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How to change Battlefield 3 Language from Russian
March 5 update here! Please note that you may have to repeat steps 8 and 9 of the patching process
Update: French and German Guides now available!
Instructions:
Note: Before you begin the procedure on Step 1, please run the game in Russian once. After you get into main menu you can quit the game.
1.Download ENG_PACK Update.rar and Language Switcher
2. Extract files inside ENG_PACK_Update into your Battlefield 3 installation folder
3. Download the English Language Pack (Filename Battlefield3_EN.rar) (Download it, even if you don't plan on using English)
4. Extract the language files into your Battlefield 3 installation folder (make sure you get the files en.sb and en.toc at Battlefield 3\Data\Win32\Loc)
5. Change the Language to English using the Language Switcher (Note: You will not get any success message when pressing Activate, don't worry)
6. (Optional, only needed if you want another language besides English)
Download a Language Pack of your choosing from here
7. (Optional, only needed if you want another language besides English)
Extract the language files into Battlefield 3\Data\Win32\Loc folder
8. Open Start, Run write Regedit and press Enter.
Find [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA Games\Battlefield 3] . If you can't find it, search for [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\EA Games\Battlefield 3]
Replace with the following. Just replace the highlighted fields.
GDFBinary
English: GDFBinary_en_US.dll, German: GDFBinary_de_DE.dll, French: GDFBinary_fr_FR.dll,
Italian: GDFBinary_it_IT.dll, Spanish: GDFBinary_es_ES.dll, Polish: GDFBinary_pl_PL.dll,
Japanese: GDFBinary_ja_JP.dll, Czech: GDFBinary_cs_CZ.dll
Locale
English: en_US, German: de_DE, French: fr_FR, Italian: it_IT,
Spanish: es_ES, Polish: pl_PL, Japanese: ja_JP, Czech: cs_CZ
9. Open Start, Run write Regedit and press Enter.
Find [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Origin Games\DGR01609244] or [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Origin Games\DGR01609245]
Replace with the following.Just replace the highlighted fields.
Note:If you can't find this field, try to run the game without it.
Locale:
English: en_US, German: de_DE, French: fr_FR, Italian: it_IT,
Spanish: es_ES, Polish: pl_PL, Japanese: ja_JP, Czech: cs_CZ
10. Update December 3: The new battlefield 3 patch will put your game into a state where it shows only energy bars when you start the game. This can be fixed easily by downloading the update patch (2mb). Simply download and place the downloaded files into your Battlefield 3 installation folder.
