Local vs Symbol

[ZakolkaTV]

Thank you very much for your work, it is priceless.
Help me understand should these variables be shown?
EliteAPI.SelectedWeapon.Local
EliteAPI.SelectedWeapon.Symbol

[Somfic]

Hi @ZakolkaTV,

I am not entirely sure what you are asking, but I can explain the difference between Local and Symbol, and why they're showing up. This has to do with languages and translations.

Take for example part of this journal event:

{ 
	"Government": "$government_PrisonColony;", 
	"Government_Localised": "Colonie pénitentiaire" 
}

When the game has to output text that is different between different languages, for example for commodities, factions and other things, the game outputs both a symbol and a localised version of the text.

The symbol is the culture-invariant version of the text, in this case: $government_PrisonColony;. Though a bit harder to read, it is the non-translated version of the value.

The local is the translated version of the value, in this case: Colonie pénitentiaire. As you can imagine, if I set my game language to Russian, this value would change. Important to note is that the value in symbol would not change.

I hope this explains why both Local and Symbol versions of SelectedWeapon exist.

If you are planning on sharing your VoiceAttack profile with people that might not have the same lanuage as you, I would use the symbol value in your if statements, since that value does not change between language settings. If however this is a private VoiceAttack profile, you can use both symbol and local, since you probably will not change your own language.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have more questions (or if I undestood your question wrong)

:)

[ZakolkaTV]

Thanks for the detailed answer and I apologize for my English =)

Thanks for the explanation. Now I understand what “Local” and “Symbol” are. But I still have a question. What is a "EliteAPI.SelectedWeapon" and how can I use it?

[Somfic]

It's for the Odyssey DLC. When you are on-foot on planets you have a weapon, like a rifle or pistol. This variable denotes which one, if any, you have selected.

[ZakolkaTV]

Oh, how I didn’t realize it myself, it was simple. Thanks for the answer.