0006743: Replace & Test Hard-Coded Strings - The Dark Mod Bugtracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006743	The Dark Mod	GUI	public	13.09.2026 20:01	13.09.2026 20:01

Reporter	Geep	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	normal	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	TDM 2.14

Summary	0006743: Replace & Test Hard-Coded Strings
Description	I would ask someone's assistance to implement & test these, ideally for 2.15: - 12 revisions of Main Menu GUI to replace hard-coded strings with their newly-defined i18n equivalents - 1 i18n-related bug fix in a .cpp file These are itemized next. 1. Revisions of GUI to Replace Hard-coded Strings Below are English phrases (hard-coded as of TDM 2.14) than now have newly-added #str_ids, and so need corresponding changes to GUI files of tdm_gui01\guis\, if not already done. a) Various Settings... mainmenu_settings_audio.gui: "#str_menu_reverb" replaces "Reverb Volume" main_menu_video.gui; appears as Settings/Video/General/row 12: "#str_menu_texture_quality" replaces "Texture Quality" Next 2, in main_menu_video.gui; appears as Settings/Video/Advanced/row 5: "#str_menu_volumetric_fx" replaces "Volumetric Effects" "#str_menu_volumetric_fx_tooltip" replaces "Disable Volumetric light-shaft effects for improved performance" Next 2, in main_menu_video.gui; appears as Settings/Video/Advanced/row 6: "#str_menu_parallax_map" replaces "Parallax Mapping" "#str_menu_parallax_map_tooltip" replaces "Disable Parallax Mapping for improved performance" mainmenu_settings_controls.gui; appears as Settings/Controls/General/row 2: "#str_menu_toggle_creep" replaces "Toggle Creep" Appears as Settings/Gameplay/HUD [New category in 2.15]: "#str_menu_hud" replaces "HUD" b) For the Mission List Settings popup, (mainmenu_mission_list_settings.gui) invocated by the gear icon on Mission List. "#str_mission_list_settings_title_style" replaces "Title Style" "#str_mission_list_settings_style_1" replaces "Style 1" "#str_mission_list_settings_style_2" replaces "Style 2" // originally proposed as "#str_done", but "done" is too short, have 5 char minimum "#str_button_done" replaces "Done" Note - This leaves hard-coded the popup's "Example Title, The" and "The Example Title", since FM names are seemingly always in English at this time. Related: While I18N.cpp has an ArticleDict to try to support this article [= part of speech] location-swap in other languages, there no doubt will be issues in some languages. 2. I18N-Related Bug in a C++ File In DownloadMenu.cpp, fixes current duplicate #str_id bug: "#str_download_malformed" // has content "malformed " replaces "#str_02518" // intended to be "malformed " but was really "100", used for a different valid purpose, as sizing field.
Additional Information	Most of the listed items were identified in the OP of https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23204-proposed-i18n-improvements-for-tdm-215/. Remainder were turned up while researching a just-released restructuring of all.lang [English] but are not dependent on that restructuring. That restructuring is available here: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23204-proposed-i18n-improvements-for-tdm-215/page/2/#findComment-509969 So, for the purposes here, either - - use the restructured [English], as a drop-in replacement for the [English] section of current 2.15 dev all.lang . (I have done static english.lang file comparisons to assure myself of the full coverage of this replacement as of 2.15 #11358; you may want to do further verification.) - stick with the traditional all.lang [English]. Be aware that a few late-addition hard-coding replacement strings in the above itemization may not yet be present; please add them (& #str_numbers below). FYI: Added to general FM names (for Wesp5): "#str_numbers" "Numbers" Additional tooltip issues related to this survey/research, see bugtracker 0006742: Tooltip Shortcomings in Settings GUI.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
13.09.2026 20:01	Geep	New Issue