[Mystik Spiral]

I've written some plugins that use translations. I would like to test that each of the translated messages are working correctly. How do I change my language so I can test translations?

I've tried changing the language in Steam (my account drop-down near the top of the screen -> Store Preferences), changed my language in Windows (language preferences -> Windows display language and language preferences -> Apps & websites), and did a right-click on L4D2 in Steam then Properties -> Language. None of these had any effect on the game except for the last one (right-click L4D2 in Steam then Properties -> Language). That option caused the the L4D2 characters to speak in the selected language, but messages from my plugin were still displayed in English, not the selected language. Of course, I have valid messages in my translation file for the selected language, it just displayed the English one instead of the selected language.

Did I miss something in setting language preferences?

For those of you who test language translations, how do you change language so the game displays plugin messages in the selected language?

[Psyk0tik]

Usually, changing the language on Steam and the game's properties is enough for me. I just restart Steam after doing so for the changes to take effect.

[TomL.]

You can force it via addons\sourcemod\configs\core.cfg
Check supported languages from addons\sourcemod\configs\languages.cfg

https://github.com/alliedmodders/sou...nfigs/core.cfg

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	/**
	 * Language that multilingual enabled plugins and extensions will use to print messages.
	 * Only languages listed in languages.cfg are valid.
	 *
	 * The default value is "en"
	 */
	"ServerLang"	"en"

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	/**
	 * Enables or disables whether SourceMod reads a client's cl_language cvar to set 
	 * their language for server-side phrase translation.
	 *
	 * "on"		- Translate using the client's language (default)
	 * "off"	- Translate using default server's language
	 */
	"AllowClLanguageVar"		"On"

[Mystik Spiral]

Thank you Crasher_3637 and TomL. I was referring to client side messages, but your post led me to an answer.

I can manually set cl_language in my client's autoexec.cfg, or in the client's Windows registry under...

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Valve\Ste am\Language

And probably the easiest option, in the client's Steam session, all the way at the top left part of the screen click...

Steam -> Settings -> Interface -> Select the language you wish Steam to use (requires Steam to restart)

And to be complete, you can change which language the L4D2 characters speak by right-clicking the L4D2 icon in Steam then Properties -> Language

It is interesting to me that there are separate settings for the client display language and the client spoken language, but now I know how to change both. Thanks again.

[TomL.]

I was providing you a way which is unrelated to the game as cl_language is not a valid cvar in all of the games sourcemod supports.

[Mystik Spiral]

Originally Posted by TomL. I was providing you a way which is unrelated to the game as cl_language is not a valid cvar in all of the games sourcemod supports.

Yes, thank you. In the code to display a translation message with %T you can specify LANG_SERVER or client (player id) to determine whether the server language or the client language is used to translate the message...

PrintToChat(client, "%T", "AnnounceAll", client);
...or...
PrintToChat(client, "%T", "AnnounceAll", LANG_SERVER);

If client (player id) is used, then it will use the client language as determined by...

Steam -> Settings -> Interface -> Select the language you wish Steam to use (requires Steam to restart)

If LANG_SERVER is used, then it will use the server language as determined by...

<Left4Dead2_DedicatedServer_Location>\addons\ sourcemod\configs\core.cfg\ServerLang

[TomL.]

You can mark the topic as solved by pressing edit on your main post, Go Advanced and choose [Solved] from the title dropdown menu

[Bacardi]

CS:GO have this problem, cl_language is hidden and is using language setting by Steam register key.

There is one kind plugin tough.
GeoIP Language Selection