Locale spoofing

[SteelDragon]

For testing purpose i need to change current game locale to a custom one. Is there any way to spoof locale for all installed addons? I'm new in lua coding so detailed answers would appreciated.

[Tristanian]

As far as I know the only way to achieve this, is to download the relevant language files, corresponding to the locale that interests you, install them, then select your preferred locale from within WoW (or the launcher). The addons should detect the locale properly and switch to it accordingly.

[Duugu]

What if I create an addon that loads as very first and hook GetLocale() to return a custom locale string? Would that work?

Just tested that. It's working ... at least for the addons.
Addon name: !!!!!!!!!Locale
Addon code: GetLocale = function() return "enGB" end

[Tristanian]

Originally Posted by Duugu What if I create an addon that loads as very first and hook GetLocale() to return a custom locale string? Would that work? Just tested that. It's working ... at least for the addons. Addon name: !!!!!!!!!Locale Addon code: GetLocale = function() return "enGB" end

Haha, amazing hack. I wonder though what kind of other implications this may have.

[SteelDragon]

Originally Posted by Duugu What if I create an addon that loads as very first and hook GetLocale() to return a custom locale string? Would that work? Just tested that. It's working ... at least for the addons. Addon name: !!!!!!!!!Locale Addon code: GetLocale = function() return "enGB" end

Nope, that don't work for many addons. At least, not for Ace-based. Tryed this myself. BTW, what client have you used to test your addon? Don't tell me it was enGB

[SteelDragon]

Duugu, hmm... Looks like it works after all I've tried it before but the trick was in addon name. Thanks for your help.

[Duugu]

Originally Posted by Tristanian I wonder though what kind of other implications this may have.

Some very subtle. ;D

@SteelDragon: Don't know what you are about to test ... but there are other functions plus variables that will return localized strings.
Example:

name, rank, subgroup, level, class, fileName, zone, online, isDead, role, isML = GetRaidRosterInfo(raidIndex);

class String - The character's class (localized), with the first letter capitalized (e.g. "Priest").