From a9fcbc686d203b20f8e4b127e213b7028b3a9ae1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Plamondon-Willard <Pathoschild@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 19:01:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix error when loading corrupted translation files

---
 docs/release-notes.md        | 4 ++++
 src/SMAPI/Framework/SCore.cs | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 4e0a9df6..c04ac4e5 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ← [README](README.md)
 
 # Release notes
+## Upcoming release
+* For players:
+  * Fixed crash loading mods if they have corrupted translation files.
+
 ## 3.12.6
 Released 03 September 2021 for Stardew Valley 1.5.4 or later.
 
diff --git a/src/SMAPI/Framework/SCore.cs b/src/SMAPI/Framework/SCore.cs
index 5913430e..df6cd129 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/Framework/SCore.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/Framework/SCore.cs
@@ -1891,9 +1891,9 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI.Framework
                     string locale = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file.Name.ToLower().Trim());
                     try
                     {
-                        if (!jsonHelper.ReadJsonFileIfExists(file.FullName, out IDictionary<string, string> data))
+                        if (!jsonHelper.ReadJsonFileIfExists(file.FullName, out IDictionary<string, string> data) || data == null)
                         {
-                            errors.Add($"{file.Name} file couldn't be read"); // should never happen, since we're iterating files that exist
+                            errors.Add($"{file.Name} file couldn't be read"); // mainly happens when the file is corrupted or empty
                             continue;
                         }