Hi Oliver

 

when I check encoding with addon organiser , I get following message :( same problem reinstalling sode)

"the following files have an incorrect character encoding@

C:\program Files (x86)\12Pilot\Sode\P3Dv4\add-on.xml

this is t<SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="3,3" id="add-on">
    <AddOn.Name>SODE</AddOn.Name>
    <AddOn.Description>SimObject Display Engine P3Dv4 (c) 12bPilot</AddOn.Description>   
    <AddOn.Component>
        <Category>EXE</Category>
        <Path>..\SimObjectDisplayEngine.exe</Path>
  <CommandLine>P3Dv4</CommandLine>
    </AddOn.Component>
    <AddOn.Component>
        <Category>DLL</Category>
        <Path>..\SimObjectAnimationModule64.dll</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
 <AddOn.Component>
        <Category>SimObjects</Category>
        <Path>..\data\SimObjects</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
 <AddOn.Component>
        <Category>SimObjects</Category>
        <Path>C:\ProgramData\12bPilot\SODE\SimObjects</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
</SimBase.Document>
 

 

 

Hi,

that message only means that the character encoding cannot be determined. Nothing to worry about, unless the file is really broken (you would see only garbage in your editor, not text).

The character encoding is a property of the file itself, it describes how the individual characters of the text are "mapped" into the bytes that make up the file. There are about half a dozen official encodings that all look different on the byte level. If a program or editor is unaware of the encoding (or is just ignoring it), it will destroy the file when it writes something in it. 

The encoding cannot determined by looking at the text. You must load the file into something like Notepad++, it will tell you what encoding that file is using. And if you want, change the Encoding to "UTF-8 BOM", that will make the message go away.

Best regards

Edited September 5, 20196 yr by Lorby_SI