AgainPsychoX / OpenLocalization

Modification for Pharaoh: A New Era (city building) game to add open-sourced localizations.

OpenLocalization

Mod for Pharaoh: A New Era game that allows loading unofficial localizations.

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Features

• Loading unofficial localizations.
• Configurable updating from online spreadsheets.
• Open for new translations and contrubution.

Notes

• The game uses I2Loc solution for localization.
• Use with BepInEx.ConfigurationManager to see some simple config GUI that includes few buttons for instant update & reload.
• Structure of external sources:
  • Separate folder for each source
  • Meta file:
    • Enabled flag
    • Website link
    • Updates related info (frequency, spreadsheet key/macro link)
  • CSV files (one per "main category" of localized terms).

• Assumption: There is only one built-in (asset) source for localization. We assume it will stay like that as PANE is not that large game.
• The built-in localization source is converted to the same structure (if folder not found already), as special name: BuiltIn with default order value 1. It isn't loaded if SkipAssets is false.

To-do

• Testing & fixing...
• Expose eGoogleUpdateSynchronization as mode (shared across all sources)
• One unofficial all-in spreadsheet, community maintained.
• Think about rewriting the backend code?
• Patch I2Loc.LanguageSourceData.Import_Google_CreateWWWcall(bool ForceUpdate, bool justCheck) and backend to make use of justCheck flag,
  • Avoid downloading large amount of data when "just checking" if update is avaliable.
  • Add checking for the update on GUI open/before downloading.
  • Show installed & latest version in the GUI.
• Add GUI for simple config (hook up to configuration manager private code using reflections).
• Lazy load actual data from LocalizationSource (only if enabled and once set to enabled).
• Make configuration/GUI compatibile with alternative configuration manager from sinai-dev.
• Maybe try do UI inside Pharaoh options themself? Would be nice to have separate library for that tho, maybe even working the same was as the configuration managers.