From df676f30d1b8ba2c20d5228db97e01d2966b8dd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ishigh <45936615+Ishigh1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 16:07:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Added some resilience to non-ASCII player names or items

---
 worlds/ladx/LADXR/utils.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/worlds/ladx/LADXR/utils.py b/worlds/ladx/LADXR/utils.py
index fcf1d2bb56e7..5f8b2685550d 100644
--- a/worlds/ladx/LADXR/utils.py
+++ b/worlds/ladx/LADXR/utils.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def setReplacementName(key: str, value: str) -> None:
 
 def formatText(instr: str, *, center: bool = False, ask: Optional[str] = None) -> bytes:
     instr = instr.format(**_NAMES)
-    s = instr.encode("ascii")
+    s = instr.encode("ascii", errors="replace")
     s = s.replace(b"'", b"^")
 
     def padLine(line: bytes) -> bytes:
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def padLine(line: bytes) -> bytes:
         if result_line:
             result += padLine(result_line)
     if ask is not None:
-        askbytes = ask.encode("ascii")
+        askbytes = ask.encode("ascii", errors="replace")
         result = result.rstrip()
         while len(result) % 32 != 16:
             result += b' '

From 7fec190ed74f7058c774b92ab6fb4b47fda75bba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ishigh <45936615+Ishigh1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 16:28:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Also the client, not even sure if switching to ascii is
 useful here

---
 LinksAwakeningClient.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/LinksAwakeningClient.py b/LinksAwakeningClient.py
index f3fc9d2cdb72..cc968ad9adaf 100644
--- a/LinksAwakeningClient.py
+++ b/LinksAwakeningClient.py
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ async def wait_for_retroarch_connection(self):
                         await asyncio.sleep(1.0)
                         continue
                 self.stop_bizhawk_spam = False
-                logger.info(f"Connected to Retroarch {version.decode('ascii')} running {rom_name.decode('ascii')}")
+                logger.info(f"Connected to Retroarch {version.decode('ascii', errors='replace')} running {rom_name.decode('ascii', errors='replace')}")
                 return
             except (BlockingIOError, TimeoutError, ConnectionResetError):
                 await asyncio.sleep(1.0)

From d418c7027fa7e14a11d5415b86a441e8e7932eb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ishigh <45936615+Ishigh1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 16:49:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Split a long line in two

---
 LinksAwakeningClient.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/LinksAwakeningClient.py b/LinksAwakeningClient.py
index cc968ad9adaf..a51645feac92 100644
--- a/LinksAwakeningClient.py
+++ b/LinksAwakeningClient.py
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ async def wait_for_retroarch_connection(self):
                         await asyncio.sleep(1.0)
                         continue
                 self.stop_bizhawk_spam = False
-                logger.info(f"Connected to Retroarch {version.decode('ascii', errors='replace')} running {rom_name.decode('ascii', errors='replace')}")
+                logger.info(f"Connected to Retroarch {version.decode('ascii', errors='replace')} "
+                            f"running {rom_name.decode('ascii', errors='replace')}")
                 return
             except (BlockingIOError, TimeoutError, ConnectionResetError):
                 await asyncio.sleep(1.0)