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Sphinx and the Cursed MummyHow do I change the language?(11 posts)solved(11 posts)solved
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Posted November 26, 2017
The language of my operating system is german and the game itself starts in german aswell. I want to play it in english.
In the GOG Galaxy settings it says the language can be changed in game. I can't find any language option in game, though. Funnily enough, the options menu itself is in english.

EDIT:
I've located the Sphinx.ini in the game folder and found a value for Localization in there. If I change the value there it does not affect the game. It still starts in german. Starting the game through SphinxD_GL.exe doesn't work either.
Post edited November 26, 2017 by silv4h
This question / problem has been solved by Swyterimage
Posted November 26, 2017
I found the solution myself. After digging around a bit I found another Sphinx.ini at %APPDATA%\Roaming\Sphinx.
There are some options in that file but non for language, so I added:

[Localization]
Language=1

That finally set the game to english.

EDIT:
I double posted so I could mark the second post as the solution. It seems I can't do that with my own posts, though.
Post edited November 26, 2017 by silv4h
Posted November 26, 2017
The Sphinx.ini in the game's folder is just a template. But yeah, that's it.

Open your configuration file:

Windows: %appdata%\Sphinx\Sphinx.ini
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Sphinx/Sphinx.ini
Linux: ~/.local/share/Sphinx/Sphinx.ini

Add a [Localization] section with a Language key, like this:

[Localization]
Language=1

Where the number is one of the following languages:

#= EXAI::LANGUAGE_ENGLISH_UK: 1 # REGION_PAL
#= EXAI::LANGUAGE_FRENCH: 2 # REGION_PAL
#= EXAI::LANGUAGE_GERMAN: 3 # REGION_PAL
#= EXAI::LANGUAGE_ITALIAN: 4 # REGION_PAL
#= EXAI::LANGUAGE_SPANISH: 5 # REGION_PAL
#= EXAI::LANGUAGE_KOREAN: 7
#= EXAI::LANGUAGE_NONE: 255 # (let the game choose automatically through Steamworks or the system settings as fallback)

For example, to force Korean you use the number 7 like this:

[Localization]
Language=7

To let the game select the language automatically again you can delete those two lines again or just replace the number by 255.

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I was going to add an in-game language selector, but the problem is that the font only supports glyphs for the current language (you can't display 한국어 while English is active) and it would require a game restart. I guess the alternative would be displaying the languages as ISO 639-1 language codes. (EN/ES/FR/IT/DE/KO), but that may be too obscure.

Hope that helps!
Post edited November 26, 2017 by Swyter
Posted December 17, 2017
This solution unfortnately does not work for me.

I chose language # 1 in the .ini that´s located in the game directory as well as inserting

[Localization]
Language=1

into the configuration file in %appdata%\Sphinx\Sphinx.ini

The game still starts in german for me which is really annoying.

Am I overlooking something?
Posted December 18, 2017
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MountainCloudBoy: This solution unfortnately does not work for me.

I chose language # 1 in the .ini that´s located in the game directory as well as inserting

[Localization]
Language=1

into the configuration file in %appdata%\Sphinx\Sphinx.ini

The game still starts in german for me which is really annoying.

Am I overlooking something?
You have to edit the ini file in "\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Sphinx" not the one that is in the game directory. Simply add the following lines to it:

[Localisation]
Language = 1

I am running a German OS as well and the game is now starting in English. So it should work for you as well.

Wait - I just saw that this is ecatly what you did. Then it is strange that it is not working for you. I'll attach my config file for you.

https://send.firefox.com/download/c87416b06c/#HxVi5-ukpp4XKjJlapsoYg
Post edited December 18, 2017 by MarkoH01
Posted December 18, 2017
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MountainCloudBoy: This solution unfortnately does not work for me.

I chose language # 1 in the .ini that´s located in the game directory as well as inserting

[Localization]
Language=1

into the configuration file in %appdata%\Sphinx\Sphinx.ini

The game still starts in german for me which is really annoying.

Am I overlooking something?
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MarkoH01: You have to edit the ini file in "\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Sphinx" not the one that is in the game directory. Simply add the following lines to it:

[Localisation]
Language = 1

I am running a German OS as well and the game is now starting in English. So it should work for you as well.

Wait - I just saw that this is ecatly what you did. Then it is strange that it is not working for you. I'll attach my config file for you.

https://send.firefox.com/download/c87416b06c/#HxVi5-ukpp4XKjJlapsoYg
Thank you, thanks to your file my problem is fixed now.

I have no idea what made the difference though, your file pretty much looks exactly like my old one that was not working.

Anyway, thank you very much, I´m looking forward to finally enjoy the game!
Posted December 18, 2017
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MarkoH01: You have to edit the ini file in "\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Sphinx" not the one that is in the game directory. Simply add the following lines to it:

[Localisation]
Language = 1

I am running a German OS as well and the game is now starting in English. So it should work for you as well.

Wait - I just saw that this is ecatly what you did. Then it is strange that it is not working for you. I'll attach my config file for you.

https://send.firefox.com/download/c87416b06c/#HxVi5-ukpp4XKjJlapsoYg
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MountainCloudBoy: Thank you, thanks to your file my problem is fixed now.

I have no idea what made the difference though, your file pretty much looks exactly like my old one that was not working.

Anyway, thank you very much, I´m looking forward to finally enjoy the game!
Maybe you just used the wrong editor and this might have corrupted the file structure ... or aliens .. in any way the main point is that it's working now. HAve fun :)
Posted July 24, 2019
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MountainCloudBoy: This solution unfortnately does not work for me.

I chose language # 1 in the .ini that´s located in the game directory as well as inserting

[Localization]
Language=1

into the configuration file in %appdata%\Sphinx\Sphinx.ini

The game still starts in german for me which is really annoying.

Am I overlooking something?
I have the exact same problem unfortunately. Could anyone pls post their ini file here again? thx!
Posted July 25, 2019
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MountainCloudBoy: This solution unfortnately does not work for me.

I chose language # 1 in the .ini that´s located in the game directory as well as inserting

[Localization]
Language=1

into the configuration file in %appdata%\Sphinx\Sphinx.ini

The game still starts in german for me which is really annoying.

Am I overlooking something?
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DespairFromTheDark: I have the exact same problem unfortunately. Could anyone pls post their ini file here again? thx!
Here´s mine!

I just checked again and it is definitely working on my end.

https://send.firefox.com/download/0935d66a643e21b0/#OFh_DRwQMspCl-_CWbM0yg
Posted July 27, 2019
Keep in mind that the game's .ini parser is a bit silly and it doesn't work if there are spaces or tabs between the equals sign or at the start of end of the line. I would also add this configuration entry at the top of your Sphinx.ini file, just in case.

Check for sneaky spaces after the 1, it's usually the main issue. Here are some examples, with a _ replacing a normal space, to make it more obvious:

Bad
[Localization]
Language_=_1_

Bad
[Localization]_
_Language=_1

Bad
[_Localization]
Language=1_

Good
[Localization]
Language=1<- (no space after the 1)

That should be it. Let me know if that helps.
Post edited July 27, 2019 by Swyter
Posted August 20, 2019
That worked like a charm. Thank you! ^^
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