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RBRi18n

A lightweight internationalization (i18n) plugin for Richard Burns Rally (RBR). It hooks the game's text rendering to load translations and render CJK fonts with proper scaling.

Features

• Multi-language support via Language=zh|en setting
• Auto-update: fetches latest translation files from GitHub on game launch
• Per-plugin translation files (Translation.zh.json, etc.)
• Configurable font family, sizes, and menu colors
• Resolution-aware font scaling (based on RBR's native 640×480)
• Widescreen/ultrawide centering support

Installation

1. Copy RBRi18n.dll to your RBR Plugins directory
2. Create a RBRi18n folder in your RBR root directory
3. Translation files are downloaded automatically on first launch

Quick Installation

1. Extract the RRBi18n-v1.x.x.zip file archive to get two folders: Plugins and RBRi18n
2. Drag both folders and their contents directly into your RBR game root directory
3. The system will automatically merge the Plugins folder; overwrite any files if prompted

Configuration

The default language is Chinese. To configure a different language, add to RichardBurnsRally.ini in your game root:

[RBRi18n]
Language=zh

; Optional font settings (defaults shown)
FontFamily=Arial Unicode MS
FontSizeSmall=7
FontSizeBig=8
FontSizeDebug=6
FontSizeHeading=8
FontSizeMenu=8

; Optional menu colors (hex AARRGGBB or RRGGBB, defaults shown)
ColorBackground=FF323232
ColorSelection=FFFF0000
ColorIcon=FFC8C8C8
ColorText=FFFFFFFF
ColorHeading=FFFFFFFF

; Disable specific translation categories (comma-separated)
; Available: cars, stages, menu, options, tuning, rally, weather, tutorial, dailystages, misc
;DisableCategories=tutorial,dailystages

Translation Files

Translation files use JSON format. Files are named {source}.{lang}.json: If you have suggestions or corrections for the translations, please fork this project and submit your revised JSON file.

RBRi18n/
├── RichardBurnsRally.zh.json  # Base game (Chinese)
├── Weather.zh.json            # Weather translations (Chinese)
├── Options.zh.json            # Options menu (Chinese)
├── TuneCar.zh.json            # Car tuning (Chinese)
└── ...

Example translation file:

{
  "Options": "选项",
  "Quick Rally": "快速拉力赛"
}

All files matching the configured language extension will be loaded and merged.

Build from Source

Prerequisites

• Windows
• Visual Studio with C++ tools (v143 toolset)
• Windows SDK 10.0

Build

1. Open RBRi18n.vcxproj in Visual Studio (or add to a solution)
2. Select Release | Win32
3. Build

Output: Release/RBRi18n.dll

Credits

• RBR API memory addresses and structs derived from RBRAPI by MIKA-N (MIT-like license, see RBR/RBRAPI.h)
• MinHook for function hooking
• nlohmann/json for JSON parsing

License

MIT