But Arthur didn't stop there. He wanted to go deeper. He looked into the game's config files , specifically the preferences.ini , to see if there were more ways to fine-tune his experience. He discovered that by changing the system locale in his Windows settings, he could sometimes trick the game into better localization support for non-Unicode programs.

Sometimes the game defaults to the wrong language (often Spanish or Russian) regardless of your Steam settings. To fix this and get a "better" result:

), check for a file that specifies the region. For English, it should read "EN"; if it says "ESP" or another code, the game may be forced into that localization regardless of Steam settings. System Locale

Why is this better? Because hearing French soldiers shout "En avant!" as they fix bayonets is historically magnificent, but reading French diplomatic text when you don't speak the language is a nightmare.

This is the most common bug. You launch the game, and instead of letters, you see or random symbols.