File Structures and Other Configurable Items

Last Updated Time: 09/07/2023

File Directory Structure

text

​ |---- en

​ ||--- xxx.idres

​ ||--- textfiles.ini

​ |---- zh_cn

​ ||--- xxx.idres

​ || --- textfiles.ini

​ |---- error.txt

Folder Descriptions

Name	Description
text	Root directory of configuration files, storage files and translation output files.
en	English configuration files and English translation storage files.
zh_cn	Chinese configuration files and Chinese translation storage files.

File Descriptions

Suffix	Description
textfiles.ini	String table (.idres) management file, including all string table files (For details on configuration formats, please refer to File Content Formats).
xxx.idres	String table file, used to store Key-Text (source string-target string) key-value pairs (For details on configuration formats, please refer to File Content Formats). There can be multiple .idres files to store the translations of different modules, which is convenient for later maintenance, management and search. The translation of the game DLC can be stored in an independent .idres file.
xxx.txt	Log output.

Special File Descriptions

Name	Description
auto.idres	All legal source strings and target strings found after selecting the translation directory (auto-generated).
error.txt	All illegal source strings and output file formats of error logs found after selecting the translation directory. Keys starting with special characters such as 0-9 , _ * . ' or Chinese are illegal source strings that cannot be added successfully when added manually.

File Content Formats

textfiles.ini

No.	Name
1	Configuration
2	Incremental Number
3	File Name

xxx.idres

No.	Name
1	Key
2	Text

error.txt

No.	Name
1	File Path
2	Error Location
3	Error Key Value

Configuring File Directory Structure

Right-click in the Folder Structure List of the Project panel to pop up a Shortcut Menu. Select Open Resource Directory to open the project's current location folder.

Create a new folder anywhere (The folder name is not limited here).

Create en and zh_cn folders under the new folder.

Create textfiles.ini files under the en and zh_cn folders respectively (Please refer to File Content Formats for details on the .ini file format).

Configuring Game Text Localization Paths

Click Config (Menu Bar) -> Project Settings to open the Project Settings window. Select the General Project Settings tab to display the right panel. Configure the language and path respectively under the Language property.

Name	Description
Language	Select the target string language which is en by default.
Localization Path	Select the project string table path which is the text folder under the resource directory by default.

Note: If it is not saved, a prompt window will pop up.