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LanguageManager

The LanguageManager manages what language to use for all the graphical parts of the mod. Because it only cares about graphical parts of the mod, Any addon developer can use any language. Such as Dutch!

You can even use languages that don't exist, Just note that it only supports the characters that the font's in Scrap Mechanic Allow.

Structure​

Language​

A language from the language manager, Each element inside it is a translation, index & value are strings.

NOTE: Translations get passed through string.format! Some use them and others dont.

Functions​

getLanguages​

sm.scrapcomputers.languageManager.getLanguages()

Gets all loaded languages and returns them

Returns:

getTotalLanguages​

sm.scrapcomputers.languageManager.getTotalLanguages()

Gets the total loaded languages and returns the amount

Returns:

  • [ integer ] The total amount of loaded languages

reloadLanguages​

sm.scrapcomputers.languageManager.reloadLanguages()

Reloads all languages

addLanguage​

sm.scrapcomputers.languageManager.addLanguage( localid, name )

Adds a language to the language manager

Arguments:

  • localid [ string ] The local id of your mod/addon
  • name [ string ] The name of the language

Returns:

  • [ boolean ] If it has succeeded or not. Only fails if it failed to load the file or failed to parse the contents of the translation file.

autoDetectLanguage​

sm.scrapcomputers.languageManager.autoDetectLanguage()

Automaticly detects a language, If there is no translation for it, it would default to English

setSelectedLanguage​

sm.scrapcomputers.languageManager.setSelectedLanguage( language )

Sets the selected language to whatever you specify, Wil error if it cant find one.

Arguments:

  • langugage [ string ] The language to select

getSelectedLanguage​

sm.scrapcomputers.languageManager.getSelectedLanguage()

Gets the current selected language.

Returns:

  • [ string ] The selected language

translatable​

sm.scrapcomputers.languageManager.translatable( text, ... )

Translates text

Arguments:

  • text [ string ] The text to translate
  • ... [ any|any[] ] The parameters of the translated text

Returns:

  • [ string ] The translated text, Will return the same param as text if not found.