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M54 Screen in INPA always German!?

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M54 Screen in INPA always German!?

Post by Coley3159 » Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:09 am

Hi All,

I have installed INPA through various methods including Mikes one click installer & manually. I have followed the instructions to the tee. The main menus are in English but after I select Engine > MS450 M54 the menu loads in German. I checked my INPA.ini file and it has the correct English and Englisch parameters. I have also deleted any E85.Ger files but still cant get it to work. Has anyone managed to get the menus in English for the E85 M54 engine?

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M54 Screen in INPA always German!?

Post by Consumer974 » Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:35 pm

I’ve also encountered this issue recently (top-level menu in English, submenus in German) and gave up looking for a solution online, writing it off as simply 'the way it is' – very frustrating as a professional software developer! I suspect the lack of replies here means no one’s quite sure if there is a working solution, but maybe this bump might prompt someone to confirm one way or the other.
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M54 Screen in INPA always German!?

Post by Coley3159 » Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:46 pm

Yes i have now started downloading ISTA+ as there didnt seem to be a suitable solution.

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M54 Screen in INPA always German!?

Post by Coley3159 » Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:46 pm

Yes i have now started downloading ISTA+ as there didnt seem to be a suitable solution.

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M54 Screen in INPA always German!?

Post by enuff_zed » Sat Jan 25, 2025 8:55 pm

I just accepted that’s the way it was and have google translate ready to go. Luckily German is fairly intuitive compared to English and after a while you start to remember the common phrases
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M54 Screen in INPA always German!?

Post by TriggerFish » Sun Jan 26, 2025 12:56 am

I believe it's linked to the daten files. Trying to find some English ones for the e85 chassis didn't seem obvious from the first page of Google, so I gave up and installed ISTA instead. Which is a shame, as I find inpa much faster.

But... If you wanna direct your search, I believe you should be looking for 'daten' files.

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