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JeffM2501: 3.0 was never released

2013-02-09T23:29:10Z

3.0 was never released

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	BZFlag 3.0.0 will support TTF fonts and Unicode characters. This opens up possibilities to include more translations in the game, or to improve older translations. If you would like to help, you should check out the latest code from the [[BZFlag SVN]] repository and build a 2.99.x/3.x.x client.

	The language files are stored within the l10n directory in the data directory. We have a starting template located in the [http://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bzflag/trunk/bzflag/data/l10n/bzflag_xx.po?view=markup bzflag_xx.po] file with some information at the top to get you started.		The language files are stored within the l10n directory in the data directory. We have a starting template located in the [http://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bzflag/trunk/bzflag/data/l10n/bzflag_xx.po?view=markup bzflag_xx.po] file with some information at the top to get you started.

Blast at 03:31, 20 September 2010

2010-09-20T03:31:27Z

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	BZFlag 3.0.0 will support TTF fonts and Unicode characters. This opens up possibilities to include more translations in the game, or to improve older translations. If you would like to help, you should check out the latest code from the [BZFlag SVN] repository and build a 2.99.x/3.x.x client.		BZFlag 3.0.0 will support TTF fonts and Unicode characters. This opens up possibilities to include more translations in the game, or to improve older translations. If you would like to help, you should check out the latest code from the [[BZFlag SVN]] repository and build a 2.99.x/3.x.x client.

	The language files are stored within the l10n directory in the data directory. We have a starting template located in the [http://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bzflag/trunk/bzflag/data/l10n/bzflag_xx.po?view=markup bzflag_xx.po] file with some information at the top to get you started.		The language files are stored within the l10n directory in the data directory. We have a starting template located in the [http://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bzflag/trunk/bzflag/data/l10n/bzflag_xx.po?view=markup bzflag_xx.po] file with some information at the top to get you started.

Blast: Minor reorganization

2009-09-18T13:52:53Z

Minor reorganization

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	Once you have a new translation file created, you can select it from Options > GUI Settings > Locale, or by passing the -locale parameter to the BZFlag client when launching it.		Once you have a new translation file created, you can select it from Options > GUI Settings > Locale, or by passing the -locale parameter to the BZFlag client when launching it.

	If your translation requires a ~~different~~ font, you ~~should first of all make sure~~ the ~~font you pick uses a license that is compatible with BZFlag. If you are unsure, please feel free to ask us on IRC~~. Once you have a ~~valid~~ font (or set of fonts) you can make your translation file use them by ~~tanslating~~ the strings "_consoleFont" "_serifFont" and "_sansSerifFont" to the font names that you would like to use as defaults.		If your translation requires a certain font, you can specify this in the language file. Once you have picked a font (or set of fonts) you can make your translation file use them by translating the strings "_consoleFont" "_serifFont" and "_sansSerifFont" to the font names that you would like to use as defaults.

	The [http://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bzflag/trunk/bzflag/data/l10n/bzflag_ru.po?view=markup Russian translation file] has this done if you need an example:		The [http://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bzflag/trunk/bzflag/data/l10n/bzflag_ru.po?view=markup Russian translation file] has this done if you need an example:
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	msgid "_sansSerifFont"		msgid "_sansSerifFont"
	msgstr "DejaVuSansCondensedBold"		msgstr "DejaVuSansCondensedBold"

			We bundle a few fonts, but if you need one we do not provide, you should first of all make sure the font you pick uses a license that is compatible with BZFlag. If you are unsure, please feel free to ask us on [[BZFlag_on_IRC#.23bzflag\|IRC]].

Blast: Add some information about writing new translations

2009-09-18T13:46:16Z

Add some information about writing new translations

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BZFlag 3.0.0 will support TTF fonts and Unicode characters. This opens up possibilities to include more translations in the game, or to improve older translations. If you would like to help, you should check out the latest code from the [BZFlag SVN] repository and build a 2.99.x/3.x.x client.

The language files are stored within the l10n directory in the data directory. We have a starting template located in the [http://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bzflag/trunk/bzflag/data/l10n/bzflag_xx.po?view=markup bzflag_xx.po] file with some information at the top to get you started.

Once you have a new translation file created, you can select it from Options > GUI Settings > Locale, or by passing the -locale parameter to the BZFlag client when launching it.

If your translation requires a different font, you should first of all make sure the font you pick uses a license that is compatible with BZFlag. If you are unsure, please feel free to ask us on IRC. Once you have a valid font (or set of fonts) you can make your translation file use them by tanslating the strings "_consoleFont" "_serifFont" and "_sansSerifFont" to the font names that you would like to use as defaults.

The [http://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bzflag/trunk/bzflag/data/l10n/bzflag_ru.po?view=markup Russian translation file] has this done if you need an example:
###########
## FONTS ##
###########

msgid "_consoleFont"
msgstr "DejaVuSansMonoBold"

msgid "_serifFont"
msgstr "DejaVuSerifBold"

msgid "_sansSerifFont"
msgstr "DejaVuSansCondensedBold"