The game stores its language setting in the Windows Registry. This is the most common fix for the Russian-locked version.
Step 1: Close Medal of Honor: Airborne if it is running.
Step 2: Press Windows Key + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box.
Step 3: Type regedit and press Enter. This opens the Registry Editor.
Step 4: Navigate to the following path using the left-hand sidebar:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\EA Games\Medal of Honor Airborne
Note for 32-bit Windows users: If you are on a 32-bit system, use this path instead:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA Games\Medal of Honor AirborneThe game stores its language setting in the Windows Registry
Step 5: Look for a key (entry) named Language on the right-hand panel.
Step 6: Double-click the Language entry.
Step 7: In the “Value data” field, change the text from Russian (or Ru or RUS) to English (or en-US).
Step 8: Click “OK”.
Step 9: Look for another key named Locale. If it exists, change its value to en_US. Note for 32-bit Windows users: If you are
Step 10: Close the Registry Editor and launch the game. The menus and subtitles should now be in English.
If you have a full installation of the game, the English files are likely already present on your hard drive, but the game is configured to launch in Russian. You can force the game to use English by editing the initialization file.
Step 1: Locate the Configuration File
UnrealEngine3 folder.MoHAirborne.ini.Step 2: Edit the Language Setting
Step 3: Apply Read-Only Attribute (Crucial Step) Sometimes the game resets this file when you launch it. To prevent this: Step 5: Look for a key (entry) named
Launch the game. If the menus and voices are now in English, you are done! If the text is English but the voices are still Russian, proceed to Method 2.
If you own the game on Steam, the process is much simpler. Steam usually manages the language files for you.
There are two main versions of Medal of Honor: Airborne:
The methods below work for all versions, including the notoriously stubborn Russian repacks.
Some Russian repacks have hardcoded text. If so:
Sometimes, the text will change to English, but the voice acting remains in Russian. This happens when the English audio files were never included in your installation to save space (common in "Repak" versions).
To fix missing audio: