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I have installed the E6 Demo this week as well. No issues at all. Sometimes it takes a minute for the "play" icon to light up but it always does. This is leaps and bounds better then WGT and I plan on purchasing the E6 Full version. Find the E6 to be very accurate, driving distances seem longer than the Skytrak app tho.
Yeah - same here. Fiddled with all my settings and no go. I do hear the sound when it first stats up and you see the "TruGolf" logo,but that's it. Not fun when you can't hear anything...
I downloaded the Demo of E6 in December and was told by E6 that the course play was not available at that time. I did demo the range but the ball flight was too small to see since I only had a computer screen at that point. FYI, I had sound for the "logo" screen but none when I was on the range. I have tried to use E6 again after the e-mail I received but I get "trial has expired". Called E6 to ask them to reset my account so I could try course play and was told by E6 it was a Skytrak licensing issue. After 1/2 hr on the phone with 2nd level support yesterday at Skytrak I was told my name would be put on a list as there was a bug in the licensing in the E6 demo that E6 was working on. If anyone can confirm or deny this I would appreciate it.
Send me a PM so that I can send you the instructions for getting your SIM ID, once I get that I'll make sure you're authorized for a 30 day from TruGolf's side. After that all that SkyTrak should have to do is authorize Flag 47 in their authorization system. As far as I know there isn't an issue with it working, just a confusion on who needs to authorize what.
Other notes...There is no audio on the range, only on the courses. You can turn on the tracer option to see ball flight if you're having trouble seeing it.
We don't have sounds when the ball hits the ground or when you hit the water. We added them when we first developed E6 from our previous LS3 software, but experienced extreme backlash from our hardware partners and customer base, they were removed within a month. You'll hear birds chirping (different depending on region), ocean noise, sound of the ball rolling in the cup, and various sounds in the E6 Cloud games.
You should check the sound button in the settings tab when starting a game to see if the sound is turned on. I've put the link below to the E6 v1.6 Manual where you can see the location to turn on the sound. Page 6 of the PDF or Page 7 as numbered in the manual.
Thanks - Ok no birds chirping or cup sounds either for sure. Tried the setting Sound On/Off in settings menu. Might be an install specific issue but I'm not the only one it seems. Can anybody who is using this with a SkyTrak "chime-in" and let us know if it working for them?
EDIT: Just noticed there is no setting in the main menu (like in the manual) - only once you are in the game there is a settings (where you change other in game options). Perhaps with the demo you don't get to see the global settings menu?. That may be where the REAL sound on/off is - but you can't get to it.
Everything working fine for me. Driving range, practice, golf course, sounds..
Trugolf.... Any chance you might have some cheaper subscriptions options, like just 2 courses or even just one course? I'd love to have this sim, but with current exchange rates to Australia etc, it just isn't affordable, especially when I also need to factor in the skytrak subscriptions as well.
Whiskeyjack - do you by chance have a RealTek integrated sound board on your PC?. Mine is built into my (old) Dell XPS 8000. Lots of chatter about RealTek cards causing issues... I'm hoping the new sound card does the trick.
Tried the new sound card (sound blaster) and no go. I did however find out that the maker of other game that does not output sound says that it IS a coding issue and that they are actively working on a fix. So, my latest guess is that something about the NVIDIA and DIRECTX combination that is causing problems. Would REALLY be nice to be able to play this without the eerie silence. TruGolf - has anybody else reported no sound in E6? I can't believe its just two of us on this forum!
I need to try this out...just finding the time. For those that have downloaded and got it working - does the e6 software allow ghost players like tgc? Meaning, if I played a course at least once and I play it a 2nd time I can play against myself. Also, in tgc if a "friend" has played the course you can pick them to play against you. This really is a great feature.
So I downloaded the free 30 day trial on Saturday, but can only use the range. Contacted Skytrak and they said that they would send me an email in a few days. Now what? Would really like to try out their sim!
Skytrak emailed me yesterday and said that they fixed my ability to use the course play. I checked last night and sure enough, it works! Thanks Skytrak for taking care of this in a timely manner. Was only able to play a few holes, but what a difference this is from WGT! I might be spending a lot more time in my garage going forward - at least for the next 30 days! Then I have to decide what direction I am going in for sim play.
I also installed on Saturday. The play button was grayed out but then made an account on E6 web site and inside the game - perhaps they are different. Also, had to turn the skytrak on to get the play button turned on.
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Played 2 holes. Not sure of the product yet. The ball tracer seems small and putting more difficult. Tried an 8 yard pitch and never got it to record. No problem with 8 yard with tgc. The graphics are different from TGC...not sure if better but different. Perhaps brighter...just not sure yet.
I just spoke with Skytrak second level support and they said that they are working on the issue and that they would send an email out to those who are having issues using the course play for the demo. They said that it was working fine for the first week but are now having issues and they are working with Truegolf to get this fixed. Hope to hear something soon, before my trial period ends!
The only issue so far is that it doesn't seem to pick up gentle chip and run shots at times and the run on the greens is horrendously fast. I've played on courses that have been set up for Pro-Ams (having played in several local Pro-Ams with my son) so the greens have been lightning fast. But I've done gentle chip and runs on the e6 simulator which I know would make it on the green (from the fringe) and would stop inside a couple of metres - yet the e6 says they went screaming off the other side of the green at some break neck speed.
Also putting is hard to judge. But then - I think putting is always hard to judge on a simulator as there is no real feel for the distance or break - even in my properly setup simulator. So I don't pay a lot of attention to the putting. I tend to put that setting on manual. When it comes to putting, my son and I go to our indoor practice putting green and putt on it - then input our putts manually into the sim game.
I bet this is the same issue with tgc, where under 20 yards it doesn't read spin, so rollout is awful. I hope they can improve this. I would be okay with waiting longer for the read if it fixed the issue. This is a skytrak thing, not the simulator.
If they could get the short chip ironed out like TGC I feel E6 could be a great option. I feel the user interface is far superior to TGC but the actual reading of shots is just not there.
How the heck do you get the skytrak connected to E6? I load the e6 application, it comes on, I select play but the skytrak never arms with the software. Where do I connect ????
I have the skytrak connected via USB and the E6 software just finds it silently. During the installation process I did have to select the type of LM I was using, I'm guessing that if you missed that bit it might be looking for the wrong thing. It might be worth re-installing and making sure you got that selection right.
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