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[lovalmidas]

If someone is interested to picking up that slack, there is always a chance.

[Damfoos]

Well, noone asked me to make a Russian one, I've just made it because I wanted to see MO in my own language. Then it became a regular thing, some people wait for it now and it feels satisfying to see your work is useful. So if you want to try it out, go ahead and make one, maybe you'll find it interesting and there will be other people who will use it. I have to warn you however: the amount of text is HUGE, and you won't translate it quickly, so be patient. Also, use a proper stringtable editor instead of that XCC crap, it allows you to import new strings into already translated files and has plenty of other options. Here's the link:

http://www.redsys.su...pe=post&id=6461

Edited by Damfoos, 25 September 2017 - 09:35 PM.

[Damfoos]

They are, but there's a way to access them. You need 3 .csf files: ra2md.csf, stringtable00.csf and stringtable01.csf. You translate the latter 2 and replace ra2md.csf with an already translated one of a German version. You also need to borrow game.fnt from a German version for letters to display properly (or maybe they already do by default, I don't know). Main menu of the launcher uses bitmaps, so you can translate the text on them as well. Resources folder has a file responsible for campaign menu text, and INI/Battleclient.INI contains mission descriptions and names you see in that menu.

After these files are translated, you pack the .csf, .fnt and .pcx (if you translated cameos) files into a new .mix archive named expandmo98.mix or simply leave them in the mod's folder (but that's messy if cameos are included too), while all client-related files replace their original versions. That should be it.
You can also download the Russian translation to see what files it changes.

The .csf files are located in expandmo97.mix, while the cameos are split between this one and either expandmo96.mix or expandmo95.mix. Obtaining all these files is your test for dedication and ability to find information

Edited by Damfoos, 26 September 2017 - 01:01 PM.

[Jyrai]

I'm a german, native speaker and everything. However I have not the slightest clue about programming or actual modding.

 

But if you need a proofreader, ask.^^

[Jyrai]

I looked it up. When you install a game on origin for the very first time, it asks you which language you want. Other than that, I've read that it's tied to the language of the origin client, so changing the origin client to german and then reinstall might help.

Edited by Jyrai, 27 September 2017 - 08:53 AM.