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Localization of string data following the English/UK version. These fields are consolidated for easier reference within this wiki.  
A column marked as Loc is actually 17 columns with one column per language and a bitmask in the end.


  '''Offset Notes'''
There can be multiple languages filled in -- i.e. multi-language DBCs are possible.
+0 English
 
+1 Korean  
Blizzard no longer uses multiple columns for Localization since Cataclysm. From there on, there just is one column with a string in the language given by the locale directory. This conserves space and prevents errors with missing locale data as present on a lot of modded servers, where a locale_i DBC is taken and edited, packed and distributed, therefore resulting in empty strings for all clients not using locale_i. In Cataclysm and up, there just will be wrong language strings.
+2 French (frFR)
 
+3 Germany (deDE)
Number of columns actually varies depending on client version. The information how to read a particular structure is given [https://wowdev.wiki/Common_Types#langstringref[here]]
+4 Chinese (zhCN)
{| style="background:#FCFCFC; color:black"
+5 Taiwan (zhTW)  
|-
+6 Spanish  
! width="80" | Column
+7 Russian  
! width="120" |  
+8 BitMask that always follows output string data.
! width="300 " | Field
|-
| 0 || enUS / enGB || English / Great British
|-
| 1 || koKR || Korean
|-
| 2 || frFR || French  
|-
| 3 || deDE || German
|-
| 4 || zhCN || Chinese  
|-
| 5 || zhTW || Taiwan  
|-
| 6 || esES || Spanish (Spain)
|-
| 7 || esMX || Spanish (Mexican)
|-
| 8 || ruRU || Russian  
|-
| +16 || || BitMask that always follows output string data.
|}
 
Russian was added in TBC, Portugese and Italian were added in WotLK
 
enum TextWowEnum
{
  enUS = 0,
  enGB = enUS,
  koKR = 1,
  frFR = 2,
  deDE = 3,
  enCN = 4,
  zhCN = enCN,
  enTW = 5,
  zhTW = enTW,
  esES = 6,
  esMX = 7,
  ruRU = 8,
  ptPT = 10,
  ptBR = ptPT,
  itIT = 11,
};
 
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Latest revision as of 18:01, 11 March 2018

A column marked as Loc is actually 17 columns with one column per language and a bitmask in the end.

There can be multiple languages filled in -- i.e. multi-language DBCs are possible.

Blizzard no longer uses multiple columns for Localization since Cataclysm. From there on, there just is one column with a string in the language given by the locale directory. This conserves space and prevents errors with missing locale data as present on a lot of modded servers, where a locale_i DBC is taken and edited, packed and distributed, therefore resulting in empty strings for all clients not using locale_i. In Cataclysm and up, there just will be wrong language strings.

Number of columns actually varies depending on client version. The information how to read a particular structure is given [here]

Column Field
0 enUS / enGB English / Great British
1 koKR Korean
2 frFR French
3 deDE German
4 zhCN Chinese
5 zhTW Taiwan
6 esES Spanish (Spain)
7 esMX Spanish (Mexican)
8 ruRU Russian
+16 BitMask that always follows output string data.

Russian was added in TBC, Portugese and Italian were added in WotLK

enum TextWowEnum
{
  enUS = 0,
  enGB = enUS,
  koKR = 1,
  frFR = 2,
  deDE = 3,
  enCN = 4,
  zhCN = enCN,
  enTW = 5,
  zhTW = enTW,
  esES = 6,
  esMX = 7,
  ruRU = 8,
  ptPT = 10,
  ptBR = ptPT,
  itIT = 11,
};