CK2 in English?

[Dhekelian]

Don't know if someone has done this before but is there a mod that changes the default American-English into English? I was told there was a mod but over at the Steam forums noone could find such a mod.

Failing that is it possible to do it myself? Be great if someone told me how to do it. I was also informed that this would not interfere with Ironman mode but I do not know for sure.

Thanks for any help.

 

[LDRevolution]

Don't know if someone has done this before but is there a mod that changes the default American-English into English? I was told there was a mod but over at the Steam forums noone could find such a mod.

Failing that is it possible to do it myself? Be great if someone told me how to do it. I was also informed that this would not interfere with Ironman mode but I do not know for sure.

Thanks for any help.

By non-American-English I am taking it you mean British-English.

It is quite possible to do it yourself with localisation changes but it will take you forever to finish.

Localisation changes, flags, gfx and music are the things I am pretty sure wont interfere with checksum-ironman.

 

[Dhekelian]

Yeah that is what I mean although being pedantic saying English is British is an error as English comes from England and American-English is not English but a form of English.

You mention localisation changes? I assume there is a localisation file? Is all the text in there? Can I use a program like notepad to search out misspelt words and then change them?

 

[LDRevolution]

You mention localisation changes? I assume there is a localisation file? Is all the text in there? Can I use a program like notepad to search out misspelt words and then change them?

there are a dozen or so localisation files but you should never change vanilla files, you should make a mod, copy the localisation files and edit them with notepad++.

 

[Dhekelian]

OK thanks for the information.

 

[Miklu]

OK thanks for the information.

Also I suggest using Exel to modify the localisation files. Makes it a lot easier

 

[richvh]

I'd recommend a text editor, as I've never seen anyone explain how to get Excel to load and save .csv files using semicolon rather than comma as the field delimiter.

 

[Ithvan]

I'd recommend a text editor, as I've never seen anyone explain how to get Excel to load and save .csv files using semicolon rather than comma as the field delimiter.

Just open it with Excel.

The saving is a bit weird, though. When you're done, you just close the document. It asks if you want to save your changes. Press 'yes'. It should then ask you if you want to overwrite. Press 'yes' again. Then some pop-up appears about an abnormal encoding, or something. I have Excel in Dutch so I wouldn't be able to tell you what it is in English. And then you click 'yes' again and you're done.

 

[EmperorTojo]

What is exactly wrong with the current English localisation?

 

[richvh]

Just tried it (again) with Excel Professional Plus 2010, and it's using comma as the field delimiter on loading. That is not acceptable for editing. For Excel to be a good editing tool for .csvs, all tags should be in column A, all English text in column B, all French text in column C, all German in column D, all Spanish in column F, and all the terminal x's should be in the same column. Until someone tells me how to accomplish that, I will recommend text editors rather than Excel or other spreadsheets.

 

[riknap]

What is exactly wrong with the current English localisation?

probably the spelling? (even than, the Scandinavian devs themselves aren't exactly consistent since they'll occasionally use the UK-spelling every now and then...)

 

[Galle]

Yeah that is what I mean although being pedantic saying English is British is an error as English comes from England and American-English is not English but a form of English.

No, if you're being pedantic, British English is also not English, but a merely form of it.

Actually, if you're being really pedantic, it's several forms of English.

But this is beside the point. As far as I know, there's no mod that changes all the spellings to UK ones, nor do I think there's much demand for one.

 

[CrackdToothGrin]

CKII is already in Best English, though...

But, on topic: Screw Excel. You can download and use Notepad++ just fine. It's the tool of choice for modifying most game files. You do have a lot on your hands, though. There are a lot of lines. But, I'd imagine you could use the programs Find and Replace feature to change all your Os to OUs and what-have-you.

 

[AvroLancaster]

Trolls be trollin'

 

[schwarherz]

OpenOffice will probably work better than excel. It asks you what the separator is when you open the file...

 

[Jokolytic]

Is this serious?

 

[loup99]

OpenOffice will probably work better than excel. It asks you what the separator is when you open the file...

+1, it works greatly with that selection on. LibreOffice is also recommended but only to modify already existing localization entries, not for creating new ones as that is beter done with Notepad++.

 

[richvh]

OpenOffice will probably work better than excel. It asks you what the separator is when you open the file...

What about when you save? It's no good if it saves with comma as the delimiter.

 

[loup99]

What about when you save? It's no good if it saves with comma as the delimiter.

You can fix that too, for me it works but with LibreOffice.

 

[CrackdToothGrin]

Trolls be trollin'

Maybe. But, the truth is, if you switch the localization from Best English to OG English, certain features of the game will lock up due to a severe lack of freedom. This can only be rectified by replacing all flags with the Stars and Stripes and/or Bald Eagles.