LocRes-Builder ver0.1.2

Building tool for localization resources of UE4 games

Features

• No need UE4 and the original resources to cook locres files
• Eble to add .locres files for new languages.
  (It will just add new resource files. It doesn't mean you can add support for the languages to your game.)
• Eble to edit English resources without data table editing.
• Eble to add new keys and namespaces.

Supported File Versions

• .locres: 3
• .locmeta: 0 and 1

You will get Unsupported version. error for other versions.

Getting Started

1. Download

Download LocRes-Builder*.zip from here

2. LocRes to Json

Drop .locmeta on convert.bat.
It will dump all LocRes data in ./out/*/*.json.

3. Edit Json

Edit the .json file as you like.

4. Json to LocRes

Drop locmeta.json on convert.bat.
It will build LocRes files in ./out/*.

CSV Support

Open convert.bat, and rewrite -f=json to -f=csv. You can use csv instead of json.
But please note that the followings.

• Encoding should be utf-8.
• Use <LF> instead of line feed (\n)

How to Mod English Text

Locres data is a dictionary for translating strings uassets have.
So, english resources should have the same strings as the ones uassets have.
If you want to edit them, you need to flollow the steps below.

1. Convert LocRes

Drop .locmeta on convert.bat.

2. Copy English File

Copy en.json and paste as dummy.json

3. Swap Main Langage

Open ./out/*/locmeta.json.
Then, set dummy to main_language, and add en to local_languages.

4. Done!

You can edit english resources!
It will work without data table editing.