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vestal bolt Mar 10, 2026, 12:23 PM

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I got no translation (English option selected)

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42.15 fresh install

frank blaze Mar 10, 2026, 12:31 PM

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show the contents of the file in here C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\Zomboid\mods\

vestal bolt Mar 10, 2026, 12:37 PM

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xD

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No one are loaded

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@frank blaze

frank blaze Mar 10, 2026, 12:44 PM

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default.txt file show

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@vestal bolt

vestal bolt Mar 10, 2026, 12:46 PM

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📎 default.txt

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I can delete all except mods / workshop if you want ?

frank blaze Mar 10, 2026, 12:48 PM

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very strange. Try checking the integrity of files game in Steam.

vestal bolt Mar 10, 2026, 12:48 PM

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Bcause before the update i was in french

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maybe they remove french translation

frank blaze Mar 10, 2026, 12:48 PM

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vestal bolt I can delete all except mods / workshop if you want ?

y can try rename folders workshop and mods

vestal bolt Mar 10, 2026, 12:49 PM

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Okok, gonna check

frank blaze Mar 10, 2026, 12:51 PM

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also you can open options.ini, find language= and set language=EN

vestal bolt Mar 10, 2026, 12:51 PM

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not working

frank blaze Mar 10, 2026, 1:02 PM

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vestal bolt maybe they remove french translation

There's a French translation and it works. Did you check the integrity of the files?

vestal bolt Mar 10, 2026, 1:05 PM

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frank blaze There's a French translation and it works. Did you check the integrity of the fi...

yup

frank blaze Mar 10, 2026, 1:14 PM

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when after update to 42.15 you run game and language change to English yourself?

vestal bolt Mar 10, 2026, 1:55 PM

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yep

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Got multiple error on loading the game

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@frank blaze

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ERROR: General      f:0, t:1773150961778> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown
    java.lang.RuntimeException: missing or empty value "charset" at LanguageFile.fromString(LanguageFile.java:57).
    Stack trace:
        zombie.core.LanguageFile.fromString(LanguageFile.java:57)
        zombie.core.LanguageFile.read(LanguageFile.java:26)
        zombie.core.Languages.loadLanguageDirectory(Languages.java:112)
        zombie.core.Languages.loadTranslateDirectory(Languages.java:84)
        zombie.core.Languages.init(Languages.java:32)
        zombie.GameWindow.init(GameWindow.java:1146)
        zombie.GameWindow.mainThreadInit(GameWindow.java:672)
        zombie.GameWindow.mainThreadStart(GameWindow.java:543)
        zombie.MainThread.mainLoop(MainThread.java:58)
        java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
ERROR: General      f:0, t:1773150961779> ExceptionLogger.logException> Exception thrown
    java.lang.RuntimeException: missing or empty value "charset" at LanguageFile.fromString(LanguageFile.java:57).
    Stack trace:
        zombie.core.LanguageFile.fromString(LanguageFile.java:57)
        zombie.core.LanguageFile.read(LanguageFile.java:26)
        zombie.core.Languages.loadLanguageDirectory(Languages.java:112)
        zombie.core.Languages.loadTranslateDirectory(Languages.java:84)
        zombie.core.Languages.init(Languages.java:32)
        zombie.GameWindow.init(GameWindow.java:1146)
        zombie.GameWindow.mainThreadInit(GameWindow.java:672)
        zombie.GameWindow.mainThreadStart(GameWindow.java:543)
        zombie.MainThread.mainLoop(MainThread.java:58)
        java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

frank blaze Mar 10, 2026, 2:01 PM

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its from console.txt?

vestal bolt Mar 10, 2026, 2:02 PM

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yes

frank blaze Mar 10, 2026, 2:05 PM

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try rename options.ini to options.ini_old, rename folder Lua to Lua_old in zomboid folder

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If this doesn't help, then I have no more ideas.

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