[Question] About asset unloading

When it comes to unloading of localization assets, I have found in your documentation and forum answers that the addressable system is responsible for it.

Could you explain how exactly the localization system does notify the addressable system that all tables of a locale are being unloaded?

I've been analyzing the source code of your package and it is not easy to find an answer.

Are there any best practices to follow?

Thanks!

 

Thanks for your reply.

So as I understand, tables and assets are loaded on demand but just unloaded when switching language.
Is there a possibility to manually unload tables that we don't need anymore?

 

Hi there, is there any behavioral change on how localization package handles asset unloads? We are having a problem with our assets. When the parent gameobject is set to inactive, the assets get unloaded. When the object is set to active again, we see only white boxes in our ui images.

EDIT: we are using addressables 1.19.19 and localization 1.4.0-exp.1

 

We downgraded to localization 1.3.2 and it works now.

 

I've tested forcing the language switch via:
LocalizationSettings.SelectedLocale = _currentLocale;

However It does not unload de addressable bundle. Is there something im missing?
(tested in WebGL)

 

Thanks for the quick reply!

I'm currently tracking each request directly on webGL build, below you can see that the first time loading "MainMenu" all Localization bundles are loaded as expected, however the same thing does not happen when reloading "MainMenu".

(The same happens to other scenes)

That makes me believe they are getting cached somewhere which should not happen since im using the same configuration in other asset bundles, and those get properly reloaded.



Currently using 1.3.2, I'll seek to update if possible.
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Updating seems to not fix the issue.
Current versions:
Unity 2021.3.15f1
Addressables 1.20.5
Localization 1.4.2

 

Updating seems to not fix the issue.
Current versions:
Unity 2021.3.15f1
Addressables 1.20.5
Localization 1.4.2

I've tried using the EventViewer in the past, but I feel like it shows to much information, i'm not really interested on any calls to a already loaded bundle, the main issue is the localization bundles not getting unloaded in the same way as the other bundles. I'll make sure to give it another try tho, and get back with any feedback I get.

Tell me If there is any other thing I can try, I would be very grateful. This is currently the only and biggest hiccup we are having on the management of our Assets

 

Update, i've managed to fix it mostly by try and error.
Below follows the code that fixed it, the only change I added was

LocalizationSettings.SelectedLocale = null;

it seems that Localization was not getting properly reloaded since I was changing to the same Locale.

Thanks for the quick replies

Code (CSharp):

1.        
2. private IEnumerator COR_ForceLocalizationReload()
3.         {
4.             LocalizationSettings.SelectedLocaleChanged -= SelectedLocaleChanged;
5.  
6.             LocalizationSettings.SelectedLocale = null;
7.             LocalizationSettings.SelectedLocale = _currentLocale;
8.  
9.             var operation = LocalizationSettings.InitializationOperation;
10.             do
11.             {
12.                 if (_currentLocale == null)
13.                     _currentLocale = LocalizationSettings.SelectedLocaleAsync.Result;
14.  
15.                 this.Log("Locale:" + operation.PercentComplete, $"{_currentLocale?.Identifier.CultureInfo.NativeName}");
16.                 LoadingLocale?.Invoke(operation.PercentComplete, $"{_currentLocale?.Identifier.CultureInfo.NativeName}");
17.             }
18.             while (!operation.IsDone);
19.  
20.             yield return Tools.Yielders.Get(MIN_LOADTIME);
21.             LocalizationSettings.SelectedLocaleChanged += SelectedLocaleChanged;
22.         }
23.