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	<title>ETF2L &#8211; Latest activity in &#8220;TF2 Hiccups and delayed sounds&#8221;</title>
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    	    <title>Reply by reversePsychologist</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-2/?recent=542211#post=542211</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[So this shit is still ongoing, obviously, but I think I realized it wasn't just a random occurrence that the problem stopped for one day: it wasn't because I deleted sound caches, it's because this problem does not occur when playing comp. Only on pub servers.

So what the hell could be causing a problem 1) in pubs only 2) that is sound-related? Is this about sv_pure? Because one of the first things I tried was deleting my custom sounds and it didn't work...]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:58:49 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by reversePsychologist</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-2/?recent=542211#post=537822</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Updated all drivers, problem persists.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2015 04:33:34 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by redwood</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-2/?recent=542211#post=537688</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[is all your drivers up to date?

I reinstalled windows few weeks ago, and had simialr problem.
the problem solved after i installed the all the latest drivers..]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 20:49:41 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by reversePsychologist</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-1/?recent=542211#post=537675</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Alright, apparently I spoke too soon.

I don't think it was a coincidence, because the game had 0 hiccups the whole time after I deleted the sound caches, but today the problem is back. Obviously I know the game creates cache files at every startup, so I thought maybe the problem has to do with pre-existing caches no matter what and I'd have to delete them all the time, but I tried doing it again and it won't fix it anymore.

At this point I'm not sure of anything anymore.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 19:09:52 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Kengur</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-1/?recent=542211#post=537656</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[I had this sound problem after update 8.1 Basically what would happen is mic would "power down" after it doesn't receive no input for a couple of seconds. Then it would take basically 1-2 sec to "power up". I say windows is shit. As well as realtec software. My solution is not use ingame comms.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:02:40 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by reversePsychologist</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-1/?recent=542211#post=537643</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[I have solved this issue.

I started to think it had to do with sound rather than particles, because it seemed to happen more often at the beginning of some sounds (especially voice commands).

I didn't know how to test the game without sound, because I'm pretty sure lowering the volume to 0 still actually plays the sounds, but at 0 volume, so I had no idea what to do. 

Today I read about someone having a completely unrelated issue that he solved by deleting all sound.cache files. I tried that just to see if something changed, and I have no more hiccups at all.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:52:02 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by AnAkIn_</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-1/?recent=542211#post=531897</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from ondkaja</i>
		<blockquote>[...]

Leaving -dxlevel in options causes longer start-up time and delayed alt-tab in fullscreen mode.</blockquote>

Indeed, if you do that it will reload graphic settings specific to that dxlevel every time you load the game, which means they'd be loaded twice since they should already be in config.cfg.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:56:23 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Ond kaja</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-1/?recent=542211#post=531888</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Bona</i>
		<blockquote>There really is no reason to not leave in -dxlevel in you launch options, if your TF2 starts acting weird when you do it however it is related to your drivers most likely, or a wrong setup in your GPU settings.</blockquote>

Leaving -dxlevel in options causes longer start-up time and delayed alt-tab in fullscreen mode.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:53:37 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Lorave</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-1/?recent=542211#post=531887</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[There really is no reason to not leave in -dxlevel in you launch options, if your TF2 starts acting weird when you do it however it is related to your drivers most likely, or a wrong setup in your GPU settings.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:49:22 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by reversePsychologist</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-1/?recent=542211#post=531886</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[I updated my gpu drivers and nothing has changed.

I also tried to set the dxlevel at 90 (I think I had it at 80 or 85) in case the problem was the config being suited for higher dxlevels, but of course it didn't solve the issue. (I still need dxlevel 90 for a mod I'm trying to install, so I'm keeping it, this is not a general low fps issue anyway).]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:43:41 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Rock</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-1/?recent=542211#post=531628</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from damneasy</i>
		<blockquote>I still dont know why you have to remove -dxlevel? Can someone explain</blockquote>

there should be no commands in the launch options in order for the game to start properly and faster, all the commands should be in the autoexec or into cfg]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 02:10:49 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by reversePsychologist</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-1/?recent=542211#post=531588</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[I'm not sure what resets and what doesn't by removing stuff in autoexec, but I wiped it minus the keybinds and mouse options and the problem is still there.

Once again I suspect it has something to do with particles, I was in arena against a guy using the Pomson, while testing (6 players total on the server).]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:39:43 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by gilad1280</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from damneasy</i>
		<blockquote>I still dont know why you have to remove -dxlevel? Can someone explain</blockquote>
if you ever timed out while tabbing in and out of the game removing -dxlevel will fix it.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2015 12:49:40 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by spammy</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from damneasy</i>
		<blockquote>I still dont know why you have to remove -dxlevel? Can someone explain</blockquote>
Game loads faster for me if I have it removed.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2015 12:16:25 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by DamnEasy</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/support/topic-31377/page-1/?recent=542211#post=531427</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[I still dont know why you have to remove -dxlevel? Can someone explain]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2015 12:06:45 +0200</pubDate>
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