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UPDATE: The new patch doesn't seem to have had any effect on the relocalising process. You may continue to use the automated relocalisers listed below safely.
Automated Versions of this process:
Switcher made by raVensc2:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=358064
Switcher made by R1CH:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=357837
Switcher made by lhr0909:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=357860
So xpaperclip from http://sc2sea.com showed me a way of relocalising your current Starcraft II client with patch 1.5 installed so that you don't have to completely redownload your client, but you do have to download the latest patch in the new region. Note that this method also does not allow you to use another client in the same language as your native client, if you are using an enUS client and you relocalise to koKR, you'll be using the Korean text, but given that the game download is 10 gb + patches, this is much faster.
Make sure you make a backup of any and all files you delete or replace!
The first thing you'll need to do is download the following file and get the region you wish to relocalise to and replace the corrosponding files in your Starcraft II installation with them.
http://xplora.biz/Locales.zip
List of server codes:
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(America) enUS - English | North America & Australia
(America) esMX - Spanish | Mexico
(America) ptBR - Portuguese | Brazil
(Europe) enGB - English | United Kingdom
(Europe) frFR - French | France
(Europe) deDE - German | Germany
(Europe) esES - Spanish | Spain
(Europe) plPL - Polish | Poland
(Europe) ruRU - Russian | Russia
(Europe) itIT - Italian | Italy
(Korea) koKR - Korean | Korea
(Korea) zhTW - Traditional Chinese | Taiwan
(China) zhCN - Simplified Chinese | China
(South East Asia) enSG - English | Singapore
Files to replace:
/Mods/Core.SC2Mod/Product.SC2Archive with Product.SC2Archive
/.agent.db with .agent.db
/Launcher.db with Launcher.db
Once you have downloaded and replaced these files, You'll need to delete the three files
Starcraft II Cache.mfil
Starcraft II.mfil
Starcraft II.tfil
Once these files have been deleted, and you have replaced your Product.SC2Archive, .agent and Launcher files with the ones of the region you want to relocalise to, you need to open your Starcraft II client and let it download the latest patch in the server which you want to relocalise to.
NOTE: You'll only have to download the patch once, after which you will be able to change between installed regions without repatching it
Once this patching is complete (or has reached the green status), you'll need to go through the last process of entering your Documents/Starcraft II/variables.txt file and changing the following to directives to the server which you relocalised to:
If you relocalised to TW for example:
localeidassets=zhTW
localeiddata=zhTW
With that, you can now load up and play on the other server.
To change between servers, you need to change the Product.SC2Archive file to the server which you wish to log in to, and then change the variables.txt directives mentioned above to the server which you wish to play on. My friend is currently making a tool to do this with a few clicks.
I know this is a pretty shitty process compared to the old method, and it doesn't let you use your native language, but from what I can tell it's the only method right now due to disabling MPQ editing, and it saves you about 14 GB in downloads from getting a new client + patch, so until a better method of relocalising comes out, you can use this.
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You're a legend, this is amazing.
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Still needs 1GB, and I think it is better to have multiple clients folders right now.
Thanks for the method tho!
This is what I am doing (downloading client):
1. Copy my SC2 folder (C:\Program Files\Starcraft II) and paste and rename (C:\Program Files\Starcraft II TW)
2. put the files in as mentioned in OP
3. change variable.txt, but keep a copy for the original
4. If I need to change region, I need to change variable.txt and then run the corresponding client, that way I save myself 1GB of download every time I change region
Not sure if it is the best way, but I think that is flexible enough (and they are upgradable separately and all the replays go into Documents\Starcraft II folder)
I think I can also write some code for this. It is just that the copy process will turn people off.. Essentially you need 30GB to be able to play in NA + EU + KR
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On August 03 2012 12:26 lhr0909 wrote:
Still needs 1GB, and I think it is better to have multiple clients folders right now.
Thanks for the method tho!
This is what I am doing (downloading client):
1. Copy my SC2 folder (C:\Program Files\Starcraft II) and paste and rename (C:\Program Files\Starcraft II TW)
2. put the files in as mentioned in OP
3. change variable.txt, but keep a copy for the original
4. If I need to change region, I need to change variable.txt and then run the corresponding client, that way I save myself 1GB of download every time I change region
Not sure if it is the best way, but I think that is flexible enough (and they are upgradable separately and all the replays go into Documents\Starcraft II folder)
I think I can also write some code for this. It is just that the copy process will turn people off.. Essentially you need 30GB to be able to play in NA + EU + KR
Oh you don't have to redownload every time you change. It's just a single patch download to get the assets of the region then its just changing the Product.SC2Archive file and the variables.txt.
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On August 03 2012 12:28 Tazerenix wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2012 12:26 lhr0909 wrote:
Still needs 1GB, and I think it is better to have multiple clients folders right now.
Thanks for the method tho!
This is what I am doing (downloading client):
1. Copy my SC2 folder (C:\Program Files\Starcraft II) and paste and rename (C:\Program Files\Starcraft II TW)
2. put the files in as mentioned in OP
3. change variable.txt, but keep a copy for the original
4. If I need to change region, I need to change variable.txt and then run the corresponding client, that way I save myself 1GB of download every time I change region
Not sure if it is the best way, but I think that is flexible enough (and they are upgradable separately and all the replays go into Documents\Starcraft II folder)
I think I can also write some code for this. It is just that the copy process will turn people off.. Essentially you need 30GB to be able to play in NA + EU + KR Oh you don't have to redownload every time you change. It's just a single patch download to get the assets of the region then its just changing the Product.SC2Archive file and the variables.txt.
Hmm, so you are saying that the assets for all the regions will be in your SC2 folder once they are downloaded?
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On August 03 2012 12:28 Tazerenix wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2012 12:26 lhr0909 wrote:
Still needs 1GB, and I think it is better to have multiple clients folders right now.
Thanks for the method tho!
This is what I am doing (downloading client):
1. Copy my SC2 folder (C:\Program Files\Starcraft II) and paste and rename (C:\Program Files\Starcraft II TW)
2. put the files in as mentioned in OP
3. change variable.txt, but keep a copy for the original
4. If I need to change region, I need to change variable.txt and then run the corresponding client, that way I save myself 1GB of download every time I change region
Not sure if it is the best way, but I think that is flexible enough (and they are upgradable separately and all the replays go into Documents\Starcraft II folder)
I think I can also write some code for this. It is just that the copy process will turn people off.. Essentially you need 30GB to be able to play in NA + EU + KR Oh you don't have to redownload every time you change. It's just a single patch download to get the assets of the region then its just changing the Product.SC2Archive file and the variables.txt.
Yeah I just saw those files. Legit!
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On August 03 2012 12:29 lhr0909 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2012 12:28 Tazerenix wrote:On August 03 2012 12:26 lhr0909 wrote:
Still needs 1GB, and I think it is better to have multiple clients folders right now.
Thanks for the method tho!
This is what I am doing (downloading client):
1. Copy my SC2 folder (C:\Program Files\Starcraft II) and paste and rename (C:\Program Files\Starcraft II TW)
2. put the files in as mentioned in OP
3. change variable.txt, but keep a copy for the original
4. If I need to change region, I need to change variable.txt and then run the corresponding client, that way I save myself 1GB of download every time I change region
Not sure if it is the best way, but I think that is flexible enough (and they are upgradable separately and all the replays go into Documents\Starcraft II folder)
I think I can also write some code for this. It is just that the copy process will turn people off.. Essentially you need 30GB to be able to play in NA + EU + KR Oh you don't have to redownload every time you change. It's just a single patch download to get the assets of the region then its just changing the Product.SC2Archive file and the variables.txt. Hmm, so you are saying that the assets for all the regions will be in your SC2 folder once they are downloaded?
Yep, Its just a matter of downloading them through the patch.
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I am going to write something for this. It should not be a long project. Awesome!
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Sweet thanks 
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Awesome much love Tazer + R1CH
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Are the versions on EU and KR full versions? cause it showed me a trial version screen and asked me to upgrade
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On August 03 2012 13:44 Punic wrote:
Are the versions on EU and KR full versions? cause it showed me a trial version screen and asked me to upgrade
They should be. If you are getting a trial error that would be the account you are logging in with rather than the locale I would think.
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Updated the OP with links to the automated switchers by R1CH and raVensc2.
If you want to relocalise to a server other than enUS, enGB or koKR then you'll have to use raVensc2's, otherwise either is fine.
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raVensc2's relocalizer sends an email whenever you use it, seems a bit shady for it to phone home in this way without asking. It also relies on being able to download files, in fact it deletes your old files before even trying to download so if the site is down or unreachable it will damage your SC2 installation. Use with care!
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On August 03 2012 14:36 R1CH wrote:
raVensc2's relocalizer sends an email whenever you use it, seems a bit shady for it to phone home in this way without asking. It also relies on being able to download files, in fact it deletes your old files before even trying to download so if the site is down or unreachable it will damage your SC2 installation. Use with care!
I'll message him and get him to change it.
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The email sender was used as an error reporter, it's the same error reporter I've used in my STCI program. I've removed it now, but if people have problems, I can't fix them without people PMing me specifics.
The program also deletes the files:
.agent.db
Launcher.db
StarCraft II Cache.mfil
StarCraft II.mfil
StarCraft II.tfil
Product.SC2Archive
All of these, to be safe that no errors occur in the relocalizing process. The first 2 and last file are replaced by ones downloaded from my online repository: http://xplora.biz/XRelocalizer
The 3 files in the middle are recreated for the target region by the Starcraft II launcher/game.
This is, rather than just replacing regions by regions in 3 files, is done so that it's easier for me. I'm working now on not deleting these files.
Edit: I've now updated it so that it doesn't connect to my server at all.
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