tstrings.tbl

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The tstrings.tbl is used for translations quite like the strings.tbl, except that it is used for table strings: the text in the other tables and in missions and campaigns.

This table is one of the Modular Tables and can be extended with xxx-tlc.tbm.

Code: /localization/localize.cpp. See Tables for every table.

Badges show the version a field or behavior was added in. Fields without a badge are from the original game.

Contents

1. General Info
2. Format
3. Sample

Field index (every field, one per line in table order; click one to jump to it)

Format

• Individual Lines

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General Info

• Other files use the index values for finding translations located in the tstrings.tbl: the number in an XSTR("text", number).
• Only the section for the language the game is running in is read. (When running in a language other than English, the #default section is also read, for internal use.)

Format

• Table consists of one or more sections, each beginning with a number sign followed by the name of the language (e.g., #German), as the language is named in strings.tbl. The exception is the English section, which must begin with #default.
• Each section ends at the next line that starts with # (normally #end).
• Each section consists of many indexed text entries.

Individual Lines

• Each line starts with the number or index that it will be linked to from other tables.
• Each line also contains the full text to use for that index throughout FSO, in double quotes. The text can span several lines.
• There is no limit on the number of strings (it was 4,500 per section).
• An index can't be negative: a negative index logs a warning and the rest of the file is not read.
• An index used twice in one table logs a warning. A modular table that uses an existing index replaces that string.
• Syntax: Integer, String

Sample

• Part of retail FreeSpace 2 table

#default
0, "The main FreeSpace 2 campaign."

1, "Special Operations Command has selected you for a dangerous covert assignment. Will you accept?"

2, "Special Operations Command requests your participation in a high-risk rescue mission. Will you volunteer?"

3, "Act 3"

4, "Shivan Gauntlet"

5, "A gauntlet module in which you face waves of Shivan fighters and warships.
"

6, "Blah"
...
...
3413, "*Aeolus Duel"

3414, "*Deimos Duel"

3415, "*Close Quarters"

3416, "*Ganymede Redux"

3417, "*Team Chaos"

3418, "*Ganymede Showdown"

3419, "So where's the Iceni, Command? Let's end this now."

3420, "Protect Tatenen"

#end