Functions and UTF-8

They already are UTF-8.

Are you trying to write a §? If so, this is probably a duplicate of MC-118165 - it is UTF-8, but there's a bug in Notepad++ that can cause issues.

If not, also note that only UTF-8 without a BOM is accepted; if you have a BOM then it won't load.

Not using notpad ++ using regular microsoft notepad and encoding it in UTF-8 and it won't load

Do I need notepad ++ to do this because I believe notepad automatically encodes it with BOM?

Looks like you might - regular notepad does seem to automatically add a BOM. That's rather inconvenient.

Okay, thanks