Mod Localization Checker

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Introduction

Some mods need to be "merged" using the Hogwarts Mod Merger program. But which ones? It's reasonably well-known that mods which change the SQL database need to be merged. What's less well-known is that mods containing localization (language) files also need to be merged.

The reason these mods need to be merged is because they edit the game's langauge data stored in the MAIN-enUS.bin file. But the game can only hold one copy of this file, so if more than one mod tries to import an edited version of it, whichever one loads last will overwrite all of the others. The solution is to apply the changes from all your mods to a single copy of the file and then load that into the game. That is exactly what the Hogwarts Mod Merger program does. But before you use it you need to know which files need merging.

This script figures that out by unpacking every .pak file (except the ones with an associated .utoc file, because those are a different type of mod) to see if there's a copy of the MAIN-enUS.bin file inside. If there is, it will list that .pak file in red.

Or to put it another way:

Some mods contain the PhoenixShipData.sqlite SQL database. Some mods contain the MAIN-enUS.bin language file. Some mods contain both. You need to merge all the mods that contain either PhoenixShipData.sqlite or MAIN-enUS.bin or both into a single zMergedMods.pak file by loading them all into Hogwarts Mod Merger at the same time. If you've previously merged some you don't need to merge them from scratch, you can just merge any new ones with your old zMergedMods.pak file.

Installation

[]Download the mod.

[]Extract the ModLocalizationChecker.bat file and the MANIFEST folder into your

Steam\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy\Phoenix\Content\Paks\~mods\ folder.

[*]Make sure the ModLocalizationChecker.bat file and the MANIFEST folder didn't end up in

Steam\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy\Phoenix\Content\Paks\~mods\Phoenix\Content\Paks\~mods\ by mistake!

If they did, move them to

Steam\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy\Phoenix\Content\Paks\~mods\

and delete the unnecessary

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