Error - Spanish.str not detected?

Uhh... I think, the title says enough. Any help?

Filecoder

Have a look in this folder GP4/Idata and see if the español.str file is there

It is there, yet this message appears, why?

Thats odd.. do you use a mod with CSM or just the original game?

If you would edit your f1system.txt file with the line

language_name                   =    spanish

you would get the

Error

Unable to load file ldata\spanish.str
Please re-install Grand Prix 4

because GP4 did not find a "spanish.str" file in ldata. The spanish file is named "español.str".
As that is not exactly the error message you have posted, I don't know, if this is what you need.

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Yeah I tried renaming it to español in the language_name = line, but it didn't work, it shows the same error, now with this weird text "unable to load file: Idata\espÃ+ol.str - Re-install gp4

Filecoder07 schrieb:
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> Yeah I tried renaming it to español in the
> language_name = line, but it didn't work, it shows
> the same error, now with this weird text "unable
> to load file: Idata\espÃ+ol.str - Re-install gp4

Try to rename espanol.str, .3d and .loc files to spanish.str, .3d and .loc

Okay, now the game loads but... No text appears in the game? All of the boxes are empty

The names of the files have to be "español.xxx".

Set it back to "english" and then use the proper way from inside GP4 over "Workshop" - "Utilities" - "Menu Setup", choose language "Español" and save on exit.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/13/2022 06:44PM by petrus.

Tips for changing the language

Changing the language (or even editing the "f1system.txt" - which you are warned to do in line 1 of that file) may be a bit tricky, so I will share with you my experiences:

1) After exiting GP4 with "save changes" on, the "f1system.txt" is encoded depending on the language chosen:
- a) in english, german or italian (italiano) language it is encoded in UTF8.
- b) in spanish or french (español or français) it is encoded in ANSI.
This may cause trouble, if you have edited the "f1system.txt" file and did not care for the encoding.

2) If inside GP4 you have changed the language using "save changes" checked, then in the "f1system.txt" besides the new language line the save_state is also changed:

save_state_on_exit              =    true

If you now run GP4 again and try to change the language again, it will not work!
You first have to save GP4 with "save changes" unchecked (thus setting save_state_on_exit to false again). After that you can change the language again.

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Thanks, I'll be checking