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[jujeonghoo]

InVEST-natcap.invest.sdr.sdr-log-2023-03-06–17_30_19.txt (10.0 KB)

I have encountered the above problem when running the InVEST model and I don’t know how to fix it.

[jdouglass]

Welcome to the forums @jujeonghoo and thanks for reporting this!

This error you’re experiencing has been very difficult for us to reproduce, and so I would very much like your help with debugging this. I have created a development build (download link below) that will produce a lot more debugging information. Could you do the following to try this out?

1. Download and run this development build of InVEST: https://storage.googleapis.com/natcap-dev-build-artifacts/invest/phargogh/3.12.1.post14%2Bg725c2c5b5/workbench/invest_3.12.1.post14%2Bg725c2c5b5_workbench_win32_x64.exe

2. Once the development build has installed and launched, configure the logging to have a level of debug. You can do this with the following steps:

   a. Click the gear icon to open the options dialog:

   

   b. Then, set the logging level to DEBUG. You can leave all other settings alone. Once you have done this, click the X in the upper-right corner to save the options.

   

Then, run the model again on the sample data and please upload the logfile. I expect there to be a LOT more logging.

Thanks in advance for your help!
James

[jujeonghoo]

Thank you very much for your reply!
I use InVEST model in China. It may be that the Unicode programming language of my computer is Chinese, so this error appears. Now, I checked the “Global language support with Unicode UTF-8” option, and the problem is solved.
This question may help researchers using the InVEST model in China.
Thanks,
Jujeonghoo

[jdouglass]

@jujeonghoo

Now, I checked the “Global language support with Unicode UTF-8” option, and the problem is solved.

Where do you see this option? Knowing this will help other researchers in the future.

Thanks,
James

[jujeonghoo]

windows setting —time and language — language — Management language Settings — Management — Change the system locale ---- Check the options in beta version.
The above is based on windows 10 in China, and I’m not sure if other computers are in that order.
Thanks,
Jujeonghoo

[jdouglass]

This is very helpful, thank you!

@jujeonghoo , when you run this small bit of python code, what is the output?

python -c "import sys; print(sys.getfilesystemencoding())"

If you UNcheck the “Beta: use Unicode UTF-8 support” checkbox, what is shown?

If you can send me this, I think we may be able to fix this for all users of InVEST in any country.