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Compatibility:	Warlords of Draenor Pre-Patch (6.0.2)
Updated:	10-17-14 08:24 PM
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MikScrollingBattleText

Version: 5.7.138

by: Mikord, Resike

Announcements:

Version 5.7.134 is updated to work with Warlord of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 and fixes the font preview issues.
If you are having issues with the fonts "resetting" on initial game load, update to Version 5.7.137.
Version 5.7.138 corrects issues with several triggers like Kill Shot and Hammer of Wrath.

Description:

MSBT is designed to be an extremely lightweight, efficient, and highly configurable mod that makes it easier to see combat information by scrolling the information on the screen in separate, dynamically creatable scroll areas. It is a replacement for Blizzard's Floating Combat Text and Damage output.

Features:

Lightweight and efficient design.
Scroll incoming damage/heals, outgoing damage/heals, and notifications in separate configurable scroll areas on the playing field.
Display player and pet cooldown completion alerts.
Display loot alerts with a total of how many are now in inventory.
Add triggers that will allow you to show notifications based on a variety of conditions.
Assign a sound file to play for events/triggers.
Dynamically create new scroll areas and assign any event/trigger to them.
Customize the position, size, animation style, enabled state, font style, font size, font outline, and opacity for each of the scroll areas.
Customize each individual event's color, font style, font size, font outline, opacity, output message, enabled state, and scroll area.
Set "Master Font" settings that will be inherited by all of the scroll areas and the events in them unless they are overridden at the scroll area or event level.
Merge AoE data into one event with cumulative damage/healing done with number of normal and crits specified.
Show overhealing amounts against yourself or party/raid members.
Color unit names according to their class (including CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS support).
Color damage amounts according to damage type.
Show partial effects (resists, absorbs, vulnerabilities, etc) colored according to type.
Filter output information with a full suite of spam controls.
Load on demand options.
For mod developers:
- Output your own scrolling messages with the MikSBT.DisplayMessage function instead of having to create your own frame and animation code. You can also use your own font by first registering it with MSBT via the MikSBT.RegisterFont function.
- Create custom animation styles.
- See the included API.html file for reference information.

Supported Events:

Incoming:
- Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, and Immunes
- Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, Reflects, and Interrupts
- Spell Resists
- Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
- Pet Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, and Immunes
- Pet Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, and Immunes
- Pet Spell Resists
- Pet Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
- Environmental Damage
Outgoing:
- Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
- Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, Reflects, Interrupts, and Evades
- Spell Resists and Buff Dispels
- Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
- Pet Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
- Pet Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
- Pet Spell Resists and Buff Dispels
- Pet Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
Notification:
- Buffs / Buff Stacks / Buff Fades
- Debuffs / Debuff Stacks / Debuff Fades
- Item Buffs / Item Buff Fades
- Enter/Leave Combat
- Power Gains and Losses
- Alternate Power Gains and Losses
- Chi Gains and Chi Full
- Combo Point Gains and Combo Points Full
- Holy Power Changes and Holy Power Full
- Honor Gains
- Reputation Gains and Losses
- Skill Gains
- Experience Gains
- Killing Blows (Player and NPC)
- Extra Attacks
- Soul Shard Creation
- Enemy Buff Gains
- Monster Emotes
- Player, Pet and Item Cooldown Completions
Loot:
- Looted Items
- Money Gains
Default Triggers:
- All Relevant Classes - Low Health, Low Mana, Low Pet Health
- Death Knight - Killing Machine, Rime, Shadow Infusion x5
- Druid - Berserk, Clearcasting, Predator's Swiftness, Shooting Stars
- Hunter - Kill Shot, Lock and Load
- Mage - Brain Freeze, Clearcasting, Fingers of Frost, Missile Barrage
- Monk- Elusive Brew x5, x10, x15, Mana Tea x20, Vital Mists x5
- Paladin - Hammer of Wrath, The Art of War
- Priest - Clearcasting, Shadow Orb x3
- Rogue - Blindside
- Shaman - Clearcasting, Lava Surge, Maelstrom Weapon x5, Tidal Waves
- Warlock - Decimation, Molten Core, Nightfall
- Warrior - Bloodsurge, Execute, Revenge, Sudden Death, Taste for Blood, Victory Rush

Commands:

Code:

/msbt                  Shows the options interface. 
/msbt reset            Resets the current profile to the default settings. 
/msbt disable          Disables the mod. 
/msbt enable           Enables the mod. 
/msbt version          Shows the current version. 
/msbt help             Shows the command usage.

Frequently Asked Questions:

See the FAQ list at MSBT's portal site. http://mikord.wowinterface.com/portal.php?id=156&a=faq

Localization Maintainers:

See the list at MSBT's portal site.
http://www.wowinterface.com/portal.p...156&pageid=159

If you are capable and interested in being a maintainer for the localization files for a specific language, please send me a PM. The SVN capabilities here at WoWInterface allow me to provide direct access to the localization files in the repository to make the process easier.

5.7.138

Moved the new font loader logic into its own frame to prevent issues with UIs such as RealUI that play with opacity on objects they don't own.
Fixed unit reaction condition that was preventing many triggers like Kill Shot and Hammer of Wrath from working.
Fixed taint issues cause by the _ global variable.
Updated options dialogs to remove reference to support for mp3s which the game no longer supports.

5.7.137

Corrected an error that occurs on startup with deleted default triggers.

5.7.136

Reworked the font handling to preload fonts during initial load to resolve the issue where the fonts would reset to the default on initial game load.

5.7.135

Fixed the ability to add custom fonts via the custom media tab.

5.7.134

Fixed an issue where the font previews were not updating properly.
Updated parser to support the new parameters introduced by patch 6.0.2.

5.7.132

Updated for Patch 6.0.2 / Warlords of Draenor
- Modified global constants for item quality to their new values.
- Removed Berserker Stance from available trigger conditions.
- Removed Backlash default trigger.
- Removed Owlkin Frenzy default trigger.
- Removed Overpower default trigger.
- Removed Power Guard default trigger.
- Removed Rune Strike default trigger.
- Removed Solar and Lunar Eclipse default triggers.
- Modified several skill IDs to reflect their new values.
- Updated TOC for Patch 6.0.2.

5.7.131

Fixed issue introduced with Patch 5.4 where the fonts could not be changed

5.7.130

Updated TOC for Patch 5.4.

5.7.129

Fixed issue introduced with Patch 5.3 where dispels were showing the skill performing the dispel rather than the one being dispelled.
Increased damage and healing maximum spam thresholds to 100,000.
Added default trigger for Ultimatum.
Updated TOC for Patch 5.3.

5.7.128

Updated parser to support the new amount parameter on applied and removed auras. Thanks to pelf for the patch.

5.7.127

Fix issue introduced with Patch 5.2 where dispels were showing the skill performing the dispel rather than the one being dispelled.

5.7.126

Modified skill ID for Taste For Blood to reflect the new value.
Updated TOC for Patch 5.2.

5.7.125

Updated TOC for Patch 5.1.

5.7.124

Fixed issue introduced with Monk Chi changes in Patch 5.1.

5.7.123

Fixed an issue where certain power types such as Sha Power and Alternate Power were causing errors.

5.7.122

Added new Shadow Orbs Change and Shadow Orbs Full events that act similar to combo points.
Removed shadow orbs from standard power gains (e.g. +1 Shadow Orbs) since it is now treated similar to combo points.
Removed Shadow Orbs x3 default trigger due to the new Shadow Orbs Full event.
Fixed issue where the shorten numbers and group by thousands options were not being applied to overkill amounts.
Added default trigger for Blindside.
Removed extra exclamation point from druid berserking default trigger.
Added missing Italian localization files.

5.7.119

Fixed issue where combo point gains and full combo points were not being displayed (reported by dondasch).

5.7.118

Updated for Patch 5.0.1 / Mists of Pandaria Beta
- Monk is now an available class for triggers and class coloring.
- Added new Chi Change and Chi Full events that act similar to combo points.
- Added support for dynamic max chi and holy power.
- Removed chi from standard power gains (e.g. +1 Chi) since it is now treated similar to combo points.
- Removed the following triggers since they no longer apply: Counterattack, Eradication, Hot Streak, Impact, Riposte, Viper Sting
- Removed the following skills from default suppressions and throttling since they no longer apply: Arcane Empowerment, Desecration, Ferocious Inspiration, Mana Spring
- Updated supported power types to include Alternate, Dark Force, Chi (Light Force), Shadow Orbs, Burning Embers, and Demonic Fury.
- Rewrote code that deals with party and raid members to use the new Blizzard APIs.
- Updated "Active Talents" trigger condition to use the new Blizzard API.
- Modified remaining existing triggers to work with their new values.
- Modified several skill IDs to reflect their new values.
- Added default trigger for Vital Mists x5.
- Added default trigger for Mana Tea x20.
- Added default trigger for Elusive Brew at 5, 10, and 15 stacks.
- Added default trigger for Power Guard x3.
- Added new events for Alternate Power Gains and Losses so they may be customized.
- Added temporary workaround for UnitGUID bug when in a group. Triggers that involve party/raid members will not work currently due to this.
- Updated environmental damage handler for environmental type changes.
- Updated TOC for Patch 5.0.4.
Added new option to shorten large numbers using si suffixes (32765 displays as 33k).
Added new option to separate large numbers into digit groups (32765 dispays as 32,765).
Fixed taint issues cause by the _ global variable.
Converted class names to use Blizzard provided localizations.
Removed old temporary workaround for raid flags added in Patch 4.2.
Added Italian localization from Kelhar@Runetotem-EU.

5.6.117

Money strings will now show properly on all supported languages.
Updated Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations from yleaf.

5.6.113

Converted all sounds to .ogg from .mp3.

5.6.112

Modified combat event log parser to work with the absorb changes in Patch 4.3.

5.6.111

Updated German translations from mojosdojo.
Updated Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations from yleaf.
Updated TOC for Patch 4.3.

5.6.108

Removed item cooldoown tracking debug print

5.6.107

Added support for item cooldowns:
- Created new event for customizable item cooldown notifications.
- Added Item Cooldown Complete to the available trigger events.
- Added Item ID and Item Name condition handling for the main trigger events that support them.
- Cooldown exclusions now accept skill IDs, item names, and item IDs in addition to skill names.
Added monochrome, monochrome + thin, and monochrome + thick to available outline font settings for pixel font lovers.
Modified the custom font and sound validation routines to work with arbitrary case extensions.
Changed custom font validation error message to a more descriptive message when the font can't be set versus the more generic ttf message.

5.5.106

Added option to customize color of shadowflame damage.
Added option to customize color of frostfire damage.

5.5.105

Modified combat event log parsers to work with the changes in Patch 4.2 without extra indirection.
Changed Traditional Chinese default font by yleaf.
Updated Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations from yleaf.
Updated TOC for Patch 4.2.

5.5.100

Added logic to detect and merge off-hand strikes with main hand strikes.

5.5.99

Removed Happiness as an available power type since it no longer exists as of Patch 4.1.
Added logic to handle the changed combat log event format in Patch 4.2 on the PTR without breaking the current version (Blizzard is changing it again).
Updated LibStub to the latest version (14 Jan 2011, 1.0.1).
Updated CallbackHandler to the latest version (14 Jan 2011, 1.0.7).
Updated LibSharedMedia to the latest version (05 Nov 2010, 3.0-4).

5.5.98

Fixed handling for the always show quest items option that was broken by Patch 4.0.6 (reported by Judgespear).
Modified to play sounds even when game sound effects are disabled as allowed by API changes in Patch 4.0.6 (reported by Retlaw).

5.5.97

Modified combat event log parsers to work with the changes in Patch 4.1 (committed by mojosdojo, reported by several others).
Updated Russian translations from StingerSoft.
Updated German translations from mojosdojo.
Updated TOC for Patch 4.1.

5.5.91

Added the new pet heal events to the options interface so they may be customized and disabled as intended.
Updated Korean translations from chkid.

5.5.89

Made several updates to the cooldown tracking system:
- Implemented a work around for Blizzard's cooldown bug with dismissed pets. Pet cooldowns should no longer be shown before they are actually finished.
- Created new event for customizable pet cooldown notifications.
- Added an option to customize the color of the skill name in cooldown events.
- Changed Skill Cooldown Complete trigger event to Player Cooldown Complete (only detects player cooldowns).
- Added Pet Cooldown Complete to the available trigger events.
- Added Skill ID as an available condition for player and pet cooldown triggers.
Created new events for outgoing pet heals, pet heal crits, pet periodic heals (HoTs), and pet periodic heal (HoT) crits.
Efflorescense is now detected and displayed as a pet heal.
Added default triggers for Blood Swarm and Shadow Infusion x5.

See the included readme.html for further version history.

Optional Files (4)

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date	Type
Chats To MSBT	8.2.0.1	18kB	Billtopia	07-31-19 11:36 AM
MSBT Combo Points Fix	1.0.1	590kB	Deadlyz	08-20-16 02:58 PM	Patch
MikScrollingBattleText 4.1 (Fa...	5.5.91d	560kB	Fiercy	05-06-11 05:53 PM	Patch
MikScrollingBattleText 4.1 Update		423kB	Nightrider21	04-28-11 03:12 PM	Patch

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10-21-14, 01:52 AM

Safranerz

A Kobold Labourer

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! Sounds

Originally Posted by coconutshell

Originally Posted by Mikord

coconutshell:

Ogg files work. Make sure the sound file is in the Interface\AddOns\MikScrollingBattleText\Sounds directory *before* you start WoW. FAQ entry

Nope, done everything listed there and it's still not working. After I add the soundfile, whenever I press "Play" no sound occurs. Any ideas?

Hai , I registered just to tell you ( well I also registered for thaks to the creator of that amazing Addon ) that I finally could find the solution to the problem that you are having ( if it is the same than me , that is nearly possible ) , just check THE FOLDER on where you are adding your .mp3 or your .ogg , cuz i was doing it wrong all time i was putting it on a C:Program Files(x86)/WoW/Interface etc.... and not on another folder created on C: Program files / WoW / Interface ... etc ( arriving till Sounds ofc ) , and that happened cuz I started to play again after a year and seems that the reinstallation of the files were made in another path , so check your path before making all the process!

10-19-14, 05:45 PM

coconutshell

A Kobold Labourer

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Originally Posted by Mikord

coconutshell:

Ogg files work. Make sure the sound file is in the Interface\AddOns\MikScrollingBattleText\Sounds directory *before* you start WoW. FAQ entry

Nope, done everything listed there and it's still not working. After I add the soundfile, whenever I press "Play" no sound occurs. Any ideas?

Last edited by coconutshell : 10-20-14 at 08:25 AM.

10-19-14, 03:19 PM
asmodeus A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 1 Uploads: 0	Chatlog Sound Hello, i simply love this addon, but there is one thing driving me INSANE!, and that´s a ticking noise that comes everytime something new comes up in /trade and it's driving me insane that i cant find the section for it in /MSBT does anyone know where or HOW i turn it off? it has literally forced me to avoid Faction cities cause i like this addon xD thanks in advance

10-19-14, 02:58 PM
Mikord A Theradrim Guardian Forum posts: 61 File comments: 503 Uploads: 2	coconutshell: Ogg files work. Make sure the sound file is in the Interface\AddOns\MikScrollingBattleText\Sounds directory before you start WoW. FAQ entry

10-19-14, 03:56 AM
coconutshell A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	MSBT Sounds Hey, I've been using MSBT for a long time now and a year or so ago realized I could play sounds on events. I see now after reading a few posts that .mp3s no longer work, but do .ogg files work? I've tried my own .ogg files but they don't seem to work. Is it just not possible to put sounds onto MSBT anymore?

10-18-14, 09:22 PM
Mikord A Theradrim Guardian Forum posts: 61 File comments: 503 Uploads: 2	Stanzilla: Thanks for the files. It looks like that version is just treating multistrikes as crits, which I don't really think is accurate, but I supposed that at least the data is somewhat there. As far as not being able to test multistrike, does holy have a buit-in chance for it? My disc priest has 0% chance right now (as do all the other chars), so that's why I can't test it. Headhuntress: I've already lowered those max values to 3000 in a local version. I might eventually change them over to text boxes, but messing with the GUI is a huge pain, so for now, I'm just lowering it to values that make more sense after that stat squish. Last edited by Mikord : 10-18-14 at 09:51 PM.

10-18-14, 06:51 PM
Headhuntress A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 3 File comments: 26 Uploads: 4	Spam control Spam control threshhold sliders seem to be broken for me. The first step of the slider is a weird float number(999.95..) and pretty much every number is like that(xx999.xxx). In addition to the weird numbers, they are also huge. First step for 1k healing is too much even before squish because of low level characters. All three sliders have these weird floats, Damage/Healing cap at 100k, and Power at 2k. In the code the value step for Dmg/Heal seems to be 100, but for some reason it's increased tenfold. Would it be possible in a future release to have a textbox to input your own value? Even if it's still capped at the same values, it would be much easier to use. Last edited by Headhuntress : 10-18-14 at 07:05 PM.

10-18-14, 05:06 PM

Stanzilla

An Aku'mai Servant

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Originally Posted by Mikord

Stanzilla:

I'll look into it. For multistrike, I have to way to test it currently, but I think I understand from reading what it does and how it works.

A holy priest might be a good way to test it, if you still have an active license atm. Otherwise here is the version I used, https://www.dropbox.com/s/1z92hzfhr2...ta-r5.zip?dl=0 a diff viewer might shed some light on things

10-18-14, 02:54 PM

JMFinWinnfield

A Kobold Labourer

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Originally Posted by Mikord

Stanzilla:

I'll look into it. For multistrike, I have to way to test it currently, but I think I understand from reading what it does and how it works.

JMFinWinnfield:

I just removed all references to mp3s from the code and dialogs because the game no longer supports them. I guess I missed the references in the readme. Thanks for points that out.

Ooh, so PlayMusic() is no longer a valid API call? Sadface. And here I was about to go nuts with a boss music add-on...

EDIT: Hm, it still is, but according to the WoD Beta forums, it was changed to only play MP3s available within the game MPQ files.

Last edited by JMFinWinnfield : 10-18-14 at 03:14 PM.

10-18-14, 02:50 PM
Mikord A Theradrim Guardian Forum posts: 61 File comments: 503 Uploads: 2	Stanzilla: I'll look into it. For multistrike, I have to way to test it currently, but I think I understand from reading what it does and how it works. JMFinWinnfield: I just removed all references to mp3s from the code and dialogs because the game no longer supports them. I guess I missed the references in the readme. Thanks for points that out.

10-18-14, 02:25 PM
JMFinWinnfield A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	Unable to add MP3 sounds via in-game options You state in the README that the MP3 format is valid for sound files, in addition to OGG. However, your current code only allows for the OGG format. Starting at line 368 in MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsTabs.lua: Code: local function MediaTab_ValidateCustomSoundPath(soundPath) if (not soundPath or soundPath == "") then return L.MSG_INVALID_SOUND_FILE end local soundPathLower = string.lower(soundPath) if (not string.find(soundPathLower, ".ogg")) then return L.MSG_INVALID_SOUND_FILE end end The condition set in line 371 should be instead: Code: if (not string.find(soundPathLower, ".ogg") and not string.find(soundPathLower, ".mp3")) then return L.MSG_INVALID_SOUND_FILE I figure it would be better to make the code consistent with the documentation, rather than make the documentation consistent with the code. Apologies if I'm overstepping any bounds as a first-time poster here. EDIT: Hm, is MP3 no longer a valid format for in-game sounds? EDIT 2: I'm a dummy. You'd have to write an additional condition depending on whether or not the file is in MP3 (PlayMusic()) or OGG (PlaySoundFile()) format. ;-; Whatever happened to function overloads, Blizz? Last edited by JMFinWinnfield : 10-18-14 at 02:52 PM.

10-17-14, 08:37 PM
Stanzilla An Aku'mai Servant Forum posts: 34 File comments: 146 Uploads: 6	Welcome back mikord and thanks for updating! I've been using a 3rd party updated version until now and it has some features that are missing in yours, namely multistrike support and showing gained absorbs, like when I give someone a Power Word: Shield it shows +300 Absorb. Would be awesome if that could be added

10-17-14, 12:23 PM

Deadlyz

A Wyrmkin Dreamwalker

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Originally Posted by Mikord

That's problematic because there is no event to know once it's actually been done. I tried to work around it by doing pre-loading of all fonts which are used during the initial addon load phase, but it seems that sometimes the first events that happen before the font is actually loaded will use the default, but then everything is fine. That is what you're likely seeing.

I've spent many hours trying to find a magical dance to prevent it, but without access to the Blizzard source code or a proper API documentation (Blizzard doesn't provide any), there's really no way to know exactly what the specific set of parameters and conditions are without twiddling.

Yeah, and that's why I'll probably never make an addon of my own.. or learn how to make them

I just try to pretend it all is just some sort of magic.

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Last edited by Deadlyz : 10-17-14 at 12:25 PM.

10-17-14, 09:23 AM

Mikord

A Theradrim Guardian

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Originally Posted by Deadlyz

It was still Porky but just for a second when I first logged in after updating to 5.7.137. Now it's all in Skurri.

Thank you

Thanks for confirming.

So, the root of all of this is it appears Blizzard changed SetFont to dynamically load the font instance asynchronously and return false when calling it indicating the font is invalid instead of waiting until it's actually loaded to return like it used to. Once it has actually been loaded, things work as intended. I'm guessing it happened some time back in MoP based on looking at comment history.

That's problematic because there is no event to know once it's actually been done. I tried to work around it by doing pre-loading of all fonts which are used during the initial addon load phase, but it seems that sometimes the first events that happen before the font is actually loaded will use the default, but then everything is fine. That is what you're likely seeing.

I've spent many hours trying to find a magical dance to prevent it, but without access to the Blizzard source code or a proper API documentation (Blizzard doesn't provide any), there's really no way to know exactly what the specific set of parameters and conditions are without twiddling.

Last edited by Mikord : 10-17-14 at 09:24 AM.

10-17-14, 01:31 AM

Deadlyz

A Wyrmkin Dreamwalker

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Originally Posted by Mikord

Ah yep. I forgot that when you delete default triggers, it stores that fact as a bool instead of the settings table. I wrote that code like 5 years ago :P I'll have a fix out shortly.

EDIT: Fixed in 5.7.137.

It was still Porky but just for a second when I first logged in after updating to 5.7.137. Now it's all in Skurri.

Thank you

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