Hey! So in discord it's stuck saying, "Loading Project...", despite the sessions being fully loaded. I am using SFM through the SDK launcher, but I doubt that would cause a lot of issues. I only loaded the base void map with no models or lights in it, and I did get an error in the console which I'll post below:


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 527, in updateRPC
File "e:\steam\steamapps\common\sourcefilmmaker\game\sdktools\python\2.7\win32\lib\codecs.py", line 296, in decode
(result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xbf in position 944: invalid start byte


I did install the script through the scripts tab in sfm, I haven't tried to install it manually or anything, and I do have -condebug in the launch settings

Thanks for your report, i'll try to reproduce it myself and submit a fix asap

Ok, quick overview on the issue, in your console.log file there is a invalid character even for encoding.

this piece of code i think would do it, but before try to just delete the console log file and check if anything you named could have a invalid character.

Code fix:
go to your sfm_init.py, open it in a text editor, do CTRL+F to search this command: consoleFile = open(os.getcwd()
there are 2 lines that have this command, so rewrite them just like in this print(remove encoding and put rb): https://pasteboard.co/ija9Te6PLdSo.png

if the code part works i'll deploy it on the main script

I put the rewrite in and it works now! Thank you!

Goodjob for fixing it! Thanks for submitting the bug and using the script

The rich presence works but it is when I charge a session with a name that I put it as for example “model test.dmx” in the rich presence does not appear the name of the session I charge and puts it as session.

I just tested and it works fine on my end, changing maps, changing sessions, could you open the script editor and see if there is any error message there? ( It's located right below RPC Settings )

Ok. Should I send him right here?

Yes, copy and paste it right here, the entire thing

https://pastebin.com/LdtKRAqN

That is not what i need, check this screenshot:
https://pasteboard.co/wG4Xv3Oh7dXo.png
What i need is the error message inside sfm if there is any.
Remember, you need to add the launch command -condebug for it to gather data regarding the map, my theory is that you maybe don't while having the showmap option on, causing the script to search for a file that doesn't exist, making the rpc crash and stop sending updates.

https://pasteboard.co/AT3L7soRQmow.png

I don't get any mistakes and I'm wearing the name of the session, and I still get it as a session.

Thanks, i'll see if i can provide a fix

Here's the thing, the script uses a command that returns the movie name(that should be the same as the session name), the problem is, when you grab a file and use save as, sfm doesn't update the old movie name with the new session name that you just created.
If you really want to show that session and you know you're going to be working on it for a long time, consider turning on custom activity, writing the map name on the box, and disabling project name.
Meanwhile i'll find a way to get the document path and get the name from there, once i do, i'll send the code bit here

not sure if this worth reporting but i'll report anyway.
so after playin SFM for an Hour the Rich Presence on Discord Activity just revert back to "Playing Source Filmmaker for 1 hour"

if i close SFM and Reopen it, its working normally again.