What is bilingual map in terms of hive?

[Wadimiru]

Hello everyone!
If i have skill/upgrade/unit descriptions doubled in english, have possibility for player select lang of text in dialogs/cut-scenes, but names of heroes, units`, upgrades`, skills` and item`s names in-game in other lang - is this enough?

 

[StoPCampinGn00b]

Yeah. Tons of Warcraft 3 names are a made up language anyway. What's needed for gameplay must have at least the option to be in English, of course. You should be good.

 

[Dr Super Good]

One should be able to localize the map by localizing the string lookup file. At least that is the theory behind it, if WC3 uses this is another question.

 

[Alethos]

One should be able to localize the map by localizing the string lookup file. At least that is the theory behind it, if WC3 uses this is another question.

I literally never understand your posts...

 

[Dr Super Good]

I literally never understand your posts...

Warcraft III stores trigger strings and object editor strings in a file often referred to as the trigger string file. This file maps internal strings to localized strings, and is often removed by some optimizers as the process is highly inefficient. In theory one can add more than 1 such file to a map, each having the text localized for a different region and being stored in the MPQ under a different region code. When the game loads the map, it should use the localized version of the file appropriate for the client region if available. This works in theory, however no one has posted strong evidence of it working in practice. Warcraft III itself uses a different approach to localization, it does not bother with it at all and instead releases each locale as a completely different build and game install.