Localization of INI files

Development Programming & Scripting
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Hi.

I’ve read the docs on localisation and I’ve seen that it basically works either with code macros ((NS)LOCTEXT) or in blueprints. However, a lot of the strings I want to translate are INI-based. Basically I’ve got a lot of CONFIG variables for game objects so they can be easily edited without the need for recompiling.

The page here, https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Gameplay/Localization/Setup/index.html , seems to suggest that ini files can be localised (see below,) however, there is no clear example on how ini files must be formatted or what namespace they might use.

;Gather text from source code and configuration files.
[GatherTextStep0]
CommandletClass=GatherTextFromSource
IncludePaths=./Source/
IncludePaths=./Config/ 
ExcludePaths=*/Config/Localization/*
SourceFileSearchFilters=*.h
SourceFileSearchFilters=*.cpp
SourceFileSearchFilters=*.ini

So, I’m kind of stumped. I’d rather not transfer the hundreds of strings I’ve got into cpp files if possible.

I was also wondering if it was possible to do localisation entirely in ini files, without using the commandlets. For instance, some sort of Game\Config\Localization\{culture}.ini which would contain the text values for each culture. This isn’t the ideal solution, I know, but still.

Any help appreciated, thanks!

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I’m wondering this too, though I’ve debugged the GatherText commandlet and I’m pretty sure ini file localization isn’t properly implemented yet (despite the misleading SourceFileSearchFilters=*.ini line in the sample localization config file they provide.) Anyone from Epic want to correct me?

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Here some news with 4.12 :

To use localization in ini files, We need to use NSLOCTEXT macro, like in C++ files.

[/Script/PRJ.MyCharacter]

MyVariable = NSLOCTEXT(“Namespace”, “Mykey”, “Value to translate”)

But it’s important to notice that only FText variable (or array) works

If you use the macro with FString, you will get the whole line as string => “NSLOCTEXT(“Namespace”, “Mykey”, “Value to translate”)”

I lost 1 day on this :wink: