[HELP] Some localisation keys work, others don't

[Uroshnor]

For some reason, certain localisation keys don't work for me - they'll just display the name of the key in-game rather than the text of the key, even if they're defined in the same file and with the same syntax as other keys that do work.

I've noticed this happening in species and countries that are spawned by event, as well as in solar system initializers.

For example, I'm working on a Dune-themed mod now, and I'm spawning the Fremen species with the following code:

create_species = {
    is_mod = yes            # I'm making them a subspecies of humans
    name = "NAME_Fremen"
    plural = "NAME_Fremen_Plural"
    adjective = "NAME_Fremen_Adjective"
    namelist = "HUM1"
    class = THIS
    portrait = THIS
    homeworld = PREV
    traits = {
        trait = "trait_fremen"
        trait = "trait_adaptive"
        trait = "trait_nomadic"
        trait = "trait_conservational"
    }
    
    effect = {
        set_species_flag = fremen_species
        save_global_event_target_as = fremen_species
    }
}

And the localisation keys are defined like this:

l_english:
 NAME_Fremen:0 "Fremen"
 NAME_Fremen_Plural:0 "Fremen"
 NAME_Fremen_Adjective:0 "Fremen"

In-game, this shows up as a species named Fremen, but with the plural showing up as NAME_Fremen_Plural and the adjective as NAME_Fremen_Adjective.

Does anyone know why this is happening and/or how to fix it?

 

[17blue17]

For some reason, certain localisation keys don't work for me - they'll just display the name of the key in-game rather than the text of the key, even if they're defined in the same file and with the same syntax as other keys that do work.

I've noticed this happening in species and countries that are spawned by event, as well as in solar system initializers.

For example, I'm working on a Dune-themed mod now, and I'm spawning the Fremen species with the following code:

create_species = {
    is_mod = yes            # I'm making them a subspecies of humans
    name = "NAME_Fremen"
    plural = "NAME_Fremen_Plural"
    adjective = "NAME_Fremen_Adjective"
    namelist = "HUM1"
    class = THIS
    portrait = THIS
    homeworld = PREV
    traits = {
        trait = "trait_fremen"
        trait = "trait_adaptive"
        trait = "trait_nomadic"
        trait = "trait_conservational"
    }
 
    effect = {
        set_species_flag = fremen_species
        save_global_event_target_as = fremen_species
    }
}

And the localisation keys are defined like this:

l_english:
 NAME_Fremen:0 "Fremen"
 NAME_Fremen_Plural:0 "Fremen"
 NAME_Fremen_Adjective:0 "Fremen"

In-game, this shows up as a species named Fremen, but with the plural showing up as NAME_Fremen_Plural and the adjective as NAME_Fremen_Adjective.

Does anyone know why this is happening and/or how to fix it?

Normally problems with localization files are due to wrong encoding. Open your file with the free notepad++ and then look at the tabs across the top and choose the encoding tab and see if it shows the encoding to be utf8 WITH bom. Must be with BOM for localization files and ANSI or utf8 without bom for all other files. If it is not then choose convert to utf8 with BOM and save. Otherwise I am not sure what the problem would be.

 

[Uroshnor]

Normally problems with localization files are due to wrong encoding. Open your file with the free notepad++ and then look at the tabs across the top and choose the encoding tab and see if it shows the encoding to be utf8 WITH bom. Must be with BOM for localization files and ANSI or utf8 without bom for all other files. If it is not then choose convert to utf8 with BOM and save. Otherwise I am not sure what the problem would be.

The localisation file is already UTF-8-BOM, and the event file is plain UTF-8. That's not the problem here.

Like I said, plenty of other localisation keys in the same localisation file work just fine.

 

[Ryika]

The other tags go into the localisation_synced folder, not the normal localisation folder.

Don't quite understand the reasoning behind it (Probably because different languages treat plurals and stuff like that differently?), but that's how it works.

 

[Uroshnor]

The other tags go into the localisation_synced folder, not the normal localisation folder.

Don't quite understand the reasoning behind it (Probably because different languages treat plurals and stuff like that differently?), but that's how it works.

Oh, weird. Just the plurals and adjectives, though? Not the actual name?