Comments

• ChrisIceBox

  December 2025

  A custom script is necessary to handle the formatting based on language-specific conditions, but it's possible to override the default "Hotspot label" when e.g. a Hotspot is hovered-over while an Inventory item is selected:

  using AC;
  using UnityEngine;
  
  public class CustomHotspotLabel : MonoBehaviour
  {
  
      public string menuName = "Hotspot";
      public string elementName = "HotspotLabel";
      private MenuLabel hotspotLabel;
  
      void Start()
      {
          hotspotLabel = PlayerMenus.GetElementWithName(menuName, elementName) as MenuLabel;
      }
  
      void Update()
      {
          if (KickStarter.playerInteraction.GetActiveHotspot() && InvInstance.IsValid(KickStarter.runtimeInventory.SelectedInstance))
          {
              var languageIndex = Options.GetLanguage();
              string overrideText = ""; // Set this
              hotspotLabel.OverrideLabel(overrideText);
          }
          else
          {
              hotspotLabel.OverrideLabel(string.Empty);
          }
      }
  
  }
  
• stelabouras

  February 10

  My concern here is how I can link certain entities (e.g. the Adventure Creator inventory item for 'Paper') with titles that allow noun declension while also making use of Adventure Creator's localization logic.

  I was thinking of a Scriptable Object that could link those two together, that also conforms to ITranslatable. Does that make sense?
• ChrisIceBox

  February 11

  If the script is able to update sentences correctly using AC's provided Item and Hotspot names, along with separators such as "the" etc that the script provides, then those individual separators could be sent to the Speech Manager via ITranslatable.

  I'd recommend putting the ITranslatable aspect to one side for the moment, while the construction logic is still being worked out, however.

  How you link Items with Hotspots in the code can be done a few ways, but a custom class could refer to them by e.g. name, along with some variable (such as an integer, for a very basic example), to denote the "rule" between them:

  [System.Serializable]
  public class ItemHotspotPair
  {
  
      public string itemName;
      public string hotspotName;
      public int ruleType; // For example
  
  }
  

  Your main script can then have an array of this that is then used to work out which rule to apply:

  using AC;
  using UnityEngine;
  
  public class CustomHotspotLabel : MonoBehaviour
  {
  
      public string menuName = "Hotspot";
      public string elementName = "HotspotLabel";
      private MenuLabel hotspotLabel;
      public ItemHotspotPair[] pairs;
  
      void Start()
      {
          hotspotLabel = PlayerMenus.GetElementWithName(menuName, elementName) as MenuLabel;
      }
  
      void Update()
      {
          if (KickStarter.playerInteraction.GetActiveHotspot() && InvInstance.IsValid(KickStarter.runtimeInventory.SelectedInstance))
          {
              var languageIndex = Options.GetLanguage();
              var pair = GetPair (KickStarter.runtimeInventory.SelectedInstance, KickStarter.playerInteraction.GetActiveHotspot());
              if (pair != null)
              {
                  var ruleType = pair.ruleType;
                  string overrideText = ""; // Set this
                  hotspotLabel.OverrideLabel(overrideText);
              }
          }
          else
          {
              hotspotLabel.OverrideLabel(string.Empty);
          }
      }
  
      ItemHotspotPair GetPair(InvInstance item, Hotspot hotspot)
      {
          foreach (var pair in pairs)
          {
              if (item.InvItem.label == pair.itemName && hotspot.name == pair.hotspotName)
              {
                  return pair;
              }
          }
          return null;
      }
  
  }