OotiniCast Episode 232

Game Update 4.0.1 is here, along with the official release of Knights of the Fallen Empire for all subscribers!

1. Introduction

Kuze’s new looks:

Kuze's Main LookKuze's New and Old Looks

As mentioned by Chill, Kira’s bracers (from her original starter gear) are quite fetching:

Chill - Kira's bracers

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Sechari! Thanks to AegisKnight, Dan-Piehurler, Dekion, LaChimba, Knite, O’barr, Alex, LekRyugan, JediKnight3420 and JSarc (@BornToEatBacon!) for entering.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Tuesday for a chance to win a Taunfawn or M8-3R droid code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • The equipment removed from vendors due to their stats being redundant (there was huge overlap once the primary stats were merged into Mastery) will not be returned, though the armor appearances either exist elsewhere in-game or will be added over time.
  • Patch 4.0a was deployed on Thursday.
  • Insta-60s can be deleted and re-created if you do so before reaching level 61.
  • The “Face Your Destiny” trailer was released along with Knights of the Fallen Empire being made available for all subscribers.
  • Game Update 4.0.1 was deployed on Tuesday.
  • Extra hardware was added to increase server capacity.
  • BioWare is asking for feedback about the new Cartel Market pack design that came with Game Update 4.0 in this thread on the official forums.

4. Community

Thanks to our latest Ootini Patron: Andy!

The OotiniCast SWTOR Meme Contest has begun. Goto ootinicast.com/memecontest2015 to find out more.

5. Force Feedback

Thoroughmas observes that his cape is really determined not to clip through his speeder:

Thoroughmas - Clipping (1)Thoroughmas - Clipping (2)

Jerrold sent us these images of Treek looking very, very strange:

Jerrold - Treek bug (1)Jerrold - Treek bug (4)Jerrold - Treek bug (3)Jerrold - Treek bug (2)

He also provided this video to show exactly how it looks. Michael likewise encountered the issue:

Michael - Treek Glitch

Jerrold encountered a Voss that actually is 9 feet tall:

Jerrold - 9 foot tall Voss (1)Jerrold - 9 foot tall Voss (2)

Knite suggests people send in their KotFE screenshots from its awesome cutscenes2, such as this one which he provided:

Knite's screenshot idea (better)

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), Kuze (@kuze_roh, YouTube) and Charlie (@Kranitoko, youtube.com/KranitokoGames).

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker. We record the show live every Wednesday at 4:30pm Pacific, goto ootinicast.com/live to find out how to join in!

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OotiniCast Episode 231

Game Update 4.0 and early access to Knights of the Fallen Empire are here! We discuss our experiences so far (spoiler-free, of course), walk through the patch notes, and talk about what has been revealed about the new Alliance system.

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Ameel from The Harbinger! Thanks to Fatalspark, Biggus’dickus and Mariarchi for entering.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Tuesday for a chance to win a Taunfawn or M8-3R droid code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

4. Community

There is a new SWTOR database attempting to replace the now defunct TORHead. You can find out more about their current and future plans in this Reddit post.

5. Force Feedback

Kranitoko’s latest pack opening video is now available.

Blachloch is skeptical about the Voss being “9 feet tall”:

Blachloch - 9 foot tall Voss

Joost wishes for more of the visual humour provided by Veedrig’s witty banter:

Veedrig witty banter

Dunedai provided this example of visual Star Wars humour:

Dunedai - R2

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor) and Teo (@jasonetheridge).

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker. We record the show live every Wednesday at 4:30pm Pacific, goto ootinicast.com/live to find out how to join in!

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OotiniCast Episode 230

Chill regales us with his adventures at NYCC and the Community Cantina. We then discuss the rest of what’s coming in Game Update 4.0, including the Inquisitor/Consular class changes, the updated leveling experience and the streamlined combat system.

1. Introduction

The Season 2 teaser trailer for Star Wars Rebels that Chill saw at NYCC can be seen here.

The photos that Chill took at the NYC Community Cantina can be seen in the gallery below.

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Mykehl of the Harbingers of War guild on The Shadowlands! Thanks to Knite and Mariachi for entering.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Tuesday for a chance to win a Taunfawn or M8-3R droid code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • The launcher for the game has had a minor update to fix a few defects.
  • The help article which incorrectly stated that Preferred players would have a maximum of 14 character slots per server once Game Update 4.0 goes live has been corrected to 16 character slots.
  • The issue that led to the planned disabling of Planetary Conquests once Game Update 4.0 goes live will be fixed with the deployment of Game Update 4.0, which means that they will continue uninterrupted.
  • The class changes for Sith Inquisitors and Jedi Consulars coming in Knights of the Fallen Empire have been published.
  • Rob Hinkle (Lead Systems Designer) has written up the combat changes coming in Game Update 4.0.
  • Brian Audette (Senior Content Designer) has documented the changes to the core worlds and the leveling experience in Game Update 4.0.

4. Community

Thanks to Kodo for his donation, and to Devin for becoming our latest patron on Patreon!

Extra Life Blog

5. Force Feedback

Ah, Star Wars humour. It actually doesn’t get any better than this:

Luke-warm

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), Alex (@MixUpPixels, geek-podcast.com) and Kuze (@kuze_roh, YouTube).

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker. We record the show live every Wednesday at 4:30pm Pacific, goto ootinicast.com/live to find out how to join in!

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OotiniCast Episode 229

Chill attended the Community Cantina in NYC, held in conjunction with NYCC. As well as having a fantastic time, he managed to secure some recordings from the event, which we provide in this episode.

You can hear more from Chill about NYCC and the Cantina in episode 230.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker.

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OotiniCast Episode 228

We wade deep into the sudden deluge of Knights of the Fallen Empire information, this week going in depth on the Cartel Market changes and what’s happening with Crafting.

1. Introduction

Here’s Chill’s Walker deco, which he obtained with fellow Ootini Ragers from the world boss on Yavin 4:

Chill - Walker deco

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, GasGuy! Thanks to Knite, Leon, Teadra and OryansBelt for entering.

You can purchase the Knights of the Fallen Empire Starter Pack from Amazon via our Amazon referral link.

Here are the details from Teadra about how to copy your chat channel settings to another character:

If you go into your settings folder which is located under app data like follows:

(example) C:\Users\Teadra\AppData\Local\SWTOR\swtor\settings

(You might have to change your folder view options to show hidden files and folders, and this is where it is located for windows 7/windows 10 for me, it might be a different drive or location for others)

All you have to do is find the GUIState Configuration file for a toon that currently has the chat tabs that you prefer, you open that file and copy the ChatChannel line. Open the GUIState configuration settings file for the toon you want the chat channels on, and simply paste the line you copied over that entire line, and save.

You cannot be logged into the game when you do this, as it will overwrite your settings files back to what they currently are. So you will either have to do it before loading the game, or after you have exited the game entirely.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Tuesday for a chance to win a Taunfawn or M8-3R droid code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

4. Community

5. Force Feedback

Another attempt at Star Wars humour spotted by Chill, courtesy of Last Destrus:

Chill - Ewoks bringing the faith

Alex wonders just what’s going on with Treek:

Alex - Happened to Treek

It seems the mystics of Voss have started exporting bottled water:

Joshua - Voss mystic water

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), Kuze (@kuze_roh, YouTube) and Andrew (swtoreconomics.com, @SWTOReconomics, YouTube).

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker. We record the show live every Wednesday at 4:30pm Pacific, goto ootinicast.com/live to find out how to join in!

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OotiniCast Episode 227

Teo and Chill interview Kimi, a regular on vanilla TOROCast back when it was hosted by Eric Musco and Samm.

aaron-nakahara-geishaflatswswords

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker.

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OotiniCast Episode 226

From famine to feast! This week we discuss all that was revealed in the developer livestream which revealed all kinds of new information about what’s coming in Knights of the Fallen Empire.

1. Introduction

Chill will be attending next week’s Community Cantina in NYC on Thursday 8 October. If you have any questions you’d like him to ask, please email him directly via chill@ootinicast.com or tweet to @BrandonLStarr.

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Natqus! Thanks to Seth Eldar, Deuter, Lachimba, Dunedai and Knite for entering.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Tuesday for a chance to win a Taunfawn or M8-3R droid code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • BioWare held a two-hour livestream hosted by Eric Musco (Community Manager) describing many of the changes coming in Game Update 4.0. You can watch the entire presentation on Twitch, or see Dulfy’s archived version on YouTube along with a superbly detailed summary of what was covered.
  • SWTOR’s Customer Support forum is being replaced by answers.ea.com, which will allow non-subscribers to ask for help. The forum will be switched to read-only on 5 October, and eventually removed.

4. Community

Xam Xam has authored Knights of the Fallen Empire—Vitiate, Valkorion and The Zakuul Empire Part 2. Note that this is spoiler heavy! It covers the same material that she presented on our last spoilercast.

You can find Blay’s world boss achievement spreadsheet here.

5. Force Feedback

Dunedai spotted this Clone (Scone?) Trooper in Edinburgh:

Dunedai - Clone Trooper in a kilt

Alex (of the GeEk Podcast) found himself flying high on Alderaan!

Alex - flying speeder

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), and Charlie (@Kranitoko, youtube.com/KranitokoGames).

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker. We record the show live every Wednesday at 4:30pm Pacific, goto ootinicast.com/live to find out how to join in!

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OotiniCast Episode 225

In the news this week we talk Game Update 3.3.2, the Bounty Hunter and Trooper class changes coming in Game Update 4.0, and other more. Then in our discussion, the topic is how we’re feeling about Knight of the Fallen Empire, and what it will mean for the future of SWTOR.

1. Introduction

Our cartel in Star Wars Uprising (download for free for Android and iOS) is the “Ootini Uprisers”, founded by Fyonha.

Here is Chill’s Chiss Sage, who is walking the dark path:

Chill - ChissAn exclusive scene from the dark side Jedi Consular story:

Chill - Consular scene

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Tyler! Thanks to Knite, Seth Eldar and Blay for entering.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Tuesday for a chance to win a Taunfawn or M8-3R droid code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • Game Update 4.0 and early access to Knights of the Fallen Empire arrive on 20 October. Free access to all subscribers happens a week later on 27 October.
  • Game Update 3.3.2, the last update before 4.0, was deployed on Tuesday.
  • Removing the UI (by using ctrl-U) may give a massive increase in FPS, but Cory Kolek (Lead Software Engineer) reminds us that the UI includes all the logic to calculate what’s being shown in the UI, not just rendering the UI itself.
  • Game Update 4.0 will include the ability to export keybindings from a character into an XML file, which can then be imported into other characters or shared with friends.
  • The names of Basic, Elite and Ultimate Commendations will be changing in Game Update 4.0 to Common, Glowing and Radiant Data Crystals respectively. There is no down-conversion of Commendations. All other Commendations will remain the same.
  • For those eligible to receive Nico Okarr as a companion, he can either be recruited by playing through the Knights of the Fallen Empire story, or obtained immediately by using a token that will be mailed to players. He will become available on 20 October for those in Early Access, on 27 October for the rest.
  • The author and former BioWare writer Drew Karpyshyn has rejoined the SWTOR team at BioWare Austin.
  • The class changes for Bounty Hunters and Troopers coming in Knights of the Fallen Empire have been published.
  • BioWare will reveal many of the remaining details of what’s coming in Knights of the Fallen Empire during a two hour livestream on Wednesday 30 September 2-4pm PDT (10pm-12am BST, 7-9am AEST).
  • During the two days of TwitchCon, various streamers will be playing Chapter 1: The Hunt from Knights of the Fallen Empire on twitch.tv/swtor. The schedule for who is playing when has been published here.

4. Community

We highly recommend checking out the post for the 1v1 PvP tournament being held on the German RP-PvE server Vanjervalis Chain. Their video is particularly epic!

The latest video from Snave, Snave’s On a Plane!, is well worth watching.

5. Force Feedback

Adam R sent us more information on just what’s up with Revan’s new bathroom line.

Freedious observes that Command Geland from the Jedi Consular class story bears an uncanny resemblance to Freddy Mercury:

Freedious - Commander GelandFreddious - Freddy MercuryIt seems the Empire has taken an interest in Australian politics:

Stormtroopers at Canning bi-electionAaree found an article about a new line of Stormtrooper-coloured Dodge Chargers, which Moogyver reckons are the safest in the world: they’ll never hit a thing.

Stormtrooper corvettes

Kal asks us to caption this:

Kal - Caption this

6. Sarlacc Digest

We each describe how we’re feeling about Knights of the Fallen Empire and what it means for the future of SWTOR.

7. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), Kuze (@kuze_roh, YouTube) and Andrew (swtoreconomics.com, @SWTOReconomics, YouTube).

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker. We record the show live every Wednesday at 4:30pm Pacific, goto ootinicast.com/live to find out how to join in!

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OotiniCast Episode 224

In this week’s show we discuss the new behind-the-scenes video talking about crafting the story for Knights of the Fallen Empire, whether it’s wise to play through Chapter 1 at TwitchCon, and the class changes for Imperial Agents and Smugglers. Oh, and some more Star Wars humour!

1. Introduction

The latest Galactic Gamers Coalition is now available, hosted by Max and Sema of the SWTOR Escape Pod Cast.

Here is Chill’s Space Lizard:

Qyzen Fess in pilot armor

 

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Knite! Thanks to Angel, Ansarri, Frettz, JSarc and Alex for entering.

You can find Frettz’s theorycrafting spreadsheet for Sharpshooter Gunslingers here, with discussion welcome in this Reddit post.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Tuesday for a chance to win a Taunfawn or M8-3R droid code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

4. Community

Our guildmate Fyonha has created a cartel for Ootini Knights/Ragers in the mobile game Star Wars Uprising. All are welcome! Her character in the game is Fyonha Glorificus.

We highly recommend checking out the post for the 1v1 PvP tournament being held on the German RP-PvE server Vanjervalis Chain. Their video is particularly epic!

Sechari is back! Drop by his Twitch channel to find out how he’s preparing for Knights of the Fallen Empire.

5. Force Feedback

Blachloch sent us a better picture of his character’s Black-Hole Force-Lord headpiece:

Blachloch - Mask

Njessi (@HawtRepublic) is back, and is posting to her site hawtpantsrepublic.com. Of particular note is The Return of the Revenge of the Hall of Shame.

Adam let us know that it appears that following the events on Yavin 4, Revan’s followers have been reduced to peddling bathroom supplies:

Adam - Revanite line

Lewis referred us to this Star Wars product which indicates that the future of lightsaber construction is fraught.

Freedious believes that Chill should find a costume similar to this one for the NYC Community Cantina cosplay contest:

Freedious - Jawa costume

Michael B sent us this article about a young Chess player who always play dressed as a Jawa!

Kal directed us to this cartoon:

Yoda - Sam I am

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor) and Teo (@jasonetheridge).

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker. We record the show live every Wednesday at 4:30pm Pacific, goto ootinicast.com/live to find out how to join in!

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OotiniCast Episode 223

Quite a bit of news this week, including the class changes coming in Game Update 4.0 for Jedi Knights and Sith Warriors, the removal of Nightmare Mode from Eternity Vault and Karagga’s Palace, and the overhaul of Planetary Conquests. There’s also some discussion on why streamlining the leveling experience may or may not be a good thing.

Zakuul concept art

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Knite! Thanks to Ricky and Darksplat for entering.

You can download Darksplat’s spreadsheet for tracking Flashpoint and Operation achievements here.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Tuesday for a chance to win a Taunfawn or M8-3R droid code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • The Gree are back! They will depart again on Tuesday 15 September. We recommend Dulfy’s guide if you’re new to the event.
  • Choices made during our 1-50 class story, and the relationships established with our companions, will impact the story in KotFE.
  • The streamlining of the leveling experience will still include playing through the class story and planetary mission arcs.
  • BioWare have published blogs summarising the class stories for the Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior, along with the class changes for both mirror advanced classes that will be coming in Game Update 4.0.
  • Subsequent blogs will be published each week, with Imperial Agent/Smuggler up next, then Bounty Hunter/Trooper, finishing with Sith Inquisitor/Jedi Consular.
  • Nightmare mode will be removed from Eternity Vault and Karagga’s Palace in Game Update 4.0.
  • In Game Update 4.0, Planetary Conquests will be overhauled such that personal targets will be lower and thus easier to achieve, and crafting as a way of generating conquest points will be nerfed.
  • The next Community Cantina will be held at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City on Thursday 8 October. It will include the first official SWTOR Cosplay Contest. To register that you will be participating, email swtorsubmissions@swtor.com with the subject “SWTOR Cosplay Contest”.
  • Force Friday was on 4 September when a huge amount of Star Wars merchandise for The Force Awakens went on sale. It includes Star Wars Aftermath, the first novel in The Aftermath Trilogy by Chuck Wendig.

4. Community

Unofficial Ranked PVP Event on Prophecy of the Five Server!

Are you on the “mostly dead, but still slightly alive” server known as Prophecy of the Five?  Do you want to get some ranked PVP matches in but can’t find a pop to save your life?  Are you looking for a chocolate coated miracle pill??  Well worry no longer…

Come one, come all to the Unofficial Ranked PVP Event on Prophecy of the Five Server!  Bring PVP mains to raise their standing… bring alts to get color crystals… bring teams… queue solo… no level 60 warm body with a 2018 rating will be turned down!!!

“That sounds more awesome than a rabid ferret in my trowsers” you say,
“How can I participate?” you ask?

It’s easy.  Simply log in with a ranked eligible character on the Prophecy of the five Server, and queue for ranked between 7pm and 10pm (eastern time) on Saturday September 12th.

5. Force Feedback

Here is Blachloch with the Taunfawn he won in our weekly Tip of the Week competition:

Blachloch - New Taunfawn

Shammar mentioned the following comic:

Shamar - SWTOR comic

 

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), Oofalong (@oofalongReddit, official forums) and Ivilon (@percomposer, stephenridley.com).

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker. We record the show live every Wednesday at 4:30pm Pacific, goto ootinicast.com/live to find out how to join in!

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