Index ⇒ Games Support ⇒ Hotel (2010) Info about the franken English Version RIP

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The Franken Mix we have from this game is BROKEN ... aka , the German CD Collectors Edition, that has VO mixed with the Digital English budget version... was made on the wrong BASE of the game that brakes the game (and makes it crash).
Since the Text files where replaced on a Installed Copy of the German CD Collectors Edition "Hotel - Das Raetsel um Schloss Bellevue" from the Digital English one . Then the Other Way around , German VO placed on the English version .

Why does this matter , you ask . Since the German game is a higher version number , and it has achievements api calls that unlock collectors data ... that is missing in CE_StrategyGuide.loc . ENG is V1.0 , German is V1.0.5c
Hence whenever you get achievements , the game crashes .

So the Music\Wallpapers\Strategy Guide in this game... and THE HINT MENU, crashes the game ... aka the game is like broken ... and the rip should be discarded .
You can go around those by enabling all in Registry ... but when even the credit menu crashes the game ... lulz

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not to mention you miss a button on the lower left side that transports you to the HINT MENU ... when you click in that region in that rip , the game just crashes

[Scaryfun]

Ok, thanks. I removed it now.

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More info :

In 2013 they remade it under the Brightstone Mysteries IP ... and called it "Brightstone Mysteries: Paranormal Hotel" and ported it to Smartphones\Tablets\PCs with fixed logic and progression to not SUCK HARD... https://cateia.com/game/brightstone_mysteries/ , and here is the trailer of this Remade Remaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4--G0CmCEvY


and here are links for the Remaster\Legacy\Casual versions https://store.steampowered.com/app/2887 ... mal_Hotel/

Info from the Devs :
"Remastered / Casual versions explained
Starting August 4th, 2023, you'll see 2 versions of the game when you press play:

Casual Remastered version
Legacy Point and Click version

The "legacy" version is the original game, which is a traditional point and click adventure game, with a movable 3d character on a 2d background.
It is limited to 4:3 aspect ratio and comes only in English and German (full audio with voice acting for German version)

The "casual" version was released in 2013, which has many improvements, but does not have a traditional movable character you would expect a point and click game to have.

The most important improvements the casual version has over the legacy one are as follows:
Widescreen support
More crisp graphics
Interactive hint system
Skip-able mini-games
Support for steam achievements
Support for steam cloud saves

Notes:
The legacy version does not support Steam cloud or Steam achievements!
The Legacy version is only available on Windows. We have some plans to bring it to MacOS and Linux as well, but it's hard to say when or if we'll be able to do that, due to the technical limitations of the engine used in the old version of the game.
Thus, on MacOS, you can only play the Casual version.

And as always, let us know if you have any technical problems playing the game and we'll do our best to fix them asap.
And last but not least, just because the new version is not out, does not mean we'll stop supporting the Legacy version. If you run into trouble, please report it in the forums and we'll check it out."