Locale strings from data.lua

[Daid]

I've tried searching for this, but I could not find it.

I have a mod that adds a bunch of entities based on already existing entities in the data.raw, to support the behavior I want to provide. Now the items show up as "unknown key [bla]". For the base game items I can provide a locale file. But I rather have my mod work with other mods as well. So is it possible to set something in to prototype it uses locales from a different object name? My new objects are not distinguishable from the "base" object by nature. Or provide the English locale from the data.lua?

[Sigor]

Could you specify what kind of mod you are making?
Making entities undistinguishable from ones already in game is usually pretty stupid...
You can make shortcuts, like the "mods" folder.

[Daid]

I'm working on an alien breeding mod. So I have many "variations" of the same alien with different "power levels". But let me be more clear on that area then, it doesn't matter if they all have the same name. As I'm planning on having sensors for the power levels and stuff. Would just be nice if we could prevent things like this:
https://github.com/MagmaMcFry/Factoriss ... ory-en.cfg

[Sigor]

Oh, i see...
I don't know if that's possible in Factorio or not, but in C++ (on which the game is based) you can do many entities from a prototype, with some values shared (max health, damage, etc.) and some other different for each entity (current health or your "power level").
Maybe you could just add another unshared value to the prototype?

[Nexela]

in locale

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[entity-name]
my_entity_name=Entity Name

in data when creating your prototype

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name = my_entity_name_variant_32421433
localised_name = {"entity-name.my_entity_name"}

[Daid]

That seems to do the trick, thanks

[bobingabout]

I know it's not what you're looking for, but I've been doing extra fancy things such as

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[technology-name]
low-density-structure=__ITEM__low-density-structure__ research

This will take take the locale item entry for that item, and add research to the end of it's name, and use that for the technology's same name.

Also take a look at base game's barrelling system, that takes the name of the fluid, and adds "barrel" to the end of it.

locale trickery!

[Nexela]

You can get even fancier and not even have to do a bunch of locale names for stuff like that

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[my-mod]
research=__1__ research

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my_prototype.localised_name = {"my-mod.research", data.raw["item"]["low-density-structure"].localised_name}

--this might work but havn't tested it

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my_prototype.localised_name = {"my-mod.research", {"__ITEM__low-density-structure__"}}

[bobingabout]

--this might work but havn't tested it

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my_prototype.localised_name = {"my-mod.research", {"__ITEM__low-density-structure__"}}

I think it would need to be:

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my_prototype.localised_name = {"my-mod.research", {"item-name.low-density-structure"}}

[Daid]

That seems to work indeed.

For reference:
locale.cfg

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[fm-alien]
name=__2__ __1__ (__3__)
egg-name=__2__ __1__ egg (__3__)
sex_M=Male
sex_F=Female

data.lua

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localised_name = {"fm-alien.name", {"entity-name."..name}, {"fm-alien.sex_"..sex}, level},
...
localised_name = {"fm-alien.egg-name", {"entity-name."..name}, {"fm-alien.sex_"..sex}, level},

(sex is M or F, level is A to Z and is not translated)