Encoding error with Steam Search plugin

[WallBreakerNO4]

Flow Launcher version: 1.9.0 OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19043.0 IntPtr Length: 8 x64: True

Python Path: C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\PythonEmbeddable\pythonw.exe Date: 12/11/2021 01:21:32 Exception: System.IO.InvalidDataException: Steam Search|Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Steam Search-2.0.2\main.py", line 12, in SteamSearch() File "C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Steam Search-2.0.2\plugin\steam_search.py", line 16, in init super().init() File "C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Steam Search-2.0.2\lib\flox\flox.py", line 104, in init super().init() File "C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Steam Search-2.0.2\lib\flox\launcher.py", line 28, in init results = request_method(*request_parameters) File "C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Steam Search-2.0.2\lib\flox\flox.py", line 111, in _query self.query(query) File "C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Steam Search-2.0.2\plugin\steam_search.py", line 19, in query games = self._steam.all_games() File "C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Steam Search-2.0.2\plugin\helper.py", line 36, in all_games for game in library.games(): File "C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Steam Search-2.0.2\plugin\helper.py", line 81, in games _game_manifest = vdf.load(open(manifest, 'r')) File "C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Steam Search-2.0.2\lib\vdf__init.py", line 211, in load return parse(fp, **kwargs) File "C:\Users\zhifa\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\Steam Search-2.0.2\lib\vdf\init__.py", line 97, in parse for lineno, line in enumerate(fp, 1): UnicodeDecodeError: 'gbk' codec can't decode byte 0xa2 in position 134: illegal multibyte sequence

at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.JsonRPCPlugin.ExecuteAsync(ProcessStartInfo startInfo, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\JsonRPCPlugin.cs:line 287 at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.JsonRPCPlugin.ExecuteAsync(ProcessStartInfo startInfo, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\JsonRPCPlugin.cs:line 301 at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.JsonRPCPlugin.QueryAsync(Query query, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\JsonRPCPlugin.cs:line 321 at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.PluginManager.<>cDisplayClass22_0.<b0>d.MoveNext() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\PluginManager.cs:line 192 --- End of stack trace from previous location --- at Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Stopwatch.DebugAsync(String message, Func`1 action) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure\Stopwatch.cs:line 40 at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.PluginManager.QueryForPluginAsync(PluginPair pair, Query query, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\PluginManager.cs:line 211 at Flow.Launcher.ViewModel.MainViewModel.<>cDisplayClass137_0.<gQueryTask|2>d.MoveNext() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher\ViewModel\MainViewModel.cs:line 625 --- End of stack trace from previous location --- at Flow.Launcher.ViewModel.MainViewModel.QueryResults() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher\ViewModel\MainViewModel.cs:line 589 at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c.b__140_0(Object state) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

[taooceros]

it looks like the issue is because of the encoding of gbk and the steam plugin. Contact @Garulf here https://github.com/Garulf/Steam-Search

[taooceros]

@WallBreakerNO4 do you find that error after upgrading to 1.9.0 or installing steam search plugin?

[Garulf]

Please try this newer version: https://github.com/Garulf/Steam-Search/releases/tag/v2.1.0

If you need any more assistance feel free to create an issue at: https://github.com/Garulf/Steam-Search/issues