I also cant see/know what Game Language-Version the Downloadlink in Entrypost of this Thread contains? Is this some kind of "all Versions" ?
The whole Backgroundstory:
I found my old personal Savegames of GM... dated 2004.
Im from Germany and this Savefiles where made 100% under the german Language Installation in the past days.
Sidenote for Modders: Afair i have Savestats with all Levels completed and 3 Helloweenys (5x) in the Highscores. BUT also with over 21.000+ Goldplasma free in the Ghoulroom. Maybe thats kind of use for you guys. Direct me to a free Fileuploader if you want that stuff. The idea was to beat the Game in the 1st run with minimal spending of Goldplasma or buying Ghostpowers. So thats all Ghosts are unlocked to see every buyable Poweroptions... and to make a strategically big shopping trip for the 2nd run. Yeah well, i havent a clue about Savegame-Editors in this days... ;D
Now after 8 Years i found this Savegames and want to give this Game another Shot. But today i know more... - Bonus Scenario (UK only) - Patches for the Fire Extinguisher Bug (US, EU, UK) - Savegame Editor - Allghost.exe - Possibly more MODs to try and so on. But all this Language Versions gibberish is not easy for me to sort it out. If i really must start from scratch and abandon my Savefiles (buuuh! ) i want naturally to do it the right way/order.
Rename the US_English.ut8 file found in \GhostData\Text (I believe) to English.ut8
I think you have to do this too and do the thing in the registry(I think just change the value from polish to english) and then install the 2 patches in the right order atleast I hope this way is right but I still don't fully remember how I did it sadly .
Hi dark273.
If i found my Original Game-CD too, im pretty sure it will be the EU-Version. Afair with English, Spain, Italy, French, German or something like that included on the same Media.
1. The stuff in the Forums if they mean "UK-Version" there is just 1 English in general?
Or is there a EU-English and a specific UK-English and a US-English or something like that... so i must keep attention in this.
2. Ok, Allghosts.exe seems to MUST be starting a new Game from scratch. Or is there a chance with your advice above to avoid this?
Would be darn cool if i can keep/bring in my old (german) Savegames too...
3. At least i would be happy, if i can kick in the Bonus Scenario (UK...) and combine them with my german Savefiles?
To finish this Mission in my old strategy, so i maybe have 26.000+ Goldplasma in the Ghoulroom. Editors are Cheating anyway ;D
4. If from scratch is not avoidable... and/or fresh Gameinstallation: The final Question about the Installation Order:
- a) Multi-EU CD in Germany buyed --> I must install "English" - b) Bonus Scenario (i got it from fileplanet.com only 1 Version available) And it say in the Readme: "CHANGES FOR EUROPEAN GHOST MASTER PATCH 1" so the patch is included with the Bonus Scenario. And so the Installer would recognize my English-Installation from the german EU-CD in some right way... so this Routine will pick right EU-English, US-English, UK-English or whats the hack ´o´ ever - c) Last, the Allghosts.exe ... hopefully also in a "All English" way...
Hi! Just passing through one last time before going on holliday to Italy. There are actually two general language versions of Ghost Master: the US version and the UK version (which includes everything that's not US). Thus, if you own a legal German version, you should be able to install the Bonus Scenario and the All Ghosts without any problems. Word of warning though: if you use your old savegames with the All Ghosts, the mod maybe won't work. But you can always give it a try.
I got the german version, too. Sadly I couldn't just install the patch right away. Your savegames will still work, but I dunno if you get the bonus scenario when you already have done the last mission in the hospital. As I already said in this thread I can't remember waht I did exatly, but now I have the bonus mission, all ghost mod and my own mod running at the same time, and the game starts without cd. I remember I changed something about language in the registry. I also installed the all ghost mod and the bonus scenario. What if you change the language (or country or however its named) to English, then copy your english text file in the text folder and name it "english(english)". When you copied it delete the original and copy the german one and name it enlgish. Then you still got german text when you install the bonus scenario. You can also still use german sound. But that can be realy bugged so I think you don't need it. At the next step try to intall the all Ghosts mod and then the patch. If that won't work try to install the patch 1st and then the all ghosts mod.
But remember I can't exactly remember everything thats only what I can remember. Hope it helps you in some way . I realy think the thing with the bonus scenario is quite a mess and It took me a bunch of time to find out back in the days.
Thanks very much i got it. Just the Allghosts.exe with present Savefiles is open for experiments. For the archiv i write down what i found out till now.
There are actually two general language versions of Ghost Master: the US version and the UK version (which includes everything that's not US).
Excellent! After i realize this, so you can see it also more of a system "Game-Engine" point of View... everything was much more understandable for me.
- US-Engine and UK-Engine - US-Engine let us say: Only on America continent in US-English Language... - UK-Engine is in every EU continantel Language you can think of.
Ok, i found also my legal german CD-ROM. And surprise, it contained just French and German Language. Possibly because it was no more room/freespace on the Media in this days. Just 2 but common are ~ 5 EU languages in a row.
So forget about what i wrote yesterday with my wrong intended over EU/US/UK-English.
I installed my German "UK-Version" and copy my old Savefiles in and all went smooth. But the next step to install Bonus Scenario need a workaround. Here step by step explained:
1. The Bonus Scenario (future to BS shorted) Setup.exe will say "Wrong Version, its not meant for your Country/Language" something like that...
2. Open the Registry-Editor (example: Start -> Execute -> regedit)
I have German, so the Value was 7. But 9 is English and in anyway that what the BS Setup is searching/checking for. Just overwrite the 7 (or your country number) with 9. Thats all, close Regedit and its saved inside the Windows System. The BS Setup now works.
But the next surprise: After BS Setup, all my Save Files are "gone". I have only a English Mainmenue and can start only a new Game. It tooks me hours to figure this out... and its so simple that i was angry about it ;D
5. The BS Setup changes also the PATH of your Savefiles Location! From C:\GM-Gamedirectory --> C:\Userprofiles. Doh!
I try to explain. But keep in mind the bracket [Directorys] are different spelled in your Windows Language:
Old original Game-CD Location of the Savefiles C:\ [Programs] \ Empire Interactive \GhostMaster \ GhostData \ SaveGames
New Location after the BS Setup C:\ [Documents & Settings...] \ All Users \ [Documents] \ Ghost Master \ SaveGames
I simple copy over my Savefiles and everything went smooth again. But keep in mind, everything looks also in english Language now. The BS Setup will import a english Version of Textfiles additionally to your homelanguage. In my case there was french.ut8, german.ut8 and now also english.ut8 - The BS Textes are ONLY in english.ut8 the others are not updated. But the Fire-Bug and so the included EU-Patch IS updated in the Game-Engine, regardless what you switch in the Registry for Language.
Example: I wanted to replay this 1st Hospital Mission. But the Loadscreen Text is english, my Ghostpowers, the Hints... just every Text. I exit the game and rechanged the Registry back (9 -> 7) to german. And it works! BUT: If i start the BS Mission (Class Spook em High) under German Settings. The Loadscreen shows a "TEXT NOT FOUND" Errormessage. Also you dont have any spoken English Words, not the Intro and not from Mortals or anything inside the Gameaction. Its got a bit silent with just the SFX around... ;D
Afair the Ghostpowers are shown in some way (german/english) so you would be possibly able to complete silently and textless the BS under your homelanguage. But i would not recommend this. For me i made this decision: Replaying every older Mission before BS under German. And just for BS to switch with the Registry-Trick in English.
dark273: I think your remembers are complete now Just the Sidenote left, what will happen if you have completed the original Missions and how the BS will react.
In my case i finished in the old days also the 2nd Hospital Mission and free the Darkling. If i check "Continue Game" from the Main, there was no Map and just the Highscore List for revisits.
I remember in other Threads to read about problems in that case. But with my guidance above it should work. After the BS Setup and copy the Savefiles in right Location. If i hit "Continue Game" there will NOT come the Highscores, insteed a Map with just the Ghoulroom AND a Icecream-Van beside it. No other Actionspots on this Map. The Ghoulroom operates in normal conditions.
Ok, i have now the Situation that i installed BS before Allghosts. I want to play around 1-2 older Missions and finish the BS. Then i try the Allghosts-Stuff, maybe in different order and so on. And gladly report back with my discoveries.
Meanwhile thanks anyway to you Guys and so long.
PS. For the Techyreader: I have done everything on a Notebook HP 625 with Windows XP 32bit and Service Pack 3
I'm Glad you found Out. That was about what i meant, but I couldn't remember what exactly to so in the registry. I think I had all languages installed already (french,German,spain,english and italian). Thats why I had to Switch to english. If you want Text for the Last Mission and Sound you have to work a Little with the Text and Soundfiles. I just translated it into German(the bonusscenario Text). Im Not home right now so i cant Upload the file or something like that. But it can work with German Language and Text+ Sound in the bonusscenario. I always Used German Text and Sound while the Language was english, which Lead to some Bugs. As an example(ghosts sometimes stop speaking). So I will try to Set the Language back to 7 too. I think we should finaly get an explantion linked to the frontpage if that is possible. This Question about installing the bonusscenario has Been Asked a Lot and as i remember from Doing it myself I had to Look through a lot of Old threads to find Out.
@gmfan I think I Have a modyfied Textfile at home. I will try to Upload it when Im back if you want it .
So I managed to install the mod to my us version and it still has the insert cd rom error and I am using a cracked version of ghost master so I won't need to insert the cd. Also cause my copy is in a box somewhere in storage. Is it possible to use the mod with a cracked version of ghost master?
Last Edit: Nov 12, 2014 20:45:17 GMT by shadowreaper