Localization 1.4.5 String Table is Empty in Editor After Restart

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Hi I am using Unity 2022.3.21 and the localization package version 1.4.5
I built a string table with multiple entry names and their translations. I mapped the values to Text Mesh Pro text using the Localize String Event component. Everything worked fine when I play tested this last night.

Once I restarted my computer this morning, the string table I built last night appeared to be empty when I viewed it in the inspector. So I re-built the table using a different name “Blocked_Translation_String_Table”. When I tested the game everything worked well. Then I restarted Unity and the string table I just built appeared to be empty when I viewed it in the inspector. See Image below of how it appears in the inspector:

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When I open of the table itself in a text editor (see below), I see that the table has my entries in it: (Note that I didn’t spend the time populating any translations, because I wanted to make sure the table persisted upon restart, which I t didn’t). Why do the string tables “disappear” upon restart?

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Did you follow the guide? Did you delete some of the generated assets?
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.localization@1.4/manual/QuickStartGuideWithVariants.html

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I did followed the guide you referenced. I realized that I may have deleted some of the locales when I was re-building my project. I had some duplicate locals:

  • English (en)
  • English (en)1
  • Spanish (es)
  • Spanish (es)1
  • etc.

I had deleted the locals with the suffix 1 on them. this may have caused the problem. I went ahead and deleted everything including the Localization Settings and started over again. However the problem persisted. I then removed the Localization package, restarted the editor, then re-imported the Localization package. Then I started over again and everything works now. Thanks for your reply.

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Did you delete the AddressableAssets folder? That is also used by the system.

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I did not delete the AddressableAssets folder:

I have the following:
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Anything from 2023 is old. uses the pervious Localization Package.
Anything prior to 3/26/2024 was created prior to my previous post (when the tables were showing up empty).

Should I delete everything prior 3/26/2024, which is the same as only keeping the AssetGroups folder?
Furthermore in the AssetGroups Folder I have the following:
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Note there are tons of files prior to 7/8/2023. Should I also delete the files prior to 3/26/2024?
I will make a backup of course.

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If it’s working don’t delete anything :wink: