Reference to a variant value in XML

[OrionVeteran]

I need to refer to a variant value in an EXL text file.

For example: Total National Wonders: ???

Any ideas on how to do this?

 

[Nightinggale]

EXL text file? I will assume you mean XML text file, because that makes a whole lot more sense.

Take for instance

<TEXT>
	<Tag>TXT_KEY_EVENT_GOLD_FROM_PLAYER</Tag>
	<English>[ICON_BULLET]Receive %d1[ICON_GOLD] from %s2_playerName</English>
	<French>[ICON_BULLET]Recevoir %d1[ICON_GOLD] de la part de %s2_playerName</French>
	<German>[ICON_BULLET]%d1[ICON_GOLD] von %s2_playerName</German>
	<Italian>[ICON_BULLET]Ricevi %d1[ICON_GOLD] da %s2_playerName</Italian>
	<Spanish>[ICON_BULLET]Recibir %d1 [ICON_GOLD] de %s2_playerName</Spanish>
</TEXT>

%d1 refers to the first argument. %s2 refers to the second. d is a number while s is a string.

Calling this from python should be like this (I think, usually I do this from the DLL)

localText.getText("TXT_KEY_EVENT_GOLD_FROM_PLAYER", (iGold, sName))

This should hopefully be enough for your needs. We really should have a proper guide because there are plenty of stuff you can do with strings. For instance you can make a word use singular/plural based on an argument like

<English>%d1 [NUM1:Turn:Turns]</English>

The problem is most people aren't aware of all the options and those who are (like me) tend to forget precisely how to use each.

 

[OrionVeteran]

I ended up writing a Python popup that displays all the variants. It works really good. Thanks for your reply. OV