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[steam client]changing interface language may result in HUGE game language pack data download

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3104 · opened 2014-01-16 by alexanderhou · updated 2014-01-16 · 2 comments · github
Aalexanderhou 2014-01-16 github

[steam client]changing interface language may result in HUGE game language pack data download

Could YOU Optimize This?

see the related issue from dota2 linux ver. issue list.
"[ubuntu 12.10(64bit)]dota2 linux ver. with steam linux client in English cannot use simplified Chinese language pack."
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2/issues/1084

when changing steam interface language from english to simplified chinese, steam client for linux, would automatically download more than 1GB data for language pack switching.

could you optimize this? i need to frequently switch between english and non-english steam client for linux. due to some game glitches, some valve games for linux only support steam client english interface to display correctly, e.g. team fortress 2. non-english steam interface may result in in-game blank display.

and could you make the language pack downloading control permissions transferred to the steam client user themselves?

i don't want gigabytes of data downloading just for switching steam client interface language switching.

hope this would be optimized soon.

Aalexanderhou 2014-01-16 github

nost of the valve games all got this issue. counter-strike series, dota2, team fortress2, left 4 dead 2...and so on. left 4 dead 2, its non-english language support is the best among those. but still not supporting IME(input method editor/enhancer) for chinese, japanese and korean (CJK languages can't be input directly, they use IME to input). e.g. ibus family software on ubuntu.

Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2014-01-16 github

Basically the same as #3102.

Nothing extracted yet.