Wrong encoding in VS output log

[anonymous_user_5922fa19]

Hi All!
I use UE from source and I have got incorrect encoding in output log.
My OS is Windows 8.1 with Russian language.

4>  [47/1734] Link UE4Editor-InputCore.dll
4>     ��������� ���������� D:\UE_projects\ue_source\UnrealEngine\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4Editor\Development\UE4Editor-InputCore.lib � ������ D:\UE_projects\ue_source\UnrealEngine\Engine\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4Editor\Development\UE4Editor-InputCore.exp

How can I fix it?

[anonymous_user_41845f4a]

Hello ,

Is this your first time compiling source? If not, did this happen with previously compiled source builds as well? A possible fix is to change the font that Visual Studio uses, as I’m unsure if the default font supports Cyrillic characters.

[anonymous_user_5922fa19]

It was first time compiling source, but it repeats again. I checked the fonts and all of they support Cyrillic characters.

[anonymous_user_41845f4a]

Thank you for that information. I’ve placed a bug report in for the issue under the number UE-29914. I’ll be sure to let you know if there are any updates made to the report or if we need any more information from you about the problem.

Have a nice day!

[anonymous_user_5922fa19]

Thank you!

[Joe_Conley]

Hi ,

I’m sorry to report that we investigated the same issue before in this bug:

UE-14726 - Visual studio output log is garbled when running in non-ASCII language

and found that it is a bug with the way the debug window in Visual Studio handles non-ASCII text. Here’s a comment from our engineer:

Unfortunately, this seems to be a
known limitation, beyond our control:

Bing

OutputDebugStringA function (debugapi.h) - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn

“OutputDebugStringW converts the
specified string based on the current
system locale information and passes
it to OutputDebugStringA to be
displayed. As a result, some Unicode
characters may not be displayed
correctly.”

Thanks for reporting the issue, and sorry I couldn’t have better news for you.

[SeriouSerg]

You have to do this:

And everything is ok!

[Kelheor]

Thanks. This solution working fine.

[ZVReKK]

Changing system locale for non-Unicode programs breaks the output of many programs. Instead, you can change compiler locale to English:

• Add the English language pack in Visual Studio Installer.
• Go to %VSInstallDir%\VC\Tools\MSVC\(version)\bin\Hostx64\x64 and remove your Locale folder (1049 for Russian), but leave 1033 (it must exist).
• (Perhaps you need to change the language in VS to English and vice versa.)

[anonymous_user_3f526e57]

Now Win10 allow us to set utf-8. I finally can see the output clearly

[Shaack]

Confirm, this option is an solution!