Visible

- The Rules and Guidelines have been updated

• Added costreaming to prohibited actions
• Clarification to consent of rule two, meaning by default these actions are not allowed

Animations layer added to Chatting Scene

- Random actions for non-throwable streams have been updated

• x All !throw commands removed
• + New animation added (has a 20% chance)
• + New animation added (5% chance)
• - Lightning strike (no shrink) added and set to 20% chance
• - Bonk and Red Button chances increased from 7.5% to 10%
• - Animations, red button, and lightning strike all now use the Media queue

Commands and Redeems

Tiny

• Lightning animation has been added
• Thunder sounds added
  • Four close distance thunder variations are in the random pool
• Delays adjusted to properly display/react to visuals
• Category has been changed from Experimental to Avatar (pink)
• Cost 400 > 800 (leaving Beta mode)
• Now uses a new Media Queue
  • Only the lightning animation is in the queue
• Works with Chatting, Gameplay, Computer, and Virtual Machine scenes. 

Crysta Hug

• Avatar exit animation now used when animation starts
• Move recall function used when animation ends

The Red Button

• Now uses a new Media Queue

!chocolate

• A 2% easter egg has been added

(hidden command)

• Uses random effect instead of branches

(hidden command)

• 1 minute > 3 minute cooldown

- Text outputs removed from nearly all sound commands

- Text outputs removed from most sound redeems

+ New sub only throw !throwslow

Thunder and Thunderstorm

• Two new common thunder variations have been added

!hug

• Hugs given and received are now stored under user Metadata
• Output message will mention how many hugs you have given
• Output message for asking for a hug (the 'me' argument) will show how many hugs you've been given

+ New silent redeem Lurk/Check In

• Used to track streams attended
• Lurker Friendly
  • Using this redeem will not be acknowledged by streamer

!discount

• Updated supported redeems

Bit redeems

• - The 250 bit trigger has been adjusted to 200
• + A new 400 bit trigger has been added

+ New command !dutyaction

• This command behaves differently depending on what the stream category is

Website

Separate Patch Notes page added for Season 3

A new statistic will be added to the stats page for sound clips played

+ Added a SES Events calendar section

Behind the Scenes

Season 4 Preparations

• Stream Calendar integration
• Stream Variable Reset

Added a queue for media

• Any actions that target the Media Layer will be added here

- Support for sound clips played has been added

- Dynamic slow mode added

• 60/120/200/300/500 messages per minute trigger 5s/10s/15s/20s/30s slow mode respectively
• Decay function re-evaluates slow mode every minute
• Increase function re-evaluates slow mode immediately

- Media queue will be paused on scenes that do not support it

Visible

- The Rules and Guidelines updated

• Clarification added and a rule merged with the respect rule

- New website added to resources

- Minor adjustments to sub/bit event banners to avoid display issues with sub/bit notifications

- Split sub events between anonymous and non-anonymous to try and alleviate the issue of anonymous gift subs not displaying correctly

- Follow events are now anonymous

• Feel free to follow without being called out of a lurk. Speak in chat or use a redeem for a welcome. 

- Sub goal bar will now display under certain conditions

• Each sub event for 15 seconds after last sub
• Start of sub goal (usually start of stream) for 30 seconds
• Sub upgrades, such as a Prime conversion or a gift continuation will not trigger the goal bar or increase it

- Fixed display issues with bit events

+ Two additional thunder variations added to storm cloud throws

+ New hammer animation and Easter egg upon banning (18+)

• Easter eggs will share a 10% pool when both are in the pool
• Common variations share a 90% pool

+ [Experimental] Added 2K scene collection for 2K streaming support

• Scenes and parameters adjusted for 2K
• Firebot OBS transformations now have a 2K branch

- Fixed a bug where Sectoral Leader Cody would not move to the left on the Computer scene

+ New emote for Twitch and Discord

+ New avatar animations added for SLdrCody

• Explosion
• Clap

+ New custom movement

• Exit

Commands and Redeems

x Removed Swap throwing item

+ Added Throw something back

!commands

• Updated to include link to the Command Guide (and the Firebot page)

x Petal Storm rotated out

+ Thunder Storm rotated in

Thunder and Thunderstorm

+ Added 2 new thunder variations

+ Added 2 new rare thunder variations

!so

• Fixed an issue preventing specific/VIP shoutouts from showing a unique message
• Fixed an issue with the wrong variable being used for some shoutouts
• Shoutouts now support game blacklist, excluding the game category if the shoutout target last played that
• Shoutouts will now exclude game category if channel does not have one set

Bonk

• + New hammer animation [18+]
• Added support for 2K resolution

!attack

• Fixed an issue where the user and targets names would not display correctly in the output message

Tiny [Experimental]

• Fixed an issue where Crysta's position would be incorrect when redeem expired

+ New custom transition

• Also works on the 2K mode

Crysta Hug

• Avatar exit animation will now be applied upon activating
• Avatar position will be recalled at the end of the animation

Red Button

• Tiny redeem will be paused while the effects of this redeem are active (shared sources)

Website

Update to home page and commands page for better readability

Fix for homepage intro link not correctly sending user back to top of page

Stylesheet updated for better readability

+ Added announcement page

+ Added patch notes page

• Patch notes will be stored as one webpage per season

Updated footers to include new pages

Updated homepage buttons to include new pages

Behind the Scenes

- Users with less than 5 messages with a last seen prior to May 5th, 2024 have been purged from the Firebot database

- Support for additional stats

• Throw stats, hugs, bonks, and jump scares
• Occasional bot actions can contribute to bonks (maybe throws too if TITS will start working for them!)

- Rebalanced race item probabilities

• Banana peel = 22%
• Green shell = 15%
• Bomb = 10%
• Blue Shell = 4%
• Lightning = 1%
• Mushroom = 22%
• Mushroomx3 = 6%
• Star = 5%
• Gold Mushroom = 3%
• Bullet Bill = 2%

- Go Live message adjustments

• Go live messages will now have variation in their messages

- Fixed an issue where the triple mushroom statistic used the wrong variable as a reference

- Goal bar and sub background display now managed by display variables

- All sub events now use a preset

• This also affects upgrades, however upgrades will not change the sub counter

Season 4 Preparations

• Preliminary plans
• Stream Calendar integration started
• S4 Stream list
  • Array support
• Stream ending sequence update for support with arrays

+ New quick action to advance title and category

Visible

+ Added new visuals for cheering certain amounts of bits

• 250 bit cheer will trigger 'Uh oh, Skudoo'
• 500 bit cheer will trigger 'Game!' visual
• 750 bit cheer will trigger 'Hyrule Tornado' visual

+ New custom goal bar

• Updates on sub
• Updates when 500+ bits are cheered
• Updates when sub counter is adjusted
• Acknowledges when goals are fulfilled

+ The Sectoral Enforcement Squadron website is now live

• Main page to provide information about the page
• Two different stat pages that will update shortly after the end of each stream
• A commands guide page that summarizes the available commands

Commands and Redeems

!subelements

• Updated to use new sub goals system

!sm character

• Character swap will set throwable to random

Swap Throwing Item

• Swapping to throw Crysta is no longer possible when Crysta is active

Behind the Scenes

Sub counter functionality updated

Scripting implemented to automatically sync webpage changes

Firebot writing functionality set in post stream tasks to generate stat pages

Visible

- Adjusted Crysta's move functions for better scaling

Commands and Redeems

+ Crysta voice has returned

• This redeem is now automatic
• Redeem length remains 5 minutes

- Updated avatar move function anchor behaviour

+ [Experimental] New redeem: Small

!race finish

• Finishing a race will initiate updating of stream stat files
• Any placements in top ten that are zero will be replaced with placeholder names

!race start

• Starting a new race when there is not a paused one will reset item stats

Behind the Scenes

- Sound routing has been reconfigured

- Voice changes and processing now uses a different application

- Microphone routing has been changed

- A lot of backend work for getting stream stats sent to website

- Passive race and race items used are now stored for the current race

Visible

No visible changes have been implemented this week. 

Commands and Redeems

!sm

• + New character subcommand for Faceless

Behind the Scenes

• Preparation for merging sound commands under one command with subcommands(This implementation has been cancelled.)

Visible

+ Added a new channel for "tushified" messages [Discord]

• Can be posted via a command or you can post there yourself. 

Commands and Redeems

+ Added !archivetush command

• Sends last "buttified" message to the new Discord channel with a timestamp and credit to whoever archived it

X Throw something and Throw many things have been temporary disabled due to application issues

+ Throw <item> and Throw many <item> added as temporary replacements

+ Swap throwable temporarily added

• Affects both Throw <item> and Throw many <item>

Behind the Scenes

- Buttbot feature now stores last "buttified" message into variable

- Weather script updated

• Output encoding changed to UTF8-BOM
• Should prevent weather report posting before finalization of report

Visible

+ A new emote has been added to both Twitch and Discord

Commands and Redeems

!sm (Streamer command)

• + Collab button
  • Accepts collaberation users as arguments
  • Only displays users if between 1 and 3 specified users
• Character changes to/from Crysta will now toggle her background

!collab

• Command gets modified when collaboration mode is enabled

Behind the Scenes

- Changed several commands to ignore shared chat (!so, !raid, !watchtime)

- Firebot has been updated

Visible

X Petal Storm has been rotated out

+ Egg Storm has been rotated in

Commands and Redeems

No changes have been made to commands and redeems recently. 

Behind the Scenes

No behind the scenes changes have been implemented recently. 

Visible

No visible changes have been implemented this week. 

Commands and Redeems

Red Button

• Fix for Crysta's position not being recalled after an explosion or meteor event

Behind the Scenes

No behind the scenes changes have been implemented this week. 

Visible

Red Button

• Fix for "Crysta Jumpscare" outcome not resizing correctly

Commands and Redeems

No changes to commands and redeems have been implemented this week. 

Behind the Scenes

Buttsbot Function

• If message contains blacklisted word when function rolls, word count will now be reset
• Blacklist word variable is now only loaded when needed

Visible

Avatar move

• Fixed scaling problem when moving the sectoral leader introduced when merging VTuber sources

Commands and Redeems

First

• Added function for first to change to second and third after being claimed
• This function will be activated at a later time

Behind the Scenes

- Rank checks now placed into own queue to decrease stress to bot

Visible

No visible changes have been implemented this week. 

Commands and Redeems

X Removed three sound redeems

• Go to Sleep (use !sleep)
• Laugh roulette (use !laughrng)
• Random Explosions

+ Added !sleep sound command

Red Button

• + New outcome random explosion
  • Random explosion length has been adjusted to 30 seconds

- Added some icons to a few redeems

Behind the Scenes

- Added rank abbreviations to additional redeems

- Bot's occasional actions has been expanded to include Red Button and Bonk effects

• !throwrandom adjusted 60% > 50%
• !throwexplosive adjusted 25% > 20%
• Hammer set to 7.5%
• Red Button set to 7.5%
• All remaining effects have the same probabilities. 

Visible

- Fixed a bug where some red button outcomes would not reset source scale

+ A new throwable (with an uncommon variation)

Commands and Redeems

Red button

• New outcome and animation
• Red button flip screen effect now fully working properly
• Fix for screen tilt not working on certain scenes
• Dark/Bright/Silhouette effects now work on facecam source
• Explosion/Meteor effects now affect facecam source

!hug

• Fixed [Error] being displayed when no argument is supplied
• Fixed battle system check being executed before target validation

Behind the Scenes

- Explosion move function now targets facecam sources

- Repaired battle database having entered [Error] in as a user

- Changed index and metadata associated with it for users misplaced by [Error] entries

- Fixed variables incorrectly set by invalid entries

Visible

+ New redeems "Eyes up here" and TTS

• These redeems will only appear during 18+ streams
• "Eyes up here" is only available during Crysta streams where her full model is active
• TTS uses Monster TTS

Commands and Redeems

- Sectoral Captain Jhin will now occasionally "buttify" a message

+ New stream management commands

• Command to manage 'buttsbot' like feature added

!bl add

• Updated to work with new feature (sorta)

Behind the Scenes

No behind the scenes changes have been implemented recently. 

Visible

- Increased number of items thrown on raid event slightly

- Fixed tall character position not working under certain circumstances

Commands and Redeems

Red Button

• Two new outcomes
• Added voice reactions to non-explosion outcomes
• Effects now compatible with new scene
• Most effects work with additional source, except screen flip which doesn't work for some reason

!so

• Fixed command not working when character location is default

Behind the Scenes

No behind the scenes changes have been implemented recently. 

Visible

+ 2 new visuals now visible

+ 2 new hinderances added to presets

• These were previously used in a stream event

+ 3 special character move functions have been added

• Two are 18+ redeems, one is a specific outcome for a new redeem

+ Added new move functions for full character (Crysta only)

- Rotated seasonal redeem for February

- Decreased number of items on raid event

Commands and Redeems

+ Added Red Button redeem

• 4 different outcomes
• 10 minute cooldown

+ Added new redeem only available during 18+ streams

- Redeems that are not available due to stream type will no longer be displayed on redeem list

- Redeems that are not available for other reasons will be paused rather than disabled

Behind the Scenes

+ Added a character move recall function

• Only restores character to right, left, middle, or the new tall variations of the three
• Restores to previous valid position

Visible

+ New meteor throwables

• 4 variations with one being rare
• Available as channel reward and sub only command
• Small meteors have 50% hit rate, medium meteors have a 60%, large have 70%, and giant (rare) ones have a 100% accuracy

Commands and Redeems

+ Added !meteor (subs and mods only)

- Occasional bot actions can now include !meteor

!attack

• Fixed incorrect reset caused by case sensitivity

Behind the Scenes

- Foundation work for custom weather locations

- Ensured race points are properly cleared after stream ends

Visible

No visible changes have been implemented this week. 

Commands and Redeems

X !mode has been removed. !sm will be used instead

!skudoo

• Sound clip has 95% chance to trigger
• Visual has a 5% chance to trigger
• Cooldown of 1 hour if visual triggers
• Command cost remains the same

!weather pws

• Changed wind chill to feels like
• Reordered logic to avoid lightning events cancelling out feels like when applicable

- Sound commands now display rank abbreviation on output messages

- Updated text file responses that involve usernames to display rank abbreviations

Behind the Scenes

No behind the scenes changes have been implemented recently. 

Visible

Crysta's position when sent to the right or default via a move command has been adjusted

Commands and Redeems

Battle System

• Fixed HP and MP not properly resetting on a new stream

!weather pws

• Windchill will display on output if there is a windchill

Behind the Scenes

No behind the scenes changes have been implemented recently. 

Visible

- Ban animation variations have had slight timing sequence updates

Commands and Redeems

+ New sound command !moon which will be free during certain streams

- A few more commands now support rank abbreviations

Behind the Scenes

No behind the scenes changes have been implemented recently. 

Visible

+ Two new ban animations (Crysta streams)

+ Two new throwables

Commands and Redeems

!attack

• New attack elements rock, nature, light, and dark are now available
• Elemental attacks are now passed to a preset function
  • Preset function also has abbreviation support
  • Preset migration also includes some updates to custom variables and updates depreciated values
• Fix for one particular condition that would cause all elements to display as fire for a certain outcome

!resist and !immune

• Rock, nature, light, and dark have been added

Behind the Scenes

- Battle stat lines adjusted for future feature

- Battle commands adjusted to point to new statistic lines

Visible

- Avatar move function now actually supports Crysta movement to the middle and right. Formerly only supported left. 

Commands and Redeems

!rank

• + New subcommand to refresh rank abbreviations (Mod + Streamer only)
• Now requires subcommand

!attack

• Replaced additional depreciated variables with updated ones (mostly $user > $username)
• Fixed certain outcomes not displaying username correctly
• Updated certain branches to use element variable

!resist

• + Added fitem (fake item box) subcommand
• Changed file writes to use new variable
• Changed element referrals to use new custom variable
• Fixed fire subcommand using variables incorrectly

!immune

• Conditional branch cleanup (two conditions instead of ten)
• Replaced depreciated variables
• Changed file writes to use new variable
• Changed element referrals to use new custom variable

Behind the Scenes

- Rank abbreviations will refresh when a viewer enters chat

• This resolves an issue of ranks being incorrect due to Twitch sub status changing
• Ignores mods and streamer

- New macro variables

• User display name
• RName for rank abbreviation and user display name

- Changed battle system user call to use new variable

• Avoids some battle features pointing to an overwritten variable

Visible

+ Added a new video to one of the BRB variants

- Lyrebird video now resizes when chosen

Commands and Redeems

Seasonal Throws

• Implemented a 5 second cooldown to be consistent with the cooldown on the throwing software
• Cost 100 > 500 Silver Pieces (to be fair, it throws 100 items)

Throw something/Throw many things

• Cost 200 > 100 Silver Pieces

Behind the Scenes

No behind the scenes changes have been implemented recently. 

Visible

Seasonal rotation has been changed

• X Leaf storm removed
• + Storm of Ornaments

Commands and Redeems

No changes have been made to commands and redeems recently. 

Behind the Scenes

No behind the scenes changes have been implemented recently. 

Visible

- Stream Ending scene complete

Commands and Redeems

+ !chocolate and !OTB commands have been added

- New Easter egg for Excellent redeem

- Fixed raid shoutouts to shoutout anyone not already on auto shoutout list

Behind the Scenes

No behind the scenes changes have been implemented recently. 

Visible

+ A new animation has been added for certain events

- Fixed leaf storm reverting to October behaviour for some reason

Commands and Redeems

No changes have been made to commands and redeems recently. 

Behind the Scenes

- Mic audio will automatically be unmuted after intro sequence

Visible

- Fix for VTuber preloading only occurring on non-scheduled streams

Commands and Redeems

!sm

• Animate subcommand added

!animation

• Depreciated. Use !sm animate

!currency

• Fix for Gold Piece message assuming viewer has Platinum Pieces

+ Two new experimental redeems added

X Nooyi redeed removed. Use !nooyi

Behind the Scenes

- Fixed rank change not applying proper rank prefix

- Fixed bot always executing occasional throw at stream start

Visible

- Avatar move command will now apply to Crysta (partially) and Facecam as well

- Fix for raid video playing over text

- Preload Sectoral Leader Cody during intro

• Allows VTuber model to already be loaded in prior to chatting scene at the start

+ Outro added to Intro/Outro scene

• Will also display raid destination if raid being conducted

- Decreased buffer between end of Intro and Chatting scenes by 1 second

Commands and Redeems

- Fix for !throwrandom not functioning correctly

- Added additional memes to !meme command

Behind the Scenes

- Intro video now hidden after intro scene has changed into chatting scene

Visible

+ Two new throwables have been added

- Alerts executed during the warm up time (the first 10 minutes of stream) will now be queued and executed once the stream starts

- Avatar move action now supports Crysta and Form 0 movements

- Seasonal throws swapped back to leaves for new month

Commands and Redeems

+ !updateUser command has been added for updating a user's metadata tracking name changes

!wheel

• mk8cc subcommand will call difficulty wheel
• All animation variations are now complete

!sm

• New command for stream management tasks
• Most will be streamer only
• !mode functions will be carried into this as subcommands
• New 'character' subfunction for changing of stream characters
  • Changes sources and the character variable

!mode

• Command will be depreciated and replaced with the new !sm command

Behind the Scenes

- Changing stream mode now enables/disables random throws

- Users will now have their username saved into metadata, which will help identify name changes

• Will allow commands unique to users to automatically change to work with new username

- Fix for "cannot promote" message erroneously displaying

Visible

+ New animated emote for Twitch and Discord

+ New throwable and an easter egg for that throwable

- Changed a throwable sound effect

- Bot now has a dynamic chance of throwing stuff on streams where throwables are enabled

• Chance starts at 0%, then increases by 10% every 10 minutes until a throw is executed
• Other bot actions based off these same chances in the works

Commands and Redeems

+ New mod only command !wheel

• Subcommand for Mario Kart 8 difficulty wheel
• More wheel types coming soon™

Behind the Scenes

- Additional refinement to audio mapping to reduce doubled audio on streamer's side

Visible

+ New alert for Twitch Hype Train record

- Rerouted audio so streamer can hear alerts and media sources without impacting audibility on stream

Commands and Redeems

!rankup

• Depreciated, use !rank upgrade
• + New subcommands for promoting and setting ranks (Mods+ only)

!so

• Moves model to the left when in the way of the shoutout
  • Model returns to right side after shoutout concludes if originally located to the right

Behind the Scenes

- Ten variations unique to each season added to the weather report leading message. 

• There is a 25% chance of a seasonal variation rolling
• There is a 75% chance of a standard variation rolling

- Moved a few seasonal variations into these new season branches

- Added a few more standard variations

- New rank system is now live and being tested

• Ranks will be applied one rank at a time on message send
• Rank abbreviation support added

- Fix for promotions being applied under incorrect conditions

Visible

Fixed Throne regular gift alert display issue

Commands and Redeems

- Fix for left avatar move check missing

!rankup/!rank

• !rankup is now depreicated, !rank upgrade will be used instead
• Can still use !rankup but this will be retired at a later time
• + Added promote subcommand
  • Requires a target
• + Added set subcommand
  • Requires a target and the rank
  • Cannot set a non-subbed viewer to a subbed rank
  • Cannot set a subbed viewer to a viewer rank
• All rank changes processed through a preset effect list
• + Rank abbreviations will now be assigned on rank changes
  • Stored as user metadata

!resist

• + Race items can now be resisted
  • Note that only items deployed using !attack are affected

Behind the Scenes

- Additional preparations for new features in the battle system

• !resist
• - Updated subcommands for future features
• + Added subcommand for another future feature
• !immune
• - Updated subcommands for future features
• New subcommands are disabled until the next version of the battle system are introduced
• !attack
• + Added subcommands for future features

Visible

- Changed seasonal redeem to Pumpkins

- New utility function to move avatar

• Can move right, middle, or left
• Will move to right by default (invalid or blank argument)
• Affects computer and Gameplay w/ Alerts scenes

Commands and Redeems

!animation

• Quick activation has been merged into one

- Fixed missing branch for 'thunder' throwable

Behind the Scenes

- Added the sectoral leader's birthdays and Crysta's birthday

- Updated URL moderation to allow clips from Twitch's domain in addition to Twitch's clips subdomain

Visible

- New throwable available

- Attempt to fix [Error] when using userDisplayName with Anonymous gifts

Commands and Redeems

- Renamed Wild Random to Random Sound Clip

!attack

• Removed HP restriction on !attack so user can load properly
• Added HP check after user stat load
• Fix for target HP and HP not being set correctly on new stream

!raid

• Checks Firebot DB then Twitch API
  • Should mitigate invalid user branch running when target is not in DB

Behind the Scenes

- Changed way attack target is passed into target stat loader

Visible

No visible changes have been implemented this week. 

Commands and Redeems

- Fixed !rankup not correctly upgrading a subscribed user to tier 3 when eligible

+ New thunder variations added to sub events

Delayed Jumpscare

• No longer uses custom timer system
• Cap 20 --> 10
• Reward queue now approved when jumpscare occurs
• Hitting cap will still result in redeem being rejected

!weather

• Added 'pws' subcommand
  • Returns temperature, humidity, wind, and lightning strikes from Cody's personal weather station

Behind the Scenes

- Replaced custom timer function with something more efficient

X Timer2 and timer3 removed. They may return in the future. 

Visible

!so

• Shoutout visuals are no longer chroma keyed

- Fix for raid animation missing chroma key

+ Added thunder throwable option

+ New throwable type

x Thunder Storm seasonal

+ Leaf Storm seasonal

Commands and Redeems

!timer, !timer2, !timer3

• Commands will also trigger background
• Timers managing commands will also adjust backgrounds
• Updated timer order

Behind the Scenes

- Shoutouts no longer share the custom queuing system, they have been migrated to Firebot's built in queue function

- Added a short 5 second cooldown for raids to prevent duplicate events for same raid

Visible

- Twitch bot has been renamed to be more consistent with SES lore

- A new video has been added to the list of BRB videos

- Updated T2 and T3 sub flairs

- New emote added to Twitch and Discord

Commands and Redeems

+ New sound command !nooyi

Behind the Scenes

- Adjusted some automated sequences for weather streams

- Fixed VTuber application launching twice when in 'gameconsole' mode

- Added hindrances for use in Subathon event

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