I post this here because I'm unable to use the official support forums, as I downloaded this online and it doesn't seem to have activated itself yet...

I'm trying to get into Starcraft II. Directly after I login, before I can get to character creation, I receive this:

"You need an authorized language pack from Blizzard entertainment to use this language."

I can't seem to find anyway around it. What can I do?

EDIT: I've just resolved this, turns out my computer thought it was August for some reason.

zatic

Zurich15365 Posts

July 30 2010 16:52 GMT

My computer doesn't think that and I still get the same error. Halp anyone?

Enfold

United States110 Posts

July 30 2010 21:54 GMT

I started getting the same error. I think it's something on blizzards end, that will hopefully be fixed soon

zatic

Zurich15365 Posts

July 31 2010 00:28 GMT

I used this:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=139082

to change from English to English - now it works.

Sueco

Sweden283 Posts

August 05 2010 20:11 GMT

I have the EU version, and I'm trying to play on the LA server, but all I get is "you need an authorized language pack" message. What am I doing wrong?

sHaNkY

Canada1 Post

August 06 2010 00:38 GMT

On July 31 2010 09:28 zatic wrote:
I used this:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=139082

to change from English to English - now it works.

I don't want to re-localize anything.. Will this still work withought messing anything else up?

No_eL

Chile1438 Posts

August 17 2010 20:23 GMT

On August 06 2010 05:11 Sueco wrote:
I have the EU version, and I'm trying to play on the LA server, but all I get is "you need an authorized language pack" message. What am I doing wrong?

same problem but inverse version.

im messed something for sure.. i hope i can fix it without reinstalling game.

Girlscoutcookie

United States244 Posts

August 17 2010 23:37 GMT

Just a reminder: If you are trying to play on a region, you must have a StarCraft 2 License for that region. If you attempt to connect to a region that shares a logon server with a region for which you do have a license, you will receive the language pack error.

Redunzl

862 Posts

January 18 2011 04:31 GMT

had this error. then realized that it was because i changed my windows date to a month ahead..
make sure your windows day and time are synced with desired server and it should work

emc

United States3088 Posts

January 02 2012 03:28 GMT

#10

hi, sorry to bump an old thread but I'm trying to play in korea from NA. I used the relocalizer and tried US as source and KO as target then did KO as source and KO as target and didn't work. I even changed and synced my time to seoul as others have mentioned.

is there anyone who is having trouble accessing korea using the relocalizer? do I need to install the korean client for it to work?

I have a taiwan account and it works with relocalizer and I have unlimited game time.

badugib

United States80 Posts

January 02 2012 11:11 GMT

#11

I have the exact same sitaution as emc. I just want KOrean text from my TW client..I did the whole relocalization process too so I dunno.

emc

United States3088 Posts

January 02 2012 16:37 GMT

#12

On January 02 2012 20:11 badugib wrote:
I have the exact same sitaution as emc. I just want KOrean text from my TW client..I did the whole relocalization process too so I dunno.

i downloaded the korean installer from blizzard, now I'm just going to install it and see what happens, if it works I'll update you

kAelle_sc

287 Posts

January 03 2012 11:34 GMT

#13

On January 03 2012 01:37 emc wrote:

Show nested quote +

i downloaded the korean installer from blizzard, now I'm just going to install it and see what happens, if it works I'll update you

can you tell us how to download the Korean installer for Blizzard [SC2]? i log in to my account and there's no way there to download the Korean client. i have a Korea/Taiwan account btw :D

Iksf

United Kingdom444 Posts

January 03 2012 12:31 GMT

#14

I get this when playing between EU and NA, my fix is to go into Documents/Starcraft II/variables.txt and change all enGB to enUS and same with Documents/StarCraft II/Accounts/<account number>/variables.txt.

sTYleZerG-eX

Mexico473 Posts

May 26 2012 18:06 GMT

#15

"you need an authorized language pack from blizzard entertainment to use this language"

I downloaded sc2 from bnet because i lost my cd, and i had uninstalled sc2. So im living in mexico, and i decided to download the english version instead of the spanish one, but then that horrible message is stoping me from playing...
wtf how do i fix this?

Is the only solution to just uninstall it again, and install the spanish version? Or can i do something else?

help, thnx

KinoKnighT

Vietnam7 Posts

July 31 2012 13:45 GMT

#16

its happen again after i updated patch 1.5 help me

dreamseller

Australia914 Posts

July 31 2012 15:49 GMT

#17

yep, same thing here. glad someone else necroed this before i did. it's 2nd on the google list when you quote the error

w3b0

El Salvador5 Posts

July 31 2012 16:00 GMT

#18

I have the same problem

what can I do?

dreamseller

Australia914 Posts

July 31 2012 16:17 GMT

#19

ok
its documents sc2 folder variables file.
localeidassets=ensg
localeiddata=ensg make sure you have sg on the end. mine had gb

translation: my documents - starcraft ii - Variable.txt -edit the two lines in the quote

this worked for me