From b6b7f56e0214f6468301c4cf2c523a180d7ca99f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: feos <feykomylce@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:06:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] mame: use utf8 parsing for lua strings

---
 src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.cs
index 0520ea012b..ccfa378b29 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Arcades/MAME/MAME.cs
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Arcades.MAME
 				return string.Empty;
 			}
 
-			var ret = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(ptr, lengthInBytes);
+			var ret = Mershul.PtrToStringUtf8(ptr);
 			_core.mame_lua_free_string(ptr);
 			return ret;
 		}