Globalstrings.lua

[fixinf3]

Hello, I am currently trying to customize some strings for wow, but have been having difficulty doing so. From what I have read it is as easy as

GUILD_RANK0_DESC = "Test Leader";
GUILD_RANK1_DESC = "Officer";
GUILD_RANK2_DESC = "Veteran";
GUILD_RANK3_DESC = "Member";
GUILD_RANK4_DESC = "Initiate";
GUILD = "Test";
GUILD_INFORMATION = "Test Information";

But that is not working for me. (Currently set that in a function that loads when player enters the world). Can anyone shed some light on this please? I would be eternally grateful!

[stoneharry]

You will need to change it in the Interface\GlueXML files.

There is a Globalstrings.lua and some other localised and post-localisation ones. If the strings exist in those files too, then you will need to change them.

For GlueXML changes to be allowed by the client you need to use a modified WoW executable that disables the check for Blizzard integrity.

Once you have done all this, it will work client side. You will need to distribute changes to all clients that you wish to see the change.


Guild ranks and information can be customised by the player with in game functionality by default though. You would only change these strings if you wanted to change the default value.

[fixinf3]

Thanks for the quick reply! I do want to change the default values.

I have made other changes to gluexml files successfully with patches, and I have tried changing the globalstrings.lua file (found in FrameXML with a warning that is auto generated) which did not work. I checked out the localisation files in GlueXML after reading your post, but they seem to just call on that globalstrings.lua. Do I need to make my own globalstrings.lua and change the gluexml to call that instead or something?

[stoneharry]

GlueXML\GlueStrings.lua
GlueXML\GlueLocalization.lua
GlueXML\GlueLocalizationPost.lua

FrameXML\GlobalStrings.lua
FrameXML\Localization.lua
FrameXML\LocalizationPost.lua

And it's the FrameXML ones we should be looking at, GlueXML is for before you get in game.

First the general strings file is executed, then localization, then post localization. Post localization has no strings being set in them as far as I am aware at the moment.

[fixinf3]

Ok, changing global strings doesn't do anything for me but, assuming I am using an enUS client, would a patch with a modified localization.lua work like this?

-- This is a symbol available for people who need to know the locale (separate from GetLocale())
LOCALE_enUS = true;
 
function Localize()
GUILD_RANK0_DESC = "Test Leader";
GUILD_RANK1_DESC = "Officer";
GUILD_RANK2_DESC = "Veteran";
GUILD_RANK3_DESC = "Member";
GUILD_RANK4_DESC = "Initiate";
GUILD = "Test";
GUILD_INFORMATION = "Test Information";
end
 
function LocalizeFrames()
    -- Put all locale specific UI adjustments here
 
    -- Hide billing help option.  If the number of help options changes this will need to change also.
    CATEGORY_TO_NOT_DISPLAY = 9;
 
end