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Zonomar
Gallente Fomus-Amarr Industrial
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Posted - 2007.06.20 02:08:00 -
[511]
This has no effect with rev2 patch (options gone from menu):
Put in advancedDevice=1 (notice the lowercase a and upper case D) in your prefs.ini now some new settings have appeared in the graphics options in the ESC menu, change the "present interval" to intervel immediate - This one boosted my FPS alot! "Interval immediate" means "no vsync". "Interval one" means wait for vsync. "Interval default" is probably vsync on, depending on your display setup. For the full explanation see D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS in the DXSDK. <-- Thank you to Mark A for the info about what it does.
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Camilo Cienfuegos
EP0CH
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Posted - 2007.06.20 06:13:00 -
[512]
it's the prefs.ini that's been nerfed, so there must be anther way to apply those tweaks.
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Karynn Carrion
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.06.20 10:07:00 -
[513]
Originally by: Zonomar This has no effect with rev2 patch (options gone from menu):
Put in advancedDevice=1 (notice the lowercase a and upper case D) in your prefs.ini now some new settings have appeared in the graphics options in the ESC menu, change the "present interval" to intervel immediate - This one boosted my FPS alot! "Interval immediate" means "no vsync". "Interval one" means wait for vsync. "Interval default" is probably vsync on, depending on your display setup. For the full explanation see D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS in the DXSDK. <-- Thank you to Mark A for the info about what it does.
Yeah,my prefs have not changed but the option in the garaphics menu has gone.
Any ideas?
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Jack Farness
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Posted - 2007.06.20 16:11:00 -
[514]
Edited by: Jack Farness on 20/06/2007 16:10:41
Originally by: Karynn Carrion
Originally by: Zonomar This has no effect with rev2 patch (options gone from menu):
Put in advancedDevice=1 (notice the lowercase a and upper case D) in your prefs.ini now some new settings have appeared in the graphics options in the ESC menu, change the "present interval" to intervel immediate - This one boosted my FPS alot! "Interval immediate" means "no vsync". "Interval one" means wait for vsync. "Interval default" is probably vsync on, depending on your display setup. For the full explanation see D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS in the DXSDK. <-- Thank you to Mark A for the info about what it does.
Yeah,my prefs have not changed but the option in the garaphics menu has gone.
Any ideas?
Prefs.ini place was changed (whole cache folder was). Its now located in your user folder (IE, in Vista Users/username/Appdata/Local/CCP/EVE/Cache)
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rotweiler
Gallente United Warriors Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2007.06.20 19:28:00 -
[515]
Originally by: Jack Farness Edited by: Jack Farness on 20/06/2007 16:10:41
Originally by: Karynn Carrion
Originally by: Zonomar This has no effect with rev2 patch (options gone from menu):
Put in advancedDevice=1 (notice the lowercase a and upper case D) in your prefs.ini now some new settings have appeared in the graphics options in the ESC menu, change the "present interval" to intervel immediate - This one boosted my FPS alot! "Interval immediate" means "no vsync". "Interval one" means wait for vsync. "Interval default" is probably vsync on, depending on your display setup. For the full explanation see D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS in the DXSDK. <-- Thank you to Mark A for the info about what it does.
Yeah,my prefs have not changed but the option in the garaphics menu has gone.
Any ideas?
Prefs.ini place was changed (whole cache folder was). Its now located in your user folder (IE, in Vista Users/username/Appdata/Local/CCP/EVE/Cache)
Not in my case.
Theres no Cache folder in the documents and setting or at least ANYWHERE else besides the EVE folder (or the ramdisk). EVE loads up the cache folder in its folder like it used to, so does the prefs.ini. I know this because changes on that prefs.ini, carry on in the game.
Yet when i use the advancedDevice=1 tweak, i get no extra options in the graphics menu anymore.
Any idea why i dont have a new special eve cache folder and how to change vsync option?
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Vorketh Mordanil
Amarr Brotherhood of Acquisitions
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Posted - 2007.06.20 19:35:00 -
[516]
Trust me - your cache has been migrated... but if you don't have Show Hidden and System files and folders activated in your folder options, you'll never be able to find the Application Data folder, as it resides in a hidden/system folder.
Nevertheless, the option for advancedDevice has indeed been removed, and even in attempting to copy the prefs.ini to the new cache folder had no effect. I'm assuming that the previous poster is correct in saying that the prefs.ini is still be accessed by the game (as the new cache folder had no such file prior to copying it over), but this parameter is just no longer used or has changed.
As a result, a lot of us have seen a performance change for the worse, and it would behoove a Dev to let us know how to access these settings. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Rhaegor Stormborn
Sturmgrenadier Inc R i s e
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Posted - 2007.06.20 22:13:00 -
[517]
I don't have a "local settings" folder that I see anywhere. RISE Recruitment Thread
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NebulaSurfer
Amarr White Star Corporation Gemini Federation
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Posted - 2007.06.21 03:18:00 -
[518]
the "local settings" folder is hidden under default settings...
you should enabled windows to display hidden files and folders first to locate it...
hope it helps.
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FarScape III
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Posted - 2007.06.22 12:03:00 -
[519]
present interval does not show up
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Gerontiq
Gallente Novastorm Inc Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.06.23 11:56:00 -
[520]
Edited by: Gerontiq on 23/06/2007 11:58:56 oldest living thread in EVE?
EDIT: sorry just saying 15 pages is a lot to pick through if you want to find any up-to-date useful information.
Gerontiq
"The only thing certain about this life, is having to get up for work in the other one in the morning" |
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Freelancemen
Horizon.Inc
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Posted - 2007.06.23 13:48:00 -
[521]
the old prefs.ini stays in the eve dir but is no longer used. Eve uses a fresh one which is indeed in the place as said a few posts above
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Bulletproof Cupid
SPECTRE Ops
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Posted - 2007.06.24 12:25:00 -
[522]
Found My Prefs.ini in the following location (windows XP media edition)
C:\Documents and Settings\**your username**\Local Settings\Application Data\CCP\EVE\settings ------------- Lost Without a Clue |
BaliAgha
Nevahefas Etarip
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Posted - 2007.06.26 14:15:00 -
[523]
-Bump- for the perfect solution to my FPS problems.
Thanks 'Brunis' for taking the time and writing this fantastic post.
Went from 15 FPS in space to 70-80 FPS.
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Slick Flick
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Posted - 2007.07.02 06:42:00 -
[524]
When i put advancedDevice=1 in that file..
No extra options are showing in game.
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Darkwing Death
Caldari Amesha Spentaz Holdings Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2007.07.12 06:30:00 -
[525]
How sad is it to have such a lengthy thread where the basic conversation is about how many of the features we pay for each month do we have to remove in order to play the game? How clever of CCCP to get us into a frame of mind where we no longer consider what they can/should do to allow us to play the game full featured if we have a powerful enough computer? Sure, my FPS will improve if I surrender to the fact that CCCP has built a system that cannot possibly be played lag free.. or even lag diminished given their current investment in hardware but the discussion here should more appropriately be, why should I have to surrender to that at all?
CCCP is enjoying gazzilions of USD or EURO or whatever currency you prefer per month and obviously paying too much in executive salaries/percs while reinvesting too darn little into upgrading the hardware that runs this game. Truth is, unless they are using the best super computers in the world and are still unable to solve the lag, they are misdirecting their capital and abusing their customers. We should be able to conduct a 600 pilot fleet battle in a system without lag. As it is, we can't run a 100 man fleet battle in a system without lag being the primary deciding factor. This is wrong.. wrong.. wrong.
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Fragvector
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Posted - 2007.07.17 10:09:00 -
[526]
Darkwing - read this
Or just google "eve online server technology"
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Fragvector
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.07.20 10:21:00 -
[527]
Edited by: Fragvector on 20/07/2007 10:21:18
Quote: Change the eve.exe process priority in WinXP and Win2k by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del, finding eve.exe in the Processes list, right clicking on it, and setting it to High - Thanks to Drakworlf for this one, note that this setting will make Windows give Eve most if not all resources, so don't do this if you have something important running in the background.
If your on a network "Ctrl-Alt-Del" won't bring up the task manager. Try "Ctrl-Shift-ESC" instead. Also try the "ExeFile.exe" instead of "eve.exe".
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Korrie
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Posted - 2007.07.21 01:06:00 -
[528]
Darkwing, I will let you in on a little secret Eve Online is still in Beta. They released it 5 years early cause they needed the money to finish the game. I have heard through the grapevine that in the release version you can actually have battles between fleets of ships maybe as many as 50 ships on a side.
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vfvfvfvfvffvfv
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Posted - 2007.07.22 15:56:00 -
[529]
big thanks to the OP, and all who have contributed. this helped me a lot
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Emmalina
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Posted - 2007.07.23 15:11:00 -
[530]
Originally by: Fedaykin Anyone got tips on how to lower FPS?
I got my new Alienware a while ago and the Dual GeForce 6800+ and Dual Core processor are a little too fast for EVE. Basically, my FPS starts at around 250 and skyrockets up to about 1000 in no time, then drops back down instantly and the process repeats. This gives me... well, a different kind of 'frame lag' which is quite annoying.
So far the only solution I've found was opening 3 eve clients at once, after which my fps is around a steady 90 on each.
Any tips?
Just in case anybody else is suffering a similar problem playing games on a new 64bit pc, I found this works:
Find your boot.ini file and add to your default list... /use fp clock
eg multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /use fp clock
please note that I have stuck it on the end as an example only and the entire entry should not be copied and pasted into your .ini file. (this is my 32bit xp ini with the extra added)
I hope this helps as it had me foxed for ages.
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Later Days
Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2007.07.29 10:57:00 -
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Edited by: Later Days on 29/07/2007 11:03:18 Edited by: Later Days on 29/07/2007 11:02:47 I read through the thread and didn't see a reference to this - sorry if the below is common knowledge, it's news to me.
I run two clients in windowed mode on a Dell XPS gen 2 laptop (PentiumM 1.8, 6800 go ultra, XP Pro SP2, recent graphics drivers) - one window on each external display (one 1920x1200 panel via DVI, another 1280x1024 vga). The client windows are either the full screen size, or a setting just below to give a little desktop viewing room.
I discovered that when I start a client on the primary display, then drag the window across to the second display, the frame rate for that client drops enormously and, if there is a second client running back on the main display it turns to glue too. I might be getting 90-150fps in station - if I drag the window so that any part of it appears on the second display, the fps for both clients drops to 8-15fps.
I discovered that, even in windowed mode, the Escape->Graphics->Display Adaptor option is important. There seems to be one entry in this drop-down list per display. Setting the client on the second panel to run on the second entry completely eliminated the slow down experienced by having that client "off-primary".
Instead, I get the slow-down when I drag it back to the primary display.
So key points:
- If running multiple clients on multiple screens, consider selecting the Display Adaptor setting appropriately for each client's screen.
- If this helps, arrange your EVE windows to not let any content overlap onto another display (window edges/frame are fine, just the contents).
I repeated the above testing on a friends Rock XPC Pro (Core2Duo2.2ish, 7950 go, XP Pro, elderly graphics drivers) laptop with the same panel config. Same symptoms, same remedy.
Hope this helps someone. It's made my so-called mining life a lot less clunky when the rats spawn.
Other notes:
Putting "advancedDevice=1" into c:\Documents and Settings\MyNameHere\Local Settings\Application Data\CCP\EVE settings enabled the Escape->Graphics->Device Settings pane. Setting "Present Interval" to "interval one" (ie, Vsync on) on both clients eliminated tearing, pegs my CPU consumption around 75-85%, instead of a flat 100%. Since I don't have a multi-core machine this may help UI responsiveness, and leave a spot of cpu to run Teamspeak.
Turning on antialiasing (the Multisample Type option) had no major impact on frame rate (with one char docked, the other orbitting the station I was getting 27-40 without it, perhaps a few fps less with it on, no increase in CPU), but I did have two client crashes after flipping this option a number of times, the first client aborts I've had in months. I'm leaving it off. Join channel: "Eve University" or read here |
Tavro
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Posted - 2007.07.30 04:06:00 -
[532]
I tried a handfull of these, and now my modules take 10-30 seconds to kick on. Not sure exactly how this happened.
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Makran
Caldari The Graduates Brutally Clever Empire
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Posted - 2007.07.30 17:59:00 -
[533]
Edited by: Makran on 30/07/2007 17:59:51
Originally by: Emmalina
Originally by: Fedaykin Anyone got tips on how to lower FPS?
I got my new Alienware a while ago and the Dual GeForce 6800+ and Dual Core processor are a little too fast for EVE. Basically, my FPS starts at around 250 and skyrockets up to about 1000 in no time, then drops back down instantly and the process repeats. This gives me... well, a different kind of 'frame lag' which is quite annoying.
So far the only solution I've found was opening 3 eve clients at once, after which my fps is around a steady 90 on each.
Any tips?
Just in case anybody else is suffering a similar problem playing games on a new 64bit pc, I found this works:
Find your boot.ini file and add to your default list... /use fp clock
eg multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /use fp clock
please note that I have stuck it on the end as an example only and the entire entry should not be copied and pasted into your .ini file. (this is my 32bit xp ini with the extra added)
I hope this helps as it had me foxed for ages.
I have this issue, however I'm running in Vista Ultimate 32-bit edition, on a 32-bit processor (Core 2 Duo). I'm hesitant to modify any OS files as I really don't want to have to deal with the hassle of doing a restore if something gets FUBAR'd. Has anyone else had this occurance in Vista and found a solution?
I'm fine with editing my files, I just want to be sure it'll work (or at least not screw anything up) before I do, hehe. ===== Space-Ninjas are mammals too. |
Mia Kahn
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Posted - 2007.08.03 16:44:00 -
[534]
Originally by: Makran Edited by: Makran on 30/07/2007 17:59:51
Originally by: Emmalina
Originally by: Fedaykin Anyone got tips on how to lower FPS?
I got my new Alienware a while ago and the Dual GeForce 6800+ and Dual Core processor are a little too fast for EVE. Basically, my FPS starts at around 250 and skyrockets up to about 1000 in no time, then drops back down instantly and the process repeats. This gives me... well, a different kind of 'frame lag' which is quite annoying.
So far the only solution I've found was opening 3 eve clients at once, after which my fps is around a steady 90 on each.
Any tips?
Just in case anybody else is suffering a similar problem playing games on a new 64bit pc, I found this works:
Find your boot.ini file and add to your default list... /use fp clock
eg multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /use fp clock
please note that I have stuck it on the end as an example only and the entire entry should not be copied and pasted into your .ini file. (this is my 32bit xp ini with the extra added)
I hope this helps as it had me foxed for ages.
I have this issue, however I'm running in Vista Ultimate 32-bit edition, on a 32-bit processor (Core 2 Duo). I'm hesitant to modify any OS files as I really don't want to have to deal with the hassle of doing a restore if something gets FUBAR'd. Has anyone else had this occurance in Vista and found a solution?
I'm fine with editing my files, I just want to be sure it'll work (or at least not screw anything up) before I do, hehe.
boot.ini doesn't exist in Vista anyway, so there is no way to apply this fix. I'm not sure if there is a way to do that via Vista's new boot manager database thingie, though.
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Afrika 18
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Posted - 2007.08.09 12:41:00 -
[535]
I have 2 gigs ram and I did the changed the buffer size in the pref.ini to 1024 and set activeDevice=1. My fps before doing the tweaks was good but I like to fully optimize things. Anyway my fps in station is 160 and in space it varies from 94 to 110 or so. I havn't been in any seriously intense combat though, just 20 ships or so at most (I'm a newb). Do most of you use the anti-aliasing/anisotropic filtering that's on your video card as opposed to options offered in game? Basically I havn't seen any anti-aliasing option or anisotropic filtering options in game...might they be called something other?
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Wideen
Resurrection R i s e
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Posted - 2007.08.15 09:35:00 -
[536]
I have tried over and over again: after inserting the line advancedDevice=1 in the prefs.ini file I do not get any more options in the ESC menu under the graphics tab ... why is this? and yes I have saved the file
Originally by: P'uck I know somebody who heard somebody say that an Osprey defeated Chuck Norris. Twice. Need I say more?
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Lufio II
Amarr Marangrio Space Services Inc.
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Posted - 2007.08.15 15:44:00 -
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prefs.ini is no longer located in EVE\cache by default since Revelations 2.
Open "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\CCP\EVE" on XP or "%LOCALAPPDATA%\CCP\EVE" on Vista (copy & paste the path into the explorer adress bar and keep in mind that path names in XP might be localized). Dive down into the settings folder and there you will find the relevant prefs.ini file.
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BCE 3AHRTO
Free Space Pilots aka Banderlogs Red Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.22 11:10:00 -
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Originally by: Later Days Edited by: Later Days on 29/07/2007 11:03:18 Edited by: Later Days on 29/07/2007 11:02:47 I read through the thread and didn't see a reference to this - sorry if the below is common knowledge, it's news to me...
Woah, both your setting of the correct display adapter and not overlapping one adapter window over another helped a lot!
Now if only it were possible to run both instances fullscreen (two vidcards, two monitors, why the hell not!)... is this a directX limitation or something CCP can fix? Having to always move each window to not show the windows title bar is getting annoying... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Rumson
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Posted - 2007.08.25 20:03:00 -
[539]
This used to work. It would double my framerates. Same computers, yes I get the extra options, but it just doesn't have any effect. Something has changed or broke in a new release.
I went from 30 to 11 fps from the old versions on my laptop. A few dozen ships and it drops to less than 2. Desktop isn't much better. Any better ideas out there?
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Drek Grapper
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.08.26 15:58:00 -
[540]
Originally by: Scorpyn
Originally by: Jared Namek I might have to eat my words if I update my Bios and the game works. If anyone else does this and updates other drivers, gets the game working right please post.
I'd update it anyway if I were you, at least if you still use the bios that was on your motherboard when it was delivered.
I've especially heard things about amd64 mobos being delivered with "non-optimal" bioses.
Thank you thank you thank you!!! Updated BIOS frame rate doubled. I am one very happy camper, been suffering terrible fps for months!
Drek can play again woop! Drapper. - Michael Schumacher won many a formula one race. Alot of the time he didn't win because he had a better car...he won because HE WAS A BETTER DRIVER and because he used SUPERIOR TACTICS. |
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