From dc54566cd44d988aed817fd3eedf69b7f8d3ba0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pyogenics <py0g3n1cs@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 16:08:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Sort localisation strings alphabetically like 4j does

---
 Minecraft.Assets/meson.build    | 8 ++++----
 Minecraft.Client/Build/stdafx.h | 2 +-
 Minecraft.World/Build/stdafx.h  | 2 +-
 scripts/pack_loc.py             | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Minecraft.Assets/meson.build b/Minecraft.Assets/meson.build
index 902d3535f..3264556c4 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Assets/meson.build
+++ b/Minecraft.Assets/meson.build
@@ -22,14 +22,13 @@ install_subdir(client_platform_path / 'DurangoMedia/DLC', install_dir : 'Windows
 
 # TODO: Need to make this take inputs
 localisation = custom_target('Minecraft.Assets_Localisation',
-  output : [ 'languages.loc', 'localisation_strings.h' ],
+  output : [ 'languages.loc', 'strings.h' ],
   command : [
     'python3', meson.project_source_root() / 'scripts/pack_loc.py',
      client_platform_path / 'Windows64Media/loc',
     '@OUTPUT0@',
     '@OUTPUT1@'
-  ],
-  build_always_stale : true
+  ]
 )
 
 colour_table = custom_target('Minecraft.Assets_Colour_Table',
@@ -427,7 +426,7 @@ assets_archive = custom_target('Minecraft.Assets_Archive',
   install : true,
   install_dir : 'Common/Media',
   build_subdir : 'Common/Media',
-  build_by_default : true,
+  build_by_default : true
 )
 
 
@@ -438,6 +437,7 @@ assets_archive = custom_target('Minecraft.Assets_Archive',
 
 assets_localisation_dep = declare_dependency(
     sources : localisation[1],
+    # sources : client_platform_path / 'Windows64Media/strings.h', 
     include_directories : include_directories('.')
 )
 
diff --git a/Minecraft.Client/Build/stdafx.h b/Minecraft.Client/Build/stdafx.h
index 70b19eb0a..125f6a34f 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Client/Build/stdafx.h
+++ b/Minecraft.Client/Build/stdafx.h
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ typedef XUID GameSessionUID;
 #include "Common/BuildVer.h"
 
 // This is generated at build time via scripts/pack_loc.py
-#include "localisation_strings.h"
+#include "strings.h"
 
 #ifdef _XBOX
 	#include "../Platform/Xbox/Xbox_App.h"
diff --git a/Minecraft.World/Build/stdafx.h b/Minecraft.World/Build/stdafx.h
index 0a996f76a..ab23484f8 100644
--- a/Minecraft.World/Build/stdafx.h
+++ b/Minecraft.World/Build/stdafx.h
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void MemSect(int sect);
 #include "../../Minecraft.Client/Build/Common/BuildVer.h"
 
 // This is generated at build time via scripts/pack_loc.py
-#include "localisation_strings.h"
+#include "strings.h"
 
 #ifdef _XBOX
 #include "../../Minecraft.Client/Platform/Xbox/Xbox_App.h"
diff --git a/scripts/pack_loc.py b/scripts/pack_loc.py
index 0e4a2e15d..42afaf3d9 100644
--- a/scripts/pack_loc.py
+++ b/scripts/pack_loc.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ for lang_file_path in lang_file_paths:
         strings[string_name] = string
     print(f"Processed {len(strings)} strings from {lang_file_path}")
 
-    langs[lang_name] = strings
+    langs[lang_name] = dict(sorted(strings.items()))
 print(f"Processed {len(langs)} languages")
 
 # Write loc file