Equilinox

Equilinox

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Translate the Game Equilinox
By Sonic24.Shadow32
Instructions for installation and participation in an unofficial translation of the game Equilinox
   
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Install the Translation
  1. Download the translation
    1. Open https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g64KgURU9vNF0F6chU5n7b-CF8np8W7h1RL8w8GvkKQ/edit?usp=sharing
    2. Go to the Spreadsheet worksheet/tab with your desired language (e.g. "Deutsch")
    3. Export the Worksheet as languageSheet.tsv with tabulator characters as separators. (Note: If you export as *.csv with comma separated values instead of *.tsv, you will get a corrupted file later.)
    4. Open the *.tsv file with the text editor Notepad and replace occurrences of tab characters (Copy&Paste this character from the space between entities of the *.tsv-file) with a semicolon ";"
    5. Save the file as languageSheet.csv
    6. Note: The game will not start with any other separators than semicolon ";"! If you replace comma characters "," with semicolon ";", you will get a corrupted file, because within the translated sentences there are also comma characters!

  2. find the game language file and replace it
    1. go to the gamefolder C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Equilinox
    2. Open the file EquilinoxWindows.jar with WinRAR (Like it would be a ZIP archive)
    3. Browse to res\languageSheet.csv within the *.jar file.
    4. Overwrite the file languageSheet.csv with your own.

    Enjoy the Game!
FAQ
Known problem: Crazy characters are displayed instead of accents and characters like ÄÖÜ.

How does this work?
The language data in the third column of the table is used in the game. We have replaced the English language information from this column with a translated version. The first two columns should remain untouched.

How can I help?
Edit the Google Spreadsheet file and replace the "GOOGLETRANSLATE" formulas with the correct translation

How can I add another language?
Add another column in the Google Spreadsheet file in the "languageSheet"-worksheet: The first line contains the two letter language code of the respective language added to the game. As placeholder for the correct translation you can use the english version (formula "=C2", "=C3",...), because the game will not use any fallback language in case of empty cells.
In addition, create another worksheet with the name of the respective language, in which the correct language column is inserted at position 3 (instead of English) using formulas. Look at the formulas in the worksheet for "German"! You can prevent editing for this worksheet by activating "Protect area" in the right-click menu on the worksheet.

Can I change several languages in-Game?
Without further changes to the Java source code: No, I don't know any way. So you have to exchange the languageSheet.csv once for each change of language. Maybe you can help?

Something went wrong? Give me back the English original!
Right click on the game in the Steam library and browse to Properties -> Local Files -> Check Files for errors. Steam will check the files for changes and reset them.
2 Comments
Divnous 1 Jul, 2023 @ 4:48am 
Pracuji na překladu do češtiny. Dle návodu výše se bez problémů dá nastavit jazyk. Při ukládání csv souboru musíte pro češtinu ale zvolit ANSI kódování.
jintroo 22 Nov, 2020 @ 11:53am 
I am working on a Dutch translation ("Nederlandse vertaling") for my kids to be able to play the game.

Fantastic game, but it's a pity that especially the tree species are not more realistic. Makes them hard to translate too...