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lluke9
Profile Joined January 2011
United States19 Posts
November 04 2011 00:22 GMT
#1
Okay, I KNOW this topic has been discussed to death, and I KNOW you would have told me to use the Search function.

I've tried it.

Anyways, I think I know what the problem is, just not how to solve it.
Here's what the Korean looks like in my SCBW.
Please disregard the crazy color, it's just Windows 7.

Here's what I think is happening:

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I found that Courier doesn't actually support Korean font. But when I type in other fonts that do support Korean such as Batang or Gulim, it works fine.

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This is what the Korean looks like on my Starcraft.

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Just in case you ask, yes, I did follow the recommended fixes.

My theory is that my SCBW is using a font that doesn't support Korean. Can anybody give me a fix for this?
Who always done what with is although people nihilism of doom.
TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28094 Posts
November 04 2011 01:00 GMT
#2
you could also try putting your location to korea in region and language. It seems you already have the system set to korean,which is good also. Another fix that sometimes works is to delete your fntcache.dat in your system 32 folder. Do not delete the dll fntcache though. After you delete the dat file restart your computer.
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CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11587 Posts
November 04 2011 01:10 GMT
#3
I have korean set to my location, as well as having the keyboard installed. I'm able to see Korean in channels and in game, but for some reason the game list still is the boxes.
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CobaltBlu
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States919 Posts
November 04 2011 01:17 GMT
#4
I have this same issue where I can see Korean in chat channels and in game but not in the game list but I found that if I load up BW right after I boot then I can see Korean in the game list. If I wait too long I get those boxes in the game list instead.
Cr4zyH0r5e
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Peru1308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-04 05:32:31
November 04 2011 01:17 GMT
#5
I have not the same problem as CaucasianAsian.
I gave up long time ago but I'd love to hear if anyone was successful in fixing this.
When someone talks to me in Korean I just type:
이해가 안돼. 한글 못해.
from memory and try to get them to switch to English.
If he begins spamming me in Korean I just reply:
니 엄마.
and get on with the game.
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Cadical *
Profile Joined September 2005
United States469 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-04 01:22:17
November 04 2011 01:21 GMT
#6
Go in your region and language settings

Since you already have Korean keyboard settings done...

Select Korean in Formats tab

and then go to Administrative tab and select "Language for non-Unicode programs" to Korean (edit: you've done this already i see)

These should be all you need to read/type korean
IMBA
GoTuNk!
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Chile4591 Posts
November 04 2011 01:55 GMT
#7
I can type korean on msn but not on bw.
Not really useful =/.
EienShinwa
Profile Joined May 2010
United States655 Posts
November 04 2011 01:56 GMT
#8
On November 04 2011 10:17 Cr4zyH0r5e wrote:
I have the same problem as CaucasianAsian.
I gave up long time ago but I'd love to hear if anyone was successful in fixing this.
When someone talks to me in Korean I just type:
이해가 안돼. 힌글 못해.
from memory and try to get them to switch to English.
If he begins spamming me in Korean I just reply:
니 엄마.
and get on with the game.


Oh my God. This made me laugh so fucking hard. Back on topic, isn't it also cause the game is so old that it has to do with the language your pc runs on? I remember I had Korean installed in my PC and I had an english version of the game, which also gave me broken letters and boxes.
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66357 Posts
November 04 2011 02:19 GMT
#9
i think you have to set your time and date preference thingy to korean.
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wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-04 02:34:34
November 04 2011 02:33 GMT
#10
you have to set your currency to korean as well.

edit: my dog so cute :L <3 she stretched in a cute way. <333
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Nazza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1654 Posts
November 04 2011 02:41 GMT
#11
On November 04 2011 10:17 Cr4zyH0r5e wrote:
I have the same problem as CaucasianAsian.
I gave up long time ago but I'd love to hear if anyone was successful in fixing this.
When someone talks to me in Korean I just type:
이해가 안돼. 한글 못해.
from memory and try to get them to switch to English.
If he begins spamming me in Korean I just reply:
니 엄마.
and get on with the game.


"your mother?"
No one ever remembers second place, eh? eh? GIVE ME COMMAND
ghrur
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3786 Posts
November 04 2011 02:44 GMT
#12
Weird thing. Whenever I see korean in the game screen, it always comes up as Chinese.
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Cadical *
Profile Joined September 2005
United States469 Posts
November 04 2011 04:14 GMT
#13
***This is only for those who still have problem with the game list even after applying correct settings in the Regional and Language settings.****

+ Show Spoiler +
I have investigated this issue and it seems like Starcraft uses Times New Roman font by default for game list which will result displaying boxes/squares. I had 2 PCs with exact same Regional/Language settings but one had problems displaying Korean font on the game list. The difference was one had Microsoft Office Installed and one didn't. One that had MS Office installed displayed Korean correctly on Starcraft. My guess is that installing MS Office defaults font to Korean instead of The Times New Roman.

I just installed MS Office on another computer and now I am able to display Korean fonts correctly on Battle.net game list.

There's alternate solution which involves altering a registry key.

Go into your HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes
Create a new String Value called "Times New Roman" without quotes.
Input "Gulim" w/o quotes into the value data.

Log off and log in or restart your computer to apply

This should fix your game list display

Also including a registry .key files for those that are too lazy to navigate into the windows registry
Run "Add tnr to gulim" and it will add the needed registry key
Run "Remove tnr to gulim" and it will remove the key and revert back to original state
http://www.mediafire.com/?8plpus74s0g1p3q
IMBA
Cr4zyH0r5e
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Peru1308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-04 05:34:17
November 04 2011 05:09 GMT
#14
On November 04 2011 13:14 Cadical wrote:
***This is only for those who still have problem with the game list even after applying correct settings in the Regional and Language settings.****

+ Show Spoiler +
I have investigated this issue and it seems like Starcraft uses Times New Roman font by default for game list which will result displaying boxes/squares. I had 2 PCs with exact same Regional/Language settings but one had problems displaying Korean font on the game list. The difference was one had Microsoft Office Installed and one didn't. One that had MS Office installed displayed Korean correctly on Starcraft. My guess is that installing MS Office defaults font to Korean instead of The Times New Roman.

I just installed MS Office on another computer and now I am able to display Korean fonts correctly on Battle.net game list.

There's alternate solution which involves altering a registry key.

Go into your HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes
Create a new String Value called "Times New Roman" without quotes.
Input "Gulim" w/o quotes into the value data.

Log off and log in or restart your computer to apply

This should fix your game list display

Also including a registry .key files for those that are too lazy to navigate into the windows registry
Run "Add tnr to gulim" and it will add the needed registry key
Run "Remove tnr to gulim" and it will remove the key and revert back to original state
http://www.mediafire.com/?8plpus74s0g1p3q


It's not the game list that's the problem; It's the in-game chat.
BTW I tried it and it didn't solve anything (I have MS Office 2007 installed).
It doesn't bother me that I can't talk to Koreans in game--I still get my ass kicked anyway--but that there's something with BW that I can't fix ㅠ_ㅠ.

EDIT: NVM I'm an idiot.

Apparently I also had to change the Format Tab (Thx Cadical!) to Korean (as in date, time, etc...)
I can now see the Korean chat in game.
Thx for the help! :D
Diamond 4 Jungle/Support - http://www.twitch.tv/cr4zyh0r5e/c/3051057 Zyra support 101
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11587 Posts
November 04 2011 05:40 GMT
#15
On November 04 2011 13:14 Cadical wrote:
***This is only for those who still have problem with the game list even after applying correct settings in the Regional and Language settings.****

+ Show Spoiler +
I have investigated this issue and it seems like Starcraft uses Times New Roman font by default for game list which will result displaying boxes/squares. I had 2 PCs with exact same Regional/Language settings but one had problems displaying Korean font on the game list. The difference was one had Microsoft Office Installed and one didn't. One that had MS Office installed displayed Korean correctly on Starcraft. My guess is that installing MS Office defaults font to Korean instead of The Times New Roman.

I just installed MS Office on another computer and now I am able to display Korean fonts correctly on Battle.net game list.

There's alternate solution which involves altering a registry key.

Go into your HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes
Create a new String Value called "Times New Roman" without quotes.
Input "Gulim" w/o quotes into the value data.

Log off and log in or restart your computer to apply

This should fix your game list display

Also including a registry .key files for those that are too lazy to navigate into the windows registry
Run "Add tnr to gulim" and it will add the needed registry key
Run "Remove tnr to gulim" and it will remove the key and revert back to original state
http://www.mediafire.com/?8plpus74s0g1p3q



I'm going to give this a try. That makes sense as before I upgraded my PC to Windows 7 I could see Korean in the games list. But after i upgraded I forgot to install microsoft office. I'll post a response to let others know it works in the event that it does!
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
Silidons
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2813 Posts
November 05 2011 06:32 GMT
#16
i can type korean in the lobby etc but once in-game it won't work and i see random special characters
"God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon Bonaparte
ppdealer
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada163 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-05 06:59:05
November 05 2011 06:56 GMT
#17
I thinks the problem is with system code page since I'm pretty sure Windows 7 installs East Asian fonts by default. Try following the steps here and change your system locale to Korean:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows7/Change-the-system-locale

Edit:
Also try this:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=6307
REDBLUEGREEN
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Germany1904 Posts
November 05 2011 07:19 GMT
#18
I have win7 64 bit (no idea if that changes anything )
Control Panel -> Clock, Language and Region -> Region and Language
and now I changed everything to Korean.
Formats tab: Format = Korean
Location = Korea
Keyboard and Languages -> Change keyboards... -> Add -> Korean -> Keyboard -> Microsoft IME
Administrative -> Change system locale -> Korean
Reboot
Now for me it worked everywhere.
Can read and type in chat, gamelist and ingame.
Some other programs might turn korean, in my case it only effected torrent program.
Maybe you don't need to change all of these things, I am not sure, you can experiment.
NeVeR
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1352 Posts
November 05 2011 08:33 GMT
#19
On November 04 2011 14:40 CaucasianAsian wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2011 13:14 Cadical wrote:
***This is only for those who still have problem with the game list even after applying correct settings in the Regional and Language settings.****

+ Show Spoiler +
I have investigated this issue and it seems like Starcraft uses Times New Roman font by default for game list which will result displaying boxes/squares. I had 2 PCs with exact same Regional/Language settings but one had problems displaying Korean font on the game list. The difference was one had Microsoft Office Installed and one didn't. One that had MS Office installed displayed Korean correctly on Starcraft. My guess is that installing MS Office defaults font to Korean instead of The Times New Roman.

I just installed MS Office on another computer and now I am able to display Korean fonts correctly on Battle.net game list.

There's alternate solution which involves altering a registry key.

Go into your HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes
Create a new String Value called "Times New Roman" without quotes.
Input "Gulim" w/o quotes into the value data.

Log off and log in or restart your computer to apply

This should fix your game list display

Also including a registry .key files for those that are too lazy to navigate into the windows registry
Run "Add tnr to gulim" and it will add the needed registry key
Run "Remove tnr to gulim" and it will remove the key and revert back to original state
http://www.mediafire.com/?8plpus74s0g1p3q



I'm going to give this a try. That makes sense as before I upgraded my PC to Windows 7 I could see Korean in the games list. But after i upgraded I forgot to install microsoft office. I'll post a response to let others know it works in the event that it does!


Yeah I have the same problem. Actually I find that changing the system locale to English and then back to Korean fixes it, but only temporarily. Let us know if that fix works.
vincom2
Profile Joined June 2011
Singapore1775 Posts
November 05 2011 10:31 GMT
#20
This is not exactly relevant to your problem, but how about using applocale too? I prefer that to changing my system's locale entirely.
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