IFN1 Vehicle Re-Name Mod Readme

I. Installation

    1. Navigate to your War Thunder installation folder.
    2. Locate config.blk
        2a. Make a backup of this file.
    3. Open config.blk

3a. Set your language to 'English' in the Launcher. Follow Section Ia if you are not using English.


    4. Locate the following information
    
debug{
screenshotAsJpeg:b=yes
512mboughttobeenoughforanybody:b=yes
}

    5. Add an additional line to this section, with it saying testLocalization:b=yes - it should read like the following
    
debug{
screenshotAsJpeg:b=yes
512mboughttobeenoughforanybody:b=yes
testLocalization:b=yes
}
    
    6. Save the file.
    7. Launch the game, and get to the hangar.

NOTE: This may not work, a recent update to the game broke this part of the process. Head to Section Ib below to resolve.

    8. Close the game.
    9. Navigate to your War Thunder installation folder, open the lang folder (War Thunder\lang).
    10. Place the included modded .blk and .csv files that are included in the download into the lang folder. Overwrite when asked.

    You should now have the mod installed. To check if it is working, see if aircraft have a manufacturer before their designation in the stat card. (Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 instead of just Bf 109E-3)


Ia. Installing - foreign language (not recommended)
If you want to have your game in a language other than English, you need to make an edit to the mod files.
Please note that the mod is designed for the English language, there will be weirdness if you decide to try other languages.

You can use notepad for this.

Open one of the .csv files provided with the mod in a text editor.

Find
<ID|readonly|noverify>;<English>;
Replace <English> with your language. Example: <Polish>
Save.
Repeat for other mod files.
List of languages the game supports:

French Italian German Spanish Russian Polish Czech Turkish Chinese Japanese Portuguese Vietnamese Ukrainian Serbian Hungarian Korean Belarusian Romanian TChinese HChinese
Choose one of these and set the language on the launcher to the same language. The mod files should appear as intended with the mod, but the rest of the game will appear in your chosen language.

You'll need to do this every time you update.

Due to menu text being changed by this mod, you might want to delete unlocks_attachables.csv, or remove everything after the few empty lines from the file.

See the Troubleshooting article if some vehicle names are broken after finishing these steps.

Ib. Installing - Broken Lang File Generation
If you're installing on update 2.15 or newer (not fixed at time of writing), you may experience a crash upon launching after step 7 of section I.
If you receive a crash, follow the instructions below.

1. Download vanilla lang files on Nexus files tab.
2. Extract the file, so the lang folder is there.
3. Put the lang folder in your game directory.
4. Go to Section I step 9.

II. Updating

    There are multiple reasons you may need to update the mod.
    
    When War Thunder has small patches, of which there are quite a few, you may experience missing names on things like decals or titles.
    This is due to the way custom localization is handled. If your game updates and you are missing text, please see section IIb below.
    
    When a new major patch comes out, or there is an event where new vehicles are added, you may have to wait for the mod author to update.
    Usually this is done within 24 hours.

NOTE: Some language files are in a file that we cannot edit, known as "Regional Lang", these files can break when server updates are implemented. If you have missing event names, titles, decals, or similar, restart your game to fix it. This is an ongoing problem however, and when server updates occur you'll have to restart again like before.

IIa. Updating - New Mod Version

    1. Download the update.
    2. Unzip the file, and locate the lang folder (War Thunder\lang).
    3. Copy the units.csv, units_weaponry.csv, and any other .csv that is included into the lang folder.
    
    You should now have the new version.

IIb. Updating - New Game Patch (minor patch, no new vehicles)

    1. Locate the lang folder (War Thunder\lang).
    2. Delete the lang folder.
    3. Launch the game, and get to the hangar.
    4. Close the game.
    5. Find where you downloaded the mod, and place the included modded .blk and .csv files that are included in the download into the lang folder. Overwrite when asked.
    
    You should now have a the new version.
    
IIc. Updating - New Game Patch & Mod Version

    1. Download the update.
    2. Unzip the file, and locate the lang folder (War Thunder\lang).
    3. Delete the lang folder.
    4. Launch the game, and get to the hangar.
    5. Close the game.
    6. Place the included modded .blk and .csv files that are included in the download into the lang folder. Overwrite when asked.
    
    You should now have the new version.

III. Uninstallation

    1. Restore the backup you made of the config.blk, or untick "Custom Localization" in the in-game options menu, under Main.
    2. Delete the lang folder in your War Thunder directory.