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V5 Localization Launch Plan

All packs cover UI, subtitles, captions, codex entries, and period-radio captions.

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Section 73 is implemented as a source-controlled launch plan plus UE automation coverage. The runtime module V5Localization owns the authoritative list of launch cultures, language-pack tiers, UE Localization Dashboard metadata, voice-recording profiles, lipsync tiers, region-rating variants, content gates, and per-language QA gates.

The Unreal Dashboard target is configured at V5/ue/Config/Localization/V5_Game.ini. Source assets and generated resources are expected under V5/ue/Content/Localization/V5/ when the dashboard gather and compile commandlets run in CI or build farm jobs.

Launch Pack Tiers#

  • Full lipsync: en-US, fr, de, es-LATAM.
  • Lipsync-light: en-UK, es-ES, it, pt-br, ja, ko, zh-Hans, zh-Hant.
  • Text-only: ru, ar, pl, tr.

All packs cover UI, subtitles, captions, codex entries, and period-radio captions.

Release Gates#

  • Every culture has a localization QA profile and proofread gate.
  • The 12 voiced packs also require a lipsync QA gate.
  • Region-rating variants cover US ESRB, EU PEGI, UK BBFC, DE USK, JP CERO, CN NTAB, AU ACB, and KR GRAC.
  • Content gates include the DE 1968 Mafia chapter gore-cut and CN faction-name swaps.