Fallout NV Ultimate edition Language Problem

[Heartless]

So, I recently installed Fallout NV Ultimate edition. And the game works great.
There's only one problem... ALL the DLC content is in Russian! The base game is in english, but any items, quests, or dialogue that's from the DLC's is in russian. What the fluff?
Anyone know how to fix this?

[talgaby]

Where did you get it? Currently this problem is highly suspicious, to be honest with you, due to hidden profile and the fact that there is only one more or less legal way to have only the RU DLC files.

[Heartless]

There, should be public. You happy?
If you've got nothing helpful to say, get out.

[baddude1337]

Dont expect too much help if that is your attitude. talgaby'a concerns were legitimate, as this is not a common problem.

[Heartless]

Yeah, well I like my privacy, I came asking for help, not to get scrutinized by people who don't have anything better to do.
I am aware it's not a common problem, I've looked into it before posting here. I have tried several things, none of which worked.
If I wanted friendly banter I'd have chatted up a friend, not random strangers.

[talgaby]

Private profile on Steam (but usually nowhere else) in lots of cases means user has something to hide: with so many scammers and cheaters all around, a private profile is usually considered mildly suspicious. If I actually wanted to be a jackass I would rather comment on the French's apparent stereotypical hypersensitivity.

Seeing your profile also let me determine that you have the Western version of the game, which when dealing with region locking type troubles in New Vegas is an essential thing, since the game exists twice on Steam, which led to several troubles. Including apparently yours too.

Since you only have ID 22380, also called Western or International edition, I think it's no question you got the DLCs as keys, either at that infamous site or by trading with the Russians. (Before you start writing: I'm not condemning you for it, simply stating a fact. I don't care where people buy their games and trading with the Russian until the recent Steam ban on that was a widespread activity that profited for all concerned parties.)
The question is how very Russian were they, since they, along with most of us in Eastern Europe, have access to TWO different types of New Vegas. One is the actual so-called Eastern version that has English, Czech, Polish and Russian dubbing available, and one for the CIS countries, for whom the local publisher only released the Russian dub. 1C has always been kind of a douche in this regard. And, well, in a few others.

For the base game this latter is no big problem, since on Steam you cannot get the Russian-only base game unless you live in Russia, but the DLCs do have Russian-only file versions. So…
Open the game properties in Steam client and navigate to the DLC tab. Normally if you got the Eastern DLC pack you see more than a dozen different files, twice as many as a Western person does.
But if you only see either six files where there is a "(1C)" at the end, or even worse one single DLC called Fallout New Vegas RU DLCs (yes, Steam actually named it that), then you were screwed over. (Just adding in: this can normally only happen if you bought the key at gee-two-a.) In this case your only hope is to write a very heartfelt letter to Steam support and ask them very politely to change your DLCs to the Western pack. The chance of success will be low.
If you see what I described above, a lot of files and they have versions where there is no "(1C)" at the end, then you have to uncheck everything that is not named "normally" (no additional language codes, parenthesis, etc.), and do a file revalidation. It should re-download the Eastern DLC pack which includes the English voice-over.

[Heartless]

First of all, thank you for your assistance.
Then, I got the game on steam, as it is the "ultimate edition" All the DLC's were included. I did not get the game nor the DLC's with activation keys.
As for the state of the DLC's list, here you have a picture: http://i.imgur.com/Q9oaKC9.png
I do not see anything that would meet the description you give that would mean they're in any way eastern.

Am I missing something?

[talgaby]

Yes. Massively. But me too. Especially since none, and I mean none of those files contain the Russian language.
Okay, what do you see in the Language tab? Or you know what, let's skip one step. Change the language in the language tab and load up a DLC. What happens with the language?

[Heartless]

Changing the language from English to German queued an update on steam (I suspect downloading the new language's game files). After said update was done and I launched the game, Everything was in German, including the DLC's.
I am turning it back to English right now, see if it did the trick.
No idea why it should have, but then again I have no idea why I had Russian files in the first place.

[talgaby]

Out of curiosity, since it may be the answer to that: what is your Steam server? You can check it in the client under Options (or Settings?) and Connections tab.

[Heartless]

After a couple tests, the game seems to now be as English as it gets.
Now, not to poke at things working, but I'd love to know your opinion on why this worked, after all, I have fully uninstalled & reinstalled the game a couple times before my first post on here.

Anyways, thanks for your assistance.

Edit: Can't seem to find the connection tab in settings.

[talgaby]

Er… I'll try to be short.
When you get something on Steam in any way, you are registering an appID to your account. (Or more precisely a batch of appIDs.) These are the same IDs you can see in the browser's address bar when you go into a game's page. But everything, including demos, videos and DLCs have their own appIDs; and each and every region-based version Steam stores have separate appIDs. (To clarify a bit: New Vegas Western is appID 22380, Eastern is appID 22490 with its own community hub, achievement tracker and everything, except an own store page.)

For some unexplainable reason your account connected to the 1C edition of IDs for the DLCs. These are special versions, unlocked normally by keys got from 1C, the Russian publisher of the game, reserved only for Russian buyers. (This is why I assumed you traded for a key. This is the only normal way to ever see those files outside Russia+CIS region. Not even I have them on my Eastern version.)

When you changed language you issued a request to the server to change the appID for your DLC, which with the German language resulted in the Western edition. This is why the game automatically revalidated itself and checked if it has the correct version of the DLC files, which it didn't: it had the 1C edition instead of the Western one.
The Western ones have the same languages you can see in the store page as voice overs in them, so when you changed to English, the game switched the language code back to 0, which in those files was English again: since the 1C version had only Russian, for them the same language code meant Russian.

I… hope it's understandable. ^^'

[Heartless]

It actually made sense.
Thanks a lot for the explanation, I would never have found that out on my own, haha.
Anyways, the fact that there are two different versions for this game is a bit messed up, but hey, works now!

Thanks a lot, cheers.

[unIQue]

hi,
i have a question but a bit from the other side. i want to buy new vegas for a friend who also resides in hungary. now i have the eastern version which is ok, it contains english. but my friend speaks german well but not english (or czech or polish 8).
is there a foolproof and legal way to gift him a copy (ultimate edition) which he can play in german with?
i dont mind ordering a boxed version from amazon, or g2youknowhat. of course the most practical would be buy it from steam but only the eastern edition is available.
any ideas?
thanks,
g

(and my profile is also hidden. i dont like people wandering there except for friends and im not sure even about that. that is my home on steam, people should respect and not criticize my wish for privacy in my opinion.)

[talgaby]

From Hungary? Try Nuuvem, they only have international versions. Most other resellers are stocked with a few Eastern keys, but the Brazilians only got Western.
Boxed version from amazon works too*. You can add the Western one with a key to an account that is associated with the Eastern edition countries. This is one of the handful games where you still can do that.

*Use the German amazon. The Ultimate edition from there is the international one, not the censored German-only. They never released the censored one in Germany apart from the base game.

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Szabadítsd rá a google fordítót a Nuuvemre és onnan vegyél egy kulcsot (a brazilok csak nemzetközi kulcsokat kaptak), vagy a német amazonról az Ultimate-et. Az nem cenzúrázott.

[unIQue]

thank you for your prompt answer, it cleared everything. i was afraid that if i bought a western version (eg amazon.co.uk) it couldnt be used with eastern accounts or would turn into an eastern version.
i dont know nuuvem (<-this is the brazilian store you recommended but steam hearted it out. strange anf funny 8) but i will certainly take a look.
all the above is very promising, thank you again,
g