1.12.1 where are the other lang files? I only see en_us.lang

[jabelar]

In my 1.12.1 workspace, the referenced library with the Minecraft code only contains an english lang file (en_us.lang). Why doesn't it include the other languages?

 

Also, in previous versions like 1.7.10 the Minecraft lang file was named en_US.lang but I noticed it is now en_us.lang. The capitalization has changed. However, in the forge assets it is still named en_US.lang and I tried both for my mod and it only works for en_US.lang. So why the inconsistency?

[Draco18s]

The capitalization changed in 1.11 when Mojang moved to an all-lower-case format for ALL resource files. I am not sure how the vanilla language files are handled, but mod language files can still be loaded with the resource pack format of 2 (current format is 3).

 

As for only the English lang file being available in dev: I'm sure there's a reason, I just don't know what it is.

[jabelar]

Okay, but I just tested in my 1.12.1 and if I use all lower case for my lang file it does not translate and if I use old en_US.lang it does. So where would I specify different resource pack format if I wanted to use lower case?

[Choonster]

23 minutes ago, jabelar said:

Okay, but I just tested in my 1.12.1 and if I use all lower case for my lang file it does not translate and if I use old en_US.lang it does. So where would I specify different resource pack format if I wanted to use lower case?

 

Create a pack.mcmeta file in src/main/resources and set pack -> pack_format to 3. Alternatively, download a recent MDK and copy its pack.mcmeta file into src/main/resources.

 

Mojang distribute the sounds and alternative language files through a separate resource repository system, these are stored with hashed names in .minecraft/assets (outside of the development environment) or ~/.gradle/caches/minecraft/assets (inside of the development environment). I'm not entirely sure why this is, but I suspect it's to prevent the Minecraft JAR from being too large.

Edited August 26, 2017 by Choonster

[jabelar]

1 minute ago, Choonster said:

 

Create a pack.mcmeta file in src/main/resources and set pack -> pack_format to 3. Alternatively, download a recent MDK and copy its pack.mcmeta file into src/main/resources.

 

Mojang distribute the sounds and alternative language files through a separate resource repository system, these are stored with hashed names in .minecraft/assets (outside of the development environment) or ~/.gradle/caches/minecraft/assets (inside of the development environment). I'm not entirely sure why this is, but I suspect it's to prevent the Minecraft JAR from being too large.

Perfect, thanks for the detailed explanation.