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Some few games unfortunately have the bad habit of detecting the language they run in from your OS without offering the possibility to change it inside the game or through config files. However some people have an OS in one language but still want to play in another.

The obvious solution to this problem would be to "simply" change your OS settings. However some games would require you to even change the region settings completely which would also require a reboot every time you do this and this is a bit annoying. Also I have found a game (Haimrik) which still refused to run in my desired language.

With help from GOG support (thank you Cypers) and a bit of google search I found a pretty elegant solution on the net. Unfortunately this does not work with GOG Galaxy features or at least I could not find a way (and I tried pretty much everything I could imagine). Here is my workaround:

Dowload this small tool and extract it somewhere:
http://ntlea.software.informer.com/1.0/

Just extract the files anywhere and run the executable ntleaswin.exe. Create a new profile and change the settings as you want (most important here being "Locale Select" all others might be set to "System Default") . Click "Apply" to apply the settings to your profile. Now you have several possibilities to get the game to use your settings:

1) Enter the name of the game executable in "App Path" by clicking on the "..." button to browse your files.

Now you can create a shortcut by clicking the arrow to the left (if you chose "yes" in the upcoming dialogue it will be placed on the desktop. If you chose "no" you have the possibility to browse to your desired destination). Star the game using your shortcut.

If you did 1) you can also directly run the game by clicking "Save & Run".

2) Another possibility is to add a context menu to your explorer. Just click on the arrow to the right button. After you have added the context menu entry go to your game executable and right click. Then chose "Run with Ntleas" and chose your desired language profile.

Be informed that you won't be able to move or remove the folder with the application files before you have removed the created context menu. To remove the context menu just click again on the arrow to the right button.

I tested this om Win7 (64 bit) with Haimrik so I don't know how well this would work for other games or even other OSes but I thought that it's still worth to be posted here. Hope it helps a bit.
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I have an iPhone 5 bought in Norway. The language setting on the phone is Norwegian, which means menus and such are all shown in Norwegian. The same goes for some "inherent" apps such as the iPhone weather app, which is also in Norwegian. I'm Norwegian, so that's all good.
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zamakli: I have an iPhone 5 bought in Norway. The language setting on the phone is Norwegian, which means menus and such are all shown in Norwegian. The same goes for some "inherent" apps such as the iPhone weather app, which is also in Norwegian. I'm Norwegian, so that's all good.
Yes that was super helpful, Tauto. Thank you.
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MarkoH01: Some few games unfortunately have the bad habit of detecting the language they run in from your OS without offering the possibility to change it inside the game or through config files. However some people have an OS in one language but still want to play in another.

The obvious solution to this problem would be to "simply" change your OS settings. However some games would require you to even change the region settings completely which would also require a reboot every time you do this and this is a bit annoying. Also I have found a game (Haimrik) which still refused to run in my desired language.

With help from GOG support (thank you Cypers) and a bit of google search I found a pretty elegant solution on the net. Unfortunately this does not work with GOG Galaxy features or at least I could not find a way (and I tried pretty much everything I could imagine). Here is my workaround:

Dowload this small tool and extract it somewhere:
http://ntlea.software.informer.com/1.0/
Does this tool work for 64bit programs as well? I'm asking because all region changers I have found in the past don't. I have used SBAppLocale for many years and it worked great (for 32bit programs at least) but since newer games tend to be 64bit that program sadly reaches its end of life.
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MarkoH01: I tested this om Win7 (64 bit) ...
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Geralt_of_Rivia: Does this tool work for 64bit programs as well?
Apparently it does. ;-)
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Geralt_of_Rivia: Does this tool work for 64bit programs as well?
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Lifthrasil: Apparently it does. ;-)
Not necessarily. It apparently works on a 64-bit operating system, but it's not obvious whether or not it works with 64-bit applications.
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Geralt_of_Rivia: Does this tool work for 64bit programs as well? I'm asking because all region changers I have found in the past don't. I have used SBAppLocale for many years and it worked great (for 32bit programs at least) but since newer games tend to be 64bit that program sadly reaches its end of life.
Haimrik is a 32bit application so for this to test I would need a real 64bit program which sets language according to the OS language. If Ishould own it I will gladly test it for you. :)
Post edited August 02, 2018 by MarkoH01
Ah, thanks for the explanation. In any case I know now what to try should I encounter this problem.
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Geralt_of_Rivia: Does this tool work for 64bit programs as well? I'm asking because all region changers I have found in the past don't. I have used SBAppLocale for many years and it worked great (for 32bit programs at least) but since newer games tend to be 64bit that program sadly reaches its end of life.
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MarkoH01: Haimrik is a 32bit application so for this to test I would need a real 64bit program which sets language according to the OS language. If Ishould own it I will gladly test it for you. :)
You can try Stories - The Path of Destinies if you have that game. That is a 64bit application and seems to use the system settings for language.
Pretty neat! Thanks for sharing
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MarkoH01: Haimrik is a 32bit application so for this to test I would need a real 64bit program which sets language according to the OS language. If Ishould own it I will gladly test it for you. :)
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Geralt_of_Rivia: You can try Stories - The Path of Destinies if you have that game. That is a 64bit application and seems to use the system settings for language.
In fact I do own it. Will test it and come back here to tell :)
Post edited August 03, 2018 by MarkoH01
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MarkoH01: Haimrik is a 32bit application so for this to test I would need a real 64bit program which sets language according to the OS language. If Ishould own it I will gladly test it for you. :)
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Geralt_of_Rivia: You can try Stories - The Path of Destinies if you have that game. That is a 64bit application and seems to use the system settings for language.
Works - just tested it.
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Geralt_of_Rivia: You can try Stories - The Path of Destinies if you have that game. That is a 64bit application and seems to use the system settings for language.
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MarkoH01: Works - just tested it.
Thanks for checking it out. I just downloaded it and can confirm that NTLEAS is the first locale emulator I have seen that also works with 64bit applications.

As the others have already pointed out running on a 64bit OS and running with 64bit applications are indeed two different things. Every other locale emulator I found ran just fine on Win10 64bit but they didn't work with 64bit applications. So they worked just fine with older games but would fail on anything newer that comes only with a 64bit binary.
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MarkoH01: Some few games unfortunately have the bad habit of detecting the language they run in from your OS without offering the possibility to change it inside the game or through config files. However some people have an OS in one language but still want to play in another.

The obvious solution to this problem would be to "simply" change your OS settings. However some games would require you to even change the region settings completely which would also require a reboot every time you do this and this is a bit annoying. Also I have found a game (Haimrik) which still refused to run in my desired language.

With help from GOG support (thank you Cypers) and a bit of google search I found a pretty elegant solution on the net. Unfortunately this does not work with GOG Galaxy features or at least I could not find a way (and I tried pretty much everything I could imagine). Here is my workaround:

Dowload this small tool and extract it somewhere:
http://ntlea.software.informer.com/1.0/

Just extract the files anywhere and run the executable ntleaswin.exe. Create a new profile and change the settings as you want (most important here being "Locale Select" all others might be set to "System Default") . Click "Apply" to apply the settings to your profile. Now you have several possibilities to get the game to use your settings:

1) Enter the name of the game executable in "App Path" by clicking on the "..." button to browse your files.

Now you can create a shortcut by clicking the arrow to the left (if you chose "yes" in the upcoming dialogue it will be placed on the desktop. If you chose "no" you have the possibility to browse to your desired destination). Star the game using your shortcut.

If you did 1) you can also directly run the game by clicking "Save & Run".

2) Another possibility is to add a context menu to your explorer. Just click on the arrow to the right button. After you have added the context menu entry go to your game executable and right click. Then chose "Run with Ntleas" and chose your desired language profile.

Be informed that you won't be able to move or remove the folder with the application files before you have removed the created context menu. To remove the context menu just click again on the arrow to the right button.

I tested this om Win7 (64 bit) with Haimrik so I don't know how well this would work for other games or even other OSes but I thought that it's still worth to be posted here. Hope it helps a bit.
How much of a problem is this for GOG games? So far I haven't noticed it, yet (mostly just japanese games that don't even include the original text/voice/content to begin with).
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kohlrak: How much of a problem is this for GOG games? So far I haven't noticed it, yet (mostly just japanese games that don't even include the original text/voice/content to begin with).
I thought I wrote the answer to your question in the OP you quoted but maybe I need to rephrase this.

There are some games that set the language of the game automatically to the language of your OS without you having the chance to change this (meaning no GOG language selector). The problem occurs only for those who want to play in a different language than their OS is set to. Those games do exist even on GOG (as I said - I needed this tool for Haimrik and Stories also seems to be such a game) not very often though since GOG usually does language selectors whenever they can and they are allowed to but it still exists. It simply depends on the game and you probably will only find this sort of lazy programming in indie games as well.
Post edited August 05, 2018 by MarkoH01