All Text is gone

[TigerCAt_meh]

So, when 1.7 came out, i wanted to start off fresh with no mods (I usually have a bunch). I made a backup first, then deleted everything in gamedata other than the squad folder, and also deleted some other files involving my mods that were stored elsewhere.

then, after i updated my game, i launched KSP and the flavor text above the loading bar was replaced by somthing saying "#autoLOC_[some numbers]."

obviously, the part in brackets was actual numbers, not just that....

anyway, the same text appeared basically everywhere. tooltips, flavor text, names of parts, descriptions, even the options on the main menu and my save files all had the "#autoLOC_*********" thing instead of normal text. They all had different numbers at the end, BTW

i also tried restoring my backup, hoping it would go back to normal, but it changed nothing. I've even changed to a new PC since then, and the same thing occurs, strangely.

i still have this problem, and it has not changed since then.  has anyone else had this problem? do you know how to fix it? I've had this once before, but i don't remember how i fixed it, unfortunately. 

Please help me, if you have ideas.

[4x4cheesecake]

It is a pretty rare issue and while it is obviously the dictionary which is messed up or even missing, the actual culprit of the issue is still unknown, at least as far as I know. Maybe you are lucky and it is just caused by your update method.

First of all, please open "GameData/Squad/Localization" and check if there is a "dictionary.cfg" and if the file exists, open it in a texteditor. It should contain all the "autoLOC_xxxxxx" codes and associated texts for these codes.
I assume, the file will be missing. If you got the game on steam and the game files are actually still located in your steam install directory, you can try to verify the file integrity. Right click on the game in the steam library -> properties -> local files -> verify integrity of game files. This will cause steam to replace every missing file, incl. the dictionary. Now repeat the first step to verify, the "dictionary.cfg" actually got repaired/replaced.

Launch the game at least twice and see if this already fixed your issue. If you are lucky, everything is just fine again but if not...well, it's getting complicated here because I have no idea what's going on
If the procedure actually replaced the missing dictionary and it disappeared after one or two game launches again, you can try to move the whole game out of the steam install directory so it is no longer accessible for steam.  You can still launch the game via the KSP_x64.exe, don't worry This didn't help in other cases but you never know and to be honest, it is the last thing I'm able to suggest right now. If moving the game files doesn't fix it, it is something else on your machine which messes around with your game files. Of course, any Anti-Vir program would be my next guess but a) these programs usually notify you as soon as they find something which seem to be suspicious and b) deactivating didn't help in previous cases. Of course, you can try it anyway. 
We even tried to monitor the file and which programs access or modify it but without any useful results

Oh btw.: If you got the game on any other platform than steam (or if everything else already failed), I would always suggest to do a clean reinstall, which includes manually deleting every game file so you can be sure, everything is installed properly. Deleting just the Squad folder may causes some issues during the update process.

One last thing though: There was a single case, where this issues was caused by the twitch launcher which was used to manage some mods in KSP....so if you got this one as well, you can also try to remove it Unfortunately, the only case I know of which actually got solved

edit: for reference, this is the thread when the issue happend the last time to someone:

 

 

Edited May 25, 2019 by 4x4cheesecake