From 95d054d1706aaf62ca8f9993603a988e522c54cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Belcher <william.belcher@xa.epicgames.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:46:03 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: incorrect string length when emitting descriptors with
 non-latin characters

---
 .../library/src/UeInstanceMessage/SendMessageController.ts   | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Frontend/library/src/UeInstanceMessage/SendMessageController.ts b/Frontend/library/src/UeInstanceMessage/SendMessageController.ts
index 70258cae..ec009869 100644
--- a/Frontend/library/src/UeInstanceMessage/SendMessageController.ts
+++ b/Frontend/library/src/UeInstanceMessage/SendMessageController.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ export class SendMessageController {
         }
 
         let byteLength = 0;
-        const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();
         // One loop to calculate the length in bytes of all of the provided data
         messageData.forEach((element: number | string, idx: number) => {
             const type = messageFormat.structure[idx];
@@ -90,8 +89,8 @@ export class SendMessageController {
                 case 'string':
                     // 2 bytes for string length
                     byteLength += 2;
-                    // 2 bytes per characters
-                    byteLength += 2 * textEncoder.encode(element as string).length;
+                    // 2 bytes per character
+                    byteLength += 2 * (element as string).length;
                     break;
             }
         });