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[Suggestion]: New language, "advanced lexicon" english... #671

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Gadg8eer opened this issue Mar 16, 2024 · 4 comments
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[Suggestion]: New language, "advanced lexicon" english... #671

Gadg8eer opened this issue Mar 16, 2024 · 4 comments

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@Gadg8eer
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Gadg8eer commented Mar 16, 2024

All concepts, if they are not named the same as real life in default English (US), would be named by the most suitable in-the-trade words of the logistics industry most relevant...

Terraforming = Land Development

Railroad/Railway Construction = Railroute Survey & Tracklaying (because I don't want to see an argument over the Atlantic just because I'm Canadian and have no preference)/Rolling Stock Management

Road Construction = Roadworks & City Infrastructure/Commercial Motorpool

Airport Construction = Airport Operations/Airline Management

On my phone, what was the seaport menu again? = Coast Authority/Ship Registries & Manifests

If I provided a completely filled out language file, would this be something you're willing to add?

@JGRennison
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Other than yourself, are any users likely to want to use this?
Making strings overly long also means that they will no longer fit in the UI.

@Gadg8eer
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I wish I knew, but sadly I have no other access to the community than reading the docs wiki and forums, and via github. I only assumed that someone using it might, like myself, be vaguely trying to replicate the feel of real operations while playing.

Is there a way such a feature could be added via a single NewGRF, or is it more prudent to add a language file slot?

At the very least, would "train set" players like it or should I go back to working on my standardized tracktype grfs?

@JGRennison
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I'm not terribly keen to add a whole new language for what is really still English.
It may be worth looking into the use of strgen, that is likely easier than using a GRF.

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Forgive my ignorance but what is strgen? I assume it means "string generator" but beyond that it sounds unfamiliar.

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