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1991lights
5 years ago
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Game suddenly Changes Language?

I bought and installed Spore in English several years ago. Played it English, no problem. I stopped playing it about a year and a half ago, but never uninstalled it or did anything to it. Today I fe...
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    1991lights
    5 years ago

    Thank you for your reply.

    After a looooooot of trial and error...the "-locale:en-us" is what worked for me with the ":" in the middle.

    I don't know if this is because of some update or difference in PC versions, but I thought I would share my updated findings just in case.

    Take Care!

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Freggi-Liz
Hero+
5 years ago

Hi @1991lights 

please jump here

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bugs-Technical-Issues/Spore-in-Japanese-language-how-can-I-change/m-p/5142272/highlight/true#M6741

"Right-click your Spore shortcut, click Properties, then add " -locale en-us" (without the quotes) to the target. Remember to put a space before the -locale thing. Now when you start Spore, it shall be English".

and change your language

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bugs-Technical-Issues/How-to-select-the-language-of-Spore/m-p/5337680/highlight/true#M7041

  • 1991lights's avatar
    1991lights
    5 years ago

    Thank you for your reply.

    After a looooooot of trial and error...the "-locale:en-us" is what worked for me with the ":" in the middle.

    I don't know if this is because of some update or difference in PC versions, but I thought I would share my updated findings just in case.

    Take Care!

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