[Bug Report] Error and Black Render Window When Running Isaac Lab Installation Guide

Describe the bug

While following the installation guide for Isaac Lab using Isaac Sim binaries, running the command to launch the simulator with a tutorial script (isaaclab.bat -p source\standalone\tutorials\00_sim\create_empty.py) results in the simulator launching, but instead of displaying a black ground plane, the render window only shows a completely black screen. Additionally, there are several warnings and errors in the terminal, including issues with non-NVIDIA GPUs, NGX initialization, and a UnicodeDecodeError.

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Steps to reproduce

Follow the Isaac Lab installation guide to set up the environment using Isaac Sim binaries on Windows.

Run the command:

isaaclab.bat -p source\standalone\tutorials\00_sim\create_empty.py

Observe that the simulator launches but the render window is completely black and doesn't show a ground plane as expected.
Check the terminal logs for error messages.

C:\Users\Cortex\Documents\IsaacLab>isaaclab.bat -p source\standalone\tutorials\00_sim\create_empty.py
[INFO] Using python from: C:\Users\Cortex\Documents\IsaacLab\\_isaac_sim\python.bat
[WARN][AppLauncher]: There are no arguments attached to the ArgumentParser object. If you have your own arguments, please load your own arguments before calling the `AppLauncher.add_app_launcher_args` method. This allows the method to check the validity of the arguments and perform checks for argument names.
[INFO][AppLauncher]: Loading experience file: c:\users\cortex\documents\isaaclab\source\apps\isaaclab.python.kit
[Info] [carb] Logging to file: c:/users/cortex/documents/isaaclab/_isaac_sim/kit/logs/Kit/Isaac-Sim/4.2/kit_20241018_071601.log
2024-10-17 22:16:01 [0ms] [Warning] [omni.kit.app.plugin] No crash reporter present, dumps uploading isn't available.
2024-10-17 22:16:04 [3,358ms] [Warning] [gpu.foundation.plugin] Skipping unsupported non-NVIDIA GPU: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770
2024-10-17 22:16:04 [3,359ms] [Warning] [gpu.foundation.plugin] Skipping unsupported non-NVIDIA GPU: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Driver Version: 552.55        | Graphics API: Vulkan
|=============================================================================================|
| GPU | Name                             | Active | LDA | GPU Memory | Vendor-ID | LUID       |
|     |                                  |        |     |            | Device-ID | UUID       |
|     |                                  |        |     |            | Bus-ID    |            |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 0   | NVIDIA T1000 8GB                 | Yes: 0 |     | 8229    MB | 10de      | 9f030100.. |
|     |                                  |        |     |            | 1ff0      | a4cc6c37.. |
|     |                                  |        |     |            | 6e        |            |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1   | Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770        |        |     | 32587   MB | 8086      | 68130100.. |
|     |                                  |        |     |            | 4680      | 86808046.. |
|     |                                  |        |     |            | N/A       |            |
|=============================================================================================|
| OS: Windows 10 Pro, Version: 10.0 (22H2), Build: 19045, Kernel: 10.0.19041.5007
| Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 | Cores: 12 | Logical: 20
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Total Memory (MB): 65174 | Free Memory: 47402
| Total Page/Swap (MB): 74902 | Free Page/Swap: 56124
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2024-10-17 22:16:18 [16,575ms] [Warning] [omni.replicator.core.scripts.annotators] Annotator PostProcessDispatch is already registered, overwriting annotator template
2024-10-17 22:16:19 [18,125ms] [Error] [carb.scripting-python.plugin] UnicodeDecodeError: 'cp932' codec can't decode byte 0x83 in position 1424: illegal multibyte sequence

At:
  C:\Users\Cortex\Documents\IsaacLab\_isaac_sim\kit\python\lib\json\__init__.py(293): load
  c:/users/cortex/documents/isaaclab/_isaac_sim/exts/omni.isaac.sensor/omni/isaac/sensor/scripts/menu.py(232): __init__
  c:/users/cortex/documents/isaaclab/_isaac_sim/exts/omni.isaac.sensor/omni/isaac/sensor/scripts/extension.py(37): on_startup
  C:\Users\Cortex\Documents\IsaacLab\_isaac_sim/kit/kernel/py\omni\ext\_impl\_internal.py(164): _startup_ext
  C:\Users\Cortex\Documents\IsaacLab\_isaac_sim/kit/kernel/py\omni\ext\_impl\_internal.py(224): startup
  C:\Users\Cortex\Documents\IsaacLab\_isaac_sim/kit/kernel/py\omni\ext\_impl\_internal.py(328): startup_extension
  PythonExtension.cpp::startup()(2): <module>
  C:\Users\Cortex\Documents\IsaacLab\_isaac_sim/exts/omni.isaac.kit\omni\isaac\kit\simulation_app.py(411): _start_app
  C:\Users\Cortex\Documents\IsaacLab\_isaac_sim/exts/omni.isaac.kit\omni\isaac\kit\simulation_app.py(200): __init__
  c:\users\cortex\documents\isaaclab\source\extensions\omni.isaac.lab\omni\isaac\lab\app\app_launcher.py(588): _create_app
  c:\users\cortex\documents\isaaclab\source\extensions\omni.isaac.lab\omni\isaac\lab\app\app_launcher.py(113): __init__
  C:\Users\Cortex\Documents\IsaacLab\source\standalone\tutorials\00_sim\create_empty.py(29): <module>

2024-10-17 22:16:19 [18,126ms] [Error] [omni.ext.plugin] [ext: omni.isaac.sensor-12.9.1] Failed to startup python extension.
2024-10-17 22:16:22 [21,232ms] [Warning] [carb.graphics-vulkan.plugin] Trying to initialize NGX without vkGetInstanceProcAddr and vkGetDeviceProcAddr pointer-to-functions.
2024-10-17 22:16:22 [21,243ms] [Error] [carb.graphics-vulkan.plugin] Could not get NGX parameters block because NGX isn't enabled.
2024-10-17 22:16:22 [21,244ms] [Error] [carb.graphics-vulkan.plugin] Failed to create NGX context.
2024-10-17 22:16:22 [21,244ms] [Warning] [carb.scenerenderer-rtx.plugin] Failed to create NGX context.
[INFO]: Setup complete…

System Info

Describe the characteristic of your environment:

Commit: [1117 ?]
Isaac Sim Version: [4.2.0]
OS: [Windows 10 Pro, Version 10.0 (22H2)]
GPU: [NVIDIA T1000 8GB, Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770]
CUDA: [-]
GPU Driver: [552.55 (NVIDIA T1000)]

Additional context

The system has two GPUs, but only the NVIDIA T1000 is active for IsaacLab. The Intel UHD Graphics 770 triggers warnings about unsupported non-NVIDIA GPUs.
The error UnicodeDecodeError: 'cp932' codec can't decode byte 0x83 is present in the logs and seems to be related to file encoding.
Additionally, there are Vulkan API and NGX initialization issues.

Checklist

[x] I have checked that there is no similar issue in the repo (required)
[x] I have checked that the issue is not in running Isaac Sim itself and is related to the repo

Acceptance Criteria

[ ] A proper ground plane is displayed in the render window.
[ ] Errors and warnings related to NGX, Vulkan, and encoding are resolved.

I have the same question(black ground plane) and there is no errors in my log.

(isaaclab) G:\2024_Tennis_Robot\IsaacLab-main>isaaclab.bat -p source\standalone\tutorials\00_sim\create_empty.py
[INFO] Using python from: E:\anaconda\envs\isaaclab\python.exe
[WARN][AppLauncher]: There are no arguments attached to the ArgumentParser object. If you have your own arguments, please load your own arguments before calling the `AppLauncher.add_app_launcher_args` method. This allows the method to check the validity of the arguments and perform checks for argument names.
[INFO][AppLauncher]: Loading experience file: G:\2024_Tennis_Robot\IsaacLab-main\source\apps\isaaclab.python.kit
[Warning] [omni.isaac.kit.simulation_app] Modules: ['omni.kit_app'] were loaded before SimulationApp was started and might not be loaded correctly.
[Warning] [omni.isaac.kit.simulation_app] Please check to make sure no extra omniverse or pxr modules are imported before the call to SimulationApp(...)
Loading user config located at: 'e:/anaconda/envs/isaaclab/lib/site-packages/omni/data/Kit/Isaac-Sim/4.2/user.config.json'
[Info] [carb] Logging to file: e:/anaconda/envs/isaaclab/lib/site-packages/omni/logs/Kit/Isaac-Sim/4.2/kit_20241019_172004.log
2024-10-19 21:20:04 [0ms] [Warning] [omni.kit.app.plugin] No crash reporter present, dumps uploading isn't available.

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Driver Version: 565.90        | Graphics API: Vulkan
|=============================================================================================|
| GPU | Name                             | Active | LDA | GPU Memory | Vendor-ID | LUID       |
|     |                                  |        |     |            | Device-ID | UUID       |
|     |                                  |        |     |            | Bus-ID    |            |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 0   | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super .. | Yes: 0 |     | 8203    MB | 10de      | 6aa60100.. |
|     |                                  |        |     |            | 1ed1      | 75a9c30a.. |
|     |                                  |        |     |            | 1         |            |
|=============================================================================================|
| OS: Windows 10 Home China, Version: 10.0 (22H2), Build: 19045, Kernel: 10.0.19041.5007
| Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz | Cores: 6 | Logical: 12
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Total Memory (MB): 16222 | Free Memory: 7733
| Total Page/Swap (MB): 86702 | Free Page/Swap: 75501
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2024-10-19 21:20:11 [7,642ms] [Warning] [omni.replicator.core.scripts.annotators] Annotator PostProcessDispatch is already registered, overwriting annotator template
2024-10-19 21:20:12 [8,221ms] [Warning] [omni.kit.widget.cache_indicator.cache_state_menu] Unable to detect Omniverse Cache Server. File C:/Users/hp/.nvidia-omniverse/config/omniverse.toml is not found. Consider installing it for better IO performance.
[INFO]: Setup complete...

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