Languages

1. The Simple and Advanced switch.
2. The language button. The list under it shows each language in its own name, with the current one ticked.

When to use it

AvatarDoc speaks English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. Use the language button when you want the tool, its messages and its tooltips in another language. The pages of this site are in English; the Start here guide is also in Japanese and Arabic.

Settings

The language button

Shown in: Simple and Advanced · Default: the language that NDMF has chosen, English when it has none · Choices: the languages that NDMF and AvatarDoc know

The button sits at the right end of the row with the Simple and Advanced switch, in both modes. It shows the current language in its own name, such as English or 日本語. Click it and pick another language from the list.

• The setting is shared. It is the language setting of NDMF, which Modular Avatar uses too. Choosing a language here changes theirs, and choosing it in Modular Avatar or NDMF changes AvatarDoc.
• Everything switches at once. Every open AvatarDoc inspector and window, with the Convert, Outfit set and Capture icon windows, changes language right away.
• A missing text shows in English. If a language has no text for a label yet, AvatarDoc shows the English text for it.
• Fonts. Japanese and Chinese use NDMF's font for the language, the same one Modular Avatar uses, so the characters take the right form. English keeps Unity's own font.
• Only the editor changes. The names in your menu stay as they are. A name that AvatarDoc writes for you, such as the None toggle of a new outfit set, is written in the language you use when you create it, and then stays.

The list

Shown in: Simple and Advanced

The list holds the languages that NDMF knows, the languages that AvatarDoc has files for, and the current one, sorted by code. A plain code such as ja is left out when a fuller code such as ja-jp is there. Each language is named the way NDMF's own switcher names it. A script such as zh-Hans is always named, because it tells two written forms apart. When two choices would read the same, their codes are added in brackets.

Adding a language

A language is one text file named AvatarDoctor.<code>.po, for example AvatarDoctor.ko-KR.po. It is a gettext file, so translation tools such as Poedit open it. AvatarDoc finds a file by its name alone, anywhere in the project. Add the file, or save a change to one, and the list updates. You do not need to change any code. Help translate explains the file, the key names and the agreed words.

AvatarDoc no longer reads the AvatarDoctor.<code>.json files of earlier versions. When one is in your project, the Console shows a warning that says how to make the .po file from it.

What AvatarDoc builds

The language changes only what the editor shows. The built avatar is the same in every language. The messages that the build reports use the language setting too.

Messages

The language button raises no messages.

Related

• Help translate
• The inspector at a glance