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SafaAlFulaij, posted Fri Jun 02, 2017 7:55 am (23743)

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Hello everyone.
I'm trying to understand how do the localization works in NFS Rivals.
Rivals uses FrostBite 3. I was able to extract the raw localization files and did a small tool to modify the English version.
But the English file uses ASCII characters only, while the Russian file uses some codes that I couldn't understand how they work.
English texts (ASCII):

Quote:

41 63 63 65 70 74
52 65 61 63 68 65 64 20 48 65 61 74 20 31 30
52 65 61 63 68 20 48 65 61 74 20 31 30
31 30 20 48 65 61 74
42 75 73 74 65 64 20 61 20 52 61 63 65 72 20 61 74 20 48 65 61 74 20 35 20 6F 72 20 67 72 65 61 74 65 72
42 75 73 74 20 61 20 52 61 63 65 72 20 61 74 20 48 65 61 74 20 35 20 6F 72 20 67 72 65 61 74 65 72
35 20 42 75 73 74 65 72
42 75 73 74 65 64 20 61 20 52 61 63 65 72 20 61 74 20 48 65 61 74 20 38 20 6F 72 20 67 72 65 61 74 65 72
42 75 73 74 20 61 20 52 61 63 65 72 20 61 74 20 48 65 61 74 20 38 20 6F 72 20 67 72 65 61 74 65 72
38 20 42 75 73 74 65 72
42 61 6E 6B 65 64 20 35 30 30 2C 30 30 30 20 69 6E 20 6F 6E 65 20 67 6F
42 61 6E 6B 20 35 30 30 2C 30 30 30 20 69 6E 20 6F 6E 65 20 67 6F
42 69 67 67 65 72 20 50 6F 69 6E 74 73
42 75 73 74 65 64 20 61 20 46 72 69 65 6E 64
42 75 73 74 20 61 20 46 72 69 65 6E 64
42 75 64 64 79 20 42 75 73 74
42 75 73 74 65 64 20 31 30 20 52 61 63 65 72 73 20 69 6E 20 61 20 4D 75 73 74 61 6E 67
42 75 73 74 20 31 30 20 52 61 63 65 72 73 20 69 6E 20 61 20 4D 75 73 74 61 6E 67
4C 63 6E 63 65 20 6E 20 52 67 73 74 72 74 6E 20 70 6C 73
42 75 73 74 65 64 20 35 30 20 52 61 63 65 72 73

Quote:

Accept
Reached Heat 10
Reach Heat 10
10 Heat
Busted a Racer at Heat 5 or greater
Bust a Racer at Heat 5 or greater
5 Buster
Busted a Racer at Heat 8 or greater
Bust a Racer at Heat 8 or greater
8 Buster
Banked 500,000 in one go
Bank 500,000 in one go
Bigger Points
Busted a Friend
Bust a Friend
Buddy Bust
Busted 10 Racers in a Mustang
Bust 10 Racers in a Mustang
Lcnce n Rgstrtn pls
Busted 50 Racers

Russian texts (order is the exact same, and each byte is actually one character, if I'm not mistaken):

Quote:

9A 87 84 85 92 86 94
9E 81 88 86 84 91 85 8D 86 20 8D 87 81 89 82 85 94 20 8B 81 91 81 85 84 20 31 30
9E 81 88 86 84 99 94 20 8D 87 81 89 85 92 20 8B 81 91 81 85 84 20 31 30
B0 87 81 89 82 85 94 20 8B 81 91 81 85 84 20 31 30
A7 87 82 88 86 81 89 83 85 20 91 81 85 A1 84 8F 20 88 20 8D 87 81 89 85 82 8C 20 8B 81 91 81 85 84 20 35 20 84 8A 84 20 89 90 96 82
A7 87 82 88 86 81 89 83 86 94 20 91 81 85 A1 84 8F 83 20 88 20 8D 87 81 89 85 82 8C 20 8B 81 91 81 85 84 20 35 20 84 8A 84 20 89 90 96 82
A7 87 82 88 86 20 85 83 20 35
A7 87 82 88 86 81 89 83 85 20 91 81 85 A1 84 8F 20 88 20 8D 87 81 89 85 82 8C 20 8B 81 91 81 85 84 20 38 20 84 8A 84 20 89 90 96 82
A7 87 82 88 86 81 89 83 86 94 20 91 81 85 A1 84 8F 83 20 88 20 8D 87 81 89 85 82 8C 20 8B 81 91 81 85 84 20 38 20 84 8A 84 20 89 90 96 82
A7 87 82 88 86 20 85 83 20 38
35 30 30 20 30 30 30 20 81 86 8B 87 83 89 8A 82 85 81 20 89 20 98 83 85 8F 20 93 83 20 81 8E 84 85 20 87 83 93
9D 86 8B 87 83 89 84 86 94 20 89 20 98 83 85 8F 20 35 30 30 20 30 30 30 20 93 83 20 81 8E 84 85 20 87 83 93
B5 81 8A 94 96 82 20 81 99 8F 81 89
A7 87 82 88 86 81 89 83 85 20 9E 87 8D 91
A7 87 82 88 86 81 89 83 86 94 20 9E 87 8D 91 83
9E 87 8D 97 82 88 8F 84 95 20 83 87 82 88 86
A7 87 82 88 86 81 89 83 85 81 20 31 30 20 91 81 85 A1 84 8F 81 89 20 85 83 20 4D 75 73 74 61 6E 67
A7 87 82 88 86 81 89 83 86 94 20 31 30 20 91 81 85 A1 84 8F 81 89 20 85 83 20 4D 75 73 74 61 6E 67
9A 87 82 8E B7 92 89 84 86 82 20 8E 81 8F 8D 8C 82 85 86 90
A7 87 82 88 86 81 89 83 85 81 20 35 30 20 91 81 85 A1 84 8F 81 89

Real Text (From website, 00 is not-found strings):

Quote:

00
00
??????? ????? ?????? 10
????? ?????? 10
00
?????? ???? ? ????? ?????? 5 ??? ???
???? ?? 5
00
?????? ???? ? ????? ?????? 8 ??? ???
???? ?? 8
00
500 000 ??????? ? ???? ?? ???? ?
????? ???
00
?????? ???
????? ????
00
??????? 10 ?????? ?? Mustang
????? ???????
00

Japanese text (Same order, not sure each character takes how many bytes):

Quote:

85 D6 86 97
31 30 C7 88 8A 90 86 D3 87 BD
31 30 C7 88 8A 90 86 D3 87 BD 8F 9B
31 30 C7 88 8A
35 C7 88 8A 87 AC ED 8D 93 88 AF 88 8B FC F3
35 C7 88 8A 87 AC ED 8D 93 88 AF 88 8B FC F3 8F 9B
35 BD 8C A3 88
38 C7 88 8A 87 AC ED 8D 93 88 AF 88 8B FC F3
38 C7 88 8A 87 AC ED 8D 93 88 AF 88 8B FC F3 8F 9B
38 BD 8C A3 88
31 CF 94 35 30 30 2C 30 30 30 F3 86 8D
31 CF 94 35 30 30 2C 30 30 30 F3 86 8D 8F 9B
87 B1 8E DC 87 85 92 89 8A
A7 93 89 96 8B FC F3
A7 93 89 96 8B FC F3 8F 9B
BD F9 CB 88 FC F3
4D 75 73 74 61 6E 67 94 93 88 AF 88 31 30 87 89 8B FC F3
4D 75 73 74 61 6E 67 94 93 88 AF 88 31 30 87 89 8B FC F3 8F 9B
83 C6 83 9C 83 9D 87 D5 91 A8
93 88 AF 88 35 30 87 89 8B FC F3

I'm trying to understand how this works so that I know if I can try translating the game to another language which requires Unicode.