| ID | Category [?] | Severity [?] | Reproducibility | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 06150 | Core | Minor | Always | Mar 5, 2016, 20:21 | Apr 3, 2016, 19:17 |
| Tester | Iaspis | View Status | Public | Platform | MAME (Official Binary) |
| Assigned To | Resolution | Fixed | OS | Windows Vista/7/8 (64-bit) | |
| Status [?] | Resolved | Driver | |||
| Version | 0.171 | Fixed in Version | 0.172 | Build | Normal |
| Fixed in Git Commit | Github Pull Request # | ||||
| Summary | 06150: LUA error message when MAME folder is in a dir containing non-English characters | ||||
| Description | If you extract and create the MAME folder inside in another folder whose name contains non-English characters, a LUA error message pops up (see attached picture). After that, MAME runs fine. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | As mentioned above | ||||
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| Regression Version | 0.171 | ||||
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 mame error.jpg (52,513 bytes) Mar 5, 2016, 20:21 Uploaded by Iaspis | ||||
 No.12484
Iaspis Tester
Mar 28, 2016, 15:15
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Happens in MAME 64-bit too. OSes tested on: Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows 10 64-bit |
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 No.12485
crazyc Developer
Mar 28, 2016, 17:49
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It looks like lua, in require() and elsewhere, uses fopen which on windows rejects utf8 and utf16. I'm not sure which is in that message box but either way, it's a problem. |
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No.12497
Iaspis Tester
Mar 30, 2016, 15:49
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it seems fixed in 0.172 |
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No.12503
crazyc Developer
Apr 1, 2016, 02:15
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I'll close it then. Reopen if it you find it's still an issue. |