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Feature Request Access to Current Localized String

Discussion in 'Localization Tools' started by bharrison-sd, Oct 20, 2022.

  1. bharrison-sd

    bharrison-sd

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    Hi - curious if we can expose 

    LocalizedString.m_CurrentStringChangedValue

    to quickly retrieve the value of an already localized string. I know we can use the StringChanged event to listen for modification, but in most of our cases it's overkill and I'm just interested in passing the value along to another object. I'd also like to avoid GetLocalizedString() to eliminate redundant loads and remove the need for arguments on something that's already localized. Any reason we couldn't expose this value, or an alternative in mind?

    Much appreciated!
     
    bharrison-sd, Oct 20, 2022
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  2. karl_jones

    karl_jones

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    Hi,

    m_CurrentStringChangedValue is only used when the StringChanged event is being used so wouldn't be much use if you aren't already using the StringChanged event. At the moment we don't have any internal caching unless you are using the StringChangedEvent. I'll add a task for us to look into supporting caching for GetLocalizedString so it doesn't need to load each time. We didn't add it originally because we need a clear point to initialize and shut down the LocalizedString or it could leak the operation and prevent the assets from being unloaded. The StringChangedEvent was used to do this but we have since made improvements in this area though so should be able to better handle this now.
     
    karl_jones, Oct 20, 2022
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  3. bharrison-sd

    bharrison-sd

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    Awesome, thanks. Looking forward to hearing more if you're able to do something there.
     
    bharrison-sd, Oct 20, 2022
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