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This is a revised version of my previous guide with more clarifications and better grammer .
This is what it appears before without any modifications:


Step 1.
Go here and search for the Chinese Language Pack or East Asian Language Pack. (I will not be posting the exact link because Microsoft links include my FamilyID)

Make sure you have a legit version of Microsoft XP. (a $5.00 boot-leg won't work )

Step 2.
-Part 1. Go to your Control Panel
-Part 2. Go to Regional and Language Options
-Part 3. Click on Advanced
-Part 4. Select your language for Non-Unicode Programs to Chinese (PRC)


Step 3.
-Part 1. Go to your Control Panel
-Part 2. Go to Regional and Language Options
-Part 3. Go to Languages
-Part 4. Click on Details
-Part 5. Click on Advanced
-Part 6. Check Extend Support of Advanced Text to All Programs(Important-a lot of people forget this step)



If you done everything correctly, your display for cSRO should be all in Chinese


Final Notes
Changing your language for Non-Unicode Programs to Chinese (PRC) will make some programs not work because your computer will assume it's in China and programs such as NavyField or Cabal will not work due to location restrictions.

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[Optional] How to use your IME (Read this if you KNOW Chinese)
-Part 1. Go to your Control Panel
-Part 2. Go to Regional and Language Options
-Part 3. Go to Languages
-Part 4. Click on Details

-Part 5. Go to Settings
-Part 6. Click on Add

-Part 7. Select Chinese (PRC) as your Input Language

-Part 8. Select whatever IME you use (I use QuanPin because it gives more choices to the pinyin you input)

-Part 9. Click Ok
-Part 10. Click Apply

-Part 11. Click on Key Settings and choose your preferred keys to press to switch between languages. This is my preference, your's can be different

-Part 12. Simply begin typing ingame. Use your key settings and your IME should appear. Type in the pinyin and the possible Chinese characters with the pinyin should be avaiable. They are numbered 1-9+0 and to go to the next page (if any) press [+/=] to go to the next page or [_/-] to go to the previous page.

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Basic Chinese Terms
wo 我=Myself
ni 你=Yourself
ni men 你们=Yourselves
ta 他/她=Him/Herself
ni hao 你好=Hello/Hi
zai jian 再见=Good bye [saying 88 for short]
jiu 救=Help Me (Emergency/Life threatening help/ Res (not normal "help me with my homework")) [saying 99999 for short]
dai 带=(Most of the time ingame)Powerlevel
bing 冰=Ice (Sonars/Penons)
wan 万=10k [saying W/w for short]
zu dui 组队=Party [saying zzzzz or +++++]

That only works for xp... Not vista -.- And there is a checkbox for auto doing that btw..

i still prefer xp than vista my firewall and other usefull programs isnt compatable with vista and i dont want to buy vista and new programs

Sticky!!! or in guide section...

actually i does work on vista, i did it today, i have vista premium 32-bit.

Nice guide InsertName, stickied it

can you even run SRO on vista?

running it right now

also, i dont really see a reason why we need it to be chinese...
i just want to figure out a way to like translate the text people type, i have a program where i can translate my english to chinese but i want it to be vise versa so i can see and interact with people@!

hm, my friend couldn't get sro to run on his vista

if from wat i understand, sro needs directx 9 but vista only has directx 10

wth? iuno but ur friends comp is stupid... i am running this crappy toshiba windows vista home premium

Omg!
I did everything, except the last thing

Thats why it didnt work out

Thnx!


Offcourse you can play directX9 games on vista -.-
Vista misses only one file thats needed for directX9, download it, put it in your system32folder, and there ya go.



Btw, midnite,
How did you do it?
Cant find it on here..

can you elaborate on "only one file thats needed for directX9"?

download link to that file is nice

Yes, but it's easier for him to it himself.
I dont even know how the file is named, but when you try to launch a directX9 game on Vista, you get an error. It says you're missing a file, google for the file, and you get like 100 sites where you can download the file. Choose wisely wich site you think its the safest( I could do that too, but like I said, forgot the file name -.-).
Its pretty easy actually, google it, and you get a lot of help

EDIT:
Forgot the text above, I searched my system32 folder, and found the file.
Here you can download it;
http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-f ... l?d3dx9_29

This site is 100% safe, I downloaded it from there too, and it works fine(Im playing directX9 games since Vista came out or so :p).
You're lucky, a readme is even included.
But for more information;
You need a program called WinZIP, or WinRAR to open it.
Then you click the file, and select extract when you've opened the file with WinRAR/WinZIP.
Then you can browse trough your folders, and you go to your HD where you've installed Windows Vista.Then you double click on 'Windows',and after that you search the folder 'System32'.
You extract the file to this location, then you can play DirectX9 games on Vista.

This worked on my computer, maybe it doesnt work there, because it maybe needs another file.
In that case, google the error, or ask your question here.
Good luck!

well, thanks for your reply; i forwarded you msg to my friend, no replies from him yet

bump i added more details of how to use IME by AutumnLeaves' request

Great job insert, 10x more than I was requesting/expecting. I'll try it out tomorrow, hopefully I can score some free plvl with it.

lol not likely

I tried to use it. Its ALOT more complicated than I thought. I was expecting the little keyboard to show what a Chinese region keyboard would. Then you just click on the symbols.

lol chinese got more than 5k characters and 47 letters in the alphabet

edit: lol xfire got hacked atm maybe it'll be fixed later

So when I need someone to ress me I just keep spamming 'jiu'?

No ... you should type 99999, you can see Chinese do it all the time ... but please dont spam it

Yes, that was just an example..

Another example, when I want to party, do I need to sai 'zu dui'? Or the chinese signs?

oops forgot to add party for short is zzzzz

or +++++ for some reason

+++ is more used for powerleveling I guess.

looks like a nice guide gonna try it out next week.. Ty!

i cant find chinese languae pack , anyone can give me a link? please

i found good site http://www.nciku.com/?gclid=CLHJjJDGm5MCFQUMuwodwi8Ptg its very easy to use it and to translate simple words

i cant find the language pack either :[ i need help

nice way to bump this 1 y-o thread, go on microsoft site and dl it, or install it from ur XP cd