Main purpose I use it is that I wanna localize it into my language. But, most of time I need to scroll and find the sentence I needed to translate.
What exactly would you be searching for? This utility is for creating your own files (hence the name being String Maker and not String Fiddler or String Changer) for your own mods (or perhaps someone else's, but you should still start with a blank file - as far as I know you can run two instances of this program without error). I have not, and will never support using this utility to modify a Bethesda string file, and given your situation you can get any translation you need via Steam's settings.
What is this function supposed to do?
All this does is change the Codepage used for importing and exporting a strings file, what you see on your screen should be unicode. If the file imported isn't the Codepage (aka language) you selected then it will not look proper because the characters are expected to be in another codepage. For example, if you try to load a Latin based strings file using the Cyrillic codepage you will not see english characters. Likewise, if you create a strings file using Cyrillic characters and export it using a Latin codepage you will not find Cyrillic text in the file. As for how the game -loads- them (ie: how the game knows which codepage to use) is beyond the scope of this project.
It's very nice program. Main purpose I use it is that I wanna localize it into my language. But, most of time I need to scroll and find the sentence I needed to translate. If possible, can I have the source code of this program to make "Search" functionality ? If im not mistake, it's written in C#.Net, isnt' it?
One more thing, on the right up corner of program, it has a dropbox which provides some compatible fonts, but It seems not work with me when I chose "Windows - Vietnamese", I changed some text to my language but in game, it shows some errors with fonts. What is this function supposed to do? p.s: I translated something in "Translate_English.txt" file (in Skyrim\Data\Interface folder) and it works perfect with my language, so I dont think that there is any missing fonts.
Getting a bit peeved. Trying to using this to edit the STRINGS for Better Sorting, but whenever I remove the entries both the ID and the potion of parts, I have tried just removing the IDs to see if that made any difference, I keep getting an error saying something like 'Cast not specified', so the saves aren't saved and I'm left with a 1Kb strings file.
Pretty sure I've been using the backspace key to do it. Maybe the DEL key, but pretty sure it was the backspace.
Meh, it probably looked like a space because the line following the one you deleted was a space - in the file itself, not on your screen. I can't say for sure because I don't mess with the stock strings files. Either way, it's fixed now and that's all that really matters.
Getting a bit peeved. Trying to using this to edit the STRINGS for Better Sorting, but whenever I remove the entries both the ID and the potion of parts, I have tried just removing the IDs to see if that made any difference, I keep getting an error saying something like 'Cast not specified', so the saves aren't saved and I'm left with a 1Kb strings file.
To remove an entry click on the leftmost column (the header column), then push your delete key. Exceptions being thrown when you don't have an ID are to be expected, since the ID is a mandatory field - all fields are mandatory, but there is always an exception to the rule (null strings).
Getting a bit peeved. Trying to using this to edit the STRINGS for Better Sorting, but whenever I remove the entries both the ID and the potion of parts, I have tried just removing the IDs to see if that made any difference, I keep getting an error saying something like 'Cast not specified', so the saves aren't saved and I'm left with a 1Kb strings file.
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What exactly would you be searching for? This utility is for creating your own files (hence the name being String Maker and not String Fiddler or String Changer) for your own mods (or perhaps someone else's, but you should still start with a blank file - as far as I know you can run two instances of this program without error). I have not, and will never support using this utility to modify a Bethesda string file, and given your situation you can get any translation you need via Steam's settings.
All this does is change the Codepage used for importing and exporting a strings file, what you see on your screen should be unicode. If the file imported isn't the Codepage (aka language) you selected then it will not look proper because the characters are expected to be in another codepage. For example, if you try to load a Latin based strings file using the Cyrillic codepage you will not see english characters. Likewise, if you create a strings file using Cyrillic characters and export it using a Latin codepage you will not find Cyrillic text in the file. As for how the game -loads- them (ie: how the game knows which codepage to use) is beyond the scope of this project.
It's very nice program.
Main purpose I use it is that I wanna localize it into my language.
But, most of time I need to scroll and find the sentence I needed to translate.
If possible, can I have the source code of this program to make "Search" functionality ?
If im not mistake, it's written in C#.Net, isnt' it?
One more thing, on the right up corner of program, it has a dropbox which provides some compatible fonts, but It seems not work with me when I chose "Windows - Vietnamese", I changed some text to my language but in game, it shows some errors with fonts.
What is this function supposed to do?
p.s: I translated something in "Translate_English.txt" file (in Skyrim\Data\Interface folder) and it works perfect with my language, so I dont think that there is any missing fonts.
Cheers,
Linh
Mind giving your definition of a long string ? As far as I know there is no limit on the length of a string for my program.
Now it's not possible to work with them in String Maker
Just remove the String part, not the ID part.
Meh, it probably looked like a space because the line following the one you deleted was a space - in the file itself, not on your screen. I can't say for sure because I don't mess with the stock strings files. Either way, it's fixed now and that's all that really matters.
To remove an entry click on the leftmost column (the header column), then push your delete key. Exceptions being thrown when you don't have an ID are to be expected, since the ID is a mandatory field - all fields are mandatory, but there is always an exception to the rule (null strings).