Some nil checks to the A2A dispatcher, keeping it from detecting nil units, added locale to Settings and use of it to TextAndSound

Moose Development/Moose/AI/AI_A2A_Dispatcher.lua

@@ -884,8 +884,9 @@ do -- AI_A2A_DISPATCHER
   --- Enumerator for spawns at airbases
   -- @type AI_A2A_DISPATCHER.Takeoff
   -- @extends Wrapper.Group#GROUP.Takeoff
-
-  --- @field #AI_A2A_DISPATCHER.Takeoff Takeoff
+  
+  ---
+  -- @field #AI_A2A_DISPATCHER.Takeoff Takeoff
   AI_A2A_DISPATCHER.Takeoff = GROUP.Takeoff
 
   --- Defnes Landing location.
@@ -3048,7 +3049,20 @@ do -- AI_A2A_DISPATCHER
     for FriendlyDistance, AIFriendly in UTILS.spairs( DefenderFriendlies or {} ) do
       -- We only allow to ENGAGE targets as long as the Units on both sides are balanced.
       if AttackerCount > DefenderCount then
-        local Friendly = AIFriendly:GetGroup() -- Wrapper.Group#GROUP
+    --self:I("***** AI_A2A_DISPATCHER:CountDefendersToBeEngaged() *****\nThis is supposed to be a UNIT:")
+    if AIFriendly then
+      local classname = AIFriendly.ClassName or "No Class Name"
+      local unitname = AIFriendly.IdentifiableName or "No Unit Name"
+      --self:I("Class Name: " .. classname)
+      --self:I("Unit Name: " .. unitname)
+      --self:I({AIFriendly})
+    end
+    local Friendly = nil
+    if AIFriendly and AIFriendly:IsAlive() then
+      --self:I("AIFriendly alive, getting GROUP")
+      Friendly = AIFriendly:GetGroup() -- Wrapper.Group#GROUP
+    end
+    
         if Friendly and Friendly:IsAlive() then
           -- Ok, so we have a friendly near the potential target.
           -- Now we need to check if the AIGroup has a Task.

Moose Development/Moose/Core/Settings.lua

@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ do -- SETTINGS
       self:SetMessageTime( MESSAGE.Type.Overview, 60 )
       self:SetMessageTime( MESSAGE.Type.Update, 15 )
       self:SetEraModern()
+      self:SetLocale("en")
       return self
     else
       local Settings = _DATABASE:GetPlayerSettings( PlayerName )
@@ -284,7 +285,21 @@ do -- SETTINGS
   function SETTINGS:SetMetric()
     self.Metric = true
   end
-
+  
+  --- Sets the SETTINGS default text locale.
+  -- @param #SETTINGS self
+  -- @param #string Locale
+  function SETTINGS:SetLocale(Locale)
+    self.Locale = Locale or "en"
+  end
+  
+  --- Gets the SETTINGS text locale.
+  -- @param #SETTINGS self
+  -- @return #string
+  function SETTINGS:GetLocale()
+    return self.Locale or _SETTINGS:GetLocale()
+  end
+  
   --- Gets if the SETTINGS is metric.
   -- @param #SETTINGS self
   -- @return #boolean true if metric.

Moose Development/Moose/Core/TextAndSound.lua

@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ TEXTANDSOUND = {
 --- Instantiate a new object
 -- @param #TEXTANDSOUND self
 -- @param #string ClassName Name of the class this instance is providing texts for.
--- @param #string Defaultlocale Default locale of this instance, e.g. "en".
+-- @param #string Defaultlocale (Optional) Default locale of this instance, defaults to "en". 
 -- @return #TEXTANDSOUND self
 function TEXTANDSOUND:New(ClassName,Defaultlocale)
     -- Inherit everything from BASE class.
   local self=BASE:Inherit(self, BASE:New())
   -- Set some string id for output to DCS.log file.
   self.lid=string.format("%s (%s) | ", self.ClassName, self.version)
-  self.locale = Defaultlocale or "en"
+  self.locale = Defaultlocale or (_SETTINGS:GetLocale() or "en")
   self.textclass = ClassName or "none"
   self.entries = {}
   local initentry = {} -- #TEXTANDSOUND.Entry