General question on language sub files

[jollyjack]

Do we need to leave them be: f.i. a  fire_small.group file has a *. chs, *.fra, *.ger file and more with them. Can you just delete these?

[AEthelraedUnraed]

You can just delete them. I believe the game defaults to English (.eng) if it can't find the proper localisation files for the language in the game settings.

Edited August 13, 2021 by AEthelraedUnraed

[Sketch]

If you don't want to support other languages, you can remove them. Those players with their game set to anything that you've removed will not get subtitle messages. I assume you'll only support English. If so, and my game is set to German (and you have removed all other language files except English), I will not get any subtitle messages since there is no German language file.

 

 

What I do instead (if I want to support other languages with translations) is:

1. Open the English file with a text editor (like Notepad, Notepad++, or Visual Studio Code)
2. Copy the text in the English file.
3. Then I open all the other languages files
4. Replace the text of the other language files by pasting the text of the English file into the file
5. ????
6. Save obviously
7. PROFIT

 

Now if I have German as my game language, I'll get subtitle messages (but they'll be in English).

 

 

EDIT: Why did this get moved out of the mission editor forum? It's clearly a mission editor question.

Edited August 13, 2021 by Sketch

[AEthelraedUnraed]

43 minutes ago, Sketch said:

EDIT: Why did this get moved out of the mission editor forum? It's clearly a mission editor question.

It was. Then you insisted on writing instructions on how to do it. Now it's a guide. Clearly.

 

Edited August 13, 2021 by AEthelraedUnraed

[IckyATLAS]

On 8/13/2021 at 9:20 PM, Sketch said:

If you don't want to support other languages, you can remove them. Those players with their game set to anything that you've removed will not get subtitle messages. I assume you'll only support English. If so, and my game is set to German (and you have removed all other language files except English), I will not get any subtitle messages since there is no German language file.

 

 

What I do instead (if I want to support other languages with translations) is:

1. Open the English file with a text editor (like Notepad, Notepad++, or Visual Studio Code)
2. Copy the text in the English file.
3. Then I open all the other languages files
4. Replace the text of the other language files by pasting the text of the English file into the file
5. ????
6. Save obviously
7. PROFIT

 

Now if I have German as my game language, I'll get subtitle messages (but they'll be in English).

 

 

EDIT: Why did this get moved out of the mission editor forum? It's clearly a mission editor question.

 

I did nothing of this. I work in English and the same English text is copied automatically in all my other language sub files.

It seems this is automatically made by the system. 

 

[Sketch]

Ahhh cool! It definitely did not do this before, or maybe I did something wrong. Glad it's doing what it should!

[JG4_Deciman]

5 hours ago, IckyATLAS said:

 

I did nothing of this. I work in English and the same English text is copied automatically in all my other language sub files.

It seems this is automatically made by the system. 

 

 

Then there must have been some changes after the last time I tried...

 

I'm not sure about subtitles, maybe that was implemented before

But I'm sure about Icon descriptions etc...

Working with language setting in editor

and renaming them by hand (from the default 'Icon Desc' or whatever is plased as 'basic' in english setting) after adding icons

will result in 'changes only made in english language file'.

All other languages show the 'preset default'

 

Deci