diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 478ed2a..5c6c6ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 *.mip
 mitsuba.*.log
 *.exr
-*.txo.pz
+# *.txo.pz
 *.log
 *.tmp
 *.bak
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ samples/
 test_models/
 
 # Generated pipeline assets
-data/**/*.txo
+# data/**/*.txo
 toolkit/**/__pycache__/
 
 # --- Ignored files ---
diff --git a/data/builtin_models/skybox/skybox.txo.pz b/data/builtin_models/skybox/skybox.txo.pz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1dc605
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diff --git a/data/default_cubemap/cubemap.txo.pz b/data/default_cubemap/cubemap.txo.pz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..513ac7f
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diff --git a/data/default_cubemap/cubemap1.txo.pz b/data/default_cubemap/cubemap1.txo.pz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0289c8
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diff --git a/data/film_grain/grain.txo.pz b/data/film_grain/grain.txo.pz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..406e2b4
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diff --git a/data/gui/loading_screen_bg.txo.pz b/data/gui/loading_screen_bg.txo.pz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74c841e
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diff --git a/rplibs/yaml/__init__.py b/rplibs/yaml/__init__.py
index fec84a6..5f796bf 100644
--- a/rplibs/yaml/__init__.py
+++ b/rplibs/yaml/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def load_yaml_file(filename):
     start = time.process_time()
 
     try:
-        with open(filename, "r") as handle:
+        with open(filename, "r",encoding='utf-8') as handle:
             parsed_yaml = yaml_load(handle, Loader=SafeLoader)
     except IOError as msg:
         RPObject.global_error("YAMLLoader", "Could not find or open file:", filename)
diff --git a/rpplugins/bloom/resources/lens_dirt.txo.pz b/rpplugins/bloom/resources/lens_dirt.txo.pz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b8bdf
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diff --git a/rpplugins/clouds/resources/noise1-data.txo.pz b/rpplugins/clouds/resources/noise1-data.txo.pz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..930964b
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diff --git a/rpplugins/clouds/resources/noise2-data.txo.pz b/rpplugins/clouds/resources/noise2-data.txo.pz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b96c169
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