Baldurs Gate ((ended up with french copy)) + converting game to english

Neodraven · Post by **Neodraven** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:23 am

Recently I recieved a copy of Baldurs Gate 1 and Tales of the Sword Coast as a gift then during install I found out its in french is there anyway I can get it converted to english such as downloading or swapping a few files so that it is in english?

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:26 am

Afraid not. I suggest you get the purchase info from the person who gave you the gift, and exchange it.

Neodraven · Post by **Neodraven** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:33 am

so not even if I swap the dialog files with english ones... If anyone has a copy of the Voice.bif for Baldurs Gate 1 please let me know I managed to change the text of Dialog with a english one.

Eldoth · Post by **Eldoth** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:13 am

I can't help you with your problem but it has inspired me to buy a French version of Baldur's Gate on ebay. I always meant to get round to learning the language and what better way than to start with useful phrases like "I know dragons with feet like rabbits, 'tis true I swear!"

wise grimwald · Post by **wise grimwald** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:14 pm

You could do a swap

Eldoth · Post by **Eldoth** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:29 pm

Neodraven wrote:Recently I recieved a copy of Baldurs Gate 1 and Tales of the Sword Coast as a gift then during install I found out its in french is there anyway I can get it converted to english such as downloading or swapping a few files so that it is in english?

I just bought the French version and found that it also has English, Spanish and Italian versions included on the BG1 disc. However, ToSC is a version that will only play in the US and Canada. Oh well, I never much enjoyed fighting those werewolves and I don't suppose it gets any easier just because they are talking French instead of English.

Thing · Post by **Thing** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:10 pm

To keep the theme going, I bough an English language version boxed set of BG, ToSC, BG2 and Tof B. I live in France, and my PC runs under a french version of Windows XP. Of the 4 games, all operate fine except ToSC which tells me that it cannot install because the language of the operating system is not compatible ..... Europe's a wonderful thing ! Who needs werewolves anyway !

wise grimwald · Post by **wise grimwald** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:22 am

Eldoth wrote:I just bought the French version and found that it also has English, Spanish and Italian versions included on the BG1 disc. However, ToSC is a version that will only play in the US and Canada. Oh well, I never much enjoyed fighting those werewolves and I don't suppose it gets any easier just because they are talking French instead of English.

My ToSC version also only works in USA and Canada, but if you use the patches available at Bioware then you can play it in the UK. I presume that the other patches would have the same effect for the french version though that would be a matter of trial and error.

Eldoth · Post by **Eldoth** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:58 am

Thanks Grimwald. You truly are wise. I'll give that a go.