Audio fix for Visionaire 4 adventures

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

  • It fixes the audio issue in Visionaire Studio 4 adventures which use Opus audio.
  • The issue manifests itself in broken beginnings of samples, sometimes missing the complete first syllable of speech and sometimes accompanied with an annoying pop sound. A sequence of voice samples can sound very unnatural at times, due to this.
  • This tool fixes the bug by trans-coding all Opus audio resources to Ogg Vorbis using FFmpeg.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Windows or Linux
Of course, you also need one or more of the following affected titles:
  • Deponia 1 - GOG 3.3.1357
  • Chaos on Deponia - GOG 3.3.2351, Steam 3.3.2351
  • Goodbye Deponia - GOG 3.3.3335, Steam 3.3.3335
  • Deponia - The Complete Journey - Humble Bundle 3.3.0156, Steam 3.3.0155
  • Harvey's New Eyes - GOG 3.0.0442
  • The Whispered World Special Edition - Steam 3.2.0419
If you know other affected titles, please contact me and I will add them to the list.
You don't need this patch for the following games, as they use Visionaire 5:
  • Anna's Quest - Steam 1.3.4792
  • Deponia 1 - Steam 4.0.1386. WARNING: This version has game-breaking bugs. Details at the download section.
  • Deponia Doomsday - all Versions
  • Dünnes Eis
  • Harvey's New Eyes - Steam 3.2.0459
  • Console versions
You don't need this patch for the following games, as they don't use Opus audio:
  • A New Beginning - Final Cut - GOG 2.0.4.0395
  • Paradigm - GOG 2.0.0.1
  • Zak McKracken - Between Time and Space

INSTALLING

  • Make a backup in case something goes wrong. Don't backup inside the game's folder, as this tool traverses anything in there and all sub-directories.
  • Make sure ffmpeg is in the search path. On Windows, you may put it in the game's folder like this tool.
  • Extract isionaire_fixer.zip and put in your game's folder.
  • Run isionaire_fixer.bat and wait for the trans-coding to finish.
  • Enjoy your game.

DOWNLOAD

isionaire_fixer.zip (232 kB). Make sure to read the readme.txt for further details.

Deponia_1_unofficial_GOG_patch_v1.0.exe (152 MB): Avoid! When I made this patch, I didn't know about the LUA bug. This version of the game has game-breaking LUA bugs affecting the magnets, pigeons, mine maze and maybe other things, so you might consider a downgrade, unless you need the extra languages. I'm working on a better patch. Be patient.

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