Best Way to Allow Players to Add a Translation Patch

[Obscura]

I'd like to allow players to drop their self-translated .rpy files into the tl (translation) folder, and have the game create a menu that would allow them to select whatever languages are in that folder.

How would one go about doing this? Would this require the use of renpy.exists to check if a certain language is inside the folder?

Thank you in advance for any tips or advice!

[Remix]

You'd want renpy.known_languages. It *should* return a list that reflects the folder names in /tl/ if I remember right. Note though that some languages might also need different fonts, so you'd want to allow for that in your *blank* translate file(s) etc

[Obscura]

Thanks Remix!!!

Do you know where I can find any examples of this in action? I'm scratching my head over the syntax.

[Remix]

Which bit?

Changing fonts etc:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/translat ... anslations

You might do well to try a single language translation yourself and seeing exactly what needs adding to the /tl/ subfolder, then use your experience to guide other people...

Simple screen:

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screen choose_language():

    vbox:

        textbutton "Default":
            selected (_preferences.language == None)
            action [ 
                Function(renpy.change_language, None),
                Function(renpy.restart_interaction) ]

        for language in renpy.known_languages():

            textbutton "{}".format(language.capitalize()):
                selected (
                    _preferences.language == language )
                action [ 
                    Function(renpy.change_language, 
                             language),
                    Function(renpy.restart_interaction) ]

Fly-typed, so might need tweaks