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+project:
+  useAWS: True # bool, set to true if using AWS, set false and ignore all AWS entries
+  awsSetup:
+    bucket: projects.irll # working bucket in AWS
+    region: ca-central-1 # working AWS region
+    rootDomain: irll.net # a fully qualified domain name without 'https://'
+    cpu: 2 # int 1,2, or 4
+    memory: 10 # int 1-30
+
+  events:
+    startServerStep: 1 # int
+    stopServerStep: 12 # int
+  id: callie_pref_learning2 # Letters, Numbers and '-' only!
+  live: true # bool
+  maxRuntime: 30 # int in minutes.
+  name: callie_pref_learning # include pilot for control condition
+  researcher: Callie # str
+  # SSL NOT USED ANYMORE, API GATEWAY FOR WEBSOCKETS
+  # ssl:
+  #   fullchain: SSL/cert.pem # path to fullchain.pem file excluding bucket name
+  #   privkey: SSL/private_key.pem # path to privkey.pem file excluding bucket name
+  #   sslBucket: beta.irll.net # bucket name for resolving paths above
+  steps: # any number of steps needed with corresponding filenames
+    1: 1_consentForm.html
+    2: game
+    3: exampleThank.html
+    finalStep: exampleThank.html # required, filename can be same as last numbered step
+  teamMembers: # str
+trial:
+  modality: pref
+  actionBufferLifespan: 1 # int
+  maxEpisodes: 20 # int
+  game: MountainCar-v0 # full environment name
+  dataFile: episode # episode or trial
+  s3upload: false
+  actionSpace: # the appropriate action space for environment. Order matters
+  frameRateStepSize: 5 # int Optional if allowFrameRateChange = False
+  minFrameRate: 1 # int Optional if allowFrameRateChange = False
+  maxFrameRate: 60 # int Optional if allowFrameRateChange = False
+  allowFrameRateChange: False # bool
+  startingFrameRate: 30 # int Required
+  ui: # to include ui button set to True, False buttons will not be shown
+    left: False
+    right: False
+    up: False
+    down: False
+    start: True
+    stop: True
+    pause: False
+    reset: False
+    trainOffline: False
+    trainOnline: False
+    good: True
+    bad: True
+    fpsSet: False
+    fpsUp: False
+    fpsDown: False
+    brightness: False
+    contrast: False
+    saturation: False
+    hue: False
+    undo: False
+    redo: False
+    addMinutia: False
+    resetImage: False
+    submitImage: False
+    getFeedback: False
+  instructions:
+    - Scroll (mouse), pinch (touchpad/mousepad), double-click or use control keys to zoom
+    - Click and drag the canvas to pan around the canvas
+    - Click and drag a marker to move it
+    - Use sliders to adjust image appearance
+    - 'Click on "Add Marker" and select target location on image to add a marker, or right-click on the image'
+    - 'Click on "Get Feedback" to get feedback on your image. Green means that removing it will decrease your score, and red means that removing it will increase your score.'