Wrong Language using Localization Tool

AliMoe · March 10, 2020, 1:12pm

Hey hey

I’m trying to implement the localization tool und I’m currently having the problem, that I’m seeing my game in the wrong language. I tried looking through the source code of the engine, but I couldn’t find the place, where the browsers locale gets fetched and used for deciding on which language to use. So I’m wondering, is playcanvas not doing this by default? Do I have to set the local myself?

Thanks

yaustar · March 10, 2020, 1:31pm

Looks like it gets set as en-US as default.

github.com

playcanvas/engine/blob/14a873d5ca58b582fb0ac547bc611145a11ef819/src/i18n/i18n.js#L211


 * its default behaviour define a different implementation for {@link pc.I18n#getText} and {@link pc.I18n#getPluralText}.
 * @param {pc.Application} app - The application.
 * @property {string} locale The current locale for example "en-US". Changing the locale will raise an event which will cause localized Text Elements to
 * change language to the new locale.
 * @property {number[]|pc.Asset[]} assets An array of asset ids or assets that contain localization data in the expected format. I18n will automatically load
 * translations from these assets as the assets are loaded and it will also automatically unload translations if the assets get removed or unloaded at runtime.
 */
var I18n = function (app) {
    pc.EventHandler.call(this);


    this.locale = DEFAULT_LOCALE;
    this._translations = {};
    this._availableLangs = {};
    this._app = app;
    this._assets = [];
    this._parser = new pc.I18nParser();
};
I18n.prototype = Object.create(pc.EventHandler.prototype);
I18n.prototype.constructor = I18n;


/**

The API to change it can be seen here: https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/api/pc.I18n.html#locale

Aymeric · June 5, 2024, 3:55pm

Running into this too. It’s sad that if our browser is defined with a support languaged, the language is not automatically setup.
Via the editor we should be able to select the default language, and if our game supports the same language than the browser, it should just switch.