The Whispered World video stuttering

[janwillem]

Yeps, cracking the exe helps.

Search on usenet for: Jan Willem post repair files Telltale Adventure Bundle:The Whispered World - CRACK ONLY) or use the attached file which you can use to download the file from the newsgroups.

BUT as bonnie told you, for real support you realy have to contact the manifacturer of the product (Looks like german only)

For Whispered World support, you'll want to contact Daedalic Entertainment at http://www.deepsilver.com/en/support/

[jacklum]

I bought this bundle mainly for TWW and the stuttering videos are really annoying. Hopefully something will be done about it, since clearly it's a widespread problem.

[Pak-Man]

I distrust pirated this and cracked that, and as such I'm not familiar with how to use these things. I'm a patient man. What I really need to hear is something from someone at Telltale saying, "We are aware of the problem and are working on a fix." So far the only info I've heard from Telltale is, "Go ask your mother (Daedalic)." and their website more or less says, "Go ask your father (Telltale)." and I'm not sure if there's anyone anywhere that's actually working on making this work for me.

To hear Daedalic tell it, the problem is with the DRM that was placed on the file. Everyone else who's taken pains to get rid of their DRM has confirmed that this seems to do the trick. I'm not one of those knee-jerk, "DRM!? EVIL!" types, but this seems to be a case where it's not doing us any good.

I'm not a complainer, and I'm staying loyal to Telltale to the end, but I'd like to know what's being done and when I can expect an improvement. I shouldn't have to pirate it, and I shouldn't have to buy a second copy from somewhere else. I bought it from you guys! I've installed all the latest drivers, and have tried all sorts of compatability settings. I was pretty much forced into the ultimate form of troubleshooting when my hard drive crashed a week ago. I lost everything and had to start from scratch. Everything else on my PC works. The Whispered World starts stuttering in the exact same spot, and my curser doesn't respond correctly once the game starts. I'm willing to wait, but tell me I'm waiting for something!

[Ashton]

Somone tell me why we need a second DRM, when the Adventure Bundle already requires you log in to TTG and confirm you purchased the game....................

TWW will not even run for me (hell it wont even uninstall!), I guess I'll be hunting down the crack too...

[Carlos-SolRaC]

Well, they haven't said anything about this problem at TTG. As I also say, people would fell much better with a simple: "We are working on it". The best of all is that when you read the blog they keep saying this has been a great success, we are great, they are having plenty of feedback, and they even posted that they respond to every inquiry ASAP... Yeah, right...

Extremely dissapointed, just as the day I bought it, two weeks ago!

[chachachachia]

I too have the stuttering video problem. I really wish this were fixed.

[Ashton]

Originally Posted by Pak-Man

I distrust pirated this and cracked that, and as such I'm not familiar with how to use these things.

To hear Daedalic tell it, the problem is with the DRM that was placed on the file. Everyone else who's taken pains to get rid of their DRM has confirmed that this seems to do the trick. I'm not one of those knee-jerk, "DRM!? EVIL!" types, but this seems to be a case where it's not doing us any good.

I shouldn't have to pirate it, and I shouldn't have to buy a second copy from somewhere else.

Just get it from a reputable site. There really ARE a few good, honest*, pirate sites (*honest in all ways except pirating that is)

DRM is pointless and should be relegated to, like TTG, requiring you to log in to your account. It's not gonna stop anyone that *really* wants to pirate a game.

Agreed. we bought it, we should EXPECT to have a working copy, even if we do have to jump through a few extra hoops it should still WORK.

Originally Posted by chachachachia

I too have the stuttering video problem. I really wish this were fixed.

look for the crack. Seems to solve the problem.

[TragicallyHip]

Will someone please PM me the link to the crack and directions on what to do once I download it? I've never had to do this before. I bought my version from Adventure Shop and am having the same problem everyone's having who downloaded it from somewhere. I just paid $30 for this game. Seems like they should have fixed this issue by now, but I guess not.

TIA. =(

[Carlos-SolRaC]

TragicallyHip, if you receive the PM, please send it to me aswell ^^U

[Pak-Man]

Yeah, I give up. If anyone has this magical crack that makes the game work, PM me with the link and how to use it.

[Sticky456]

I'm desperate for this link or instruction on what to do with the link above once downloaded please!!!

[ringo16]

It seems that both Telltale and Daedalic have just stopped addressing this issue. I'm trying to find an crack to get it working, and all Google gives me is pirate versions of the whole game and cracks for the German version (which I'm not sure will work?).

Edit: think I got it going, never mind.

[AliBK]

Like others, I would be grateful for a link to a DRM free version of the EXE. Please PM me, piracy isn't my area of expertise, and I don't know how to use Usenet!

Thanks,

- Al

[ringo16]

Here's what I did. Hope this is OK - seems a bit silly that it's unplayable for a lot of us and there's no official solution after months.

- Go to jan's link: http://www.mediafire.com/Adventure%20Bundle
- Click 'tww' folder
- Get 'The Whispered World - SKIDROW - CRACK ONLY.zip'
- Unzip and copy the new TWW.exe file in there over to the game folder, replacing the old TWW.exe. Game folder is something like Program Files/Telltale/Adventure Bundle/tww/
- Then I just run TWW.exe directly rather than go through the Adventure Bundle every time

[AliBK]

That worked for me, many thanks!

[Carlos-SolRaC]

Also worked for me. Already completed the game.

Shame TTG did nothing.

[harald]

I had this problem as well. Telltale referring people to Daedalic isn't very surprising in my opinion since TTG didn't develop the game. Daedalic, in turn, kept sending people to Deep Silver's tech support, who is the publisher (and most likely the one to blame for the faulty DRM). Anyway, I e-mailed them about the issue but they didn't seem to trust me. The only advice they could come up with was "get a more powerful computer", even though I could run the demo without any hassle.

After that experience, my bad conscience from cracking the game was gone with the wind. Too bad that Deep Silver seems to be the publisher of many interesting adventure games nowadays.

[LeftHanded Matt]

Originally Posted by ringo16

Here's what I did. Hope this is OK - seems a bit silly that it's unplayable for a lot of us and there's no official solution after months.

- Go to jan's link: http://www.mediafire.com/Adventure%20Bundle
- Click 'tww' folder
- Get 'The Whispered World - SKIDROW - CRACK ONLY.zip'
- Unzip and copy the new TWW.exe file in there over to the game folder, replacing the old TWW.exe. Game folder is something like Program Files/Telltale/Adventure Bundle/tww/
- Then I just run TWW.exe directly rather than go through the Adventure Bundle every time

This did not fix the problem for me, although it did improve it slightly. Unfortunately, the game now also randomly dumps me back to the desktop.

[killergrass]

Any fix yet?

Got TTW with my telltale Adventure Bundle tryed it on my two PCs

win 7 (32bit) 3.5 gb ram 2.2 ghz Total available graphics memory 1982 MB Dedicated graphics memory 512mb graphics card
win 7 (64bit) 4 gb ram 3.2 ghz Total available graphics memory 1695 MB Dedicated graphics memory 64 MB onboard graphics

both stutter in the same place on the videos

the game now also randomly dumps me back to the desktop if i don't Esc the cutscene before the end of it.

tryed the no CD patch exe the stuttering is less than with the original exe but still the videos stutter in the same place on both PCs

tryed a fully torrent copy of the game, game still stutters in the same places as it i was useing the Adventure Bundle copy i bought with or with out the cd patch exe

tryed running/installing as administrator
tryed all comb of compatibility settings and modes

anything else i can try?

messages log

19:31:16: Warning: A cutscene was started in action "Linksklick" (Id: 82146) but was not terminated
20:04:54: Warning: A cutscene was started in action "'benutzen/nehmen' angewandt" (Id: 2905) but was not terminated
20:16:16: Warning: A cutscene was started in action "'benutzen/nehmen' angewandt" (Id: 2905) but was not terminated

......21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 4246 in table T62
21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 4245 in table T62
21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 2161 in table T62
21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 2 in table T212
21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 2 in table T57
21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 90 in table T53
21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 82781 in table T60
21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 174 in table T58
21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 2 in table T57
21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 177 in table T58
21:06:08: Warning: Error: can't find object 8012 in table T59........

there is alot more in the log which are mainly to do with table T62

also forgot to say all audio and video drivers are up todate.

if there is no fix can someone youtube the main cutscene and i will just have to watch them on there

Thanks

[SHODANFreeman]

Telltale has no intention of ever fixing this, because not enough people bought it for them to care about it.