(This article is currently under construction!)
1 Information
Microsoft Urban Assault is officially translated and localised with full text and voice support in the following four languages: English, German (original), French, Japanese.
This article covers basic information about the official translations and localisations contents of Urban Assault and Metropolis Dawn, as well as the 'Language' selection function that is nativey supported by in the game engine.
2 Overview
Urban Assault was created by the German company TerraTools. The original language of the game is in German with full text and voiceovers. After the successful publishing contract with Microsoft, Urban Assault was also officially translated into English, French, and Japanese (quite rare for its time for a western game) languages with full text and voice localisation assets.
Metropolis Dawn Expansion Pack was created by the same original German TerraTools developers (also known as 'The Urban Assault Missions CD - Team'), but the expansion was never commercially released due to contract issues with the new publisher. Still, the developers had successfully translated the German expansion pack contents into English and French as well.
3 Language Selection Function
Urban Assault game engine has a native function to parse and load multiple variants of different game language packs simultaneously without replacing one another in the game data files. Once the game engine detects any additional language packs inside the locale folder, there will be a new button named 'OBSOLETE' (originally called 'Language') appearing at the lower-right corner of the main menu screen, which allows the user to access the menu screen with the list for selecting which language data pack to use and display the game contents.
(More information will be updated in future.)
4 Official Game Localisation Titles
4.1 English
Microsoft Urban Assault
4.2 German
Microsoft Urban Assault*
*Originally also known as 'Anarchy' or 'YPA' under development titles.
4.3 French
Microsoft Urban Assault
4.4 Japanese
マイクロソフト アーバン アサルト
5 Language Files
5.1 English
Under Construction.
5.1.1 Mission Briefing Texts
Official English UA Mission Briefing Texts - Urban Assault - Metropolis Dawn
5.2 German
Under Construction.
5.2.1 Mission Briefing Texts
Official German UA Mission Briefing Texts - Urban Assault - Metropolis Dawn
5.3 French
Under Construction.
5.3.1 Mission Briefing Texts
Official French UA Mission Briefing Texts - Urban Assault - Metropolis Dawn
5.4 Japanese
Under Construction.
5.4.1 Mission Briefing Texts
Official Japanese UA Mission Briefing Texts - Urban Assault - Metropolis Dawn
6 Trivia
Under Construction.
7 Notes
Under Construction.