Question Best practice to handle platform specific localization?

Console vendors are picky when it comes to terminology. For example, for some it's called "Rumble" and for others "Vibration". Now I would like to avoid that the game code has to deal with a different localization string for each supported platform.

In previous projects, pre-Unity time, our localization system supported to suffix a localization string with "xbox360" or "ps3" for example and if such localization string existed, the system would pick the platform specific one. Otherwise fallback to the localization string without suffix. This allowed that a non-programmer was able to add localization strings where needed.

I'm wondering whether the localization package is providing similar functionality?

 

I can't find the Platform Override. According to the documentation, I presume I would add a new shared metadata entry, but I can't find "Platform Override" in the list.

How can I add a platform override? I'm using Localization 1.3.2 and Unity 2021.3.11f1.

 

Sorry to ping you again, but I can't figure out how to add a PlatformOverride. I simply don't have it in the dropdown-list (see screenshot above).

Any idea what I'm missing here?

 

Ahhh... you're correct. Thank you! I didn't even know that's a button for additional entry settings.

 

How can I "simulate" a platform in the editor? The problem for me is that in order to see the platform override texts, I have to deploy a target player. This is very very inconvenient and takes a significant amount of time.

How can I tell the Localization system that it should display texts for a particular platform? I'd prefer some kind of such API:

Code (CSharp):

1. Localization.platformOverride = RuntimePlatform.Switch;

The Localization system should then use the specified platformOverride instead of the actual platform it's currently running on. This would allow me to easily test all platform texts in the editor.

 

Thank you for the reply, I'll take a look at LocalizationSettings.Instance.Platform on Monday

Regarding "scene controls". This can still be controlled via code, I assume? Because we have various systems that depend on a simulated platform and we usually specify the simulated platform via CommandLine. Therefore it would be most useful for me to have an API for the Localization platform too.