Change game's culture (language) during runtime (without restart)

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Hi,

How can we change the game’s culture during runntime with blueprints? If there is not a way to do it, how can we do it in c++?

Also, what about enabling/disabling subtitles during runtime?

I’ve asked Rama about this and I have tries myself to convert my bp project to c++, and I manage to compile everything ok but well… I have no idea about C++ and everytime I make and try to add some code to a new class it just stops working :frowning:

Here is the forum link: (39) Rama's Extra Blueprint Nodes for You as a Plugin, No C++ Required! - Blueprint - Unreal Engine Forums

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I am quite curious as well about changing culture during runtime, I am only aware of commandline options to change culture, which require restarting the UE4 game.

Rama

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Is there an update on this? I’m looking for a solution too.

4

It can be done manually, but then you would not have a nice output to give your translator.

5

How can it be done?

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In 4.7 in the c++ it is possible, for example:

FInternationalization::Get().SetCurrentCulture(TEXT("en"));
FInternationalization::Get().SetCurrentCulture(TEXT("pl"));

or something.

Of course I have some problem in cooked build, probably my cultures aren’t cooked or something, but this is another issue.

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It is possible to do this with blueprints in 4.11?

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In 4.12

In my case ‘FInternationalization::Get().SetCurrentCulture’ only changes the editor’s language. But I find how to change language in runtime.

I’m using the experimental tool “Localization Dashboard” and “Translation Picker” to generate the localization files.

In code:

TArray<FCultureRef> LocalizedCulturesForGame;

FInternationalization::Get().GetCulturesWithAvailableLocalization(FPaths::GetGameLocalizationPaths(), LocalizedCulturesForGame, true);

  int numCultures = LocalizedCulturesForGameNum();
  for (int i = 0; i < numCultures; ++i)
  {
    if (!LocalizedCulturesForGame[i].Get().GetEnglishName().Compare(Culture))
    {
      GConfig->SetString(TEXT("Internationalization"), TEXT("NativeGameCulture"), *LocalizedCulturesForGame[i].Get().GetName(), GEditorSettingsIni);
      GConfig->Flush(false, GEditorSettingsIni);
      FTextLocalizationManager::Get().RefreshResources();
      return;
    }
  }

It’s not the best approach, but it is my first attempt and it works.

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I am also interested in how to do this