New state of 'nil' is invalid.

[supercourgette]

HI, I have an issue with Docker.

The #1 time I used the bot, everything was working as expected, until the bot arrived next to a Fort. Upon arrival the bot crashed with the following exception: "New state of 'nil' is invalid.". I restarted the bot, but this time the exception was displayed right away.

I restarted the bot several time, and also docker, my computer, ... but the same error was displayed each time. Then, I tried PokemonGO on my smartphone, to let the geolocolization replace my avatar, and I started the bot again. This time, everything went as expected, until once again, the bot arrived next to a fort.

Just to be sure, I also ran Docker from the usual command prompt (not only from the powershell), because I read somewhere there could be an issue with unicode when using powershell with Docker.

Expected Behavior

The bot does not crash at start up (the first time, upon arrival at a Fort).

Actual Behavior

The bot crashes at start-up.

....
2016-08-10 09:57:43,078 [PokemonGoBot] [INFO] [bot_start] Starting bot...
2016-08-10 09:57:43,810 [CollectLevelUpReward] [INFO] [level_up_reward] Received level up reward: []
2016-08-10 09:57:43,811 [IncubateEggs] [INFO] [next_egg_incubates] Next egg incubates in 4.82 km
2016-08-10 09:57:44,381 [RecycleItems] [INFO] [item_discard_skipped] Skipping Recycling of Items. 256 space left in bag.
New state of 'nil' is invalid.

Your config.json (remove your credentials and any other private info)

That's the default config:

{
"auth_service": "ptc",
"username": "_",
"password": "_",
"location": "35.3974776,139.6197098",
"gmapkey": "***",
"libencrypt_location": "",
"tasks": [
{
"type": "HandleSoftBan"
},
{
"type": "CollectLevelUpReward"
},
{
"type": "IncubateEggs",
"config": {
"longer_eggs_first": true
}
},
{
"type": "TransferPokemon"
},
{
"type": "EvolvePokemon",
"config": {
"evolve_all": "none",
"first_evolve_by": "cp",
"evolve_above_cp": 500,
"evolve_above_iv": 0.8,
"logic": "or",
"evolve_speed": 20,
"use_lucky_egg": false
}
},
{
"type": "RecycleItems",
"config": {
"min_empty_space": 15,
"item_filter": {
"Pokeball": { "keep" : 100 },
"Potion": { "keep" : 10 },
"Super Potion": { "keep" : 20 },
"Hyper Potion": { "keep" : 30 },
"Revive": { "keep" : 30 },
"Razz Berry": { "keep" : 100 }
}
}
},
{
"type": "CatchVisiblePokemon"
},
{
"type": "CatchLuredPokemon"
},
{
"type": "SpinFort"
},
{
"type": "MoveToFort",
"config": {
"lure_attraction": true,
"lure_max_distance": 2000
}
},
{
"type": "FollowSpiral",
"config": {
"diameter": 4,
"step_size": 70
}
}
],
"map_object_cache_time": 5,
"forts": {
"avoid_circles": true,
"max_circle_size": 50
},
"websocket_server": false,
"walk": 4.16,
"action_wait_min": 1,
"action_wait_max": 4,
"debug": false,
"test": false,
"health_record": false,
"location_cache": true,
"distance_unit": "km",
"reconnecting_timeout": 15,
"evolve_captured": "NONE",
"catch_randomize_reticle_factor": 1.0,
"catch_randomize_spin_factor": 1.0,
"catch": {
"any": {"catch_above_cp": 0, "catch_above_iv": 0, "logic": "or"},
"// Example of always catching Rattata:": {},
"// Rattata": { "always_catch" : true }
},
"release": {
"any": {"release_below_cp": 0, "release_below_iv": 0, "logic": "or"},
"// Example of always releasing Rattata:": {},
"// Rattata": {"always_release": true},
"// Example of keeping 3 stronger (based on CP) Pidgey:": {},
"// Pidgey": {"keep_best_cp": 3},
"// Example of keeping 2 stronger (based on IV) Zubat:": {},
"// Zubat": {"keep_best_iv": 2},
"// Also, it is working with any": {},
"// any": {"keep_best_iv": 3},
"// Example of keeping the 2 strongest (based on CP) and 3 best (based on IV) Zubat:": {},
"// Zubat": {"keep_best_cp": 2, "keep_best_iv": 3}
},
"vips" : {
"Any pokemon put here directly force to use Berry & Best Ball to capture, to secure the capture rate!": {},
"any": {"catch_above_cp": 1200, "catch_above_iv": 0.9, "logic": "or" },
"Lapras": {},
"Moltres": {},
"Zapdos": {},
"Articuno": {},

    "// S-Tier pokemons (if pokemon can be evolved into tier, list the representative)": {},
    "Mewtwo": {},
    "Dragonite": {},
    "Snorlax": {},
    "// Mew evolves to Mewtwo": {},
    "Mew": {},
    "Arcanine": {},
    "Vaporeon": {},
    "Gyarados": {},
    "Exeggutor": {},
    "Muk": {},
    "Weezing": {},
    "Flareon": {}

}

}

Steps to Reproduce

1. Follow the installation instruction, with Docker
2. Run docker "docker run --name=pokego-bot1 --rm -it -v $(pwd)/configs/config-account1.json:/usr/src/app/configs/config.json pokemongo-bot"
3. Wait until the bot is next to a Fort

Other Information

Just in case, here is my Docker version:

Client:
Version: 1.12.0
API version: 1.24
Go version: go1.6.3
Git commit: 8eab29e
Built: Thu Jul 28 23:54:00 2016
OS/Arch: windows/amd64

Server:
Version: 1.12.0
API version: 1.24
Go version: go1.6.3
Git commit: 8eab29e
Built: Thu Jul 28 23:54:00 2016
OS/Arch: linux/amd64

Here is the is the command line to run with docker (from windows):

docker run --name=pokego-bot1 --rm -it -v /c/Users/adrien/Documents/pokemonBOT/PokemonGo-Bot/configs/config-account1.json:/usr/src/app/configs/config.json pokemongo-bot

Btw, I'm using Docker because I didn't manage to use encrypt.dll (like some other people here). I read one the issue where you advised to use Docker instead.

Thanks in advance for your help, and I apologize in advance if it's a "stupid" configuration error from my part.

[supercourgette]

Solved, it was indeed an issue with Docker and the way Unicode character are handled.

The issue is present with both cmd.exe and powershell.exe. I downloaded ConEmu which somehow handle unicode characters much better. As you can see, the name of the pokestop is in Japanaese, I guess that what's why:

2016-08-10 15:40:18,892 [MoveToFort] [INFO] [moving_to_fort] Moving towards pokestop 秩父宮勢津子妃殿下御染筆歌碑 - 0.33km
2016-08-10 15:40:21,090 [RecycleItems] [INFO] [item_discard_skipped] Skipping Recycling of Items. 257 space left in bag.
2016-08-10 15:40:21,094 [MoveToFort] [INFO] [moving_to_fort] Moving towards pokestop 秩父宮勢津子妃殿下御染筆歌碑 - 0.33km

Here is the link of the ConEmu (https://www.fosshub.com/ConEmu.html)