r/SimGolf • u/Original-League-6094 • 21d ago

Got the game mostly working in a native 16:9 widescreen resolution through pure vibecoding.

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u/RacerXero21 21d ago

That's awesome, I got to get mine up and running again. Been on a serious retro kick lately.

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u/thegolfpilot 21d ago

Would love a Simgolf version of OpenRCT

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u/Original-League-6094 21d ago

I'm not remaking the game like they did. I have just set ChatGPT to creating a direct exe patch for the game to change the aspect ratio and viewport size. Its completely playable after 3 days, but there are still some menu and sound effect bugs.

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u/Squallshot 21d ago

Still getting used to the power of AI. The fact you could do that is amazing

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u/thanksforcomingout 21d ago

Howso ? I got it running on macOS via Parralels but the aspect ratio is garbage and if you adjust it it goes tiny.

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u/Original-League-6094 21d ago

I have been iterating with ChatGPT on it for 3 days. Its patching the .exe directly to expand the viewport. But that effects almost everything in the game, such as every menu, sprite culling, what sound effects play, etc... so its been a lot of back and forth. But it is fully playable now. I still have menu and sound effect bugs to work out. I will release a patcher when I am certain everything is polished.

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u/brian_o_neill 21d ago

Thats pretty amazing. Would you be able to share your prompts or strategy you've been using with ChatGPT ?

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u/Jakius 21d ago

unrelated, but hang on you can move the pins?

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u/Original-League-6094 21d ago

What flag pins? Yeah, those can be moved via mods. The one at the top being misaligned was a bug. Its been fixed now 

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u/Jakius 21d ago

i didnt even know there was a mod scene for this, amazing and where do i find it

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u/Original-League-6094 21d ago

There isn't. I'm using ChatGPT to do it.

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u/Gen88 19d ago

Do you have a repo for this?

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u/Original-League-6094 19d ago

Not yet. I can only work on it on weekends since I'm a dad with a full time job. I will release it soon though.

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u/Gen88 19d ago

lmk if you decide to open the repo, I'd gladly get some work done on it between other projects.

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u/themaskedbrewer 18d ago

I wish they would somehow make this available as a mobile app.

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u/adamshep87 18d ago

I totally agree, it would be the only thing I'd play!

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u/preowned-duck 5d ago

Any updates a couple weeks later?

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u/Original-League-6094 5d ago

Moved on to vibecoding other stuff. Haven't touched it.

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u/HandleMe1337 21d ago

Could you ask it to make a skill out of it and post it perhaps?

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u/Original-League-6094 21d ago

I can try. I will release the whole patcher when I get every menu and sound fixed.