T34 vs Tiger a Strange Request

[killiepie]

Hi everyone. Obtained Steel Fury Kharkov 1942 three months ago. Enjoyed getting back in to a tank sim. Decided to try and obtain a copy/download of T34 vs Tiger. This has proved difficult. I eventually noticed a copy on EBay France. The graphics on the cover were different but I saw the Lighthouse Interactive logo and knew it was the same game. I received the game today. I anticipated that when installing I would have English as an option with an English Manual being an option in Pdf format on the disk. The game has loaded fine but unfortunately French was the only option both in gameplay and manual. I learned basic French in school some xx years ago but I do not recall the text books having any reference to operating battle tanks!

My questions are;-

a) Can my game be patched to show English i.e. Briefings etc.
b) Following on from above is there an English language manual available online.
c) It appears from reading these forums that the original game was a dog and you require to download Zeewolf's good work to get the game playable.
Would Zeewolf's downloads work with this French version of the game?

Any help/suggestions appreciated.

Regards - John

[ZeeWolf]

Originally Posted by killiepie

Hi everyone. Obtained Steel Fury Kharkov 1942 three months ago. Enjoyed getting back in to a tank sim. Decided to try and obtain a copy/download of T34 vs Tiger. This has proved difficult. I eventually noticed a copy on EBay France. The graphics on the cover were different but I saw the Lighthouse Interactive logo and knew it was the same game. I received the game today. I anticipated that when installing I would have English as an option with an English Manual being an option in Pdf format on the disk. The game has loaded fine but unfortunately French was the only option both in gameplay and manual. I learned basic French in school some xx years ago but I do not recall the text books having any reference to operating battle tanks!

My questions are;-

a) Can my game be patched to show English i.e. Briefings etc.
b) Following on from above is there an English language manual available online.
c) It appears from reading these forums that the original game was a dog and you require to download Zeewolf's good work to get the game playable.
Would Zeewolf's downloads work with this French version of the game?

Any help/suggestions appreciated.

Regards - John

Hi John and welcome aboard,
I'm sure it would work for the game play. There will be some images that are used for example in the menus that will still be in french and some french text will pop-up in the stock missions I have yet to re-work but in time I
think it will all work out.

Regards

ZeeWolf

[Sledgehammer427]

I wonder what files control the language. I think a transfer of the language files from one of our installs to another may work...I don't know.

[frinik]

Well consider yourself lucky as the original game was in Russian.At least with French no need to figure out the alphabet!!!

The language does not matter a game is a game and unless a version was specifically made for the French market, which I doubt, then all that changes is the language of the menu and the missions breifings and installation instructions.Zeewolf´s mods will work with any version of the game be it German, Spanish or French.

[killiepie]

Merci Mes Amis.

Zeewolf hi. I would hope to move forward with a subscription for your ongoing work as soon as I have got to grips with the game. In the meantime to "de-bug" the game is it a case of utilising your initial free download? With regard to the aforementioned is it downloaded to a particular file within the T34 game.

Cheers - John

[ZeeWolf]

Originally Posted by killiepie

Merci Mes Amis.

Zeewolf hi. I would hope to move forward with a subscription for your ongoing work as soon as I have got to grips with the game. In the meantime to "de-bug" the game is it a case of utilising your initial free download? With regard to the aforementioned is it downloaded to a particular file within the T34 game.

Cheers - John

Hi John,
The free DL changes many files so it is important you install it correctly

<drive>:\Lighthouse Interactive\T34vsTiger

Hang in there Killiepie!

ZeeWolf