By Wesley Regenbogen
Golfing,
it must be the coolest sport around the world!
The AERO
Golf Club was created by Kaja Ashland and Marcus Bremser, who are
also the owners of the club, and the opened in November 2013. Although
this isn’t the first golf club within the Second Life environment,
it’s a cool and nicely created club.
The number
of visitors depends on which time of the day and which day of the
week you there. But actual numbers on how much visitors were not
given. But they have large club of golfers that come in and play
regularly.
How
to golf in AERO Golf Club :
To play
golf, you must first join their group, and then you get a “Golf
HUD” and a “Golf Club” handed to you. You must accept it to go
further. This is done to keep order on the golf terrain and to keep
it’s landscape nice. Another reason is that they want to avoid
everyone using the golf club as a sandbox. So, only
group members can rez the golf ball and other things to start
playing. You need
to wear both the HUD and the club in order to play golf.
Then you
must move your avatar to the first hole, which are indicated by the
red-white indicators. On your
Golf HUD there are three words : “Putter”, “Wedge” and
“Driver”. Those are the type of clubs to make your tee get
towards the hole. Physics do
have an effect on gameplay, so natural effects like wind, weather
conditions and the golf ball also reacts to ground shape and other
objects on the track.
Once you
putted a hole, you can move on to the next tee, which is clearly
indicated with arrows with “ Next tee”. Before you
start to try to push your golf ball towards the hole, you can adjust
the direction of your throw by using your arrow keys. More precise
targeting is done by holding down the Shift-key and the arrow keys on
your keyboard.
On screen
there is always the wind speed in mph. Once you are ready to golf,
just click on “Driver” and then you can hold down the left mouse
button until the speed indicator from green towards red, allowing you
to adjust the speed of your throw.
To hit
your golf ball, you can release the left mouse button. Your
avatar now shows an animation of a golfer hitting his golf ball
towards the hole. Once your
golf ball has landed somewhere on the course, it will show a marker
where the ball is. To teleport towards the golf ball, you need to
click on the marker, your avatar will teleport there instantly.
There are
18 holes to complete before finishing the game. I haven’t
completed a game of 18 holes myself yet.
There are
basic and advanced tutorials, which are available at tee number 1
under the white tent.
In my
personal opinion : this is the coolest golf club that I have visited
in Second Life so far. But I have only visited one golf club in
Second Life, haha ….
You can
find AERO Golf Club at this location :
Wesley Regenbogen
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