N2002 - sound streaming

I find this an interesting topic - you can disable something that's obviously enabled by default for a reason, and after that you have one problem less. However, why is it enabled by default? What exactly happens when you disable it, and are there any negative side effects? Dave says I think his spotter sounds a little raspy now after disabling streaming? IL2 Sturmovik has that setting as well btw. Can anyone shed some light on this matter? Thanks in advance! Achim

Yes, he sounds raspy now. -- David G Fisher "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aarg48$d408h$[email hidden]... > I find this an interesting topic - you can disable something that's > obviously enabled by default for a reason, and after that you have one > problem less. > > However, why is it enabled by default? What exactly happens when you disable > it, and are there any negative side effects? Dave says I think his spotter > sounds a little raspy now after disabling streaming? > > IL2 Sturmovik has that setting as well btw. > > Can anyone shed some light on this matter? > > Thanks in advance! > > Achim > > >

The streaming allows for slightly better sound quality and a lower memory footprint for the game. When disabled, all the spotter audio samples must be preloaded into memory when you first visit a track to race. - Eric "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aarg48$d408h$[email hidden]... > I find this an interesting topic - you can disable something that's > obviously enabled by default for a reason, and after that you have one > problem less. > > However, why is it enabled by default? What exactly happens when youdisable > it, and are there any negative side effects? Dave says I think hisspotter > sounds a little raspy now after disabling streaming?

> The streaming allows for slightly better sound quality and a lower > memory footprint for the game. I can understand the memory footprint issue, but how can the sound quality be improved if streaming is enabled if the same sound samples are used. Norman "Eric Busch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aashq8$hjb$[email hidden]...

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> The streaming allows for slightly better sound quality and a lower > memory footprint for the game. When disabled, all the spotter audio > samples must be preloaded into memory when you first visit a track to > race. > > - Eric > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:aarg48$d408h$[email hidden]... > > I find this an interesting topic - you can disable something that's > > obviously enabled by default for a reason, and after that you have

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> > problem less. > > > > However, why is it enabled by default? What exactly happens when you > disable > > it, and are there any negative side effects? Dave says I think his > spotter > > sounds a little raspy now after disabling streaming? > >

Thanks a lot for the info Eric! Achim "Eric Busch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aashq8$hjb$[email hidden]...

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> The streaming allows for slightly better sound quality and a lower > memory footprint for the game. When disabled, all the spotter audio > samples must be preloaded into memory when you first visit a track to > race. > > - Eric > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:aarg48$d408h$[email hidden]... > > I find this an interesting topic - you can disable something that's > > obviously enabled by default for a reason, and after that you have one > > problem less. > > > > However, why is it enabled by default? What exactly happens when you > disable > > it, and are there any negative side effects? Dave says I think his > spotter > > sounds a little raspy now after disabling streaming? > >

I had some more freezes in this past weekends RASCAR races, although I managed to get through them without incident (close your eyes for three seconds down the front straight of Atlanta!). They happened when the spotter said something unusual. For example, I set my tire change to only replace the right side, and when the spotter informed me of what they'd do, that's when I got the freeze. If all the spotter samples are pre-loaded with streaming off, I wonder why I still got the freezes? David G Fisher "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aask8r$dg2gi$[email hidden]...

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> Thanks a lot for the info Eric! > > Achim > > > > "Eric Busch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:aashq8$hjb$[email hidden]... > > The streaming allows for slightly better sound quality and a lower > > memory footprint for the game. When disabled, all the spotter audio > > samples must be preloaded into memory when you first visit a track to > > race. > > > > - Eric > > > > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:aarg48$d408h$[email hidden]... > > > I find this an interesting topic - you can disable something that's > > > obviously enabled by default for a reason, and after that you have one > > > problem less. > > > > > > However, why is it enabled by default? What exactly happens when you > > disable > > > it, and are there any negative side effects? Dave says I think his > > spotter > > > sounds a little raspy now after disabling streaming? > > > > > > >