Zero Parades Language Toggle

A mod that lets you swap Zero Parades' text language with one keypress, the way Disco Elysium does it.

Tested on game version: 1.0.36599.K01

Install

1. Download the latest release zip.

2. Extract it into your Zero Parades install folder (the one containing ZeroParades.exe).

3. Launch the game (for Steam users, launch from your Steam library, not by double-clicking ZeroParades.exe in the game folder).

   The first launch takes longer than normal: BepInEx downloads Unity base libraries from the internet and generates IL2CPP wrapper assemblies. A small console window may appear briefly — that's BepInEx, it's expected. Subsequent launches are normal speed.

4. In game, press ; (semicolon) to toggle between languages.

By default, the mod toggles between English (en) and Simplified Chinese (zh_cn).

You can change both the hotkey and target languages in: BepInEx\config\zp.langtoggle.cfg

See the Configuration section below for details.

If the game won't launch (or exits immediately)

This is almost always antivirus software blocking BepInEx. BepInEx loads mods through a winhttp.dll proxy that injects code into the game process, which antivirus heuristics often flag as suspicious.

Fix:

1. Add your Zero Parades install folder to your antivirus exclusion list.
   • Windows Defender: Settings → Privacy & security → Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Manage settings → Exclusions → Add a folder.
2. Delete <game folder>\BepInEx\unity-libs\ if it exists — antivirus may have left it half-extracted.
3. Launch the game again.

If it still fails, check <game folder>\BepInEx\LogOutput.log for the actual error and open an issue with the log attached.

Configuration

Edit <game folder>\BepInEx\config\zp.langtoggle.cfg:

[General]
ToggleKey = Semicolon
LanguageA = en
LanguageB = zh_cn
ShowNotification = true

Languages shipped with the game

Code	Language
en	English (source text)
zh_cn	Simplified Chinese
de	German
ru	Russian
es_mx	Spanish (Mexico)

Other ISO codes (zh_tw, en_us, fr, ja, ko, etc.) are accepted by the config but the game has no translation for them — you will see fallback English or empty strings.

Hotkey

ToggleKey accepts any Unity KeyCode name, e.g. F8, BackQuote, L.

Uninstall

Delete the following from your game folder. Your saves are not touched (your language preference stays in the game's own gamesettings.sav):

• BepInEx\
• dotnet\
• winhttp.dll
• doorstop_config.ini

Troubleshooting

• Hotkey does nothing: Make sure ToggleKey in BepInEx\config\zp.langtoggle.cfg is a valid Unity KeyCode name (Semicolon, F8, BackQuote, etc.).
• Invalid LanguageA/B in config: You typed an unknown language code. Pick one from the table above.
• Mod stops working after a game update: Please open an issue with the game version and your log.

Building from source

Requirements:

1. .NET 6 SDK
2. A local install of Zero Parades
3. BepInEx-Unity.IL2CPP v6.0.0-be.755 or newer extracted into the game folder, and the game launched once so BepInEx generates BepInEx\interop\ (the wrapper assemblies the build references)

Build and deploy to the game's plugin folder:

dotnet build -c Release -p:GameDir='<full path to game folder>'

You can omit -p:GameDir only if your game is at the standard Windows Steam path (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Zero Parades).

License

• This mod: MIT (see LICENSE)
• BepInEx (bundled with releases): LGPL 2.1