What is #autoLoc in graphics settings?

[Klapaucius]

I just reinstalled KSP and was redoing my settings. What is this? I messed about with it (as I do) and now I see it appearing under my tweakables.  It seems I can toggle the dampening slider on and off.  Is there a point to that?

 

[steuben]

a bug. any mods installed?

#autoloc is the reference marker, variable name, within the information file that indicates what the localization text for that button, part, or information is. For example, #autoLOC_501637 is defined as Rockomax Conglomerate. My relfex is that if you are seeing the #autoloc the actual text for it has not been specified somewhere.

 

[bewing]

31 minutes ago, Klapaucius said:

I just reinstalled KSP and was redoing my settings. What is this?

autoLOCs are for supporting multiple languages. You are never supposed to see them in the game. (They are always supposed to be replaced with text translated into your language.)

It's not happening on my install. Which means that one of your localization files got corrupted when you reinstalled. So, if you got your game from steam, you need to do a Steam file verification.

 

Edited April 15, 2019 by bewing

[Klapaucius]

2 minutes ago, bewing said:

autoLOCs are for supporting multiple languages.

It's not happening on my install. Which means that one of your localization files got corrupted when you reinstalled. So, if you got your game from steam, you need to do a Steam file verification.

 

I did change some things in settings which started this....What is a Steam file verification?

Edited April 15, 2019 by Klapaucius

[bewing]

1 minute ago, Klapaucius said:

I did change some things in settings which started this....What is a Steam file verification?

A file verification does something called a checksum on all your files. If any file is corrupted, then steam automatically redownloads that file.

If you log into your steam client, you should have a "library". Click on KSP. Then right click, choose "properties", then the "Files" tab, and there should be a button at the bottom that says something like "perform file validation".

 

[Klapaucius]

@bewing

 

Thanks for that. It told me I had 135 files that failed to validate.

[Gargamel]

Bumping this over to Tech support, as it was a question, but now a tech support issue, that seems almost resolved.   

[nicopad22]

Hey, I have the same problem except almost everything says #autoLOC and I cant understand most settings.

[OHara]

@nicopad22, you might also have the same solution, or similar.

There should be a file in .../GameData/Squad/Localization/dictionary.cfg about 660kB in size that tells KSP how to  translate those autoLOCs into whatever language you use for the game.   Some people have had this file missing after a bad download and if that happened to you re-installing should solve the problem. 

Your saved games are in the directory called .../saves/ so you can reinstall KSP in a new directory and then move your saved games over. The "..." is wherever you installed KSP.  

Edited January 7, 2020 by OHara
Or, possibly, you selected "show localization keys instead of text" in the alt-F12 debug menu