Ich habe die Deutsches Half-Life 2 gekauft...Hilfe!

[Kaoru Nagisa]

Und...Ich bin nicht ein Berliner! Or even any sort of German.

Yes, it's true, I was in German, even Berlin, for a time, and I realized I had the opportunity to buy a game I've been wanting for upwards of several years - and my friends in Germany assured me that, once I reached the U.S; I'd have the option to install it in English. (They said that about a lot of games. I really should've questioned their experience!)

Suffice to say, I found out the hard way that most German computer games do not come with an "Install in English" option. (Some, but not many.) Thusly, I am faced with a conundrum:

I have a few years of German. I can get by conversationally, and it would be impossible for me to get lost in Germany if there were people around to ask for directions. I can handle airport terminals, newspapers, and even the German internet - but when Half-Life 2's intro started up, I caught perhaps one word. Not one word in five, ten, or twenty, one word. I'm out of my league, here.

So, I come to you! A pitiful sycophant seeking information. Namely: Is there any way in Heaven or Hell for me to patch my Half-Life 2 into English? Or, uh, translate it? Replace the German voices and text with English?

Or am I screwed entirely? Just curious. Thanks!

Sincerely, Kaoru

 

[Jintor]

I'm fairly sure there's an english-language button somewhere on Steam.

Hang on -

team Configuration

The following is the recommended configuration for Steam. To access Steam, right-click on the Steam icon in your System Tray or just double-click on it. Note that Steam loads into Windows at startup by default, so you will likely already have the Steam icon in your System Tray, however if not then Steam also automatically starts whenever you launch the desktop icon for a Steam-based game like Half Life 2, or you can manually launch it by going to your \Program Files\Valve\Steam\ directory and launching the Steam.exe file.

The main Steam window has a range of options: 'Store' - lets you see and purchase games online; 'My Games' - allows you to play any of the Valve games currently installed on your system; 'Tools' - provides several tools such as the Dedicated Server and Source SDK files; 'News' - provides the latest Steam news in a new browser window; 'Friends' - allows you to add friends and see whenever they are online and using Steam; 'Servers' - allows you to view a list of servers on which you can play Valve multiplayer games; Finally we come to the Settings option which you should open and follow the settings recommended below:

Account: Check to make sure your account name and contact email are correct and up to date. Importantly, if you want to play Half Life 2 (or any Steam-based game) offline, leave the 'Don't save account information on this computer' unticked. This allows you to play the game without an active internet connection at any time as detailed above.

Messages: I recommend ticking the 'My Games' option to receive messages about important updates for your currently installed games, but untick 'Upcoming and new releases' to reduce the advertising spam about upcoming Valve games. If any sort of messages bother you, you can untick both options as they are not critical.

Internet: Select the Internet connection speed which matches your actual connection speed the closest - don't worry about the type of connection being exactly the same as yours as long as the speed is approximately the same. If in doubt pick a speed less than your current connection, never greater than it.

Interface: Select which window opens up by default whenever you open Steam. For example, if you always use Steam to launch your favorite games, select 'Games' as the default Steam window. Under the Steam Skin box, you can select a Steam skin (customized Graphical User Interface appearance) to use. The default is Green/grey, but you can download additional user-made Steam skins from here for example. Importantly, I recommend you untick the 'Run Steam when Windows Starts' option to minimize background resource usage at startup. Instead, you should use your desktop icon to launch your favorite Valve game, and Steam will open automatically at that time. If you don't have desktop icons, you can create them by going to the 'Games' section in Steam, right-click the game under your 'My Games' section and select 'Create Desktop shortcut'.

Language: Select the language of your choice here.

That might just be it.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Change your steam language setting to english.

DAMN YOU JINTOR!

 

[soulslicer]

omg, i just realized he has 7000 over posts, always saw that as 1000+..

 

[Jintor]

I'm waiting until I'm OVER NINE-THOUUUUUSSSAAANDDDD!

 

[MorganFreeman911]

Then we will give you cake!

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Then we will give you cake!

Well afterall, this! Is! CAKETOWN!

 

[Pulse]

Und...Ich bin nicht ein Berliner! Or even any sort of German.

Yes, it's true, I was in German, even Berlin, for a time, and I realized I had the opportunity to buy a game I've been wanting for upwards of several years - and my friends in Germany assured me that, once I reached the U.S; I'd have the option to install it in English. (They said that about a lot of games. I really should've questioned their experience!)

Suffice to say, I found out the hard way that most German computer games do not come with an "Install in English" option. (Some, but not many.) Thusly, I am faced with a conundrum:

I have a few years of German. I can get by conversationally, and it would be impossible for me to get lost in Germany if there were people around to ask for directions. I can handle airport terminals, newspapers, and even the German internet - but when Half-Life 2's intro started up, I caught perhaps one word. Not one word in five, ten, or twenty, one word. I'm out of my league, here.

So, I come to you! A pitiful sycophant seeking information. Namely: Is there any way in Heaven or Hell for me to patch my Half-Life 2 into English? Or, uh, translate it? Replace the German voices and text with English?

Or am I screwed entirely? Just curious. Thanks!

Sincerely, Kaoru

LEGAL COPIES OF TEH GAMEZ?!?1?1/1

 

[Jintor]

LEGAL COPIES OF TEH GAMEZ?!?1?1/1

He bought the game in Germany and it was set to 'install in german' option which did not have an 'install in english' option, and he couldn't find the 'switch language' option so he asked us.

No piracy involved! Unless he's lying.

 

[Pulse]

He bought the game in Germany and it was set to 'install in german' option which did not have an 'install in english' option, and he couldn't find the 'switch language' option so he asked us.

No piracy involved! Unless he's lying.

It was satire, thanks.

 

[Jintor]

It was satire, thanks.

This is the internets! There is no satire here.

 

[Link]

There was once, but no one got it, and it died alone