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Cruisin USA - FTP connection at startup? What's going on?
#294693 - 08/28/12 09:15 PM
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This might be a really stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway.
Upon launching Cruisin USA, I noticed text mentioning some kind of FTP transfer, using a satellite connection? This is what it looks like.
My question is basically - what is this? It's not actually establishing a connection and downloading something, right?
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Re: Cruisin USA - FTP connection at startup? What's going on?
[Re: henrik_]
#294695 - 08/28/12 09:33 PM
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> This might be a really stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway.
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> Upon launching Cruisin USA, I noticed text mentioning some kind of FTP transfer,
> using a satellite connection? This is what it looks like.
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> My question is basically - what is this? It's not actually establishing a connection
> and downloading something, right?
Do you have a satellite dish attached to your PC? If not, it's not making a satellite connection ;-)
(Seriously, it's an inside joke for operators, end users don't normally see the POST of these games when they're on location).
Edited by R. Belmont (08/28/12 09:37 PM)
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Re: Cruisin USA - FTP connection at startup? What's going on?
[Re: henrik_]
#294696 - 08/28/12 09:34 PM
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> This might be a really stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway.
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> Upon launching Cruisin USA, I noticed text mentioning some kind of FTP transfer,
> using a satellite connection? This is what it looks like.
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> My question is basically - what is this? It's not actually establishing a connection
> and downloading something, right?
Of course not, it's just something they put there to make it look cool.
It's like asking if the T-800 really used a 6502 CPU.
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Re: Cruisin USA - FTP connection at startup? What's going on?
[Re: Sune]
#294749 - 08/29/12 11:50 AM
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> Of course not, it's just something they put there to make it look cool.
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> It's like asking if the T-800 really used a 6502 CPU.
The T-800 doesn't use a 6502. Only the one seen in the first Terminator movie displays it in the HUD. So it could be a virus.
Bender from futurama however does use a 6502. http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/the-truth-about-benders-brain
Edited by smf (08/29/12 11:51 AM)
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Re: Cruisin USA - FTP connection at startup? What's going on?
[Re: R. Belmont]
#294751 - 08/29/12 01:19 PM
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> > This might be a really stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway.
> >
> > Upon launching Cruisin USA, I noticed text mentioning some kind of FTP transfer,
> > using a satellite connection? This is what it looks like.
> >
> > My question is basically - what is this? It's not actually establishing a
> connection
> > and downloading something, right?
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> Do you have a satellite dish attached to your PC? If not, it's not making a satellite
> connection ;-)
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> (Seriously, it's an inside joke for operators, end users don't normally see the POST
> of these games when they're on location).
Exactly as I thought then  As you probably know, the emulation is really slow for this game. This made it appear like it actually was establishing a connection etc
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Re: Cruisin USA - FTP connection at startup? What's going on?
[Re: henrik_]
#294766 - 08/29/12 06:11 PM
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> Exactly as I thought then As you probably know, the emulation is really slow for this
> game. This made it appear like it actually was establishing a connection etc
Not on any kind of half-modern system. IIRC it was pretty close to 100% even back on my crappy old Pentium 4, and of course it's very smooth on my i7
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Re: Cruisin USA - FTP connection at startup? What's going on?
[Re: R. Belmont]
#294787 - 08/30/12 09:32 AM
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> > Exactly as I thought then As you probably know, the emulation is really slow for
> this
> > game. This made it appear like it actually was establishing a connection etc
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> Not on any kind of half-modern system. IIRC it was pretty close to 100% even back on
> my crappy old Pentium 4, and of course it's very smooth on my i7
It is smooth, but sound playback is not. really weird.
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Re: Cruisin USA - FTP connection at startup? What's going on?
[Re: alca]
#294789 - 08/30/12 01:24 PM
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> It is smooth, but sound playback is not. really weird.
Press F11, if it doesn't say 100% then it's not smooth.
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