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Posted: **Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:07 pm**

On the face of it this seems the same as 33847 except its happening in mods.

I wrote a mod back in 0.13 which allows for longer underground pipes along with five technologies to research. The locale cfg file reflects the tech names and defines the text:-

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[technology-name]
dutchted-pipelines-1=Pipelines 1
dutchted-pipelines-2=Pipelines 2
dutchted-pipelines-3=Pipelines 3
dutchted-pipelines-4=Pipelines 4
dutchted-pipelines-5=Pipelines 5

[technology-description]
dutchted-pipelines-1=Advances in pipe design allowing pipes to be laid underground for short distances
dutchted-pipelines-2=Advances in pipe design allowing pipes to be laid underground for medium distances
dutchted-pipelines-3=Advances in pipe design allowing pipes to be laid underground for long distances
dutchted-pipelines-4=Advances in pipe design allowing pipes to be laid underground for very long distances
dutchted-pipelines-5=Advances in pipe design allowing pipes to be laid underground for extreme distances

The tech names and descriptions were working fine up until recently (no problems at all with 0.13 and earlier versions of 0.14), however recently both have stopped working. I think this happened with 0.14.13 but its definitely still happening with 0.14.14 on a game we started on Wednesday. It was also noticable on a game we were playing previously which I think was started on 0.14.10. The "feature" seemed to start happening after the upgrade to 0.14.13.

I can get it working if I use the name without the number in the cfg file, but this means all tiers of the technology then have the same name and description. I don't mind the same name but I'd prefer to be allowed to enter individual descriptions for each tier.

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[technology-name]
dutchted-pipelines=Hmm, this works

[technology-description]
dutchted-pipelines=Hmm, this description also works

and

etc

I did have a look and couldn't see this being named as a new feature but coming across the bug report for the accumulators makes me think this isn't working as intended either. Either way, I'd be grateful for some clarification.

Thanks

Posted: **Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:38 pm**

Numbers at the end of names is problematic, seen a few cases of this - it doesn't just affect locale keys, but also recipes and other stuff too.

Posted: **Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:45 pm**

Thanks for the report,

The locale system was changed sometime in 0.14, so now to define numbered locale entries you need the definition in the technology prototype:

Game example:

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{
    type = "technology",
    name = "armor-making-3",
    icon = "__base__/graphics/technology/armor-making.png",
    localised_name = {"technology-name.armor-making-3"},
    localised_description = {"technology-description.armor-making-3"},
    effects =
    {
      {
        type = "unlock-recipe",
        recipe = "modular-armor"
      }
    },
    prerequisites = {"armor-making-2", "speed-module"},
    unit =
    {
      count = 100,
      ingredients = {{"science-pack-1", 1}, {"science-pack-2", 1}},
      time = 30
    },
    order = "g-a-c"
  },

Posted: **Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:33 pm**

Thanks for the reply and the clarification

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