Player.LocaleId is being TAMPERED with for no apparent reason

[rogeriodec_games]

Reproduction Steps

I’ve been trying to understand what’s going on for hours and I couldn’t find an explanation.
I’ve even duplicated my entire project for a new experience, but the problem persists.
I am sending the project attached via PM.

Expected Behavior

Player.LocaleId should not change during gameplay.

Actual Behavior

I’m playing with a Player that has LocaleId = es-es (Spanish).
Inside the RenderStep, I print the Player.LocaleId:
print('**render', Player.Name, Player.LocaleId)

Absurdly, the first print appears as es-es and the second as pt-br !!!

Issue Area: Engine
Issue Type: Other
Impact: High
Frequency: Constantly
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[cloakedyoshi]

Roblox released this update:

Localization API Update for Upcoming In-Experience Language Switcher

Hi Devs! We are excited to announce that we’ll be rolling out an update in the next few weeks which enables users to change their language settings while they are in an experience. Players will be able to toggle between supported languages using the in-experience menu. Any GUI object that has the AutoLocalize property set to True will automatically be translated when a player switches languages in an experience. However, any localization performed by scripting (using Localization APIs) will ne…

Likely the cause, may or may not be intended?

[rogeriodec_games]

My experience has the source language Portuguese and I created a translation to English in the Localization Portal.
For testing purposes, I am playing the game with a player with Spanish language (es-es).

As I understand it then, Player.LocaleId has become OBSOLETE?

[cloakedyoshi]

@rogeriodec_games

As I understand it then, Player.LocaleId has become OBSOLETE?

If you mean setting it with a custom system you created, potentially.

Judging from your output, looks like there’s some funky overriding behavior going on. If you have custom logic, it may be you or the engine. If you don’t, it may be a Roblox Studio emulation issue.

[rogeriodec_games]

I’m not testing this in Studio, but in Player (even because in Studio, Player.LocaleId is already buggy:

LocalizationService:GetTranslatorForPlayerAsync(Player) not getting the correct Player's LocaleId

Reproduction Steps 1) Get a Player with a different localization than en-us: [tfzMrqqX9z] Run this on Roblox Studio and Roblox Player: print(LocalizationService:GetTranslatorForPlayerAsync(Player)) Expected Behavior Both Roblox Studio and Roblox Player should show the same Player’s Locale Id Actual Behavior For example, with a Player with a localization pt-br (as the image above), Studio is getting en-us while Roblox Player is getting the correct pt-br. Issue Area: Studio Issue…

And as I said in the OP, I’m just printing the Player.LocaleId inside the RenderStep.
At first it shows the correct LocaleId.
It then switches to pt-br (but Player.LocaleId is a READ ONLY property).

[cloakedyoshi]

Gotcha - to clarify, your game’s default locale is Portuguese, your website user locale is Spanish, and your in-game user locale is Spanish?

[rogeriodec_games]

No. My game source language is Portuguese.
I have a translation to English.
And I’m testing with a Spanish player.

[cloakedyoshi]

What language are you using for your account on the Roblox.com website? Spanish?

I’m trying to reproduce this, and what I suspect is happening is that your in-game locale may still be set to Portuguese.

It looks like you can have two different languages for your account. You join a game, and it starts with the website one. Then, the in-game menu version catches up and overrides your website language.

[rogeriodec_games]

@cloakedyoshi

What language are you using for your account on the Roblox.com website?

AFAIK, the player’s language determines its website language. So, for this player, both are Spanish.

[cloakedyoshi]

The in-game and website language appear to be separate sometimes.

When I join a game with a website language of Spanish and an in-game language of French in an English game - the game has a few frames of Spanish before turning French.

[rogeriodec_games]

@cloakedyoshi

the game has a few frames of Spanish before turning French.

It seem that’s the case.

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[Judgy_Oreo (phoenixwhitefire2000)]

@rogeriodec_games

As I understand it then, Player.LocaleId has become OBSOLETE?

I don’t think you should be using it anymore, the docs page gives it a “HIDDEN” tag. I think it’s meant for internal (engine/CoreGui) use only?

@rogeriodec_games

(but Player.LocaleId is a READ ONLY property).

That doesn’t mean that values won’t be changed at runtime. I think Camera.ViewportSize is a good example of this. Also, wasn’t there that one announcement about players now being able to change the client’s language through the settings menu while the game is running?

[Howimetted]

Thanks for the report; We’ll follow up when we have an update for you.