Display MoreMarty2Life has had great success with the project he first shared last month to convert the original Wing Commander over to German. The translation has technically existed since 1992 on the SNES and Amiga, but was never available in the more popular DOS edition of the game. He's done a really comprehensive conversion here that goes beyond just the cinematic and conversational text. Everything from the main menu to the in-flight systems have (mostly) been ported over. Marty intends to tackle the Secret Missions next and then eventually circle around to ensure compatibility with other variants such as the Kilrathi Saga. You can grab the patch here (570 k zip). Installation is as simple as copying the key files over your WC1 installation (so backup first as needed).
Hello all Pilots,After almost 30 years the time has come ...
Wing Commander 1 in German
Thanks to the toolbox (a great thing) and the decrunched Wing Commander Amiga file, I was finally able to Translate in German. The first version of Wing Commander and the Amiga and the SNES version are no longer a single case as far as localization is concerned.
Why necessarily German?
Well, since I grew up on the Amiga, there was the first Wing Commander game in German for me. So not in English as with the PC users. For me it was just standard. Years later, after switching to the PC, I wondered why there was only the English version on the PC. Also with the CDRom re-releases as well as with the Kilrathi Saga version, although the WC3 version of the subtitles is multilingual (En, Fr, De) and that with the success in the 90's. That it was not localized into other languages for the PC is a mystery to me. Maybe that will be clarified
In any case, I am personally as happy as a little child that this action still worked out.
Translating the first part is a with almost 4000 lines (all files combined).
Supports the following version: Wing Commander Version B2.4: HI 3.5 ( 3 Disk)
It would be good if a couple could get together to test the translation. I'm not a wandering Duden either. You can always throw out suggestions, improvements, criticism and so on.
greetings Marty
