Rufous

{
  "post": {
    "title": "Why can't I change language?",
    "selftext": "",
    "url": "https://i.redd.it/eptwyhfoos3a1.jpg"
  },
  "comments": [
    {
      "body": "Definitely changeable from in-game here. Are you using a launcher flag to force English? (\"--language english\")?\n\nWith the game closed, you can go to where your production\\_config.ini settings are stored (documents/my games/path of exile/), edit the config with a text editor. Look for\n\n    [LANGUAGE]\n    chat_language=en\n    language=en\n\nYour options are\n\n* en - English\n* fr - French\n* de - German\n* pt-BR - Portuguese\n* ru - Russian\n* th - Thai\n* es - Spanish\n* ko-KR - Korean\n* ja-JP - Japanese",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "Was definitely some startup issue, probably some shortcut issue. Wouldn't think about trying going to the game folder and launching the exe file directly without a shortcut without your comment. Thanks!"
        },
        {
          "body": "I wasn't aware of this \"--language english\" flag option, thx!"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "Are you playing on Steam? If so it's on Steam settings of Poe, not in game",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "Standalone"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "Your poe has been colonized by the british empire, do not resist.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "I personally, liked that one  \n![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|give_upvote)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "dunno, try clicking the flags",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "They are, as you can see, greyed out, and disabled",
          "replies": [
            {
              "body": "is that only when the options menu is open or even when its closed",
              "replies": [
                {
                  "body": "Always. I see you're working at tech support, I'll save you the time and say that turning the game off and on doesn't work as well.",
                  "replies": [
                    {
                      "body": "have you tried changing language while in character select, or in game?"
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "You mightve chosen english when you downloaded the game.  I think the flags on top also control the language/default location unless that was changed recently. You can also manually change language in game files and save to force default if i remember correctly.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "I got it sorted.  \nIt's actually due to a \"soft\" lock related to location change. I use vpn from home sometimes for work, so PoE freaks out and locks my saved password and asks to re-enter it and sometimes input a code they send to my mail.   \nApparently, you can't change language before you confirm the password."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}