EE-modders / localized-text

Do you want to improve or add game translations? Well, this is the place to do it!

localized-text

Do you want to improve the game translations? Or even add a new language?
Well, this is the place to do it!

Here is a table of the current languages and their status:

Language	Code	EE	AoC	Lobby
German	de	OK	OK	OK
English	en	OK	OK	OK
French	fr	OK	OK	OK
Italian	it	OK	OK	OK
Korean	kr	Need Review	Missing	Need Review
Polish	pl	Need Review	Need Review	Need Review
Portuguese Brazil	pt-BR	Need Review	Need Review	Need Review
Russian	ru	Need Review	Need Review	Need Review
Spanish	es	OK	OK	OK
Chinese Simplified	zh-CN	Need Review	Need Review	Need Review
Chinese Traditional	zh-TW	Need Review	Need Review	See zh-CN

How to use

Editing a language

Game text

Open the folder Game and open the folder of the language you want to edit (e.g. fr for French) and then open the product you want to edit (e.g. EE for the Empire Earth and AoC for Empire Earth : The Art of Conquest).

You will find a file named Language.rc which contains all the text of the game (except the Lobby). You can edit it with any text editor (e.g. Notepad, Notepad++, Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code, etc.). Simply change the text between the quotes and save the file, but be careful not to change the format of the file!

Lobby text

Open the folder Lobby and open the folder of the language you want to edit (e.g. fr for French) and then edit any .cfg file you want to edit. Simply change the text between the quotes and save the file, but be careful not to change the format of the file!

Testing your changes

Game text

Open powershell in repository folder and run .\ee_lt.ps1 build to build all languages.
You can also run .\ee_lt.ps1 build language_code to build only one language.

Then, if the build is successful, you can go in the same folder where you edited Language.rc and copy the new created Language.dll file in your game folder (the one where Empire Earth.exe/EE-AOC.exe is located)

Lobby text

Copy all files from Lobby\language_code\WONLobby Resources to Data\WONLobby Resources in your game folder. And copy Lobby\language_code\WONLobby.cfg to your game folder (the one where Empire Earth.exe/EE-AOC.exe is located)

Adding a new language

Game text

If you want to add a new game language, you will need to create a new folder in the Game folder and name it with the language code (that follow IETF language tags). Then, you will need to copy the EE and AoC folders from an existing language folder (en (English) most of the time except if your new language is based on another existing one) and paste it in the new folder.

Lobby text

If you want to add a new lobby language, you will need to create a new folder in the Lobby folder and name it with the language code (that follow IETF language tags). Then, you will need to copy the language folder from an existing language folder (en (English) most of the time except if your new language is based on another existing one) and paste it in the new folder.

Common mistakes

• Do not change the format of the file! If you do, the game will not be able to read it and will crash.
• Do not use the same file for EE and AoC! Even if the game manage to read it, some text will be missing/incorrect.
• The text here is for Empire Earth 1 (v2 update) and Empire Earth : The Art of Conquest
• Don't use a resolution patch when testing changes, the screen must be 1024x768 to be sure that the text can be displayed even on smaller screens.

License

Consider all files under GNU General Public License v3.0 except for Game and Lobby folder where only change that diverges from the original text is under GNU General Public License v3.0.