Question Double-nested Localiztion

Hi,

I have a question regarding nested strings in Localization.

If I have a smart string, is it possible to do as following as following:
"key_timer" with a smartstring english-"Time left: {countdown}
and then set countdown to one of following:
"key_hh_mm_ss" with value "{time_h}{time_unit_h} {time_m}{time_unit_m} {time_s}{time_unit_s}"
"key_mm_ss" with value "{time_m}{time_unit_m} {time_s}{time_unit_s}"
"key_ss" with value "{time_s}{time_unit_s}"

so that as the timer progress I can update "countdown" from "key_hh_mm_ss" to "key_mm_ss" and finally "key_ss"

Instead of a solution where I would need to have 3 different types of:
"key_timer_hh_mm_ss" with value "Time left: {time_h}{time_unit_h} {time_m}{time_unit_m} {time_s}{time_unit_s}"
"key_timer_mm_ss" with value "Time left: {time_m}{time_unit_m} {time_s}{time_unit_s}"
"key_timer_ss" with value "Time left: {time_s}{time_unit_s}"

I have a lot of timers in my game and would like to not make 3 different for every text.

How would one solve this?

Thanks in advance!

 

Thanks!

The first solution looked easier and interesting. However I couldn't make it work. It says one should add it to sources but the link https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/c.../manual/Smart/LocalizationSettings.md#sources
doesn't exist.

I figured that it was solved as followed:



I have set the key/value as following



What am I missing?

 

My bad. There is an error in the text in the documentation:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/c....4/manual/Smart/Creating-a-Custom-Source.html
an parentheses is set as a curly bracket.

Thanks!

I can't find in the documentation how one updates the values outside of Project Setting.

Am I correct in that it doesn't seem to be possible to put localized values inside the options as following:
{random:choose(1|2|3) : {example_1} | {example_2}{example3} | {example_4}} ?

 

Hi,
No worries, thanks for all your help!

2 questions:

1) I couldn't find in the documentation how to change the "random" variable other than manually going into the Project Setting. How does one change it through script?

2) I couldn't get the example to work.
In my case I used it like this (with some table changed to the table I was currently working on of course)

Code (CSharp):

1. var localizedString = new LocalizedString("Some Table", "{random:choose(1|2|3) : {example_1} | {example_2}{example3} | {example_4}}");
2. localizedString.Add("example_1", new LocalizedString("Some Table, "test string"));
3. Debug.Log(localizedString.GetLocalizedString());

I only got a missing entry comment in the console.

 

Sorry. No, I think I might have missunderstood what you meant above when you wrote:

Code (CSharp):

1. var localizedString = new LocalizedString("Some Table", "Some Value");// {random:choose(1|2|3) : {example_1} | {example_2}{example3} | {example_4}}
2. localizedString.Add("example_1", new LocalizedString("Some Table, "example_1_entry"));
3. Debug.Log(localizedString.GetLocalizedString());

But one think that I really can't wrap my head around is how I can change/assign 1, 2 or 3 in the example above, in "random:choose(1|2|3)". If I want it to not be random but assign alternativ 1, 2 or 3 at runtime. Only solution I found was editing it during edit mode.

Thanks in advance!

 

What I'm trying to do is understand how I can manipulate the selection of alternatives at runtime.

For example, I just tried to use the following code. It "works". But it always, always selects "1". Even though I try to assign it to "2" or "3".

What I really want to do is try to change it at runtime depending on circumstances, so that by "picking" 1, 2 or 3 I may change part of the text.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class SelectorScript : ISource
2. {
3.     public int pick = 2;
4.  
5.     public string selector = "random";
6.  
7.     public bool TryEvaluateSelector(ISelectorInfo selectorInfo)
8.     {
9.         if (selectorInfo.SelectorText != selector)
10.             return false;
11.         selectorInfo.Result = pick;
12.         return true;
13.     }
14. }

 

Absolutly but how does one share a project? I'm guessing I shouldn't attach the project here as a file?

I debuged but couldn't understand how it works as it didn't change the value in Project Setting. It only works when I enter Project Settings in Editor Mode and manually change it to a value.

In my game I really don't want it to be randomly chosen but changed at runtime depending on in-game scenarios.

Thanks again for all your help!