GameText

This template is i18n-ready, which means it is easy to localize for different languages. Please see I18n & l10n for templates to learn more.

This template uses Module:GameText, a script written in the Lua programming language. To learn more about Lua, see Terraria Wiki:Lua.

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This template is used to retrieve in-game text, based on the game text database which is taken from the source code.

Note: This template is relatively slow, so please use other database templates first, if possible.

Usage

{{ gameText | <index key> | lang = <lang> | x_<name> = <value> | ... | y_<name> = <value> | ... | keepnl = y/yes }}

First unnamed parameter

The index key for the text. It is the same as in the in-game language JSON files. See examples below.

lang

Language code, defaults to {{lang}}. Currently, there are nine languages, as in-game: English (en), Spanish (es), Italian (it), Chinese (zh), German (de), Russian (ru), French (fr), Polish (pl), and Portuguese (pt). All other languages will use the English database.

All x_<name> and y_<name> parameters

Replacement for placeholders. There are two types of placeholder in the game texts: {xxx} and <yyy>, indexed by x_... and y_..., respectively. See examples below.

Notes

You can use {{#invoke:gameText|getRaw|{{{key|}}}}} to get a raw string from the GameText info database. It also takes lang and replacement arguments. This is mainly for use in other templates.
{{gameText}} will keep leading/trailing spaces.
{{gameText}} is roughly equal to <span class="gameText">{{nl2br| {{#invoke:gameText | getRaw |{{{key|}}}}} }}</span>, except for the latter will trim leading/trailing spaces.

Examples

Code	Result
`{{gameText\|ItemName.IronPickaxe}}`	Iron Pickaxe
`{{gameText\|LegacyMultiplayer.21}}`	/players
`x{{gameText\|LegacyMenu.108}}x`	xZoom In x
`{{gameText\|ItemTooltip.BeeKeeper}}`	Summons killer bees after striking your foe Small chance to cause confusion
`{{gameText\|UI.WorldSizeFormat}}`	{0} World
`{{gameText\|UI.WorldSizeFormat\|x_0=Large}}`	Large World
`{{gameText\|UI.LightMode_Color}}`	Lighting: Color
`{{gameText\|LegacyDialog.19}}`	{PlayerName} is it? I've heard good things, friend!
`{{gameText\|LegacyDialog.19\|x_PlayerName=myName}}`	myName is it? I've heard good things, friend!
`{{gameText\|Misc.ResolutionChanged}}`	Resolution changed to: {0}x{1}.
`{{gameText\|Misc.ResolutionChanged\|x_1=768}}`	Resolution changed to: {0}x768.
`{{gameText\|Misc.ResolutionChanged\|x_0=1024\|x_1=768}}`	Resolution changed to: 1024x768.
`{{gameText\|ItemTooltip.GoodieBag}}`	<right> to open
`{{gameText\|ItemTooltip.GoodieBag\|y_right=Right click}}`	Right click to open
`{{gameText\|ItemTooltip.GoodieBag\|y_right={{key\|open}}}}`	`⚷ Interact` to open
`{{gameText\|ItemName.IronPickaxe\|lang=es}}`	Iron Pickaxe FAIL! (expected: Pico de hierro)
`{{gameText\|ItemName.IronPickaxe\|lang=it}}`	Piccone di ferro
`{{gameText\|ItemName.IronPickaxe\|lang=de}}`	Eisenspitzhacke
`{{gameText\|ItemName.IronPickaxe\|lang=ru}}`	Железная кирка
`{{#lstsep:{{gameText\|TownNPCHousingFailureReasons\|json=y}}\|₪\|<br/>}}`	Lua error in Module:GameText at line 65: bad argument #1 to 'gsub' (string expected, got table).

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