HL2 introduced support for UTF-8 char in user chat AND player names. What you are seening is the raw UTF-8 text because the viewer/editor you are using doesn't support utf-8, or didn't recognize the file as so.
On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 12:22 -0500, Vapok wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > I have a question directed more towards the developers over at Valve. > > > > I can’t seem to recall it being that big of a problem in CS Source, however, > since the release of Day of Defeat: Source, our server along with several > other servers that we affiliate with have been seeing a rising trend in the > use of ASCII characters and extended letters. > > > > We are seeing names in the logs that look like this: > > > > :ĶÅÄ:РόҜΣСђΘṗ:..: > > > > Now obviously, this is NOT the name of the person playing… instead they used > special letters that apparently the User Interface of the client of DoD > source supports, but the server side logging and what not do NOT. This will > have a direct impact because of the use of Psychostats and other log parsers > that read through the server log files to generate statistics and other > valuable information. > > > > In addition, there are several characters that cause the console on the Linux > side to get royally messed up and even change to where nothing is readable > and you have to close the console (i.e. restart the server) to get it fixed. > Also, extra line breaks in the log files are also being seen adding to the > mess. > > > > Is there any way that we can either 1) limit the use of the extended ASCII > codes, or 2) add in support to the log files and console to actually support > the characters? > > > > I know that for the most part we’re talking about a font issue… But it’s > causing some problems for server admins such as myself. > > > > Thanks > > > > -Pete > > > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
