Ricebug on 22/4/2017 at 21:34
Quote Posted by Cardia
I want to replay this mission, but this time i want to play it in French, is there any recommended way to apply the french version in a safer and quicker way? i´ve never used other languages besides english to play a mission.
The "safest" way is to rename all of the English folders and files to 'English.bak' or some other convention. Then, rename all of the French folders/files to English.
Thus,
strings/French would be renamed
strings/English. Crank up the game, and it will read from the newly-created 'English' folders.
I really don't know if this would work, but it should. There is probably a quicker, better way. I'd recommend copying the entire zip file to keep the original one safe. Then, when you're done, simply delete it so you don't have to reverse all of the name changes.
baeuchlein on 23/4/2017 at 03:24
If one uses FM-Selector or NewDarkLoader, the easiest way to play in French would be to edit the DARKINST.CFG file in the NewDark folder. There should be a line beginning with "language" in there, and after a space, there should be a list of languages separated with the plus sign ("+"). They should be in order of preference. In most cases today, the line simply reads "language english". Change it to "language french+english", and Thief 2 should first try the French language for everything, and if it's not available, should try English then.
This should work for at least five languages, namely English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. Those were the five languages which old DarkLoader could handle, although DarkLoader did not use the "language" line in DARKINST.CFG, but instead allowed the player to choose among the languages found in the FM archive.
Sometimes, other languages like Russian, Polish etc. may also be used in the way described above, but AFAIK, there's no standard method to use them. Old DarkLoader's influence is still strong.;)
By the way, for Thief 1 with the NewDark patch, one has to look for the "language" line in INSTALL.CFG instead of DARKINST.CFG.
Cardia on 23/4/2017 at 07:44
Thanks Terry and Baeuchlein, i playing Thief 1 in French, and i did the installation manually, i had to find all folder that says "English" and rename it to "French"
Soccorro on 23/4/2017 at 15:06
More Thiefy goodness!!!
Also, HELP! I'm on an FM download spree!
Thanks for all the effort!!! :D
Ricebug on 23/4/2017 at 15:09
Quote Posted by baeuchlein
If one uses FM-Selector or NewDarkLoader, the easiest way to play in French would be to edit the DARKINST.CFG file in the NewDark folder. There should be a line beginning with "language" in there, and after a space, there should be a list of languages separated with the plus sign ("+"). They should be in order of preference. In most cases today, the line simply reads "language english". Change it to "language french+english", and Thief 2 should first try the French language for everything, and if it's not available, should try English then.
I knew there was an easier way! :cool:
Jumping Taffer on 23/4/2017 at 19:12
Quote Posted by Ricebug
I checked your saves and they work fine. No crashes. May have to slap some TafferPatcher on it.
So I applied TafferPatcher again, it's fixed some things like difficulty menus being out of alignment and missing objects but picking up any loot still causes a crash.
Edit: So I re-downloaded the mission after applying TafferPatcher again but still crashing when I pick up loot.
Ricebug on 24/4/2017 at 04:06
When you ran TP, did you install Thief 2 into an empty folder? I always delete everything in the folder and THEN do the TP. Back up some config files, but nothing else. Old saves won't work either.
Jumping Taffer on 24/4/2017 at 15:46
No, I thought that was only for those with a disk copy of the game. I have a digital copy from GOG, so do I just select that then?
Edit: Just redownloaded Thief II and it all works now. :thumb:
FrenchDecay on 26/4/2017 at 13:31
I'm back after a week! Now I hope I'm not too late in that regard but if you need some support for the map, I think I remember Athalle telling me she made her own during her playthrough - I don't know for sure but maybe it could make things easier for you?
On another note Ricebug changed the voice acting tracks so that it's easier to hear what is said, this is the only thing that was updated for now. This is only for the English version as I don't remember hearing back about low audio for the other languages.
Cardia on 26/4/2017 at 14:41
Welcome back, Athalle made a map in French version?