In Victoria 3, when playing in Portuguese with mods that only have English localization, the game may display syntax errors and show texts like name_english_text instead of the correct translation. This script fixes that syntax problem by creating the necessary structure for Brazilian Portuguese, preventing the game from breaking or showing those tags.

This PowerShell script automates the creation of the braz_por (Brazilian Portuguese) translation folder inside Victoria 3 mods, copying files from the english folder, renaming the files, and adjusting the content to avoid syntax errors in the game.


It automatically detects all mods inside the Victoria 3 workshop folder on your PC (default path D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\529340 — you need to adjust this path to your environment).
For each mod:

Checks if the braz_por folder already exists — if so, it skips that mod.
If the english folder exists inside localization, it creates the braz_por folder and:

Copies all [.yml] files from the english folder to the braz_por folder.
Renames the copied files, replacing [_l_english] with [_l_braz_por] in the name.
Modifies the file content to replace the tag l_english: with l_braz_por:.


This script does not translate the mod. It only prevents syntax errors that happen when playing Victoria 3 in Portuguese while mods are in English.

Mods that do not have an english folder (or localization) will not have functional translation.

Therefore, this only works for mods that have the english folder with localization files.


Open a plain text editor (such as Notepad on Windows, or Notepad++).
Copy and paste the script below into the editor:



Change the variable $basePath to the path where your Victoria 3 mods are located.
Save the file with the .ps1 extension, for example: Victoria3_mod_brazpor.ps1
To run the script:

Right-click the [.ps1] file
Select "Run with PowerShell"
Wait for the script to process all mods — it will show messages indicating what is being done.

• When it finishes, the script will ask you to press any key to exit.
  
  
  What will happen?
  
  For each mod that has an english folder and does not already have a braz_por folder:
  
  The braz_por folder will be created.
  The [.yml] files from the english folder will be copied into braz_por.
  The filenames and internal tags will be changed to the braz_por version.
  
  Mods that already have braz_por will be skipped.
  
  
  Why use this script?
  
  In Victoria 3, when playing in Portuguese with mods that only have English localization, the game may display syntax errors and show texts like name_english_text instead of the correct translation. This script fixes that syntax problem by creating the necessary structure for Brazilian Portuguese, preventing the game from breaking or showing those tags.