Localization Dashboard not responding after upgrading to 5.3

[mgoharry]

I was working fine with the localization dashboard while on 5.1, Gathering text and compiling translations were working fine. However, when I updated the project to 5.3, Nothing works anymore. If I tried to gather, count or compile, it keeps loading and nothing happens. No log no output nothing. Tried to delete the target and the cultures and even tried to delete Localization folder from content and start fresh but still I can’t gather a single text What could be the problem?

[SupportiveEntity]

Hey there @mgoharry! Welcome to the community! Does this occur only on migrated projects? Do other 5.3 projects work correctly?

[MindofPerry]

Hey there, I have a similar issue and am wondering if it’s just 5.3 as a whole that has this issue in Localization Dashboard.

I’m new to game dev and started a new project altogether from the first person template and developed a simple platforming game in first person using only blueprint for Windows. The game has captions at the bottom of the screen on each level.

However, I’m unable to package the game without localization being put in place apparently so I attempted to start that process but it does not ever get past “Waiting for server”. I have attached the log from the Gather Text attempt.

I have tried numerous YouTube tutorials and google searches and forum posts but none have an answer for this issue so far.

[2024.03.04-19.34.14:236][  0]LogTextureFormatManager: Display: Loaded Base TextureFormat: TextureFormatASTC
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:237][  0]LogTextureFormatManager: Display: Loaded Base TextureFormat: TextureFormatDXT
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:237][  0]LogTextureFormatManager: Display: Loaded Base TextureFormat: TextureFormatETC2
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:237][  0]LogTextureFormatManager: Display: Loaded Base TextureFormat: TextureFormatIntelISPCTexComp
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:237][  0]LogTextureFormatManager: Display: Loaded Base TextureFormat: TextureFormatUncompressed
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:237][  0]LogTextureFormatOodle: Display: Oodle Texture TFO init; latest sdk version = 2.9.10
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:237][  0]LogTextureFormatOodle: Display: Oodle Texture loading DLL: oo2tex_win64_2.9.5.dll
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:237][  0]LogTextureFormatOodle: Display: Oodle Texture loading DLL: oo2tex_win64_2.9.6.dll
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:238][  0]LogTextureFormatOodle: Display: Oodle Texture loading DLL: oo2tex_win64_2.9.7.dll
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:238][  0]LogTextureFormatOodle: Display: Oodle Texture loading DLL: oo2tex_win64_2.9.8.dll
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:239][  0]LogTextureFormatOodle: Display: Oodle Texture loading DLL: oo2tex_win64_2.9.9.dll
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:239][  0]LogTextureFormatOodle: Display: Oodle Texture loading DLL: oo2tex_win64_2.9.10.dll
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:240][  0]LogTextureFormatManager: Display: Loaded Base TextureFormat: TextureFormatOodle
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:260][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Android'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:260][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Android_ASTC'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:260][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Android_DXT'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:260][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Android_ETC2'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:260][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'AndroidClient'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:260][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Android_ASTCClient'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:260][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Android_DXTClient'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:260][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Android_ETC2Client'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:260][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Android_Multi'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:260][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Android_MultiClient'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:265][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'IOS'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:265][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'IOSClient'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:270][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Linux'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:270][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'LinuxEditor'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:270][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'LinuxServer'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:270][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'LinuxClient'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:276][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'LinuxArm64'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:276][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'LinuxArm64Server'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:276][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'LinuxArm64Client'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:284][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Mac'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:284][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'MacEditor'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:284][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'MacServer'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:284][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'MacClient'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:288][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'TVOS'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:288][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'TVOSClient'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:296][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'Windows'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:296][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'WindowsEditor'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:296][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'WindowsServer'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:296][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Loaded TargetPlatform 'WindowsClient'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:296][  0]LogTargetPlatformManager: Display: Building Assets For WindowsEditor
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:306][  0]LogAudioDebug: Display: Lib vorbis DLL was dynamically loaded.
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:421][  0]LogDerivedDataCache: Display: Memory: Max Cache Size: -1 MB
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:464][  0]LogDerivedDataCache: Display: ../../../Engine/DerivedDataCache/Compressed.ddp: Opened pak cache for reading. (2383 MiB)
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:471][  0]LogDerivedDataCache: Display: C:/Users/Shane/AppData/Local/UnrealEngine/Common/DerivedDataCache: Performance: Latency=0.07ms. RandomReadSpeed=983.07MBs, RandomWriteSpeed=181.74MBs. Assigned SpeedClass 'Local'
[2024.03.04-19.34.14:473][  0]LogShaderCompilers: Display: Using Local Shader Compiler with 9 workers.
[2024.03.04-19.34.15:937][  0]LogShaderCompilers: Display: Compiling shader autogen file: ../../../../Unreal Projects/Plate Hopper/Intermediate/ShaderAutogen/PCD3D_SM5/AutogenShaderHeaders.ush
[2024.03.04-19.34.15:937][  0]LogShaderCompilers: Display: Autogen file is unchanged, skipping write.
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:036][  0]LogAssetRegistry: Display: AssetDataGatherer spent 0.000s loading caches ../../../../Unreal Projects/Plate Hopper/Intermediate/CachedAssetRegistry_*.bin.
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:056][  0]LogEditorDomain: Display: EditorDomain is Disabled
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:329][  0]LogDeviceProfileManager: Display: Deviceprofile LinuxArm64Editor not found.
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:329][  0]LogDeviceProfileManager: Display: Deviceprofile LinuxArm64 not found.
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:539][  0]LogCsvProfiler: Display: Metadata set : deviceprofile="WindowsEditor"
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:539][  0]LogShaderCompilers: Display: Compiling shader autogen file: ../../../../Unreal Projects/Plate Hopper/Intermediate/ShaderAutogen/PCD3D_SM6/AutogenShaderHeaders.ush
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:539][  0]LogShaderCompilers: Display: Autogen file is unchanged, skipping write.
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:565][  0]LogTextureEncodingSettings: Display: Texture Encode Speed: Final (cook).
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:565][  0]LogTextureEncodingSettings: Display: Oodle Texture Encode Speed settings: Fast: RDO Off Lambda=0, Effort=Normal Final: RDO Off Lambda=0, Effort=Normal
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:565][  0]LogTextureEncodingSettings: Display: Shared linear texture encoding: Disabled
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:658][  0]LogMeshReduction: Display: Using QuadricMeshReduction for automatic static mesh reduction
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:658][  0]LogMeshReduction: Display: Using SkeletalMeshReduction for automatic skeletal mesh reduction
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:658][  0]LogMeshReduction: Display: Using ProxyLODMeshReduction for automatic mesh merging
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:658][  0]LogMeshReduction: Display: No distributed automatic mesh merging module available
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:971][  0]LogVirtualization: Display: VirtualizationSystem name found in ini file: None
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:971][  0]LogVirtualization: Display: FNullVirtualizationSystem mounted, virtualization will be disabled
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:978][  0]LogLiveCoding: Display: Starting LiveCoding
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:978][  0]LogLiveCoding: Display: LiveCodingConsole Arguments: UnrealEditor Win64 Development
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:979][  0]LogLiveCoding: Display: Detected running instance in process group "UE_Plate Hopper_0xa2f589f2", connecting to console process (PID: 20964)
[2024.03.04-19.34.16:979][  0]LogLiveCoding: Display: Waiting for server

I’m hoping someone can help provide clarity as to what I’m missing here. Thanks in advance!

[SupportiveEntity]

Hey there @MindofPerry! Welcome to the community! It actually looks like LiveCoding is stalling here. Generally after that point, it would make the connection to the server and then print this line next: LogLiveCoding: Display: Successfully initialized, removing startup thread.

Might be worth trying to disable live coding in the project settings, restart, and try again:

Live Coding

[MindofPerry]

Hi @SupportiveEntity, this did solve the localization dashboard issue I had come across! However, upon the packaging of the game being completed, I now have the following issue when trying to launch the exe file for the game:

LowLevelFatalError [File:D:\build++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\Internationalization\ICUInternationalization.cpp] [Line: 156]
ICU data directory was not discovered:
…/…/…/Engine/Content/Internationalization
…/…/…/Engine/Content/Internationalization

I have yet to find any solution online that fixes this issue. Any thoughts?

[SupportiveEntity]

Hey there @MindofPerry! I’m personally unfamiliar with the International Components for Unicode, but doing a bit of research on them at the moment. In the meantime, check out this thread to see if these fixes from Adian work and let me know how it goes. Heads up, before deleting anything in your project folder, please back your project up.

ICU data directory was not discovered

It looks like the error message is indicating that the UE5 ICU data directory cannot be found. ICU stands for International Components for Unicode, which is a library used for Unicode support. This error can occur if the library is missing or if the engine is unable to locate it. To fix this issue, you can try the following steps: Check that the ICU library is installed in your system. You can download it from the official ICU website (ICU Documentation | ICU is a mature, widely used set of C…

[Last_Soldier]

I’ve encounter same issue with latest 5.4.1 engine here. Neither gather text nor compile text works correctly.
Only thing happened is one log is written in output like below:

Log          LogUObjectHash            Compacting FUObjectHashTables data took   0.39ms

Seems the gathering process cannot be launched.
The issue remains after I disable live coding. Seems something goes wrong. Any suggestions? Thanks.

[Last_Soldier]

I’ve figured out that this issue is caused by a out date plugin in my project.

There will be a message box about out date plugin pop up before launch the editor. And this also happens when launch any UnrealEditor-Cmd. As the result, the gathering process will be blocked by the popup.

After I upgrade the plugin, the issue is gone.