This
area is to help you set up and play JN6 Golden Bear
Challenge Season Play
Season play is basically playing a number of tournaments
in a row. I have been playing season play for quite
some time now. I only play the courses that the real
PGA plays. I went to pga.com and printed out their schedule
for the year. Then I go to Puhmans and download the
courses that I still need. I play in the exact order
of the PGA and if there isn't a course, then I skip
it. For the rotating majors, if there is a course for
it, then I don't worry about it. If there isn't one,
then I will use a past one that has been made. Like
last year when Pebble Beach had the US Open, I started
my season off with Spyglass Hills and then used Pebble
Beach later in the season for the major. Because I know
that I will play more than 1 season in the year, I will
set up the first season for mild wind, then the next
one will be medium, etc.
You can only set up one person in season mode,(hopefully
yourself).LOL. I had tried to set up for 2 players,
but the game wouldn't let me. Your stats will be kept
the same, but you will also have season stats, which
have your season placing, and your winnings. If you
highlite your place number and click on history, it
will show how you actually won your money. It only shows
tourney's that you have made the cut in.When you do
set up your season, you can set it up any way that you
want to. As I said before, I only play the real courses
in the real order, but this is my preference.
Marc Epstein
Note: I was having a problem
that I would complete a few tournaments, and the game
would drop to the desktop and lose the rest of the season.
What I did was unclicked the box in the game property
setup for showing the scoreboard. The only time that
I will look at a scoreboard is manually opening it up,
and NEVER between rounds. Since then, I haven't lost a single
season. This isn't a problem with your video card.
I believe it is a random glitch in the game.
Below are parts
of threads posted on the Golden Bears Den Forum reguarding
the Season Play. With a few things that you can try,
to help with these mentioned problems. So read it over
and see if it don't help you in some way.
GBD
Adminastrations
PeterWuk Problems with Season Play (on: 03.
November 2002 at 06:22)Ever since I bought JN6 I have
never been able to complete a season. After a couple
of rounds in season play, I am asked to adjust the skill
level. However no matter what I do, the game exits to
desktop and I am unable to continue the season. I have
reinstalled the game several times and I have installed
the gbcpatch. I have contacted Activision who suggest
that it is a problem with my graphics card. However
I have upgraded my computer several times with 4 different
graphics cards but still have the same problem. The
game does not crash at any other time. Has anyone else
had this problem
Marc_Epstein Re: Problems with Season Play (Reply #5 on: 07.
November 2002 at 02:45) Hi PeterWuk.I was having the same
problem that you are having. I would complete 5 or 6 tournaments,
and the drop to the desktop and lose the rest of the season.What
I did was unclicked the box in the game property setup
for showing the scoreboard. The only time that I will
look at a scoreboard is manually opening it up, and never
between rounds. Since then, I haven't lost a single season.
This isn't a problem with your video card. I believe it
is a random glitch in the game. I hope this helps. Marc
Jackk Re: Hate to resurrect this.... (Reply
#8 on: 24. December 2002 at 15:59) But has anyone found
a workaround for this?I'm having this exact problem, but
turning the scorecard off has no effect. And I don't lose
the rest of the season, I just can't continue on. If you
look in the season editor everything is still there, it
just says that this tournament is still in progress. Also,
I tried it on another machine with different hardware
and OS and still the same thing. Let me rephrase that.
I tried to open the season save on another machine and
still got the same result.
Marc_Epstein Re: Problems with Season Play (Reply
#9 on: 25. December 2002 at 02:58) Hi Jackk, I tried what
you said also. Once the lock-up has happened, even though
you can get at the Season Editor, you can't modify the
season to re-enter it.You have to start from scratch again.
What you could do is, while in the editor, write down
the total money that you have won, and then rebuild the
season from after your last completed tournament and when
you finish the season, add your prior winnings to the
new total. Marc
Jackk Re: Problems with Season Play (Reply
#10 on: 25. December 2002 at 14:11) on 25. December 2002
at 02:58, Marc_Epstein wrote: Marc, Thank you for the
reply.I've come up with a few odd things.Did you know
that when you go into the season editor that you can make
changes, save the game, try to continue, crash out, reload
save, and the season changes will still be there? I've
noticed that, while I chose to play against similar handicaps
as my own, the AI still whomps me. I have yet to make
the cut after 2 rounds because -6 or so is not good enough.
The winner is usually at -35 or so for the tourney. Now,
I can go from game 1 to 2, but not from 2 to the next
tourney as was described earlier. However....and this
is a doozy....I have found a convoluted way that works
8 out of 9 times. There's a major emphasis on convoluted
here. These steps have to be followed precisely in order
for it to work on my machine. After the game crashes to
the desktop....--Relaunch the game--Choose "Quick
Start" from the main menu. (This takes you to a game
using Jack at Sherwood)--Right-click on the screen and
choose "Open Saved File"--Click on "End
Game" when that dialogue comes up.--When the saved
files dialogue comes up choose "_Backup.season"
as the game to load.--When the season loads click "OK"
for the skill adjust message.--Right-click on the screen
and choose "Scorecard". (This turns the scorecard
off)--Right-click and choose "Main Screen Camera
-> Height -> Close" (If "Close" is
already selected or checked, choose "Normal")--Click
"OK" on the skill adjustments screen.--Click
"OK" on the Tournament cut notification. (I
don't know if this step works when you finish the tournament...I'm
losing, remember --Click "OK" on the Tournament
Status message.(It says something like"the rest of
the players have finished with out you")--This is
where it would normally crash. If I get the next message,
I know I'm good.--Click "OK" on the Season status
message. (Something like "...finished round 4 of
4 of tournament #4 of 15....etc")--When you finish
the last step you will be staring at a shot of the last
hole....no menus or screens. We turned off the scorecard,
remember?--Right-click and choose "New Game".
It will take you to the first hole of your next scheduled
tournament like it should.--SAVE THE GAME HERE!!! Lest
it crash again or you have a burn-out and lose all your
work here I did say convoluted, right? Might you, or someone
else, have some failed seasons that they could test this
on? I'm real curious to know if it works on other machines.
I'm running:Athlon 1.2ghz512MB PC133Geforce4 4400Soundblaster
AudigyWin XP ProGame version 1.0.2A Thanks again Marc!
Jackk
Marc_Epstein Re: Problems with Season Play (Reply
#11 on: 25. December 2002 at 16:39) Hi again Jackk, Thanks
for the update. Maybe Dave can add it into the season
play tutorials as Season Recovery Help. Lately, I have
only been coming to this forum once in a while. When TW2003
came out, I haven't played JN6. Marc
Andrew_Black Re: Problems with Season Play (Reply
#13 on: 26. December 2002 at 05:15) Just a "maybe"
here. If you are using the +/-2 handicap option, maybe
the end of the round is adjusting your handicap outside
the level of the players that you are playing against.
Suggest that maybe you should try a season against the
none option ( you will still play against players in the
-7 to -9 range) and see if you can get through the season
that way.Just a thought!
Jackk Re: Problems with Season Play (Reply
#16 on: 27. December 2002 at 12:08) Andrew, Well it seems
that you really were on to something. For the first time
since I started trying to play the seasons I actually
got through 2 tournaments without a hiccup. I even made
the cut in one of them If this continues, I'll owe you
a big one. It's my kind of luck that lets me spend a bunch
of time figuring out the most steps to fix something only
to have someone point out a simpler way.Too funny. Thanks
again guys. Jackk
Have fun playing season mode.
I suggest that
if you have questions or problems try posting in the
GBD Forums,
and someone there may be able to help solve any problems.
Dave [Snuffy] Smith
GBD-Admin . . . B^)
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