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Couch Potato May 1, 2014 @ 8:32pm
How to enable Chinese Simplified?
So I just got windows 8 and I installed steam so I can play portal, tf2, etc... but when I try to type han zi (chinese) in the chat like I did with windows 7, it just shows up as boxes. I can type Russian, English, German, etc. all fine, but it's just Chinese that's not working. I should also clarify that I don't want the language of the game changed, my native language is english and I'd like to keep it that way, it's just that I would like to be able to speak chinese in game too. Thanks!
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MIYAMINAMI HIKARI DA YO! (Banned) May 1, 2014 @ 8:34pm 
do you have a chinese renderer installed?
Last edited by MIYAMINAMI HIKARI DA YO!; May 1, 2014 @ 8:34pm
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Couch Potato May 1, 2014 @ 8:37pm 
In windows 8, steam, or tf2?
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MIYAMINAMI HIKARI DA YO! (Banned) May 1, 2014 @ 8:40pm 
in windows 8
you need that
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Couch Potato May 1, 2014 @ 8:41pm 
Yeah I can type fine in windows 8, although steam won't even try to let me input mandarin. Not even boxes show up. I think I remember being able to post stuff in chinese before...
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Couch Potato May 1, 2014 @ 8:41pm 
In game it shows up as boxes but in here it doesn't recognize the input is what I'm trying to say.
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MIYAMINAMI HIKARI DA YO! (Banned) May 1, 2014 @ 8:46pm 
well it works fine for me
I really don't know
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Couch Potato May 1, 2014 @ 8:51pm 
No other suggestions? Does it help that I can't see names in mandarin of other players?
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MIYAMINAMI HIKARI DA YO! (Banned) May 1, 2014 @ 8:56pm 
maybe changing steam's language to chinese could work
but then again you don't want to do it, so idk
Last edited by MIYAMINAMI HIKARI DA YO!; May 1, 2014 @ 8:56pm
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Couch Potato May 1, 2014 @ 8:59pm 
I was under the impression that would set the primary language as Chinese
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Couch Potato May 1, 2014 @ 9:18pm 
Okay, but it won't let me see anything but the first character option of what I am typing in chat. If I type in "shi" for example, I can type the most common type of "shi" just fine, but any others I am not able to see. Idk if that makes any sense, it's hard to explain if you don't already type in chinese.
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Couch Potato May 1, 2014 @ 9:51pm 
Does anyone know if it's a problem with steam or a problem with Windows 8?
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Couch Potato May 2, 2014 @ 5:16am 
It's always worked in other programs, and still does.
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Couch Potato May 2, 2014 @ 5:09pm 
Doesn't work at all with the Google IME.
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