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Reply 20 of 25, by Marek

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Builder 0.2 beta2:
- FFMPEG 4.2.0 or later is now required due to a bug found in older versions may causing the audio tracks getting mixed up.

Deponia 4.7beta14:

fixes from the last beta:
- The Builder GUI now warns for audio with its dynamic heavily compressed in Italian and Spanish DVD versions.
- When continuing an autosave which immediately starts a cutscene, the mouse pointer is no longer visible before the cutscene ends.
- It is no longer possible to open the inventory in the demo end screen.

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- Rufus no longer opens the door behind Toni's home after going through when clicking nearby.
- Dialog choices coming up late when talking to the queue fixed.

more fixes from original game:
- Cutscene videos will be remastered to have their volumes matched over all languages and versions now.
- The video buttons in the extras menu have hover sounds now, just like every other button.
- Some dialog options showing only a bunch of question marks in Russian and Bulgarian is now fixed.

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- The junk hitting Goal no longer disables the lights temporarily.
- When taking out the fire extinguisher, it is now correctly animated behind the foot fetters.
- The globe opens and closes while Rufus is reaching to it instead of after it.
- The explosion from making espresso is now properly scripted and has no continuity errors anymore. Even after that scene, the junk pieces will remain spread over the area.
- When calling Cletus again over the radio, the exit dialog option is now properly shown in Arabian.
- When using the key on the chest, it is no longer drawn in its open state early when skipping the text.
- The final video has now sound effects in all languages instead of German only.

To upgrade your existing 4.7beta13 build, you need to rebuild everything, except for the Complete Journey extras and the developer's commentaries.

DOS-PC: DFI k6bv3+, Pentium 200mmx, 64 MB RAM, Terratec Maestro 32 sound card, Roland MT-32 + SC-155, Winner 2000 AVI 2MB, Voodoo 1, Win98SE
Windows PC: GigaByte GA-MA790GPT, Phenom II X4 905e, 12 GB RAM, M-Audio Delta 44, NVidia 1060 6 GB, Win7 pro x64

Reply 21 of 25, by Marek

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Deponia 4.7beta15:

fixes from the last beta:
- Building videos did not work for Windows. This is now fixed!

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- In front of Toni's home, Rufus can no longer walk behind Hannek.
- The pipe and water will rest in front of Wenzel's chimney again.
- The frame order of the falling junk is again correct.

more fixes from original game:

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- The detonation alarm will now properly sound in any situation until Rufus entered and left the village center.
- At the emergency station, the spot in the foreground above the green light is now removed.
- The windows at Toni's shop are now masked correctly, so Rufus can be seen through it.
- Part of Toni's Window is no longer shown as draft art while the crank turns.

To upgrade your existing 4.7beta14, you need to rebuild both, the demo and full version resources. Language options, videos, Complete Journey extras and the developer's commentary can be unchecked.
If you're still on 4.7beta13, you need to rebuild everything except for the Complete Journey extras and the developer's commentary.

DOS-PC: DFI k6bv3+, Pentium 200mmx, 64 MB RAM, Terratec Maestro 32 sound card, Roland MT-32 + SC-155, Winner 2000 AVI 2MB, Voodoo 1, Win98SE
Windows PC: GigaByte GA-MA790GPT, Phenom II X4 905e, 12 GB RAM, M-Audio Delta 44, NVidia 1060 6 GB, Win7 pro x64

Reply 22 of 25, by Marek

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Deponia 4.7beta16:

fixes from the last beta:
- The mouse pointer again disappeared in certain situations when loading a savegame at the post office.
- Scrolling through the videos and savegames with the mouse wheel works again after finishing the demo.
- The game now stays in demo mode when there are full version resources available but any matching full version voice files are still missing, which prevents the continue button from becoming inaccessible during the building process. The ready-messages for the individual full version languages were removed.
- The developer's commentary Poki is now reliably disabled when there is no commentary in the current language installed.
- Some originally missing texts are now available in all languages.

more fixes from original game:
- The Italian developer's commentary now uses the existing lip sync data. There is no such thing for German or English commentaries, though.

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- When opening the suitcase for the first time, it is no longer seen twice during the animation.
- The doctor's cabinet is now open and closed while Rufus is reaching there and not afterwards.
- Rufus is now looking in the correct direction when using the ingredients with the espresso machine instead of the tank and the tray.
- The water can be seen running, even when skipping the final reservoir cutscene early.
- After waking up Goal, she no longer walks through Rufus when selecting the dialog option "We should fix up the trash trawler.".
- When using the backup cartridge on Goal on the platform, Rufus is now going to her, reaching down and playing the cartridge sound before and after the dialog.

Since this update consists of only minor script corrections, you can upgrade your existing 4.7beta15 build to beta16 by disabling all check marks in the GUI and force building the data1.vis by pressing B. That build process should be done almost immediately.

DOS-PC: DFI k6bv3+, Pentium 200mmx, 64 MB RAM, Terratec Maestro 32 sound card, Roland MT-32 + SC-155, Winner 2000 AVI 2MB, Voodoo 1, Win98SE
Windows PC: GigaByte GA-MA790GPT, Phenom II X4 905e, 12 GB RAM, M-Audio Delta 44, NVidia 1060 6 GB, Win7 pro x64

Reply 23 of 25, by KainXVIII

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After updating to the latest beta i got savegame version warning mismatch - is this something to worry about or not?

Reply 24 of 25, by Marek

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As mentioned on the homepage, savegame compatibility is very poor in Visioniare. Loading savegames from different versions may misbehave in many ways. If it works, lucky you. If you encounter any difficulties, you should start a new game.
You can skip chapters from the main menu if you wish.

The original games don't have such a warnings, and I suspect that some bug reports are due to old savegames. Most of them are due to script errors, though.

DOS-PC: DFI k6bv3+, Pentium 200mmx, 64 MB RAM, Terratec Maestro 32 sound card, Roland MT-32 + SC-155, Winner 2000 AVI 2MB, Voodoo 1, Win98SE
Windows PC: GigaByte GA-MA790GPT, Phenom II X4 905e, 12 GB RAM, M-Audio Delta 44, NVidia 1060 6 GB, Win7 pro x64

Reply 25 of 25, by Marek

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Deponia 4.7beta17:

fixes from the last beta:
- The game is now able to load a lua hotfix if necessary.
- Better workaround for low music volume bug or music not playing at all.
- Hopefully, the final fix for the disappearing mouse pointer at the post office.
- Only the first hint in the savegame menu is now randomly selected. The "next hint" shows them in order now.

Spoiler

- Music again plays continuously in the transition into the lifeboat instead of fading out and restarting.

more fixes from original game:
- In English, those double quotes "" were corrected.
- All hotkeys got an overhaul to work reliably.
- The "+" and "-" keys adjust the global volume only instead of all at once.
- There are now messages for hotkey activities like in the follow up games.
- The mini game help button only has a hotspot animation when the button is actually there.
- Stingers play in the music volume as well now.

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- Removing the bolt cutter from the suitcase has a sound now and the checkmark is removed from the list simultaneously.
- When Rufus is thrown of the bull, the gasp is now voiced in Languages other than German.
- Fixed "I'm not throwing in the sponge yet." subtitle fitting the voiced line in English.
- Reconstructed missing voice file for "Only one ingredient's missing." in English.
- The developer's commentary at the village center is now located at the right to not overlap with the alarm light on the water reservoir. This change only takes effect when using a new profile.
- Turn on the cotton candy machine and changing flavors is now animated correctly.
- In the lobby, the light map is set back to cold dimmed when the phosphor cotton candy is removed.
- The intro to cleaning the cartridge is now a skippable cutscene.

You can upgrade your existing 4.7beta16 build to 4.7beta17 by rebuilding the full version resources and also German and English audio as needed, to get a new data1.vis, resources1.001 and possibly voices1.001 and/or voices1.004.

DOS-PC: DFI k6bv3+, Pentium 200mmx, 64 MB RAM, Terratec Maestro 32 sound card, Roland MT-32 + SC-155, Winner 2000 AVI 2MB, Voodoo 1, Win98SE
Windows PC: GigaByte GA-MA790GPT, Phenom II X4 905e, 12 GB RAM, M-Audio Delta 44, NVidia 1060 6 GB, Win7 pro x64