String Customization

Some mod features allow for custom string translations, so that players can see text in their preferred languages. These features expect strings of a certain format to be included in a separate mod. This could be an unlisted mod used by specifically a single server, or an extension mod that adds default content for servers.

Dialogue Tags

Custom dialogue tags can be specified for narrative style using the FormatNarrativeDialogueTag option.

Two translations should be specified per custom dialogue tag: UI_OmiChat_NarrativeTag_[Tag] and UI_OmiChat_UnknownLanguageNarrative_[Tag].

UI_OmiChat_NarrativeTag_[Tag] is used as the message content when the given dialogue tag is used. It requires the %1 substitution, which will be the message content.

UI_OmiChat_UnknownLanguageNarrative_[Tag] is used when a player doesn't know the language used for a message with the given tag, and the latter is used in other cases. It requires two substitutions: %1, the name of the speaker, and %2, the unknown language.

For example, if the dialogue tag gasps were defined, translations for UI_OmiChat_NarrativeTag_gasps and UI_OmiChat_UnknownLanguageNarrative_gasps should be specified. Otherwise, this will default to [Name] gasps, “[Content]” in all languages.

Roleplay Languages

Roleplay languages allow translations for language names. These can be defined with a UI_OmiChat_Language_[Language] string. For example, UI_OmiChat_Language_English defines the text used for the English language.

If the language has a space in it, the space will be replaced with an underscore when retrieving translations. Translations for Haitian Creole, for example, should be defined as UI_OmiChat_Language_Haitian_Creole.

If the translation is absent, the language name will be used as-is regardless of the in-game language. Translations are provided by the mod for the following languages:

  • ASL
  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Cantonese
  • Catalan
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Gujarati
  • Hausa
  • Hawaiian
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Javanese
  • Korean
  • Latvian
  • Malay
  • Mandarin
  • Marathi
  • Norwegian
  • Persian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Shanghainese
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese