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What is on with all these russians?

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While we encourage people to use English on our server, we really don't want to force it's use by banning all others. No one can expect that someone would learn English in order to play (although playing can be an opportunity to learn), and placing such a barrier is just too much for a game that is supposedly open for everyone.

As for the question why only the Cyrillic charset is supported (besides the Latin one), the answer is simple: the game originated in the Cyrillic-using world, for the most part it was exclusively developed by the Cyrillic users, and was played by them. Cvet himself, the engine developer, is a Belorussian. Cyrillic support was natural. Disabling it in chat would change nothing - except, perhaps, some Russian/Belorussian/etc. players would feel muted, while others will simply use translit, and will be equally incomprehensible.

Disabling the Cyrillic nicknames is, however, another thing. There are few features, with prospects for more, that require players to write other players' nicknames. Simple lack of knowledge about the Cyrillic keyboard layout can be an obstacle. This will be given more thought in future, but I can't say at this moment when, and what the outcome will be. And this is an honest "no idea" spoken here.

Warpig:
The worse problem is that I cant rememember the cyrillic names. All looks same for me...

Wichura:

--- Quote from: Roachor on February 08, 2010, 05:10:48 am ---In your face hitler, 11 million people dying is nothing compared to me not wanting to share a server with people who don't speak the language the game is in. Time to go back to art school.

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I meant some specific way of thinking, not body count. Luckily, server does not belong to you only.

My friend gave me yesterday some idea to order so many languages: user can define in Config, what language he wants to speak in game, and only those who defined the same language will see messages from him. If user wants to speak to everyone (like "WTB/WTS" at NCR Bazaar), he can use some key or mark, like we using now /r, /s or /w. We both don't know if it's possible from technical side and how many languages needs to support, but maybe it is some solution for "english-or-die". "hellish language" and "damn cyryllic" issues?

gordulan:
or maybe add a translation option to the messages for all the lazy bums out there  ::)

Wichura:

--- Quote from: gordulan on February 08, 2010, 04:31:32 pm ---or maybe add a translation option to the messages for all the lazy bums out there  ::)

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Wrzuc ten tekst w translator i powiedz ile zrozumiales.

And I didn't use any polish diacritic mark, as I don't use them in game. Translation is bad idea and - I'm afraid - hard to implement. What I mean is another menu in Config, like "Languages", where you will be able to pick languages you want to read in game, or to be more exact - to read those people, who picked the same. You can still use f.e. /a, to be "seen" by all people around.

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