[1.1.74] Localised item name is not found for some items

[punapantteri]

I am developing a mod that displays resource objectives. However, pipe-to-ground does not return the localised item name:

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To demonstrate the issue more easily, here's how to replicate it in the command prompt / in-game chat.

When I run this, everything works as expected:

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/c game.print({"item-name.iron-plate"})

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However, when I run this, it doesn't work:

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/c game.print({"item-name.pipe-to-ground"})

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Same problem for at least pipe and small-electric-pole.

I would expect them to to output/return the same string as this code does, just without icon, the brackets and the "Item:" text.

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/c game.print("[item=pipe-to-ground" .. "]")

(Concatenation is added so that Factorio's chat doesn't reformat the command string in the screenshot.)

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In other words, I think the second code snippet should print "Pipe to ground".

Should I use something other than {"item-name..."} for getting the localised name of the item?

[Rseding91]

Thanks for the report however this is correct. There is no localization for those items. They get their name from the entity that those items build. Since iron plate does not build anything it does have a localized name defined for the item.

[punapantteri]

Thank you for the response, it helped me figure this out.

Adding this here in case someone has the same need later.

Arbitrary item name localisation can be done with this code:

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game.item_prototypes["pipe-to-ground"].localised_name

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