Translation Updates.

- Added addon_preferences so we can save users preferences into a json file.
- Made translation slightly simpler

This mostly works just have to figure out why we can't update description on reload (There only update on blender restart).

core/addon_preferences.py

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import bpy
+import os
+import json
+from bpy.types import AddonPreferences
+from typing import Any, Dict
+
+# Get the directory of the current file
+PREFERENCES_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+PREFERENCES_FILE = os.path.join(PREFERENCES_DIR, "preferences.json")
+
+def save_preference(key: str, value: Any) -> None:
+    """Save a single preference to the JSON file."""
+    prefs = load_preferences()
+    prefs[key] = value
+    with open(PREFERENCES_FILE, 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(prefs, f, indent=4)
+
+def load_preferences() -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Load all preferences from the JSON file."""
+    if os.path.exists(PREFERENCES_FILE):
+        with open(PREFERENCES_FILE, 'r') as f:
+            return json.load(f)
+    return {}
+
+def get_preference(key: str, default: Any = None) -> Any:
+    """Get a single preference from the JSON file."""
+    prefs = load_preferences()
+    return prefs.get(key, default)
+
+class AvatarToolkitPreferences(AddonPreferences):
+    bl_idname = __package__.rsplit('.', 1)[0]
+
+    def draw(self, context):
+        layout = self.layout
+        layout.label(text="Preferences are managed internally.")
+        # You can add more UI elements here if needed
+
+def get_addon_preferences(context):
+    return context.preferences.addons[AvatarToolkitPreferences.bl_idname].preferences
+
+# Initialize preferences if the file doesn't exist
+if not os.path.exists(PREFERENCES_FILE):
+    save_preference("language", 0)  # Set default language to 0 (auto)

core/properties.py

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 import bpy
-from ..functions.translations import t, get_languages_list, update_ui
-from ..core.register import register_property
-from typing import Tuple
+from ..functions.translations import t, get_languages_list, update_language
+from ..core.addon_preferences import get_preference
 
 def register():
-    register_property((bpy.types.Scene, "avatar_toolkit_language", bpy.props.EnumProperty(
-        name=t("Settings.language.label"),
-        description=t("Settings.language.desc"),
+    default_language = get_preference("language", 0)
+    
+    bpy.types.Scene.avatar_toolkit_language = bpy.props.EnumProperty(
+        name=t("Settings.language.label", "Language"),
+        description=t("Settings.language.desc", "Select the language for the addon"),
         items=get_languages_list,
-        default=0,
-        update=update_ui
-    )))
+        default=default_language,
+        update=update_language
+    )
 
 def unregister():
-    pass
+    if hasattr(bpy.types.Scene, "avatar_toolkit_language"):
+        del bpy.types.Scene.avatar_toolkit_language

core/register.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import bpy
-import typing
+from typing import List, Type
 
 # List to store the classes to register
 __bl_classes = []
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ def register_property(prop):
 
 def register_properties():
     for prop in __bl_props:
-        setattr(prop[0], prop[1], prop[2])
-
+        if isinstance(prop[2], bpy.props._PropertyDeferred):
+            setattr(prop[0], prop[1], prop[2])
+        else:
+            prop() 
+            
 def unregister_properties():
     for prop in reversed(__bl_props):
         delattr(prop[0], prop[1])