Hallo!
First of all... as you can see... I'm back again :-).
A lot of you guys are using localized (non-english) versions of painkiller. This makes it sometimes hard for others to understand screenshots published in forums and messageboards (like level stats etc.). I've discussed about this with various people before (e.g. Varus), because there were some hints that led me to the conclusion, that every painkiller version contains all languages. Would be nice to be able to switch between these languages, would it? Unfortunately, the language-setting in the config file is ignored. So I took a look into this, and here's what I've got for you:
After installing these modifications (detailed readme included), you're able to set the language using the above mentioned config parameter. Since the affected file has been changed in every patch version, you have to pick the right download. Version 1.3 is not supported, because I don't think anyone should use it at all.
Here's a screenshot of my (german) painkiller version after learning russian, for example:
Or czech:
and so on... enjoy!
Oh... please post your experiences, plz. This should definately work with german and english painkiller versions (tested by a friend of mine and myself), but since I don't know anybody with other language versions I'm not sure about them.
P.S.: I hope no legal issues are involved with that... just changed a few lines in a script file...
Btw... if anyone is interested in doing another localization... this is also possible with little effort. No existing languages would be harmed by such modifications. Look at this screenshot with a partly translated version of painkiller (franconian):