Scrolling text not localized
Wronschien opened this issue · comments
Original bug
No
Operating system
Windows
Bug description
When text is scrolling in the background to give instructions to the player, it remains in English while other assets are translated
Repro steps
Just start the game with a localized version of the game (steam has them but not gog sadly)
Save file
No response
Log
This is an issue with how the original game handles raw text in different parts of the game, for example, in the pause menu, LCD screen messages, and hint fly messages. The game stores text in the executable instead of a separate file, and that's also why the original game doesn't have a setting in the options to change the language. R.E.L.I.V.E. is based on the english GOG version, so you'll have english strings but still the correct language for cams and sounds because they are stored in separate files and not in the executable. It is planned to allow switching the text language in the future, but it's a lot of effort because the game has multiple font images that aren't the same in different languages, and there's also work being done on many other things.
Indeed it's not that big of a problem and can wait after more important updates.
Thanks for the quick answer !