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Difference Between Playable and Optimal?

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Perscienter 957 Posts September 16 2012 11:35 GMT #1 I currently reinstall just for the sake of looking how well SC2 is. The downloader resumes interrupted downloads. But the interesting thing is: you don't need to complete 100% to play the game. Once it enters phase two (playable), it runs. 100% is only needed to complete phase 3 (optimal). But what's the difference?

Kaitokid Germany1327 Posts September 16 2012 11:36 GMT #2 I think with playable it will download the rest while you are playing

dynwar7 1983 Posts September 16 2012 11:56 GMT #3 Careful though, AFAIK if you play during playable, dont be surprised if you experience some bugs....which should be ok once the installation finishes to optimal

FuzZyLogic United States141 Posts September 16 2012 11:59 GMT #4 The game would never start for me unless the patch was fully downloaded, may work for you though.

Tuczniak 1561 Posts September 16 2012 12:08 GMT #5 I think things like campaign, videos, map editor are loaded at last. It won't for example let you use editor.

TaShadan Germany1969 Posts September 16 2012 12:15 GMT #6 some textures might look bad and other stuff has less quality or it needs more download/load time when starting a game

Ahli Germany355 Posts September 16 2012 12:32 GMT #7 It will stream missing data during the play. So the game might lag a lot for you then. But I imagine that it has downloaded the multiplayer data in the playable state and is just lacking the campaign data, etc. If you plan to play on the arcade, please finish your download as you might experience downloads of 900mb during the map loading screen and drop while downloading. Whenever you see a circle bar in the top center of the screen, you are streaming missing data.

Perscienter 957 Posts September 16 2012 13:47 GMT #8 Well, I completed the download but SC2 streamed data in the campaign loading screen nevertheless. I guess cutting curves is ill-advised.

Mig United States4714 Posts September 16 2012 14:37 GMT #9 Do not make threads just to answer simple questions.

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