Language compatibility question

[Guest ZigZag]

Hey, 

 

I have one question. I've been playing BG 1: EE in the Italian language. Unfortunately the Ajantis' mod doesn't have an Italian translation. If I download and install German and/or English translation, will it cause problems in dialogues? I've also been using BG 1 NPC Project mod in Italian.

 

Thanks!

[jastey]

You'll have a mix of languages in the game but it won't make any problems.

Only problem that can arise is if you install Russian mod version on an non-cyrillic game, then the letters will be scrumbled I think.

[Guest ZigZag]

Thanks for your answer and thanks for your very fast reply.

 

Ajantis, here I come!

[mickabouille]

You can still have some (rare) slightly awkward result at the place where the dialog uses things like PRO_HESHE/PRO_HIMHER/PRO_RACE/PRO_RACE/Etc. You'll have for example an italian pronoun in the middle of an english (or german) text. But while a bit surprising (an mildly amusing) the first time, nothing breaks and it does not happen that often.

[jastey]

Oh, that's right. I forgot about that.

[jmerry]

4 hours ago, jastey said:

Only problem that can arise is if you install Russian mod version on an non-cyrillic game, then the letters will be scrumbled I think.

This and similar issues should only matter for non-EE games. In the EE, all languages use UTF-8 encoding so text should display properly even if you don't know how to read it.

[jastey]

Good to know!

[argent77]

1 hour ago, jmerry said:

This and similar issues should only matter for non-EE games. In the EE, all languages use UTF-8 encoding so text should display properly even if you don't know how to read it.

Not quite. Text in Russian, Chinese and a few other languages require special fonts to be properly displayed in the game. These characters may be scrambled if a western game language is selected. (They won't crash the game though.)

[jastey]

Thanks for the clarification.