How do you update the arguments of a Localize String Event?

[karl_jones]

@drazuerg

Hi again @karl_jones !

I have another question about performance this time. My game needs to run on low end android devices so it’s a constant concern for me.

Let’s take the example below, I have the word CHAPTER + the index level (which is an int). The player can scroll in the levels list so this can be modified a lot of times in burst.

What I would do up to now was using the method GetLocalizedString, like this :

currentChapterFocusedText.text = Utility.gameManager.localizationManager.GetLocalizedString("Key_Chapter") + currentlyFocusedLevel;

Now it seems that the way to go, reading this thread, would be to use a Localize String Event script attached to this TMP GameObject, with a local variable “levelIndex” for example. And if I understand correctly, changing only the value of the reference to the local variable will change the “CHAPTER 83” altogether.

But isn’t there some sort of performance overhead with that ? Does the “Localize String Event” runs some sort of constant check to know if local variables have been changed ? (vs. my previous solution above, that is only called when I need to modify it)

Thanks !

No, persistent variables have a change event that gets sent when the value is changed, this triggers the string to update once. See Triggering Updates here https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.localization@1.4/manual/Smart/Persistent-Variables-Source.html