fix

cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake

@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ target_compile_definitions(trinity-compile-option-interface
   INTERFACE
     -DHAVE_SSE2
     -D__SSE2__)
+
+# Player-facing module messages are stored in the repository as UTF-8.
+# Keep their byte representation deterministic even when the build host uses
+# a different system locale.
+target_compile_options(trinity-compile-option-interface
+  INTERFACE
+    -finput-charset=UTF-8
+    -fexec-charset=UTF-8)
 message(STATUS "GCC: SFMT enabled, SSE2 flags forced")
 
 if( WITH_WARNINGS )

docker/database/init.sh

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ db_user="${DB_USER:-sylvania}"
 db_password="${DB_PASSWORD:-sylvania}"
 
 # Identifiers are deliberately fixed; only the application login is configurable.
-mariadb --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" <<SQL
+mariadb --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" <<SQL
 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS auth       CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS characters CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS world      CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
@@ -20,21 +20,21 @@ GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON shop.*       TO '${db_user}'@'%';
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 SQL
 
-mariadb --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" auth < /sylvania/base/auth_database.sql
-mariadb --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" characters < /sylvania/base/characters_database.sql
-mariadb --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" shop < /sylvania/base/shop_database.sql
+mariadb --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" auth < /sylvania/base/auth_database.sql
+mariadb --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" characters < /sylvania/base/characters_database.sql
+mariadb --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" shop < /sylvania/base/shop_database.sql
 
 shopt -s nullglob
 for dump in /sylvania/dumps/*.sql /sylvania/dumps/*.sql.gz; do
     echo "Importing game database dump: ${dump}"
     if [[ "${dump}" == *.gz ]]; then
-        gzip -dc "${dump}" | mariadb --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}"
+        gzip -dc "${dump}" | mariadb --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}"
     else
-        mariadb --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" < "${dump}"
+        mariadb --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" < "${dump}"
     fi
 done
 
 # The published 7.3.5 dump uses a lowercase name, while the core queries this
 # one legacy table with its historical mixed-case identifier on Linux.
-mariadb --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" \
+mariadb --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --protocol=socket -uroot -p"${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" \
     -e 'RENAME TABLE hotfixes.questv2clitask TO hotfixes.QuestV2CliTask;'

docker/entrypoint.sh

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ sed -i -E \
 
 # Keep the client-facing realm record in sync after restores and migrations.
 # Values are validated above before being interpolated into SQL.
-mariadb --protocol=tcp \
+mariadb --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --protocol=tcp \
     -h "${db_host}" -P "${db_port}" -u "${db_user}" "-p${db_password}" auth <<SQL
 INSERT INTO realmlist
     (id, name, address, localAddress, localSubnetMask, port, icon, flag,

sql/sylvania/locales/ruRU_from_french_hotfixes.sql

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 -- Generated from ChatGPT WoW localisation source.csv.
 -- Apply to dc_hotfixes. Existing frFR rows are not modified.
 
+SET NAMES utf8mb4;
+
 INSERT INTO `broadcast_text_locale` (`ID`,`locale`,`Text_lang`,`Text1_lang`,`VerifiedBuild`) VALUES
 (1,'ruRU','Помогите, помогите! Меня угнетают!','',26972),
 (3927,'ruRU','Последовательность самоуничтожения активирована.','',26972),

sql/sylvania/locales/ruRU_from_french_world.sql

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 -- Generated from ChatGPT WoW localisation source.csv.
 -- Apply to dc_world. Existing frFR rows are not modified.
 
+SET NAMES utf8mb4;
+
 INSERT INTO `creature_text_locale` (`CreatureID`,`GroupID`,`ID`,`Locale`,`Text`) VALUES
 (92718,0,0,'ruRU','Мне понадобится твоя помощь, чтобы остановить Гул''дана. Освободи остальных Иллидари, поскорее!'),
 (92980,1,0,'ruRU','Демоны хотят уничтожить наш мир. Мы должны освободить наших союзников.'),

tools/build_ruru_locale_sql.py

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def build_hotfixes(translated: dict[str, str]) -> int:
     with output.open("w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as sql:
         sql.write("-- Generated from ChatGPT WoW localisation source.csv.\n")
         sql.write("-- Apply to dc_hotfixes. Existing frFR rows are not modified.\n\n")
+        sql.write("SET NAMES utf8mb4;\n\n")
         sql.write("INSERT INTO `broadcast_text_locale` "
                   "(`ID`,`locale`,`Text_lang`,`Text1_lang`,`VerifiedBuild`) VALUES\n")
         values = []
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ def build_world(translated: dict[str, str]) -> int:
     with output.open("w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as sql:
         sql.write("-- Generated from ChatGPT WoW localisation source.csv.\n")
         sql.write("-- Apply to dc_world. Existing frFR rows are not modified.\n\n")
+        sql.write("SET NAMES utf8mb4;\n\n")
         sql.write("INSERT INTO `creature_text_locale` "
                   "(`CreatureID`,`GroupID`,`ID`,`Locale`,`Text`) VALUES\n")
         values = []