: If you don't want to change your entire system setting, use a tool like Locale Emulator to run the game's executable specifically in a Chinese environment.
: Ensure that "Supplemental Chinese Fonts" are installed via your Windows Language settings. Sword.and.Fairy.5.CHiNESE-DARKSiDERS.part1.rar
(Partial) English Patch for The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 Prequel : If you don't want to change your
: The game is hardcoded to display Simplified Chinese characters. If your Windows System Locale is set to English (or any non-Chinese language), the game cannot load the necessary character sets, resulting in "solid" blocks or "Mojibake" (gibberish). Sword.and.Fairy.5.CHiNESE-DARKSiDERS.part1.rar
: Set your Windows "Language for non-Unicode programs" to Chinese (Simplified, China) . This often resolves font rendering issues in older Chinese PC games.