Even if you change the Steam language, new installations will have the updated localization while all your other games are going to keep the default one. “Will the language change if I simply set Steam to run in English/other?” Once you’re done editing both INIs, your Skyrim installation should work fine and load without any issues nor the need to painfully reinstall everything. Replace the text language again and edit the. If you double-click on that file you will notice the language hasn’t changed at all, despite the settings you modified on Steam. Save the ini as it is and then close.īefore jumping into the game to see your final changes in action though, you also need to modify the Skyrim.ini file that comes with the game and stores itself in My Documents > My Games > Skyrim Special Edition.

In this case I want to replace the “it” text with “en”, since the game is originally in Italian and I need the English audio.

It should be right next to “ sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim” and named for example Voices_it0.bsa. Before closing the ini document move to the Archive section and locate the. Now, I’m not sure this step is even required for Oldrim, but it totally is for the Special Edition. Simply type the new language you want (example, ENGLISH) replacing the default one. The second step you need to follow is about a text edit of the Skyrim.ini file from Mod Organizer ( Tools > Editor INI). Go the Language tab and pick your preference from the drop-down menu, then close to confirm. That said, how are we supposed to change the language so that our modded Skyrim will not freak out?įirst things first, just right-click on the game in your Steam library and select Properties. The only thing that seemed to work was a fresh new save from the normal Steam loader, but we definitely don’t want that when we have a lot of progress going, right?

The first time I tried changing the language from Italian to English (not only I enjoy the original voice acting, some of the installed mods are coded in English and I found myself with two different languages playing in the game) I literally freaked out trying to figure out what I did wrong, seeing my perfectly modded game failing on me. The most common issue seems to be related to a total game crash, or the voice audio going completely missing and preventing you from even starting new quests because of that.

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