How do I change the language in the Sims 4?
I have downloaded the Sims 4 and it happens that the game is in Spanish, event if my Origin account is set to English. How do I change the language of the game? Thanks!
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I think when you download the game, it's automatically installed in your native language. For me, that means the game was installed in Norwegian, which is all right, but I personally prefer the English version since most of the wordplay tend to get lost in the translation, and some things just come across as corny.
Doing the Regedit, didn't work for me, it wouldn't let the game load after I changed the Locale value.
I have however uninstalled the game, then selected to install the game a second time from the Origin menu.. This time I was presented with the option of picking a language for the game to be installed in. I'm downloading and installing the game right now, and I'm pretty sure it will work now.
P.S. Yeah, that worked, problem solved for me at least.
I also have a problem with the language. I bought the Sims 4 on origin and even though Origin is set to install things in English, the only lanugage options that the installer gave were Czech, Polish and Russian. I am thinking that there might be a regional block on it or something, because on the site it does indeed mention that the languages are Czech, Polish ad Russian. I didn't see the fine print and bought the game without reallizing there would be problems with the language. Are the english files still there somewhere, i.e. will changing the registry locale work?
Have the exact same issue. Can we get some help or are you just going to leave us stranded? This seems like such an easy thing to do, I mean the game costs the same across Europe so how come we can't have an English option? And EA wonders why people pirate their games..
My thoughts exactly, I was looking forward to this game, launch Origin, see the description and... I'm not allowed to buy this game in English ( http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/How-can-I-buy-Sims-4-in-English/td-p/3446315/jump-to/first-unread-message ).
This is beyond ridiculous, it's 2014, games are digitally downloadable ... and EA does "region locking". Really, EA? Especially a game like Sims where they don't really "speak" in any language so it's just the UI that needs to be translated... and I'm not even talking abut localization, I want teh NOT localized English version.
Unbelievable. This technically means that I don't have any legal option to get a digital version of Sims 4 in English .
Been checking the forums and whenver this question comes up the mod who replied to this thread moves it and the question magically disappears.
Which menu are you referring too? Are you referring the the game box art menu? The only thing that pops up for me is if I want to create a start menu shorcut or desktop short cut. Ive unistalled the games twice.
