Blender exporter error 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xc4'

[blueapples]

Hey Josh,

 

I downloaded the official Blender to Leadwerks exporter from github.

 

I am getting this error when trying to export this hands blend file to mld format:

 

 

read blend: C:\Users\isaac\Downloads\_Leadwerks\Models\42830_The_First_Person_Shooter_Hands\HandSwap.blend
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\leadwerks\ui.py", line 101, in execute
return LeadwerksExporter(**kwargs).export()
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\leadwerks\exporter.py", line 54, in export
self.save_exportable(e, name)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\leadwerks\exporter.py", line 80, in save_exportable
cc.compile()
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\compiler.py", line 24, in compile
self.compile_node(self.source)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\compiler.py", line 39, in compile_node
self.compile_node(s)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\compiler.py", line 39, in compile_node
self.compile_node(s)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\compiler.py", line 39, in compile_node
self.compile_node(s)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\compiler.py", line 39, in compile_node
self.compile_node(s)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\compiler.py", line 39, in compile_node
self.compile_node(s)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\compiler.py", line 39, in compile_node
self.compile_node(s)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\compiler.py", line 39, in compile_node
self.compile_node(s)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\compiler.py", line 32, in compile_node
compile(node)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\compiler.py", line 123, in props_compiler
self.writer.write_nt_str(p)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Blender\2.77\scripts\addons\io_scene_leadwerks\xml_tool\streams.py", line 96, in write_nt_str
self.stream.write(bytes(val, encoding='ascii'))
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xc4' in position 6: ordinal not in range(128)
location: <unknown location>:-1
location: <unknown location>:-1

[Slastraf]

try exporting it as .fbx

[blueapples]

Hmm that did seem to work. I can drop it into the scene and it appears correctly. Having trouble with it not being visible when attached as a weapon model after pickup, but the export isn't blocking me now! http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/14764-custom-fps-model-not-visible-after-pickup-how-to-debug/