Messages & Language

Every message TradeSMP shows comes from a language file, so you can reword anything without touching code. It ships with English, French, and Spanish, and you can add any other language yourself.

Where the files live

plugins/TradeSMP/lang/
  en.yml   English
  fr.yml   French
  es.yml   Spanish

Pick which one to use with the language key in config.yml:

language: en

Change a value, save, and run /tradesmp reload.

Add your own language

You do not need an update from us to add a language.

Adding Hindi, for example

1. In config.yml, set language: hindi.
2. Run /tradesmp reload. TradeSMP sees there is no hindi.yml and creates one for you, a full copy of the English file.
3. Open plugins/TradeSMP/lang/hindi.yml and translate the values.
4. Run /tradesmp reload again to apply your text.

Nothing breaks while you translate

Until you fill it in, English text keeps showing. And any single line you leave untranslated falls back to English, so a half done file never shows blank or broken messages.

Colors and styles

Messages support more than plain & color codes:

Style	Example
Classic color codes	&aGreen text
Hex colors	&#34d399Custom green
Gradients	supported
Rainbow	supported

The main messages

Here are the keys you are most likely to reword. Placeholders like %level% get filled in by the plugin, keep them as they are.

Key	Shown when
level-up	A player’s level goes up.
level-down	A player’s level goes down.
level-check-self	A player checks their own level.
level-check-other	A player checks someone else’s level.
locate-result	A village is found.
locate-cooldown	The locator is still on cooldown.
locate-requires-level	A non +3 player tries the locator.
ban-message	A player is banned at -3.
trade-set-success	An admin sets a level.
reload-success	The config and language files reload.

The file-version line

Each language file starts with a file-version number. Leave it alone. It works the same way as config-version, letting new message keys merge in on update. See Configuration.

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