[1nspire]

Yes, @Vince, the charset is utf-8, I still don't get how the MySQL charset is going to interfere with plain text that's coming straight from the script and has nothing to do with MySQL (or I'm just not aware of it).

SendRconCommand("hostname † Test Server †"); - Comes up as some strange characters when I have the mysql plugin on.
SendClientMessage(playerid, -1, "This † is a cross."); - Comes up as some strange character as well when I have the mysql plugin on.