Problem with a voice-over

[Xardas666]

Hi. I have a problem with a "[message]" tag. When I use "male_voice=" and "female_voice=" with a translatable text to support many languages... it shows me this error:

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speaker=unit
message= _ "Show me your wares."
male_voice= _ "TRADE_SHOW_ME"
female_voice= _ "TRADE_SHOW_ME_FEMALE"
wait_description= _ "trading"

The voice plays correctly when the message is displayed, but after choosing an option in the message menu - the message disappears, Lua error is displayed and the voice is in infinite loop.

Is using translatable strings in "voice=" allowed by the game engine?

Here is full "[message]" code:

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#textdomain wesnoth-battle_for_myrtana

[modification]
    id=bfm_xvd_trade
    name= _ "BfM: Trade"
    description= _ "This modification is adding trade in villages."
    type=mp
    require_modification=yes
    allow_era=battle_for_myrtana_xvd

#define BFM_XVD_NO_GOLD
    [else]
        [message]
            speaker=unit
            side_for=$side_number
            message= _ "I don't have that much gold."
            male_voice= _ "TRADE_NO_GOLD"
            female_voice= _ "TRADE_NO_GOLD_FEMALE"
        [/message]
    [/else]
#enddef

#define BFM_XVD_TRADE_OPTION_STEW
    [option]
        message= <span size='large'> _ "Stew" </span> + "    " + <span color='yellow'> _ "1 gold" </span> + "
" + <span color='grey'> _ "+4 HP" </span>
        image="icons/trade/food/stew.png"
        [command]
            [store_gold]
                side=$side_number
            [/store_gold]
            [if]
                [variable]
                    name=gold
                    greater_than_equal_to=1
                [/variable]
                [then]
                    [gold]
                        side=$side_number
                        amount=-1
                    [/gold]
                    {VARIABLE bfm_xvd_trade_stored_unit.moves 0}
                    {VARIABLE bfm_xvd_trade_stored_unit.attacks_left 0}
                    [unstore_unit]
                        [filter]
                            x,y=$x1,$y1
                        [/filter]
                        variable=bfm_xvd_trade_stored_unit
                        find_vacant=no
                        text= _ "stew"
                        red,green,blue=0,0,255
                    [/unstore_unit]
                    [sound]
                        name={SOUND_LIST:BFM_SOUP}
                    [/sound]
                    [modify_unit]
                        [filter]
                            x,y=$x1,$y1
                        [/filter]
                        [effect]
                            apply_to=hitpoints
                            increase=4
                        [/effect]
                    [/modify_unit]
                [/then]
                {BFM_XVD_NO_GOLD}
            [/if]
        [/command]
    [/option]
#enddef

    [event]
        name=prestart

        [set_menu_item]
            id=bfm_xvd_trade_menu_item_khorinis_farmers_house
            description= _ "Trade"
            [show_if]
                [have_unit]
                    x,y=$x1,$y1
                    side=$side_number
                    race=bfm_xvd_human
                    formula="self.moves > 0"
                    [filter_location]
                        terrain=*^Vkfh
                    [/filter_location]
                [/have_unit]
            [/show_if]
            [command]
                [store_unit]
                    [filter]
                        x,y=$x1,$y1
                    [/filter]
                    variable=bfm_xvd_trade_stored_unit
                [/store_unit]
                [message]
                    speaker=unit
                    message= _ "Show me your wares."
                    male_voice= _ "TRADE_SHOW_ME"
                    female_voice= _ "TRADE_SHOW_ME_FEMALE"
                    wait_description= _ "trading"
                    [option]
                        message= _ "Category: Food"
                        image="icons/trade/food/stew.png"
                        [command]
                            [message]
                                speaker=narrator
                                message= _ "Category: Food"
                                wait_description= _ "trading"
                                {BFM_XVD_TRADE_OPTION_STEW}
                                [option]
                                    message= _ "Cancel"
                                [/option]
                            [/message]
                        [/command]
                    [/option]

                    [option]
                        message= _ "Cancel"
                    [/option]
                [/message]
            [/command]
        [/set_menu_item]
    [/event]
[/modification]

[Brittar]

From my experience, it’s better to avoid using translatable strings directly in male_voice and female_voice. Instead, try hardcoding the voice file names (like "TRADE_SHOW_ME.ogg") and handle translations separately in your script. This usually prevents the infinite loop and Lua errors.

[Celtic_Minstrel]

The mechanism to localize voice tracks is described on the wiki, though that page hasn't been updated in quite awhile. From what I can tell, it works from version 1.16 onwards. In other words, if you set male_voice=voices/trade_show_me.wav, you can then add a file voices/trade_show_me.wav for the English version and (for example) a file voices/l10n/fr/trade_show_me.wav for the French version.