Updated English translation for Fallout of Nevada

_Pyran_ said:
Try this. Unpack it into the mod folder.
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No luck, however I think I have some details on the problem.

The patch000.dat file seems to be in Russian despite me choosing the english installation. When swap the patch001.dat and rename it as patch000.dat the game seems to be in english, however the patch001 files seem to have the Fallout 2 maps and diolog while the patch000.dat file seems to have the Fallout Nevada files. Either something is wrong with the installer or my copy of Fallout(which is the Steam version) seems to be reading the patch000.dat file wrong. One sidenote is that when I swap the patch000.dat file with the patch001.dat file the character selection screen shows the names for the Fallout Nevada characters along with their descriptions, despite the character portraits being from Fallout 2. Odd, but I think i'm closing in on the main reason why it's not installing properly.
 
Graylandertagger said:
No luck, however I think I have some details on the problem.

The patch000.dat file seems to be in Russian despite me choosing the english installation. When swap the patch001.dat and rename it as patch000.dat the game seems to be in english, however the patch001 files seem to have the Fallout 2 maps and diolog while the patch000.dat file seems to have the Fallout Nevada files. Either something is wrong with the installer or my copy of Fallout(which is the Steam version) seems to be reading the patch000.dat file wrong. One sidenote is that when I swap the patch000.dat file with the patch001.dat file the character selection screen shows the names for the Fallout Nevada characters along with their descriptions, despite the character portraits being from Fallout 2. Odd, but I think i'm closing in on the main reason why it's not installing properly.
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No need to complicate the process.
OK, even easier: install the Russian version in the Fo2 folder and add the fix (which is uper). Its ok? Repeat by installing the English version.
Or look for a problem in your system.
 
_Pyran_ said:
No need to complicate the process.
OK, even easier: install the Russian version in the Fo2 folder and add the fix (which is uper). Its ok? Repeat by installing the English version.
Or look for a problem in your system.
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I think I know what the problem is. Linux is caps lock based meaning that files with lowercase and upper case letters are read differently. It could explain why the patch is being read.
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I also noticed the text files. Any idea where those go or do they just go into the data folder? I think where's almost there.

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Not sure how linux affects the install process, but if you're using steam, I was able to swap languages from the steam game properties (right click on the game and select properties then go to language).
Might be something to try, I'll keep testing stuff for a minute though.
 
Ok, looking at the difference between the Russian language install and the English language install, the English version has an extra .dat file: Patch001.dat
which has all the English text files in it.

Graylandertagger said:
The patch000.dat file seems to be in Russian despite me choosing the english installation. When swap the patch001.dat and rename it as patch000.dat the game seems to be in english, however the patch001 files seem to have the Fallout 2 maps and diolog while the patch000.dat file seems to have the Fallout Nevada files.
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The game needs both Patch000.dat and Patch001.dat (both have capital "P" in Patch on my system), so make sure both of them are in the same folder with NevadaHD.exe.
The way the game works with patches is it looks at the base master.dat and critter.dat files to get all the necessary artwork/scripts/text information, then it looks at Patch00x.dat files to get extra information that overwrites these two. It looks like NevadaHD.exe doesn't need the original master.dat/critter.dat files, but it does need Patch000.dat at a minimum, and Patch001.dat for the English translation.
As I show in the below video, you just make a folder named Patch002.dat and extract the new files from the github into it, to get the most recent translation working.

I was able to get the language to switch around just by adding or removing Patch001.dat to the Russian install. You shouldn't have to extract anything else separately, and I made a video about updating to the most recent translation:

Does this help at all?
 
QuantumApprentice said:
Not sure how linux affects the install process, but if you're using steam, I was able to swap languages from the steam game properties (right click on the game and select properties then go to language).
Might be something to try, I'll keep testing stuff for a minute though.
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I tried switching from and to english. The results are the same.
QuantumApprentice said:
Ok, looking at the difference between the Russian language install and the English language install, the English version has an extra .dat file: Patch001.dat
which has all the English text files in it.



The game needs both Patch000.dat and Patch001.dat (both have capital "P" in Patch on my system), so make sure both of them are in the same folder with NevadaHD.exe.
The way the game works with patches is it looks at the base master.dat and critter.dat files to get all the necessary artwork/scripts/text information, then it looks at Patch00x.dat files to get extra information that overwrites these two. It looks like NevadaHD.exe doesn't need the original master.dat/critter.dat files, but it does need Patch000.dat at a minimum, and Patch001.dat for the English translation.
As I show in the below video, you just make a folder named Patch002.dat and extract the new files from the github into it, to get the most recent translation working.

I was able to get the language to switch around just by adding or removing Patch001.dat to the Russian install. You shouldn't have to extract anything else separately, and I made a video about updating to the most recent translation:

Does this help at all?
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A bit. It seems that removing the Patch000.dat file seems to make the game launch the regular Fallout 2 levels with some of graphics from Fallout Nevada such as the title screen and intro. Oddly enough even though the game is always in Russian upon installing it the intro cutscenes seem to be in english. Weird.

I tried installing via Good Old Games instead of steam(figured that Steam might be part of the problem), but good old games doesn't work with Linux and Wine doesn't seem to get it working.

I really have to thank everyone for their patience in helping me. Gaming in Linux let alone modding is a relatively new thing.

Update:Good news! I was able to get the 1:02 version working properly with a separate translation. While the 1:02 version isn't the extended edition(I'm still open to idea's to get the extended edition working in english) it is the version I was able to beat despite the bugs. Of course, I first played version 1:02 on windows. Hope Linux does OK with Wine.
 
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Graylandertagger said:
Update:Good news! I was able to get the 1:02 version working properly with a separate translation. While the 1:02 version isn't the extended edition(I'm still open to idea's to get the extended edition working in english) it is the version I was able to beat despite the bugs. Of course, I first played version 1:02 on windows. Hope Linux does OK with Wine.
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cool! the old version is still very playable, but be careful about getting the power armor. Every time I start that quest the game starts to crash randomly. Just make sure you save often and you should be ok.
Also, I haven't tried, but you might be able to use this translation from github for that version. Most of the stuff getting changed is just dialogue files.
 
For example: You will not be able to leave on the locomotive until you shoot the driver. And other bugs. The old version does not have sfall and many other fixes... I will update the translation and few fixes, as soon, as possible.
 
ok, here's an idea, and I think this might be the problem:
Rename Patch000.dat to Patch000backup.dat or something.
Make a folder in the same directory as NevadaHD.exe, and name it Patch000.dat.
Use DAT Explorer to extract all the files from Patch000backup.dat into the newly created folder.
Then open that Patch000.dat folder, and open the TEXT folder inside that.
Either delete the ENGLISH folder or rename it to RUSSIAN (because it's actually the original Russian dialogue).
Then try and start the game.

If that doesn't work or the game crashes, try extracting the actual english dialogue from Patch001.dat into this TEXT folder.
 
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QuantumApprentice said:
Ok, next question, have you tried installing it both ways? Root folder and non-root?
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Oddly enough installing in non-root worked! Thanks.
Update:My bad. I launched the 1.02 version and confused it for the extended edition.

QuantumApprentice said:
ok, here's an idea, and I think this might be the problem:
Rename Patch000.dat to Patch000backup.dat or something.
Make a folder in the same directory as NevadaHD.exe, and name it Patch000.dat.
Use DAT Explorer to extract all the files from Patch000backup.dat into the newly created folder.
Then open that Patch000.dat folder, and open the TEXT folder inside that.
Either delete the ENGLISH folder or rename it to RUSSIAN (because it's actually the original Russian dialogue).
Then try and start the game.

If that doesn't work or the game crashes, try extracting the actual english dialogue from Patch001.dat into this TEXT folder.
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It seems that HFR00S02 folder which I assume your referring to has multiple files dubbed english. Which one holds the bulk of the text dialog?
 
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Graylandertagger said:
Oddly enough installing in non-root worked! Thanks.
Update:My bad. I launched the 1.02 version and confused it for the extended edition.


It seems that HFR00S02 folder which I assume your referring to has multiple files dubbed english. Which one holds the bulk of the text dialog?
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ok now I'm genuinely confused, I don't have any folder named HFR00S02
this is what my Patch000.dat file looks like in dat explorer
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also, sorry for the late response, been working on this really tough "programming" book this month :/
 
QuantumApprentice said:
ok now I'm genuinely confused, I don't have any folder named HFR00S02
this is what my Patch000.dat file looks like in dat explorer
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also, sorry for the late response, been working on this really tough "programming" book this month :/
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Don't worry about it. In the meantime over the last few days i've been playing version 1.02. I've gotten too far to want to start over and I have a walkthrough I found online to help. I just hope when Fallout Sonora's english translation gets released that, it installs in english. It might be my operating system and I considered using a virtual box. Not many folks use Linux, but I do for security purposes.

I read somewhere that the extended edition has a new location. Any details? I'm just curious. That's all.
 
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