random help topic

[robo-fan]

hi,

I want read the .gmf files and change the instructions in german.

work this easy like i think?

[G.K.]

What exactly is it you are trying to do?

[robo-fan]

i want  translate the scrips of all components from RA2 in german

[Resetti's Replicas]

It's easy, if not tedious.  You want to edit the txt files, not the GMF's.  I presume you're working on the stock version, in which case, you can unhide the txt files with the UnCFL tool (download MakeCFL to get it)

[robo-fan]

sorry i am to stupid to find this

have you got an detailed instruction form me, maybe with one tutorial

[Resetti's Replicas]

Here's the download you need:
https://gametechmods.com/Robot_Arena2/Tools/Dummy/makecfl.zip


1. Open up the zip
2. Drag "uncfl" into your RA2 folder
3. In the RA2 folder is a file called "components.cfz."  Drag it into "uncfl"
4. open up the Components folder; you should see a bunch of txt files ht weren't there before.  The line "Name=" is the component name that the game displays, and the line "description=" iis the instructions.
5. Also in the components folder is a folder called "Styles" open that up,and you'll discover even more text files that you can change, do it the same way as in step 4.

[Trovaner]

Its a cool idea to translate RA2 but in order to get everything translated, you would have to edit more than the component TXT files. This is especially true for DSL (which is the section that you posted in). You would need to edit the GIBs and any images with text on them.

[robo-fan]

I can now open the .txt files (thanks for this) but when i´m ready with translation, how can i close the files so that the changes become operative?