Release v5.54.0

v5.54.0 Update Notes

✨ New

• OBS integration is now built into Firebot
• Added Twitch AutoMod support to the Chat Feed (#1899)
• Added support for Twitch chat announcement colors (#1837)
• Added Known Bots chat user category in Dashboard
• Added Extra Life integration
• Added Viewer Created event (#1865)
• Added Currency Update event, new currency filters & variables (#1856)
• Added dynamic overlay URL support (#1835)
• Added $bitsCheered, $bitsLeaderboard, and $topBitsCheerers variables (#1902)
• Added $fileExists variable (#1839)
• Added $setObjectProperty variable (#1864)
• Added $padNumber variable
• Added custom variable name filter for Custom Variable Created/Expired events (#1869)
• Added volume support for Twitch clips (#1833)
• Added Twitch user search support
• Added Restore from backup option in Tools menu
• Added an option to not include the overlay-resources folder in the automatic backups. (#1807)
• Added All Files option to Run Program browse dialog (#1826)

🛠️ Improved

• Chat slash commands are now performed via the Twitch REST API
• Twitch whisper support has been improved
• Removing users from custom roles now prompts for confirmation (#1622)
• Simulated events can now be forced to retrigger, even if they recently occurred (#1782)
• Renamed the "Auto" Effect Queue Type to "Sequential" and added an option to include a delay (#1792)
• $round variable now supports decimal places
• Amazon Polly TTS can now be time-limited (#1797)
• Amazon Polly now better handles SSML (#1866)
• Added new FIle menu, updated Help menu, re-organized other menus, and overhauled About dialog (#1840, #1843)
• Better handling of corrupted settings.json file (#1863)
• Updated to Twurple 5.2.1 (#1844)
• Updated deprecated Twurple call (#1802)
• Clarified Viewer Arrived event description

✅ Fixed

• Overlay elements should no longer mix up placement/transitions (#1600)
• We now check for command cooldown before checking restrictions
• Fixed Banned Regex validation
• Fixed an issue with the Streamloots Chest Purchase event filter (#1871)
• Fixed hanging commas in $regexExec variable results (#1908)
• Fixed $profilePageBytebinToken variable (#1895)
• Fixed $randomViewer variable, initial viewer list population (#1901)
• Fixed Sequential Effect active filter (#1820)
• View Time Update simulated event now has username field (#1880)
• Clarified default slots maxWager message
• Viewer Detail modal no longer tries to infinitely load when the viewer database is turned off (#1882)
• Added user null check
• Sequential queues now default to a 0 second delay instead of 10
• Fixed manual cooldown handling not working
• Fixed an issue checking online users' roles when updating currency (#1832)
• We now refresh the Integrations tab whenever the tab is loaded
• Cooldown command radio buttons are no longer in the wrong place (#1770)
• Non-Windows machines and dev environments no longer automatically try to install updates (#1824, #1825)

🔗 API Changes

• Counters and Timers can now be viewed via the internal REST API (#1876)
• Custom Roles can now be managed via the internal REST API (#1876)
• Fixed an issue with custom REST API route registration
• Custom REST API route deregistration now logs a warning instead of an error if no matching custom route is currently registered

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Hotfix v5.53.3

v5.53.3 Hotfix Notes

✅ Fixed an issue related to FFZ API causing chat to fail to connect

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Release v5.53.2

v5.53.2 Update Notes

• Fixed: Sequential queues not properly defaulting to 0 second delays

v5.53.0 Update Notes

✨New

• Added: Ability to filter users from the viewer list (#1737)
• Added: $slootsAlertMessage variable (#1749)
• Added: $vars to Update Currency chat message box (#1763)
• Added: !command addalias/removealias subcommands (#1764)
• Added: Optional quoted command args to be treated as single arg
• Added: Delay Effect Queue type has been upgraded with an optional delay and renamed to Sequential (Thanks @iamdadmin! #1794)
• Added: $decodeFromHtml and $decodeFromUrl variables (#1811)
• Added: Effects can now output data which can be referenced later via a variable (#1740)
• Added: Outputs for the API, Currency, and Clip effects (#1761)

🛠️ Improved

• Organize chat settings into common groups (#1732)
• Chat links now use custom chat text size (#1754)
• Sub-Commands can now trigger from anywhere (#1755)
• Normalize Streamloots ID (Thanks @CKY- ! #1747)
• Add link to date-time formatting documentation for $time variable (#1762)
• Clarification of $subtype variable (#1787)
• Various Accessibility issues (Thanks @zersiax! #1795)
• Added "is strictly" and "is not strictly" comparison types to conditional effects (#1800)
• Added support for parameter update and stop events for start up scripts

✅ Fixed

• Fixed: Refeshing all overlays should refresh default overlay (#1736)
• Fixed: Check for command cooldown before restrictions (#1741)
• Fixed: $slootsMessage returning incorrect value
• Fixed: Random Effect not honoring disabled state (#1767)
• Fixed: Sequential effect not honoring disabled state (#1772)
• Fixed: $streamer never becomes active according to "Active Chat User" check (#1775)
• Fixed: Follow check restriction not working consistently (thanks @CKY- ! ##1799)
• Fixed: Community gifted subs trigger individual sub notifications intermittently (thanks @mgway! #1662)
• Fixed: Community gift subs will incorrectly show up as Anonymous (thanks @dennisrijsdijk! #1796)

🔗 API Changes

• Implemented HTTP Server Manager (#1745)
• Added async run endpoints to preset effect list endpoints (#1801)

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Release v5.53.1

v5.53.1 Update Notes

• Fixed: Sequential Effects not running (#1820)

Previous v5.53.0 Update Notes

✨New

• Added: Ability to filter users from the viewer list (#1737)
• Added: $slootsAlertMessage variable (#1749)
• Added: $vars to Update Currency chat message box (#1763)
• Added: !command addalias/removealias subcommands (#1764)
• Added: Optional quoted command args to be treated as single arg
• Added: Delay Effect Queue type has been upgraded with an optional delay and renamed to Sequential (Thanks @iamdadmin! #1794)
• Added: $decodeFromHtml and $decodeFromUrl variables (#1811)
• Added: Effects can now output data which can be referenced later via a variable (#1740)
• Added: Outputs for the API, Currency, and Clip effects (#1761)

🛠️ Improved

• Organize chat settings into common groups (#1732)
• Chat links now use custom chat text size (#1754)
• Sub-Commands can now trigger from anywhere (#1755)
• Normalize Streamloots ID (Thanks @CKY- ! #1747)
• Add link to date-time formatting documentation for $time variable (#1762)
• Clarification of $subtype variable (#1787)
• Various Accessibility issues (Thanks @zersiax! #1795)
• Added "is strictly" and "is not strictly" comparison types to conditional effects (#1800)
• Added support for parameter update and stop events for start up scripts

✅ Fixed

• Fixed: Refeshing all overlays should refresh default overlay (#1736)
• Fixed: Check for command cooldown before restrictions (#1741)
• Fixed: $slootsMessage returning incorrect value
• Fixed: Random Effect not honoring disabled state (#1767)
• Fixed: Sequential effect not honoring disabled state (#1772)
• Fixed: $streamer never becomes active according to "Active Chat User" check (#1775)
• Fixed: Follow check restriction not working consistently (thanks @CKY- ! ##1799)
• Fixed: Community gifted subs trigger individual sub notifications intermittently (thanks @mgway! #1662)
• Fixed: Community gift subs will incorrectly show up as Anonymous (thanks @dennisrijsdijk! #1796)

🔗 API Changes

• Implemented HTTP Server Manager (#1745)
• Added async run endpoints to preset effect list endpoints (#1801)

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Release v5.53.0

v5.53.0 Update Notes

✨New

• Added: Ability to filter users from the viewer list (#1737)
• Added: $slootsAlertMessage variable (#1749)
• Added: $vars to Update Currency chat message box (#1763)
• Added: !command addalias/removealias subcommands (#1764)
• Added: Optional quoted command args to be treated as single arg
• Added: Delay Effect Queue type has been upgraded with an optional delay and renamed to Sequential (Thanks @iamdadmin! #1794)
• Added: $decodeFromHtml and $decodeFromUrl variables (#1811)
• Added: Effects can now output data which can be referenced later via a variable (#1740)
• Added: Outputs for the API, Currency, and Clip effects (#1761)

🛠️ Improved

• Organize chat settings into common groups (#1732)
• Chat links now use custom chat text size (#1754)
• Sub-Commands can now trigger from anywhere (#1755)
• Normalize Streamloots ID (Thanks @CKY- ! #1747)
• Add link to date-time formatting documentation for $time variable (#1762)
• Clarification of $subtype variable (#1787)
• Various Accessibility issues (Thanks @zersiax! #1795)
• Added "is strictly" and "is not strictly" comparison types to conditional effects (#1800)
• Added support for parameter update and stop events for start up scripts

✅ Fixed

• Fixed: Refeshing all overlays should refresh default overlay (#1736)
• Fixed: Check for command cooldown before restrictions (#1741)
• Fixed: $slootsMessage returning incorrect value
• Fixed: Random Effect not honoring disabled state (#1767)
• Fixed: Sequential effect not honoring disabled state (#1772)
• Fixed: $streamer never becomes active according to "Active Chat User" check (#1775)
• Fixed: Follow check restriction not working consistently (thanks @CKY- ! ##1799)
• Fixed: Community gifted subs trigger individual sub notifications intermittently (thanks @mgway! #1662)
• Fixed: Community gift subs will incorrectly show up as Anonymous (thanks @dennisrijsdijk! #1796)

🔗 API Changes

• Implemented HTTP Server Manager (#1745)
• Added async run endpoints to preset effect list endpoints (#1801)

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Release v5.52.0

Fixed

• Various UI element positions
• $chatMessages not honoring username parameter
• UI showing "Default" overlay as blank in "Clear Effects" effect
• Word variable not displaying the word corresponding to the position
• Incorrect activity feed label display
• Last user of the VIP list not getting VIP status
• VIP list loading for accounts without VIP
• Tooltip text for user badges in the chat window
• New effects would be added at the wrong list position
• Sort tags not being to be removed with the option in the modal header
• !spin command
• StreamElements donation name
• Streamloots alert message
• File error message for the quotes importer
• Quick action settings not saving properly

Improved

• Only send HTTP body with specific methods
• Editable user last-seen time
• Selection color in dark mode
• Anonymous cheers username fallsback to "Anonymous"
• Removed whispers from cheer game
• Added default text for last game
• Prompt user for preset arguments
• Elgato Light Support
• User currency can now be set to 0
• Reordering of events
• Local videos can now be played with volume set to 0

Added

• Support for Twitch announcements
• Ability to insert a new Effect before/after an already created effect
• Store created clip url to custom variable
• Effect to remove user metadata
• Shortcut to trigger events
• URL moderation allowlist
• Discord image embed
• Ability to hide bot messages from dashboard
• Support extension-produced chat messages in dashboard
• Option to auto deduct currency
• Auto reconnect to Stream Elements
• $arrayElement variable
• $category which is the same as $game
• $customRoleUsers variable
• $randomCustomRoleUser variable
• $currencyRank variable

API

• Get all Preset Effect Lists via internal API
• List, create, update, and delete Quotes via internal API
• List, get detailed info, and execute both system and custom commands via internal API

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Release v5.51.0

v5.51.0 Update Notes

Fixed
- Github link in UI
- Error related to discord integration
- Quick Action state not persisting
- UI drop down menus get cut off when at bottom of Firebot window
- $if related logical operators resulting in UI error
- message target in currency handling
- $topMetadata[key, count] failing to return results when there's less than count items for the key

Improved
- UI description of Discord integration's Channel Details embed
- Updated Philips Hue API library
- Highlighting chat messages now supports streamer's display name
- Effect context menu to allow effects to be created before/after the menu's target
- Regex filters to support case-sensitivity
- /effects/preset API endpoint to accept query parameters as arguments
- UI description related to retrieving values of custom variables

Added
- $arrayFindIndex[array, matcher, <path>]
- $customVariableKeys[name, <path>]
- Add Quote Effect
- URL field to discord embed effect
- StreamLabs ChatBot importer for users and view time
- Support for \n \r and \t in expressions
- $hasRole[username, role] for $if[] conditions
- $hasRoles[username, any|all, role1, role2, ...] for $if[] conditions
- Minimize to Tray option
- $quickStore[key, <value>]
- API endpoint to get all viewers: /api/v1/viewers
- API endpoint to get all data related to user a user id: /api/v1/viewers/:user_id
- API endpoint to get all data related to user a user name: /api/v1/viewers/:user_name?username=true
- $followerAge[<user, <format>>]

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Release v5.50.4

v5.50.4 Update Notes

🛠️ Improved

• Added Streamloots variables to the Trigger Based and Common category in the variable explorer

✅ Fixed

• Fixed a bug where text files of counters were not updated properly (#1590)
• Fixed a bug that prevented the !spin command from working properly
• Fixed the username not working in the StreamElements donation event (#1578, thanks @zunderscore!)
• Fixed StreamElements reconnection issues
• Fixed the user message for the Streamloots events
• Fixed sort tags not being to be removed with the option in the modal header

v5.50.0 Update Notes

✨New

• Introducing Custom Quick Actions! On the dashboard, you can now extend the Quick Action collection on the left with your own
  • You can choose a Custom or Preset Effect List to trigger, and select a custom icon for the button
  • You can show, hide and reorder all of the buttons, including the default ones

• The dashboard has been updated with the option to resize the viewer list and activity feed by dragging the borders
• The Simulate Event functionality has been updated with the option to enter custom data, which will help to test your events more precisely
• Added a brand new event that triggers when the chat mode, such as Emote Only or Subscriber Only, has been updated

• The Viewer Banned and Viewer Timeout events have been updated with two new variables: $moderator and $modReason
  • The new Chat Mode Changed event also has the $moderator variable

• All mod tools can now send a customized message, and have separate exempt roles in addition to the global exempt roles
• $donationAmountFormatted is now also available for StreamElements
• Added the option to clear all overlay instances in the Clear Effects effect
• Added the option to add a user as a VIP through the chat context menu
• All numeric event filters now include "less/greater than or equal to" options
• A chat alert will now be sent when attempting to ban an already banned user through the Ban effect

🛠️ Improved

• Chat autocomplete now only autocompletes when using the Tab key
• The restrict subcommand in the !command system command now supports multiple roles by separating roles with a comma (e.g. !command restrict !test mod, vip, customrole)
• All chat messages for the Slots and Heist games are now optional
• Added confirmation popups to the Ban and Unmod options in the chat context menu
• Made style improvements for the add/edit command popups

✅ Fixed

• Fixed a bug that prevented Firebot from loading when the loading screen broke
• Fixed a bug causing viewers to not get the VIP role
• Fixed channel rewards not being triggered by the retrigger button in the activity feed
• Fixed the thumbnail not working for Discord rich channel embeds
• Fixed a bug that made a command added through chat to not be automatically ignored by the bot account
• Fixed the StreamElements events not working anymore
• Fixed the quote add command being broken after importing quotes
• Fixed context menu inaccessibility
• Fixed the sort tags in the events not saving properly

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Release v5.50.3

v5.50.3 Update Notes

🛠️ Improved

• Added autoreconnect for the StreamElements integration in case it disconnects on StreamElements' end

✅ Fixed

• Fixed the $word variable not displaying the word corresponding with the position
• Fixed overflow menus sometimes being hidden under other page elements
• Fixed the activity feed text for Gift Subs as it displayed the total months a receiver is subscribed instead of the gift duration
• Fixed an issue where the activity feed text would still display on a narrow activity feed
• Fixed an issue where the last user in the VIP list wouldn't get the VIP status
• Fixed the tooltip text for user chat badges in the dashboard chat

v5.50.0 Update Notes

✨New

• Introducing Custom Quick Actions! On the dashboard, you can now extend the Quick Action collection on the left with your own
  • You can choose a Custom or Preset Effect List to trigger, and select a custom icon for the button
  • You can show, hide and reorder all of the buttons, including the default ones

• The dashboard has been updated with the option to resize the viewer list and activity feed by dragging the borders
• The Simulate Event functionality has been updated with the option to enter custom data, which will help to test your events more precisely
• Added a brand new event that triggers when the chat mode, such as Emote Only or Subscriber Only, has been updated

• The Viewer Banned and Viewer Timeout events have been updated with two new variables: $moderator and $modReason
  • The new Chat Mode Changed event also has the $moderator variable

• All mod tools can now send a customized message, and have separate exempt roles in addition to the global exempt roles
• $donationAmountFormatted is now also available for StreamElements
• Added the option to clear all overlay instances in the Clear Effects effect
• Added the option to add a user as a VIP through the chat context menu
• All numeric event filters now include "less/greater than or equal to" options
• A chat alert will now be sent when attempting to ban an already banned user through the Ban effect

🛠️ Improved

• Chat autocomplete now only autocompletes when using the Tab key
• The restrict subcommand in the !command system command now supports multiple roles by separating roles with a comma (e.g. !command restrict !test mod, vip, customrole)
• All chat messages for the Slots and Heist games are now optional
• Added confirmation popups to the Ban and Unmod options in the chat context menu
• Made style improvements for the add/edit command popups

✅ Fixed

• Fixed a bug that prevented Firebot from loading when the loading screen broke
• Fixed a bug causing viewers to not get the VIP role
• Fixed channel rewards not being triggered by the retrigger button in the activity feed
• Fixed the thumbnail not working for Discord rich channel embeds
• Fixed a bug that made a command added through chat to not be automatically ignored by the bot account
• Fixed the StreamElements events not working anymore
• Fixed the quote add command being broken after importing quotes
• Fixed context menu inaccessibility
• Fixed the sort tags in the events not saving properly

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Release v5.50.2

v5.50.2 Update Notes

✅ Fixed

• Fixed the Remove Setup modal being broken
• Fixed the StreamElements events showing the wrong data
• Fixed typos in !command subcommand descriptions

v5.50.0 Update Notes

✨New

• Introducing Custom Quick Actions! On the dashboard, you can now extend the Quick Action collection on the left with your own
  • You can choose a Custom or Preset Effect List to trigger, and select a custom icon for the button
  • You can show, hide and reorder all of the buttons, including the default ones

• The dashboard has been updated with the option to resize the viewer list and activity feed by dragging the borders
• The Simulate Event functionality has been updated with the option to enter custom data, which will help to test your events more precisely
• Added a brand new event that triggers when the chat mode, such as Emote Only or Subscriber Only, has been updated

• The Viewer Banned and Viewer Timeout events have been updated with two new variables: $moderator and $modReason
  • The new Chat Mode Changed event also has the $moderator variable

• All mod tools can now send a customized message, and have separate exempt roles in addition to the global exempt roles
• $donationAmountFormatted is now also available for StreamElements
• Added the option to clear all overlay instances in the Clear Effects effect
• Added the option to add a user as a VIP through the chat context menu
• All numeric event filters now include "less/greater than or equal to" options
• A chat alert will now be sent when attempting to ban an already banned user through the Ban effect

🛠️ Improved

• Chat autocomplete now only autocompletes when using the Tab key
• The restrict subcommand in the !command system command now supports multiple roles by separating roles with a comma (e.g. !command restrict !test mod, vip, customrole)
• All chat messages for the Slots and Heist games are now optional
• Added confirmation popups to the Ban and Unmod options in the chat context menu
• Made style improvements for the add/edit command popups

✅ Fixed

• Fixed a bug that prevented Firebot from loading when the loading screen broke
• Fixed a bug causing viewers to not get the VIP role
• Fixed channel rewards not being triggered by the retrigger button in the activity feed
• Fixed the thumbnail not working for Discord rich channel embeds
• Fixed a bug that made a command added through chat to not be automatically ignored by the bot account
• Fixed the StreamElements events not working anymore
• Fixed the quote add command being broken after importing quotes
• Fixed context menu inaccessibility
• Fixed the sort tags in the events not saving properly

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