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 spice2x is a fork of SpiceTools, focused on addressing bugs, usability, and quality-of-life improvements
 
 Please visit the homepage: **[https://spice2x.github.io/](https://spice2x.github.io/)**
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+Before you file a new issue in the issue tracker:
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+* Please visit the website and read it through, especially the **known issues** section.
+* In SpiceCfg, if you hover over (?) icon next to each option, a helpful mouseover text will appear that will most likely answer your questions.
+* New GitHub accounts are prevented from creating new issues to prevent spam.
+* Make sure to post the log file (log.txt) as an attachment, and remove any personally identifiable information.
+* This is not the place to ask about other projects, especially EA servers. Bad servers can (and will) crash your game.
+* Maintainers of this project reserve the right to close or delete any low effort issues.