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Thelenius's avatar
Thelenius
13 years ago

Re: Sims3 language settings

Found a solution in this video guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn-MnXRxs4s

Here's a written explanation: The language files are there (depending on which version you have, of course), you just have to get the game to use the correct language setting. It seems the installer can't set the language right, but you can do it manually, as shown in the video. I did it myself just now, and the game is working well now, in Finnish. In Finder, go to the Applications folder, and find The Sims 3 app. Right click and select show contents. Navigate to Contents/Resources/Preferences. There you have a file named update_always.reg (in the video, this file is found through a Spotlight search). Open this file in TextEdit (it won't open in that app by default) and change the "Locale" and "Country" values according to the language you want. For example, I changed "en-US" to "fi-Fi" to set the language to Finnish. I'm sure you can work out your own country code. Save and close the file. Now, when you launch The Sims 3, it should be in the right language.

Hope that helps!

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Old Thread, I know. But the problem was new for me.
    I know I've played Sims 3 in Swedish on a Mac, a few years ago.

    So now I bought it for my daughter and installed on a Mac – and as others already has said, there was the choice of English, Spanish and French. Period.

    EA claims they do not support Swedish (neither Danish, Norwegian or Finnish, obviosly).

    But, please...

    I: The package is in Swedish, and it states "Manufactured in EU.

    II: The package alson states clearly that TEXT and INSTRUCTIONS WITHIN THE GAME is in Swedish!

    III: I have peeked into the game, and there are a number of languages stuffed into it, among them Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Norwegian.

    So, what ...?

    And, yes, my daughter was very disappointed, as she has tried Sims in swedish with friends.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    12 years ago

    There should be swedish as far as I'm aware.

    Did you talk to a game advisor in your country ?

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