Localisation of Xenonauts

[diebagger]

Hi,

just wondering if Xenonauts will be available in any languages other than english? It seems that you have a very active and helpful community, so you might get lots of free translations from your users...

I personally don't care (prefer english), but I know a lot of people that wouldn't play a game if it isn't available in their native language.

I'm involved in an open source project called MediaPortal where we also get our translations from the community, and we recently started using an online translation tool for it (https://www.transifex.net). It really helps with managing translations from many different sources. There's a couple of alternatives as well (I've also used mygengo.com), but imo transiflex is the best option currently available.

[Buzzles]

I think Chris is planning a language or two.

Either way, as the strings are easily accessible for all aspects of the game, it wouldn't be hard for a small mod team to go through and alter it all.

[IceVamp]

Yeah, I think he said German and French were definites, with maybes on Italian and Spanish.. maybe? Something like that. I prefer my games in English tbh. I played Resistance 2 on my PS3 set to Norwegian just to hear it. (They had actually recorded Norwegian speech as well.) It was HORRIBLE!

[Commissar Pancakes]

All foreign voice acting in games is horrible! Just look at the multitude of Russian antagonists in games like CoD!

Or, vice versa, English dialogue in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series (though I still love those damned games!).