[freespace2] support for polish version of freespace 2

[Taylor Richards]

On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 05:31, rraptorr wrote:
> On 3 Mar 2003, Taylor Richards wrote:
> 
> > You can put a POLISH_BUILD in the Makefile just like the GERMAN_BUILD
> > and set the default Language to Polish in localize.cpp to avoid editing
> > the ini file by hand.  A few extra lines of code and another build
> > option but otherwise it might end up having to be added to the FAQ if
> > people start complaining.
> 
> Yes, I know this, but polish players still have to do something more than
> ./configure;make. Most people do this without thinking or reading docs.
> And with POLISH_BUILD they would have to recompile source.

Yeah, but they are going to have to read the docs anyway to figure out
why it crashes unless they add Language=Polish.  A build option would
help those who would do a quick look at the Makefile and skip the docs. 
A build option would also help anyone doing an installer since there are
no further steps to get the game running after installation.  I think
that for non-doc-readers it's going to suck either way.

For those using a pre-built binary they still have the option of editing
the ini file.  POLISH_BUILD is only going to set the preference of
language if not already specified rather that prevent changing it.  This
is just one of those cases where a launcher would come in handy since
you could just select the language from a list.


Taylor

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Taylor Richards <mtrs at bellsouth.net>