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Salinga
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PostPosted: 02-08-2009 06:22 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Okay, here a topic where I list my conversions of Q3 maps for Elite Force, a game based on the Q3 engine. Unfortunatly EF has not a very strong mapper base and the game's popularity is declining (well, the game is OLD). So to get lots of high quality maps very quickly for that community I decided to do conversions of Q3 maps (all of course with permission from the original author), since EF uses basically a slightly modificated Q3 engine.

This is what I do to convert Q3 maps for EF: I recompile the map with different pickup items, because Elite Force uses different weapons, powerups, ammo pickups. To do that I will have to recreate the .map file (bsp2map), change the entities in the .map file and recompile it (via parameter "-onlyents"). If possible I change the Q3 environment sounds to EF sounds. I have to compile a new AAS for the bots also. I also will have to change the arena file so it contains Elite Force bots and gametypes. Minor texture or shader leaks I have to fix with standard Elite Force textures or shaders or I have to write a new shader under the Q3 shader name using EF textures to recreate a similar shader (EF has a big single player portion with lots of textures so that's usually pretty easy).

Here the list of converted maps and maps that could be converted but have not been so far because I couldn't get any permission from the author (invalid E-Mail oder no response). If you find your map listed here pls send me a message with a permission to convert your map(s).

Maps that could be converted (permission needed):

79drgc2
aetime
ame7q3ctf1
aqua
charon3dm11v2
charon3dm13
cmp1-dm5
cmp1-dm6
confirmed
deadmeat
drggc3
ev_tpmc
gnc_monochrome
hal_palindrome
ik3dm2
ikzdm1
is5
jaxdm10_jaxtourney3
jaxtourney2
kamq3dm2
keenq3dm1
kellblack
ktsdm4
lun3dm3
lun3dm4
mapsparth
mc-tm01
meatpak_two
minima
mvdm11
mw3tourney2
mythology
necro4
nkstrdm4
oildm1
padcrash
platypus
plutonians
q3-aetime
q32thecore5
q3arc1
quimera
sonne_q3
spkdm1
stchdm1
towersofhope
ts_pm2
twq3tourney2
unitooldm6
uzul3
waxxgeo1

Permissons:
Industrial
q3_ultrav
q3_curse2

Converted maps:

"Almost Done - Rage" (dade_rage):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;97566

"Marilyn" (rota3dm3):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;97527

"Map for Rota" (emc2dm1):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;94863

"Rush To The Disco" (acid3dm8):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;94204

"Mystic Gemini" (mg_final):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;94205

"Neon Light" (vpldm3):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;91831

"JUL20" (jul20):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;91865

"Sunset Isle" (casablanca):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;91828

"East Berlin Roofs" (zih_roof):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;91830

"Rushed" (acid3dm6):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;89816

"Hypersonic Tourney" (zl3tourney1):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;89907

"The Wisdom Machine" (quintdm3):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;87101

"Ripper's Play Ground" (dk_olt):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;84034

"Iris" (rota3ctf1):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;83893

"Monolith" (monolith):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;83696

"Let Me Go" (dmr3dm2):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;83432

"La Bastille" (bastir):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;83130

"KARIN" (rota3dm2):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;82493

"Sommergewitter" + "Windernacht" (summer,winter):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;81824

"Chiroptera DM" (chiropteradm):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;81096

"Discontent" (kamq3dm2):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;79967

"JUL18" (jul18):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;78733

"Reise Rei/se" (mjdm2):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;78631

"Bebels Kwab Kamp" (takkie3dm1):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;78315

"Wish You Were Here" (mc-tm01-myth):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;78129

"JUL16" (jul16):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;76657

"redq3dm2_squared" (redq3dm2):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;76402

"Love Thy Enemy" (sokar3dm6):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;73433

"Pacemaker" (redq3dm1):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;74841

"Vorsprung durch Vernichtung" (mkvdv):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;74719

"lichtwärts" (cht2):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;76195

"Ice Storm" (sokar3dm5):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;75928

"unbalanced" (acid3dm5):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;73378

"Kritische Masse" (cht3):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;76156

"Earth Core Program" (Fjo3tourney1):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;75929

"Everything Else Is Green" (Fjo3tourney2):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;76076

"Inf_Speed2" (mc-sm02-inf):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;76194

"Moonstone" (moonstone):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63714

"The Stolatene Mine" (af3hex):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63814

"Swiss Cheese Trickster" (qfraggel3ffa):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63704

"Butchered Creatures" (alkdm13):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63813

"Peacefull Holidays in Egypt" (bal3void1):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63713

"Malfunctioning Nano-Constructor" (bal3void2):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;66298

"Aint no Time" (chitourney1):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;65156

"Been smoking too long" (dade_x):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;67365

"Algopole" (dk_gc):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;67024

"Icon Basilica" (dk_ib):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;65297

"fascinating senseless" (pukka3dm2):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;64343

"Suboptimal" (pukka3tourney5_EF):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;64688

"Kill You" (q3dade12):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;66537

"Respawnfrag" (q3macho6):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63764

"QBeast" (qbeast):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;64024

"Concrete Void Redux" (rjlctf2b):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63718

"Subway" (ut_subway):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;64834

"Geometrica" (wvwq3dm4):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63715

"Hands Of God" (handsofgod):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;64709

"Ostentatiously Organometallic" (lae3dm3):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;65094

"Neorganic Epiphany" (dubneoc):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;64506

"Ascension" (gaeldm1):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63578

"Projectile Vomiting" (gc4dm1_nomusic):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63708

"Amanda" (geo3_fusion):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;66592

"Geo Core" (geo-core):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;64627

"Disinformation" (bal3dm3):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;64862

"Estatica" (estatica):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;63763

"Leaks2" (leaks2):
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;66470

"Post" (post):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;64979

"Poekster" (pohan3dm1):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;65581

"Animoe" (pohan3dm2):
Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;65764




Last edited by Salinga on 11-08-2009 04:54 AM, edited 10 times in total.
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Hipshot
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Wow. That's some post!
Nice!



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epic man, geez ya set ya self up with a lot of work, but im sure the ef community will be really thankful
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We are :D
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fKd wrote:
epic man, geez ya set ya self up with a lot of work, but im sure the ef community will be really thankful

what he said, that sounds like a lot of work.

:up:
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Kaz
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You can convert sainttourney2 if you'd like. Nice work
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Salinga
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Kaz wrote:
You can convert sainttourney2 if you'd like. Nice work


LOL, now that's good news. Thx!

BTW: I failed contacting Nunuk, maybe someone knowing him can point him to his maps listed here?
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You can ofc convert all my current and coming maps too.



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Nunuk uses his artistalias sparth these days, you can find him here. http://sparth.com/
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Salinga
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Fjoggs wrote:
Nunuk uses his artistalias sparth these days, you can find him here. http://sparth.com/


Thanks, but I already tried the e-mail address stated on that page and got no response. Well, I guess maybe because he doesn't approve a conversion.
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Salinga
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Hipshot wrote:
You can ofc convert all my current and coming maps too.


Thanks! Did you post your maps to lvlworld.com? Because if so I probably already tested your maps and found out I could not convert them. And if your coming maps are released on lvlworld.com I will test them and get back to you if a map turns out to be convertable.
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Salinga wrote:
Hipshot wrote:
You can ofc convert all my current and coming maps too.


Thanks! Did you post your maps to lvlworld.com? Because if so I probably already tested your maps and found out I could not convert them. And if your coming maps are released on lvlworld.com I will test them and get back to you if a map turns out to be convertable.


They are not on lvl cause I don't see them as final. The quality however is almost final, it's just minor stuff like texture optimizations and so...
Three of these are available on my site, http://www.zfight.com
However, I plan, this year, to see about making some of these fully final, so then they will be sent to lvl.



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Salinga
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Hipshot wrote:
Three of these are available on my site, http://www.zfight.com
However, I plan, this year, to see about making some of these fully final, so then they will be sent to lvl.


Thanks for your permission!

Now, there is some eye candy! B-)

Unfortunatly all use Q3A stock material (textures, models), so I guess only "Industrial" is a possible candidate; here its leaks:

Code:
trying textures/base_wall/concrete_dark.TGA...
trying textures/base_trim/proto_fence.TGA...
^3WARNING: R_FindImageFile could not find 'textures/base_trim/proto_fence.tga' in shader 'textures/hipshot_m10/proto_fence'
^3Shader textures/hipshot_m10/proto_fence has a stage with no image
trying textures/base_wall/concrete_dark.JPG...
^3WARNING: R_FindImageFile could not find 'textures/base_wall/concrete_dark.jpg' in shader 'textures/hipshot_m10/concretetoblack'
^3Shader textures/hipshot_m10/concretetoblack has a stage with no image


Your maps push the EF engine to the limit, since vanilla EF uses a very old version of the Q3A engine (loading the map results in a "Default model could not be registered" error). If "Industrial" can be converted, it won't run in vanilla EF but in the ioEF-Engine (a variant of the ioQ3-engine), which offers enough resources for the maps.
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Salinga
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PostPosted: 02-15-2009 06:27 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Okay, the next one is out:

"Saint Tourney 2 - Rust in Peace" (sainttourney2):
Image Image Image Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;97878

[edit] .... and another one:

"Monsoon by Lukin (xtn's remix)" (monsoon):
Image Image Image Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;97880
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Salinga
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All my conversions are now hosted on ModDB.com:
http://www.moddb.com/games/star-trek-vo ... lite-force
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This should be much lighter than any other map I made. And it should have only custom textures too...

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=40110



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Maybe I should take my copy of EF out again :)

Greetings, [wrld]UniKorn ;-)
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Whoa, where have you been? Good seeing you're still around UniKorn.



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netradiant's q3map2 can decompile any q3 map keeping texture coordinates (outputs as brush primitives). The result is perfect with the only exception of every brush being structural. Maybe bsp2map also does it and what I say is irrelevant, but well, I thought it was apropiate to comment it, just in case.
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Salinga
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Hipshot wrote:
This should be much lighter than any other map I made. And it should have only custom textures too...


Thanks! I will check it out!

In the meanwhile: Two new releases ...

Still Alive (reqtourney1)
Image Image Image Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;99908

Nu Clear Lunch Time (reqkitchen)
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;99863
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Some epic converting going on here :p Good job :p
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Salinga
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Capture the Karin (rota3ctf2)
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http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;99936
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Salinga
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Crescent Final Version:
Image Image Image Image
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/;100035
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Deathroom Bathroom (reqbath):
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http://www.moddb.com/members/salinga/addon...athroom-reqbath

CONCRATE SPAM (on-xctf5):
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http://www.moddb.com/members/salinga/addon...e-spam-on-xctf5

Iron Trees (q3_elkdm2):
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http://www.moddb.com/members/salinga/addon...trees-q3-elkdm2
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Salinga
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Bloodflowers (q3_bloodflowers):
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http://www.moddb.com/members/salinga/addon...q3-bloodflowers

Ultraviolence (q3_ultrav)
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http://www.moddb.com/members/salinga/addon...lence-q3-ultrav
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UniKorn wrote:
Maybe I should take my copy of EF out again :)

Greetings, [wrld]UniKorn ;-)


Hey you.. long time no see. Still alive then? :p

I re-installed my EF a little while ago, will have to checkout some of these conversions, good job btw!



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Salinga wrote:
Bloodflowers (q3_bloodflowers):
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http://www.moddb.com/members/salinga/addon...q3-bloodflowers



Looks weird with that Unreal "U". :smirk: Weird but yet another nice contribution to a long row of converted maps, nice work.



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Salinga
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Return to the Cistern (tabq1dm5):
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http://www.moddb.com/members/salinga/addon...istern-tabq1dm5
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