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Is there any way to change the language the game operates in? I was sent a German version, and I am planning to return it. However, if the language can be changed (possibly with a patch?) then there will be no need.

Thanks for any help.
 
Usually you can change the language in the settings.cfg file. The first line should be something like this:

4 #LANGUAGE (0=english, 1 = french etc..) (4 stands for German), now you just need to change the 4 to a 0 and save the file, then close it. When you run the game it should now be in English.
 
HSDR said:
I couldn't find that file anywhere in drive D:, do you know where it is, or if it would be under an alternate name?
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Look to the place on your computer where HOI2 is installed. Probably something like c:\Paradox Games\HOI2\settings.cfg; or maybe drive D: for you. If you have Doomsday or ArmA then it should be in Doomsday\ directory.

The settings.cfg file should look something like this (with notepad.exe):

0 #LANGUAGE (0=english, 1 = french etc..)
1 #MUSIC (1 for on)
 
HSDR said:
I got to the file, but it won't change the language; all that happens is that the words totally disappear!

I don't know if there's any hope from here, but any more help would really be appreciated. Thanks.
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I have the English version of the game. I just changed my settings file to "4" to make the language German and started a new game; all the game text (buttons, events, labels, messages, units, everything...) is in German text. Then I exited and reset my language to "0" and now it is all back to English text.

Could it be possible that the German version you have has no English translations? For example, look in HOI2\config\text.csv file; there is a row for the text "cancel", and it looks like this:

CANCEL;Cancel;Annuler;Annulla;Cancelar;Abbrechen;Anuluj;;;;;X

That's six different translations of the word cancel. Does your file have something like that many translations?

If not, then perhaps the German version does not support other languages.
If yes, then possibly you typed an "O" instead of a "0", or made additional unintended changes to the settings file before you saved it. Did you use notepad.exe to change it or something else?
 
Red Jacket said:
I have the English version of the game. I just changed my settings file to "4" to make the language German and started a new game; all the game text (buttons, events, labels, messages, units, everything...) is in German text. Then I exited and reset my language to "0" and now it is all back to English text.

Could it be possible that the German version you have has no English translations? For example, look in HOI2\config\text.csv file; there is a row for the text "cancel", and it looks like this:

CANCEL;Cancel;Annuler;Annulla;Cancelar;Abbrechen;Anuluj;;;;;X

That's six different translations of the word cancel. Does your file have something like that many translations?

If not, then perhaps the German version does not support other languages.
If yes, then possibly you typed an "O" instead of a "0", or made additional unintended changes to the settings file before you saved it. Did you use notepad.exe to change it or something else?
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I went to that file, and it is now clear that my German version does not support other languages. I know it's a long shot, but is there anything I can download to add English in somehow?

Thanks for your help everyone.
 
HSDR said:
I went to that file, and it is now clear that my German version does not support other languages. I know it's a long shot, but is there anything I can download to add English in somehow?

Thanks for your help everyone.
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Maybe search for a Demo version on the net, or a MOD, that includes the English versions of the files you need. Another poster recently had a similar thread as yours, here.
 
HSDR said:
I have downloaded (an English) demo version, but I'm not quite sure what to do with the files. I know this is probably a really stupid question, but what do I do with them? Where do I put them?
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Look to see if it has something like hoi2\config\ folder. If so, look at same file that you did before; text.csv to see if it has multiple language support, for example the word "cancel". If so, you may be on the right track. Then copy the .csv files from \config Demo install location to the German version \config folder replacing those there with those from the demo.

Consider making a backup of the German version \config folder first before you do all this, so it will be easier to 'undo' if in case none of this works for you.
 
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