Messages are given as key-value maps.
type
string
Required. The type string can be one of three keywords.
say
A generic message, useful for miscellaneous notes.
warn
A warning message, describing a non-critical issue with the user's mods (eg. dirty mods).
error
An error message, decribing a critical installation issue (eg. missing masters, corrupt plugins).
content
string
or localised content list
Required. Either simply a CommonMark string, or a list of localised content data structures. If the latter, one of the structures must be for English.
condition
string
A condition string that is evaluated to determine whether the message should be displayed: if it evaluates to true, the message is displayed, otherwise it is not. See ../conditions
for details.
subs
string list
A list of CommonMark strings to be substituted into the message content string. The content string must use numbered specifiers (%1%
, %2%
, etc.), where the numbers correspond to the position of the substitution string in this list to use, to denote where these strings are to be substituted.
If a message's content
value is a string, the message will use the string as its content if displayed. Otherwise, the first localised content structure with a language or locale code that matches LOOT's current language will be used as the message's content if displayed. If there are no exact matches, LOOT will try to find a close match. If LOOT's current language uses a locale code, it will display the first structure with the same language code, but not another locale code with the same language code. For example, if LOOT's current language has locale code pt_BR
, it will display the first structure with language code pt
(but not locale code pt_PT
) if none exist with locale code pt_BR
. If LOOT's current language has a language code, it will display the first structure with a locale code that contains that language code. For example, if LOOT's current language has language code pt
, it will display the first structure with locale code pt_PT
or pt_BR
if none exist with language code pt
. If there are no exact or close matches, then the first structure in English will be used.
Two message data structures are equal if their type, content and condition fields are equal, after any subs values have been substituted into content strings. If the content field is a string, it is treated as a localised content list containing a single English-language string. String equality is case sensitive.
type: say
content:
- lang: en
text: 'An example link: <http://www.example.com>'
- lang: zh_CN
text: '一个例子链接: <http://www.example.com>'
condition: 'file("foo.esp")'
would be displayed as
- 一个例子链接: http://www.example.com
if the current language was Simplified Chinese and foo.esp
was installed, while
type: say
content: 'An alternative [example link](http://www.example.com), with no translations.'
would be displayed as
- An alternative example link, with no translations.
In English,
type: say
content: 'A newer version of %1% [is available](%2%).'
subs:
- 'this plugin'
- 'http://www.example.com'
would be displayed as
- A newer version of this plugin is available.