Traditional Chinese Text Displays as Garbled Characters After Updating to v4.0.0.1048

[BenChen3842]

Hello Augustus MOD development team,

After updating Caesar 3 Augustus MOD to version v4.0.0.1048-053d5c362,
I encountered an issue where all Traditional Chinese text is displayed as garbled characters.

Here is what I have tested so far:

When switching the language pack to English, the game displays text normally.

However, once I switch to the Traditional Chinese language pack, all text becomes unreadable (garbled).

I also tested an older version, v4.0.0.789 (unstable), and Traditional Chinese displays correctly in that version.

Based on these tests, the issue seems to have been introduced after version 4.0.0.789.

I would like to ask:

Is this a known issue with Traditional Chinese (font encoding / font rendering)?

Is there a workaround or fix planned for this problem?

If needed, I’m happy to help test or provide additional information.

Thank you very much for your work on Augustus MOD and for any assistance you can provide.

Best regards

[BenChen3842]

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[crudelios]

Hello!

Just as a heads up, can you also check if the issue happens between julius v1.7.0 and julius v1.8.0 as well?

Thanks!

[BenChen3842]

I am currently running the game with Julius v1.8.0, and Traditional Chinese displays correctly in this version.

[Johannes-callidus]

This might have something to do with #1584 because it replaces the chinese font file.

[BenChen3842]

Thanks for the clarification.

Is there currently any workaround or recommended solution to resolve this issue with Traditional Chinese text?
For example, would restoring the previous Chinese font file or using a custom font override be possible?

Please let me know if there is anything I can try or test on my side.

[Johannes-callidus]

Do have your rome-v2.555 file somewhere from your original chinese installation. It isn't removed just another file is used instead. You should find it in the C3 base directory or in the .555 folder. Copy this file to assets/i18n/ and rename it to Simplified_Chinese.555 and replace the other file. That might work. It has been never tested before though.

[BenChen3842]

I followed the steps you suggested (copying rome-v2.555 to assets/i18n/ and renaming it to Simplified_Chinese.555, replacing the existing file), but unfortunately the issue persists and Traditional Chinese text is still displayed as garbled characters.

Please let me know if there are any other things I can try or if you need additional information from my side.

[Johannes-callidus]

I made a mistake in my description obviously you have to call it and replace Traditional_Chinese.555 not the simplified one.

[BenChen3842]

Thanks for the clarification.
I tested both approaches:
Renaming and replacing the file as Traditional_Chinese.555
Renaming and replacing the file as Simplified_Chinese.555
Unfortunately, neither option resolved the issue, and the Traditional Chinese text is still displayed as garbled characters.
Please let me know if there are any other things I can try, or if you need additional details from my side.