Pass LocalizedString as argument in Unity Event

Localization
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1

Hello,

I would like to change the LocalizedString used in the LocalizeStringEvent during run time. And I would like to do this via Unity Events in the inspector.

The setup is the following:

  1. A text mesh pro component.
  2. A Localize String Event component
  3. A custom component for changing the StringReference of the LocalizeStringEvent component with a function:
    code
public class LocalizationExtensions : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Required]
    [SerializeField] private LocalizeStringEvent _localizeStringEvent;
       
    public void SetStringReference(LocalizedString localizedString)
    {
        _localizeStringEvent.SetStringReference(localizedString);
    }
}

SetStringReference is an extension method, which also refreshes the string.

The issue is that I cannot call the SetStringReference method via Unity Events in the inspector because LocalizedString is not a Unity object. It is a shame that 2 Unity systems do not work together nicely. If I didn’t want to create a script purely for this case then what are my options?

Thanks!

2

You don’t need to change the whole LocalizedString instance, you can just change its references and it will update itself.

E.G

public void ChangeEntry(string entryName)
    {
        _localizeStringEvent.StringReference.TableEntryReference = entryName;
    }

You can now call this with a UnityEvent.

We could add some public methods to LocalizeStringEvent to better support this

3

Thanks!

Yes, this certainly works. However it is error prone and tedious to use. Would be much simpler to choose a StringReference from a list rather than having to look up the exact key value.

4

You could do this but it wont work in a UnityEvent as they only support primitives and Object references…
You could make a version of LocalizedString that would work as an object reference.

    [CreateAssetMenu]
    public class LocalizedStringAsset : ScriptableObject
    {
        public LocalizedString localizedString;
    }

    public void SetString(LocalizedStringAsset asset)
    {
        localizedStringEvent.StringReference = asset.localizedString;
    }

You can now create an asset for each string you want to reference.