Modify existing translation

[stark timber]

Hi, I'm an Spanish player who thinks the Rain World Spanish translation could be improved (a lot), so I want to create a mod to fix those lines that don't convince me

Is there a simple way to replace the \StreamingAssets\text\text_spa\strings.txt by code?? Thanks

Modify existing translation

[chrome urchin]

You actually don't need code! Let me write a list of the things you need

[chrome urchin]

(Note: these instructions use text_lang as a stand-in for the folder the text was taken from. Rain World uses the ISO 639 three-letter language codes: English is at text\text_eng. The file paths are otherwise the exact same, except for the changing of that 3 letter code.)

1. Copy the contents of \StreamingAssets\text\text_lang\, StreamingAssets\mods\moreslugcats\text\text_lang\, and StreamingAssets\mods\watcher\text\text_lang. Leave the strings.txt for later (see the last line of this message). Also, keep in mind that other base game mods like Expedition have their own text files that you can copy over, if they happen to not use strings.txt.

2. Create the file path Rain World\RainWorld_Data\StreamingAssetsDecrypt\text\text_lang and paste the files in there.
   2a. NOTE: As of 1.10.1, the Watcher DLC update, the file path to decypt is now StreamingAssets\Decrypt\text\text_lang.

3. Open Rain World (you don't need to do anything, just go to the main menu). Those files will be decrypted.

4. You can now edit them freely.

5. Set up a mod folder in StreamingAssets\mods by creating a folder (name it whatever you want), and putting the attached modinfo.json file in that folder. The modinfo.json controls all the info about your mod in the remix menu. I think technically your mod doesn't need Downpour as a dependency (since without Downpour those text files just won't do anything), so just leave it in the priorities section (which will make sure your mod loads above Downpour, which is part of what makes it work). You can use any text editor to edit the json.

6. Create the file path yourmod\text\text_lang\.

7. Once you have modified the text files to your content, copy them to Rain World\RainWorld_Data\StreamingAssetsEncrypt\text\text_lang\ and open the game, encrypting them again.
   7a. NOTE: As of 1.10.1, the Watcher DLC update, the file path to encrypt is now StreamingAssets\Encrypt\text\text_lang.

8. Put them in yourmod\text\text_lang\. This will make them override the existing text.

I've also attached a keys file which tells you which dialogue each text file corresponds to. You might notice some dialogue (like Survivor's first meeting with Pebbles) is missing - that's because that dialogue is hard-coded.

Luckily, the hard-coded dialogue can be changed by using strings.txt, which is not encrypted and thus neither needs decrypting nor encrypting. For dialogue from strings.txt, start from step 5, and skip step 7. strings.txt has no specific order, so as long as the formatting is correct you'll be fine.

oh right uh, a lot of stuff is written in the name in code rather than the actual name..

CC = Chimney Canopy
DS = Drainage System
HI = Industrial Complex
GW = Garbage Wastes
SI = Sky Islands
SU = Outskirts
SH = Shaded Citadel
SL = Shoreline
LF = Farm Arrays
UW = The Exterior
SB = Subterranean
SS = Five Pebbles
MS = Submerged Superstructure
OE = Outer Expanse
HR = Rubicon
LM = Waterfront Facility
DM = Looks to the Moon
LC = Metropolis
RM = The Rot
CL = Silent Construct
UG = Undergrowth
VS = Pipeyard

Also looks like I didn't finish writing out the dev broadcast keys. Whoops, hopefully you don't need those

[stark timber]

Oh! So to create the mod I need to actually override the default files

[chrome urchin]

Yep

Basically, the game considers the vanilla files to be a mod that's stuck at the bottom of the load order. When it wants to load a file, it goes down the mods, and when it finds that file, it uses the one from that mod (which is highest up in the load order).

We can use that to override the default files without needing to edit them, which lets our mod be enabled/disabled without messing up the existing files at all

[stark timber]

Oooooh okay

[stark timber]

[Sorry for the ping]
Where can I find the original texts in English? It would be easier for me to have at hand what the original version said

[chrome urchin]

These are in the same place as the spanish but in text_eng instead of text_spa

You'll need to make a new folder (text_eng) in StreamingAssetsDecrypt for it to work but otherwise the process is the same.

[stark timber]

Oh! Perfect

Thanks!!!

[stark timber]

The dev broadcast is the comments from the developers that come out when you beat the game?

[chrome urchin]

Yep

[stark timber]

I see

[stark timber]

And what is the strings.txt then????

[chrome urchin]

strings.txt is basically all the text that isn't dialogue. This is most of the text in the game.

This is the Downpour strings.

On the left is the code name, and on the right is the text it shows you in-game.

Arena settings, for example, are in strings.txt.

A surprising amount of this is just straight up dialogue, actually.

I'd assume to make it easier to translate? Rather than needing to write the translated version into the code.

Oh yeah, there's some Pebbles dialogue in here! I wonder if that actually works.

OH YEAH IT DOES

That's probably not relevant to what you're doing but that is going to make things easier for... I guess custom slugcat makers, since it pulls the dialogue from there.

[stark timber]

So I also need to translate it

[stark timber]

WAWAWAWAWAWA

[stark timber]

Yeah!! Indeed!! This would be very useful for my custom scug actually

[chrome urchin]

There's probably a Spanish strings.txt you can look at.

[stark timber]

Yep it is

[stark timber]

The mod is going great, if anyone cares /j

[empty nest]

Just so you know, you can also translate your own mod name and description. You just need to write [yourmodid]-name|[the translation], or [yourmodid]-description|[the translation]in strings.txt

example

and you probably already figured, but if you want to translate everything (vanilla+dlc), you just need one text_spa folder and just one strings.txt in your mod

If you want to add colors to satellites or chatlogs in MSC, you need a colors.txt in your text folder, you can copy the file over from the moreslugcats/text folder and add new ones in it in the same format. Only useful if Spanish iterator acronyms are different from English ones of course.

Another thing you want to pay attention to is when you edit your modinfo,json, you need to set the priorities of your mod to be above the dlc mods, to make sure the mod's load order is always above these mods, so that the texts can actually swap.

[chrome urchin]

the modinfo file i gave them already has msc in the priorities dw

but yeah this is really good info that i hadnt thought about

[chrome urchin]

oh but it doesnt have expedition and stuff right

[forest cave]

The translation is going well but I also want to translate the developer dialogs, can I somehow enable the option for dialogs in Spanish?

[mint oar]

yes, they're also tied to the numbered text files i believe, its just the resource from before doesnt include those so you'll have to figure those out yourself

[chrome urchin]

the text files for dev dialogue isnt numbered but yeah its just the same process

[forest cave]

I have already translated everything but the option to activate them in the options menu does not appear normally, I am looking for how to activate it

[chrome urchin]

oh, i see

im not sure then. if your language is already spanish and they dont translate even with a spanish translation available then im not sure what can be done

aside from code, that is, which i can't help you with

[empty nest]

I think you need code. I believe we did it with code

[stark timber]

THE MOD IS READY!!!!
#mod-releases message

[stark timber]

Yeah!! I already did that, thank you

[stark timber]

THIS IS SUPER USEFUL THANKS

[stark timber]

I thought I had to have a folder called "moreslugcats" inside my mod folder and put the "text" folder in there

[stark timber]

Isn't there a way to translate other mods without having to create a massive strings.txt?? I would like to have each mod separated for better organization

[chrome urchin]

not to my knowledge

you can separate them at first and then manually edit them all together at the end but thats up to you

[stark timber]

Yeah, that's what we're going to do in the end