Multi-languages Settings

CGI Studio's multi-language support feature allows you to easily switch between languages. This section describes the operation of applying the multi-language support feature for the purpose of switching between English and Japanese units of measure (miles, kilometers).

For more information on the Culture feature, click here.

Culture settings

To display text in multiple languages, a culture must first be created.

1. Click [ Culture Solution Options... ] on the menu bar from [ Language ]. 
   • The [ Solution Options: Cultures ] dialog will appear.
     
   • Master [00] is already set in the dialog.
   • You can also display the dialog by clicking on the [ Culture Solution Options ] icon on the toolbar.
     
     
     
     
     
2. Click on the [ Add Culture ] icon in the upper left corner of the dialog.
   • A new culture setting line will be added to the dialog.
     
     
     
     
3. Select "English[en]" from the pull-down menu.
   
   • You can narrow down the list by typing "English" at the top of the pull-down menu.
     
     
4. Perform the step 3 through step 4 above for this time selecting "Japanese [ja]".
   
   • You can narrow down the list by typing "Japanese" at the top of the pull-down menu.
     
     
5. Press the [ OK ] button at the bottom of the dialog to close it.
   
   
   
   

You can set up multi-languages as required by following the above steps.

Language Table settings

After Culture settings are completed, a Language Table must be set up to configure text switching according to each language selection.

1. In the Solution Explorer, click [ Scenes>Car_Cluster ].
   
   • "Car_Cluster" appears in the scene tree.
     
     
2. Expand "StatusBottom" in the scene tree and click on "78.321 km" displayed.
   • In the Properties panel, "78.321km (TextNode2D)" will appear.
     
     
     
     
3. In the Properties panel, click the select item icon to the right of the Text section in the "2D Text Node" category.
   • The [ Language Table Selection ] dialog box will appear.
     
   • The[ Language Table ] dialog box can also be opened by selecting [ Language Tables... ] on the menu bar from [ Languages ].
     
     
     
     
     
4. With the "Current Culture:" in the upper right corner of the dialog at "Master[00]", click the "Add" button.
   
   • A new setting line will be added to the dialog.
     
     
     
     
     
5. Enter "78.321 km" in the [ Text ] section of the newly added new setup line.
   • The input value will be displayed if "Master" is selected as the language.
   • If this is not entered, the text ID will be displayed.
     
     
6. Switch the [ Current Culture ] in the upper right corner of the dialog to "English" and enter "78.321miles" in the [ Text ] section of the settings line.
   
   
7. Similarly, switch [ Current Culture ] to "Japanese" and enter "78.321 km" in the [ Text ] section of the setting line.
   
   
8. Press the [ OK ] button at the bottom of the dialog to close it.

This completes the configuration of text to be displayed in response to language switching.

Operation confirmation

Verify that the settings up to the above section are working properly on Scene Composer.

1. Use the pull-down menu to the right of the [ Cultural Solution Options ] icon on the toolbar to switch languages.
   • When English is selected, the unit of driving distance in the scene editor will be switched to "miles".
   • When Japanese or Master is selected, the unit of driving distance will be "km".