Localization Editor (Updated Oct 1, 2009)

**harshman_chris** · September 15, 2009, 04:37 PM

This is a very simple program I have been working on for my personal use, but I might as well share it.

This takes the exported tsv files from the Pack File Manager so you need that tool first.

If you would like the Source code just send me a PM. Also if you have any trouble post here and I will help.

Features:

Ability to Search by Key or Value through all Records
Ability to Search by a Known Key, New ones can be added to the Catergories.txt file.
Ability to Merge any Two files, Records in the Second file will override the ones in the first file.
Ability to Save a file with Only the records you have changed in a File.
Ability to Merge the Changes of the file with another file.

Important:
Once you save a file in this editor, it will not open in excel correctly, but it will still reopen in the editor, and still be able to be imported back into the localization file, so don't worry if it does not open right.

See Attached Files for Download.

**husserlTW** · September 16, 2009, 08:01 AM

Excellent Chris! Very useful for this monster-file and most important another tool in modding arsenal, +rep

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**♔Pom♔** · September 20, 2009, 01:17 PM

Excellent,+Rep

**Swiss Halberdier** · September 22, 2009, 04:32 PM

Hello harshmann_chris, this seems really interesting and I'll give it a try! +rep

**plissken3** · September 26, 2009, 09:31 AM

Yes sounds fantastic nice work mate cheers +REP

**harshman_chris** · September 30, 2009, 11:46 PM

I updated the tool with some nice features that I have found useful.

Features Added Include:

Ability to Merge to files into a new file, where if a record exists in the second file it will override the record in the first file.
Ability to Save to a file only the records you have changed.
Ability to Merge the changed records with a existing file.

**Lazy Knight** · October 01, 2009, 03:01 AM

wow this sounds really nice.

I imagine it like: Take your mods localisation, take another languages patch_xxx.pack (xxx=spa, or =ger) Press the merge button and voila, you have a mod loc file that's 90% xxx language.

**harshman_chris** · October 01, 2009, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by Lazy Knight

wow this sounds really nice.

I imagine it like: Take your mods localisation, take another languages patch_xxx.pack (xxx=spa, or =ger) Press the merge button and voila, you have a mod loc file that's 90% xxx language.

Thats one option, I made it to solve the issue of CA adding more localization records every patch, just keep your changed seperate, and then after every patch merge them.

It also can make translating easier.

**Lazy Knight** · October 01, 2009, 11:02 AM

oh yes it does. But I think your description is wrong

Originally Posted by harshman_chris

Ability to Merge to files into a new file, where if a record exists in the second file it will override the record in the first file.

In fact the first file overrides the second one. (At least if my state of mind serves me, which is not guaranteed)

**harshman_chris** · October 01, 2009, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Lazy Knight

oh yes it does. But I think your description is wrong

In fact the first file overrides the second one. (At least if my state of mind serves me, which is not guaranteed)

Well I tested it but there might be cases were it does not work, if you walk me through what you did I can fix any bugs.

**harshman_chris** · October 01, 2009, 11:58 AM

Alright, I changed the merge logic, as a result it will most likely be a slower merge, but it will work much better because it should now always valid only the key.

**Lazy Knight** · October 01, 2009, 06:15 PM

okay, I spent the evening localising IS with your editor. First off, great work! It would not have been possible like this without your editor

However I found a nasty bug: When you press Enter in a description for a line break, that will be written into the TSV, which interpretes it as a linebreak.
That will cause stuff to terrible explode and burn and die. It's not pretty. Like you save the file and then you cannot open it again, or import it to PFM.

**harshman_chris** · October 01, 2009, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Lazy Knight

okay, I spent the evening localising IS with your editor. First off, great work! It would not have been possible like this without your editor

However I found a nasty bug: When you press Enter in a description for a line break, that will be written into the TSV, which interpretes it as a linebreak.
That will cause stuff to terrible explode and burn and die. It's not pretty. Like you save the file and then you cannot open it again, or import it to PFM.

alright I will remove the return character, or maybe I will remove the return and newline character, but only if they are together.

because the newline character is used for spacing the things like the unit descriptions.

I think I after that I am going to right a much better tool tha maybe can bypass the tsv stuff and just open the packfile with the localization file. I won't have it save back to the pack file though, because most likely you don't want it to, unless I have you select a pack file, we will see what I can come up with and ho much time I have.

**harshman_chris** · October 01, 2009, 10:05 PM

Alright I changed the code so that it will remove any "\r\n" or when enter is pressed, it won't effect adding newline characters for formating in game.