was patched to Boosts server,  but since that isn't working I'm stuck with a registered cabinet and $300 with of AAP courses I can't play either. Is it the memory of the PC or possibly the ddongle that thinks the cabinet is registered even after a clean install on a never before used hard drive?

Got me.  Pretty frustrated.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 19, 2016, 06:44:40 pm
Cant remeber off hand, but was work around on earlier post after boost set up patch.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 20, 2016, 08:27:17 am
Well nothing is working. I can't unregister the cabinet to install the AAP patch. I even tried to unregister the version of TC that was patched to Boosts server,  but since that isn't working I'm stuck with a registered cabinet and $300 with of AAP courses I can't play either. Is it the memory of the PC or possibly the ddongle that thinks the cabinet is registered even after a clean install on a never before used hard drive?

Got me.  Pretty frustrated.

Hi Tim

Your problem is in your dongle! It saves when you have registered your machine. If I can remember what you need to do is run the game without the dongle first then then when it asks for the dongle. Power down insert dongle and run game again this will fix ur problem
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 20, 2016, 08:39:18 am
Tim mate found exactly what you have to do. Very important trouble shooting for anyone try to reinstall any game on their machine with the same dongle. Even when you try to connect to the server when it's back up and running.

While the game is running, You have to unplug dongle, attempt modem test, go back to main menu, it says unregistered, plug dongle back in and then register like new. Works like a charm and will register again as normal.

Or in your case once it says unregistered Tim power down now your dongle will be seen as unregistered and you can reinstall AAP to ur machine.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 20, 2016, 08:42:39 am
Hey Kilahill welcome mate. The only why I see it can be done is splicing all control wiring to both machines. No interference should occur as you will either be playing one or the other PC..
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on February 20, 2016, 09:41:53 am
Thanks Joe. I had found Sherman8ors solution late last night and added it to my extensive and much outdate notes from this thread. I will give the dongle removal a try.  Your assurance makes me feel much better about this process and I too think will help remind anyone having the same issue. I wonder if a "Sticky" at the top of the tread might be helpful for these very important issues.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on February 20, 2016, 04:08:15 pm
Tim mate found exactly what you have to do. Very important trouble shooting for anyone try to reinstall any game on their machine with the same dongle. Even when you try to connect to the server when it's back up and running.

While the game is running, You have to unplug dongle, attempt modem test, go back to main menu, it says unregistered, plug dongle back in and then register like new. Works like a charm and will register again as normal.

Or in your case once it says unregistered Tim power down now your dongle will be seen as unregistered and you can reinstall AAP to ur machine.
Well tried this a dozen times today and even though it shows as unregistered after doing the test, I turn off the cabinet. Plug the dongle back in and as it is loading I insert the AAP patch disk and it comes up with the same screen saying the cabinet needs to be unregistered and I have no way to do that since I have only the 2 options as Sherman8tor mentioned. Does the dongle need to go in prior to the cabinet being powered down? I am pretty sure that is what I was doing yesterday already, but figure I'd ask smarter minds than mine.  It seems no matter what I do, my cabinet comes up as registered and needing to restore.
Will I need to get a different dongle to try and get AAP running again?

Very frustrating.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 20, 2016, 08:29:28 pm
Hi Tim once you take the dongle out and then do a modem test and it comes up as unregistered I would suggest you put your dongle back in and do another modem test to make sure that ur dongle has been rewritten as unregistered as per what is seen in the machines settings screen. To be sure I would also play a round of golf with the dongle still in as it needs to write this new unregistered information to the dongle.

It seems that the machine is showing it as unregistered but your not putting the dongle in the machine after this or not allowing the new unregistered state to be written to the dongle. Try as explained and hopefully it will work. Good luck!!

Boost SERVER DOWN MATE SERVER DOWN!!! Ha ha ha HELP US OBI ONE YOUR OUR ONLY HOPE!!!  :banghead:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: vespertillio on February 21, 2016, 12:28:39 am
Hey all.  The machine I wanted buy had the monitor go out. The operator tried a LCD tv but he said it didn't work. He gave up and offered it to me for free. :-) Good news is I plugged in a computer LCD and it works fine. What vizio are you folks using for your installs? Can't wait to get this up and running for one of these tournaments.

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 21, 2016, 01:35:24 am
Hey all.  The machine I wanted buy had the monitor go out. The operator tried a LCD tv but he said it didn't work. He gave up and offered it to me for free. :-) Good news is I plugged in a computer LCD and it works fine. What vizio are you folks using for your installs? Can't wait to get this up and running for one of these tournaments.

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Good score mate. I think you USA boys are using the 29inch Vizio LCD. Fit like a glove supposedly? We in Australia don't have the luxury of buying this brand or size!!  :angry:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: vespertillio on February 21, 2016, 03:44:30 am
I'm sorry it's not available Down Under. It looks like the 2013 version of the Razer. Found a refurbished one on Newegg. Hopefully that's the one. Ultra slim and has the vga port. Looking forward to its supposed awesomeness.

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on February 21, 2016, 05:46:32 pm
Hi Tim once you take the dongle out and then do a modem test and it comes up as unregistered I would suggest you put your dongle back in and do another modem test to make sure that ur dongle has been rewritten as unregistered as per what is seen in the machines settings screen. To be sure I would also play a round of golf with the dongle still in as it needs to write this new unregistered information to the dongle.

It seems that the machine is showing it as unregistered but your not putting the dongle in the machine after this or not allowing the new unregistered state to be written to the dongle. Try as explained and hopefully it will work. Good luck!!

Boost SERVER DOWN MATE SERVER DOWN!!! Ha ha ha HELP US OBI ONE YOUR OUR ONLY HOPE!!!  :banghead:
Thanks for your continued help Joe. Only thing I hadn't tried to do was to try and play a game after unregistering.  Here is a different thought I have.  The TC online hard drive that is registered and functional has an option to unregister the cabinet. Does it need to connect to the server (boosts Private Server) in order to unregister the cabinet?  I figure if it unregisters, couldn't I then run the AAP patch and convert my TC (boost) online hard drive into an AAP version and leave it unregistered?  I could then, when we are all back to online play hopefully, then run Boosts patcher04 on my newly installed  hard drive that won't let me install AAP on it.

Just thinking. Figure the main reason I bought the AAP disks and dongle was to always have a cabinet that allowed play of all courses. That wasn't needed while we were able to play the World Tour. But as for now, that is unavailable and I should have an AAP option that works.

Sure miss seeing Boost right now.  :-[
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on February 21, 2016, 11:02:02 pm
I'm with ya! I updated my PGA TOUR CHALLENGE, (have the install disc and dongle if you need), with the goal to play online with lot's more courses. Please excuse my ignorance but is Boost the only way to get back online for tournament play?  :soapbox: I'm ready to beat some scores out there!!!!!       
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 21, 2016, 11:12:09 pm
Hey Tim you are using the same dongle for both versions and its your registered dongle that is the problem. So somehow as described you have to wipe that registration info off your dongle. Yes the way you suggested could work also I guess.

BEV unfortunately Boost has a private server which allows us to call into and play online as he has coded this to work as if you were calling Global Vr back in the day of online play. So unless someone is smart enough to do what Boost has done and run their own server we are at a stand still until he returns!! We should look to mirror his server someone when he returns just I case this happens again.

BOOST BOOST PLEASE COME BACK!! Ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on February 21, 2016, 11:44:33 pm
Gotcha thanks man! Oh well, I guess please come back BOOST is in order then!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on February 22, 2016, 11:21:44 am
Well I couldn't unregister my Boost online setup because it tries to connect to the server to do it.  Guess I'm stuck over a barrel trying to install my AAP on a separate hard drive. 
 :-[
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: radgame on February 22, 2016, 06:28:14 pm
Hello. I'm another damn newbie, sorry. I just got my first Challenge game. It was completely dead when I got it. I took the computer out and reseated all the cables and cards. Now it is running, the monitor is dead but I will deal with that latter. When I turned the computer on it would not show anything about Global VR. I found the three disks in a bag and decided to try them. 1 of 1 and 1 of 2 load fine. disk 2 of 2 goes to 62% and then shows Component transfer error. When I hit enter it shows "the wrong volume is in the drive" and doesn't do anything else. Have tried this a couple times and this is as far as it gets. This seems like a good group, I hope you can help. I have read alot of the posts but didn't find anything. The dongle says PGA Challenge. I have some pictures but don't know where to post them.
Thanks Radgame.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: digdug3030 on February 22, 2016, 07:12:09 pm
New here and still getting used to forum. I just picked up a sweet PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge machine. looks to be a dedicated machine with little use. A bar closed down and moved all amusements to storage. upon doing so they tilted it sideways and broke monitor neck. I have since powered up and everything works, coin mechs,bill acceptor,card reader,card dispenser,marquee,led team challenge sign,etc. I have a few other arcades and grabbed a 25 in VGA monitor from my NARC cabinet and started playing some golf!!! not a bad score for 100 bucks! even still loaded with chipped cards from global VR! I got ten holes in before power flickered and tower restarted. I then air dusted everything with my compressor. Played another 8 holes, same thing...restart. tried playing driving range, 3 shots,flicker,thanks for playing... And now it just goes through startup,loads PGA screen with please wait on it, gets to "refreshing course menus" then right before "hercules patch" it powers down......I am an old school arcade guy and only know Macs, so this is a new thing for me. Im thinking power supply??? I say ASAP... AlwaysStartAtPower. any ideas or???? Also I am excited to get this thing online as I have players cards for myself and compadres!!! I am in the Seattle area and would love to find a new tube for the chasis as it is in perfect shape, but if I have to go flatscreen VGA it is what it is..... If anybody knows a tube source from seattle/portland lemmy know!!! Anyways happy to be part of the gang!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on February 23, 2016, 12:18:03 am
Hey, I do have another question...

I've read some people talking about dongle dumps.  So, if one of you were to send me the file, what would I do with it?  Where would I put it?

Would be nice to not have to spend $250 to $500 to try a different version of PGA Tour.

Thanks,

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 23, 2016, 12:44:42 am
Well I couldn't unregister my Boost online setup because it tries to connect to the server to do it.  Guess I'm stuck over a barrel trying to install my AAP on a separate hard drive. 
 :-[
Hey Tim seems you having some bad luck as we all are with our saviour Boost disappearing again. I hope he returns soon. I would try the dongle emulator approach mate to get your AAP running from scratch while We wait for boost to return as he will I have no doubt!! All good things take time.

Hi Radgane welcome to our family. It seems that your challenge disks have flown south. I have some challenge iso files that I can link you in my Dropbox for you to try them out and see how you go. Pm your email address and I'll send you the link.

Hey digdug welcome to the family. Yes most probably ur power supply but I would make sure ur fans are running and it's not over heating. Also I would reseat the ram into a different slot and also reseat the graphics card before I change the power supply. Even change the ram. If that fails change away.

Kilahill Tim don't go spending any money on any dongles as the community has now by passed the dongles using a dongle emulator for every version of the game. I personally haven't had the need for it but it works and there are extensive instructional a out their on what you need to do. If you are on face book go to our Pga golf page and their are links to a instructional video and dongle dumps that you need.

And to finish BOOST WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN US!!! CHUCK PLEASE RISE FROM THE DEAD AND SAVE OUR SOULS!!!!  Ha ha ha  :censored:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on February 23, 2016, 01:19:53 pm
Ok, I found the facebook page (still waiting to be approved), and downloaded the two files for the dongle.

But, I cannot find link(s) for ISO downloads.  My eyes are killing me from reading page after page on this forum... lol

Thanks,

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on February 23, 2016, 11:11:50 pm
Hey Dig Dug I'm in Camas and I know there is a guy on CL in Tacoma posting lots of monitors for sale, not sure if they are the right fit but might check there. My computer started doing that same problem and I ended up taking it to a computer shop after trying everything you did. They "reset my memory" and all is good now, EXCEPT I CAN'T PLAY ONLINE please boost come back I beg you....... :dizzy:   
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 24, 2016, 04:54:27 am
So something not ---smurfing--- right first Cant pm Boost now his membership boostinallovryou is no longer there!! I think he has been silenced!!! Disaster!! His email address no longer working either. Very worried about you Chuck!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on February 24, 2016, 08:22:54 am
Illuminati confirmed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on February 24, 2016, 10:31:57 am
It definitely is not us ;)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on February 24, 2016, 04:22:37 pm
Digdug
  Could be a number of things, but just start with the power supply and go from there.  I had a machine that would shut off because of faulty video card.  Just had my cab shut down because hdd cable was loose.  Try reseating each thing first and go frrom there.

Killahill
  Dumps are getting there but the hard part is getting the correct dongle with correct software.    All-access/Team Challenge is dumped and working without problems.  I am trying to get each version of PGA dumped with correct dongle but locating software that is correct version has been my kryptonite.

Spitfire
  Do you have a number of different disk for install?  I am trying to locate PGA Tour orig and Champ 1, as the version I think I got from dropbox says my dongle is invalid.  Each version of Champ i, ii, and iii all had at least 2 dongles. 1 before tourney and 1 after tourney.


Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 24, 2016, 06:04:52 pm
Hey Jason,

I'll take a look what I have. Don't think I have any early versions before championship 3 as like playing pebble beach.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on February 24, 2016, 08:01:18 pm
I've seen all the incredible high scores from this group, isn't there someone on here who knows how to start their own tournament server dealllyy like Boost did? I'm computer dumb so no clue, there has got to be a process out there we could find and follow, if it costs a bit sure we could chip in a little between us to maintain?  :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on February 24, 2016, 11:24:53 pm
New to the forum.  I am picking up a team challenge tomorrow.  What is the timeline of all of the different versions of the PGA arcades?
Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on February 25, 2016, 10:13:14 am
team challenge was the last one

PGA championship I
PGA championship II
PGA championship III
PGA Challenge Edition
PGA Team Challenge


also... just noticed service documents on global's service page are up again after being down for the longest time, get them and archive them while you still can.

http://service.globalvr.com/golf.asp (http://service.globalvr.com/golf.asp)

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: digdug3030 on February 26, 2016, 05:45:43 am
I am a happy camper... After reseating all cables and switching memory slots, still no luck. I ordered a brand new power supply,ATX-1140h with an outlet, from a government surplus of them taken from an Eastman alarm. Even has a nice LED lit fan! $17.00 later and my team challenge is working flawlessly. I was worried because the power supply I ordered with an outlet has the same part number but is lacking the -5v... hooked it up and it loaded faster than it had been before restarting. Also, anybody ever use the S-Video output off video card??? I have a line on a free flatscreen TV but no VGA. It has S-Video and I noticed when switching power supply that we have S-vid on the video card outputs...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 26, 2016, 06:02:13 am
Great to hear you have it working mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Robbiedav on February 26, 2016, 09:05:28 pm
Hello all. Newbie here from Missouri, picking up a PGA Tour Golf Challenge next week.
Plan on reading through all the 49 pages of information but had a quick question about the screen. I notice that the screen is very light but also the colors are pastel, anyone else experienced this very light screen thing.
Also looking at what it would take to update to the team challenge, or is it worth it? I'm not familiar with the series and am hoping to find the differences in the sea of information here.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Robbiedav on February 26, 2016, 11:13:48 pm
My machine has a card reader. Advice on getting a card so I can build my own guy?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: digdug3030 on February 26, 2016, 11:40:38 pm
Hell to the Yeah! I'm a golfin' fool now, even more than I was before! But if anyone has any feedback on S-VIDEO output chime on in...Also if anyone needs a monitor chasis for the original monitor I have one to part with and a bunch of GoldenTee crap, PCBs update discs control panel trackballs etc...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on February 26, 2016, 11:51:26 pm
lets see where boost has gone first...
if not i will look at adding a sub net channel

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on February 27, 2016, 02:25:55 am


We should look to mirror his server someone when he returns just I case this happens again.

A good idea, and would be happy to help out if possible. The method of "patching" would need to be looked at though, as it configures you machine to look for Boost's server IP, and not a mirror.


Has anyone had any luck with replacement PC's for their machines? From what I can see, the Dell Optiplex GX620's will do the trick, if you can actually get hold of them.

Has anyone had any luck with other models? I'm looking at to plug in a pci express video card, so the older gx260 and gx280 won't be suitable.

Cheers.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 28, 2016, 01:57:15 am
Not looking good at Boost returning. I PMed Saint he he said that Boost deleted his own profile and there was no reason he could see for him to do so.  With his email address also deleted it seems like he doesn't want to be contacted anytime soon?? Very strange for him though considering my dealing with him in the past. He always said he may disappear at times due to work and family but he will always return and it's not a matter of if it will get done its when. 

Hey Fir3b0x I have the dell gx260 running my game but never tried the 680 but did see somewhere someone using one.

Digdug never used the svideo on any of my versions but I can't see why it wouldn't work. Give it a go and report back. Should automatically detect the svideo cable plugged in.

Robbie welcome to the family mate. ebay would be ur best bet for these cards mate.
With your screen colour there are a few options firstly in the operators menu their is a a gamma option that you can adjust that can brighten up or down ur screen. If you have a wells Gardner digital screen these have a whole heap of colour options directly from their monitor board which has 4 buttons to access its menu and red green blue colour which you can adjust to correct colour. It has a degauss button which I would also use and it also has a special hidden factory menu which I have used to fix many a so called broken monitor.

Ed glad to see ur still alive mate. Online play has been so good while it lasted Thanks to Boost let's hope he is ok and returns soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on February 28, 2016, 10:58:16 am
thk-u spitfire
i do keep an eye on thing's,but i truly think u have done a fine job.congrad's :applaud: :applaud:

well let's hope boost is ok and did not suffer the same (ea) crap i had to go through.

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on February 28, 2016, 02:00:05 pm
I've been away for a bit, seems like things aren't looking so good with Boost and the server. 

I guess I'll start working on getting a hard drive with All Access and an emulator up and running.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on February 28, 2016, 05:05:31 pm
Ok guys, I just set up my PGA TC that was delivered to me yesterday.  The previous owner took the computer out while he was transporting it.  I think I have everything connected correctly but after it boots up I get a "no players card reader" press start to continue.  I press start and nothing happens.  I guess I don't have everything plugged in correctly.  Any advice or a pic of how you have all of your cables connected to the computer.  Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 28, 2016, 11:12:31 pm
Hi Jake welcome mate. Firstly do you have a card reader? Secondly sounds like your controls are not plugged in properly. Make sure your I/o board has power and your controls lpt plug is in properly and make sure the usb cable is running from it into a usb slot on the PC.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 29, 2016, 06:13:56 am
thk-u spitfire
i do keep an eye on thing's,but i truly think u have done a fine job.congrad's :applaud: :applaud:

well let's hope boost is ok and did not suffer the same (ea) crap i had to go through.

ed
How's your server going ed? Still running? And if so can we all play too??  ;D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on February 29, 2016, 04:14:12 pm
Spitfire, thanks for the reply.
Yes, my machine does have a card reader.  Not sure if I have it hooked up right though. 

My I/o board does have power.  But there must be something else going on because when I press start to continue, nothing happens.  Do you or anyone else have any pics of the computer hooked up so I can compare?

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on February 29, 2016, 05:25:04 pm
It looks like my USB port on the right side might be messed up.  The little black piece that goes in it was missing and I found it in the bottom of the cabinet.  This might be why I have no controls.  I'm going to try and slide it back in the slot to see if that might work.  On your sub ports, is the black piece on the right or left of the slot? (Left usb) thanks

Also, if it is a usb issue, how hard is it to get a replace the sub for the mother board?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on February 29, 2016, 08:28:11 pm
So after looking more closely, I'm pretty sure my right USB port is messed up. The left one looks good. Does it matter which USB port I connect to form the I/o board?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on February 29, 2016, 08:52:15 pm
your board may have some additional ports inside you can link to as well... IO board should work in any port.

get something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-Motherboard-4-Pin-Header-USBMBADAPT/dp/B000IV6S9S (http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-Motherboard-4-Pin-Header-USBMBADAPT/dp/B000IV6S9S)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on February 29, 2016, 09:43:33 pm
I plugged it into another port and it worked  :).  I'm loving this machine.  On a separate note, how do you turn the volume down?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on February 29, 2016, 09:59:43 pm
my specific cabinet had an amp inside the coin door mounted next to the button. i just adjusted the volume right there.

that could have been something added before we go it or something specific to that series of cabinet though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on February 29, 2016, 10:19:56 pm
some conversion cabs came with a amp like your talking about shawn
some came with it on a sep i/o board that took track ball and panel inputs

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on February 29, 2016, 10:25:20 pm
Thanks for the answers.  Unfortunately my coin door is locked and the previous owner lost the key, I'm going to call a locksmith tomorrow to get the door unlocked.  Hopefully then I will have access to the operator button as well so I can calibrate the track ball.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on February 29, 2016, 11:03:12 pm
just drill the lock out or pry the door open. new 3/4" locks are like 4 bucks from the smithy.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on February 29, 2016, 11:06:28 pm
(sigh)...

When I got my cabinet a few days ago, it wasn't turning on when I turned the rest of the machine on.  Well, it was missing the CMOS battery.  So, I replaced it with a 2032 battery.  But, when I turn on the PC, it just beeps and beeps and beeps, and nothing happens, won't start up or anything.  The PC turns on, but doesn't boot, not even to the BIOS screen.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on February 29, 2016, 11:12:41 pm
Hi Tim
Try reseating everything from the ram to the video card. If the ram has a spare slot change ram to that spare slot. See if that lets you get into the bios as you need to change bios in power settings to get it to turn on automatically on power up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on February 29, 2016, 11:31:31 pm
Hey, Spitfire...

It wasn't any of that.  But, I did fix it.  I just turned it on, kept hitting the reset button until it wouldn't beep anymore, lol.  It worked!  Now when I turn on the whole cabinet, the PC powers on with it (like it's supposed to, lol).

Good grief, this is a lot of work, lol.

Now I just need to find the AAP .ISO, or suck it up and pay the $17 on Global VR's website to buy it.

Now, I don't need to have ANY online access to install the AAP, right?  I have Team Challenge on there now.

Thanks,

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on March 01, 2016, 11:07:54 am
One more question...
I am not able to get high rpm's with my current trackball, and it seems to pull left.  I'm going to try and take it apart tonight and clean it.  If that doesn't work, are the Golden Tee track ball assemblies and direct swap out or is it not compatible with PGA?
Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on March 01, 2016, 01:16:59 pm
Jakerod,

I'm pretty sure most, if not all, Golden Tee trackballs will be the same exact Happ trackballs.  So, all mounting and wiring should be exactly the same.

But, give it a good clean, first.  Use some 3 in 1 oil on the bearings and you should be all good.  If that doesn't help, the bearings might need to be replaced.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on March 01, 2016, 03:28:36 pm
Got my AAP disk to finaly patch my old online version of TC. Had to use the dongle emulator which seems to work just fine. Just keep getting the warning screen about not connecting in the last 72 hours. Nice to have my courses back.

Feeling more confident after getting the dongle emulator and AAP patch installed onto my old "World Tour Online" hard drive. I decided to reinstall TC on my new hard drive. I now have my AAP running again and no connect notice.
Guess I'll keep the other drive waiting in case we ever figure out how to play online again.

Had a pretty good first round.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on March 01, 2016, 03:37:23 pm
I'm happy to look at hosting a server if it doesn't look like Boost will be back.

From a software perspective, does anyone know where to start? Did Boost have access to some of the Global VR server software, or was the entire thing reverse engineered?

Cheers.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on March 02, 2016, 04:14:47 pm
Alright, I'm really gonna need your help here...

Picked up a machine.  Once in awhile the computer would beep forever, but nothing would show on the screen.  If I push reset a couple of times, sometimes it would work and boot up normally.  Yesterday, it wouldn't boot up at all.  Just the stupid beeping.  I took the PC out, I did every test you can imagine to try to fix it, to no avail.  I have a spare PC with the same exact MOBO, video card and other components that was in the one inside the machine.  I swapped out the MOBO, same thing, constant beeping, moved RAM all around, tried different RAM, and nothing.  Cleaned out the whole inside of the PC, reseated everything numerous times, NOTHING.  Everything turns on.  All fans spin, including the video card.  I swapped out the power supply, got nothing.  I even replaced the CMOS battery.

Now I don't get the beeping at all.  Everything starts up, but now no beeping, and of course, nothing post on the screen.  The chances that BOTH MOBOs are bad are astronomical.  Now I can't even hear the HDD spin up when I turn the PC on.  But, even if the HDD went bad, the BIOS would still post something on the screen...  So, even if I have a bad HDD, that wouldn't make the PC act this way.

I will mess around with swapping a couple more things tonight, but I'm sure nothing will work.

This all being said...  If I were to have to buy a new PC, does anyone have a suggestion for one that will guarantee to work with PGA Tour software?  Will any GX260 and GX280 work?  No matter that some of the specs on them are different (like processor speed and such)?  I just don't want to waste $100 or so if it's not going to work.

Please, I'm begging for input here.  Especially a PC that is guaranteed to work with PGA Tour.

Thank you,

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on March 02, 2016, 06:51:32 pm
Well, it seems to be both of the MOBOs are bad. 

Does anyone have an extra they want to sell?

Thanks,

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 03, 2016, 05:24:53 am
Well, it seems to be both of the MOBOs are bad. 

Does anyone have an extra they want to sell?

Thanks,

Tim
Hi Tim different beeps at startup mean different things are they short are they long and how many is what you need to tell us as it identifies exactly what the problem is. Saying this have you tried a different video card? As you never mentioned this in your post and they are the first thing to go and you will get nothing displayed if it's bad. 
Also I have a gx260 running Pga team challenge with very little modification needed other than some sound drivers and xp drivers added.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on March 03, 2016, 09:18:51 am
What size trackballs are used on the PGA arcades?
Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on March 03, 2016, 09:21:25 am
What size trackballs are used on the PGA arcades?
Thanks

Jake, 3" trackballs are the standard size.  I'd only get a Happ trackball, if I were you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on March 03, 2016, 11:31:55 am
Does anyone have the AAP iso i know a couple of us are looking for it now the server is down?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on March 03, 2016, 11:34:43 am
Does anyone have the AAP iso i know a couple of us are looking for it now the server is down?

I just acquired the AAP .ISO.  It's only like 8mb.  How would you like me to send it to you?

Thanks,

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on March 03, 2016, 11:48:56 am
Hello All,
A while back in this forum and also on the FB page, Joe had asked for people to better identify themselves and where they were from.  This was helpful to know who was playing the World Tour and Tournaments. I took that information and added it to an Excel file that I have been using to data base stuff about the game and also create conditions for tournaments and stuff.  There have been many new names in the last few months and if you are willing, I would like to update the list. Never know, maybe someday we can all compete online again.

Attached is an example.  Thanks for any info you provide. 

Tim Boche (TimBoch) Farmington, MN USA
Title: Needed, Solo thread to start a new online tournament group.
Post by: Bev on March 03, 2016, 11:31:37 pm
fir3b0x, that would be awesome if you started your own server deally job so we can play tournaments again! The threads get lost in messages but for a lot of us its a priority, MISS IT!!!!!!! Let's do it!!! :applaud: 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on March 04, 2016, 03:36:19 am
Thanks Bev, would love to but hoping that there was some information about the server software itself. Does anyone know if Boost had access to GlobalVR's server software, or did he create his server software from scratch?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on March 04, 2016, 09:10:00 am
Pretty sure Boost built the server on his own. Not sure what information his patch contains, but that is the only file that was used to make a machine connect to the Private Server instead of GlobalVR.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on March 04, 2016, 03:28:37 pm
Pretty sure Boost built the server on his own. Not sure what information his patch contains, but that is the only file that was used to make a machine connect to the Private Server instead of GlobalVR.
Thanks Tim, and wow, building from scratch is significantly more work than having a base to start with.

I believe the patch was just making a hosts file modification to "trick" the cabs to connect to Boosts server. This unfortunately is the easy bit!

I'm guessing that Boost was just inspecting the requests the cabs were making to the server for various functions, and "filled in the gaps" so to speak?

I may be able to have a crack at this, but can't make any promises I'll succeed.

If your still out there Boost, and willing, I'd love to get hold of the server code you have put together, and then direct my effort into making sure we have a working server accessible for the community, with as much uptime as possible. I have no interest in stealing glory or taking credit for your awesome work so far, I just want a server available for me and all my byoac mates to keep playing this awesome game.

Building from scratch is definitely not an easy task, and will no doubt be quite time consuming.

If this is the only way to move forward however, then so be it. I will have to approach this as I do with many things that seem hard or impossible by simply asking "how hard could it be?"

Cheers,
Scott.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on March 04, 2016, 05:58:37 pm
YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 04, 2016, 10:44:39 pm
Just don't understand why boost has disappeared like this deleting his profile and email address. He has for. It in the past but always was able to send him an email.

Yep can't bring myself to play golf anymore now that the server is down and we are not playing against each other or for a spot on the leaderboard. Just doesn't feel right anymore. Would be great if someone could get it up and running again however it's well out of my league. I wish you luck scott but if one person has done it we know it's possible!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on March 05, 2016, 12:27:16 am
Spitfire
yes u can do alot more of the leg work then u think u can. :cheers:
as i stated before..
now i often have to think when i look at my first post's about ($ea sports)
and pga golf,why they brought the turnnie's back so fast ?? after killing it ??
lord they even went as far as letting out a app,to add..s/w,a hack if u will..
gee i said do this that,set this up that up,away u go!!!!!  i stated that in a thread,the 1 i started by a simple (video-card-swap-question)
u did it by telling ppl about the (hash) routine (dongle),usage

personal take is boost either worked for $ea-sports
or got the same little  hey there mate..

it's not hard to change the cab id's
it's not hard to mask the vpn
it's a little tough to change the country code,(if u do not secure it down)thanks fir3b0x.for the pointer

my other take on boost is win10 and cloud server..have been thinking that way for a few week's
as i run crappy xp,yes xp,but i cannot trust 10 to lock me into my dos stuff...

server over head in canada is large..

with that out of the way
i know u can do all of it
but the server part..
U NEED TO NAIL THAT 1 DOWN

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 05, 2016, 02:31:10 am
I hate to say it but we have now come full circle!! Ha ha ha ha :banghead: :hissy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: vespertillio on March 05, 2016, 10:12:35 am
I'm still new but after starting to read this thread about a month ago, there is a bit of deja vu now.

 Good luck on your server build Scott. We are alll rooting for you.

 Boost, wherever you are; thank you for all of your efforts. I hope you are enjoying a cold one somewhere with your family. Best to you and yours.

I hope to be playing a round with all of this board in the near future.

V

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 05, 2016, 11:19:52 pm
Hey V until Boost came along mate all we did was go around in circles it was very frustrating and he delivered with the holy grail of online play in very little time where others only talked about it or spoke in riddles. I also hope Chuck is ok and he will return one day and let the good times of online play roll again!!  I do wish anyone else with the skills to do so all the luck with getting another server running and I will help in any way I can. So good luck Jason or who ever else is capable. But I will not be returning to the days of old of false promises and going around in circles as that bit of déjà Vu is scraring me a lot!! Ha ha ha

BOOST CHUCK WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN US AGAIN!!!! :angry: PLEASE  :censored: COME BACK  :burgerking:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on March 06, 2016, 10:48:15 am
Played on the "very hard" setting last night.  Makes putting a lot harder.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on March 06, 2016, 11:16:39 am
Played on the "very hard" setting last night.  Makes putting a lot harder.
I have mine set to 4 (hard) because that seems to be about the right size hole. Setting 3 (normal) which is what the tournaments and WT were set at, made the hole look like an ice cream bucket, but setting 5 (very hard) make the hole look like a thimble with the flag almost filling up the entire hole. It is very challenging, but not very realistic. Of course, shooting -20 isn't very realistic either ;)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on March 06, 2016, 12:43:42 pm
If anyone can please tell me what the hell Ed is trying to say, that would be nice.  My God dude, slow down, breathe, and think about what you're typing.  Have you even passed the sixth grade?  No one is going to take you seriously if we can't even decipher what you're trying to say.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on March 06, 2016, 06:38:12 pm
Ed speaks in a coder speak, quick and not easy to follow.  For most of us on this forum we are your everyday arcade user (Geek(Self Proclaimed)).  For those who have taken the time to get us up and running (Boost) and those who are trying to tackle it now, we truly appreciate it.  My goal when I purchased my setup was to just add another game to be shared with my kids, but the ability to talk ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- with those on the leaderboard made it a little better.  You arent going to get a straight answer that you can follow, but I appreciate your willingness to break Eds code (postings).
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 06, 2016, 06:45:13 pm
If anyone can please tell me what the hell Ed is trying to say, that would be nice.  My God dude, slow down, breathe, and think about what you're typing.  Have you even passed the sixth grade?  No one is going to take you seriously if we can't even decipher what you're trying to say.
I thought those days of feeling dizzy after reading one of Eds posts were gone ha ha ha Why boost??? Just makes no sense!!! :dizzy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on March 06, 2016, 06:49:28 pm
Any of you attempting to setup server, download boost patch and than extract files via 7zip.  There is a setting for host and IP address inside.  I am unsure if these are update or replaced with your server we would be able to connect.  I am sure it isnt this simple but I just went poking around to see what was in it.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on March 07, 2016, 02:10:50 am
All the patch contains is an edit to point the game to a different server hosted by boost.

As far as the game thinks,  it's still connecting to a legit EA/GVR server.

All the legwork is on boosts end where the server doles out the data the cab is looking for.

Not sure what's happened to boost,  he posted over in merit/jvl touchscreen games a while back looking to hack up an online server for megatouch...seeing if there was any interest.  That was theast I heard Of him :(
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on March 07, 2016, 03:21:46 am
Hello

It surely was nice playing online.   :cry:

I have a couple of AAP Dongles if any one is interested in buying one.  Let me know.


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 07, 2016, 04:59:58 pm
Hello

It surely was nice playing online.   :cry:

I have a couple of AAP Dongles if any one is interested in buying one.  Let me know.
Yes it would have been nice being on top of every leaderboard. Maybe you got rid of Boost so you could remain the undisputed champion of online golf!! :angry: ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: digdug3030 on March 07, 2016, 07:59:24 pm
gvdvdyver--- How much for a dongle AAP???
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on March 08, 2016, 05:23:18 am
Hello

It surely was nice playing online.   :cry:

I have a couple of AAP Dongles if any one is interested in buying one.  Let me know.
Yes it would have been nice being on top of every leaderboard. Maybe you got rid of Boost so you could remain the undisputed champion of online golf!! :angry: ha ha

Maybe I did get rid of boost, but you will never know.   hahahahh
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on March 08, 2016, 05:28:11 am
gvdvdyver--- How much for a dongle AAP???

How about 60$ excluding postage
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on March 10, 2016, 12:18:59 am
I hate to say it but we have now come full circle!! Ha ha ha ha :banghead: :hissy:

DAMNIT!!!!!! I want to play online again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Kilahill on March 10, 2016, 01:04:24 am
Alright, guys, I need help...  PLEASE!

So, I got a Dell GX260.  Installed everything, including drivers.  Game runs great.  But, the trackball and sound do not work.  The buttons work, but not the trackball.

I am SO confused, and have been working on this for HOURS.  I just don't understand what is going wrong.

Please...  Any help?  Suggestions?

Thank you,

Tim
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on March 11, 2016, 01:03:13 am
Just read this, Did you get it working? I just scored on another PGA off Craigslist "not working" and got it alive tonight. All the connections are there and the trackball is proven good? 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: digdug3030 on March 14, 2016, 09:23:44 pm
gvdvdyver--- How much for a dongle AAP???

How about 60$ excluding postage

Sounds fair. But I am a newbie when it comes to logistics of this game... All I need is the dongle on my machine and then install discs(2?)for AAP and then it unlocks the rest of the courses? I have TEAM CHALLENGE now and am wanting more maps... Also I prefer PAYPAL and where are you located so I can see bout shipping.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: h0tw1r3 on March 17, 2016, 07:26:06 pm
I asked this question on the Facebook page, but nobody had what I was looking for. Hopefully I'll have more luck here.

Quote
Off-topic: Does anyone have the Madden 2 system and restore CD's (or even better, ISO images)?

My reasoning is two fold.

1. I would like to fix my Madden game  :)

2. I'm starting to figure out the database structure and server communication protocol. Since it appears that Madden and PGA share the same API, it may be helpful for comparison.

With a little luck, I can make a server for madden also.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 18, 2016, 11:09:10 pm
Would be great if we can get the server back up and running as I can't bring myself to play golf any more without world class or tournaments. Can't believe you have just disappeared without even a goodbye Chuck!!!! Disaster!! :angry:
Would love a Madden 2 server also starting to get into it as just built a 4 player machine to run this game.
I'll check to see what disks I have as think the pick I bought game with them.

Keep us posted about any server progress as it seems chuck isn't returning anytime soon!! :badmood:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on March 23, 2016, 01:39:09 pm
Ya, I think I'm going through Withdraws not having the online server option. I was making it a nightly round or two, really sucks without it!!!!!!!!!
 :hissy: 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: E-Z-$ on March 28, 2016, 10:29:42 pm
cant seem to find the patch to get online, is the server still up and running?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on March 30, 2016, 12:22:48 am
---fudgesicle--- Sakes someone get this going he is willing and able to get this far please!!!!!  I will paypal $ if needed. :dunno
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on March 30, 2016, 03:39:53 am
No more SERVER! No more BOOST!! No more GOLF!!! For me. I'm also happy to help out in anyway as just no good if not online!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: PGA_Server on April 02, 2016, 08:56:59 pm
Server is up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: PGA_Server on April 02, 2016, 11:48:10 pm
I figured someone would have connected by now.  Checked the logs, nothing.  If you're not able to connect then let me know.  Sorry to upset everyone by  just up and leaving.  Sometimes stress makes you do impulsive things.  Server is back up though.  Call in, play some world tour.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 03, 2016, 04:35:45 pm
pga_server (boost),just wait they will hook in

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: PGA_Server on April 03, 2016, 04:53:51 pm
I still had no connections this afternoon.  Fired up my machine and I coildnt connect.  Found bad ethernet cable on server.  Swapped it out.  Connected just fine.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 03, 2016, 04:58:04 pm
I figured someone would have connected by now.  Checked the logs, nothing.  If you're not able to connect then let me know.  Sorry to upset everyone by  just up and leaving.  Sometimes stress makes you do impulsive things.  Server is back up though.  Call in, play some world tour.

Thought you were dead mate just disappearing like that!! Even your personal Email was not working! Really need to mirror the server mate we all need this baby to stay up indefinitely. Can't handle going through this a 3rd time!!  :angry:
And lastly welcome back mate I hope you have sorted out what's been bothering you!!  :burgerking: The king has returned!! Ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on April 03, 2016, 05:34:34 pm
Firstly, welcome back Chuck.  More importantly, I sure hope all is well with you and the family. Sounds like the time away has had some adventure. Let any of us know what we can do to help.

Was really surprised to see this post late last night. If you would like, I could get some conditions for a "Masters" tournament setup and sent to you. I was thinking that Sahalee would be an "Augusta" like course.

In order to try and get my TC World Tour running again, I had to reinstall TC. Unfortunately, my dongle seems to be permanently registered as it asked me to Restore my registration, which never worked. So I went the dongle emulator route which seems to be working as it is now connecting to the server.  All seems to be working again. Though my dongle seems to not work with any configuration of TC or AAP as it thinks it is registered and needs to connect to restore.

I am sure Joe can finally feel whole again and he and Gerhard can get back to pasting the rest of us ;)
I played a return to WT round at Kapalua. Shot -22. Not bad for me.

Also, I have been trying to keep up with all the new players that have joined the community since the first of the year. Maybe we can renew Joe's old request to provide some information so we know who we are playing.

Nice to be back online again and sure hope all is well.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: PGA_Server on April 03, 2016, 11:45:37 pm
I appreciate the welcome back.  I  cant say im "back" though.  Let me explain a few things and go over what I hope the future of all this shapes up to be.

First off, I dont have any EA or GVR code.  I have also never worked for them.  The entire server is written from scratch via reverse engineering.  From deciphering their data protocol, encryption, and transport protocol, it was all RE.

The amount of hours I spent creating the server, writing all the tools, and debugging was immense.  I started neglecting things.  I also took something that was fun and turned it into something that felt like a second job.  I got family so mad at me for neglecting them that one night I just said that's it, I'm done with this stress.  So I shut it all down, deleted all accounts and walked away.

I never looked at byoac from that night until a night or so ago.  I saw how people really love this game, were upset, and all the new people that came out of the woodwork.  I knew the server needed to go back online.

So the server is back up.....but......I can't go back to developing the way I was.  If I charged money and this was a second business then sure, but it's not.  This is something that needs to be fun for me.  That means a few new rules for myself.

1) I will code when I can.  That might mean a bunch, it might mean none.
2) Tournament creation needs to be outside of my control.  When I start coding the first thing I will do is create a page that allows some people like Spit and Tim to handle tournys.
3) I will not shut the server back down.  It means too much to the community.
4) I will not share the code or RE findings with anyone.  It could open myself up to liability and other legal issues I cannot forsee as I'm not a lawyer.
5) This needs to be fun.

So with everything said I dont know what the future will bring in terms of new code.  I dont know how often I will check this site.  I will start a twitter account so I can just post info about the server.  Will post that account name after I create it.  Also via twitter Ill post the two links to check tourny and wt stats.

Ok, serious stuff out of the way now.  Everybody enjoy some golf.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 04, 2016, 12:17:18 am
pga_server
take from this what u will...
but unless my memory fails me.?
u "quote" in the merit fourm "stated" u never hacked any thing?
that statment is exactley reverse to what u just stated ?
either u did or u did not ?
!disclaimer here!
welcome back,get well,keep these ppl :):)ing

p.s bad to throw bricks at windows

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: PGA_Server on April 04, 2016, 12:45:29 am
Hack and reverse engineer mean two different things Ed.  To hack means to modify the game itself.  If I changed one line of code on the machine that would be hacking.  As many have mentioned here after examining my patch, I dont change any code.  All I do is point the machine to my server instead of gvr.

To reverse engineer is to decipher what something is doing and duplicate it.  That is exactly what Im doing.  I'm duplicating what the original server did.

Please dont try to climb on here and battle me.  You aren't at my level.  Just enjoy the game if you have one.  If you don't you should get one, connect to my server, and enjoy a great game.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on April 04, 2016, 12:54:56 am
besides what ever else u stated besides this line is utter ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---
>Hack and reverse engineer mean two different things Ed.  To hack means to modify the game itself. <
both mean the same thing...
it is that simple..
i am reversing  it-gamming goldent-tee golf >hard-ware level<,it means i need
software to do it..
as just like gobal vr @ea sports ,it-gamming
they will not hand u the software to do it..it is that simple
so u need to reverse eng it or hack it
same dif....same boat
so stuff your god complex
and face it u hacked it

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: PGA_Server on April 04, 2016, 02:08:13 am
Wow Ed, your ignorant post crashed the byoac board.  Guess it didn't even want to read your ramblings.

The fact that you don't know the difference between hacking and reverse engineering shows your ignorance.  Look let me make it extremely easy for you to understand.  You change the code or its native execution sequence....that is hacking.  You enter a system you dont have access to.....hacking.  I did neither.  You evaluate what a system does, dont change it, duplicate what it does....reverse engineering.

Time for you to go back into hiding and get off my forum.....daddy is home.  Time for adults to talk and children to go back to bed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 04, 2016, 07:19:54 am
Ed not sure what your trying to prove mate but all I know is you have never delivered one thing for this community and not many people other than yourself not what the fck ur talking about so please stop whatever the fck it is your trying to do and leave the man who has delivered so much for our golfing community return and do what he says he will be doing in plain English.  Thanks again PGA mate for getting the server back up and running and making so many people here and around the world Very happy again.  :notworthy:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on April 04, 2016, 07:34:38 am
Welcome back PGA_Server/boost! Great to have you and the server back. I understand your point about sharing code, but *should* you want to not be around in the future, any RE breadcrumbs that I could find 'lying around' would go a long way in helping us continue your work. Your massive effort is much appreciated, and getting Ed's ramblings to reappear has made my evening!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on April 04, 2016, 10:20:13 am
Welcome back Chuck, good to see you again!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: PGA_Server on April 04, 2016, 11:25:43 am
I'm questioning if it makes sense to have this byoac forum and facebook group.  It seems so much easier to communicate with people via facebook group page.  Easier to follow sub conversations too.  If this forum was abandoned would anyone mind?

Facebook group is here:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 05, 2016, 12:10:57 am
Yes a whole lot easier to communicate via Facebook however not sure if there are any old school people not yet on Facebook as it took me a while to catch on. Would save a lot of time to have one spot for updates.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gvdvyver on April 06, 2016, 03:33:07 am
Welcome back Chuck. Time for some tournaments again :)

This Ed12 guy is character.   :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on April 06, 2016, 09:47:41 am
Welcome back Chuck. Time for some tournaments again :)

This Ed12 guy is character.   :applaud:

Nice to see you again Gerhard. I am sure we will all enjoy playing for second ;)
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on April 06, 2016, 09:14:01 pm
Got it
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on April 06, 2016, 09:45:08 pm
Ok
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 06, 2016, 11:19:50 pm
Just read the first page of the forum, and answered my question.  Problem is I don't think my card reader works.  Also, what is the "attract screen"?
Thanks Jake

Hi Jake welcome mate. The attract screen is the screen you see when the game is running but you haven't started playing a game yet. Also please join the Facebook group link is above as we are trying to wind down things here as much easier to communicate on Facebook.

You will need a working card reader and card to play online so get yourself a working one.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on April 07, 2016, 09:25:28 am
Sorry to hear that the group is moving to Facebook. Will have to use my wife's account to see what's going on.  I have to say that I will continue to troll this site as this is we're it all started. 
Welcome back Chuck!

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on April 07, 2016, 11:17:39 am
Yeah, me too....I don't have a Facebook account either.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on April 07, 2016, 10:07:11 pm
Ditto. No FB. Happy ur back and looking forward to some golf this weekend if I can fit it in. Spring is here and kids sports are all fired up!  Happy golfing all!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 07, 2016, 10:48:21 pm
I thought there would be a few that wouldn't have Facebook. I will make sure that you don't miss out on anything special.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on April 08, 2016, 08:17:02 pm
Guys, what is the best way to clean the trackball rollers and bearings?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on April 08, 2016, 11:02:00 pm
remove the trackball...take it apart and clean it?

seriously, it's like 6 screws and the big black housing comes apart into 2 pieces. clean your rollers and get the gunk out. wash plastic housing and ball in warm soapy water. lube you bearings if you like or replace them. (double sheild R4 bearing I.D. - 1/4" O.D. - 5/8" Width - 13/64") or happ part # 95-0570-00.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on April 11, 2016, 10:03:52 am
Hey guys, hope everyone had a good weekend.  I have a quick question.  Sometimes my game seems laggy and choppy during play.  Is there a better video card that I should go with?
Thanks Jake
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on April 11, 2016, 01:27:36 pm
load up on ram. as much as will work with the board (likely 2 gb (4x512mb))

swapfile read/write is the main cause stuttering/slowness.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on April 12, 2016, 11:55:05 am
Is stpscore still around?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on April 12, 2016, 11:56:19 am
Also, I ordered some more RAM today lilshawn.  Hopefully it will solve my problem.  Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 13, 2016, 08:52:20 am
Yep ram will help however want get rid of all stutter. Only way is to upgrade to a more powerful PC such as the gx260 I use and stutter free smooth golf. 

Yes STP is still around but rarely posts anymore but will always respond to pms.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on April 13, 2016, 02:20:31 pm
it might also be a worth looking into what CPU you have on your board and see if you can upgrade the CPU to something faster too. little bit of extra here and there certainly add up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jashj on April 19, 2016, 12:35:21 pm
Finally am about to go pull the trigger on my first PGA Challenge Machine after 2 years of waiting!  :cheers:  I plan on using the HASP2007 dongle to bump up to Team Challenge, and playing on Boosts server.   I have two questions that i didn't find in 2 weeks of digesting the first 52 pages! 

1.  I have done a ton of research about transporting cabinets, and most say that it's safe to lay them on their back/sides.  Does anyone have any feedback, or suggestions on this?  I know the Global VR Cabs have a PC inside, so i'd assume just make sure everything is secure inside the cab, and then after the trip make sure everything is clear of debris, coins, etc etc. 
2. The PC may be on its last legs.  I would doubt it was ever cleaned out.  PSU is making a hideous grinding sound, and there appears to be a very nice family of dust bunnies living inside the case.  I have done some initial testing, and my real hangup is getting XP Embedded to play nice with SATA drivers on more current hardware.  The LGA775 boards have an IDE channel that should work with the system, and they also have a PCI-E slot instead of AGP.  I have read about swapping the Optiplex GX260 in, but there are some heat benefits to using something with lower power requirements like a Core2 or a core based Celeron.  Has Anyone had any success on newer hardware beyond the P4?  What is the most advanced PC that anyone has used?

Thanks in advance!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 20, 2016, 11:10:00 am
Hi Jashj welcome to the PGA Club.  Firstly I like to transport my machines standing up as I heard that it may effect the monitor if laying down for to long but if it's a short trip should be no problem.
I am running Pga challenge version on a dell gx260 all that was needed were some xp drivers and some sound drivers.  This makes the game run much faster. I suggest joining the face book page as you will get more help there a lot quicker.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on April 20, 2016, 04:06:26 pm
Before hauling mine I talked to 3 different people I have known who do arcade game work and they said it was fine to transport them on their back. One said to be extra safe,  that I could remove the PC but wasn't essential. So I transported it on its back and padded the area around the PC with blankets and that worked fine for me.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on April 25, 2016, 12:15:56 am
YESSS!!!! HE IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't have facebook I'm too old and hate it and still can't get online help a brother out?  :lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 25, 2016, 01:54:58 am
YESSS!!!! HE IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't have facebook I'm too old and hate it and still can't get online help a brother out?  :lol
Hey BEV yes server up and running for good this time. All the instructions you need to get online can be found on the first page and post. Let me know if you need any further help. As online play opens up all courses and hidden skill shots and items also tournaments and leaderboards also. No good without it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 25, 2016, 01:57:57 am
New Tournament leaderboard can be found here

http://76.216.197.247/pga4/Tournament_Leaderboards.aspx (http://76.216.197.247/pga4/Tournament_Leaderboards.aspx)

An World tour leaderboard can be found her

http://76.216.197.247/pga4/WT_Leaderboards.aspx (http://76.216.197.247/pga4/WT_Leaderboards.aspx)

Get online and get your name up on the boards
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on April 25, 2016, 11:09:17 pm
Awesome! I will try to get online tonight and reach out if I need it super pumped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh2:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on April 25, 2016, 11:23:14 pm
Before I start this I already did the exact process a few months ago to get online. Do I have to re-do everything or is there a shortcut?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 26, 2016, 12:55:00 am
Before I start this I already did the exact process a few months ago to get online. Do I have to re-do everything or is there a shortcut?
If you have already done this and haven't rolled back to another version of the game all you have to do is call into the server.
Go to the operators menu and force a call to the server let it finish 100% then go back to game and enjoy the online play.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on April 26, 2016, 05:14:48 pm
Thanks Spitfire, IT WORKED!!!! Online here I come, may the world records BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on April 27, 2016, 11:17:27 pm
Geez I suck this course is hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banghead:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jashj on April 28, 2016, 11:38:20 pm
Hey All! 
I'm not much of a Facebook type, but when I get on the tournament server, I will hop on there with everyone.
I picked up my cab on Monday, and overall it's in pretty good shape.  The CPU and cab fans are louder than the Medium/High attract volume, and the CRT is not in great working order, so I think I'm going to do a pedestal conversion shortly with an old 45" Sharp LCD I have laying around.  My biggest issue right now is the Trackball parts are very worn down.  I have very visible grooves in the metal rollers, at least one of the bearings is probably shot, and the ball has definitely seen better days.  It's a non PS/2 Betson unit, and everyone seems to recommend the Suzo Happ models.  Does anyone have recommendations?  It looks like in parts alone I'm at $50+, so it may make better sense to go ahead and replace the whole unit.  Are the Beston & Happ models interchangable, or is there more hardware required?

Thanks in advance!
-Josh
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 29, 2016, 01:57:53 am
Hi Josh never seen a betson version trackball on any newer team challenge machines only happ ones. Pick urself up one off ebay mate that's the way to go.  Plug and play once you have team challenge version running and of course have all the hardware such as the I/o board.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jashj on April 29, 2016, 11:16:48 am
Cool.  So I guess the only other question I have is, is there a different IO board for a Happ VS Imperial/Beston?  The unit is have is just a 6 pin connector that leads back to the 37 Pin D SUB on my input card.  Can i just buy a Happ, and plug it into the existing wire harness?

-Josh
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on April 29, 2016, 02:57:37 pm
nope, the wiring is identical....worst case i've seen is a direction is reversed...it's just a matter of swapping the x or y leads.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: cch123 on May 03, 2016, 09:50:25 am
So I was the lucky winner of a Championship III cab off of ebay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/131788454275 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/131788454275)).  I will be picking it up this weekend.  It looks to be a fun project.   Great to see this thread active!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on May 03, 2016, 11:56:57 pm
Nice score most likely a computer issue I had kinda the same problems with one I fixed just needed to install new game discs. I think there are links here for all that. Hope to see you on the greens!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 05, 2016, 08:39:43 am
So I was the lucky winner of a Championship III cab off of ebay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/131788454275 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/131788454275)).  I will be picking it up this weekend.  It looks to be a fun project.   Great to see this thread active!

Welcome to the club mate. Need to update the game to the latest team challenge version so you can join us online.  Online tournaments and world tour are great. Follow the instructions on the first page and if you need any help just post or pm me.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on May 06, 2016, 05:03:01 pm
As I dont Facebook this is still my only link to PGA, I was able to install PGA Tour on a spare hdd but it took a little of extra drivers (codec).  I am excited as I still have Champ I dongle to get going and looking for Champ II dongle to complete all the versions (and running).   Took version 1.2 to get PGA Tour going, but questions is this, Does facebook have a site for version .iso's and/or chd of drives? I have .chds of all my working drives for quick repair, does any else do this?

Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 07, 2016, 10:29:58 pm
Don't have any chd's of drives but there were iso's of different version of the game on the Facebook page. However they have now been taken down.  Is your machine online yet Jason?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on May 08, 2016, 09:58:56 am
I havent gotten back online since boost return.  I put an extra oga computer in my cab and have been loading different versions and playng them.  I will try and get online again soon.
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 11, 2016, 11:34:06 am
Can't bring myself to play the game without the online tournaments and world tour just boring now without the leaderboards. Boost has now started a handicap system for all online players to even the tournaments out which adds extra joy to online play.
Whoever has a Pga golf machine get yourself online and join in the fun!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on May 13, 2016, 05:46:02 pm
I understand not wanting to play unless online, I was focused on getting all the hidden items at one time, but my skills kept me from achieving the goal.  I have a few dongles and the idea of getting them all up and running is my new focuse.  Its also fun to plat courses that arent on my all access cab.  Have multiple PCs in my cab and just switch the cables over to play different versions.  I would truly like to get each dongle emulated and allow everyone acces to the complete PGA Library, but one thing at a time.  Has anyone on facebook been able to get ahold of a copy of ANARK mEDIA Center to edit the main menu??

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 15, 2016, 11:26:02 pm
Hey Jason,
There are a few good posts and pics of machines running multiple versions of the game over on the Facebook page using a db29 switcher and vga switcher also I think it is which X work great without having to swap any cables etc just flick switch for different machine. Also changing the menu icons with Anark is on Boosts long list of things to do but not a priority at the moment. Others have also looked into it but with that expensive software not going to happen anytime soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on May 16, 2016, 05:04:46 pm
Spitfire

  Will wait til I can get the wifes phone and look an Facebook.  I had looked through asshat arcade as he used a hdd switcher to control his Need for Speed and thought that was a good idea.  Mostly switching between versions is just to suit me for my curiousity.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: twotee on May 19, 2016, 10:40:20 pm
Need help getting my golf arcade to play online thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 19, 2016, 11:33:45 pm
Welcome twotee just follow the steps on the first page and post. If you have any problems let us know?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: twotee on May 20, 2016, 04:36:54 pm
How do I get the patcher
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 21, 2016, 07:09:32 am
How do I get the patcher
The patcher can be found on page 22 on this forum.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 25, 2016, 07:49:35 am
Hi All boosts online tournaments are running every week now and he has now even up the field a handicapping system for each player.  So if you haven't already got your machine online so it now.
Here are the leaderboard links to the tournaments
http://76.216.197.247/pga4/Tournament_Leaderboards.aspx (http://76.216.197.247/pga4/Tournament_Leaderboards.aspx)
And World Tour which opens up the single player game like never before with hidden skill shots to find which reward you special items to customise your player and allows you play all of the Team challenge courses as you would with an AAP.
All instructions on page 1 post 1 and patcher on page 22. If you need a hand getting onto the server just post or pm me.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: GrimDog on May 30, 2016, 01:30:37 pm
I think my video card is fried as I cannot get a signal to any monitor I hook up to it.

Things I checked:
-Reseated RAM
-Reseated video card
-Different video cables
-VGA and DVI port
-pulled video card completely and tried onboard video
-reseated CMOS battery

Computer turns on, beeps once then black screen on any monitor I try.  The keyboard seems to work fine and the cd drive works but no boot. 

Is there a list of compatible video cards or pcs as I might just replace the whole damn thing.  The video card I have is the ASUS 6600LE


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 30, 2016, 07:36:13 pm
I would try Moving ram into different slot and if that doesn't work replace with new ram. With regards to video card I have used nvidia cards from 4200 to 8600 mate.
1 beep normally means video or motherboard fault
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 10, 2016, 07:32:19 am
Is there anyone here not on the pga golf facebook page playing the online tournaments? If so can you let me know who you are? name? Where your from? Country? And nickname as on leaderboards? As i am updating my list of players online? We have a total of around 40 players so far that are on the leaderboards. Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Troyvan on June 10, 2016, 01:59:22 pm
 I was so happy to see this thread that I I went shopping for the cab. I just picked up a Team Challenge and am very eager to get online. I have a card reader but no players cards.  Where can I source them out?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Troyvan on June 10, 2016, 08:07:39 pm
I purchased a card from eBay.   Waiting for arrical to try this out.  But now, I'm seeing the game freeze after three holes.  Not sure if it's patch-related but for a couple of days of ownership before that, it played fine.  Any thoughts on the best way to fix this? More RAM or video card upgrade?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 10, 2016, 11:06:32 pm
Hi Troy welcome mate. Definately not patch realated but sounds like a video card or maybe even an overheating issue. When you say the game freezes what exactly donyou mean?  Does the screen lock up and your not able to do anything unless you power off and on again?? Or does it go back to attract mode and you have to start the round again?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Troyvan on June 11, 2016, 06:34:35 am
Hey Spitfire.  It is a total freeze.  Have to power down each time.    I did have it running all day yesterday and the fan seems a bit noisy so it could probably do with a replacement.  I shut down for an hour last night and rebooted and thenot played 36 holes so probably a heat issue.  I'll see what I can do about the fan.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 23, 2016, 01:35:34 am
Weather conditions such as rain and fog have now been added to tge latest online tournaments. We will now be following the PGA Tour directly playing when they play at the course they play and with the exact same weather conditions forcast for that week.

Anyone who have not yet put their machine online nows the time to do it and get involved in these tournaments. For those of you not sure about your skills the handicap system is set up to level the playing field.

If you need anyhelp getting online read the first post in thread for instructions or post hear or pm me for help.

See you all on the leaderboards!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on July 11, 2016, 10:36:03 pm
Anyone have an All Access serial dongle for sale?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 12, 2016, 07:19:13 am
No need for all access if your machine is online. All courses are open in world tour and much more.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: edowen55 on July 12, 2016, 06:20:47 pm
No need for all access if your machine is online. All courses are open in world tour and much more.

I'm well aware.  There's no guarantee online will be around forever though. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 16, 2016, 04:56:52 am
Donations for the online server security being taken as we speak. Thanks Ed for your contribution.  If anyone on this forum wishes to donate please pm me and i will give you all the details on how to do so. We must secure our pga server so we can continue to play the added features which online play unlocks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 21, 2016, 01:41:27 am
SERVER DOWN FOR RELOCATION AND UPGRADES.

Please show a little patience while this work takes place which hopefully wont take to long.

We are also in need of more donations to make the proposed changes by Boost fully funded.

All those that have not yet donated please do via paypal account snjspiteri@bigpond.com so they can be ready when needed as to not delay the server relaunch.

Thanks for your patience. I suggest practice offline for our next tournament.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on July 26, 2016, 08:39:24 pm
Copy that, can't wait to get back online, I need the practice though!  ;D
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on July 27, 2016, 04:41:41 pm
Tried to paypal some $ but it says the email snjspiteri@bigpond.com is not valid?  :embarassed:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 28, 2016, 07:01:00 am
Tried to paypal some $ but it says the email snjspiteri@bigpond.com is not valid?  :embarassed:
Very strange mate as have received donations from all over the world to snjspiteri@bigpond.com
Please try again as need more funds to get the server up and running again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on July 29, 2016, 01:57:22 am
Tried again as both friend and normal with charges and it says email not valid. I had cut and pasted email so retyped it and sent both ways still says email not valid. I tried  :banghead:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: MyNameIsRu on July 29, 2016, 04:05:37 am
Hi all, not sure if it's okay to post this here so I apologize in advance if it's not.

I got a Team Challenge cab last year for practically nothing, but unfortunately it's mostly gutted. The only internal hardware left was the coin door and coin mech holders.

I'm slowly trying to restore or convert it and just had a silly question about getting the bulbs behind the coin door to light up. From what I can tell, something needs to be connected to the two white molex connectors in the picture, but I don't know what that is. I think the one on the left goes to the DBV, but I have no idea what connects to the one on the right.

I figured this was the best place to ask. Thanks in advance, guys.

(http://i.imgur.com/LUaZg15.png)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on July 29, 2016, 05:41:14 pm
it really is as simple as following the wires in that connector and seeing where they go. your lights should have a wire on them... probably a black for ground and a colored for positive... just match up the color.

likely it's a connector for the coin switches and whatnot, it's just a matter of figuring out which is which.

the one does look like for a DBA. (should be 3x3 block and the 2 black wires are tied to AC power 120 volts/220 volts depending)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 22, 2016, 08:34:46 am
Nice to see the the forum is up and running again. Same can't be said about the PGA Server as Boost alias PGA server alias Chuck has F...img disappeared again and so has our online World Tour and Golf Tournaments which has us all very F...ing unhappy. I'm sure he is a magician in real life has this is the third time he has done this even though he promised he would never do it again here on this forum. Don't like it when you ain't true to your word! 

We are exploring the option of trying to get another Server up and running for the PGA Golf community and have people from around the world working on it as we speak. If anyone as the means to assist in this process please pm me as we have raised funds to pay for this project as we need the server to be available for everyone's enjoyment and open to anyone that wants to play this great game.

Hopefully together we can get this great game online again!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on August 22, 2016, 10:54:52 pm
Thanks Spitfire, this sucks hope someone can step up and get us online again I miss it big time. I'm computer illiterate so no help from that end. Willing to throw more $ for completion if it sounds more stable.   :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on September 14, 2016, 12:36:04 am
Any updates for us? Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on September 19, 2016, 11:46:34 am
Over on Facebook I posted this:
I had planned to use Pumpkin Ridge for the tournament for the upcoming Ryder Cup. It has so many qualities of Hazeltine.
Since online play is not any closer to reality. Here is a thought.
With the Ryder Cup about 2 weeks away. We could have people sign up for the American and European teams, a "captain" could set up his teams players unknown to the other team. Then each person would play their round and submit their score. Then using a spreadsheet, we could input the scores, compare them to the persons score they played against and award holes won.
Figure there are 3 days of play. Day 1 and 2 have four matches in the morning and four matches in the afternoon. Possibly 8 players. We can't simulate foursomes or fourball play, but we could play our round and it would be match play against the other teams player.
Day 3 has 12 singles matches. I don't think we have 24 players any more, but we could if we had maybe 8 on a team, we could pit them head to head and then show their match play score.
A person could play their 3 rounds anytime during the Ryder Cup week, submitting the results via Messenger or posting a pic of their score. Granted this requires that you send the round you actually played. But that is in accordance with the honorable nature of golf.
If anyone is interested, submit a reply here and your desired team. USA or Europe.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/)

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on October 05, 2016, 11:52:50 pm
just a fast question. if I may
u players still down ?
or has boost came back to the game ?

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 06, 2016, 12:14:05 am
Why the troll post?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on October 06, 2016, 12:18:06 am
as I DO NOT FACEBOOK
I find your statement rather ....WHAT THE ---fudgesicle---....  ARE  U SURE U ARE NOT A TROLL???...

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Posted by: bratwurst
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Why the troll post?<

again wtf..

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 06, 2016, 12:42:48 am
Because I know the history in this thread and the interactions between you and boost.

So your post sounded a bit like "so sad he's still gone"
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on October 06, 2016, 01:15:36 am
my posts to boost me are my business...and not yours.. because u made a few builds
gives u no reason for your input to a honest question...it is a period
ok DISTANCE given u found this thread congrads..now look up the ORIGNIAL THREAD FROM ME
yes ME..
and come back with a better answer...
To u give u a shot at the title (of whom hacked out ) this golf game and ( whom did not)

MY QUESTION TO YOU
ANSWER AT WILL
CAN U DO IT ??
IF NOT PLEASE SIT DOWN IN THE POPCORN ROW

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 06, 2016, 08:13:47 am
 ::)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 06, 2016, 04:23:52 pm
::)

not helping... and still didn't answer the question.

The question was (more or less):

Is the server that boost set up still down? has boost come back at all or is he sill MIA?

to add to this original question I would like to know...

Was boost planning on coming back here or has he vanished? (i thought maybe he signed up under a different name for a bit)
Did he move or open up that facebook group or whatever?
Has anybody talked with boost via e-mail or facebook since he disappeared from here?
Does someone plan to rehost the server if the original server is not coming back?
Shall we lock this thread and archive it?

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 06, 2016, 04:49:52 pm
::)

not helping... and still didn't answer the question.


I think you missed the back and forth between Ed and Boost, and Ed and a few others earlier in this thread.  That's why I had the reaction I had.

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The question was (more or less):

Is the server that boost set up still down? has boost come back at all or is he sill MIA?


Server is still down, and he's MIA.  I would not expect him to come back.

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to add to this original question I would like to know...

Was boost planning on coming back here or has he vanished? (i thought maybe he signed up under a different name for a bit)
Did he move or open up that facebook group or whatever?
Has anybody talked with boost via e-mail or facebook since he disappeared from here?
Does someone plan to rehost the server if the original server is not coming back?
Shall we lock this thread and archive it?

No one has spoken with him.  He is not on Facebook and he deleted his account there, which was undoubtedly an alias and not his real name.  The email address he was available at now bounces as undeliverable.

Any plans to redo the server requires completely re-engineering the solution.  Some people are working on that, but at what stage the progress is I cannot say.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on October 06, 2016, 04:54:30 pm
my question was in honest and ernest
as I run a few servers for things  (gtcomplete-personal juke-box-pga) and I opened the band with..
I thought wtf ask
instead I get called a tool
my reply is gfy

close lock it trash it

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 06, 2016, 05:00:18 pm
 :blah:

You can curse at me all you want.  You can tell me to GFY all you want. What are you, 12? 

You have said before you run a PGA server in this thread.  Yet no one here to my knowledge has ever connected to it.  There's nothing to show for it.


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 07, 2016, 06:45:55 am
Yes I can confirm no contact with boost for awhile and he has done another of his now infamous disappearing acts I'm sure he is a magician in real life ha ha

I have an email address which doesn't bounce back but no reply to many emails sent now for a couple of months even though haven't sent one for more than a month now.

Ed I would have to side with Bratwurst here as I have followed you from day one and worked with you also but we are yet to see Nything but crypted talk delivered from you mate over many years!!!!  Boost has been the only one to open this great game up for the greater community and while it lasted was great to play such a great game online with many great people. That has been taken away from us all again and it's very hard to take.

So ed if you do have a server running please let all of us know once and for all how we can be a part of it so we can once again enjoy such a great game online playing tournaments against each other and unlocking items on world tour part of the game once again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on October 08, 2016, 12:47:10 pm
Ya, really miss online tourney's can you get us back? :)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on October 11, 2016, 05:26:03 pm
Here is a link to a post I made on the Facebook page.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/)

Here is an Excel file I have been working on to run an "offline" tour. To begin, I would propose that a tournament runs for 2 weeks to allow players time to submit scores. Each player can submit up to 4 rounds per tournament. The scores would be submitted through the Facebook messenger by taking pictures of the scorecard at the end of the round. I will then enter the scores into the scorecard which will calculate a handicap, and apply to the gross score to attain a net score. Each tournaments winner will be based on their Net Average Score. The handicaps can be tracked and averaged and then input week to week as they change if desired. That would hopefully keep the players as equal as possible. I would propose that we have a test run over the next 2 weeks with the first event being the Shriner's Open (what can I say, I am a Shriner) from October 31st through November 13th.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 12, 2016, 06:17:24 am
Thanks mate for all your efforts I hope that players will get on board and start playing golf again as we had such a great group playing online and it would be a shame to not continue the competition even though we are offline for now??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: abreakey on October 13, 2016, 08:37:58 pm
Hi guys -- Just stopping by to introduce myself.  I just picked up a PGA Challenge cab.  The cabinet is in mint condition.  Inside everything is there except for the computer, disks and dongle (ugh).  ---  all of the wiring is there, the sound board is there, the monitor is there, the trackball, is there... I am just missing the game.  :-)

So - I am now on the quest to replace the computer and the software as soon as possible.  Any advice?  --  There is a current ebay listing that says: PGA WORLD TOUR TEAM CHALLENGE Arcade PCB Computer and Jamma Harness Works 100%"  ---  The pic shows the dongle, wiring harness, sound card - and even a card reader (I already have that as well).  ---  Should I go for that, or should I look to build up a new computer and chase down the software/dongle on my own?  ---  Thoughts? 

Thanks -- This thread and forum are a wealth of information. 

- Adam
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 14, 2016, 12:05:42 pm
if you want a turn key operation seriously ASAP, buy the listing. (assuming it has the computer and dongle)

If you don't mind waiting and if you don't mind putting some work in, check out earlier in this thread (also search for another thread regarding this here too) about loading up the software on another different, more reliable computer.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 14, 2016, 10:26:21 pm
Hi Adam welcome mate. As explained over on the Facebook page the big sticking point is the I/O controller board. If you don't have this there is now use to explain how to use different pc, dongle emulator and provide you with software as you can't play or control the game.  So make sure anything you buy off Ebay has this included? It's normally part of the game pc bought
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on October 14, 2016, 10:48:03 pm
as a rule
it will look like this
and is internal to the computer

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: abreakey on October 15, 2016, 08:20:45 pm
Awesome -- Thanks everyone.  I think I have found a dead PGA Team Challenge computer that was pulled out of a machine recently.  It appears to have the I/O board, Hard Drive and Dongle all still with it.  The price is cheap enough for me to take a risk I think.  Who knows, perhaps I can even get that 'dead' computer working again.  Either way, it looks like I will get all the parts I need should I have to move it all to a new computer. 

Thanks again - Adam
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on October 19, 2016, 11:18:40 am
I have created an "Offline" Tour Facebook page to hopefully allow some game play within the community.  I didn't want to clutter up the original Facebook page with the tournament updates.  Here is the page and information.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130912480330506/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130912480330506/)

Offline Tour for Global VR PGA Tour.

This "offline" tour is set up to follow the PGA Tour as much as possible, playing the actual or representative courses for each scheduled event, (This could also support PGA Championship 1, 2, 3 and PGA Challenge courses) in addition to those in PGA Team Challenge All Access Pass.

Each event will run for 2 weeks (unless more are wanted). Up to 4 rounds can be submitted.

Each round will be played at the "Hard" level. This can be done by pressing the "shot type" button when the course is highlighted and then press start to begin play.

Scores will be submitted by taking a picture and sending me a Facebook Message. I will then update the score sheet and your scores and handicap will be calculated. This will be updated for each event to try and keep it fair to all levels of players.

Each tournament will be posted as a separate event to allow for discussion.

I hope many of the Global VR community will have fun playing "offline" until we can once again return to playing "online."
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mike11 on October 20, 2016, 07:51:32 am
Here's the prob I'm having I'm working on a VR global Pga tour arcade........ Machine originally had a PS35BL mobo which failed .... The restore disks I have are for that mobo hardware and chipset....... I replaced it with an FIC P4M 865G MAX..... Which is basically identical as far as I can see...... When loading the recovery disk it takes the xp embedded os fine but upon reboot 3 things won't activate in the device manager 1 vga adapter, 2 sound , 3 bus controller...... I downloaded the drivers for these 3 devices from both FIC and Intel, neither of them with if they install they say device can not start or they're asking for files that are missing from the xpsp1 disk which I don't have and can't get ...... What am I missing here this should work fine
Thx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 22, 2016, 10:51:15 pm
Sometimes you dont need all the things runningnin the device manager to run and play the game. Have you installed the game disks and if so is the game running properly?  Also if tou have and old win xp pc running somewhere copy the system 32 fder to a usb stick and this will have all the files needed when trying to install the drivers
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on October 22, 2016, 11:11:30 pm
u can download driver files all day long.
where u have your problem is in the fact you are running xp(e)
e=embedded
once u see the Hercules patch agent load
it will not load your drivers. what u need to do is edit the patch file to include them
and it should act just fine. but as spitfire says there just not required really
unless u changed the video card ?
or added a lan board ?
or ?
then u need to refer back the my original thread on these critters
there it will explain to u how to edit in

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 06, 2016, 12:37:25 am
ok i held back this info long enough
so here is where i am at to get you ppl back to server style
i have loaded the pga into my server (yours differs from mine)
so i had to merg them..i did get stuck with a lic. problem when i updated to net frame work 4.5 (my servers run on it)
and will kick out any thing below. now i know there is alot of ways around this , but the problem i have is it is sharing with my personal juke box services (thats $$$ to me) so i need to finish that up and we should be good for a go.
now i did not get leader board stuff. ? i will add it as i go
please do not push .i am working on it
thk-u mods for the files i requested
but boots stuff is just no good to me

i will up date u ppl soon enough

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 06, 2016, 09:27:32 am
Hey guys, just picked up a championship edition 3 game. I doubt the computer is original in it but right now it isn't working. Seems to be an issue with the HD. Computer can't recognize boot media. The recovery disk it came with has a big scratch in it and fails about half way through. Are there isos available of the disks? I seem to have all the required donlge, i/o, etc. I'm assuming I can't just swap in a newer pc and load up the software on that with the dongle and I/O board? I'm doing a bunch of reading and seeing all kinds of dongle emulator stuff but I'm a bit lost right now. If someone could give me the coles notes version of what is the deal with some of the development for these that would be great. I'd be happy just getting it to a playable state.

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 06, 2016, 02:02:09 pm
i would as a rule
check the bios
to make sure hd is the first boot device
if not then reset it and see
second if it is not first boot device then make sure your bios time is right
if it wrong replace battery reset and make sure hard drive is first boot device
if yes then on the dongle is a # and country code u want that so we can match the dongle s/w

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 06, 2016, 03:29:39 pm
When I first powered it up it booted to this(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161106/340396b1893bfd08c21329732093096d.jpg)

Decided to run the recovery CD and it stops part way with this(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161106/122df6bc5054ab5bb3e2c4c5a935a534.jpg)

I believe my recovery CD is screwed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 06, 2016, 03:41:38 pm
your hard drive is done
replace it
up-load a picture of your dongle showing can/usa/eu and #
#is the build

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 06, 2016, 04:44:54 pm
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161106/accbf3d1a0c6b456dc775adf307d52e8.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161106/5e967a2892aad58cf40ef3922d4860cb.jpg)

Thanks Ed. Any HD will do?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 06, 2016, 04:49:04 pm
40 gig and up
thats a older champ 3 canadian
dam that looks like my writting ?
current build is team challange 5-xx

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 06, 2016, 04:51:16 pm
40 gig and up
thats a older champ 3 canadian
dam that looks like my writting ?
current build is team challange 5-xx

ed

Is there a link to the latest version I should be installing?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 06, 2016, 05:01:44 pm
I'm almost positive my recovery CD is screwed. New drive, exact same error message during image center scripting process. There is a big piece of the CD label scratched out. I think I need to get my hands on a disk image before I can get much farther.

Or it could be that the computer that is housing everything right now isn't compatible. I have no idea. Seems just like a generic computer to me, definitely not original. MSI motherboard.
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161106/4571908051809dccbde315d67deeab69.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 06, 2016, 08:20:02 pm
i had them load with that mobo before
would need to look in the warehouse and see if i have 1 (disks)

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 06, 2016, 08:49:43 pm
OK thanks. It's completely possible this came from you at some point since your in my area.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 06, 2016, 08:56:17 pm
what area ? if u do not mind
because if it is mine
then i should have them disks and will gladly give them 2 you.
like i said it looks like my writting on the dongle.

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 06, 2016, 09:08:19 pm
Brantford. You came to my old place to drop off a GT board a while back. Would have been a couple years ago though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 06, 2016, 09:27:23 pm
oh i remeber u now :)
ya funny story i fixed that board a few months ago..
knew the board was mine from the writting on it :)
i wonder if that game came from g@g ?

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 06, 2016, 09:35:20 pm
Not too sure where it came out of. I picked it up with about an inch of dust on it from a storage shop in St Kitts.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 06, 2016, 09:40:47 pm
ya we never sold into st kits
but i have service work in welland ?
and i did have a few of the pga's liberated
are u still in brantford ?
if so pm me your info
i will see what i can do my end for u

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 06, 2016, 09:58:09 pm
Sent you pm, thanks for the help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: abreakey on November 07, 2016, 10:17:16 am
I was wondering if anyone knows of a place I can buy a marquee for Team Challenge.  Mine is currently Challenge, but I'd like the marquee to be the correct version.  It isn't a huge deal, but if I could find one that would be great.

Thanks - Adam
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 07, 2016, 02:28:20 pm
brad808
please chk your resuce disk #
lets hope it is pn#050-0024-01
as that is the 1 i have and used for 3

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 07, 2016, 04:48:40 pm
brad808
please chk your resuce disk #
lets hope it is pn#050-0024-01
as that is the 1 i have and used for 3

ed
Yes that pn rev b if that matters. (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161107/ad9764619447c6eabebd62e957b4b73b.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 07, 2016, 06:04:20 pm
ok i will try to get u the iso

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 07, 2016, 06:07:33 pm
ok i will try to get u the iso

ed
Awesome much appreciated.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 07, 2016, 08:11:04 pm
ok i have it
man is it small
let me find a host
get back to u

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 08, 2016, 05:22:50 pm
ok i have it
man is it small
let me find a host
get back to u

ed
Megaupload maybe?


I might be able to use my Google drive somehow if need be.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 08, 2016, 07:18:52 pm
i found a reged to a up-load site
will get it up there for u

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 08, 2016, 09:24:50 pm
i will get it up there tonight

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 08, 2016, 09:27:40 pm
Thanks again
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on November 09, 2016, 01:02:40 pm
for future, mediafire is pretty good. it's free to sign up, and if you spam a couple email addresses and sign them up to the site, and do some twitter/facebook shilling, they give you more free space it's not hard to get up to the 55 gigs of upload space totally free.

also https://mfi.re/?j6dnmqo (https://mfi.re/?j6dnmqo) link for if you want to sign up and give me another Gig of space.  ;D  :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 10, 2016, 04:51:47 pm
Did you manage to get the iso uploaded somewhere Ed?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 10, 2016, 06:41:57 pm
brad808
this is the http link
u place it right into your adress bar
file is named res.iso
https://ufile.io/55115

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 10, 2016, 07:56:04 pm
brad808
this is the http link
u place it right into your adress bar
file is named res.iso
https://ufile.io/55115

ed
Thanks Ed the recovery ISO works perfectly.

Unfortunately after it completes it just brings me back to the original blue screen I was getting. (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161111/08574c35cf1a9d48e9289483bdbb80a0.jpg)

Any suggestions now?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 10, 2016, 08:41:14 pm
yes very long listen colse
go get parition wizzard "mini" google it that way
hook the drive up as a slave to your main coumpter or "best" is usb drive
install mini
run mini in "adm mode"
if it is usb? un slave it
go to its hard drive #
as a rule it is #2 for me
go to the paritions it lists
delete them
then go to the drive its self #2 and clean it
then try to reload
if this fails ?
u need more work

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 10, 2016, 09:29:44 pm
The error message seems to be directly related to the hard drive but I've now tried 3 separate drives with the same result. 2 of the drives were pulled from working systems just to test this  :angry:. Are there any boot specific bios settings I should be looking at? I feel like there must be something else preventing this from booting because hard drive failure doesn't seem likely.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 10, 2016, 09:39:30 pm
ok exactley what do u mean by "pulled from working systems" ?
as the term confuses me ?
do u mean windows working systems ?
or pga working systems ?

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 10, 2016, 09:44:36 pm
ok exactley what do u mean by "pulled from working systems" ?
as the term confuses me ?
do u mean windows working systems ?
or pga working systems ?

ed

Working windows systems, just various old computers I had loaded up for testing purposes. I was under the impression the recovery CD was formatting and creating a new partition table so any IDE drive would be compatible?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 10, 2016, 09:47:18 pm
nope and nope
u must do as i stated
then u have a fighting shot at it

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 10, 2016, 09:53:04 pm
nope and nope
u must do as i stated
then u have a fighting shot at it

ed
OK I'll do that and report back. If it fails I'm tossing the p4 in the garbage and mameing the thing. It has already consumed too much of my time.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 10, 2016, 10:01:45 pm
to each there own
but i see your point
it is not a team challange after all only a 3

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 13, 2016, 05:15:21 am
Working windows systems, just various old computers I had loaded up for testing purposes. I was under the impression the recovery CD was formatting and creating a new partition table so any IDE drive would be compatible?

Hey Brad I have used old windows XP hard drives and ran the recovery disks with no issue what so ever and contrary to what Ed is saying I beleave the recovery and game disks reinstall win xpe on the drives and they have worked fine.

I would be looking at you ram with this issue and changing that and trying new ram or start with 1 stick in a different ram slot and see if you still get the blue screen as don't thinks it's a hard drive issue mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 13, 2016, 02:23:17 pm
spitfire
i will concour and hand u a point
but u see where u and i differ
is i WORK in this all day long.
it has always been my experince to fully clean the drive, so there is no under lying issuies with it going out the door
to the coustmers loactions and or home users ussage..the point of that has been well proven and talked about countless times
so there is no need to dewell on it.
yes i did not tell the @ to chk the rams,but a back ground on this tells u he is using different mobos and 3 different hard drives
 i would want to cross the t's and dot the i's
but to each there own

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 13, 2016, 08:38:50 pm
So far I have tried clearing the drives out with the partition manager and also tried running kill disk on them (writing zeros on all sectors). No luck. I've tried each of the two sticks of RAM running individually in each of the two available RAM slots and no luck.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 13, 2016, 08:47:09 pm
for shits and giggles if u have a copy of xp ? or 7 ? see if it will load up and work
then atleast u know hardware is ok
if u do not let me know i will see if i can up-load a xp for u

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 13, 2016, 09:14:43 pm
for shits and giggles if u have a copy of xp ? or 7 ? see if it will load up and work
then atleast u know hardware is ok
if u do not let me know i will see if i can up-load a xp for u

ed
Good suggestion, I'll install win 7 now and report back.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 13, 2016, 09:21:16 pm
i will be on most of the night
remeber u have to use a dvd and the 1 with that machine will be cd only (atleast) thats what they shipped with

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 13, 2016, 09:24:41 pm
Windows 7 is a no go. Crashes during setup wizard launch
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161114/50dd417bdf67e7cfc0030ddfe343c709.jpg)

Will check XP as well but hardware might be dinked.


Might try and pick up a Dell gx260 as that seems like a suitable replacement computer? I haven't been able to find a clear cut answer as to what computers would be compatible.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 13, 2016, 09:33:16 pm
ya i would lean that way also.
u could pull the cmos bat and wit a few mins then put it back in
just to see if it is cmos related

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 13, 2016, 09:58:53 pm
So just out of curiosity I tried the recovery disk in some completely unrelated hardware and got the same error message. I'm guessing maybe it has something to do with compatibility of what the OS is expecting vs what the replacement hardware is.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161114/131c7207cb96c8f8365ec61a972925b1.jpg)
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161114/da8962970d8171e1e10b7ec64bd1e63f.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 13, 2016, 10:04:03 pm
i have never seen it show up that fast (golf wise)
might be time to cut the loss or just replace the thing with a running unit

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 13, 2016, 10:21:47 pm
Yep agreed if cmos reset doesn't work the hardware seems rooted and best pick up a dell gx260 and install quite simple.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 15, 2016, 10:50:45 pm
OK update time. Got a Dell gx260. Got the recovery and install disks for team challenge. Going to try and use the Dongle emulator. Hitting this error now. I believe it's because i installed the software with a Cad Dongle. My question now becomes this. Am I able to change the region setting of the software after it has been installed via some config file? Does a dng file for the Canadian team challenge exist for the emulator?

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161116/73ddfdd430732c91b4bc770979f70c04.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 15, 2016, 11:11:22 pm
if u use > hasp <
u do not need to worrie about it

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 15, 2016, 11:19:03 pm
That is the error message I get while using hasp. I have tried US dng and AU dng files. Both give me incorrect country message.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 16, 2016, 07:22:23 am
I think later tonight I will try to start from scratch and leave my Dongle out of it completely. See if I can get the emulator to load up before installing the software and have the game install with just the emulated Dongle.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 16, 2016, 02:33:06 pm
hi I had a team challenge however the I.o card stopped working  and the hard drive had died too I don't want to loose this machine but have no recovery disc...I have tried swopping the pcb from working hard drive to the pga one but had no luck still ...does anyone have any ideas to save her thank you in advance for any help
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 16, 2016, 03:15:19 pm
team challange
what build ?
and is it canadian or us or ur ?

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 16, 2016, 03:52:19 pm
hi now im going to sound stupid where would I look to find out it was bought in the UK have the machine in next room so can check
thank you
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 16, 2016, 04:04:30 pm
on hasp dongle it reads
H4 M1  5.0 
EMMMQ  205236

if that helps
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 16, 2016, 04:35:20 pm
well we now know your build (5) which i have
dose the other side have anything on it  ?
like pga-team-chaaenge-ca ?
it is whats after the - i need to know

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 16, 2016, 04:43:34 pm
no nothing on the other side than a old strip of masking tape on it but no writing
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 16, 2016, 04:56:06 pm
its a 50/50 but i will up-load them
give me a day to make sure my account is ok
and i will up-load the disks

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 16, 2016, 05:14:57 pm
ok rescuse/install 2/install 3 are done
i just need to find install main (1) then i will get them up there

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 16, 2016, 06:00:11 pm
I'm finally up and running. Reinstalled everything with no Dongle in and at worked. Instructions for emulator said I needed to have a legit Dongle in during install but in fact the opposite was true. It was screwing up the install and forcing a Canadian region. All seems well in that department now. Still need to get a video card for it in order to play but at least I'm in the menu systems now. (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161116/bbad49af456988d8bc563e3accbfdeac.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 17, 2016, 07:31:00 am
thank you thats brilliant
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 19, 2016, 03:49:09 am
Hey Ed were you not supposed to be getting us all on your server and getting us all back online? How far away is it? Why are tou not responding to my PMs?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: The-O on November 21, 2016, 10:09:35 am
Hey guys, you don't need to use old obsolete mainboards or IDE drives or even old Graphics boards. Our current builds use Asus H61 mainboards (as they have parallel ports on-board), 32gig SSD drives and Nvidia 610 graphics cards, 2gigs ram and a plain Pentium G3020 dual core processor, but even i3 i5 or i7 will also work. Everyting works 100% with that hardware setup, and is blazing fast. You just need to make a few tweaks in the bios and run a patch on the registry to make XPe think that SP3 is installed. That's it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 22, 2016, 05:33:10 pm
Hey guys, you don't need to use old obsolete mainboards or IDE drives or even old Graphics boards. Our current builds use Asus H61 mainboards (as they have parallel ports on-board), 32gig SSD drives and Nvidia 610 graphics cards, 2gigs ram and a plain Pentium G3020 dual core processor, but even i3 i5 or i7 will also work. Everyting works 100% with that hardware setup, and is blazing fast. You just need to make a few tweaks in the bios and run a patch on the registry to make XPe think that SP3 is installed. That's it.
Can you please provide instructions on how this is done?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 23, 2016, 09:50:11 am
any luck on the pga team challenge install discs please
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 25, 2016, 04:47:32 pm
think it's time to call it quits on my team challenge  :-( thank you to any one who offered help
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 25, 2016, 04:57:28 pm
i am trying to up-load the full chd
all u will do is copy it a blank harddrive using chdman
just need to find a new up-load site

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 25, 2016, 10:36:10 pm
any luck on the pga team challenge install discs please
Hey mate sent you 2 pm's with no reply. Need your email to send you a links to my dropbox?

And Ed12 once again mate you fail to deliver anything you say!! Why no reply to getting us on your server as promised?? I pmed you a number of times and messaged you here?? You really are one big waste of time.  :angry:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 26, 2016, 02:02:22 pm
mictas_1@msn.com sorry I didn't know good job I checked this page was about to take a hammer to it :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 26, 2016, 05:32:49 pm
ok your rescue disk is here
>https://ufile.io/92718< live link
7 days
do not take your time because if u want the rest i will need to delete it
and re-up-load what u request
spitfire it went to my it ppl
when i get the okie dokie
i will post on it

mictas if u just want a full image of a running pga challenge ? (3)
i will need to move to a different up-load site
as i will be dammed i am paying to help ppl that way
hope u understand ?
if u want it in there orignal disks 1 at a time i am good with that

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 26, 2016, 06:49:04 pm
Mine still isn't working even after I got a new video card for it. Game silently crashes and restarts at the menu system just after the intro video. Sigh. What a total pain in the ass this thing has been.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 26, 2016, 11:23:51 pm
brad why did u not just snag me up on my offer ?
the $$ i want and the 2 old computers.
u will now need your dongle until i get more instock

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on November 27, 2016, 12:08:26 am
Ed how much do you want?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 27, 2016, 12:19:32 am
200.00 exchange
will deliver and hook up for u

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 27, 2016, 02:33:56 pm
this is great am down loading it now will give you heads up when donew ty again
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 27, 2016, 02:45:05 pm
Quote from: mictas ģlink=topic=129168.msg1595435#msg1595435 date=1479912611
any luck on the pga team challenge install discs please
Hey mate sent you 2 pm's with no reply. Need your email to send you a links to my dropbox?

And Ed12 once again mate you fail to deliver anything you say!! Why no reply to getting us on your server as promised?? I pmed you a number of times and messaged you here?? You really are one big waste of time.  :angry:

am here and have replied the email notification  went to my junk folder
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 27, 2016, 03:00:53 pm
did u get the iso ?
if yes and u need more i will up-load them
if not your welcome

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: gcwretrocade on November 27, 2016, 04:11:55 pm
@ED12 we have a Ea Sports Golf Tour Team Challenge but the computer looks to be gone as we get no video signal after even replacing the video card. Will your new image work on a Dell Optiplex755?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 27, 2016, 05:35:22 pm
did u get the iso ?
if yes and u need more i will up-load them
if not your welcome

ed
hi i have got the rescue disc now thank you :-)

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on November 27, 2016, 05:51:55 pm
did u get the iso ?
if yes and u need more i will up-load them
if not your welcome

ed
hi i have got the rescue disc now thank you :-)

Pm sent mate
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on November 28, 2016, 01:46:53 pm
gcwretrocade
i just recieved your email today
no that board will cause winxp(e) to brak and ---smurfette---

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on November 28, 2016, 04:14:23 pm
did u get the iso ?
if yes and u need more i will up-load them
if not your welcome

ed
hi i have got the rescue disc now thank you :-)
hi i have now got down install 1,2,3, and recovery ..i have a blank 40 g hard drive and amd ready to go will i be needing anything else before ...and thank you so much so far i reaaly do appreciate what you have done

Pm sent matr
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on December 01, 2016, 07:28:44 am
will be starting this tonight ty for the help will keep you informed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on December 01, 2016, 03:35:39 pm
hi all upon loading rescue disc I am getting operating system not found" after following the instructions take out cd turn machine off turn back on and wait up to 9 mins for the earth logo ...my question is should I be waiting with the operating system error or not
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on December 01, 2016, 04:14:34 pm
what the hell did u load >earth-logo< ? for champ 3 ? huh

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on December 01, 2016, 04:48:37 pm
earth...logo?

wut?  :dunno

you sure you have the right disk and or the right image written to it????
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on December 01, 2016, 04:56:12 pm
i just wonder if that is not some "hack ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---" which 3's mobo will kick right out

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on December 01, 2016, 05:14:30 pm
sorry auto correct meant ea logo
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on December 01, 2016, 05:38:01 pm
no alls changEd am stuck at verifying DMI pool data
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on December 01, 2016, 07:19:01 pm
stuck at verifying DMI pool data

try entering the bios and doing a "load default settings" kind of thing. also check that the boot device (harddrive) is being properly detected.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ed12 on December 01, 2016, 08:34:50 pm
ok do as shawn stated

ed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on December 11, 2016, 09:03:55 pm
Hey guys! Any news on getting back online?  :dunno
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 18, 2016, 12:11:30 am
Since playing online is still to be determined.  I thought I would post again that I have been running an "offline" tour on Facebook.  There is one more "unofficial" event that will run over the next 2 weeks to get us to the end of 2016.  Then the "official" tournaments should return with the PGA Tour in 2017.  These events are handicaped to try and make it fair for all levels of play.  All you need to do is take a picture of your scorecard at the end of the round and send it to me in Facebook messanger.  If you don't use Facebook, I could make an "Offline" Tour thread here to post tournaments and weekly results and you could just send me a PM with the picture of you scorecard. It sure would be great having more people play while we wait to play online.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130912480330506/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130912480330506/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel)
Example from a past event.
https://www.facebook.com/events/339483889747239/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/339483889747239/)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on December 19, 2016, 04:31:33 pm
ok do as shawn stated

ed

hi all quick update after weeks of trying I have come to the conclusion I need a new motherboard and ao card ..I have amazingly got nowhere with the machine so am weighing up the odds on whether to carry on or scrap it
the machine freezes on the very start up the bios on the titan 533 will not let me change it in any way either ..it is detecting the HD and cd rom but will not let me reinstall the game or even load ex and tonight it has decided to freeze while in the bios .....to technical for me lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: martie911 on December 21, 2016, 05:27:52 am
FYI, I have a motherboard for sale on eBay - GLOBAL VR PGA TOUR GOLF - DFI NB32-SL MOTHERBOARD W/ PENTIUM 4 CPU - 512 MB MEM
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on December 22, 2016, 05:26:46 pm
The last couple times I have played my game it will freeze up mid round.  Is this common and is there anything I can do about it?
Thanks
Jacob
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on December 27, 2016, 04:20:35 pm
I have added events that will get us through January and week 7 of the "PGA Tour Offline Tour". I have also made the scorecards for events all the way up to the Masters in April. There is a WGC Match Play event the end of March that I have created a special scorecard for, just in case we have enough players to have a Match Play event. Here is what it looks like. Also, in week 12 for the Valspar event, I have 2 different course ideas. TPC Sawgrass or fantasy course Emerald Dragon. Since most of the upcoming events are "real" PGA Tour events, your actual running calculated handicap will be applied week to week. When I originally thought of doing this "offline" tour, I had thought if enough member had the courses from Championship 1,2,3 and Challenge editions, we could use more of those real courses to correspond with the real tour events. It would be a lot of fun to play TPC Scottsdale, Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, Poppy Hills, Pinehurst #2 and others if we can get everyone using them. If not, I'll keep shuffling the courses to try and match them up as best I can. Let me know your thoughts.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 18, 2017, 07:43:43 am
Hi All Happy New year to all of you all be it belated.

Some good news on the server front. My it guy has made good progress and i am meeting him for dinner tomorrow to get the latest.

In other server news our crazy magician of a man Alias Boost Alias PGA Server has returned from the dead and emailed me.  Not to go into details on what was said in the email but the most important thing was the suggestion of getting the server back up and running independent of him on an external server. 

I will keep you updated on both fronts and hopefully we will be playing online again in the near future.

Might have to start getting some practice in as havent played at all in the new year.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 18, 2017, 10:54:53 am
That is great that you have another person trying to work on a server.  I hate to see the guy or girl spend a ton of time on it just to find they dont posess a manditory skill needed to make the server work.  Ask him or her if they are able to reverse engineer AES encryption?  If not, they might as well stop as they are running down a rabbit hole that ultimately leads to that.  The data transmitted between the machine and server is encrypted.  You have to reverse engineer it to obtain the encryption keys and salts.  If you mention encryption salting and they dont know what that is, its best to save a ton of time and just stop.

Yes, I will be reserecting everything but not on any of my personal servers.  This will be ported a touch and served by a major hosting company.  Length of time needed is unknown at this time.  Old leaderboard data and pages will be uploaded first to show intent.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 18, 2017, 06:06:34 pm
That is great that you have another person trying to work on a server.  I hate to see the guy or girl spend a ton of time on it just to find they dont posess a manditory skill needed to make the server work.  Ask him or her if they are able to reverse engineer AES encryption?  If not, they might as well stop as they are running down a rabbit hole that ultimately leads to that.  The data transmitted between the machine and server is encrypted.  You have to reverse engineer it to obtain the encryption keys and salts.  If you mention encryption salting and they dont know what that is, its best to save a ton of time and just stop.

Yes, I will be reserecting everything but not on any of my personal servers.  This will be ported a touch and served by a major hosting company.  Length of time needed is unknown at this time.  Old leaderboard data and pages will be uploaded first to show intent.

Well it seems now your back mate and the server is going back up there is no need for my guy to continue his work. Cant wait for online play to be back and we can all start enjoying some friendly competition again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 18, 2017, 06:33:51 pm
Did someone find a TARDIS and have we gone back in time? Let me know if I can help in any way or if any of my "offline" stuff might be helpful.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 18, 2017, 08:41:32 pm
Yea I think we have jumped into a Delorian, hit 88 MPH, greated 1.21 jiggowatts, and blasted back in time.  This time things will be different because im not going to be creating tournaments and all that stuff.  Im going to set the server and database up offsite (Already created account), give you guys the tournament tool, and let you guys manage the day to day stuff.  Everything except domain name registration "should" be free for 1 year.  Thanks Amazon.  So yea Tim, your help will be greatly needed as you will be the tournament master.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 19, 2017, 10:06:16 pm
Off site web server and database server are up and operational.  Uploading database tonight.  Tomorrow will be server and tournament tool changes to work with external system.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 20, 2017, 05:38:01 am
Me likey. Let me know if you need me to test anything? I better start playing again as havent played much since you disappeared again. No fun if not online.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 20, 2017, 09:34:59 am
I appreciate the testing offer but I think I have everything under control since this time the server is not local to me.  We will actually be in a better situation because these servers have a ton more horsepower than the previous one.  If I had to take a guess on when the server will be ready for everyone, I would say monday, tuesday at the latest.  This will enable your world tour again.  Then I dont mind doing the first tournament myself so I think you guys should be battling against each other by wednesday night.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 20, 2017, 11:19:23 pm
Did we ever get all the answers about course conditions setup determined?  I think this is what we were thinking each setting meant, though I don't think we knew that they were all working.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 21, 2017, 12:01:51 am
I remember we tested a lot of settings.  We nailed everything if I remember right except time of day.  I think that one had people wondering if things were really changing.  But cloud cover was effecting peoples opinions.  Guess everybody will just have to play a tournament and judge for themselves.

Server status.......database replicated, code currently being modified for external server.

Joe, Tim, in the next few days I will need to know your IP addresses.  Just type "whats my ip address" in google and it will give it to you.  Send that to me over pm.  I need them so I can open the firewall and grant you access to the database server.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 21, 2017, 05:51:39 am
I remember we tested a lot of settings.  We nailed everything if I remember right except time of day.  I think that one had people wondering if things were really changing.  But cloud cover was effecting peoples opinions.  Guess everybody will just have to play a tournament and judge for themselves.

Server status.......database replicated, code currently being modified for external server.

Joe, Tim, in the next few days I will need to know your IP addresses.  Just type "whats my ip address" in google and it will give it to you.  Send that to me over pm.  I need them so I can open the firewall and grant you access to the database server.

Hey mate doesnt the IP address change every time you connect to the internet unless you pay for a static IP??
I do have static IP i think for one of my security cameras but no sure if my pc is or any of my routers??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 21, 2017, 07:40:59 am
Correct, almost all home internet service providers are dynamic, but the lease time they use is normally very very long.  The original server was hosted out of my house with a dynamic ip address.  Yes, your internal ip that gets assigned by your router has a very short lease time, but that is not the number I need.  I need the WAN side ip, hence the need to query google for it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on January 21, 2017, 11:44:32 pm
Any ideas what would cause my CRT monitor to all of a sudden go dim.  When I turn the game on now you can barley see the golfer or the course.  I turned my brightness all the way up and it looks washed out... any ideas on how to fix this problem. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on January 22, 2017, 01:05:31 am
Any ideas what would cause my CRT monitor to all of a sudden go dim.  When I turn the game on now you can barley see the golfer or the course.  I turned my brightness all the way up and it looks washed out... any ideas on how to fix this problem.
Nevermind.  Got it fixed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 23, 2017, 03:13:16 am
Well, the modifications to the server code have been made and everything has been uploaded.  The leaderboard and tournament results pages are working.  That should mean machines can register and connect right now.  I need to put my pga machine back together to test this but if any of you guys want to try and register now be my guest.

Everybody will need to edit the machines hosts file AFTER running my old patcher disk to point their machine to the new server.  Patcher points it to the old server.  Edit the file c:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and change the ip address associated with pga4.globalvr.com to 54.153.0.232

You can see the leaderboards at:
54.153.0.232/WT_Leaderboards.aspx
54.153.0.232/Tournament_Leaderboards.aspx

Ill start putting my machine back together, let me know if any early adopters have success connecting.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 23, 2017, 06:38:20 am
Tried to call in and fatal error occured ha ha WTF powering to try again and machine died ummm not sure what the issue is??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 23, 2017, 06:43:17 am
Cant get my machine to stay powered up it always shuts down after game loads or as its loading? Ummm strange
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 23, 2017, 07:04:35 am
Oh well after first attempt and fatel error machine always switches off once it gets to attract screen?? Hope others have better luck than me. Any thoughts lee??
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 23, 2017, 08:17:50 am
Server shouldnt cause a fatal error.  Especially if the call in failed.  No problem, Ill have my machine back together in a day or two.  Thanks for trying Joe.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 23, 2017, 06:29:11 pm
Server shouldnt cause a fatal error.  Especially if the call in failed.  No problem, Ill have my machine back together in a day or two.  Thanks for trying Joe.
Not sure whats going on call in didnt fail as got the fatel error has it was trying to connect to the server. Will give it a good once over today and try again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 24, 2017, 01:16:07 am
100% complete call but failed.

So close!! Urghhhh!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 24, 2017, 07:39:03 am
Not bad for right out of the box.  Almost there.  Were you calling in like your machine was already registered or were you attempting to re-register?

If you were doing a normal call in then has anything changed on your machine since it last called in?  If you deregistered, installed AAP, new software, anything like that then you must reregister.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on January 24, 2017, 08:21:28 am
Hey guys, you don't need to use old obsolete mainboards or IDE drives or even old Graphics boards. Our current builds use Asus H61 mainboards (as they have parallel ports on-board), 32gig SSD drives and Nvidia 610 graphics cards, 2gigs ram and a plain Pentium G3020 dual core processor, but even i3 i5 or i7 will also work. Everyting works 100% with that hardware setup, and is blazing fast. You just need to make a few tweaks in the bios and run a patch on the registry to make XPe think that SP3 is installed. That's it.
Hi mate, did you happen to have any more specific information on this? I'm sure that there are a number of people with busted PGA PC's that would be interested in the bios tweaks and registry patch you mentioned.

Cheers.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: fir3b0x on January 24, 2017, 08:24:16 am
Well, the modifications to the server code have been made and everything has been uploaded.  The leaderboard and tournament results pages are working.  That should mean machines can register and connect right now.  I need to put my pga machine back together to test this but if any of you guys want to try and register now be my guest.

Everybody will need to edit the machines hosts file AFTER running my old patcher disk to point their machine to the new server.  Patcher points it to the old server.  Edit the file c:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and change the ip address associated with pga4.globalvr.com to 54.153.0.232

You can see the leaderboards at:
54.153.0.232/WT_Leaderboards.aspx
54.153.0.232/Tournament_Leaderboards.aspx

Ill start putting my machine back together, let me know if any early adopters have success connecting.
Hey Boost/Lee, great to see you back. Really appreciate the work that you have/are putting into this!

Cheers.

Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nixpaints on January 24, 2017, 01:44:20 pm
Hey Guys,
Newbie here, read through most of the forum.  Great work!

GT Complete owner looking to change it up.  Just picked up a PGA Challenge machine with a dead computer in it.  I did get the TC rescue disks to load into a new computer but I only have the challenge dongle and not version 4.  Anyone have a current link to the TC dongle emulator?  The dropbox posted earlier on this forum has been deleted.

Thx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 24, 2017, 05:11:59 pm
Not bad for right out of the box.  Almost there.  Were you calling in like your machine was already registered or were you attempting to re-register?

If you were doing a normal call in then has anything changed on your machine since it last called in?  If you deregistered, installed AAP, new software, anything like that then you must reregister.
I was calling in from my old registered machine. Nothing has changed except for the IP address you asked us to change in your instructions.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 24, 2017, 05:20:25 pm
Hey Guys,
Newbie here, read through most of the forum.  Great work!

GT Complete owner looking to change it up.  Just picked up a PGA Challenge machine with a dead computer in it.  I did get the TC rescue disks to load into a new computer but I only have the challenge dongle and not version 4.  Anyone have a current link to the TC dongle emulator?  The dropbox posted earlier on this forum has been deleted.

Thx
Hi mate welcome. Those files many more can be found on out facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/)
Come over and say hello and get what you need.
Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 24, 2017, 06:28:11 pm
Ok so I unregistered and reregistered and still the same error. Will try running the patch again urghhhh!!'
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 24, 2017, 06:28:52 pm
I was able connect and can play world tour now im getting error 4000 when i force call.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 24, 2017, 06:34:42 pm
Ok, appears there is a processing error somewhere along the line.  More than likely a timing issue.  Ill pull the logs tonight and see where in the cadence everybody is failing.  Im still putting my machine back together.  World Tour is partially back.....thats another great step.  Ill figure it all out for you guys.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 24, 2017, 06:39:14 pm
Ok, appears there is a processing error somewhere along the line.  More than likely a timing issue.  Ill pull the logs tonight and see where in the cadence everybody is failing.  Im still putting my machine back together.  World Tour is partially back.....thats another great step.  Ill figure it all out for you guys.
A guy over on facebook page had success after reinstalling the full game and doing everything from scratch. After reregistration the history showed success then after call in it had partial failure error 4000. I also changed both IP addresses to the new one in hosts not just the pga4. Would this be causing a problem? Should i bother running the patcher again? Or just sit tight and wait?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 24, 2017, 06:41:48 pm
You know what, I just thought of something.  The data I uploaded into the db might have not been the absolute latest.  If so then your machine and server could have a conflict on a few things.  Would anybody be willing to deregister and register again fresh?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 24, 2017, 06:43:30 pm
Looks like you just answered my question Joe.  Nevermind, dont deregister.  Just sit tight until I pull and review the logs tonight.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 24, 2017, 07:12:06 pm
If this helps it goes to 99% and on connect screen says partially failed
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 25, 2017, 01:55:10 am
Very strange.  I pulled the logs, I see people connecting, and I see no errors.  Every transaction is returning successfully.  Awhile back I added code to extract machine errors and save them into the db.  Time to pull those records and see if it has anything useful.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 25, 2017, 02:08:10 am
Error reporting code paid off.  I see the error, working on debugging and generating a fix.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 25, 2017, 02:23:45 am
Ok, believe I fixed it.  Would one of you guys try calling in and letting me know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 25, 2017, 02:43:01 am
Ok, believe I fixed it.  Would one of you guys try calling in and letting me know.
---fudgesicle--- out for the night will try when home if not intoxicated ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 25, 2017, 05:21:31 pm
You're slacking on your testing responsibilities Spit!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 25, 2017, 07:52:49 pm
I was able to call in and was successful. I did notice on WT leader board my score for pumpkin ridge didnt update and im not getting leaderboard scores on machine like i did when first re registered
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 25, 2017, 08:36:55 pm
Nevermind it updated. I had force call. I guess force call and exit didnt update it. Still no scores on leader board in game though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 25, 2017, 08:39:34 pm
Did your machine reboot after calling in?  I believe this is required.  Also db might be empty and require another call in for you to get the data.  Ill check tonight.  But hey.....its up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TheSherman8or on January 25, 2017, 09:03:27 pm
No reboot just did the force call without exiting. Im not complaining one bit I have been burning my trackball out because of how much I have been playing in the last 2 days. Thank you again for all of this.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 25, 2017, 11:19:48 pm
Ill have my machine back together in a few and I can iron out any kinks.  Next step is to convert tournament tool and start one up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on January 25, 2017, 11:23:20 pm
Yes never got round to testing last night as was very drunk ha ha now Australia day today and out celebrating with family hopefully can get some time later tonight to call in.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 27, 2017, 01:25:46 am
Short test tournament just got loaded to the server.  Call in and get it.  Runs from now till Sunday midnight UTC.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 27, 2017, 01:45:37 am
Im going to update the patcher iso with the address of the new server.  If doing a fresh install or new registration use the patch iso.  If not then do not use the patcher as it blows everything away.  If everybody can edit the file by hand...great.  If not then let me know and ill have to make a new disk that only touches the host file
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 27, 2017, 10:37:02 am
Spit and Tim, Im ready to give you both a copy of the tournament tool.  Would like to talk to you both about it and go over it in real time as text will just not work.  Too many things to go over.  Was thinking we could skype at once.  Spit, I have your email but Tim can you send me yours over IM and we can take this offline.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 29, 2017, 02:49:42 pm
I was able to get my "online" hard drive reinstalled and all seems working. Thankfully the dongle emulator is still working. Took a little to connect the first time, mostly due to my forgetting that I disconnected the ethernet cable after we went offline.  I do think that once I connected however, that my previous scores for Sahalee were uploaded before I had completed my first round, as I was showing 5 rounds completed that appear to correspond to the 5 scores that I had played in the past.  Otherwise, all seems to be working again. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on January 29, 2017, 10:02:23 pm
Yea, the data I uploaded was a tick old.  When I started the tournament it matched a previous tournament id so the server thinks you have already played as it has that tournament id game results from early last year.  I will fix that on the new test tournament I kick off tomorrow.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Wikidtiki on February 20, 2017, 08:27:38 pm
Greetings all,

I have just purchased a Challenge machine and have a few questions. If anybody can offer any help it would be greatly appreciated. Everything functions on the unit and the game plays very well. The problem I have is that the machine says there is no card reader thus locking me out of tournament mode. The machine was factory reset prior to me purchasing it and is not currently registered. Is there a way to have it registered so it will unlock the other tournament courses on the machine? I tried, via the menu and it states that I need an operators card or pin code. Am I fighting a losing battle or is there a way to get a card and register the machine?

Again, thanks for any help.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dramaone on March 29, 2017, 02:46:06 am
Greetings all,

I have just purchased a Challenge machine and have a few questions. If anybody can offer any help it would be greatly appreciated. Everything functions on the unit and the game plays very well. The problem I have is that the machine says there is no card reader thus locking me out of tournament mode. The machine was factory reset prior to me purchasing it and is not currently registered. Is there a way to have it registered so it will unlock the other tournament courses on the machine? I tried, via the menu and it states that I need an operators card or pin code. Am I fighting a losing battle or is there a way to get a card and register the machine?

Again, thanks for any help.

Sorry can't help but I have the same issue. Everything on the machine works, I have a card reader and card but the system doesn't see the reader. It says I cant access tournament mode and the
system isn't registered.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 01, 2017, 05:06:14 am
Hi All,

We have an online server back up and running again for PGA GOLF team challenge. Follow the instructions below to get online.

ONLINE SERVER CONNECTION INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNREGISTERED MACHINES

To join in online you need the latest patcher_04 which can be found in an earlier post if tou havent done so already and a regular team challenge machine. No other machines will work. Burn patcher iso to cd. On the attract screen run the patcher in your cd rom drive. Once it says press any key to continue turn off and power up your machine again. Once back in attract mode Edit the file c:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and change the ip address associated with pga4.globalvr.com to 54.153.0.232. Do this by hitting windows key close gvr hit windows key again go to control panel navigate to hosts file above. Open in notepad change ip address save close windows. Hits windows key again hit gvr boot.
go to the operators menu by pressing the red operators button inside ur cabinet. Be sure to have your machine connected to the Internet by plugging in an Ethernet cable directly to your cabinet Pc ethernet port. If you are using wireless be sure to configure your wireless connection as per the instructions before trying to register. Choose register/connect option, register cabinet and register your machine using the 4 digit code option using any four digits as it doesn't matter. Make sure you change from Dial up to cable adsl option and follow on screen instructions and allow the machine to call server.  This may take a while first time to get to 100% complete.  Once registered choose the force a call to the server and exit to game option and that's it. You should now be tournament enabled and online. To play online in a Tournament or the World tour option on your cabinet You will need a players card and reader. You will also need to turn your machine off free play otherwise you won't be able to select World Tour and Tournament on the start screen. This has to be done in the operators menu by choosing machine and settings option and disabling free play.
Once you select World Tour it will ask you to insert your players card. It will say that the card is not tournament enabled and will run you through a number of steps to make it so follow instructions and your card will be made tournament ready and you will be given a player number. Now you can use your card or number on any machine linked to Boosts Server and your home made player can be used to play every course on the game without having an all access pass. You will be able to unlock hidden skill shots on every course to unlock special player customising items and equipment. Once all courses available on World Tour are played you will be given a player ranking and it will also unlock heaps of customisable clothing and equipment to use on your player in the Game face option of the game. You can also keep track of how many skill shots you have found and your ranking by inserting your players card into your card reader on the attract screen of the game. There are now also leaderboards available so you can show the world you are the best player out there.

If you need any further help let me know.

Joinour facebook page here for more help and any files needed.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690/)

Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Bev on April 17, 2017, 11:12:47 pm
Hey thanks for letting me know! I'm super pumped and pulled out the cabinet and got it back online tonight. I went through the directions but can't get it to connect to the server, stops at 2%. I have the patch from a year or so ago and think I found the notepad file where I changed the IP address to 54.153.0.232. It didn't change anything. I'm stumped where the directions say "go to control panel navigate to host file above". I think I found it by just digging into the files, found patch file, but again it changed nothing. Any help appreciated, can't wait to show you how this game is really played!!!!!!! Steve .     
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on April 22, 2017, 11:55:33 am
hi all does anyone have the install and rescue disc for pga tour team challenge previously spitfire drop boxed me them (appreciated) but disc 1 seems to be corrupt any help would be greatly welcomed ty
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mictas on April 22, 2017, 04:39:16 pm
hi all does anyone have the install and rescue disc for pga tour team challenge previously spitfire drop boxed me them (appreciated) but disc 1 seems to be corrupt any help would be greatly welcomed ty

update I have swopped the CD Rom and have the game installed it now load the the nitric i/o fault the question I have is are there any other leads from the io card other than to the usb
also can any io card be installed in case the card is at fault or does it have to be a specific one
thank you all
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 14, 2017, 07:50:28 am
hi all does anyone have the install and rescue disc for pga tour team challenge previously spitfire drop boxed me them (appreciated) but disc 1 seems to be corrupt any help would be greatly welcomed ty

update I have swopped the CD Rom and have the game installed it now load the the nitric i/o fault the question I have is are there any other leads from the io card other than to the usb
also can any io card be installed in case the card is at fault or does it have to be a specific one
thank you all

Hi mate did you get this sorted? The Nitric card should have usb, power and controls plug connected to it nothing else.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 14, 2017, 07:52:52 am
Online tournaments are now been in full swing for a while and we are following the real USA PGA tour.  Please shout out if anyone needs help getting their machine online as the more we get playing the better. See you on the leaderboards soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on June 01, 2017, 08:08:34 am
Online Tournaments still going strong with the memorial tournament now in fullswing. Join us online now! For any help getting you PGA Team Challenge online contact me or go to our facebook page
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on June 07, 2017, 04:26:10 pm
Finally took the time today to get back online.  Glad to see it is still going strong.  As it was raining and I had nothing else to do was able to dump PGA Tour, Champ III, Challenge and get running without dongles today.  Got to get my hand on working Champ I and II so I can dump them still.

Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: yukonblaze on June 11, 2017, 03:01:19 pm
Looking for Team Challenge or Challenge marquee and marquee (between speakers).  Anyone got something, please let me know.  Side art also if anyone has anything.

Thanks
Jason
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on July 04, 2017, 02:11:50 am
Hi All online golf alive and well shout out if you need help joining the USPGA Online tour.  See you on the leaderboards soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Back_Forty_Beer on August 14, 2017, 06:20:57 pm
Here she is http://imgur.com/a/SqcME (http://imgur.com/a/SqcME)

I'm a total newb and I have no idea what I'm doing and what I'm getting myself into but any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'll be reading through all of these posts but would appreciate any shoves into the deep end of how to get started on reviving this gal.

Cheers!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Scoops on August 16, 2017, 03:06:36 pm
I've had Team Challenge now for a couple months and I'm looking to join online. I'm having problems getting to the operators screen. I've tried the button and I think the issue is the USB I/O. I can't find an exact replacement part for it online and wouldn't mind if anyone had any input on this. Also when you create (your face) players how do you get all access to all the options provided when creating a player?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 26, 2017, 06:23:11 am
Here she is http://imgur.com/a/SqcME (http://imgur.com/a/SqcME)

I'm a total newb and I have no idea what I'm doing and what I'm getting myself into but any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'll be reading through all of these posts but would appreciate any shoves into the deep end of how to get started on reviving this gal.

Cheers!

Hi mate let me know what the issues are and ill try to help. If you can join our facebook page as can help you easier there
https://m.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690 (https://m.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690)
Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 26, 2017, 06:25:48 am
I've had Team Challenge now for a couple months and I'm looking to join online. I'm having problems getting to the operators screen. I've tried the button and I think the issue is the USB I/O. I can't find an exact replacement part for it online and wouldn't mind if anyone had any input on this. Also when you create (your face) players how do you get all access to all the options provided when creating a player?

Hi Scoops, welcome i can help get you online and all you need is at our facebook
Page.
If you can join our facebook page as can help you easier there
https://m.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690 (https://m.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690)
Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on September 26, 2017, 12:03:30 pm
Hello all!
I just registered so I can join in this topic.

I am currently looking at buying a PGA tour Challenge standup machine for $800 canadian. Going to look at the machine tonight when the seller gets off work.

I've never played this game, but always wanted one since I used to play tiger woods golf 2004 on the ps2 way back when.

I currently have a street fighter 2CE and a ninja turtles '89 and wasn't sure this hulking PGA tour would look good in my game room, but I think I can find a way to make it work.

Does anyone have any advise or things I should look for before buying? From the pictures, it looks immaculate.
the seller claims to have replaced the motherboard and rebuilt the trackball. he doesn't have the backup discs or dongle. he claims to have a card that expands and gets more courses. says the repairs cost him $300, so he's confident that he's not selling a 'lemon'.

Thanks for any help. Hopefully the sale goes well and I can get online and join this gaming community for tournaments once I get as good as I was with tiger back in the day
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: thatguy!!! on October 02, 2017, 08:42:39 pm
Im not sure if this is the right area for this but i need help getting up and running. Im very new to all this. I have challenge edition machine that i would like to link up and play tourments on the sever that has been created not to mention get access to all the extra features it has. From reading the thread i know i have to update to team challenge but i cant find that information or disks. can someone send me on the correct path to locate.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 09, 2017, 12:14:28 am
Im not sure if this is the right area for this but i need help getting up and running. Im very new to all this. I have challenge edition machine that i would like to link up and play tourments on the sever that has been created not to mention get access to all the extra features it has. From reading the thread i know i have to update to team challenge but i cant find that information or disks. can someone send me on the correct path to locate.
Hi thatguy, welcome i can help get you online and all you need is at our facebook
Page.
If you can join our facebook page as can help you easier there
https://m.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690
Thx Joe
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on October 16, 2017, 08:56:04 am
Thanks Jason, that gave me enough info to make the change.  I looked through all 35 pages of this thread and didn't find info on how to add the images. so here's a quick tutorial for others.

Start with the same process of letting the game boot all the way to the attract screen, then press the windows button.

Navigate to the c: drive

Then PGA_Tour_2006 folder

Then Shell

Then Images

Then GolferSelect

Within the GolferSelect folder you will see four images for each of the golfers on the select screen.  Find the golfer that you replaced, ie: Tiffany Williamson was replaced in my game with Tiger Woods.  Drop the new Tiger Woods images into the folder.  You need to copy the file name from the replaced golfer (Tiffany Williamson), delete that file, then paste the copied name into the name of the new file (Tiger Woods).  Do this for each of the files.  Gist of it is, old files names need to be used with the new files.

Thanks Spitfire for the images.  I'm tempted to replaced all of my images now.

I ran through the whole process of changing out the players on Saturday night. It worked, and I do now have Tiger, Arnold Palmer, and Jack in the game.  However, at the bottom of the screen during play it still has a mini headshot of the replaced player. There must be a way to do this process but instead of replacing golfers that are in the players.ini file, I would think that somewhere in the game is a code line that states which lines from the players.ini to use. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on October 18, 2017, 08:21:22 am
Smarter powers that be have looked into this and it apparently takes some that has very expensive specific software to look into the code in its specific language. To cut a long story short its not that easy they say. Way over my head ha ha ha
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on February 07, 2018, 11:02:53 pm
Hey guys, you don't need to use old obsolete mainboards or IDE drives or even old Graphics boards. Our current builds use Asus H61 mainboards (as they have parallel ports on-board), 32gig SSD drives and Nvidia 610 graphics cards, 2gigs ram and a plain Pentium G3020 dual core processor, but even i3 i5 or i7 will also work. Everyting works 100% with that hardware setup, and is blazing fast. You just need to make a few tweaks in the bios and run a patch on the registry to make XPe think that SP3 is installed. That's it.
Hi mate, did you happen to have any more specific information on this? I'm sure that there are a number of people with busted PGA PC's that would be interested in the bios tweaks and registry patch you mentioned.

Did anyone ever figure out how to do this?
Cheers.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: extendedplayarcade on April 06, 2018, 01:20:05 pm
I know this thread moved to a facebook group... but figured I'd ask if anyone has a PGA Tour Team Challenge for sale in the NJ area and/or has parts to make a complete PGA Tour Team Challenge?   

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 09, 2018, 03:14:36 am
Hi Brent,
Are you on the Facebook page? Better luck getting what you need there?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on April 17, 2018, 05:48:38 pm
I dumped facebook so I'm back on this thread now for PGA Tour stuff.

Where and how do you guys figure out the hidden trick shots?  I've been playing a lot but I never find any of them.  Any hints / tips / tricks?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 20, 2018, 09:31:07 am
Are you online/tournament enabled and thus have access to world tour mode?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on April 22, 2018, 12:31:59 pm
Yes tourney enabled.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on April 23, 2018, 01:44:55 am
Hey mate on the facebook page there is a hidden skill shots spreadsheet on how to find them.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on April 25, 2018, 09:35:52 am
I dumped Facebook about a month ago. And I don’t miss it at all! No desire to go back.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Slimonce on April 26, 2018, 09:47:42 pm
Ditto on FB. Never done it and kind of lost track of this but still have the game and still play online although not as fun w/o ranting and play very seldom. Can we take the forum somewhere less intrusive?  Was super happy to see posts show back up here after so long. Makes me want to plug that effer back in now!  Miss everyone from forever ago!!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 28, 2018, 04:21:25 pm
What nicknames are you guys using when playing online tournaments?
And what state are you in?
I’ll see about getting your locations added to the machine’s leaderboards.also, if you have friends playing online, what nicknames are they using?
Thanks.
I’ll post the current nickname list for the two of you to browse through.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 28, 2018, 04:25:22 pm
Here is the most current nickname list. It’s growing all the time.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 29, 2018, 10:23:14 am
Here’s the skill shot list ;
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 05, 2018, 07:45:34 pm
Slimonce, i’ve Added you to our nickname list. Thanks.
Hopefully the leaderboard has your state populated with the next update.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on May 12, 2018, 06:24:57 am
Always come here when i get a chance just to see how all the old school boys are all doing glad to see all is well. See you on the leaderboards!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ABCVEND on June 01, 2018, 03:58:37 pm
Need help. I have a pga team challenge game that im trying to adjust the monitor settings. When i adjust the RGB and shut the game off the settings are lost. Am I doing something wrong that the settings arent saved? Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on June 02, 2018, 10:14:07 am
Is anyone here using the nicknames;
Bruins, Pickles or Fenway?
If so, can I get their names and locations so that info can be added to future leaderboards. Thanks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on June 02, 2018, 11:51:22 am
Nvm. Found the identities. All from Alberta, Canada.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ABCVEND on June 05, 2018, 11:23:02 pm
Anyone know how to bypass the card reader not installed screen? If not anywhere I can buy one for cheap? Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: brad808 on June 06, 2018, 03:10:39 pm
Is it possible to disable the scheduled restart every time I turn it on?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Biglou27 on June 21, 2018, 06:34:50 pm
Please Join Us on our facebook community group for any questions  and support
https://m.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mclovin on July 04, 2018, 12:43:57 am
Hey all, I don’t have a PGA tour but am interested in picking one up when I find a good deal. I keep trying to join the Facebook page to learn more about them but it seems I’m somehow not worthy to be accepted. What do I need to do to in order to be accepted in this group?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ckrow on July 04, 2018, 09:29:02 pm
Hey all, I don’t have a PGA tour but am interested in picking one up when I find a good deal. I keep trying to join the Facebook page to learn more about them but it seems I’m somehow not worthy to be accepted. What do I need to do to in order to be accepted in this group?

Same here I gave up and just deleted facebook.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ckrow on July 06, 2018, 01:05:01 pm
Hoping someone can help.  I replaced a bad PGA pc with a Dell Optiplex gx280 as many people have done.  The game plays great, there just isn't any sound.  I check the game settings and it is not turned off.  I downloaded the driver package from Dell for windows XP (obviously doesn't work on XP embedded) so now I am a little stuck.

Some background. I kept the original HDD(IDE) and boot from that. Added a 6600 video card and loaded drivers.

Can anyone assist with adding the proper audio driver to play this game?
(PGA Chellenge, not team)

Is there a generic driver that will work?

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on July 09, 2018, 01:57:09 pm
Hey all, I don’t have a PGA tour but am interested in picking one up when I find a good deal. I keep trying to join the Facebook page to learn more about them but it seems I’m somehow not worthy to be accepted. What do I need to do to in order to be accepted in this group?

Same here I gave up and just deleted facebook.

same here... I deleted all my facebook crap about 8 years ago....I hate facebook and don't trust it AT ALL, for reasons which will soon become apparent.

I decided to make a throwaway facebook account just to see the PGA group.

So I head over to faceballs click make an account. I make up a generic name (one of the most proliferant first and last names out there) and go to temp-mail to create a temp throwaway email... sign up with one of the randomly generated e-mail addresses ... click through some ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- about friends and phone numbers and stuff (which I basically dismiss) and then promptly get handed a rando's facebook account with my generic AF first and last names complete with friends and everything. Yeah...no...I don't want ANYTHING to do with Facebook since they could just hand your account over to someone.

(https://i.imgur.com/19SXSDg.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: purch on July 09, 2018, 04:19:15 pm
Hi all!

I am on the verge of snagging a team challenge machine in the UK and discovered this thread a few days ago. Some read! Disappointed to get to the last few pages though, to discover little activity due to a shift to facebook. Never have and never will sign up for that so just hoping no one forgets us over here!!

Anyway, cant wait to get on the servers and compete. Had a golden tee live machine for a few years but it get boring playing on your own!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 11, 2018, 08:45:20 am
Hey guys.
If you’ve been rejected from the Facebook group, it’s because you didn’t answer the screening questions. This is standard practice when appliying to any Facebook group. We are bombarded with phoney applicants looking to phish information or to sell something to our members so we’ve had to be more selective with who we’re accepting. I personally look at the applicant’s Facebook profile to make sure they’re a real person. So if you’ve created an account without a Facebook photo or any information and you’ve also not answered the two screening questions , I’ll likely believe you’re a spammer and reject the application.
I’ve also personally sent private messages to many applicants asking them questions to ensure the person applying is a real person, but when those messages go unanswered or unseen for days, the request is rejected.

We have 90 Facebook members at the moment, so it’s not as if we’re being overly selective and deemed you to be unworthy.
You must be falling into the ‘high risk’ category by not following the application process.
Sorry about that. Please answer the screening questions and if you can elaborate and say you’re from this board, I’ll be sure to accept your request.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: extendedplayarcade on July 16, 2018, 11:11:35 pm
I guess I'm to blame for getting this thread back up and going again.

I do have facebook and I'm in the group as well.

I picked up two machines and successfully got one up and running with a new Dell 4700 computer.  It runs super fast.

I was going to work on the other one but I've been to busy playing the game and stopped working on it lol

I have to get back to working on a step by step video on how to do this.  It was a lot of work and a lot of time spent but worth it

great community!    :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 19, 2018, 10:49:55 am
Has anyone here been playing online as jacrispy42 ???
Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Spitfire on August 17, 2018, 07:39:21 am
 Hi All,
If anyone isnt on our facebook page and is playing online please be aware we had to change our server ip address. For instructions to get back online please join our facebook page at https://m.facebook.com/groups/444981388985690
Or send me or  drummergod a PM and we’ll  help you out.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Stutz on September 05, 2018, 08:01:12 pm
Google searched my recently purchased pga 3 and this is the thread I found.  Love the info.

Forum nub here
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on September 06, 2018, 03:12:54 pm
Glad to see you quickly made your way to the FB group!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Stutz on September 06, 2018, 03:59:51 pm
Appreciate that, I figured if anyone knows anything about my new (old) box, you all would be the one
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Stutz on September 08, 2018, 04:10:44 pm
Connection error 5206.  Anyone familiar with this?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Pinballer73 on September 25, 2018, 08:50:06 pm
Looking to rebuild or replace my system PC. Can someone please supply me with a set of install/boot disks or a link to where I maybe able to download them?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on September 26, 2018, 02:01:00 pm
GlobalVR.com
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Pinballer73 on September 27, 2018, 04:46:04 pm
Thanks @drummer_god much appreciated. Is there any information on what type of base PC is required? Compatible motherboard, sound and videocards? Any further info would be greatly appreciated.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on September 27, 2018, 06:19:09 pm
IDE CD Rom drive
IDE hard drive
Pentium 4 processor
1 GB Ram or more
Geforce 6600-9600 video card.

The installation discs won’t work on a sata CD Rom or hard drive
But once installed onto an IDE hard drive, you can then clone it to a sata hard drive.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Pinballer73 on September 27, 2018, 06:21:40 pm
Thanks again@drummer_god  So motherboard and sound card aren't too specific?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Pokey on October 20, 2018, 10:40:33 pm
Hey fellas, long time since I've been on and thanks for keeping this alive!  Bad news, my DFI mobo finally crapped the bed and I've searched the internet with no luck of finding a replacement.  It was a NB32-SL.  Bunch of blown caps and a blown power supply. After reading a bunch of the threads, I see I could upgrade to a Dell Optiplex 240 tower.  So I have 2 questions...  1.  I tried taking my existing HD and putting it into an older Compaq Presario I had and here's the odd thing.  It started to boot normally and then I got an error about a SIS file missing from the c:Windows/i386 folder and it said to load the CDROM for Win XP Pro?  I didn't do anything other than take the existing drive and plug it into the Compaq to see if it would happen to boot. Why would the error message say Win XP Pro when we all know it had Win XPe on it?  2.  If I buy a Dell OptiPlex tower, I should be able to take the existing hard drive, Video card and I/o board and basically plug and play correct?  I know I'll probably need to load a few drivers for those cards but I saw that Ed stated he ran into an issue when he tried the Dell tower and was talking with Paul Stevens to try and rectify but he never finished that thread on what he did to fix this?  I'm stuck without my game and am looking for the best option to get back up and running.  Can anyone help?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 23, 2018, 06:46:48 pm
Dell gx280 or gx260 are the popular optiplexes to use. A DFI computer uses AGP videocards and the optiplex uses PCI-e videocards, so you’ll need a geforce 6600-9600 that is PCI-e ( luckily they’re very cheap on eBay ).

If you can use your IDE harddrive in a dell ( which may only have sata ), you will need to install ethernet, sound and videocard drivers ( available on dell’s Website ).

Another option is to buy the everlast computer ( which was the global VR-provided upgrade to their games that originally had DFI computers ), and currently available on eBay. The everlast is a very easy transition as you can install your old harddrive or simply reinstall with the game discs if you have those.

Also, we are on Facebook these days so look for us there;
PGA tour golf by Global VR and EA sports owners page

Answer the three screening questions and I’ll be sure to accept your request.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on October 23, 2018, 11:08:04 pm
I too hate facebook and am not on it.  So im not on the facebook forum.......and its my server and work! Hahahah

I think its time to get with the times.  Would you guys join a discord channel if I set it up?  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord_(software)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on October 23, 2018, 11:28:09 pm
I just setup a discord server.  Here's the invite:
https://discord.gg/evP72Fn
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Pokey on October 25, 2018, 11:33:01 am
Thanks for the info @drummer_god.  I just checked ebay and couldn't find an Everlast PC, just some new notebook they came out with.  I'm gonna search for the OptiPlex GX models.  I found a GX240 for anywhere from $59.99 to $89.99, some with a hard drive and some without.  My HDD is good but I think it would be best to grab another one and try to clone it so I have a backup in case it craps out.  When are you normally online?  I'd like to chat with you about a couple things PGA related to make sure I can get my game back up and running.  Let me know what day/time you'll be on and I'll login.  I apologize, I'm not on facebook.  I'm kinda old-school, lol.  Plus it seems like nothing but drama on there with idiots I used to go to school with.  Thanks again and look forward to chatting soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on October 25, 2018, 11:35:59 am
Why dont you join the discord that way you can talk real time with people who can help?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 26, 2018, 10:07:39 am
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F253912336174 (https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F253912336174)

I’d try and lowball this seller and if that doesn’t work, then pursue the dell.
You can always PM me and I’ll respond next time I check in here, or join Lee’s discord chat.


Is anyone here using the nickname ‘Jacrispy42’ for online play during tournaments?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on October 26, 2018, 10:54:25 am
You should join the discord also Tom.  Its where all the cool kids are at :-)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 26, 2018, 02:04:40 pm
Thanks for the invite.
I get way too many PGA related messages to my phone every day as it is. I don’t need to invite more. Lol
I totally see why you took a step back from the community for a while - my wife is always complaining about how much time I spend helping or chatting with the Facebook members  ;)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lee_Trevino on October 26, 2018, 02:28:46 pm
Thats the nice thing about discord though.  You can talk or not talk.  You engage or dont.  Set your alerts to only be @ mentions and you will rarely get bugged.  Think your wife would like it better if you left facecrook for a better platform.  My two cents.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Stutz on November 16, 2018, 11:19:10 pm
I personally enjoy both.  Facebook for videos, files and what not, discord for good general bullish!tery with the fellas 😂
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jakerod13 on November 29, 2018, 09:53:37 pm
Will the I/O board from a need for speed computer work for PGA?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on December 23, 2018, 11:19:20 am
Is anyone here playing the online tournaments using the nickname ‘RICK’?

‘Rick’ has appeared 2 weeks in a row and no one has claimed the identity so we can’t add a location.
Thanks all.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Raif414 on February 27, 2019, 07:28:57 pm
New to this arena. I am hoping someone can help me get software for my PGA Golf Challenge game. Or talk my on to how I can download a copy of the newer versions. I have original tower but the hard drive just gave up the ghost on me and my luck disk 1 has scratch on it. It has a gen 2 I/O card, could I put this in another tower? and if I get software be cooking with Crisco again?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on March 01, 2019, 07:43:16 am
Join us on Facebook;

PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Page - Online.

Answer the 3 screening questions and we can help you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on May 29, 2019, 09:35:47 pm
For the last 3 weeks there has been someone playing under "No Name". By chance is someone from here? If so, it is possible to get your name corrected and location added so your scores mean something.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lostboy4480 on July 26, 2019, 03:47:41 pm
Has the Facebook group gone ?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bratwurst on August 02, 2019, 11:22:00 pm
I just setup a discord server.  Here's the invite:
https://discord.gg/evP72Fn

Link no workie for me
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on August 03, 2019, 07:10:47 pm
I just setup a discord server.  Here's the invite:
https://discord.gg/evP72Fn

Link no workie for me

probably expired link. the links are only good for like 24 hours.... the link maker has to specifically click a thing to make the link work forever.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sirsalt on October 09, 2019, 10:35:42 am
Hoping someone can help me out here.  I'm pretty well versed in the GVR hardware department.  I'm built many custom PCs with diff motherboards for the NFS series and Madden.  I'm now jumping into PGA Tour.  I have 6 machines, and I'm currently testing motherboards.  Here's the issue I'm having at the moment.

-I have an Intel D865GSA motherboard with all other components verified working from another PGA computer.  Video card is a geforce 6600 and works fine in my other PGA computers.  I loaded the recover disk, and updated all the drivers.  All drivers good to go with no exclamation points.
-I loaded the 3 Team Challenge disks and let it do it's thing.
-Upon reboot the machine does all the menu loading, runs the dongle check, gives the thumbs up security "ball drop" sound, then just forever loops between a blank screen and Please wait screen.

What should happen, as it does with all my OEM motherboard, is go through all the menu loading, give the security clearance "ball drop", go to a bland screen for a bit, come back to the Please wait for a second, then either start the game, or give the "card reader missing" press start screen.

Anyone ever have this endless blank screen/please wait loop, or know why it's happening?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on October 10, 2019, 11:26:57 am
from what i've gathered, the cloning program used during setup does not check for data integrity and just dumps data directly to the drive without verification. it's a really bad way of doing it, but I think they chose to do it that way for the sake of speed.

you could have a bad read on the setup disk or bad hard drive sectors and never even know it.

try another disk set and a new hard drive (if you haven't installed one already it's a good idea to, the original drives they used where pretty cheap.)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Penbo on November 09, 2019, 06:48:42 pm
Did I read right earlier. Are y'all playin tournies online? I miss this game, played the hell out of it back in the day. Even had the pleasure of attending both live championships in Vegas. Would consider givin up my right arm (I'm a leftie, so could still play,  :P ) to get my hands on one of these machines and/or play this game again. Someone hit me up if yer still playin.

Thanks,
Pen
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on November 14, 2019, 07:49:47 am
Yes. Check YouTube video for more information

https://youtu.be/eF3Qaxumask

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Penbo on November 24, 2019, 01:14:00 pm
Drummer,

Thanks for the link. That definitely got me pumped up to play again!  :cheers:

I read through the history here, and it was very moving (and informative) to see what all went into the resurrection of this game.  :applaud: kudos to all, and a special thanks to the gifted and self-sacrificing  :burgerking: Boost

I've located a TC cabinet being sold locally, from someone that appears to be playin the tournies, or at least knows about them. Just gotta get some coin together, so I can make a decent offer, and hope he's not set on his buy now price.  :D

Found my players card, so good to go there. But may need to find another for my buddy, if he can't find his old one. We can play more than one person per cabinet, yes? I remember the GVR tournies were limited to top 2 scores per cabinet, but didn't see mention of any restriction here.

It was a lil bit of a bummer to see that the main communication channel is now through FB.  :cry: Oh well, I think my buddy is on it, may be able to get him to access necessary info (assuming you would add him to FB group).

Can't wait to join y'all. Look forward to seein y'all on the leaderboards soon, or rather, looking forward to y'all seein me at the top of the leaderboards.  :P

Penbo
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on November 24, 2019, 07:31:17 pm
Which state are you in?

Your old players card very likely won’t work as it was registered on a different server than the one we’re using now.

Many people create FB accounts solely to join the group and put very little info in their profile.
Use your favourite sports team as tor profile picture.

You’re best bet is to join the Facebook group as you may find someone in your area who is selling a cabinet.
Some of us find them cheap, fix them and find them good homes.
Most anything you find on eBay will need some sort of restoration work.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Penbo on November 24, 2019, 09:14:14 pm
I'm in Northern California. Not much is cheap here, :lol  but we'll see.

Bummer about the card. I assumed they could be overwritten, but oh well.

Penbo



Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on January 15, 2020, 03:20:36 pm
Penbo,

If you're still interested in this, hit me up in PMs.  The original server is dead, but a new one is in the works.. and I can DEFINITELY onboard you with your original players club card, no issues whatsoever.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: theretrocade on March 06, 2020, 01:01:07 pm
I'm looking for the Recovery and Install discs for PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge All Access Pass that doesn't require dongle if anyone has it just got one again after 2 years of not having a PGA Tour had to sell it as I had to move :(
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on April 20, 2020, 10:40:46 pm
Hi new owner checking in here! I actually trash picked this one. Got a phone call it was sitting on a curb. Dollar bill changer and all in it. Figured I'd post on here for the pro's to give me some tips. When I power it up I hear HV on the monitor and the PC fires up and the leds on the topper come on but nothing on the screen. I hear the PC boot up or maybe it's just getting into the bios. I do hear a beep. Looks like 2 of the white dongles were inside it. Just curious if I'm missing something or maybe this is why it was on the curb. PC was full of dust gave it a good cleaning. None of the marquee lights or under control panel lights are working. Just the little leds across the fold down topper. Just looking at what is the best place to start looking to trouble shoot and what steps to take. Any upgrades or mods for it.  Here are some pics I hope they show up... Thanks!  (https://flic.kr/p/2iPvbx6) (https://flic.kr/p/2iPvbt3) (https://flic.kr/p/2iPxUHn)  (https://flic.kr/p/2iPzzaw) (https://flic.kr/p/2iPzzi7) (http://)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 21, 2020, 08:27:51 am
Connect a computer monitor to the computer and see if there’s an image there. If so, monitor is dead.
I’m not sure what you meant when you said you ‘hear hv on the monitor’?

And only 1 picture posted. Was there supposed to be others?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on April 21, 2020, 11:39:12 am
New to this forum so I don't know why my pics did'nt work but I uploaded some to my Flickr account and you can see all the pics I've taken so far here... https://www.flickr.com/photos/phillyturbosix/albums/72157713984634177 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/phillyturbosix/albums/72157713984634177)  https://www.flickr.com/photos/phillyturbosix/albums/72157713984634177  Sorry about the monitor repair guy nerd letters.. :) I hear high voltage (HV) when I power it up. So I know the monitor is getting power at least. I pulled the PC so I'll try and hook it up to a monitor and see if I get any life. All of my marquee lights and the front light is out. Think they are just burned out or is there some common issue with them? I didn't poke around a ton yet with it.  I just have the little leds on the fold down topper working when I power it up. Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on April 21, 2020, 11:55:09 am
Connect a computer monitor to the computer and see if there’s an image there. If so, monitor is dead.
I’m not sure what you meant when you said you ‘hear hv on the monitor’?

And only 1 picture posted. Was there supposed to be others?

I actually had the PC next to me here so I fired it up on a spare monitor. Fans come on, I hear a beep (I guess bios beep) and that's it. All fans working and then the monitor will go to sleep after a few seconds. Hard Drive? I also uploaded a pic of the inside of the PC on that Flickr link. Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 21, 2020, 12:35:42 pm
Can you connect a different computer to the monitor and see if there’s an image.

Just curious if this is a dead computer AND dead monitor or just the computer?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on April 21, 2020, 01:10:30 pm
Can you connect a different computer to the monitor and see if there’s an image.

Just curious if this is a dead computer AND dead monitor or just the computer?

Working at home and board today so I'm messing with this thing.. :) The monitor is good used it on a PC just before. I'm not sure how these work but I've seen games where only certain monitors with certain resulitions will work with them? I used the 9pin on the on board monitor plug, I used the 9 pin on the installed video card, and I used the DVI on the installed video card. Nothing. Boots, get a beep and that's it just sits there with the B52 bomber fans screaming. I also pulled the dongle and tried all the same.. I'm starting to think mother board... hmmm any other ideas? Thanks for your help!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 21, 2020, 01:24:54 pm
If you turn on the computer you should be able to at least see the initial bios check screen before it starts trying to boot the hard drive.

If you can see that then the issue is the hard drive or videocard.
If you can’t even see the bios boot screen then the motherboard is likely shot and you’re looking at a new computer - dell gx280, 780 and a few others are good options.

If replacing the computer, you’ll need the nytric card out of your current computer ( where the wire harness connects to )
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on April 21, 2020, 01:49:44 pm
If you turn on the computer you should be able to at least see the initial bios check screen before it starts trying to boot the hard drive.

If you can see that then the issue is the hard drive or videocard.
If you can’t even see the bios boot screen then the motherboard is likely shot and you’re looking at a new computer - dell gx280, 780 and a few others are good options.

If replacing the computer, you’ll need the nytric card out of your current computer ( where the wire harness connects to )

Yea that's why I'm thinking mother board. Was talking to a PC friend of mine said he may even have a mother board like this one laying around. I might drop it off and see if we can swap it out. I'm sure drivers will be fun to figure out! Thanks again for the help! Now I know why it was on the curb for free! :) At least I have nothing into it yet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 21, 2020, 03:04:53 pm
I wish I could find a PGA like that on the curb. Easy fix once you identify what the problems are.
I’d have it running in a hurry.
What’s your goal - fix to add to your collection or fix then sell?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on April 21, 2020, 05:09:57 pm
I wish I could find a PGA like that on the curb. Easy fix once you identify what the problems are.
I’d have it running in a hurry.
What’s your goal - fix to add to your collection or fix then sell?

Buddy of mine who is a Philly cop was driving around and saw it out front of a fire station. He stopped in and asked them what was up with it. They said "it was working" and the guys were just not playing it so they put it out on the curb. Since my buddy could not jam it in the back of the police suv due to the size of it, he called me up and said come get this thing! So I jumped in my truck and ran down and grabbed it. I guess you could say I saved it as there was a huge storm coming in and the back door was off so this thing would have been soaked if I didn't grab it when I did. It rained the rest of the day and into the night that day. I've actually picked up a handful of games over the 20 plus years that were thrown out.

As far as what to do with it I'm thinking I'll get it running and play it for a bit. It had a dollar bill changer in it and that was all I really wanted for one of my pins. Then I found you fine folks so I thought I'd try to bring this one back to life at least with some help. I like to learn the systems out there. I might use it for trade bait down the road. I'm more into pinball machines. This game is a bit big for my arcade. I have about a dozen 80's arcade games and a dozen or so pinballs machines so I'm kinda full. But I'd like to play it and see how I like it first for sure. My brother is a big golf guy and he has a big basement so I might even take it over to his man cave for awhile. :) 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 21, 2020, 06:38:39 pm
If you keep it or give it to your brother, let me know;

https://youtu.be/eF3Qaxumask
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on April 22, 2020, 01:32:50 pm
If you keep it or give it to your brother, let me know;

https://youtu.be/eF3Qaxumask

Oh nice I'll check that out for sure! Well it's alive! Found a bad cap on the mother board. Replaced that and the fan for the video card was all full of funk. But she it alive! Just have to put it all back together and get it back in the cabinet! Can't wait to play it!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on April 22, 2020, 03:26:52 pm
Sad to hear that they just put it on the curb because they didn't play it anymore. But good for you in getting it working. It truly is the best golf game around. Have fun.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on April 22, 2020, 04:11:20 pm


Buddy of mine who is a Philly cop was driving around and saw it out front of a fire station. He stopped in and asked them what was up with it. They said "it was working" and the guys were just not playing it so they put it out on the curb. Since my buddy could not jam it in the back of the police suv due to the size of it, he called me up and said come get this thing! So I jumped in my truck and ran down and grabbed it. I guess you could say I saved it as there was a huge storm coming in and the back door was off so this thing would have been soaked if I didn't grab it when I did. It rained the rest of the day and into the night that day. I've actually picked up a handful of games over the 20 plus years that were thrown out.

As far as what to do with it I'm thinking I'll get it running and play it for a bit. It had a dollar bill changer in it and that was all I really wanted for one of my pins. Then I found you fine folks so I thought I'd try to bring this one back to life at least with some help. I like to learn the systems out there. I might use it for trade bait down the road. I'm more into pinball machines. This game is a bit big for my arcade. I have about a dozen 80's arcade games and a dozen or so pinballs machines so I'm kinda full. But I'd like to play it and see how I like it first for sure. My brother is a big golf guy and he has a big basement so I might even take it over to his man cave for awhile. :)
Sad to hear that they just put it on the curb because they didn't play it anymore. But good for you in getting it working. It truly is the best golf game around. Have fun.
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Yea I guess it stopped working and they dumped it :( I'll give her some love. Can't wait to play it that's for sure. The last golf game I played was Lee Trevinos' Fighting Golf! I think I had a golf game cart for my Neo-Geo as well! Who knows maybe I'll fall in love and keep it!

Another questions for you guys...  The leg levelers were beat and I didn't want them tearing up my carpet so I took them all off. I have ones for my pinball and arcade games but they are much thinner. What size are these and who do you guys like to use to buy them? I usually put all my games on sliders. Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 22, 2020, 07:57:06 pm
Most have 4 caster wheels on the bottom.
But you have the version 3 cabinet which I’ve never owned or restored yet. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on April 22, 2020, 08:07:18 pm
Most have 4 caster wheels on the bottom.
But you have the version 3 cabinet which I’ve never owned or restored yet.

Thanks yea these are some huge leg levelers. I might just do some casters.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on April 23, 2020, 05:17:29 pm
Mine has both casters and levelers. It also has a rarer control panel I believe. Tom will probably be the best to help you know which model cabinet you have.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: tbecu1 on April 26, 2020, 06:48:17 am
New to the board, but excited that there is a group out there that also likes this game.

I have a PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge Version 3, not to be confused with PGA Tour Golf III (made that mistake and now I have the disk set for PGA Tour Golf III). My hard drive died and I purchased one of EBAY and I am getting a DONGLE error. My game is saying VERSION 3 and the hard drive says it is version 4.

Oh, the original hard drive just clicks when it spins.

Can anyone help please?

Thomas
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 26, 2020, 03:42:18 pm
Can you post some pictures of the loading screens?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: tbecu1 on April 26, 2020, 06:53:05 pm
Here are some pics of the load up screens: I attached them as files. I hope that works. I am new to this.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: tbecu1 on April 26, 2020, 06:55:26 pm
Ok. So this is the sequence of screens.

Thank you,

Thomas
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 26, 2020, 07:25:04 pm
Check your PM
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: tbecu1 on April 26, 2020, 08:51:14 pm
YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

 :cheers:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rawbe on May 01, 2020, 02:49:35 pm
Hey guys- I would love to build a PGA Cab. I have found the discs but I am lost with additional parts needed. XP pc, dongle, and GPU? What interface is needed for the trackball? Is that the game board or is there a game board?

If this is the wrong thread for these questions I am sorry.

Also, does anyone have a pc loaded and ready to be dropped in a cab?

Thank you,
Robbie


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 01, 2020, 05:39:40 pm
Previous page shows the nytric card which is needed to run this game. Without it, you’re not getting anywhere.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on May 01, 2020, 05:58:42 pm
Hey guys I'm back to troubleshooting my game again. I installed some wheels on the bottom so I can move this monster around to work on it.  So to recap where I'm at so far... I found a bad cap on the mother board fixed that and I've got some life from the PC now. I might have monitor issues so I'm using a flat panel to see what's going on and to get the PC booted for now we'll trouble shoot the monitor next.
  I power on the cab, I see the intel screen, I see the dos screen, I see refreshing game menus, and I hear a ball drop in a hole eventually and then she just sits on this screen forever. Every now and then I get a flash to black but this is about it. I waited a good amount of time and there is where it sits. I changed the white dongle on the back with another one I had and I tried a card in the slot reader (goes green as soon as I insert it) Everything seems to be hooked up as it should. Any ideas? Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 01, 2020, 06:21:09 pm
Possible bad ram. Or bad hard drive.
Reseat the ram and videocard.

Do you have another hard drive that you can reinstall Team Challenge onto?
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rawbe on May 02, 2020, 05:56:05 am
Previous page shows the nytric card which is needed to run this game. Without it, you’re not getting anywhere.
I have a Need for speed carbon cab. I believe it has that part. Could I use that same computer from that cab without messing up that game’s config or should I get a different pc for PGA?




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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 02, 2020, 09:31:19 am
Are you going to be moving the PC from NFS cabinet to a PGA cabinet?
If so, you can swap hard drives each time you move the PC between the cabinets.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rawbe on May 02, 2020, 10:03:38 am
Are you going to be moving the PC from NFS cabinet to a PGA cabinet?
If so, you can swap hard drives each time you move the PC between the cabinets.
Yes. That’s my plan. So I need a dongle? I imagine it’s game specific?


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 02, 2020, 10:14:32 am
Do you have a picture of the cabinet you’ll be playing PGA on?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rawbe on May 02, 2020, 10:22:00 am
Do you have a picture of the cabinet you’ll be playing PGA on?
I am going to build a pedestal cab. I am getting the pc figured first and what will be needed.


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 02, 2020, 10:35:36 am
You’ll need a PGA wire harness since you don’t already have a proper PGA cabinet.
A control panel. If you ever intend to get online, you’ll need the proper card reader.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on May 02, 2020, 10:49:20 am
Possible bad ram. Or bad hard drive.
Reseat the ram and videocard.

Do you have another hard drive that you can reinstall Team Challenge onto?

So here is where I'm at. Made a video. This is after I re-seated the ram and video card. It will sit like this forever pretty much...  I do have tons of hard drives laying around. Is it as easy as making a clone of it? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VxoEYGN1G8
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 02, 2020, 11:20:08 am
Check your PM.
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rawbe on May 04, 2020, 08:20:02 am
You’ll need a PGA wire harness since you don’t already have a proper PGA cabinet.
A control panel. If you ever intend to get online, you’ll need the proper card reader.
Is it possible to use a standard Jamma harness and modify for the cab? I would love to play online with you guys! So I guess a card reader will be needed.


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 04, 2020, 10:52:36 am
You could make a harness out or a D-37 cable if you know how to map the wires. Global VR has manuals available on their website for viewing.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rawbe on May 04, 2020, 02:24:10 pm
You could make a harness out or a D-37 cable if you know how to map the wires. Global VR has manuals available on their website for viewing.
Sweet! Thanks!

Quick question, when installing should I install (in this order below) from a Windows XP OS to a fat32 IDE HD? Should I use DVDs for the install discs or usb?
1. Challenge Recovery disc 3.0.0
2 Challenge 1_2 3
3. Challenge 2_2

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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 04, 2020, 04:12:19 pm
Burn ISOs to CD as ‘CD image’. The recovery disc wipes your hard drive and installs windows XPE.

Recovery disc then Challenge game discs 1-2 when prompted. You must have the Challenge dongle.

( Don’t use the other ISOs in your picture )
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rawbe on May 04, 2020, 04:24:40 pm
Well, I may not be able to to play after all....it appears I have a GLOBAL VR I/O MINI PCB. I’m not sure if it’s compatible with the software. Bummer.
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 04, 2020, 04:54:14 pm
That sucks. I thought you planned on using your NFS computer, which should have a nytric card?
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rawbe on May 04, 2020, 05:13:23 pm
That sucks. I thought you planned on using your NFS computer, which should have a nytric card?
The pc didn’t have a nytric card in it. After looking In the cab I found the mini near the audio card. The dongle is connected via usb. There is no D-37 input. I am in disbelief a quarantined bummer.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: rawbe on May 05, 2020, 06:16:51 pm
Ummm? Huh? Should I change a drive letter?




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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on May 05, 2020, 10:14:05 pm
Had some more time to tinker tonight. First...  drummer_god thanks so much the hook up that worked spot on!! :) My PC is up and doing it's thing booting right up. My monitor was'nt working. Discovered the neck board had slide off the back of the monitor. Pushed that back on and I have a real nice looking picture! My card reader works. There was a card with the game and I used that and it loaded as it should. Sounds works great and the game was on coins. I set that to free play and after several power cycles, the settings are saving as well. So it seems all is well but....

 My only issue is my trackball is not working at all. :(  Looks to be wired good I pulled the connector apart on the back of the PC that looks clean and fine. In test mode all the buttons on the control panel work but I have nothing at all from the trackball. Figured I'd ask here to see where to look next. I do need a trackball rebuild kit the bearings sound beat but I have no trackball output. Everything else seems to function as it should. Thanks again guys for the help!   
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 05, 2020, 11:57:14 pm
You probably don’t have power to the nytric card.

Add a 4-pin molex connection from within your PC to the nytric card. Should do the trick.
USB power is enough to power the buttons but not the trackball. Also, make sure the trackball is grounded to the underside of the control panel.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: PL1 on May 06, 2020, 12:12:28 am
My only issue is my trackball is not working at all. :(  Looks to be wired good I pulled the connector apart on the back of the PC that looks clean and fine. In test mode all the buttons on the control panel work but I have nothing at all from the trackball. Figured I'd ask here to see where to look next.
If powering the nytric card doesn't fix it, here are some common trackball troubleshooting steps.

1. With power off and multimeter set to ohms, check for continuity between ground on the Red boards and ground on the PCB or power supply.

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2. With power on and multimeter set to volts DC, check if 5v is present at both Red Boards.

3. Check the voltage on the four data lines. (2 per Red Board)

When you slowly move the trackball, you should see each data line alternate between logic high (near 5v) and low (near 0v) as the encoder wheel turns, blocking and un-blocking the optos to generate a quadrature waveform like this.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Quadrature_Diagram.svg/600px-Quadrature_Diagram.svg.png)

4. If one of the data lines is stuck high or low, check if one of the two IR LEDs on the board is burned out.
- Use your cel phone/digital camera to see if the LEDs are lighting -- the wavelength can't be seen by the human eye, but can be seen by a digital camera.

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=142410.0;attach=321543;image)

5. If one of the data lines is stuck high or low and both LEDs are OK, the problem is probably either with a Red Board photodiode or the wiring.
- Swap X- and Y-axis Red Board harness connections.
- If the problem follows the harness connection, it's probably the wiring.
- If the problem doesn't follow the harness connection, it's probably the Red Board photodiode.
- If the problem disappears, it may have been due to a poor connection earlier.  Swap them back and retest.


Scott
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on May 06, 2020, 09:56:47 pm
You probably don’t have power to the nytric card.

Add a 4-pin molex connection from within your PC to the nytric card. Should do the trick.
USB power is enough to power the buttons but not the trackball. Also, make sure the trackball is grounded to the underside of the control panel.

Yup forgot to plug the power back into the card from the PC power supply. Whoops! She is up and running doing her thing finally. Trackball needs to be rebuilt my thumbs are on fire!  :lol :lol I'll have to order a trackball rebuild kit then we'll be ready to really play golf! Thanks again all for all the help!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 06, 2020, 10:40:56 pm
You’re welcome
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: phillyarcade on May 09, 2020, 01:56:59 pm
Still waiting on my trackball rebuilt kit but I got the lights working up top. The light under the control panel is not working so I have to investigate there and see whats' going on. Is that one anything special? I was even thinking a color changing led strip for under there hmmmm :) But here she is in all her glory so far!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Adamw on May 10, 2020, 09:38:05 am
Hi all, I recently picked up a PGA cabinet with all access pass enabled, are there any servers still hosting tournaments or the world tour that I can connect this to?

If so, any tips on how to register the cabinet??

Cheers, Adam


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 10, 2020, 08:30:52 pm
Not at the moment.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: DARowla on May 15, 2020, 07:23:10 am
(https://i.ibb.co/WvXfphR/PGAGolfproblem.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WvXfphR)

Hi, we just experienced a problem with our Team Challenge, it seems to be a XP Embedded solution and I need the restore CD's / ISO.  Anyone able to assist me with the recovery disc or new install? Here some pictures of our machine. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 17, 2020, 12:32:12 pm
Check your PM
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jt82 on May 19, 2020, 11:10:51 pm
Hello all.
I have a PGA Tour Team Challenge cabinet I got cheap last year. Was described as complete but not working. I paid £40 for it and put it in my lockup marked as a future project. Well roll on 8 months and that project has started.
On inspection of the PC it would seem that there was no hard drive installed. Everything else seemed in place including the security dongle. Unfortunately it wasn't going much further without a hard drive.
Luckily this week I picked up another PGA pc complete with hard drive, dongle and a full set of recovery and install disks. I couldn't be happier.
Well....about 8 hours of trying to get a working game has failed. I get the pc to boot. I get the game to launch. But when it comes to the dongle it says that it is the incorrect country and won't go any further. I've tried both dongles and both say the same thing.
It says;
Game:PGA
Version 4.0
Region:UK
Both my dongles have a sticker what says PGA Team Challenge -UK. On the other side one says;
H4M1 5.0 EMMMQ 206566
the other;
HASP4 M1 1.5 EMMMQ UE 217678

Anyone know where I'm going wrong or can help me out?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Dwright on May 20, 2020, 12:19:04 am
Hi,
New to this forum and just picked up a dead PGA Team Challenge. I have been trying to read up on all the issues. The MB does not post and based on the beeps (three long followed by siren) I decided to order some caps and swap those out as a first step. I was hoping to get some info on what to look for next. I have read that the dell gx240 is a good option but not sure what else I will need to buy and what can be used from my original tower. I have no idea if any of the original stuff is good. So, what setup is recommended and what is overkill. The original tower had a 2.4Ghz with 512 RAM. Any info would be great.
Thanks,
Daniel
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 20, 2020, 08:14:16 am
Daniel, read back a couple pages - I mentioned that the nytric card is needed out of the current computer and put into whatever computer you go with in the future. I provided pictures.

I like the gx280 with at least 1.5 GB ram and 3.2 ghz P4 cpu or faster.
A geforce 9600GT or 9800GT
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 20, 2020, 08:15:54 am
Jt82 - please post a picture of the error screen.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Dwright on May 20, 2020, 11:12:05 am
Daniel, read back a couple pages - I mentioned that the nytric card is needed out of the current computer and put into whatever computer you go with in the future. I provided pictures.

I like the gx280 with at least 1.5 GB ram and 3.2 ghz P4 cpu or faster.
A geforce 9600GT or 9800GT

Thanks.  I wasn’t sure of what the nytric card was. Is loading the drivers to work with the dell just done in windows? Some of the posts made it seem that it was a more involved process.
Thanks again,
Daniel
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 20, 2020, 12:19:33 pm
After you install the game onto a dell, you’ll receive windows notification on boot up that you’re missing sound driver - install that. Then it says you need ethernet driver. Install that. Then it says video card driver. Install that.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Dwright on May 20, 2020, 07:10:48 pm
After you install the game onto a dell, you’ll receive windows notification on boot up that you’re missing sound driver - install that. Then it says you need ethernet driver. Install that. Then it says video card driver. Install that.

Ok, great. I’m gonna try to resuscitate the original board but I think I’ll go ahead and get the parts on the way to build the gx260/280. I’ll report back. Thanks for the help.
Daniel
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 20, 2020, 09:27:05 pm
Good luck
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jt82 on May 20, 2020, 11:35:40 pm
Tried to attach a picture but it wasn't allowed and I lost the whole post.

Tried to put the picture direct in the text but doesn't give me an option to add the picture between the img (http://)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jt82 on May 20, 2020, 11:46:31 pm
Does this work?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 20, 2020, 11:51:42 pm
Check your PM.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gtodesign on May 25, 2020, 02:50:17 am
Hi,

I’m trying to resurrect an old TC machine that has the same problem as jt82, were you able to find a fix?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 25, 2020, 12:48:46 pm
I haven’t heard back from him so I assume the fix worked.

Did you just pick up a PGA of your own? Can you post a pic of the cabinet?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Jt82 on May 25, 2020, 06:23:53 pm
Hi. I haven't tried out the fix yet as I've had a busy weekend. I should be able to try tomorrow sometime.

I wasn't able to attach pictures to the message or add them to the text as there doesn't seem to be a button to do that. I'll post the pictures of my CDs and dongles here.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: john2654 on May 26, 2020, 11:05:41 am
I have a PGA Tour Golf Challenge machine.  The marquee and restore CDs say PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge, but the dongle and hard drive are the regular PGA Tour Golf Challenge.

Looking to make the machine back into a PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge, but don't have the physical dongle.

EDIT: got the files, thanks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 26, 2020, 12:19:08 pm
Sounds like you’ve already met Darren lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: overling on May 30, 2020, 12:25:54 am
.
Looking to make the machine back into a PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge, but don't have the physical dongle.
EDIT: got the files, thanks.

Is there a location for these?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: DARowla on June 04, 2020, 07:31:14 am
HI I met Darren if that was msg for me.

I am now having success as the mainboard is a replacement ASROCK one and I now got a 6800 GS AGP, had to get drivers installed which was not fun at all.  The Game with the help of Darren is now installed but stuck as it's looking for the Card Reader which is in another house, inside the cabinet.

It seem's to gone past the dongle part (no complaints about UK / US), confused as I removed the dongle and booted it to Dongle Fail screen before the No Players Card Reader message.  I have the Nytric card but not inside right now and I don't see anything but a power cable that connects to this computer. 

So the question is, have I got success? is there a Nyrtic driver needed? I removed the 56kb modem as no PCI socket space.

If I send this back to the other house, will they have problems as they won't have a keyboard and mouse like I do.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on June 05, 2020, 06:24:15 am
The ‘no card reader’ message only appears at each start up and can be bypassed by pressing ‘start’. You don’t need a card reader to play.

The nytric doesn’t need Updated drivers. It just needs power from the PC via 4-pin female molex.
( If the Nytric doesn’t have power, the buttons work but not the trackball )
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: levicam on July 03, 2020, 03:24:26 pm
I just picked up and restored a PGA GOLF Team Challenge with the All Access however I have no hardware dongle. The system comes up and I found a .dng on the system that works with HASPHL2007.exe, however I have to open HASPHL2007 and load the .dng each time I turn the system on. I tried running a command line prompt however it just opens the program too. Does anyone have it setup to automatically load the software dongle? I saw that maybe HASPHL2008 uses command line options to load, however when I try with my .dng is gives me an error and says to email the company. Any help navigating this and setting up my system so it comes up automatically each time is greatly appreciated!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 04, 2020, 10:17:55 pm
I’m not fully understanding what I is you’ve been doing to get it to work, but;

Replace your motherboard battery. Set the bios clock to the correct time and date.
Follow the instructions for the dongle emulator on YouTube. There is a ‘save state’ option within so you don’t need to do this on every start up.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: levicam on July 05, 2020, 07:00:12 am
Hey drummer,

I've replaced the CMOS battery and haven't gotten any errors anymore, however each time the system boots up I get the attached screen. I then have to manually run HASPHL2007 and re-dump the key and restart the program each time. I've set the save state however I still have to run this each time.

I did notice that when I first start HSPHL2007 there is a message under status that says, "HASP/HARDLOCK Emulator service is running. NOT Licensed. Dumper mode." I'm wondering if this is why it doesn't automatically save the License or state? I've attached a screen shot, this is what it looks like each time I start the system however once I load the dump file the License and Licensed Dongle field populate and I can restart the game.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 05, 2020, 01:40:47 pm
Video instructions here;

https://youtu.be/54f2Zq5u7cA
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: levicam on July 05, 2020, 03:26:34 pm
Awesome, thanks for that. I think I'm running into an issue (maybe) that the HASPHL2007 I'm running is not licensed as that's the only difference in what I did and what the video shows. I noticed the FB page is down, is there another way to go about getting the two files the video references, HASPHL2007 and the PGA Team Challenge dump file? Not sure if there's a problem with either of mine so best to start new I guess.

Also, another question if you have time, but I noticed that I have 16 courses loaded on my TC cab but I saw somewhere that 32 were released by the mfg when they stopped supporting it. Do you know where I can get the patch to load all 32 courses?

Thank you again for all your help!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 05, 2020, 06:58:34 pm
If you have all-access pass, you should have 24 courses.

Some of these extra icons are training mode, driving range and 6-hole compilation courses.

If you don’t have All-Access Pass, your course select screen is the second photo.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: levicam on July 06, 2020, 07:23:07 am
Looks like I don't have the all-access, mine looks exactly like the second one. With the company no longer supporting this, do you know how I can get the extra courses? I've checked places like ebay and haven't really found anything other than an older version of software. Also would you happen to know, or have a link, to the HASPHL2007 file and associated dump file?

It's a fun game, I only wish there was a server online so we could all play against each other!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 06, 2020, 08:03:59 am
Check your PM
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lcrazj675 on July 24, 2020, 09:40:12 pm
Hey just to let everyone know that I had an issue with the led display on top not working. And then one day the whole game would not load and gave error pci.sys missing or corrupt. Turned out to be a bad stick of ram. Once I removed that stick it fired right up and the led display started working.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on July 25, 2020, 11:10:35 pm
I think my post got deleted because I tried to add pictures of all the stuff that came in my cabinet, so I'll post it again minus the pics.
I picked up a team challenge today for $200. I could hear the pc boot up but could not get the back off to see what it was, monitor was not working.
Anyway got it home, and plugged a pc monitor in, game boots fully to team challenge.

It has the black everlast computer, and it is filthy, but works. I was thinking of transferring all the parts over to a better breathing case with bigger fans (less noise), then had an idea.
I did not read all 61 pages of this thread, but I think I did come across someplace that said I could use a dell 780 as a replacement pc? My game came with the recovery disk and 3 installation disks. Could I just pick up a dell 780 and toss an old geforce 7800gt video card in it, and use my disks to install the game? The 780 has sata, my original pc has an ata drive..
Would I be better served upgrading the pc and hardware, or just clone this drive and play it until it dies? can I use ata to sata adapters so I don't have to clone to another ancient ata drive?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on July 26, 2020, 07:49:27 am
Trying to post the images of what came in my cabinet, keep getting a security check error though. Maybe this way will work:
*eta it won't let me post them as attachments here or hosted someplace else. Maybe direct links to the images will work.
https://ibb.co/YhKJS17
https://ibb.co/80MshFH
https://ibb.co/QDvH16V
https://ibb.co/DYkx2wm
https://ibb.co/ZXpx30N
https://ibb.co/mhVySNq
https://ibb.co/0Yb4gfr
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on July 28, 2020, 12:45:25 pm
not a whole lot of movement in this thread these days, eh?
I imagine most have probably moved on to other games.

does anyone know what the newest hardware you can run this game on would be?
For example, I see that you could use a dell 260 or 280, and even saw it mentioned a few pages back that you could use a dell 780.. does anyone know or has anyone tried a dell 990 or something around that range?
just curious if it will work or not, and if not, why.
any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 30, 2020, 06:22:16 pm
If you use a Dell, you’ll need to add the sound, ethernet and video card drivers after the game installation is complete.

Make sure to remove the nytric card out of the current computer and add it to your Dell.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on July 30, 2020, 07:17:55 pm
If you use a Dell, you’ll need to add the sound, ethernet and video card drivers after the game installation is complete.

Make sure to remove the nytric card out of the current computer and add it to your Dell.

Thanks for the reply, adding drivers is no big deal. Do you know if you can use newer dell PC's?
The newest i saw suggested was the 780, which is a C2D precessor. I'm wondering if newer machines will work or if c2d is the newest we can run on.

Also i read you need ide to install the game, but the 780 is sata, so I'm guessing it'll install on that. Just curious if i can use newer than the 780 is all.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 30, 2020, 08:16:40 pm
I know someone who installed onto a 780 just a couple weeks ago and he confirmed that it’s as easy as running the SRD, game discs then adding the drivers I mentioned before.
He installed directly to an SSD.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on July 30, 2020, 08:28:29 pm
I know someone who installed onto a 780 just a couple weeks ago and he confirmed that it’s as easy as running the SRD, game discs then adding the drivers I mentioned before.
He installed directly to an SSD.

Good to know. From my post above I got a working everlast in the game I bought, it came with the pga tour challenge welcome kit, cards, promo flyers, etc. Really neat finding all that stuff in the bottom of the cab.
It also came with a new SRD and the 3 team challenge install disks.
It works fine as is, but I want to build a faster/better machine so it runs super smooth and quick.
thanks for your replies :)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 30, 2020, 08:41:49 pm
I saw the pics. Nice find.
Best of luck.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on August 04, 2020, 12:10:45 pm
I'm thinking about chopping this cabinet in half and making it a pedestal. I hate to cut it up but can't find a decent lcd to for in the cabinet without a ton of wasted space. I dunno tho, i hate to chop it up. Has anyone here made theirs a pedestal?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 04, 2020, 10:50:44 pm
You must be Martie57 on YouTube.  😆
Check my other YouTube videos for examples of full standup cabinet with 30” IPS monitor as well as a pedestal cab. Might help you decide what to do.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on August 05, 2020, 09:35:47 pm
ah so you're the guy who posted the pedestal cab on youtube eh?
It gave me some great ideas for mine. I hate to chop it down, but not being able to find a lcd monitor that fits in the space the one I have sucks, and I'd rather run the game on a larger screen at a higher resolution anyway, tbh.
I'm gonna have 4 pedestals and flat screens in my basement. But it's ok.
I can't wait for the weekend to get here so I can get started on this thing.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 06, 2020, 09:48:02 am
The game only runs in 800 x 600. You can’t improve the resolution.

I have a 30” IPS dell ultra sharp monitor in my cab. It’s pretty sweet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on August 07, 2020, 09:06:49 pm
well I ended up chopping my cab in half (easier to drag down to the basement myself)
instead of doing a downward angle on the back half of the cab, I opted to cut the back part flat and make a little shelf, using the board from the top of the cab (it fit almost perfectly) . I was debating cutting the cab down in depth, like removing the last 10" or so, but I would have had to remove the wheels, and the levelers, so I left it at the stock depth, but made a shelf on the back half for a tv to sit on. My router hasn't come in yet so I don't have a slot cut for the t molding, but it plays as is. Right now it's just got an old pc monitor on the little shelf, but I'm gonna buy a 32"ish tv tomorrow to put on there and call it a day.
 the little monitor doesn't move while playing, so I doubt a tv will be wiggling a whole lot with the leg levelers down. Worst case I'll drill a few holes into the tv base and bolt it to the shelf on the cab, but I don't even think that is necessary tbh.
My son and I have been playing all afternoon, loving the game. Now I need to look into customizing the golfers and skins.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 07, 2020, 09:40:52 pm
The reason I cut mine on an angle at the back is so I could have the vent to release any warm air created from the computer.
I actually picked up another cabinet yesterday and I intend to chop it to a pedestal as well as it’s in rough shape.
I think it’s pretty common to do it the way you did though.
Glad to hear you’re enjoying it.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on August 08, 2020, 10:16:45 am
It's a lot of work chopping them cabs down and putting them back together, taking all the stuff out, etc.
Rewarding, but it's a good day of work. forgot about the upper vent, my ped is the height of the backdoor that was on the cab.
I think I'm just gonna use a holesaw and cut a hole in the back for a pc exhaust fan, connected to one of the power supply headers.

Today I'm gonna work on cutting down a silver strike cab into a pedestal. Gonna use that to house my silver strike live and bags games.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 08, 2020, 03:08:04 pm
If you put a vent at the back, wouldn’t it be blocked/covered when the machine is pressed up against the wall?
This was my thinking, anyway.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on August 09, 2020, 12:12:37 pm
Are you guys joined up to the server to play tournaments?

Also, there *is* a way to increase the resolution......    but the 2d graphic overlays stay at their original locations for a 800x600 screen so they kinda get in the way :-/

(https://i.imgur.com/LxVDKE7.jpg)


As far as hardware, you CAN get this running on up to windows 8.1 and a modern machine (my cabinet is running on a core2duo 8400 and a gt 610)... but it's a very, very manual process.  Otherwise, you need specific drivers to make it all work on "newer" dell hardware.

If you aren't joined, join the owners group on Facebook -- that's super active and you can get much more help/info on there including installation discs, drivers, etc.. and get your machines joined up to play tournaments.. The newer tournaments are running *new* courses not in the actual game (extracted from earlier versions of the arcade game like Pebble Beach, etc)....   

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: awagentx on August 11, 2020, 01:28:04 am
So, Hi i'm new here, i have a Challenge arcade, and the following recovery cd's: PGA_Challenge_recovery_3.0.0_050-0072-01, PGA_Challenge_1_2, PGA_Challenge_2_2, PGA_ChampionshipIII_1_2, PGA_ChampionshipIII_2_2, PGA_Patcher_04_ver_2, PGA_Team_Challange_All access Patch CD, so... i'm trying to get this back up and apply the all access patch, and when i insert that cd i get a error telling me i need version 4.0.0.8, two questions: 1) how do i find out what version i have installed, 2) can someone help me find the dongle patch / other files i need to run the various versions I can? any help will be greatly appreciated...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 11, 2020, 08:47:51 am
You currently have challenge edition.

You need to install Team Challenge before installing the All-Access pass

To upgrade from Challenge to Team Challenge, you’ll need the recovery disc for Team Challenge and the TC game discs 1-3 as well as a TC dongle.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 11, 2020, 01:31:23 pm
Check your PM/inbox
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on August 12, 2020, 09:29:15 am
So, I'm not going to post in here too much more, for updates check the Facebook Group (just to keep down the repetitiveness).

However, Widescreen packs are coming..    I finally figured out how the elements are placed and figured out the full structure of the GlobalVR texture file format-- so I can inject different sized/higher resolution textures and have them loaded in game.

So I now have a WIP texture editor:
(https://i.imgur.com/0Q2feHQ.png)

and a WIP Screen Editor to mess with UI element placement:
(https://i.imgur.com/0Q2feHQ.png)

There's a LOT of work to do however. There are a TON of UI elements and fonts that need placing, etc.. and things like the loading screen, gameface, etc all have to be adjusted... (see top left below)
(https://i.imgur.com/T4EW2zN.png)


So it's no longer a matter of if.. but when -- I hope this keeps people playing this game for some time to come.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on August 12, 2020, 03:46:32 pm
So, I'm not going to post in here too much more, for updates check the Facebook Group (just to keep down the repetitiveness).

However, Widescreen packs are coming..    I finally figured out how the elements are placed and figured out the full structure of the GlobalVR texture file format-- so I can inject different sized/higher resolution textures and have them loaded in game.

So I now have a WIP texture editor:
(https://i.imgur.com/0Q2feHQ.png)

and a WIP Screen Editor to mess with UI element placement:
(https://i.imgur.com/0Q2feHQ.png)

There's a LOT of work to do however. There are a TON of UI elements and fonts that need placing, etc.. and things like the loading screen, gameface, etc all have to be adjusted... (see top left below)
(https://i.imgur.com/T4EW2zN.png)


So it's no longer a matter of if.. but when -- I hope this keeps people playing this game for some time to come.

Looks like good progress is still being made.  :applaud:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: jsouth5 on August 14, 2020, 04:19:10 pm
Is there anywhere I can download the All Access patch for Team Challenge?  If anyone could help that would be great.  It looks like someone may have posted it before, but many of the links don't work...I'm sure it's because the posts are old, very impressive longevity on this thread.
Thanks, everyone!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 14, 2020, 11:40:13 pm
Welcome back to the fold, Jason!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: awagentx on August 16, 2020, 03:16:58 am
So I got mine updated, Question, I can't find the facebook group, can someone pm me and i'll send you my details to help find it, also how does one setup a server?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 16, 2020, 07:21:49 am
Nice. What’s your PGA cabinet look like?

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: awagentx on August 17, 2020, 12:28:48 am
Here are some picts, my cabinet is a swapper I have the following to swapp in and out of it (takes bout 5 min with my current setup)
PGA Tour Golf Challenge by Global VR & EA (Trackball)
Golden Tee Fore Complete (Green board) by IT (Trackball)
Golden Tee Fore 2005 (Green board) by IT (Trackball)
Golden Tee Fore 2005 (Red board) by IT (Trackball)
Silver Strike Bowling (Nighthawlk) by IT (Trackball)
Simpsons Bowling by Fox/Konami (Trackball)
Carnival King (Red board) by IT (Light Guns)
Area 51 / Maximum Force Combo by Atari (Light Guns)
Area 51 Site 4 by Atari (Light Guns)
NeoGeo MVS MVH (ROMSTAR )1 Slot (Jamma)
NeoGeo MVS MV1ACH 1 Slot (Jamma)
NeoGeo Bubble Bobble (Cart)
NeoGeo Pulstar (Cart)
NeoGeo 161 in 1 (Yellow Cart)
Blockout by Technos Japan (Jamma)
CPS 1 with Marvel vs Capcom (Jamma)
Tekken 3 by Namco (Jamma)
Soul Edge by Namco (Jamma)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coachmc26 on August 26, 2020, 12:10:08 am
Hey everyone,

Just picked up a PGA tour Team Challenge with a pedestal setup for $200. Everything seems to be booting up just fine, but start button does not work top get into game play. I'm sure it is an easy fix, but I'm definitely a noob and in the process of experimenting/learning how to troubleshoot. I saw that most of the info for the game is now in a FB page somewhere but when I clicked on the links I saw, the page was not found. Seems like there are a few out there who have thrown up some more recent posts. Does the FB page exist? Any thoughts on how I can figure out if I just need to clean or replace the start button?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 26, 2020, 09:19:07 am
Swap the microswitch with that of a different button to test if it is just a case of a bad button.

Also, make sure the wire harness is connected to the computer via the nytric card ( nytric card has a green light and a white cord running from it to a USB port ) 
If you post a pic of the backside of your computer, I can check to be sure everything is connected properly.

The Facebook group is not accepting new members at the moment, so it doesn’t appear in search results. That’s  why I keep checking in here to help people.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coachmc26 on August 27, 2020, 03:47:32 pm
Swap the microswitch with that of a different button to test if it is just a case of a bad button.

Also, make sure the wire harness is connected to the computer via the nytric card ( nytric card has a green light and a white cord running from it to a USB port ) 
If you post a pic of the backside of your computer, I can check to be sure everything is connected properly.

The Facebook group is not accepting new members at the moment, so it doesn’t appear in search results. That’s  why I keep checking in here to help people.

I got the control panel opened up and it looks like all of the buttons had something spilled on them. Went ahead and ordered a new set of 6. Bummer about the FB group, but I guess it would be hard to run considering how popular this thread seems to be! Thanks to all who have offered and are offering advice here! Very excited to get this thing up and running.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coachmc26 on August 27, 2020, 03:56:25 pm
More Pics
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 27, 2020, 05:11:51 pm
That’s a unique cabinet. Don’t see many deluxe showcase PGAs.
It looks as though you need to remove your control panel overlay and apply some fresh double-sided tape around the trackball hole as that panel shouldn’t be bubbled up like that.

You don’t seem to have a card reader either 😢
Although, I see the orange USB cable in some of those pics which indicate that the card reader may be there somewhere?!?
Check your PMs.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coachmc26 on August 27, 2020, 07:36:42 pm
Card reader, yes?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 27, 2020, 07:39:40 pm
Perfect 👌
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 27, 2020, 07:53:06 pm
What does your operators menu look like?

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coachmc26 on August 28, 2020, 12:50:36 am
Ok, Found operator's menu.....and a few other menus!!!!..... here's the info.    Problem is, seems like the entire pedestal isn't working! I tried to use the trackball to move around the menu and had no response.   Hit all the buttons no response.... is that normal???
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 28, 2020, 08:49:19 am
Make sure your nytric card has power via a 4-pin molex within the computer.
Also, there should be a white USB cable running from a USB port on the back of the computer to the face of the nytric card ( the square-ish port on the face of the nytric card )
*the nytric card in the first picture is upside down*
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 28, 2020, 09:27:32 am
Looking at the pic I you posted of the back of your computer, I don’t see anything plugged into your USB ports.

You should have the card reader plugged into USB as well as the nytric card. I can see the white cable plugged into the nytric but I don’t see the other side of that white cable plugged into a USB port on the back of the computer.

I’m guessing that if you plug the white cable into a USB port and supply power to the nytric via the computer’s 4-pin female molex, you’ll have your buttons and trackball working again.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coachmc26 on August 28, 2020, 11:13:03 am
This is the underside. Card reader plugged in to USB, and I believe the other white cable is the one you are referring to. I do have other USB ports, so I'm going to try to plug them into those and see if possibly the USB ports are the issue.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coachmc26 on August 28, 2020, 12:08:55 pm
I have no good news to report.  Tried switching the USB ports, even tried plugging them in to a separate power source, no luck.   
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 28, 2020, 12:11:44 pm
I suppose if the game starts without a card reader error or missing nytric error, those USB ports are fine.
Also, your operators menu shows the nytric as being 1.5 firmware so it’s not the USB.

If the nytric is plugged in via USB but without The 4-pin molex power, I’d expect the buttons to work. Without the power, the trackball won’t work. So because you’re not able to get either buttons or trackball to work led me to believe the USB cable wasn’t plugged in. But it is. 😝

If you don’t have a players card, try inserting a bank card into your card reader. It should give you an on-screen error which at least tells you that the card reader works.

Open up the computer and check that the nytric card has the molex supplying power as I previously mentioned.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coachmc26 on August 28, 2020, 12:15:40 pm
When turned on, the green light next to it lights, meaning power to that should be good?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 28, 2020, 12:20:14 pm
Not necessarily.
The green light can come on just from the power it’s drawing from the USB cable - which is usually enough to atleast allow your buttons to work.

You really need to open it up and check that a 4-pin molex is also running to the nytric which will give enough power to allow your trackball to work.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coachmc26 on August 28, 2020, 01:44:55 pm
This is well beyond my computer skill level!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: coachmc26 on August 28, 2020, 01:45:44 pm
2 more
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 28, 2020, 02:13:28 pm
Well your nytric has molex power going to it so your button issue isn’t being caused at the computer/nytric level.

Check your connections at the control panel to the Jamma-nytric conversion board.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 28, 2020, 02:15:38 pm
Try turning on your cabinet power supply
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nwarcade on August 29, 2020, 02:37:22 pm
Hi All,
I have a dedicated Team Challenge cab that boots to the XP embedded deaktop but the game install is hosed.  Does anyone still have the links to the recovery ISO's and all access patch? With nothing but time on our hands right now it would be great to get it up and running.
Thanks all,
NW
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 29, 2020, 05:33:54 pm
Check your PM
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: johnjones on September 17, 2020, 10:04:56 am
Hi everyone...
Im old but new to the party. I had a PGA golf that I sold in 2014 that I bought back recently so I have been away
 from the scene from sometime.
The machine is currently at the Challenge level of software. I understand a lot has happened since I was involved
 in the PGA Golf stuff from back when I first owned it.
I recently read that there might be a possibility of updating to get additional courses as well as maybe even playing
online. I see there is a lot of reading to do with 63 pages here so I will try to catch up.
 If anyone can advise the best way to update to the Team Challenge or the All Acess from where I am now would
 be helpful as I go back thru all the posts.

 Thanks in advance for any help.

 John
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on September 18, 2020, 12:20:18 pm
Check your PM
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mclovin on October 14, 2020, 07:51:33 pm
The online community is strong and growing. The only downfall is you need to be on the Facebook group. They are all great and a wealth of knowledge but its only through facebook. Hopefully one day this changes.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: JayBass on December 07, 2020, 05:59:51 pm
Hello all, I have bought the PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge GlobalVR machine, game loads fine but when I try and play a course it jumps to the thanks for playing screen and I dont get to play at all.

Can anyone help me?
Also could any of you hook me up with links to the game iso files?

Quite desperate at the moment. Its a christmas present for my brother and would suck if I cant get it working for his pub before christmas day.

Thanks for any assistance.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on December 10, 2020, 11:03:53 pm
How much memory/ram does that computer have?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on January 25, 2021, 01:11:19 pm
Is the online community still active?  I can't find the Facebook group and can't connect to the server anymore.  Thanks for any help!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: TimBoch on January 26, 2021, 09:48:08 pm
Hello Torin,

Long time no see. Hope you are well. The original server was closed down about a year ago as a new server was created and the community continued forward. I am guessing Tom will be by soon and he will help you out with the new server.

Stay safe.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on January 27, 2021, 01:00:30 pm
Thank you Tim!  Yes, long time!  I'm glad to hear that things are still moving forward in the scene.  I have been on the new server but it is no longer working for me and I can't find the Facebook group anymore.  Hopefully, I'll hear from Tom.  I appreciate it!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on January 27, 2021, 02:46:49 pm
Torin, you’ve not read or replied to any of my messages since March 2020.

The moment you joined the new server, you went MIA.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on January 27, 2021, 03:27:34 pm
Torin, you’ve not read or replied to any of my messages since March 2020.

The moment you joined the new server, you went MIA.

I quit Facebook at that time and so I apologize for going MIA.  Is Facebook the only way to communicate with the group?  Thank you for your help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on January 27, 2021, 03:29:56 pm
It is.
Did you ever pay the annual fee for online play?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Torin on January 27, 2021, 03:36:54 pm
It is.
Did you ever pay the annual fee for online play?

I did not but I'd be glad to.  Can you send me the info?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on January 27, 2021, 05:00:30 pm
Check your Inbox
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bkamuse on February 04, 2021, 02:12:50 pm
Very Surprised to see PGA fans still exist!
If anyone is interested I have one original PC with dongle and most of the wiring harness for a PGA Golf.
The dongle is the original Championship 1, but the manual says Championship 3 version. Its been a very long time, but I vaguely remember upgrading all of ours to 3 before pulling them off the route. I cannot find the disks.
3 years ago I did start the unit and it worked perfectly. It has since sat without play or test and has now been stripped out and is sitting in a box.
I have not kept up with trade values, but I'm open to fair offers. Any interest?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bkamuse on February 04, 2021, 04:31:15 pm
I ended up finding the disks and a marquee.
There is a Rescue disk, a 1 of 1 Champ 3, a 1 of 2 Champ 3 and a 2 of 2 Champ 3 disks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on February 04, 2021, 05:47:43 pm
How much do you want for the computer?
Really only need the nytric card out of it. The rest of the computer is junk as everyone has moved on to better computers.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on February 05, 2021, 09:21:35 am
You can pass that nytric right over here :)  Will pay $75 for it right now 

Like drummer_god said, the rest of the computer is pretty much trash/worthless.  Dongle is unnecessary due to the emulator, the motherboard/PC is slow/outdated and hte game can be run on more modern hardware, etc.

The server is still going strong and i'm about to release 720P/1080P HD patches.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bkamuse on February 06, 2021, 07:07:13 pm
PM'd you.
Thanks


You can pass that nytric right over here :)  Will pay $75 for it right now 

Like drummer_god said, the rest of the computer is pretty much trash/worthless.  Dongle is unnecessary due to the emulator, the motherboard/PC is slow/outdated and hte game can be run on more modern hardware, etc.

The server is still going strong and i'm about to release 720P/1080P HD patches.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: saint on February 10, 2021, 08:01:13 pm
Several posts deleted.

Please keep whatever the dispute was elsewhere, with due apologies to all involved, I just don't have the mental energy to sort through the posts.

If I've left something here that shouldn't be someone please point it out.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: saint on February 10, 2021, 08:06:48 pm
(Please only use the trader feedback system to rate transactions that have occurred between you and the other party here at BYOAC)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: btglurich on March 06, 2021, 06:58:43 pm
Hello. Recently I acquired a non-working pga tour challenge machine. I have tried to find the facebook group page without success. I am trying to find a source for how to upgrade and replace the original computer that came with my machine. I believe the motherboard is toast. I know this has been asked previously and I see a lot of good advice, but wanted to know if there is a source that has a list of acceptable computers to use as replacements and all the specs and how-to in one place. Thank you for your time.

Ben
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: garethmur on March 17, 2021, 05:56:41 am
HI All,
Hope someone can help me out, I'm trying to fix-up an old PGA Team Challenge All Access Machine. I got as far as the screen that says dongle missing or invalid... can someone PLEASE point me in the right direction for the Team Challenge.dng and possibly the HASPHL2007.exe installation files so I can try making it work with the emulator? ( I did manage to get an HASPHL2007.exe, but not sure if its all there)

Any help would be greatly appreciated  :)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: btglurich on March 17, 2021, 03:58:02 pm
Don't know if this will help, but I found this video when looking up how to update my machine for when I get it running.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54f2Zq5u7cA
Good Luck.

Ben
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on March 17, 2021, 04:40:46 pm
I’ve sent PMs to both of you guys. Please look in your inboxes for help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: joseguia on March 30, 2021, 02:32:45 pm
I had a working pga tour and recently it went out, found one locally for cheap for parts and trying to mix and match.

The most progress I've made is getting it to say invalid dongle.. help. Lol.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on March 30, 2021, 03:35:12 pm
 :dunno MFW he posts a picture of the computer that is not hooked up.

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: joseguia on March 30, 2021, 03:37:20 pm
Yea, I didnt get to take many pictures, figured the error would help.  I guess I need into the facebook group, if someone were kind enough or just those files, I cant find any DNG anywhere on the interwebs, found the emulator though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on March 30, 2021, 04:22:38 pm
in any case, everyone is going to need more information. does it have a dongle? are you trying to use a dongle emulator? have you installed the proper software for the correct motherboard? is it the same motherboard? is it different? do you have disks for it?

you can't just slap software in there and expect it to work. your dongle i can see says it's golf 3, but your software pic says team challenge... but you didn't TAP of the computer actually running in there, instead a computer not hooked up. so i  have no idea what's going on there. either install golf 3 and use that dongle i can see in the other computer... put a team challenge dongle in the other computer that is running... or see if someone has the dongle info they can send you and you can hack it (which is apparently what everyone in here is doing anyways.)

i know someone had a link to download stuff here at one time, but i don't know who it was, or if it's still there, or if they took it down...or even if they even come here anymore. PGA has been come and go for a while... there was a facebook group and then it shut down and something else came up and people got mad and left...and who knows anymore.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: joseguia on March 30, 2021, 04:27:57 pm
lilshawn, .. gotcha.

Im on page 50 of this topic so far, .. and when I posted this I was on page 10. lol. figured someone would set me straight. I thought it was pretty straight forward, its a computer, runs software, bingo bango. LOL. boy was i wrong.

I got the gist of it now, I'm good with computers (i do programming and hardware), and learning that these companies were really finicky when they put this stuff together, such as hardcoding a specific motherboard etc.. eegads.

Anyhow, I now have a DNG that matches, or so i think, we'll see. Thanks for that and the heads up, you were correct.

I cant find any facebook group, but it seems like it was a wealth of information, I'll be heading back to my shop tonight, posting a handful of more pics with better descriptions and seeing if i make any progress.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on March 30, 2021, 04:40:56 pm
yeah there was an attempt to rope operators into buying specific hardware only from the manufacturer, only being able to get disks and replacement parts from them only... and charging up the wazoo for it. locking out operators from the software, cause they might be able to figure out how to get around your attempt at bilking them out of money.

IT still does it today with golden tee, and as far as i'm concerned, its a load of horse crap. i should be able to put ANY 750ti card in there and have it work (and there is no real reason it shouldn't) not just one specific model number zotac one IT decided they'd use cause it's no longer produced and they got a truckload of them for 10 bucks each and resell them for 300
rantrantrantrant
 :soapbox:
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: joseguia on March 31, 2021, 04:11:48 pm
So, .. apologies to the admins, i keep breaking rules. =/ last post on here until i get it fixed. . .

finally made it all the way to page 63. Seems like there still may be a FB group, if anyone is here that is there, I'd like to be there as well, please. same usernames as here.

after toying with parts back and forth etc, downloading the manuals from the globalvr site and so on, im thinking between both machines i just need to reload the software on the faster of the two. Thank you guys for all of your help.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: artvandelay528 on April 20, 2021, 04:20:31 pm
Is there an updated link for the Facebook page?  I was interested in getting more information, but it appears that the Facebook links on previous posts are now dead.  Any updates are appreciated, thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: kyinwa on April 27, 2021, 01:35:06 pm
I would also like to join the facebook group & be able to participate in tournaments! Is it possible to still join?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 27, 2021, 08:40:48 pm
Can you share some details about your cabinet?

Post a pic of the cabinet, the computer and the operators menu screen please.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: kyinwa on April 28, 2021, 12:26:02 pm
You bet!

https://ibb.co/jfy4BHc

https://ibb.co/1bQngBb

https://ibb.co/N3rM6ZT
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 28, 2021, 02:05:27 pm
Cab looks nice.
Card reader is the old style which won’t work for online play.
You’d need to upgrade the software to Team Challenge as it looks like you have an old edition - championship edition maybe.
The computer is the original computer which you may find sluggish if you were to upgrade to Team Challenge.

This video has some info about online play, cost and the card reader you’d need.
https://youtu.be/BTzeeWxMHwY

Wikipedia PGA tour golf team challenge as I’ve listed some hardware upgrades you can do to your old DFI computer if you want a better experience....or you can replace the computer with something better ( but keep the nytric card from your current computer as without that, you cannot get this game to work ).

Let me know your thoughts and we can go from there.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: kyinwa on April 28, 2021, 02:23:11 pm
I am definitely interested in being able to do online play & willing to purchase the necessary hardware to be able to do so. I have found an optiplex that should work great & can transfer my nytriq card. I will work on sourcing the correct card reader as well. Let me know what the next steps are.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunn on April 28, 2021, 11:12:49 pm
Hi guys, been reviewing the forum, very interesting to follow over the years.  I have a Championship III running on all original hardware.  I fear a hardware failure so wanting to upgrade.  Does anyone have experience with the new pc from Global.  Pricey but everything works and comes with the AAP.  If I have read the forum correctly, that version does not work for the online play.  My unit does not have a card reader, that is also required, I think.  Thoughts and help much appreciated.  Thanks, Todd.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: artvandelay528 on May 13, 2021, 01:33:49 pm
I am close to finishing my PC build for my PGA Tour and running into an issue with the video card.

I have a Dell GX620 SFF and I connected a GeForce 9300 GPU to the PCI-E slot – when I turn the computer on it tries to boot but fails, and based on what I’ve been reading I’m guessing the power supply is not able to support it (my GX620 power supply is 275W).  PC works with the onboard video card.

Does anyone have recommendations on GPUs to use with the 275W power supply, or would it be easier/cheaper to swap out the PSU to support the 9300?  Any input is appreciated!

Specs:
Dell OptiPlex GX620 Small Form Factor
Power: 275W
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 P805 PCI-E V155 256MB Low Profile Graphics Card N751G
*onboard video card works
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on June 15, 2021, 09:05:31 am
Hi guys, been reviewing the forum, very interesting to follow over the years.  I have a Championship III running on all original hardware.  I fear a hardware failure so wanting to upgrade.  Does anyone have experience with the new pc from Global.  Pricey but everything works and comes with the AAP.  If I have read the forum correctly, that version does not work for the online play.  My unit does not have a card reader, that is also required, I think.  Thoughts and help much appreciated.  Thanks, Todd.
I don’t know anyone who has purchased a replacement computer from GVR.
How much is GVR asking for their computers?
You are correct that AAP disables all online play permanently.
They sell the card readers for $100
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: HerbanLegend on June 21, 2021, 10:40:06 am
Hey I saw the youtube video about online play
 Looking to get specififc instructions to get this bad boy online!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on June 21, 2021, 12:29:05 pm
Check your messages.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: HawksFan on June 26, 2021, 09:55:26 pm
Hi Everyone, I just acquired a PGA Tour Cabinet that is missing the computer and dongle. I am looking to get it up and running. I have tried working through this post, but it seams some of the information is outdated, links no longer work...

It looks like the is a Facebook page, but it must be invite only.

Any information that can be provided would be appreciated.

HawksFan
Phoenix, AZ
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on June 27, 2021, 08:28:50 am
You don’t have the computer so I’m guessing it’s also missing the nytric card which means you’re screwed until you can find one on eBay or some other source. These are typically $100 or more if you manage to find one. That game won’t run without it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: HawksFan on June 28, 2021, 08:18:21 pm
Thanks, drummer. I will see what I can find.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on June 28, 2021, 10:14:30 pm
Check your messages
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wnedden on July 05, 2021, 09:11:09 pm
I recently acquired a PGA Tour Championship 3 game that I am attempting to get working. The dongle is missing so was hoping to find one for sale or figure out how to use the emulator. I was able to download the HASPHL2007 file but need the DNG file for Championship 3. Can someone help me out?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 05, 2021, 11:12:43 pm
I can try to get that for you. Check back tomorrow

Check your messages
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 06, 2021, 02:46:40 pm
Check your messages as I cannot post a DNG file here
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: jameslupe on July 09, 2021, 01:16:41 pm
So is there any way to still register the cabinet online so I can play in tournaments, or is there something that I don't know.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 09, 2021, 09:16:15 pm
Post pics of your cabinet, card reader and the main operators menu screen.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Blinky on July 11, 2021, 08:08:31 pm
Check your messages as I cannot post a DNG file here

I am interested in the fb group, and pga dongle support as well. I cant send a pm to you, if you wouldnt mind getting back to me, that would be great!! Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 12, 2021, 07:06:32 am
The Facebook group is for online players only. It’s not a troubleshooting group.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Blinky on July 12, 2021, 07:32:15 pm
I respect that, and I do have a couple pga's I was interested in joining the online games with. And I have been following the forum posts on and off for years - just as a general viewer, never logged in.  I am just having a couple issues recently with it. I seen you offer help above, and obviously wrongly assumed it was safe to ask as well. I do have several spare parts and LED displays, I will continue to muddle through.  I apologize, and point duly noted!! Thank you anyways! 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 12, 2021, 09:30:06 pm
Sorry if my response gave you the impression I’m not interested in helping.
When you say you are in need of dongle support, can you be more specific? What version game do you have? Why is the dongle not working- did you lose the dongle?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Blinky on July 12, 2021, 09:59:17 pm
I apologize, I could have mis-read things.  It is tough to  get nuances in text online.  I admit, I can understand why it is easy to just brush someone off, when it seems they are just fishing, without putting effort in.

I have been involved with pga's since they were released!  I have a few dongles, and software discs from the very first PGA  before they even started the tournys, all the way up through the to the complete all access package.  I even have the Silver Strike Bowling conversion for the PGA. with panel overlay (not that I bragging,  just saying this is not my first look at the game)

The dongle issue I am having is, its like the all access dongle has been erased, or corrupted. I do an install, and it comes up an invalid dongle, and all the info fields show "n/a". The dongle does not look to be damaged, and all the connectors seem ok ) It is not the parallel port, because if I put in other dongles, it recognizes them (invalid too) but at least it spits out dongle info.  What I am looking for is to either get the emulation files (I have read about the .exe and about to play around with that) or a way to take the dng file and load it onto the dongle. Basically, a reload to make it proper.   I know emulation gets around the need of a dongle, I am just one of those crazy guys that likes  to keep things original. If I have the parts, I want them to work. lol

This should shed a little more light on what I am looking for. Thanks for your time.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 12, 2021, 10:15:08 pm
try replacing the battery on the motherboard then setting the date and time within the bios menu to current.
Let me know if that works.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Blinky on July 12, 2021, 10:16:26 pm
done that already. fresh battery, date/time is proper and being held.
Tried the easy fix before coming here.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 12, 2021, 10:24:26 pm
I can help with the DNG but I’m not sure how to restore a physical dongle with it.
But you had mentioned wanting to get online and you can’t do that with All-Access Pass.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Blinky on July 12, 2021, 10:36:17 pm
I realize if I install the all access, I can not go online. But if I do, to be best of my understanding I just need to do a fresh install, and just not install the 4th disc (first is system recovery, then 3 program files, the 4th is the all access unlock patch that checks with the code on the dongle)  The gave will and has run in the past with and without the AAP patch disc installed.  I am not afraid of doing software installs, and have a second hard drive in 1 of the pga cabinets so I can switch between the golf and the silver strike bowling. Just changing Hard drive boot order, and moving 2 usb cables, and the control harness. 

  Simply put, I paid good money a while back for the whole thing (AAP) , I want to prolong it working the best I can, as pure as possible, for as long as I can. Like I said, I am goofy that way to keep things the way I got them.

I do appreciate the possibility to help out with the dng file.  At least its a starting point to research with.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 12, 2021, 10:43:46 pm
Check your messages.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Blinky on July 13, 2021, 08:06:28 pm
sent and replied
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lexicon7 on July 14, 2021, 01:49:08 pm
Played Golden Tee for last 20 years, but it's gotten a little stale.
So I bought a Team Challenge machine with the purpose of playing online, after reading about the potential to do
so in this thread.
It has the right card reader and players cards and I was hoping I could get
an invite to the Facebook page so I could compete online with the rest of the community.
Thank you very much for any help you can provide!
Dan
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: SlovakBeerChip on July 19, 2021, 09:32:26 pm
Hey guys, new here.

I inherited a DOA PGA Championship I over a month ago.  Got it up/ running and have since put an SSD in it, widescreen, and minor cosmetic player upgrades to cabinet.  I’ve been reviewing the forum and it helped out a lot with getting this thing out of its grave.  So many thanks!!!!

Now i have the bug to turn it into a TC cab.  I contacted GlobalVR (which were great to work with)…a new PC with AAP runs $1100-ish.  I haven’t made it as far to know what “New” stands for, but it is intriguing considering my only debt is a $2.50 battery, a UPS, and a used video card. 

Any thoughts about upgrading…or going “New”?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on July 20, 2021, 09:33:07 am
Check PMs.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 20, 2021, 01:15:21 pm
Hey guys. Sorry I haven’t seen your messages until now.
Please check your messages.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Lexicon7 on July 20, 2021, 02:54:32 pm
Here's pictures of the cab.
Cost of online play is a bargain compared to what I'm currently paying to IT for GT
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 20, 2021, 04:08:36 pm
Lexicon, Please Check your messages. Thanks

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 21, 2021, 01:50:37 pm
Hey guys, new here.

I inherited a DOA PGA Championship I over a month ago.  Got it up/ running and have since put an SSD in it, widescreen, and minor cosmetic player upgrades to cabinet.  I’ve been reviewing the forum and it helped out a lot with getting this thing out of its grave.  So many thanks!!!!

Now i have the bug to turn it into a TC cab.  I contacted GlobalVR (which were great to work with)…a new PC with AAP runs $1100-ish.  I haven’t made it as far to know what “New” stands for, but it is intriguing considering my only debt is a $2.50 battery, a UPS, and a used video card. 

Any thoughts about upgrading…or going “New”?

Check your messages
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: wnedden on July 21, 2021, 07:55:30 pm
I could really use some help. I am attempting to fix a dead PGA tour golf cabinet working that I picked up recently. This is what I have done.

At first the motherboard would not boot and was just giving a siren warning. I replaced the CPU and ram and now it boots.

The video card that came with it does not work. Fan on the card doesn't work and no picture from the card. It says 3dfx 5700 on the back. I had an old Dell dimension laying around and stole the AGP video card from it. It is a Nvidia 180-10162-000-B00.

I took the original hard drive and plugged it in to another desktop I have. It is able to be opened the files look to be present. Even with this hard drive plugged into the game it will not load past the Bios boot screen.

I do have an empty 40 gig IDE hard drive so I formatted it and attempted to use the recovery CDs to reload the game. Championship 3 version. 

With these changes I have been able to load the recovery CD and the system works through the reset of the hard drive. Tried multiple times but only once have I gotten to the screen where it asks to remove the recovery cd, reset the CPU and wait for instruction to insert the game CD. When I get to this point I remove the recovery CD and restart the system but no message ever comes up. The screen just stays blank after the Bios boot. I believe during this time the CPU and monitor are supposed to be syncing but it seems they never do.

My question is does Windows XPE not have a driver for my Nvidia 180-10162-000-B00 video card and this is why it will not display a picture? If so can I add the driver? Do I need to update the ini file and Bios for the game to look for the card? 

I did order a Nvidia 6600 that should be here Friday so I can try that. But would I need to add drivers for this video card and update the game files as well? 

One last thing the computer does is loses CMOS memory when the power cable is removed. I have replaced the battery but that did not seem to solve the problem. Could there be a bad cap on the motherboard that would impact this circuit?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 21, 2021, 09:31:49 pm
That video card you’re using is not compatible. It must be a GeForce - preferably a 5600-9800GT
I’m not promising that this is your only issue as it seems you may run into one problem after another with that old computer.
You will need to add the driver for your new GeForce 6600 once you get it.

If your computer is the beige DFI, I’ve listed some hardware upgrades you can do on the team challenge Wikipedia page.

It may be in your best interest to salvage the nytric card and move onto a better computer altogether though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: SlovakBeerChip on July 27, 2021, 11:10:43 am
Hey guys...

My DFI has an SSD and 1G of RAM.  I do however have a 5700 card on hand and not installed, as I couldn't get my Champ 1 to install with it (but it works AOK).  Would TC work on my rig, or do i need to expand my hardware even more?

If I can get TC running, i'd definitely like to join the online crew.

Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 27, 2021, 01:30:33 pm
You can definitely get Team Challenge installed on that with the 5700 GPU.
You may want to improve the processor;

The DFI ( beige ) computer has a nb32 motherboard with maximum capable processor upgrade of a 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 SL7EY 512/400 MHz socket 478N.

Please post some pictures of your cabinet and card reader and I’ll do what I can to get you online.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Adamw on July 30, 2021, 01:35:27 am
Hi all, I have a cabinet that worked well but recently has died, couple of the main errors is a No Signal In and then after a few cycles and re-boots get to some .exe windows errors.

I live in Adelaide and happy to pay someone for their time, anyone in SA with skills to re-build this, also happy to find a new PC so we have a clean starting point if that’s easier for someone who has rebuilt these previously??


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Adamw on July 30, 2021, 09:52:23 am
After some further investigation on the errors believe their could be a mother board or capacitor error in the PC, anyone successfully recently replaced an original PC (circa 2005 ish) with a new one, happy to pay good rates for any help to get the PC component back up and running


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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 30, 2021, 12:21:20 pm
Check your messages as I’ve got a SA contact for you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: SlovakBeerChip on August 10, 2021, 04:56:15 pm
Anyone have seen this error before?   

Sometimes i can play all night, a course or two, or a few holes before the game quits and goes back to the Attract video.  I can go through select menus, pick a course, then sometimes crashes.  I have a shady RAM stick in there, wondering if it is that or do i just need to reload software?

Thanks
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: SlovakBeerChip on August 10, 2021, 08:25:32 pm
Disregard!

It was a bad RAM chip.  Tested the RAM, the 2nd chip failed.  Pulled it out, runs better than ever.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: jameslupe on August 16, 2021, 10:51:12 pm
Post pics of your cabinet, card reader and the main operators menu screen.

Here Is my pics of the cabinenet
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 17, 2021, 09:53:41 am
Check your messages.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Troxel on September 22, 2021, 08:16:48 pm
Hi everyone.  I just recently got a PGA Golf that was converted to a SSB and looking for a different harddrive.  Game will start to boot but gets hung up on message, "Ok, booting the kernel".
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on September 23, 2021, 12:05:42 pm
The cabinet may be PGA but are you expecting it to boot to SSB?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Troxel on September 23, 2021, 01:49:15 pm
Yes, I believe it should boot to SSB.  I found the CDs on ebay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/254731543458) and hopefully they will help. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on September 23, 2021, 01:57:32 pm
If you’re expecting and wanting it to boot to SSB, then this is the wrong thread. You need to find one for SSB.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Troxel on September 23, 2021, 02:25:23 pm
If you’re expecting and wanting it to boot to SSB, then this is the wrong thread. You need to find one for SSB.
Thanks that makes sense. 

If I want to switch it back to PGA Tour, what would I need? 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on September 23, 2021, 02:51:42 pm
Did the cabinet come with a computer? If so, please post pictures.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Troxel on September 23, 2021, 08:05:40 pm
Yes, it did.  I believe it's a NB32-SL motherboard with V9280 video card.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on September 23, 2021, 09:55:03 pm
I believe you can install PGA onto that computer if you have the system recovery disc and game discs but you don’t have the most important component in that computer which is required for PGA - the Nytric card.

Without the nytric card, PGA will not run. It connects the controls to the computer and PGA does a check for this nytric before it will allow the game to run.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Troxel on September 24, 2021, 07:30:39 am
I do have the Nytric card.  I removed it when I was cleaning out the computer. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on September 24, 2021, 08:45:47 am
As long as it’s the PGA wire harness, I think you’re good to convert it back to PGA - assuming you have the discs and dongle.
If you don’t, send me a message.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: dongledave on November 24, 2021, 05:56:04 pm
New to the Global VR community and I've read a lot of the notes on here to start my journey. I just need a little help ...

I bought a Gx620 tower to replace the non working set up. However, I cannot get a network connection with XP embedded so that I can download the drivers for the new Geforce7200 I added.

Ideas on how to work through this?

Also, how to I sign up for the FB group. It seems to be hidden ....
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on November 25, 2021, 12:56:44 pm
TBH, i wouldn't just cruise a windows XPe willy nilly on the internet... it's sadly outdated browsers won't properly connect to most websites without a fight... and if you manage to get it going... it's fairly easy to pick up a virus from a simple malformed ad on a website due to the probably 1000's of security holes that have been patched since XPe's release.

i suggest you hit up the dell website and nvidia with your main rig and plunk in the models and rip all the installs you need onto a USB stick since it looks like you have support for USB already in the device manager. this will probably be your safest option given what you will be able to do with XPe.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on November 26, 2021, 09:16:45 am
New to the Global VR community and I've read a lot of the notes on here to start my journey. I just need a little help ...

I bought a Gx620 tower to replace the non working set up. However, I cannot get a network connection with XP embedded so that I can download the drivers for the new Geforce7200 I added.

Ideas on how to work through this?

Also, how to I sign up for the FB group. It seems to be hidden ....

Hey there, Dongle Dave.
The PGA FB page is for online players. It is not a troubleshooting site.

Lil’Shawn gave the best answer to your question.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: artvandelay528 on January 05, 2022, 01:38:53 pm
Hoping someone smarter than me has an easy fix for this -- I’m having an issue with my PGA Tour Team Challenge where the [Turn Left] button will not work.  I’ve been troubleshooting for several weeks and cannot fix it,.  Here are the details:

My pedestal has both a PC for PGA Tour TC and  Silver Strike Bowling 2009, I am switching the controls between them manually (no switcher)
SSB has no issues and all buttons are working, PGA TC was working fine for several months – I swapped out the old JAMMA harness from the arcade that was frayed and cut up with a brand new JAMMA and that’s when I ran into the issue with the Turn Left button for PGA
The pedestal control panel/trackball/buttons are using the Silver Strike panel from the arcade (along with original SSB PC inside the cab)
The PGA Tour is running on a Dell computer -- I have the Nytric card and Jamma to Nytric conversion connected, and this was 100% functional prior to changing the JAMMA (no longer have the original JAMMA)

I followed plans outlined in the Global VR conversion doc linked here:
https://service.globalvr.com/downloads/golf/Team_Challenge/040-0012-03_PGA_Conversion-Team_Chall-web.pdf

*I do not have a card reader, coin switch, speaker, or video connected from the system (audio and video come direct from the PC)

The new JAMMA I’m using is this one: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07S86558Y/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_0M23RDFVRG46CHHKVY3W?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

JAMMA connections I am using below:
#17 to START
#20 to SHOT TYPE
#21 to FLY OVER
#22 to TURN LEFT
#23 to TURN RIGHT
#28 has the GROUND daisy chain that connects to each button/switch

*Turn Left WORKS on Silver Strike, does not work for PGA*

Silver Strike Wiring Diagram linked here: https://amusement.itsgames.com/downloads/manuals/SSBC_Manual_1009.pdf

*The only difference I can see is that SSB doesn’t use #1 and #2 for GROUND, only #27 and #28?*

Steps I have tried for troubleshooting:
-Swapped the Turn Left microswitch with a known-working switch
-Connected the Turn Left wire to other buttons that are working
-Changed out the JAMMA to Nytric conversion board for a new one
-Changed out the DB37 connector between the conversion board and Nytric with new one

I am thinking there is an issue with the grounding, but I can’t figure it out, any ideas are appreciated!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on January 26, 2022, 01:29:43 pm
Maybe you can pause the video and see the jamma -nytric set up in this video?

https://youtu.be/-Db_-dDaYJQ
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: artvandelay528 on January 31, 2022, 11:47:06 am
Maybe you can pause the video and see the jamma -nytric set up in this video?

https://youtu.be/-Db_-dDaYJQ

VERY helpful, thanks!  I paused it on your JAMMA conversion board, it looks like you've cut the GND wires on ports 1 & 2 and only using GND from 27 & 28.  Any chance you know where the GND wires from 27 and 28 are connecting?  I have the daisy chain ground-wire connecting to all of the buttons, but not sure what to do with the additional black wires coming off of there.

My trackball and Rotate Left button currently do not work, all other buttons work.  When I connect to Silver Strike, all buttons and the trackball work, so I'm pretty sure I'm just not setting up GND correctly for PGA...
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on January 31, 2022, 12:27:27 pm
I wish I still had this cabinet in my possession to check for you but this cabinet is with its new owners now.

The jamma harness was left how I found it when I got this empty cabinet. I didn’t cut the grounds. Some previous owner did, I guess.
I did remove a lot of useless wires from the cabinet that were for silver strike or golden tee and any loose ground wires I just grounded to the cabinet floor or inside the control panel.

Perhaps you should give that a try.

Have you grounded your trackball?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: artvandelay528 on January 31, 2022, 02:34:49 pm
I wish I still had this cabinet in my possession to check for you but this cabinet is with its new owners now.

The jamma harness was left how I found it when I got this empty cabinet. I didn’t cut the grounds. Some previous owner did, I guess.
I did remove a lot of useless wires from the cabinet that were for silver strike or golden tee and any loose ground wires I just grounded to the cabinet floor or inside the control panel.

Perhaps you should give that a try.

Have you grounded your trackball?

Thanks, I'll give that a try.  The trackball is grounded, it's working on SSB....the funny thing is that my previous JAMMA harness was the old SSB harness and it worked fine on PGA too.  I tossed it because it was all frayed and cut up and replaced with a clean new one, and that's when I ran into the issues.   Will keep messing around with the ground wires and see what happens, appreciate the info!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on March 01, 2022, 10:21:51 pm
Team Challenge facebook group Link Please
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on March 03, 2022, 01:49:27 pm
The Facebook page is for PGA cabinet owners who are playing online.
You don’t own a cabinet and you’re not online.
Even if someone provided you a link, you wouldn’t be approved by an admin as you’d fail the screening process.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on March 03, 2022, 03:26:39 pm
how to run GVR Menus and How to Bypass usb/io on team challenge in Vmware
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: shyguy813 on March 07, 2022, 04:48:59 pm
Has anybody had any luck using a Dell optiplex Gx280 to run a Madden Season 2 game?  I've used that computer to replace the Global PGA and Need For Speed Underground but can't seem to get it to work right on Madden.  Any suggestions?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on March 08, 2022, 12:32:57 pm
how to run GVR Menus and How to Bypass usb/io on team challenge in Vmware

You can't.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on March 09, 2022, 03:04:52 pm
Has anybody had any luck using a Dell optiplex Gx280 to run a Madden Season 2 game?  I've used that computer to replace the Global PGA and Need For Speed Underground but can't seem to get it to work right on Madden.  Any suggestions?

Sorry, I wish I had some experience with it-- but I've played it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: shyguy813 on March 09, 2022, 05:26:54 pm
I just got Madden Season 2 to work on a Dell Optiplex GX280 with a Geforce 9500 gt video card.  It's wasn't to bad after I remembered from my PGA days how to make it work
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on March 14, 2022, 11:56:21 pm
is everyone have championship edition I and II ISO link Please
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ajmorris74 on March 30, 2022, 02:55:33 pm
Hey all.  I just started on this adventure and now I'm hooked.  I have all the recovery CDs for the TC edition and installed it on a Dell XPS pc but my real question is how do we get this installed on newer hardware?  Really SATA drives if possible since they are more prevalent these days.

Also, do we need to install XP Embedded, or will full XP Pro work?

Thanks,
Andy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: artvandelay528 on April 02, 2022, 02:17:37 pm
Anyone have a recommendation on where to put the Nytric card if it doesn't fit in my Dell?  Had it out in my cabinet but it eventually stopped working, want to make sure I don't break the new one.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 02, 2022, 09:14:04 pm
Watch near the end of the video;
https://youtu.be/-Db_-dDaYJQ
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: FoozerMD on April 02, 2022, 09:36:08 pm
Hi All,

Just got a new to me cabinet and loving things so far.
I saw on the Wikipedia entry that one can change characters in the system files. I was able to copy over Tiger onto one of the fantasy characters, but haven't been able to change anything on the menu selection screen? Has anyone had success with that?

Would also be interested in getting online, would the files I've adjusted affect anything there?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 03, 2022, 07:14:43 pm
Check your PM inbox. 🍻
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on April 12, 2022, 04:29:53 pm
You can pass that nytric right over here :)  Will pay $75 for it right now 

Like drummer_god said, the rest of the computer is pretty much trash/worthless.  Dongle is unnecessary due to the emulator, the motherboard/PC is slow/outdated and hte game can be run on more modern hardware, etc.

The server is still going strong and i'm about to release 720P/1080P HD patches.

There's an emulator now?
I have a working team challenge, but it does not have all access. 1080p sounds fantastic
how would one go about upgrading to HD?

Edit
I found the YouTube video that discusses the files needed and how to add them, which is cool, I had no idea.
1080p in this game with all access would be awesome
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Keroppi on April 15, 2022, 03:52:21 pm
EDIT: For posterity, the 10th or so driver I tried worked. It is version: VGA_XP_2K(175.16): https://www.driverscloud.com/en/services/GetInformationDriver/44084-14189/nvidia-vga-xp-2k17516zip ...now to get a card reader and the other drivers installed now that it boots into game.

Does anyone have a CHD or something for an upgraded TC? I am at my wit's end. I have tried 5 different intel chipset computers, multiple sets of restore discs, and I can get everything installed, but I just can't seem to get a running machine. I keep getting "memory could not be read" errors, I believe since It all seems to come down to the video card. I keep reading about people getting up to 9000 series geforce cards to work, but I have tried 3 different cards (9500GT, 9600GSO, 9800GT) and at least 5 different XP drivers. None of them will even install on XPe (except one 175.xx beta driver that will install but the only mode it gives is 16 colors). If someone who has upgraded theirs to a 9000 series card would at least point me to a working driver version I'd greatly appreciate it!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Trimachinist on April 20, 2022, 09:03:53 pm
Hey everyone. same as the last couple people i have just bought this cabinet.

The cabinet was purchased as is not running. It did come with a new tv and a optiplex 7010 sff. Seems to be in decent shape. I have pulled the old comp apart and reset some of the cards and fixed some scary wiring. I got a few questions hopefully someone can shed some light on and make my life a little easier.

1. I got the old computer to boot up. It pulls the game up and gets to the Refreshing game menus screen. It stays on this screen for 30 seconds or so than goes to black screen. tv goes into power saving mode. Has anyone delt with this or have any ideas on what it could be?

2. Do i not mess around with the old computer and get the optiplex working? IF so does anyone have a walk through or able to give me an idea on what it takes?

3. I have all the cds and boot discs. I got the dongles and the card.

Thanks in advance any help would be greatly apricated.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on April 21, 2022, 08:20:01 am
Best bet is to join the Facebook group -- everyone there should be able to help you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Trimachinist on April 23, 2022, 05:55:34 pm
Thanks. What's the name of the Facebook group? I looked around and couldn't find anything.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 28, 2022, 10:24:32 pm
Hey everyone. same as the last couple people i have just bought this cabinet.

The cabinet was purchased as is not running. It did come with a new tv and a optiplex 7010 sff. Seems to be in decent shape. I have pulled the old comp apart and reset some of the cards and fixed some scary wiring. I got a few questions hopefully someone can shed some light on and make my life a little easier.

1. I got the old computer to boot up. It pulls the game up and gets to the Refreshing game menus screen. It stays on this screen for 30 seconds or so than goes to black screen. tv goes into power saving mode. Has anyone delt with this or have any ideas on what it could be?

2. Do i not mess around with the old computer and get the optiplex working? IF so does anyone have a walk through or able to give me an idea on what it takes?

3. I have all the cds and boot discs. I got the dongles and the card.

Thanks in advance any help would be greatly apricated.

Number 1 - try replacing the cmos battery. Set the date and time in the bios menu. your hard drive may be toast though. Get yourself a new hard drive and load the system restore disc and game discs again.

Number 2 - not sure what you’re asking here?

Number 3 - see number 1.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ketsujo on April 30, 2022, 05:08:57 pm
Hello first time posting here!  I was looking for some help as i was brought one of these computers to work on and it has a failed psu, cd rom, gpu and HDD. I have the restore cds and have gone through the setting the game back up but what i cant do is install drivers to a gpu in  this case im trying to use a gt 710. Is there a way to do this or am i forced to track down a gpu thats a gt 6600 - 9600 as i saw someone else mention in the forum.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 02, 2022, 01:14:48 pm
GT 710 is too new.
Stick with the GeForce 5600-9800
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: artvandelay528 on June 02, 2022, 02:47:16 am
I am rebuilding a cabinet for a friend, I set up the new build PC using the exact same hardware as my existing setup.  I cloned my hard drive and everything is running normal (drivers, video, etc) - I'm running Team Challenge with All Access Pass on a Dell GX620

I'm having an issue with the Dongle emulator on the new build - when i try to install using the emulator instructions from the YouTube video, i get Error 1068 when selecting Start Service.  Confirmed date and time in BIOS is correct and replaced the CMOS as well.

The dongle emulator works when i put the HDD back in my original PC, is there any way to clear the Dongle settings it so it can run on the new/cloned PC?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: artvandelay528 on June 06, 2022, 11:17:50 am
I am rebuilding a cabinet for a friend, I set up the new build PC using the exact same hardware as my existing setup.  I cloned my hard drive and everything is running normal (drivers, video, etc) - I'm running Team Challenge with All Access Pass on a Dell GX620

I'm having an issue with the Dongle emulator on the new build - when i try to install using the emulator instructions from the YouTube video, i get Error 1068 when selecting Start Service.  Confirmed date and time in BIOS is correct and replaced the CMOS as well.

The dongle emulator works when i put the HDD back in my original PC, is there any way to clear the Dongle settings it so it can run on the new/cloned PC?

Disregard - I ran the recovery disc and reinstalled which fixed the error
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ajmorris74 on June 26, 2022, 09:38:18 pm
What card reader does PGA support?  I have found this info.
https://manualzz.com/doc/41352588/scr-28---series
The card that Global VR sales is is the SCR28I-S033U

What other Hybrid Card Reader would work?

Andy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on June 27, 2022, 09:31:49 am
https://www.ebay.com/itm/195045041225?hash=item2d69972449:g:WnYAAOSwIJVihJLb&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4FdIOmX2eFaDskpwZlqePQ93sNLq4EBbvpBZNBlTm2XXnyY3mVuC02z9upjOxhjT3NJX91kYSm9aYN%2B1ZbZV7V%2BaI9vW5aqbT8PLaewzIkOnmfSlLBUgU30GP1wD%2Bk476NrprNvsfZMGCADD84CpT7K8UDluqt4wdosjQbjq2m%2BDhVIC4x0KJeSSxwUSutcmf0Gqw%2FoPxtZHaxmi%2Fi0XOnAJUNnlS%2FArCNthB%2FnEzG2cweRhf5KwPuN4mlgLAUEXFpxGk0W9XIy20Rp9oUt4Yua%2FAHOhpWop7jjNM%2BM4IEGd%7Ctkp%3ABFBMgJzN1bRg

These work.

at least I THINK it's that one.  This is a picture of mine, but of course there's no identifying text on it at ALL...

(https://i.imgur.com/fl9leWI.jpg)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ajmorris74 on June 27, 2022, 01:45:03 pm
Awesome, Thanks!! I just ordered some.  Will make a 3D plate for it so it looks official :)
Now I just need a few Nytric Cards and the Jamma Interface..  Any Ideas?

Andy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ajmorris74 on June 28, 2022, 07:31:26 am
I just found this as well.

https://singulartw.en.alibaba.com/product/60478106375-803538866/Kiosk_Hybrid_Manual_insert_Magnetic_and_IC_Card_Reader.html?spm=a2700.details.0.0.2a8b50faGojv82

Andy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on June 28, 2022, 04:25:59 pm
Awesome, Thanks!! I just ordered some.  Will make a 3D plate for it so it looks official :)
Now I just need a few Nytric Cards and the Jamma Interface..  Any Ideas?

Andy

nah, on that it's just hunt until you find one. You're probably more likely to find a non-working machine that has a nytric in it than find a nytric for any reasonable price.

Cheapest I've seen lately is $375 for a nytric, but I've seen some non-working machines go for $150/200.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ajmorris74 on June 29, 2022, 09:01:24 am
Well to that end, I was able to find one on Facebook yesterday and snagged it for $110.  Hopefully, it's not a brick.  I really wish we could get an i-pac or someting to work with the software.  Now i just need a Jamma board.  Don't want to have to get the new ones from Global VR. The prices are too outrageous.

Andy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on June 29, 2022, 07:46:35 pm
You should be able to wire up your own jamma adapter. I think guys on the Facebook group know how/have plans.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ajmorris74 on June 30, 2022, 02:28:31 pm
okay great!! Brian is sending me a link to join.  That would be great to get this one going soon.  I will have two cabinets up and running then.

Andy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 08, 2022, 10:28:21 pm
Hello all!

I just purchased a PGA golf championship cabinet.  They said the video card is not functioning in it.  I was wondering if anyone could help me out with information regarding what hardware I can use to repair this or if there is a Facebook group where folks discuss this.  I work in the computer field and I am familiar with the hardware.  If emulation is possible or if there is a way to use newer hardware I would pursue that as well.

Thank you for any help or advice, I'm excited to tinker with this and would love to get it working!!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 10, 2022, 07:30:29 am
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Tour_Golf_Team_Challenge
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on August 10, 2022, 12:46:48 pm
Hello all!

I just purchased a PGA golf championship cabinet.  They said the video card is not functioning in it.  I was wondering if anyone could help me out with information regarding what hardware I can use to repair this or if there is a Facebook group where folks discuss this.  I work in the computer field and I am familiar with the hardware.  If emulation is possible or if there is a way to use newer hardware I would pursue that as well.

Thank you for any help or advice, I'm excited to tinker with this and would love to get it working!!

there is a Facebook group linked somewhere in this thread about 10 pages back. if you read though this thread you will find the answers to all your questions, including the ones that come up after those questions are answered... including swapping hardware and system requirements and videocard requirements.

100 page thread TL;DR - software locked (sort of) to the specific videocard used in the game.... but can be hacked to make others work. basically everyone doing this moved to the facebook group and it's best to head there and read the goings on there... emulation is not needed due to the fact it's literally a windows program... you just "run" it as the booted into process instead of loading explorere.exe so none of the "windows" shows.


Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 10, 2022, 03:27:01 pm
Hello all!

I just purchased a PGA golf championship cabinet.  They said the video card is not functioning in it.  I was wondering if anyone could help me out with information regarding what hardware I can use to repair this or if there is a Facebook group where folks discuss this.  I work in the computer field and I am familiar with the hardware.  If emulation is possible or if there is a way to use newer hardware I would pursue that as well.

Thank you for any help or advice, I'm excited to tinker with this and would love to get it working!!

there is a Facebook group linked somewhere in this thread about 10 pages back. if you read though this thread you will find the answers to all your questions, including the ones that come up after those questions are answered... including swapping hardware and system requirements and videocard requirements.

100 page thread TL;DR - software locked (sort of) to the specific videocard used in the game.... but can be hacked to make others work. basically everyone doing this moved to the facebook group and it's best to head there and read the goings on there... emulation is not needed due to the fact it's literally a windows program... you just "run" it as the booted into process instead of loading explorere.exe so none of the "windows" shows.

I have tried every Facebook link that was linked in this thread and all of them say it's unavailable.  I have read through almost all posts on this forum and from what I've seen people will always mention that it is a private group that requires an invite and someone usually says "check your PMs".
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 10, 2022, 11:14:16 pm
The Facebook group is not a troubleshooting group.
The revolving door of people looking for help only to disappear without so much as a Thank You became too much headache. The group is a social platform for players to discuss gameplay, tournaments, team events, etc.

I posted a link to the Wikipedia page which has the video card information you’re looking for.

All those messages telling people to ‘check their PM’ was me giving those people the help they needed - not a Facebook invite.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 07:29:19 am
I have repaired the machine and it is functional.  Does anyone know if the private server with tournaments is still available?

Thank you,
Matt
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 11, 2022, 09:13:44 am
It is but you must be running Team Challenge edition 4.0.0.8
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 09:49:17 am
Do you have any information on how I would perform this upgrade?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 10:17:37 am
One more question for the group (this one is kind of ridiculous).  I'd like to get the PC out to clean it more effectively and put new thermal grease on the GPU, etc.  I can't physically remove the PC from the back (under the CRT) or the front (through the controller access).  Is there an easy secret I'm missing here, or do I really have to remove the CRT to get it out?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 11, 2022, 10:20:05 am
Why can’t you remove it from the back of the cabinet when removing the back door?
The PC may be bolted to the cabinet floor but I assume you’d see that if it were.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 10:30:00 am
The width of the PC case is about.75 inches larger than the opening to the side of the crt or under it.  My closest bet is out the control opening in the front but it's still roughly .75 inches too large to come out even with the sides of the computer case removed.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 11, 2022, 10:39:15 am
You’re going to need to post some pics of your cabinet. Perhaps it’s not a regular PGA cabinet as if it were, you’d just open the back of the cabinet and remove the PC pretty easily.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 10:57:01 am
I'll post some better pictures when I get home.  The guy said he bought it brand new in 2003 and he was the only owner.  I thought it was a little strange that the sideart looked different than pictures I had seen, but it has the top marquee and (I believe at least) the newer card reader?

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on August 11, 2022, 11:05:45 am
i mean, yeah it's a converted cabinet... so not a "real" (as in from global VR's factory cabinet)...but you should still be able to remove the back door off the cabinet to service the machine. either a couple screws and/or a lock to open it.

it will give you a 32x45 inch hole to work in.

general idea here: https://youtu.be/Wyze2iYeo1c?t=209
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 11:10:42 am
i mean, yeah it's a converted cabinet... so not a "real" (as in from global VR's factory cabinet)...but you should still be able to remove the back door off the cabinet to service the machine. either a couple screws and/or a lock to open it.

it will give you a 32x45 inch hole to work in.

general idea here: https://youtu.be/Wyze2iYeo1c?t=209

I know I sound like I'm crazy, but I have at least worked on a few arcades in the past.  Please see the attached artist's rendering of the back of the cabinet.

I'm 100% open to me being dumb and missing something obvious here.  I would appreciate any advice.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on August 11, 2022, 11:21:29 am
yeah, after i posted I was kinda looking at the angle of that monitor trying to figure out what the cabinet USED to be...and it certainly looks like it would make stuffing that computer in the back kind of tough...especially if the lower part of the door is large (which i cant really tell from the pics.) and by your description it might be.

if this is the case, I would LOOSEN the 2 lower monitor bolts and REMOVE the 2 upper ones...that would allow enough room to hinge the monitor up a bit and might give you enough room to pull out the computer.

that way you don't have to REMOVE the monitor.

if you are sticking to the stock setup, maybe consider swapping your computer's guts into a smaller case (or mounting it to a board) to make insertion and removal in the future easier.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 11:26:53 am
yeah, after i posted I was kinda looking at the angle of that monitor trying to figure out what the cabinet USED to be...and it certainly looks like it would make stuffing that computer in the back kind of tough...especially if the lower part of the door is large (which i cant really tell from the pics.) and by your description it might be.

if this is the case, I would LOOSEN the 2 lower monitor bolts and REMOVE the 2 upper ones...that would allow enough room to hinge the monitor up a bit and might give you enough room to pull out the computer.

that way you don't have to REMOVE the monitor.

if you are sticking to the stock setup, maybe consider swapping your computer's guts into a smaller case (or mounting it to a board) to make insertion and removal in the future easier.

I will definitely be going with a smaller PC, but I want to enjoy the game as it is for a little while first.  I'm going to take an image of the hard drive because I think it might be starting to go out and I don't want to lose that.  I don't have any of the restore CDs or install CDs and if that hard drive goes out I am completely out of luck at least for now.  It's so frustrating not being able to get it out of the back.  Plus anytime I work on anything I have the back of the CRT right by my forehead and I'd really rather not get shocked there.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 11, 2022, 11:28:22 am
That card reader is the old card reader and not compatible with online play.

That is a conversion you don’t see every day. What’s the control panel look like?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 11:33:25 am
That card reader is the old card reader and not compatible with online play.

That is a conversion you don’t see every day. What’s the control panel look like?

I've seen forum posts about different card readers, is there one I could buy that fits the old slot that will work?

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on August 11, 2022, 11:53:35 am
I don't have any of the restore CDs or install CDs and if that hard drive goes out I am completely out of luck at least for now.

i think i recall someone having some restore disk images in a dropbox or google drive here.

Plus anytime I work on anything I have the back of the CRT right by my forehead and I'd really rather not get shocked there.

lol. don't put too much worry into it. as long as you aren't stabbing metal stuff into the board you'll be fine. i remember we had a vertical cabinet and i always had to reach in the side of the cabinet between the chassis and the wall to get to the gameboard to flip the dipswitch to get it into service mode...(i don't know who thought it was a good idea to put it there but, whatever.) there was a real concern of getting shocked there...i ended up cutting out a sheet of 1/4" plastic and put it on the bottom of the chassis to make stuffing my arm in there a little less concerning.  :lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 09:21:00 pm
Never mind, found what I was looking for.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 09:52:49 pm
Team Challenge latest version had been installed and I have ordered the card reader and a stack of cards.  Can anyone point me int the right direction to join the private server.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 11, 2022, 10:11:40 pm
The picture you posted of your machine is not gameplay from Team Challenge.

Please post a picture of your operators menu screen.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 10:31:55 pm
The picture you posted of your machine is not gameplay from Team Challenge.

Please post a picture of your operators menu screen.

https://ibb.co/jTWmGkp

Posting with an image service as it said my image didn't meet requirements for this forum.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 11, 2022, 10:39:34 pm
That is game version 4.1.0.4 when you need 4.0.0.8

Also, please provide a link to the card reader you purchased so I can confirm it is a compatible reader.
Is this cabinet in your home? The surroundings in the photos you’ve provided look like it’s in a business setting.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 10:44:53 pm
That is game version 4.1.0.4 when you need 4.0.0.8

Also, please provide a link to the card reader you purchased so I can confirm it is a compatible reader.
Is this cabinet in your home? The surroundings in the photos you’ve provided look like it’s in a business setting.

The original photos were from I don't even know where.  They are from the original owner.  The photo of the cabinet working with the old version shows my carpeting and this photo is in the same room (my living room).  Until I can move it downstairs to the basement, it's staying up here.  My wife is surprisingly okay with it as she is having fun with it as well.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B096VG1KZW?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 11, 2022, 10:50:35 pm
Do you have the game discs for Team Challenge?
Playing online comes with a $36/year/cabinet membership fee.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 11, 2022, 10:51:54 pm
Do you have the game discs for Team Challenge?
Playing online comes with a $36/year/cabinet membership fee.

I have Team Challenge discs, yes.  Who do I pay?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 11, 2022, 11:20:22 pm
You don’t pay until you’re online and it’s too late to do that tonight.
Talk soon.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 13, 2022, 06:04:26 pm
You don’t pay until you’re online and it’s too late to do that tonight.
Talk soon.

Turns out GameFace is broken in the version I have anyways... how do I roll back a patch?  Is that possible?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 13, 2022, 07:42:31 pm
Run the installation dics again;
Recovery disc then game discs 1-3
If your goal is to get online, then do not run the all access pass patch disc.

Are you still planning on upgrading to a better computer? If so, you should probably do that before going online too.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 13, 2022, 07:49:04 pm
Run the installation dics again;
Recovery disc then game discs 1-3
If your goal is to get online, then do not run the all access pass patch disc.

Are you still planning on upgrading to a better computer? If so, you should probably do that before going online too.

I upgraded to 1.5GB of RAM and used a solid state drive and it's running really smooth and boots so fast.

I'll go back through and leave all access pass off.

Thank you!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ajmorris74 on August 16, 2022, 12:35:56 pm
Run the installation dics again;
Recovery disc then game discs 1-3
If your goal is to get online, then do not run the all access pass patch disc.

Are you still planning on upgrading to a better computer? If so, you should probably do that before going online too.

I upgraded to 1.5GB of RAM and used a solid state drive and it's running really smooth and boots so fast.

I'll go back through and leave all access pass off.

Thank you!

What computer model did you end up using?
Andy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Captainspaulding on August 16, 2022, 04:01:04 pm
Run the installation dics again;
Recovery disc then game discs 1-3
If your goal is to get online, then do not run the all access pass patch disc.

Are you still planning on upgrading to a better computer? If so, you should probably do that before going online too.

I upgraded to 1.5GB of RAM and used a solid state drive and it's running really smooth and boots so fast.

I'll go back through and leave all access pass off.

Thank you!

What computer model did you end up using?
Andy

I ended up leaving the beige case computer that was in there.  1.7GHZ - I upped it to 1.5GB RAM and took the ticking time bomb mechanical drive out and swapped to solid state media.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ajmorris74 on August 23, 2022, 09:41:03 am
Hey All,
I have picked up a couple of Golden Tee Fore Cabs and will do the conversion as Tom did in his videos.  Where can I get the side art, top Marquee, and the Center info?
I will post pics later today of the cabs before the conversion.

Andy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on August 23, 2022, 05:15:17 pm
I responded to you via FB messenger
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: ajmorris74 on August 24, 2022, 07:23:57 am
Cabs before the conversion.
Title: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread Increase resolution
Post by: ajmorris74 on August 26, 2022, 07:26:23 am
Increase resolution in the game?
I have noticed in a few Youtubers that their screen looks larger than 800x600 and the corner info is smaller.  I have one cabinet hooked up to a 27" screen that I would like to try this on. How did they do this?  I will double-check the FB group, but so far I have not found the info.  I did see some talk in this forum but not a 'How to". 

Andy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on September 27, 2022, 01:13:13 pm
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Chepsap on October 12, 2022, 10:28:44 am
So after 67 pages of discussion what does everyone feel is the best approach for PGA golf.
1. All Access pass
2. Install Tiger PGA 200x?
3. Team challange online
4. Keep challange with skins and change the players?

Pros and cons for each but what is everyone's preference?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gnomie on October 12, 2022, 03:38:09 pm
Awesome to see some guys still keeping the PGA arcades alive. I miss this game.

I have been looking for one and found a championship edition.  It seems to be in working condition, has the beige tower still running the original Championship edition and has the disks.

Am I able to upgrade to Team Challenge or would I be better off trying to find a Team Challenge cabinet.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on October 12, 2022, 09:22:35 pm
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on October 12, 2022, 09:23:50 pm
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 13, 2022, 08:16:11 am
Am I able to upgrade to Team Challenge or would I be better off trying to find a Team Challenge cabinet.

I'm currently upgrading to Team Challenge with the beige PC. I upgraded RAM to 1.5gb, new processor with 2.8ghz, GeForce 7900GS, and swapped in an SSD.

I am still waiting on a couple things, but I'm like $60 all in on beefing this PC to the max for Team Challenge. Should run butter smooth in the end. Probably overkill on my part, but with things so cheap why not.

You’ll find hole 7 at TPC sawgrass and the final hole of Pasatiempo still stutter with the beige DFI even after you’ve maxed out it’s specs. Other than that, it’s pretty good.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 13, 2022, 08:18:06 am
Awesome to see some guys still keeping the PGA arcades alive. I miss this game.

I have been looking for one and found a championship edition.  It seems to be in working condition, has the beige tower still running the original Championship edition and has the disks.

Am I able to upgrade to Team Challenge or would I be better off trying to find a Team Challenge cabinet.

You can upgrade to team challenge but that original computer won’t run it very well. You’ll notice lots of lag in gameplay. You can either upgrade the specs in that computer or you can replace the computer with something better.

Post some pics of the cabinet you’ve found.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gnomie on October 15, 2022, 09:23:27 pm
Awesome to see some guys still keeping the PGA arcades alive. I miss this game.

I have been looking for one and found a championship edition.  It seems to be in working condition, has the beige tower still running the original Championship edition and has the disks.

Am I able to upgrade to Team Challenge or would I be better off trying to find a Team Challenge cabinet.

You can upgrade to team challenge but that original computer won’t run it very well. You’ll notice lots of lag in gameplay. You can either upgrade the specs in that computer or you can replace the computer with something better.

Post some pics of the cabinet you’ve found.

I am picking it up tomorrow, any tips on transporting it?

I have a trailer I am going to use and planning on transporting it up right but I've got a good 80 miles to get it home
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 17, 2022, 11:25:01 pm
Did you get it home?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gnomie on October 18, 2022, 12:03:09 pm
Yeah, just ended up taking the tower out shrink wrapping some moving blankets to it and straping it into a uhaul trailer upright. Really surprised how clean it was relatively no dust in the tower.  Guy I got it from said it was in game room at an office building then his house. I don't think it's been played all that much.

Played a bunch of rounds no issues so far. But the track ball could probably use some lube and a good cleaning.

 I actually remember it being more challenging I've been able to post pretty low scores with relative ease. Is Team Challenge more difficult?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on October 18, 2022, 03:47:03 pm
I actually remember it being more challenging I've been able to post pretty low scores with relative ease. Is Team Challenge more difficult?

Might need to go into your settings and adjust difficulty. Should be a button behind the coin door.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gnomie on October 18, 2022, 04:07:49 pm
Thanks, thats was it skill level was set to 3.

All games together, its showing less than 2700 games played it its lifetime. I don't think it has ever been wiped.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 18, 2022, 09:44:49 pm
Set it to difficulty 4 as that’s what the online settings were when Global VR ran tournaments.
Team challenge adds more courses and has a variety of courses that range from pretty easy to very difficult. But I’m sure Championship also has courses ranging in difficulty too
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on October 19, 2022, 11:25:44 am
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 19, 2022, 08:30:16 pm
Make sure your nytric card has power via 4-pin molex.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on October 19, 2022, 09:20:57 pm
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gnomie on October 21, 2022, 03:15:50 pm
Working through what I need to upgrade from Chamionionsip I to Team challenge.  Do I need a team challenge dongle or will it run with what I have? Any one have CDs for team challenge the would part with?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 21, 2022, 06:32:23 pm
You need the system restore disc and the 3 game discs for team challenge as well as the TC dongle.

Keep in mind, you’ll notice a slow down in gameplay as your computer was designed with championship edition in mind.
I wrote out the computer upgrades you can do on the team challenge Wikipedia page if you’re interested.

I’m very swamped for time at the moment as I’m moving in a few days but I can help with the stuff required for team challenge.
Just give me a week or two. I really don’t have time at the moment.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gnomie on October 21, 2022, 07:53:26 pm
Cool I appreciate it. Moving is rough, I just moved 1500 miles myself in December. I'll check out the wiki and start gathering parts. And circle back in a few weeks.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 22, 2022, 06:13:35 pm
What’s the plan - stay offline or get online with everyone else?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on October 23, 2022, 06:00:13 pm
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gnomie on October 24, 2022, 07:20:11 pm
What’s the plan - stay offline or get online with everyone else?

I'd like to get online if there is space.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 25, 2022, 08:40:17 am
My machine now randomly reboots during gameplay. There's no rhyme or reason I can see. I assume it's getting the old BSOD and rebooting but I don't even get the blue screen first.

The time varies and it's inconsistent at best. I'm now planning on pulling components and checking each one individually. Just frustrating.

Does it beep on start up?
Kinda sounds like the processor is overheating then shutting down mid-game.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on October 26, 2022, 08:10:39 am
Does it beep on start up?
Kinda sounds like the processor is overheating then shutting down mid-game.


This is EXACTLY what happened to me because the heatsink was not seated properly on one of my machines.  New thermal paste and ensuring the heatsink was seated properly fixed it.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on October 28, 2022, 09:42:46 am
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Gnomie on October 28, 2022, 10:02:59 am
Yeah I am interested, I have the old card reader which I don't think will work
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on October 28, 2022, 09:00:04 pm
Awesome trade.
That’s nice of you to pass the newer card reader on to someone who will play online.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on November 04, 2022, 10:17:58 pm
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on November 11, 2022, 01:26:24 pm
Yes, that video card will work. I’m not familiar with that computer model though.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on November 17, 2022, 11:52:45 am
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Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on November 18, 2022, 03:08:50 pm
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.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on December 04, 2022, 05:09:17 am
hi
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on December 04, 2022, 05:09:23 am
give me screen editor form
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on December 05, 2022, 02:30:31 am
Do you have Championship I and II CD can you link on your Google Drive
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on December 08, 2022, 03:41:16 pm
give me screen editor form
The manners on this one.  :dunno
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on December 08, 2022, 06:48:32 pm
Yeah this isn’t new.  My private messages on this board were riddled with the same demands.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on January 03, 2023, 03:41:33 pm
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.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: BladeZX on January 10, 2023, 01:36:21 pm
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
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on January 11, 2023, 01:04:33 pm
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.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: BladeZX on January 13, 2023, 06:40:42 pm
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?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: BladeZX on January 14, 2023, 05:57:23 pm
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?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on January 15, 2023, 07:05:38 am
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?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: BladeZX on January 15, 2023, 10:10:11 am
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
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: stryker006 on January 15, 2023, 03:55:37 pm
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).
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on January 16, 2023, 03:14:59 pm
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.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: BladeZX on January 16, 2023, 04:32:11 pm
Mine was a grounding issue
Make sure all db37 pins that are ground are grounded
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: BladeZX on January 16, 2023, 04:32:58 pm
Now my audio will not work
XP says it cannot start the audio device
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sonofdan on January 18, 2023, 07:04:30 pm
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.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: game_nerd on January 20, 2023, 10:23:43 pm
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
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: BladeZX on January 21, 2023, 11:16:38 am
Is there a graphics card that has hdmi on it that would be supported with PGA Tour TC?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sonofdan on January 22, 2023, 09:31:02 am
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.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sonofdan on January 22, 2023, 07:45:20 pm
Anywhere I can get the smartcard reader? Looks like I have the old reader no lights.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on January 22, 2023, 09:11:40 pm
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.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Sonofdan on January 22, 2023, 10:16:59 pm
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 (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)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on January 30, 2023, 12:09:57 pm
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.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on January 30, 2023, 03:18:34 pm
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 (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. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Zedmag on March 22, 2023, 09:29:58 pm
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! 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Zedmag on March 22, 2023, 10:27:21 pm
before upgrade
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Larbear79 on March 24, 2023, 04:20:48 pm
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.

Edit:  got discs, loaded now freezes and reboots into attract mode after coin up and press start., any suggestions?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: CaptainCrazy on April 01, 2023, 09:51:54 pm
Looking for an invite to the FB page if it is still around.

Also I have a Championship 3 machine I am trying to get back up and running.  Followed this thread and was able to get the game installed successfully!

The only issue is when selecting a course the game freezes and I am forced to ctrl/alt/delete or restart the entire game to get it to load up again.

Looking to upgrade the PC to something newer, ive seen many responses leading towards a Dell Optiplex, but will any PC do if I need to just manually install drivers?

I have a ton a spare parts that I can move around that beefier than the current p4 1.8 that is currently in the machine.

Also dabbling the idea to upgrading it to the team challenge to play online with everyone if that is still going strong?

Any suggestions would be rad.

Thanks!





Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: CaptainCrazy on April 03, 2023, 05:37:54 pm
SO figured out my hard drive was probably the culprit as it just died on me while trying to get everything to load up again on the old DFI.

I am currently in the process of installing everything to a new computer with a Celeron 2.8ghz processor, 4gb ram, 60gb ssd, and a 8800 gtx.

The issue I am having is the recovery disk doesn't boot up now. 

I went ahead and installed Windows XP SP3 and then tried to load the software and it also errors out(iKernel.exe cannot be installed).

I tried to install Windows XPE stand alone and couldn't get it to open from boot as well.  Keep getting error code 14 ntoskrnl.exe could not be loaded.

Any help with some fresh eyes would be very grateful.

Thanks!

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: CaptainCrazy on April 09, 2023, 11:39:56 am
Got everything setup on XPE, have all drivers installed, however when I try to run the game I keep getting an error message.

Cannot find file, you must reinstall.

I have reinstalled like 10 times and still have same issue.

Any ideas?

This is for team challenge.



Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: CaptainCrazy on April 09, 2023, 04:50:49 pm
No more error message except now when it says please wait…. The screen just blinks repeatedly.  Any help would be much appreciated. :)
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Zedmag on April 21, 2023, 03:11:37 am
so after tons of trial and error, I found a reliable reinstall path, to most newer hardware. Maybe I’ll get around to making a chekc kist. But here is a quick run down.
Extract the .pqi image from the Gvr restore iso.
Using Norton ghost I was able to make a ‘recover’ image that has the base .pqi
Booting to the ghost recovering drive you can restore an SSD with the base image.
Make sure to leave a larger spare partook for a future install of a diff os.
once booted you’ll have a ton of can’t find drivers msgs. Ignore them all
now install the TC disks. There is an AIO or the 3 disk pack. Both work.
After install, you’ll need driver magician from internet archive. This will install and run on the
xp embedded os
Run this and backup the driver for the SDK card reader.
now you can restart and boot to a windows install. I went with vista ultimate 32b.
after install and boot to vista, you need to find all the vista drivers for this install. Internet updates won’t work.
After all desired drivers are found(from a working computer) now you can update the software driver for the usb SDK card reader.
next, your gonna need Laplink PCmover, this is excellent for migrating all the stuff from the original install partition.
use advanced options and go thru them. They will make sense if you’ve made it this far.
the password for the cabinet user is ‘cabinet’
after migration, go thru the nee user setup crap.
Now you’ll need to run the hhp hasp driver installer. then you can run the hasp emulator stuff
pretty much after this, you’ll good to go.
You can navigate the system with the keyboard except play the game. Mouse works to move around. And keyboard for buttons. But those are disabled during an actual game.
S - start
F - flyby-back
J - turn left
L - turn right
K - down or ‘next’
I- up or previous.
shoot me a dm if you need some help. we can connect on discord or something.
Latest specs
Optiplex 740 enhanced
AMD 64 x 2 Core +5600 3ghz
4gb 800mhz Ram
GT 710 2gb video
HDMI audio
480gb SSD
3 partitions
1- Base PGA
2- PGA Vista TC 4.0.0.8
3- PGA Vista TC AAP
with custom multi boot menu

Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Nudge55 on April 25, 2023, 08:01:31 am
Got everything setup on XPE, have all drivers installed, however when I try to run the game I keep getting an error message.

Cannot find file, you must reinstall.

I have reinstalled like 10 times and still have same issue.

Any ideas?

This is for team challenge.



I have the same issue trying to install on a new pc build. I don't know which files are missing after install. Any help would be awesome as ive ran out of ideas.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 25, 2023, 11:00:16 am
You need the correct sound driver installed for your model of computer
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Larbear79 on April 25, 2023, 05:05:20 pm
Loaded sound driver, runs great now looking for an all access dng or dongle if anyone have one please reach out, thank you.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on April 26, 2023, 11:06:20 am
Loaded sound driver, runs great now looking for an all access dng or dongle if anyone have one please reach out, thank you.
Check your PM
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Nudge55 on May 01, 2023, 03:56:00 am
Can anyone help me or at least educate me a bit. Long story short my friends Team challenge MOBO died and ive been given the task to get it all operational again. Just a few questions as I am completely stuck. Ive tried installing the game through Virtual Box windows XP but after install it says I am missing files please re install. Is there a way to fix this as I have the SRD and install disks and Nytic card. If I were to purchase a old Dell 280 360 or 780 why would that work as I have read through the forums that this is a option? Is that a driver issue or hardware issue? Can this be installed on a newer PC running XPE? Lastly can anyone point me in the right direction for which drivers are needed to run this game. Ive built plenty of MAME arcades before and repaired a few but trying to get this going is like pulling my teeth out so I would appreciate any help thank you all.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on May 01, 2023, 01:01:59 pm
Hey team - I'm stuck.

I migrated my build into a new PC. I have the game up and running and all the drivers. It's a newer (but still old) Dell PC.

Everything is running well. I have the video card, drivers, HASP emulator - all good. My problem though is this:

I can press the start button and get to the main menu, but once there nothing else works until it reboots back to the attract menu.

Everything works in the diagnostic menu. The nitric card shows up with a green light. The molex connector is connected.

Nothing else is plugged in (no keyboard or mouse - there isn't even a PS2 connector if I wanted to use the ones that came with).

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.

Should I be looking at different computer to run this? If anyone has an old PC that ran the game I'd buy it. At this point I just feel lost trying to keep this thing going.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 02, 2023, 11:10:40 pm
You need the correct sound driver specific to the computer model you’re using. Not the stock sound driver that comes with the game’s install / SRD disc
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 02, 2023, 11:14:30 pm
Can anyone help me or at least educate me a bit. Long story short my friends Team challenge MOBO died and ive been given the task to get it all operational again. Just a few questions as I am completely stuck. Ive tried installing the game through Virtual Box windows XP but after install it says I am missing files please re install. Is there a way to fix this as I have the SRD and install disks and Nytic card. If I were to purchase a old Dell 280 360 or 780 why would that work as I have read through the forums that this is a option? Is that a driver issue or hardware issue? Can this be installed on a newer PC running XPE? Lastly can anyone point me in the right direction for which drivers are needed to run this game. Ive built plenty of MAME arcades before and repaired a few but trying to get this going is like pulling my teeth out so I would appreciate any help thank you all.

Try using an IDE cd rom drive to run the SRD and game discs.
When you’re done, add computer specific sound driver and video card specific driver - not the drivers auto installed by the SRD.
Good luck
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bsenright on May 06, 2023, 12:50:49 pm
Nice little update here if you are looking at upgrading to a different tower...

So I was able to successfully install and play PGA Tour Golf Team Challenge with ALL ACCESS PASS on a Dell Optiplex GX280!  I wanted to try the GX280 due to the fact that I bought that 6600 video card that was PCI-E and did not fit in my stock PGA tower.  Well the 6600 card is in the GX280 now and it was, in fact, plug and play without any installation CD or drivers that needed to be installed or updated!  I did not use the SATA HD connector on the GX280 but rather used an IDE drive in there with the upgarded 6600 256mb video card and 512 ram and the machine plays like a dream!  You will also need to use your old I/O board to connect the controls.  I did have to install the sound driver and that took about 2 minutes and I'm good to go!

So I have now successfully installed PGA on the Dell Optiplex GX260 and the Optiplex GX280.

Just thought I would share.

Hi stpcore, I know this post was years ago, but I had some questions.  I am attempting the port from the original PC to an Optiplex gs280.  Video card is an nvidia geforce 8400gs and installed fine.  but when game comes up, i get an error about a PCI driver.  I also get some additional errors after that from the PatchAgent.exe and from the AMPlayer.exe but i wonder if thats because I did not install the sound driver.  Where can i get that from?  I also am not sure why i get the PCI error
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 06, 2023, 04:49:49 pm
Look on Dell’s website for the sound driver for your specific model of computer and you need to install the correct driver for that video card.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bsenright on May 06, 2023, 10:43:35 pm
Look on Dell’s website for the sound driver for your specific model of computer and you need to install the correct driver for that video card.

OK, I got the driver from the dell site, tried to run it and, no dice.  I get a -5009 error which tends to say there is already an update going on or other apps are running.  I went into Task Manager and killed everything running and still got it. 

So then i tried to update the driver via the Update Driver path from Device Manager.  That results in an error that the file "drmk.sys" was not found and is on the XP Pro Service Pack 1 CD.  Good times. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Zedmag on May 07, 2023, 06:54:48 pm
Are you trying to do all of this on the original embedded os? I’ve noticed the guys that run the private servers arnt much help when it comes to hardware troubleshooting. I ended up doing most of it on my own from scratch. shoot me a dm and a run down of what you’re doing and I can probably help more. The best os and most compatible I’ve seen with little modifications is VistaU32b. I’ve got a setup running on 2.8g i5 with 4gb ram and a GTX960.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 08, 2023, 08:35:03 am
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bsenright on May 08, 2023, 12:30:58 pm
I have punted on trying to use the original HD from the original PC in this newer gx280.  Its unreasonable to think the PGA TC software can handle that since its a different set of drivers.  So, going to rebuild this from CD's on a clean hard drive.  I have a SATA hard drive which has been reformatted and ready to go.  I burned the SRD ISO onto a USB flash drive and set that to be the first boot device.  I startup the PC and it attempts to boot from the USB.  I immediately get an error from AutoIt saying "Line -1: Error: Subscript used with non-array variable".   So what could this be?  I did notice Rufus changed the format to NTFS before burning so the USB file system is NTFS.  Is that a problem>.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: jman761 on May 08, 2023, 06:20:36 pm
Long time listener first time caller  :cheers:

Can anyone send me information about getting a Team Challenge All Access machine online and playing tournaments?

I recently picked up a decent machine and completely refurbished the PC with a GX240 motherboard, new hard drive, cd rom, memory and new power supply.
The machine has been playing for months now with zero issues. 


I want to say thanks to everyone for their posts on this form to get me this far.

Thanks!
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bsenright on May 08, 2023, 07:44:59 pm
Making some progress finally.  I have learned, you can burn the SRD onto a USB and boot from that.  But, you must install on an IDE hard drive.  It will not install on a SATA hard drive.  Its currently in the process of finishing the SRD install.  After that, I should be able to install the video driver and dell sound driver.  And then the Game itself.   Will keep you posted
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Zedmag on May 09, 2023, 12:10:58 am
I had a question for you drummer god. Since for some reason Tom doesn’t like me, is there anyway to enable ‘world tour’ and stat progression on a new build? My card reader works to load my gameFace. But I’m guessing it has no data base to log into to save and load player stats. Since it seems the private community won’t let me in, is there way to jus host it locally?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bsenright on May 09, 2023, 01:07:36 am
SUCCESS!!!  I am now running PGA TC on a Dell OptiPlex gx280 with a EVGA NVidia 8400GS video card.  I bought this modified game with a 50" monitor 3 weeks ago in a running state.  But soon, the Power Supply started to act up and then the cpu got damaged.  So I had to switch hardware.  I learned a lot from this.  Mostly patience.  This is a very particular piece of software and if you don't get the sound driver right, it won't play.  You also need to only install on an IDE drive.  The other thing that threw me was the PCI Device error at start up.  That was a result of the PCI USB card that came with the original PC that I transported to this one.  Its not needed.  So just pull it unless you need the extra USB ports.  the gs280 has 5 so I do not need them. 

Now I finally get to enjoy the game and do some of the upgrades you all do.   Any tips on where to go here?  Should I install All Access?  Does that get me anything?  Any tips on activating Tiger and Arnie? 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Zedmag on May 09, 2023, 01:17:16 am
Check your dms and hit me up
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 09, 2023, 08:46:13 am
I had a question for you drummer god. Since for some reason Tom doesn’t like me, is there anyway to enable ‘world tour’ and stat progression on a new build? My card reader works to load my gameFace. But I’m guessing it has no data base to log into to save and load player stats. Since it seems the private community won’t let me in, is there way to jus host it locally?

No. World tour mode is only available when online.
The server is capped at 100 paid machines. It is at that limit and has been for some time. You weren’t invited by a current member. You just found your way to a discord chat and wanted online without being invited. You were going to be added despite already being at the limit for machines online, but when you were given instructions to follow, you decided to deviate from those instructions and do other stuff you weren’t asked to do. When you were told you’d need to start over again, you didn’t want to do that either. Seems you just want to tell everyone how you did everything on your own and so getting you to follow instructions is more headache than it’s worth.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Zedmag on May 09, 2023, 09:14:47 am
Seems like there was so confusion on your part then. I started over and had a fresh clean install as directed, created the fake Facebook, as directed, sent a link to of the Facebook to Tom(you?) and then promptly got banned from the discord and blocked. Seems more like someone is tired and bitter and took it out on me. 🤷‍♂️ I was helping other people get installs done as there is very little public support and most of these reply’s and threads are people guessing and trying over and over. I under stand about having fresh clients as to not muck up and coming requests on the server side. It just seems like this has grown larger than you are wanting to be or expected. Which is cool I get that too. But at least explain a little better so people don’t waste their time. I’m cool not playing with y’all since I’m a top GT player anyway. and I’ve got a great location I can put this guy and make a killing off of a $100 investment. so no skin off my back and I’ll gladly keep helping others get theirs setup and playable as well.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Zedmag on May 09, 2023, 09:23:28 am
On a side note, I got extra player cards if anybody wants some… but seeings how he just said they are capped and not letting anyone else in, they might be useless.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 09, 2023, 09:50:16 am
Come time for renewal, if some people choose not to renew, those spots become available to new people who may want to join.
Yes, I am tired as a group of over 100 people leads to many messages for help or general questions all day, which is why the cap.
So when a new person wants to join who was not invited and when I ask you to create a Facebook account ( yes you eventually did it but was met with resistance), and when I ask you to get the machine running then message me but you decided to run an old patch disc without asking if you should and when I said you need to start again as a result, you objected to that too - I just don’t have the time to meet resistance at every request when I’m doing you a favour not the other way around. Something that should take an hour doesn’t need to be dragged out over days.

I had flashbacks of other former members who were the same way and how difficult they were and how much more time they took compared to others. Again, I don’t have the time. People don’t appreciate how much time managing a group like this takes for an unpaid gig.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bsenright on May 09, 2023, 10:07:21 am
On a side note, I got extra player cards if anybody wants some… but seeings how he just said they are capped and not letting anyone else in, they might be useless.

Player cards can be used for custom player setups, correct?  If so, I would like one
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bsenright on May 09, 2023, 10:52:21 am
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 know this is an old post, but I can tell you exactly the problem here as I struggled with it as well.  This may help others in the future.  If when you try to start a game and it does nothing and eventually reloads, its because your audio driver is not installed properly or the wrong one is installed.  Game startup must have audio capabilities for some reason.   You will need to re-install the proper audio driver.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 09, 2023, 11:18:36 am
Is there an echo in here? Lol
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Zedmag on May 09, 2023, 11:17:56 pm
On a side note, I got extra player cards if anybody wants some… but seeings how he just said they are capped and not letting anyone else in, they might be useless.

Player cards can be used for custom player setups, correct?  If so, I would like one

Yea you can at least label them with your name and save your limited gameFace style. but with our stat progression available you can’t unlock cloths and stuff. though I’m looking into the local dadatbase that stores some of that info. I’m so reality, he says it’s an ‘unpaid’ gif but if he really wanted to he could sell the backend sever setups to the tech savy type and make a few bucks on all the hard work. But it really seems more like controlling the type of players they get more than anything. 🤷‍♂️ I mean I’m not above paying for the hard work of all the reverse engineering that’s been done(including all the under the table info gathered from globalVR directly)
cuz I could easily host my my own local server for the few machines I have now and put no burden on the ‘100’ 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 10, 2023, 10:40:31 am
This isn’t about the money. This is about time. I don’t have an unlimited amount of time to help everyone who happens to buy a PGA machine. Any time I do have, I give it away but if people don’t appreciate it or take advantage of it, then I don’t have time for that. Isn’t worth the headache. This hobby has become a full-time job.

If you want to make your own server, more power to you.
Here are just some of the things you’ll find take up all your time:
-creating tournament schedules, loading tournaments, updating a Facebook group page ( or some other platform of your choosing ), helping EVERYONE in your group with any small problem they have ( the more people in the group, the more problems to help with ), helping new people get onto your server as well as existing members when they replace their computers or just mess something up, keep that group page up to date, tabulating season points, collect payments and track them, fixing issues with the server and dealing with people who feel entitled to use the server and take all your time. When something goes wrong, they want it fixed immediately and act as if you’re their slave, finding and busting cheaters, etc
I have more tasks but they’re probably specific to my group and may not be a thing in yours.
Best of luck.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bsenright on May 10, 2023, 07:18:46 pm
Now that I have this PGA Team Challenge game running, I have replaced Vijay Singh with Tiger Woods (all manual file changes to the players.ini and to the .png image files) I really would like to see if the All Access Patch will gain me anything.  But I suspect I need a different dongle?  how can i tell if I already have the AAP dongle?  is the version which displays in the Operators menu tell me if I have the right version?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 10, 2023, 08:31:36 pm
The AAP gives you all 24 courses while offline in ‘Play Golf’ mode. 
If you had the dongle, you’d likely already have AAP.
If you have 4.0.0.8 in your operators menu then you don’t have AAP.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bsenright on May 10, 2023, 08:56:23 pm
I built this from the ground up from a dead PC within a cabinet i bought.  So I don't know if the dongle is an AAP dongle or just a TC dongle.  I have software version 4.0.0.8 but thats because i just installed that.  My dongle version is 4.0, Shell version is 0.0.1.0, PLUS version is 1.1.0.7
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 10, 2023, 10:14:19 pm
AAP uses the TC dongle plus a usb dongle.
If using AAP, your operators menu shows 4.1.0.8.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: bsenright on May 10, 2023, 10:40:55 pm
thanks.  I suppose if i don't have the AAP dongle, i don't gain anything from installing AAP
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on May 10, 2023, 10:43:27 pm
Check your PM
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Nudge55 on May 16, 2023, 04:27:34 am
ok so I have finally got all drivers etc installed. Using a virtual machine did not work as the VM uses a virtual graphics driver not the driver installed on your PC so lesson learnt. Upon start up I am receiving a "Script Error: NextScreen (18) Frame counter is not defined" has anyone had the same error. I'm not sure if this is a Internet issue or not as some quick searches say its a Internet explorer issue. I'll keep researching but just want to thank everyone on here for their advice and experiences as it has helped me a lot so cheers to you all.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Nudge55 on May 17, 2023, 03:58:23 am
I am going to start the process again and boot the SRD and see if I did anything wrong but after that I might have to give up on restoring this I’ve spent too long on it. I’ve tried to find a basic rundown of what to do and I’ll be installing XPe and game disks then drivers for the pc but apart from that I’m clueless.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timmah47 on May 23, 2023, 08:16:16 pm
Ahoy there,
Let me try this again cause I instantly broke the thread rules like an 🍑
I have a team challenge looking to upgrade to all access pass any help would b appreciated
Thanx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Zedmag on May 24, 2023, 09:46:08 pm
I am going to start the process again and boot the SRD and see if I did anything wrong but after that I might have to give up on restoring this I’ve spent too long on it. I’ve tried to find a basic rundown of what to do and I’ll be installing XPe and game disks then drivers for the pc but apart from that I’m clueless.

Honestly I felt upgrading to anything other than vista wasn’t worth the hassle of errors.
the absolute easiest upgrade is to winVista32 and make sure you have an application called PCMover by Laplink.
Basically do a standard instal of vistaU on a desired hardware that you can find basic drivers for. Sound. Network. video card. any chip and cpu drivers too.
then copy all the System32 DLLs from an oem restore and paste them in the new install and DONT replace anything
the install and run PCMover. Attach the oem install drive to the new system. run PCMover and go thru the advanced move. Basically choose manual on everything. when it comes to the accounts make sure it creates the ‘cabinet’ account not merge. The password should be ‘cabinet’
Dm me if you have any troubles.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: timmah47 on May 31, 2023, 11:31:27 am
anyone having this type of trouble with gameface?
finally got the card reader working and of course a software issue  ::)
also im lousy with these cards if anyone needs one
i cant seem to post a image, but the message states:

Registered JIT debugger is not available. An attempt to launch a JIT debugger with the
following command resulted in an error code of 0x2 (2). please check computer settings

cordbg.exe !a 0x3b4

thanx
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on June 03, 2023, 01:08:42 pm
You may want to try reinstalling the SRD and game discs from scratch.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on June 18, 2023, 05:13:06 am
do you guys have Championship I and II CD and upload on Google Drive
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: DoctorABE on June 18, 2023, 11:41:01 pm
I missed this game.  If I can find all my paperwork from the National Championship in '04 and World Championship in '06, I'll post photos of them.  Won a good bit of money back in the day (but just drank all my profits away)

I finally purchased the game two weeks ago and got TC 4.0.0.8 up and running tonight.  Looking to install the AAP edition, but cannot seem to locate a dongle.  Web searches coming up empty, and doesn't seem that Ebay has one at this time.  Anyone have any leads?

Much appreciated.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on June 19, 2023, 10:12:16 am
Hey. Check your PM
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on June 21, 2023, 09:34:25 pm
how to get PGA Tour golf 2006.exe to work
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on June 21, 2023, 09:34:54 pm
sent me a facebook group for team Challenge Online
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on June 22, 2023, 05:30:58 pm
sent me a facebook group for team Challenge Online

You can stop trying.  I'm aware of who you are.  The facebook group is for PGA Tour Team Challenge cabinet owners ONLY. 
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on June 28, 2023, 12:29:00 pm
First things first - thank you everyone for the advice and help I've read through.

Second - I'm at my wit's end. I have been trying to renew my PC to work for the longest time. The DFI died, and I got a used Dell Dimension for free. Everything boots except I can't access the trackball or buttons in the main game. They work in the diagnostic menu though. I'm sort of stuck.

The only things I can see which should not be issues are (1) I'm running on a SATA hard drive and (2) there is no PS2 port this Dell PC. I don't think either should matter but long story short I'm stuck and out of ideas.

Would anyone have any advice or be willing to sell a working PC (without the nitric card) so I could drop my nitric card in and go? I'm looking for any help I could get please.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: drummer_god on July 02, 2023, 01:30:11 pm
Did you install the correct sound driver for that Dell dimension?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on October 04, 2023, 01:59:40 pm
do you guys have Championship Editon I ISO
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mrsyfy on January 11, 2024, 05:45:41 pm
I am working on one just like this one. No video, from either the vga or the svga ports. Trying to see what is needed to replace and reboot the cpu. Any help will be welcomed.

Thank you

Mrsyfy
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: lilshawn on January 11, 2024, 07:07:42 pm
I am working on one just like this one. No video, from either the vga or the svga ports. Trying to see what is needed to replace and reboot the cpu. Any help will be welcomed.

Thank you

Mrsyfy

it it appears to be working (fans spinning lights on but no video.) it could be bad ram or bad CPU or bad videocard.

check and see if the computer speaker is plugged in... usually it will beep a code at you to let you know what the deal is if its the cpu or ram... but not always.

if the speaker is connected and not making any beeps at you, suspect the CPU. try removing and reinserting it. remove and reinsert the video card. AGP is notorious for bad connections.

check you motherboard for swollen bulged or leaky capacitors. google "bad caps" and see what they look like... you may have a half dozen that need replacing.

otherwise start shopping for a used dell... there is a side thread about swapping to a dell computer in this thread here a few years back.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Nudge55 on February 04, 2024, 05:24:38 am
Hi guys working on restoring my team challenge. I purchased a gx280 the only issue I’m running into is it’s a SFF and has only one IDE port so cd rom is ide but HDD isn’t. Is there a solution to this at all? From what I’ve read I need both cd rom and HDD to be ide and I know very little about ide connections so any help I would appreciate so much.
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: mx5xm on March 03, 2024, 03:43:29 pm
My team challenge PC died long ago. I've been digging around with a Dell replacement PC and having very little luck with the imaged hard drive I dropped in.

I was wondering three things that might help.

1 - is there any automatic driver downloader software for Windows XP? I've got some miscellaneous drivers I can't seem to find and I think they are the reason my PC will boot and load PGA tour, but button presses don't work.

2 - if I can't get things to work, can I update the PC to windows 7, then still let PGA tour auto-boot and such?

3 - if nothing else, could I do a fresh clean install of XP or Windows 7 and install the PGA tour software separately?
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: Thunderspy0712 on March 14, 2024, 02:11:40 am
I Got Problem with Championship I
Title: Re: PGA Tour Golf by Global VR & EA Sports Owners Thread
Post by: nipsmg on March 14, 2024, 08:49:37 am
My team challenge PC died long ago. I've been digging around with a Dell replacement PC and having very little luck with the imaged hard drive I dropped in.

I was wondering three things that might help.

1 - is there any automatic driver downloader software for Windows XP? I've got some miscellaneous drivers I can't seem to find and I think they are the reason my PC will boot and load PGA tour, but button presses don't work.


Not that I'm aware of.  Are you in the facebook group?  That's your best and probably only resource for the necessary drivers.

2 - if I can't get things to work, can I update the PC to windows 7, then still let PGA tour auto-boot and such?

No.  This definitely does not work.  I don't believe you can upgrade from XPEmbedded to 7.

3 - if nothing else, could I do a fresh clean install of XP or Windows 7 and install the PGA tour software separately?

No. Doesn't work that way.  there's too many dependencies.  Again, there's a very, very manual way to make this work but it's not 100% stable and it's like a 100 step process.