Although some guys in my initially post (on r/starcraft) said that this wasn't possible, I did it with success, huge props to the guys who made the region changer!
First step: Download the SC2 Region Changer for 1.5 and change the region of your Starcraft II to Korea (not Taiwan).
Second step: Start your Starcraft and wait for it to finish patching (the patcher and the patch notes should be in Korean now). Afterwards change the region of your Starcraft back to your usual region.
Third step: Go to Documents/Starcraft II/ and open the variables.txt, change the variable localeidassets=enGB into localeidassets=koKR, done!
Congratulations, your Starcraft II should be in English with Korean sounds now!
Troubleshooting: If Korea as a region gives you an error try again later. You might try Taiwan as well.
On August 04 2012 02:39 Skyreign wrote: This is probably a really retarded question but can you get banned for implementing these?
lol
No. You are using Blizzard files for sound, downloaded through the official Blizzard patcher. You are only changing the variables.txt, which you are free to update to your will, and you can never harm the Blizzard servers or playing experience of others by doing that (though you can harm your own, if this ever happens delete variables.txt and launch sc2 for a reset). The program that R1CH made is basically described as a series of commands which will actuate this process, it's the same thing as going in and clicking/typing yourself, but easier for tech noobs (it's a bit more complicated than that).
yeah defenetly a nice find, works perfectly with german textes and korean sounds, even if its a little bit annoying that i had to download 2.2 gb of data
On August 04 2012 17:44 alone wrote: Do I need to do it every patch or does it stay like that?
You need to run the repair tool after every patch to let the client understand he needs to update the Korean files as well. Furthermore it works fine, been using this for ages. Make sure to delete old patch files once in a while tho'.
On August 04 2012 17:44 alone wrote: Do I need to do it every patch or does it stay like that?
You need to run the repair tool after every patch to let the client understand he needs to update the Korean files as well. Furthermore it works fine, been using this for ages. Make sure to delete old patch files once in a while tho'.
There are no more repair.exe, streaming system automatically will work, if it's need to refresh some assets
On August 04 2012 05:01 TaeTae wrote: Its asking me to download a pathc of over 1gig, is this right?
Yes, it's a language pack. You're downloading 1gb of language voices
Well due to the new patcher it lets you play whilst you download when you have all the necessary files, these include the sound files. So you click play then quit the SCKorean Client and turn it back to your original region, you don't have to download that much in the end.
1. Once a time thingy? When the next patch comes, is there anything I must do?
2. I realized its another crazy 1.42 GB patch to download. Must I really download this again just for the sounds? I did try only download the necessary files like the guy above mentioned, but I dont think it worked properly, because they only make sounds when they come out of rax/fact/starport. When I tell them to do things they remain silent lol. Perhaps I have to download the whole patch first?
3. Lastly, It is not going to mess up other settings even if I download another 1.42 GB of patch in korean right? This is safe?
how do I change the languages to mandarin? the local id should be koTW ?
nm ,looked it up. zhTW?
Also, i only get some but not all of the sounds in mandarin, is this because I stopped the whole patch from downloading and instead started playing as soon as that 'optimized' green button lit up, 5 minutes into the download? And if I exit the game and let it self-patch itself some more the language id goes back to my english localization...
Why o why o why cant Blizz just let us use their different language files without importing the text? at least when I turn on mandarin and play I can pretend I am being semi-productive by learning how to say "we need more minerals" in Mandarin.
how do i remove the KR voices? i know how to change the localassist back to enGB and that is the voices that my game will use, but i want to know how to uninstall/remove the ENTIRE KR voice pack thingy. even though i like KR voices, i want to save some memory space for my laptop. 1gb is alot to me ;;_;;
On August 04 2012 00:07 mindlie wrote: Third step: Go to Documents/Starcraft II/ and open the variables.txt, change the variable localeidassets=enGB into localeidassets=koKR, done!
You doubled up the idassets and may want to edit OP. It's actually localeidassets= localeiddata=
Data needs to be the actual server, assets are the voice files, so KR with US client would be : localeidassets=koKR localeiddata=enUS
On August 04 2012 00:07 mindlie wrote: Third step: Go to Documents/Starcraft II/ and open the variables.txt, change the variable localeidassets=enGB into localeidassets=koKR, done!
You doubled up the idassets and may want to edit OP. It's actually localeidassets= localeiddata=
Data needs to be the actual server, assets are the voice files, so KR with US client would be : localeidassets=koKR localeiddata=enUS
well if you actually look close to the post, he said that you have to change the assets=enGB INTO koKR, so everything is fine there
Oh awesome! Now I can hear my units speak Korean so I have no idea what they are saying! This will definitely raise my gosu skill by 50%. When my 1 other friend who plays hears my game now hes gonna be uber jelly! Then I wont tell him because I am the only one with self esteem low enough to be allowed to look/sound cool
so when i patch my sc2 now, it will be english again, or? what if i switch to korean client, patch, then switch back ot eu and change the variable file?
I had already previously downloaded all of the lang packs for kr and tw using the region switcher in 1.5.0, tried to make the koreans sounds work using what was said in this thread today (1.5.1) and it doesn't work for me :\
On August 09 2012 22:02 ma70 wrote: This worked for me a few minutes ago. Awesome. Will patch updates effect this and will I have to constantly re-do this process?
If it will, you can bring back language again.
For me it's okay. I have EU region, english text and espanol voice pack (their Queen is awesome). After 1.5.1 it's still same
On August 05 2012 11:34 Sub40APM wrote: how do I change the languages to mandarin? the local id should be koTW ?
nm ,looked it up. zhTW?
Also, i only get some but not all of the sounds in mandarin, is this because I stopped the whole patch from downloading and instead started playing as soon as that 'optimized' green button lit up, 5 minutes into the download? And if I exit the game and let it self-patch itself some more the language id goes back to my english localization...
Why o why o why cant Blizz just let us use their different language files without importing the text? at least when I turn on mandarin and play I can pretend I am being semi-productive by learning how to say "we need more minerals" in Mandarin.
zhTW is right, yes. A friend of mine also has mandarin sounds. You need to finish the patch, heard this from multiple people now, finish the patch and it should work properly. You also have to wait until the patch is finished and after that change the variables.txt because the patch replaces the variables.txt (I guess).
On August 06 2012 08:53 Metsu wrote: how do i remove the KR voices? i know how to change the localassist back to enGB and that is the voices that my game will use, but i want to know how to uninstall/remove the ENTIRE KR voice pack thingy. even though i like KR voices, i want to save some memory space for my laptop. 1gb is alot to me ;;_;;
Look into the "Versions" folder inside your Starcraft folder. There are quite a few files with krKR in their name, you should be able to delete those.
I just wanted to report that this method works easily, however every time I exit SC2, my variables.txt has been reset to the English assets, so I have to change the variables to koKR every time I log in (both my global variables and acct variables txt files).
On August 13 2012 23:17 wo1fwood wrote: I just wanted to report that this method works easily, however every time I exit SC2, my variables.txt has been reset to the English assets, so I have to change the variables to koKR every time I log in (both my global variables and acct variables txt files).
On August 13 2012 23:17 wo1fwood wrote: I just wanted to report that this method works easily, however every time I exit SC2, my variables.txt has been reset to the English assets, so I have to change the variables to koKR every time I log in (both my global variables and acct variables txt files).
Use relocalizer and it will not reset?
oh I got it, I never chose the language assets in the region changer. By leaving it at default and not Korean it was going to the US client automatically...duh
Why would you want to do this? Seriously? Other than to just hear Korean sounds? Wouldn't you at least want to play on the Kor/Sea servers? Just because something is Korean doesn't make it gosu.Listening to Korean sounds when playing doesn't make you a better player. =\
If you really want something Korean to make you better, try their work ethic. They work hard and it shows, big time! Americans don't know what work is, seeing the Occupy Protests scream "gimme gimme gimme", quitting their jobs to protest that they don't have jobs. Yes, Americans have a very poor work ethic.
Why would you want to do this? Seriously? Other than to just hear Korean sounds? Wouldn't you at least want to play on the Kor/Sea servers? Just because something is Korean doesn't make it gosu.Listening to Korean sounds when playing doesn't make you a better player. =\
Agree, but I love espanol voice of zerg queen for example (I'm from Russia and don't know Spanish language of course, but it sounds a lot nicer and cooler than original english queen). So it's not only for Korean localization.
Because a Koean sound client makes you cultured.
What you mean under this? Like "everyone who have korean language/sounds - they hail Korean nation" ? It's just thing like "I have authograph of korean player!! I have korean sounds! Wow korean symbols! It's like in Korea! Wohoo!!"
It's just sound aesthetics. For now you can customize voice asset, using relocalizator and getting different nice voice variations of same unit or voiceover like Zerg Advisor. Differenc localizations have different voices.
Another example is Chinese voice of zerg queen. If you don't know that language, it sounds a bit fun. Especially intonations - sometimes they're fun too.
For example, as I said, Espanol Zerg Queen advisor is great. it's totally different from other voices from other countries. Also French queen is nice too. But Spanish Adjutant is boring and talking too fast, with that, Korean and China Adjutants are nice too.
Also Spanish Executor is epic! It sounds like Tassadar
On August 14 2012 02:42 PauseBreak wrote: Why would you want to do this? Seriously? Other than to just hear Korean sounds? Wouldn't you at least want to play on the Kor/Sea servers? Just because something is Korean doesn't make it gosu.Listening to Korean sounds when playing doesn't make you a better player. =\
If you really want something Korean to make you better, try their work ethic. They work hard and it shows, big time! Americans don't know what work is, seeing the Occupy Protests scream "gimme gimme gimme", quitting their jobs to protest that they don't have jobs. Yes, Americans have a very poor work ethic.
Tons of reasons, biggest one being that the Zerg voice actor for the English version is fucking terrible, while the Korean one is awesome.
Ok, so I have got patch 1.5.2 because I am in SEA. After downloading this, wil I lose the Korean sound or will it stay? Hope it stays so I dont have to down;load the KR patch as well -.-
By the way, I dont know if other people have noticed. But once you put the Korean voices, you also get the censored version of SC2, where blood is black and units dont burn in flames. lol Any way to get the standard gore?
I had a pretty big issue crop up when I tried the listed steps. I downloaded all the Korean sound files and everything, changed my variables.txt file the way I was supposed to. I try playing a ladder match, and suddenly right as I finish loading the game it sends me back to the menus. I check my match history and I have a tie on my account. So I go to custom games, since I didn't want some glitch taking away my ladder points. I boot up vs a bot, and sure enough the Korean sounds work great and all, it was really awesome. Just as advertised in this thread.
So I go back to ladder, hoping that the issue was a one-time thing and resolved itself. However, once again, as soon as I finish loading I get sent back to the menus and I have a tie on my account. I restart the game and try again but same problem. I go back to the variables.txt file and change my sound back to English, since the Korean sounds could wait and I just wanted to ladder. When I went back in, the same problem kept occurring: finds a match, loads to full bar, then sends me back to the menus with a tie on my match history.
I eventually fixed the problem by reinstalling all of SC2, which took a while and was quite a pain. >.> I have no idea what went wrong, but can anyone help? I really want to play with Korean sounds!
On September 11 2012 15:31 PolskaGora wrote: I had a pretty big issue crop up when I tried the listed steps. I downloaded all the Korean sound files and everything, changed my variables.txt file the way I was supposed to. I try playing a ladder match, and suddenly right as I finish loading the game it sends me back to the menus. I check my match history and I have a tie on my account. So I go to custom games, since I didn't want some glitch taking away my ladder points. I boot up vs a bot, and sure enough the Korean sounds work great and all, it was really awesome. Just as advertised in this thread.
So I go back to ladder, hoping that the issue was a one-time thing and resolved itself. However, once again, as soon as I finish loading I get sent back to the menus and I have a tie on my account. I restart the game and try again but same problem. I go back to the variables.txt file and change my sound back to English, since the Korean sounds could wait and I just wanted to ladder. When I went back in, the same problem kept occurring: finds a match, loads to full bar, then sends me back to the menus with a tie on my match history.
I eventually fixed the problem by reinstalling all of SC2, which took a while and was quite a pain. >.> I have no idea what went wrong, but can anyone help? I really want to play with Korean sounds!
same. i tried clearing up cache files wherever i see, backing them up just in case. reintall is too much hassle -,.- , anyone found easier solution?
I'm getting on every other region than europe the message "An internal error occured, please restart. If problems persist, please contact customer support. Any way to fix this?
On September 25 2012 02:15 Kaiol wrote: I'm getting on every other region than europe the message "An internal error occured, please restart. If problems persist, please contact customer support. Any way to fix this?
EPT
i'm trying to learn korean so it's good for me! thx! ^_^![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/k9Z8O.png)
