Request Simplified Chinese Version Games Compatibility

[darkravens]

Most of us knew the lang table already.

0x00 : "ENG_US"
0x02 : "CHT_CN"
0x03 : "CZE_CZ"
0x04 : "DAN_DK"
0x05 : "DUT_NL"
0x06 : "FIN_FI"
0x07 : "FRE_FR"
0x08 : "GER_DE"
0x0b : "ITA_IT"
0x0c : "JPN_JP"
0x0d : "KOR_KR"
0x0e : "NOR_NO"
0x0f : "POL_PL"
0x11 : "POR_BR"
0x12 : "RUS_RU"
0x13 : "SPA_ES"
0x15 : "SWE_SE"

But it misses a few lang codes, like 0x01, 0x09, 0x10 and 0x14. Unlucky for me, my game language belongs to one of it.

I am using Chinese(Simplified) version from retail and it actually uses lang code 0x01, so 0x01 is actually "CHS_CN".

 

This theory is also confirmed by the sims forum, https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/859729.

 

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I've meanwhile learned that 0x01 is Simplified Chinese (0x02 is Traditional Chinese), and 0x10 is European Portuguese (as opposed to Brazilian Portuguese 0x11). These are languages that the game currently does not support, but I sometimes get translations for my mods in those languages so that is where I put them.

I was also told by Chinese speakers that when a mod has Simplified Chinese text instead of Traditional it makes it look quite inconsistent with the rest of the game (the difference is apparently quite obvious); same with the different flavours of Portuguese. So when adding localisations to a mod one should pay attention to that  (ask the translators which exact locale it is if they haven't made it clear).

 

However because the official docs doesn't mention those codes, most of the mods doesn't include those lang pages too, making people like me found it so hard to use mods. It's all blank strings or just showing "**test**".

The temporary solution I use is through Chinese Translation Mods and altering 0x02 to 0x01 for some of them. But for other mods such as furnitures have texts, too. That greatly reduces gaming experiences for people like me.

 

So I am here to propose all mod makers here to include 0x01 and other rare lang codes like 0x10 (European Portuguese) in future releases, I am looking forward for more discussions.

 

At least English is better than blank strings.