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mcneebs
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada391 Posts
July 19 2010 13:03 GMT
#41
I'm in Guangdong.
You do it to yourself. Just you. You and no one else.
Kelevra1729
Profile Joined July 2010
1 Post
July 20 2010 06:52 GMT
#42
Hmm so if im going to be spending the next year in china (but can't quite speak yet) I should buy a Chinese key, but download an english client?

anyone notice how english client doesn't allow you to type in chinese? Iv tried to type characters in game, and they come up fine, but when I hit enter they never appear on screen. However it does allow me to chat with people using their chat boxes (in 中文).

Can someone give me a definitive answer on which version would be best to buy, and how it will function?
Are you familiar with the Schmoo?
DarkwindHK
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Hong Kong343 Posts
July 20 2010 11:17 GMT
#43
I am in Guangdong right now, I really think it will lag if you play a game on a server outside China.

Luckily I am usually in HK....

I guess I will buy the Taiwan server version and hope that the language can be changed to English asap.
Dont be too humble, you are not that great.
Girlscoutcookie
Profile Joined May 2010
United States244 Posts
July 21 2010 16:52 GMT
#44
On July 20 2010 15:52 Kelevra1729 wrote:
Hmm so if im going to be spending the next year in china (but can't quite speak yet) I should buy a Chinese key, but download an english client?

anyone notice how english client doesn't allow you to type in chinese? Iv tried to type characters in game, and they come up fine, but when I hit enter they never appear on screen. However it does allow me to chat with people using their chat boxes (in 中文).

Can someone give me a definitive answer on which version would be best to buy, and how it will function?


The definitive answer is this:

If you can wait a few days to play, check back a few days after launch, when we've figured out exactly how everything actually works together, and we can give you a firm answer then. Otherwise, the best anyone but Blizzard can do is offer you speculation.

Also, Not being able to type in Chinese must be a configuration problem with your operating system. I do it all the time with no problem, on my mac and Windows 2008 Server R2. I can check XP support if that's what you're using.
SC2 Relocalizer - http://bit.ly/dl9icw
Half
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2554 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-21 16:58:02
July 21 2010 16:54 GMT
#45
On July 19 2010 17:20 mcneebs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2010 14:32 Half wrote:
http://sclegacy.com/news/23-sc2/787-starcraft-ii-will-support-multiple-languages

So in all likelihoods, you should probably buy the Chinese version.

You know, I have a feeling this is why Blues never talk about anything. Shits probably pretty confusing when you're working in a game development company 4900 employees strong.

Okay wait. So I can play in English on the Chinese client?


No, I think the way it works is buying the chinese version gives you a chinese account key. Then you can go on battle.net, and click "download game", and download the english client from your chinese account key.

I think.
Too Busy to Troll!
Girlscoutcookie
Profile Joined May 2010
United States244 Posts
July 21 2010 17:17 GMT
#46
On July 22 2010 01:54 Half wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2010 17:20 mcneebs wrote:
On July 19 2010 14:32 Half wrote:
http://sclegacy.com/news/23-sc2/787-starcraft-ii-will-support-multiple-languages

So in all likelihoods, you should probably buy the Chinese version.

You know, I have a feeling this is why Blues never talk about anything. Shits probably pretty confusing when you're working in a game development company 4900 employees strong.

Okay wait. So I can play in English on the Chinese client?


No, I think the way it works is buying the chinese version gives you a chinese account key. Then you can go on battle.net, and click "download game", and download the english client from your chinese account key.

I think.

This is not correct. If you want to use the client, without modification, you may only use the languages available in your region.
SC2 Relocalizer - http://bit.ly/dl9icw
fishyjoes
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Germany644 Posts
July 27 2010 08:21 GMT
#47
Fuck! I just bought the collectors edition in the US but I will go back to Germany in about a week. Does all that mean I can't play on EU servers with my US key? I thought it would be just like in beta.
Man, why is Blizzard doing this to us? T_T
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kochujang
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany1226 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-27 08:32:36
July 27 2010 08:31 GMT
#48
On July 27 2010 17:21 fishyjoes wrote:
Fuck! I just bought the collectors edition in the US but I will go back to Germany in about a week. Does all that mean I can't play on EU servers with my US key? I thought it would be just like in beta.
Man, why is Blizzard doing this to us? T_T

It all depends how you register your key on battle.net. If you registered it for the eu-server, you can download an eu-client (either english/german/polish etc.), and log on to the eu-server. If you registered it for the NA-server on your battle.net account, you can only play with this key with a NA-client.

Edit:
I believe the keys are not region-restricted, but don't quote me on that.
fishyjoes
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Germany644 Posts
July 27 2010 08:39 GMT
#49
Well every time I try to add SC2 to my EU Account it will say "You are creating a SC2 Account blah blah ... Region: North America (NA)"
It seams like the key is region-restricted T_T

Oh and now Battle.net seams down or something. Can't get to the add game page anymore at all.
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kochujang
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany1226 Posts
July 27 2010 09:59 GMT
#50
On July 27 2010 17:39 fishyjoes wrote:
Well every time I try to add SC2 to my EU Account it will say "You are creating a SC2 Account blah blah ... Region: North America (NA)"
It seams like the key is region-restricted T_T

Oh and now Battle.net seams down or something. Can't get to the add game page anymore at all.

Well that sucks
Tupan
Profile Joined December 2004
Brazil319 Posts
July 28 2010 02:34 GMT
#51
Damn!

I've bought online license of SC2 with Latin American region so I am able to play in local servers.
The problem is it seems I can only play using client in Portugues or Spanish!!!
Trying to access it using english client pops an error message "You need an authorized language pack to use this language".
This is terrible because I can't play starcraft in a language other than english!! Translations are ridiculous (marine is translated as "soldier" in portuguese... zealot is "fanatic"... oh my god!!!)...

Does anybody know how to work around this?

Thanks!
Bambooca
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark49 Posts
August 01 2010 07:23 GMT
#52
Hey guys. i bought a digital enUS, and made a new account. I allrdy had a eu account and sc2 installed, how i am able to switch between those 2 servers and users? There are a few post about this but im having hard trouble understanding them
Girlscoutcookie
Profile Joined May 2010
United States244 Posts
August 01 2010 09:06 GMT
#53
On July 28 2010 11:34 Tupan wrote:
Damn!

I've bought online license of SC2 with Latin American region so I am able to play in local servers.
The problem is it seems I can only play using client in Portugues or Spanish!!!
Trying to access it using english client pops an error message "You need an authorized language pack to use this language".
This is terrible because I can't play starcraft in a language other than english!! Translations are ridiculous (marine is translated as "soldier" in portuguese... zealot is "fanatic"... oh my god!!!)...

Does anybody know how to work around this?

Thanks!

Use this tool to play the English client on Latin America servers: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=139082
SC2 Relocalizer - http://bit.ly/dl9icw
Girlscoutcookie
Profile Joined May 2010
United States244 Posts
August 01 2010 09:13 GMT
#54
On August 01 2010 16:23 Bambooca wrote:
Hey guys. i bought a digital enUS, and made a new account. I allrdy had a eu account and sc2 installed, how i am able to switch between those 2 servers and users? There are a few post about this but im having hard trouble understanding them

The easiest, and best way to do this is just install SC2 twice on your computer in separate folders, for example C:\Program Files\Starcraft II US\ and C:\Program Files\Starcraft II EU\. There are some shared files in your My Documents folder that will be overwritten during the 2nd install. That's ok. They're not important or unique anyways.

If harddrive space is really limited, or you just really want to risk breaking the ToS, you can use my tool linked above, and just relocalize your client everytime you want to switch servers. I recommend against this though. If you can play without using my tool, I always recommend doing so.
SC2 Relocalizer - http://bit.ly/dl9icw
Bambooca
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark49 Posts
August 01 2010 10:26 GMT
#55
grislscoutcookie it comes up with some errors i tried that =/
Girlscoutcookie
Profile Joined May 2010
United States244 Posts
August 01 2010 14:00 GMT
#56
On August 01 2010 19:26 Bambooca wrote:
grislscoutcookie it comes up with some errors i tried that =/

What error does it give you?
SC2 Relocalizer - http://bit.ly/dl9icw
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