The list should be automatically updated if something has changed.
I have created this GitHub project to keep all the game translations, with their updates, in one place. If you want to contribute to it, please do.
This is the list of the game languages and their translation status:
Classic Settlers IV and History Edition:
0 ENGLISH (O-All_HE)
1 GERMAN (O-All_HE)
2 FRENCH (O-All_HE)
3 SPANISH (O-Bas)
4 ITALIAN (O-Bas)
5 POLISH (O-GE + U-All_HE)
6 KOREAN (O-Bas)
7 CHINESE (O-?)
8 SWEDISH (O-Bas)
9 DANISH (O-Bas)
10 NORWEGIAN (O-Bas)
11 HUNGARIAN (O-GE)
12 HEBREW (O-Bas)
13 CZECH (O-GE)
14 FINNISH (O-No)
16 RUSSIAN (O-GE)
17 THAI (O-No)
18 JAPANESE (O-Bas)
Description of the codes:
0 ENGLISH (O-All_HE)
1 GERMAN (O-All_HE)
2 FRENCH (O-All_HE)
3 SPANISH (O-Bas)
4 ITALIAN (O-Bas)
5 POLISH (O-GE + U-All_HE)
6 KOREAN (O-Bas)
7 CHINESE (O-?)
8 SWEDISH (O-Bas)
9 DANISH (O-Bas)
10 NORWEGIAN (O-Bas)
11 HUNGARIAN (O-GE)
12 HEBREW (O-Bas)
13 CZECH (O-GE)
14 FINNISH (O-No)
16 RUSSIAN (O-GE)
17 THAI (O-No)
18 JAPANESE (O-Bas)
- O - official translation
- U - unofficial translation (e.g. made by fans)
- No - Nothing, no translation
- All_HE - Full translation with extra texts from the History Edition
- All - Full translation (old version, not History Edition)
- ? - Unknown: probably GE or Bas
- GE - Gold Edition translation
- Bas - the basis of the game
- MP1 - Mission CD 1
- Tro - The Trojans and the Elixir of Power
- SE - Second Expansions translation
- NeW - Die Neue Welt (The New World))
- MP2 - Community Pack
Future translations can be added to the game after number '18', however they can use only standard ANSI.
How to set any language from the above list, in the History Edition:
- Go to C:\Users\<your username>\Documents\TheSettlers4\Config and open the GameSettings.cfg file, e.g. with notepad.
- Find the line Language = <number> and change the <number> to the number of language you want from the above list.
- Save the file and run the game. Now the visible language in the game should be the language you have chosen.
It may happen that after some Ubisoft update, you will have to repeat all of these above steps.