Call of Duty: Black Ops II , changing the language to English often requires manual file modification because the official Steam version in certain regions (like Russia or Poland) may not have a "Language" tab in the properties menu. Steam Community PC (Steam/Retail) Language Feature
Open with Notepad. Find line: Language = russian or Language = polish.
Change to: Language = english
Save and close.
If text is still wrong, download an English language pack (search: BO2 English pack zone files – ~300–500 MB) and copy into zone/ folder.
6. Troubleshooting
- Download: Locate a reputable source for the files. Crucial Warning: When searching for these files, be extremely cautious of
.exe files claiming to be language packs. You are looking for .iwd data files, not executables. Executables are often malware.
- Navigate to Directory: Open your Black Ops 2 installation folder.
- Fix: This is rare. Verify the integrity of
en_zombie_sound.iwd. Try re-extracting the pack with 7-Zip (WinRAR sometimes misses files).
Copy the English sound and zone folders into the directory, overwriting the existing ones. Replace the following text files in the main folder: localization.txt localization_mp.txt (Multiplayer) localization_zm.txt (Zombies)
Important notes before you begin
English+language+pack+for+cod+black+ops+2 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops II , changing the language to English often requires manual file modification because the official Steam version in certain regions (like Russia or Poland) may not have a "Language" tab in the properties menu. Steam Community PC (Steam/Retail) Language Feature
Open with Notepad. Find line: Language = russian or Language = polish.
Change to: Language = english
Save and close.
If text is still wrong, download an English language pack (search: BO2 English pack zone files – ~300–500 MB) and copy into zone/ folder.
6. Troubleshooting
- Download: Locate a reputable source for the files. Crucial Warning: When searching for these files, be extremely cautious of
.exe files claiming to be language packs. You are looking for .iwd data files, not executables. Executables are often malware.
- Navigate to Directory: Open your Black Ops 2 installation folder.
- Fix: This is rare. Verify the integrity of
en_zombie_sound.iwd. Try re-extracting the pack with 7-Zip (WinRAR sometimes misses files).
Copy the English sound and zone folders into the directory, overwriting the existing ones. Replace the following text files in the main folder: localization.txt localization_mp.txt (Multiplayer) localization_zm.txt (Zombies) english+language+pack+for+cod+black+ops+2
Important notes before you begin