Language Mods

[Turbofant]

Hi!

Are there any language mods out there yet?

If not, i try to make a german translation, if anyone wants to help me, post in this thread...

I also have a problem with repacking the main.dat. When i use a Modified one, the game crashes on startup. Does anyone know how to repack the file right?

[Hmuda]

You don't have to. Just make a "data\language\" foler in the defcon directory and put the language txt there.

[Turbofant]

well. if i do that defcon says: "fatal error: text file contains more than 65536 characters"
and it dosnt start

[Cerealkiller]

hey there - I've already started on a German translation of the game. Did most of the ingame info. Sadly most messages tend to get to long if you translate them - especially things like "multiple launches detected", where a translation will simply cover most of the screen. Also there are some problems with German Umlauts (ä,ü,ö) - the font does not support them and you always get a not so nice looking Arial version of them within the text.

but anyway - if you want to team up for the translation I'd be happy You could start with the tutorials - although we should think about some namingkonventions.

[KuBi4K]

I can do the French one as well if some wants

[emmo]

I am also working on a translation, but I can't seem to find an option or a config file entry to switch between languages. Anyone got a hint?

[failtech]

have already translated about the half of content to german.
but the program crahes when i try to place radar stations.
with the english.txt it works fine.
dont know why, so my motivation on completing the translation is pretty low.

[Montyphy]

have already translated about the half of content to german.
but the program crahes when i try to place radar stations.
with the english.txt it works fine.
dont know why, so my motivation on completing the translation is pretty low.

The fact its only half done may be the problem. I noticed when making my Donkey mod that if you change for example:

unit_silo silo

To say:

unit_silo monkey

Placing a "monkey" will lead to you having an object with no info. That is because later on under unit info this:

unitinfo_silo Functions as Nuke launcher and Anti-Aircraft Platform.\n\n+ Large supply of Long Range Nukes\n+

no longer gets called. The game is now looking for:

unitinfo_monkey Functions as Nuke launcher and Anti-Aircraft Platform.\n\n+ Large supply of Long Range Nukes\n+

Although in my case it didn't cause a crash but something of similar may be causing problems.



Also, a note to the person who had an error about character lines when starting Defcon. You don't need to rar the files back into main.dat. Leaving them in the data\language folder is just fine.

[$n00p]

Hi @ All

i've already released a german translation yesterday:

http://defcon.portablegaming.de/thread.php?postid=60#post60

But, plz feel free to say me what i can change, so that some words sounds better!


@cerealkiller: i know, it's very hard to translate some words into german! they are sometimes tooooooo long or sounds like $#!t and bablefish or google translation didn't really help!

@failtec: had same problems first too! first i used a english.txt which was the spanish translation and i was working to change it into german! but then i readed to open the .DAT files with winrar and ... ah, the untouched languge file! so i translated the original english.txt and it works!


greetz!

BUT KEEP ON YOUR GOOD WORKS, INTROVERSION WOULD BE PROUDLY WITH IT!

[zach]

We need other language mods than actual languages, too.

Like a personal.txt;
Launch detected = You're fucked! (all credit goes to y0kk3n)
Milan hit, 30M dead = You let 30M die in Milan
Silo destroyed = You suck at defence

or an aol.txt;
Launch detected = zomgno!!
Minsk hit, 1.2M dead = Minsk got pwnd @ 1.2M
Silo destoyed = lol wut

... You get the idea

~

You know, it's possible that I might make some kind of overall Defcon loader, where language could be specified as well. If it's wanted, that is ~ But there isn't much point to it for now, and to be honest I'm quite satisfied with the simplicity of the ModLoader as it is
... Oh look at me, bringing a topic to the surface and then killing it again

[zach]

However, how come you don't name my Tweaked English Language File a non-language?

I never didn't? (ugh, double negative)

Anyway, I haven't got around to collecting language files on defcongame.tk yet, sadly. I've been very busy, and I still am as a matter of fact.

[Turbofant]

Hopfully we get an option to change the language.txt files from ingame like the styles with the next patch...

[xander]

Swedish Chefcon! Bork Bork!

xander

[yokken]

We need other language mods than actual languages, too.

Like a personal.txt;
Launch detected = You're fucked! (all credit goes to y0kk3n)
Milan hit, 30M dead = You let 30M die in Milan
Silo destroyed = You suck at defence

or an aol.txt;
Launch detected = zomgno!!
Minsk hit, 1.2M dead = Minsk got pwnd @ 1.2M
Silo destoyed = lol wut

... You get the idea

Aha, I pwn. Also, I might get to work on that AOL/intarweb mod. If anyone wants to send me as many internet terms/memes they know, I'll add 'em to a list and put them where appropriate. OMGWTFBBQ