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Logfile started, time Fri Apr 09 13:15:55 2021
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[] 0.00 File I/O: Could not find file '.\extensions\more_default_paint_base\content.xml.sig'
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[General] 0.00 'NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti' NVIDIA-driver v465.89.0 (Vulkan 1.2.168) check=1
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[] 0.00 File I/O: Could not find file '.\extensions\more_default_paint_base\libraries\themes.xml.sig'
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[Init ] 0.00 Starting new game using gamestart 'startmenu' in 4.00
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[] 0.00 File I/O: Could not find file '.\extensions\more_default_paint_base\libraries\themes.xml.sig'
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[Init ] 0.00 Starting new game using gamestart 'x4ep1_gamestart_terran2' in 4.00
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[] 0.00 File I/O: Could not find file '.\extensions\more_default_paint_base\md\addthemestoplayer.xml.sig'
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[] 0.00 LIBXML2: file:/extensions%2Fmore_default_paint_base%2Fmd%2Faddthemestoplayer.xml?ext=xml%20xml.gz line 2, error 64: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document

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[] 0.00 Error loading MD file extensions\more_default_paint_base\md\addthemestoplayer.xml: Error loading from XML file 'extensions\more_default_paint_base\md\addthemestoplayer.xml'. Check the log for further information.
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