DQs and RQ penalties

[Dayfydd]

Tend to bite the bullet, but sometimes things are irksome.

Informational:

Had a rd in previous wk (or was it 2?) where puter decidied it just must restart my Links game as I was on the approach shot of the 15 th hole of my 2nd rd. Game restrted fine and asked would I like to continue crapped out game. [NOTE: did NOT restart my game from scratch, just clicked restart window that popped up]. Restart sez cannot compete.

Exit Links and login into LSPN; effect requal. Start Links. Upon logon, asks if I would like to continue game that crpped out. Respond yes. Viola back on 15 hole. Complete 15th and scoreboard comes up -- I'm on 1st rd where I'd shot a -21, and finish with a disappointing finish.

PENALTY STROKES. I got a 1 penalty stroke on all rounds tha followed; got penalized with my score for my second rd on top of my completed 1st rd, and having tking penalty strokes on purpose just because I could and to see how the "NEW" LSPN would operate.

So you get 1-infinity penalty strokes for a restart of a rd, even if it's not your fault. This penalty is automatically asessed to each following rd. OK. Fine.

How does an online system decide a completed rd is now void, put on the same hole in the same conditions and decide I'm playing the previous rd?

Just asking.

Later -- D

[terrell]

no clue what communication goes on between the game server and your copy of links. but do you have a 'games' folder under the 'links 2003' folder on your hard drive? though i've never actually seen anything in there myself, i've read vicious rumors here that it helps.

[gibby]

the penalty continues thru out the event, even though the penalty was in 1st rd it will pick it up thru-out. it's a glitch, at the end of each rd the penalty will be subtracted

[Larry_Warrilow]

T, when not being used, my "Games" folder in 2k3 links when opened contains a file (JerDiggity.txt)which when opened says "hi". the word around is that when playing a tour game (probably offline), this is where the score and stats temporarily reside until submitted.

i may be wrong, but i thought the addition of this "Games" file within links 2k3 was a feature of the original 1.02 patch (no doubt also of the 1.05). lw

[terrell]

T, when not being used, my "Games" folder in 2k3 links when opened contains a file (JerDiggity.txt)which when opened says "hi". the word around is that when playing a tour game (probably offline), this is where the score and stats temporarily reside until submitted.

i may be wrong, but i thought the addition of this "Games" file within links 2k3 was a feature of the original 1.02 patch (no doubt also of the 1.05). lw

hmmm, thanks, lw. i vaguely remember the jerdiggity.txt discussions, but there's nothing in my 'games' folder at the moment. in fact, i don't remember anything about v1.02, but everytime i've reinstalled links with v1.05, i've had to manually recreate 'games'.

but then, i never have ye olde 'stats could not be submitted' thing, so i guess it's a total eclipse of the moon. (8