Accented and foreign characters in TEW

The first two reasons mean that your computer does not have the correct language settings to handle all accented / foreign characters. The third reason usually means this - you can easily check by trying to view the profile of a worker who has an accented character in their name (like many luchadors for example). The game should automatically detect this when you open the game. As the warning message will say, you can have the game automatically replace the accented characters with unaccented versions by running the Data Check utility (in the editor). If you already have begun a save game then you can apply the same process to your save game by going to Options -> Remote Assistance and using the code languagecheck.

If you do not want to use the fix described above, the easiest way to solve this is to change the language for non-unicode programs to English within Windows. The way to do this differs slightly depending on what version of Windows you are running, but it is usually found in Control Panel -> Region and Languages and then either under Administrative or Advanced. If this does not work, you can also try changing your language to English. If that all fails, please try installing a Spanish language pack.

(NB: Please be clear that RTE 3021 is a generic error; just because you're getting it does not mean that this answer applies to you. If you're not getting warnings about language when you open the game and / or can happily access profiles with accented characters in them then the above probably does not apply to you. If you're already past the first month of gameplay then you almost certainly do NOT have a language issue.)


This means you do not have the correct language pack to show accented characters. Please see the previous answer.