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Since working on my latest mod, I've dug a bit into localization and found that there is a category [mod-description]. By using the internal name of your mod as a localization key, you can provide a localized description of your mod that will be displayed by the in-game mods manager.

Unfortunately, I didn't see it mentioned in the tutorial, and I guess that is the main reason why so many mods don't have translations of their description: Even many (most?) of the mod authors who provide localized strings for their mod don't include it -- either because they don't know about it, or because they don't care as their native language is English anyway and they don't see a need to provide the same description they used in info.json also in the localization file. Translators, on the other hand, usually only translate only the strings they get by the mod author (i.e. the original localization file). The result is that a mod with full localization of everything else will be shown with the original (usually English) description.

Could you include this missing information in the tutorial, please?

points at https://wiki.factorio.com/Tutorial:Mod_ ... escription

Anyway, "list of base game localization categories" is on my to-do, but it looks like those are not defined in any central place in the code so it will take a while/be potentially inaccurate.

Bilka wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2019 12:09 pm points at https://wiki.factorio.com/Tutorial:Mod_ ... escription

I knew I must have read about this somewhere, but I couldn't find it again. That's why I asked for including it in the most obvious place.

Anyway, "list of base game localization categories" is on my to-do, but it looks like those are not defined in any central place in the code so it will take a while/be potentially inaccurate.

Nice to know it's on your list. About things being inaccurate: If you indicate in the text where you are in doubt, that should be fine …