# roblox-localization

A skill for Roblox localization work: translation tables, auto-translation, country detection and auditing strings before you add more languages.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1600 installs · ★ 127
- Author: TabooHarmony
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/TabooHarmony/roblox-brain/tree/HEAD/skills/gameplay/roblox-localization/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/roblox-localization

## What it does

The skill gives the agent a reference for how localization works in Roblox: `LocalizationService`, `LocalizationTable`, auto-translation and region detection. It packs the API surface into a short cheat sheet plus the rules that are easy to miss.

Both `GetCountryRegionForPlayerAsync` and `GetTranslatorForPlayerAsync` are async, so the skill advises wrapping them in `pcall` and caching the translator. Auto-translation only covers GUI elements: non-GUI text needs a manual `Translator:Translate` call. `AutoLocalize` has to stay true on the element and every ancestor, otherwise the string never gets replaced.

Country detection relies on IP geolocation, so a player behind a VPN gets the wrong offer. Missing table entries fall back to the source text without any warning, which makes gaps in a translation easy to ship unnoticed. Bulk edits go through CSV export and import in Studio, and locales are checked with Studio's locale simulator.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --skill roblox-localization -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/roblox-localization/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/roblox-localization/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --skill roblox-localization -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/roblox-localization/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --skill roblox-localization -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/roblox-localization/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install TabooHarmony/roblox-brain roblox-localization
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/roblox-localization/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --skill roblox-localization -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --path skills/gameplay/roblox-localization
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/roblox-localization/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --skill roblox-localization -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/TabooHarmony/roblox-brain/tree/HEAD/skills/gameplay/roblox-localization/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- add multi-language support to a Roblox game
- fix a string that never gets translated
- find out why translated text overflows the UI
- audit strings before supporting more languages
- show different content to players from different countries

## Example prompts
- Help me set up a LocalizationTable for our Roblox game
- Why isn't the TextLabel text translated for a player with locale pt-br?
- Check the player's country with GetCountryRegionForPlayerAsync and show the US offer

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: roblox-localization
description: "Use when adding or fixing Roblox translation: localization tables, auto-translation, locale-specific content, or region detection."
when_to_use: "Also when text isn't translated, translated text overflows UI, or when auditing strings before supporting more languages."
last_reviewed: 2026-07-26
sources:
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/LocalizationService
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/LocalizationTable
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/Player
---

# Roblox Localization

## When to Load

Load when implementing multi-language support, translation systems, locale-specific content, or region detection. Covers LocalizationService, LocalizationTable, auto-translation, and country/region detection.

## Quick Reference

### Locale Detection
- `player.LocaleId`: locale the player set for their Roblox account (e.g. `en-us`, `pt-br`, `ja-jp`)
- `LocalizationService.RobloxLocaleId`: locale for core/internal features
- `LocalizationService.SystemLocaleId`: player's OS locale
- `LocalizationService:GetCountryRegionForPlayerAsync(player)`: country code from IP geolocation (e.g. `US`, `BR`, `JP`)

### Translation Tables
- `LocalizationTable`: stores translation entries (key → translations per locale)
- Parent `LocalizationTable` under `LocalizationService` for auto-translation
- Set `GuiBase2d.RootLocalizationTable` on GUI objects for per-element tables
- Studio can auto-extract strings into a table via the Localization Tools plugin

### Auto-Translation
- Auto-translation requires `AutoLocalize = true` on the GUI and its ancestors, plus a matching table entry
- Set `TextLabel.Text` normally; the engine replaces it with the translated string for the player's locale
- Missing translations fall back to the source text

### Manual Translation
```luau
local translator = LocalizationService:GetTranslatorForPlayerAsync(player)
local translated = translator:Translate(game, "Welcome!")
local formatted = translator:FormatByKey("coins_count", {count})
```

### Country/Region Detection
```luau
local country = LocalizationService:GetCountryRegionForPlayerAsync(player)
if country == "US" then -- USD pricing
    -- US offer
elseif country == "GB" then
    -- UK offer
end
```

### Key Rules
- `GetCountryRegionForPlayerAsync` is async; wrap in pcall, may fail
- `GetTranslatorForPlayerAsync` is async; cache the translator
- Set `RootLocalizationTable` to choose a table; keep `AutoLocalize` true through the ancestor chain
- Translation entries: `SourceText`, `SourceLocaleId`, then `en-us`, `pt-br`, etc. columns
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