# Content storage and loading

> Choose how the project stores localized content, ships it in a build, and loads it at runtime.

Choose how the project stores localized content, ships it in a build, and loads it at runtime.

Each table collection is assigned to a content source. The source you pick controls how the collection's tables and assets are stored on disk, packaged into a build, and loaded at runtime, and whether that loading happens synchronously or asynchronously.

Configure sources in the Localization settings. Refer to [Localization settings reference](/engine/6000.7/manual/localization/settings-reference.md) for the settings UI.

| **Topic**                                                                                                                                      | **Description**                                                                             |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Content sources](/engine/6000.7/manual/localization/content-storage-and-loading/content-sources.md)                                           | Understand how content source providers store and load table collections and their assets.  |
| [Data file tables](/engine/6000.7/manual/localization/content-storage-and-loading/data-file-tables.md)                                         | Understand how table collections ship and load as data files instead of assets.             |
| [Add a language to a built Player](/engine/6000.7/manual/localization/content-storage-and-loading/add-a-language-to-a-built-player.md)         | Add a language to a shipped build by dropping in a new table file.                          |
| [Synchronous and asynchronous loading](/engine/6000.7/manual/localization/content-storage-and-loading/synchronous-and-asynchronous-loading.md) | Understand when localized content loads synchronously and when it must load asynchronously. |

## Additional resources

* [How localization works](/engine/6000.7/manual/localization/how-localization-works.md)
* [Localize assets](/engine/6000.7/manual/localization/translations/localize-assets.md)
* [Localization settings reference](/engine/6000.7/manual/localization/settings-reference.md)