Usually these are more of a platform-specific concept, and they
don't really interact with files or do any io.
There is a little bit of duplication among the *nix platforms since
they're similar, but overall this organization feels a bit better.
With the check for samples==0 being done BELOW the assert for offset+samples<soundData->samples,
setting samples to 0 and then having more samples available in the mic than present in
the created buffer would cause buffer overrun
Tightness parameter is amount of force is exerted on collider to resolve
collisions and enforce joint operation. Low values make joints loose,
high values make it tight and can cause collider to overshot the joint
target. With tightness set to 0 the joint loses its function. Going
above 1 puts even more energy into joint oscillations. Tightness
parameter is called ERP in ODE manual.
The responseTime affects the time constant of physics simulation, both
for collisions and for joint inertia. Low responseTime values make
simulation tight and fast, higher values make it sluggish. For
collisions it affects how fast penetration is resolved, with higher
values resulting in spongy objects with more surface penetration and
slower collision resolving. For joints the responseTime is similar to
inertia, with higher responseTime values resulting in slow oscillations.
The oscillation frequency is also affected by collider mass, so
responseTime can be used to tweak the joint to get desired frequency
with specific collider mass. Values higher than 1 are often desirable,
especially for very light objects. Unlike tightness, responseTime is
tweaked in orders of magnitude with useful values (depending on mass)
being between 10^-8 and 10^8.
Both parameters can be applied to World for simulation-wide usage, or
specified per-joint in case of distance and ball joints. Other joints
don't allow customizing these parameters, and will use World settings
instead..