'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u205a' in position 46 #2246

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opened 2026-11-11 11:19:18 +00:00 by jean2123fagundes-cyber · 2 comments

jean2123fagundes-cyber commented

2026-11-11 11:19:18 +00:00

(Migrated from github.com)

Builder version

v2.1.0

How you built

Hookshot Builder app (Windows)

Game files given to it

A .nup

The error

Hookshot Builder v2.1.0 on Windows 10.0.26300.0
The build stopped: The builder stopped on an error it did not expect: UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u205a' in position 46: character maps to <undefined>. Please send the text under Show details to the Hookshot issues page.

the compiler: C:\Users\Jean\AppData\Local\HookshotBuilder\versions\v2.1.0\HookshotBuilder\tools\llvm-mingw (no Visual Studio needed)
@@stage read Reading your game files
The Legend of Zeldaâ„¢âš Ocarina of Time Remake.nup: 25.02 GB, 1 titles, 601 dirs, 186592 files
title 0: 0400486024dec000 v131072  exefs 5 files (main 29953289, main.npdm 1828, rtld 10524, sdk 7833714, subsdk0 533396)  romfs 186587 files, 26.24 GB
  (40588 romfs files with two different sizes)
extracting title 0 (v131072) to C:\Users\Jean\Games\Hookshot\.game (349 GB free)
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  main: ZBIC -> plain NSO
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Jean\AppData\Local\HookshotBuilder\versions\v2.1.0\HookshotBuilder\tools\nx2\make_game.py", line 1768, in cli
    main(a)
    ~~~~^^^
  File "C:\Users\Jean\AppData\Local\HookshotBuilder\versions\v2.1.0\HookshotBuilder\tools\nx2\make_game.py", line 1494, in main
    f.write(stamp + chr(10))
    ~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Jean\AppData\Local\HookshotBuilder\versions\v2.1.0\HookshotBuilder\tools\python\Lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 19, in encode
    return codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_table)[0]
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u205a' in position 46: character maps to <undefined>

@@error The builder stopped on an error it did not expect: UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u205a' in position 46: character maps to <undefined>. Please send the text under Show details to the Hookshot issues page.

Visual Studio or Build Tools version, and Windows SDK version

Visual Studio 2026 18.12.0, Windows SDK 10.0.26100.9457

Operating system and free space on the output drive

Windows 11 26H2, 303 free on C:

Before you send it

I'm on the newest release, or it still fails on it.
I searched the open issues for this error.
I'm not attaching game files or anything built from them.

### Builder version v2.1.0 ### How you built Hookshot Builder app (Windows) ### Game files given to it A .nup ### The error ```text Hookshot Builder v2.1.0 on Windows 10.0.26300.0 The build stopped: The builder stopped on an error it did not expect: UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u205a' in position 46: character maps to <undefined>. Please send the text under Show details to the Hookshot issues page. the compiler: C:\Users\Jean\AppData\Local\HookshotBuilder\versions\v2.1.0\HookshotBuilder\tools\llvm-mingw (no Visual Studio needed) @@stage read Reading your game files The Legend of Zeldaâ„¢âš Ocarina of Time Remake.nup: 25.02 GB, 1 titles, 601 dirs, 186592 files title 0: 0400486024dec000 v131072 exefs 5 files (main 29953289, main.npdm 1828, rtld 10524, sdk 7833714, subsdk0 533396) romfs 186587 files, 26.24 GB (40588 romfs files with two different sizes) extracting title 0 (v131072) to C:\Users\Jean\Games\Hookshot\.game (349 GB free) 99.4 MiB written (2326 files completed) 511.8 MiB written (4400 files completed) 903.8 MiB written (6565 files completed) 1288.1 MiB written (8765 files completed) 1683.9 MiB written (10937 files completed) 1850.8 MiB written (13185 files completed) 1965.6 MiB written (15254 files completed) 2099.9 MiB written (17403 files completed) 2660.0 MiB written (17598 files completed) 3900.0 MiB written (18019 files completed) 3998.7 MiB written (19884 files completed) 4282.6 MiB written (22146 files completed) 4868.8 MiB written (23733 files completed) 5401.5 MiB written (25177 files completed) 5874.9 MiB written (26841 files completed) 6449.4 MiB written (28578 files completed) 6641.9 MiB written (30433 files completed) 6642.9 MiB written (32894 files completed) 6646.7 MiB written (35231 files completed) 6696.6 MiB written (37606 files completed) 6745.7 MiB written (39923 files completed) 6774.1 MiB written (41947 files completed) 6786.2 MiB written (43503 files completed) 7270.5 MiB written (45195 files completed) 7418.6 MiB written (47159 files completed) 7522.7 MiB written (49408 files completed) 7552.9 MiB written (51974 files completed) 7582.2 MiB written (54522 files completed) 7610.8 MiB written (56972 files completed) 7639.2 MiB written (59438 files completed) 7668.6 MiB written (61927 files completed) 7696.5 MiB written (64352 files completed) 7724.8 MiB written 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23047.3 MiB written (172850 files completed) 23509.2 MiB written (173823 files completed) 24084.3 MiB written (174982 files completed) 24639.5 MiB written (176379 files completed) 24856.0 MiB written (177420 files completed) 24902.3 MiB written (178318 files completed) 24933.6 MiB written (179833 files completed) 24981.6 MiB written (182262 files completed) 25025.2 MiB written (184431 files completed) 25056.7 MiB written (186017 files completed) done: 186592 files written, 26.27 GB main: ZBIC -> plain NSO Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Jean\AppData\Local\HookshotBuilder\versions\v2.1.0\HookshotBuilder\tools\nx2\make_game.py", line 1768, in cli main(a) ~~~~^^^ File "C:\Users\Jean\AppData\Local\HookshotBuilder\versions\v2.1.0\HookshotBuilder\tools\nx2\make_game.py", line 1494, in main f.write(stamp + chr(10)) ~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\Jean\AppData\Local\HookshotBuilder\versions\v2.1.0\HookshotBuilder\tools\python\Lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 19, in encode return codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_table)[0] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u205a' in position 46: character maps to <undefined> @@error The builder stopped on an error it did not expect: UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u205a' in position 46: character maps to <undefined>. Please send the text under Show details to the Hookshot issues page. ``` ### Visual Studio or Build Tools version, and Windows SDK version Visual Studio 2026 18.12.0, Windows SDK 10.0.26100.9457 ### Operating system and free space on the output drive Windows 11 26H2, 303 free on C: ### Before you send it - [x] I'm on the newest release, or it still fails on it. - [x] I searched the open issues for this error. - [x] I'm not attaching game files or anything built from them.

Arkex-ai commented

2026-11-11 12:06:51 +00:00

(Migrated from github.com)

The scope is the marker's UTF-8 write/read contract and cache/retry/update compatibility, including markers from older builds. S0, Windows reach 0.57 upper bound, confidence 1.0 for this fixture. Claimed in #dev-work before production edits. Please flag any overlapping work.

I'll take the Unicode cache metadata failure in #2246. The actual make_game entry path reproduces the encoding error with an authored package name and cp1252 forced only for unspecified text encodings; the input and authored save sentinel are preserved, with no game data or real subprocesses. The scope is the marker's UTF-8 write/read contract and cache/retry/update compatibility, including markers from older builds. S0, Windows reach 0.57 upper bound, confidence 1.0 for this fixture. [Claimed in #dev-work before production edits](https://discord.com/channels/1568810484818378804/1569019786766188665/1570046896075051041). Please flag any overlapping work.

jean2123fagundes-cyber commented

2026-11-11 15:39:40 +00:00

(Migrated from github.com)