PLEASE HELP! I Can’t create a new project with Cocos new command

cocos2d-x
#1

Hi, I am new in Cocos, I just installed cocos2d-x 3.16 . I ran the python setup file and all the paths were configured correctly

Now, I want to create a new project in Cocos2d-x with the Cocos new command, but the project is not created and only appears a Python Unicode error message.

I’m using python 2.7.x because I was asked by an installation tutorial that I consulted, should I install a version 3.x of Python to recognize the encoding of those files?. Here is a pic of the error message:

error cocos

I could not even create a new project to learn how to use it due to that UnicodeDecodeError. Is there someone in the forum who knows how to change the coding of my pc?.

#2

It’s obviously because of your username, it contains like special characters í and space. I bet if you create a new user named User - everything will be ok.

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#3

More tactfully than @anon98020523, we dont allow special characters or spaces in paths. Also, it is sometimes necessary to set UTF8 with an environment variable depending upon your system setup.

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#4

Yeah!, I created a new user without special characters and spaces in the name and deleted the former one. And now it works!. Thank you very much!!.