UnicodeDecodeError on test_dressing.py

[molegod]

Hi, I get this a UnicodeDecodeError when I run the provided test_dressing.py file with the provided Dressing RCareWorld.exe environment in the hackathon_demo folder.

The only line I change in the test_dressing.py file is:

    env = RCareWorld()

to

    env = RCareWorld(executable_file="Build/Dressing/Windows/dressing/RCareWorld.exe")

Below is my full terminal input/outputs:

(rcareworld) PS C:\Users\peter\RCareWorld\hackathon_demo> python .\test_dressing.py
pybullet build time: Apr 26 2024 23:48:57
Side channel id in use:
534c891e-810f-11ea-a9d0-822485860400
d587efc8-9eb7-11ec-802a-18c04d443e7d
09bfcf57-9120-43dc-99f8-abeeec59df0f
02ac5776-6a7c-54e4-011d-b4c4723831c9
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".\test_dressing.py", line 19, in <module>
    env = RCareWorld(executable_file="Build/Dressing/Windows/dressing/RCareWorld.exe")
  File "c:\users\peter\rcareworld\pyrcareworld\pyrcareworld\envs\rcareworld_env.py", line 283, in __init__
    self._step()
  File "c:\users\peter\rcareworld\pyrcareworld\pyrcareworld\envs\rcareworld_env.py", line 154, in _step
    self.env.step()
  File "c:\users\peter\rcareworld\pyrcareworld\pyrcareworld\timers.py", line 305, in wrapped
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\users\peter\rcareworld\pyrcareworld\pyrcareworld\environment.py", line 338, in step
    self._update_state(rl_output)
  File "c:\users\peter\rcareworld\pyrcareworld\pyrcareworld\environment.py", line 299, in _update_state
    self._side_channel_manager.process_side_channel_message(output.side_channel)
  File "c:\users\peter\rcareworld\pyrcareworld\pyrcareworld\side_channel\side_channel_manager.py", line 42, in process_side_channel_message
    self._side_channels_dict[channel_id].on_message_received(
  File "c:\users\peter\rcareworld\pyrcareworld\pyrcareworld\rfuniverse_channel\rfuniverse_channel.py", line 17, in on_message_received
    self._parse_message(msg)
  File "c:\users\peter\rcareworld\pyrcareworld\pyrcareworld\rfuniverse_channel\instance_channel.py", line 19, in _parse_message
    this_object_type = msg.read_string()
  File "c:\users\peter\rcareworld\pyrcareworld\pyrcareworld\side_channel\incoming_message.py", line 81, in read_string
    val = self.buffer[self.offset : self.offset + encoded_str_len].decode("ascii")
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd9 in position 23: ordinal not in range(128)```

[YoruCathy]

Hello, should be fixed in this commit. You can run git pull (commit your local changes using git add <files you have changed> and then git commit -m "commit message" before pulling) to fetch the newest changes.