Troubleshooting Language Problems to english. help.

Language Problems to english. help.

Hi, i purchased my copy of the standard Sims 2 in thailand and the shopkeeper insisted that it is also possible to play it in english however i cant get it to work. I cant read thai but it does not seem to have an english language option during the installation process. is it possible to change the language after the istallation? i noticed that there seems to be lots of languages in the locale directory.. can anyone help me because it is getting very frustrating.

thanks,

Nick

 

hey,

i have had the same problem except myn is in russian not thai...its realli annoying because i dont understand what they're saying ( the text ). i have tried the registry thing, but that doesnt work. any idea's?

hey nick also is ur " english " or " english UK " folder in locale empty? myn are completely empty ..i think thats why myn doesnt work in english with the registry tweak thingo ....also if your's aren't empty, could u tell me and somehow give me the english or the english UK folder?? if you could i would greatly appreciate it

thankx.

 

I had the same problem

HI I JUST DID THIS. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.
THIS IS HOW TO CHANGE TO ENGLISH:

1. MAKE A EMPTY FOLDER ON YOUR DESKTOP. NAME IT WHAT EVER YOUR GAME IS (SIMS2 ___)

2. PUT YOUR THIA DISK IN YOUR COMPUTER.

3. GO TO MY COMPUTER.

4. FIND THE DRIVE YOU PUT YOUR GAME IN E: OR F:

5. EXPLORE THE DISK (DON'T RUN IT)

6. GO TO EDIT AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. CLICK EDIT BUTTON AND SELECT THE (SELECT ALL OPTION. RIGHT CLICK AND COPY.)

7. GO TO YOUR EMPTY FILE ON YOUR DESKTOP THAT YOU MADE AND PASTE THE INFORMATION IN THAT FILE. WAIT UNTIL ALL FILES ARE COPIED TO THAT FOLDER.

8. IN YOUR NEW FOLDER SELECT THE FILE FOLDER THAT SAYS AUTORUN (OPEN IT)

9. CLICK ON THE FILE THAT SAYS ATUORUN (RIGHT CLICK AND OPEN WITH NOTEPAD)

IT MAY ALSO SAY CHOOSE PROGRAM TO OPEN WITH. JUST USE NOTEPAD.

10. IN NOTEPAD SCROLL DOWN TO THE AREA THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS :
English US=0
French=0
German=0
Italian=0
Spanish=0
Swedish=0
Finnish=0
Dutch=0
Danish=0
PortBrzl=0
Czech=0
Hebrew=0
Greek=0
Japanese=0
Korean=0
Russian=0
Chinese (Simplified)=0
Chinese (Traditional)=0
English UK=0
Polish=0
Thai=1
Norwegian=0
Portuguese=0
Hungarian=0
NumLanguages=1

11. CHANGE : Thai=1 TO Thai=0
12. CHANGE : English US=0 TO English US=1
( YOU CAN DO THIS WITH ANY LANGUAGE)

13. SAVE AND CLICK YES TO THE NEXT QUESTION ABOUT SAVING THE INFO.

14. NOW GO BACK TO YOUR FOLDER THAT YOU MADE AND CLICK ON EA AUTORUN SYMBOL. THIS WILL START THE INSTALL PROCESS IN ENGLISH AND YOUR GAME WILL BE IN ENGLISH.

TAKE CARE
KI75WOLF2000

 

Please watch the dates, this is from over a year ago and they have probably figured it out by now or since moved on. There is no need to keep reposting this as well over and over again. Just direct them to the correct thread instead. I'm now closing this thread.