Putt-putt in Chicago, since prehistoric times, has been like putt-putt the world over: A last resort pastime, an afternoon time-killer, a charmingly cheesy diversion. The Douglass 18 miniature golf course is a project by the Lincoln Park Zoo and community partners with the support of the Chicago Park District. Most are now in college, studying psychology, computer design and physical therapy. ![]() ![]() Because they were paid by the Lincoln Park Zoo, Hyatt explained, they became, for a time, zoo employees. Many came to the project through word-of-mouth and at the urging of Cross, who had worked for years with community youth programs. It began as a job but became like a school - on nature, on art. “But then it got so hard a lot of us - most of us didn’t think of ourself as artists or graphic designers or anything - I think a lot of us wanted to give it up at some point, so (Cross) gave a speech, a sit-down, to lay out how long it would be, and how rewarding it could be. It’s shiny - you can’t tell if it’s black or blue a lot of the time.” He said many of the teenagers involved initially came to the project because it offered a salary. But it’s also my favorite bird, I’ve decided. “I decided this hole would have to be tricky because the bird itself is tricky. Jacob Sanders, 19, studied the green he designed as a nod to the American crow. “The thing you understand is you don’t want it to be hard or easy - and that’s hard.” But also she did the barn-swallow green, which offers small nests resting in the side of faux-brick buildings and a hole hidden between a triangle bumpers resembling a bird. Tiffany Tam, 19, ended up with the requisite mini-golf windmill hole. “But this” - Hole 8, the American goldfinch - “this looks exactly like what Terreon (Collins, another designer on the project) and I come up with.” What they created is impressive: Because the goldfinch spends considerable time near large buildings, the course offers skyscrapers, with a Willis Tower at the hole itself. This KB article tells us that some older apps and games require DirectX 9 installed regardless of what latest version of DirectX you have installed:įor all versions of Windows to date (I tried this with Win10 and it worked to fix the sound) here is the full DirectX 9 Runtime installer (directx_Jun2010_redist.exe, much more modest at 96 MB):įor XP and older Win versions, I suggest the above but you could also try the DirectX 9 Runtime web installer (dxwebsetup.“To be honest, this doesn’t look like what I had originally. ![]() Why wasn't this fixed ages ago? Seriously?! Download and install the entire DirectX 9 SDK to fix this!? 572 MB (plus install) of wasted space? There has got to be a better way. another year? C'mon Team17, get on the ball and take care of this. There is certainly more to life than complaining about a game (this can be said for countless other things as well) however, if consumers simply feel content about a buggy product and not complain, no developer will ever be compelled to make any fixes or improvements.Īlso, this game has been out for almost a year (launched Oct 19, 2011), so if they haven't patched the sound issue by now, gawd knows when they will. ![]() Playing my own music may be an option I'd consider after having played this game a while, but one of the reasons I got it was to enjoy the quirky sounds effects. Also, as addressed by Angoratatouille's comment above, apparently having Windows 7 and DX11 installed doesn't solve the sound problem. Why would I spend $100 upgrading to Windows 7 on the chance that this game, which retails for $10, may or may not work, when every other game plays fine. According to the developer's system requirements, Worms Crazy Golf is supposed to play on Windows XP with DX9 as well as Windows 7 with DX11.
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