Posted July 31, 2018
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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.
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.