TalkerBot Hack v1

[Rapid Gaming]

VERSION 2 OF THIS HACK CAN BE LOCATED AT https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=60329.

[Rapid Gaming]

PLEASE UPGRADE TO VERSION 2 OF THIS HACK!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=60329

[C.Birch]

and to back up scott i have given him the go ahead to release the vb3 version of the tombot hack and give support for it due to the fact im unable to give support and was not going post this hack up but scott said he support it best he can so here it is.

[DuffMan]

I installed this on my test board and all the bot says is "I'm not feeling very well at the moment, try again later.http://localhost/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif"

[Kentaurus]

#################################
# TalkerBot Hack v1 For vB 3 RC2+
# Design for php 4.3.*+
# Copyright 2004 Tom
# E-Mail: tom@host-systems.com
# Made For: UltimatePop-Network.com
# Limited support by me (Rapid Gaming)
#################################

Install instructions are within the zip!!!

This hack adds a robot user to your forum which replies to users posts in a set forum or topics.

Demo (must be registered) :: http://forums.ultimatepop-network.com/forumdisplay.php?f=62

vB2 Version of this hack :: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=48053


Yes, and I am allowed to release it ;)Will definitely test this one. Could you also post it in an attachment? the attachment allowed size is 2Mb. Just in case the site goes down or something.

[Koutaru]

:p I would really attach the file to the first post if possible

I really like this one ;)

[C.Birch]

can not upload it, dont forget theres file sizes on the file types:

TalkerBot_v1_vb3_RC2+.zip:
File Too Large. Limit for this filetype is 1.00 MB. Your file is 1.39 MB.

[C.Birch]

my site dont go down that much anyone i got my own server thats no where near overloaded

[Floris]

#################################
# TalkerBot Hack v1 For vB 3 RC2+
# Design for php 4.3.*+
# Copyright 2004 Tom
# E-Mail: tom@host-systems.com
# Made For: UltimatePop-Network.com
# Limited support by me (Rapid Gaming)
#################################

Install instructions are within the zip!!!

This hack adds a robot user to your forum which replies to users posts in a set forum or topics.

Demo (must be registered) :: http://forums.ultimatepop-network.com/forumdisplay.php?f=62

vB2 Version of this hack :: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=48053

Yes, and I am allowed to release it ;)The coolest rapid ! :)

[BillaBongUSA]

Thanks for releasing this hack for vB3 and offering to support it, Rapid!

[orca]

my site dont go down that much anyone i got my own server thats no where near overloaded
Well, it's also to prevent unlicensed users downloading the hack...

[Rapid Gaming]

TalkerBot_v1_vb3_RC2+.zip:
File Too Large. Limit for this filetype is 1.00 MB. Your file is 1.39 MB.

[P.Jackson]

I'm not feeling very well at the moment, try again later
thats all im getting :/

[MrNase]

oh dear! it's there! i'll definatly give him a try :)

thank you :)

[DuffMan]

thats all im getting :/
Same here.

[P.Jackson]

i think i might no why goto your phpmyadmin Duffman is the bot tables there? if not upload the mysql tables into phpmyadmin then run the loader again im in the process of trying that now ill let you know how it goes

[MrNase]

i installed it but all i get is:

I'm not feeling very well at the moment, try again later.

:(

[Eladesor]

i installed it but all i get is:

:(
Seems to happening to a few of us (me too) - I'm sure there will be a fix / solution soon :)

[P.Jackson]

ok i fixed mine you need to manually copy and pasted the mysql tables into your phpmyadmin the run the botloader again

[Eladesor]

I've unloaded it and gone through the install again - everything's working great :)

Nice hack ;)

[Erwin]

I've removed the link to the external ZIP file.

ZIP files or installation files need to be ATTACHED to hack support threads on vbulletin.org. If the ZIP file is too big, just split the ZIP file into 2 - separate the files into 2 ZIP files.

This prevents unlicensed members access to vBulletin hacks.

[C.Birch]

erwin why not make the size bigger that we can upload for zip's?

the zips like 1.3 mb can you not up the size for zip's to like 1.5mb and not 1mb? having 2 zip files is going get people all mixed up to where files go and that and after all the total that can be uploaded is 2mb so why can the zip not be that size so people can upload big hacks?

[MarkB]

You could simply have file_part1.zip and file_part2.zip... ?

[Eladesor]

This Bot has to be the funniest and best hack I've ever added to a forum.
My membership is mainly young people aged between 12 and 18 and I haven't stopped laughing all day at the posts made by the Bot :)
In fact he / she is fast becoming my biggest poster ;)

I love it :)

[Simms]

I used this hack back in v2 and my users loved it. Now I'm trying to install it for RC2, and I can't get it to work.

When I try to run the botloader, I get the following message:

-----
Loading startup.xml
DONE LOADING
Inserted 0 categories into database

WARNING! You should password protect the admin directory or remove the botloader.php script or people may be able to abuse your server.

Click here to talk to the bot

execution time: 0.118715
Templates per second=0
Templates per minute=0
-----

I've reinstalled, chmodded, and re-read the install.txt file countless times to no avail. Any ideas?

[Loon]

Well, it's also to prevent unlicensed users downloading the hack...

If the file size is too large to attach, perhaps edit your post to put the download link inside php tags, then unregistered/licensed users can't see it i don't think?

Might have to try this, seen something similar used on another board, kept people entertained for hours :)

[Erwin]

erwin why not make the size bigger that we can upload for zip's?

the zips like 1.3 mb can you not up the size for zip's to like 1.5mb and not 1mb? having 2 zip files is going get people all mixed up to where files go and that and after all the total that can be uploaded is 2mb so why can the zip not be that size so people can upload big hacks?
In Admin CP:
Space (in bytes) that a user's total attachment usage may consume (Set to 0 to not have a limit)
It is already set to 0.

We do not have an attachment size limit set for uploads here at vB.org. Any restriction is server-based, and I can do nothing about it.

[C.Birch]

erwin, you do know that in vb3 each file type has its own settings in the admin cp?

because i get this:

Upload Errors
TalkerBot_v1_vb3_RC2+.zip:
File Too Large. Limit for this filetype is 1.00 MB. Your file is 1.39 MB.

check the settings for:

Attachments => Extension => Zip

if you dont mind because i really dont want to make 2 zips and split the files up.

[Erwin]

erwin, you do know that in vb3 each file type has its own settings in the admin cp?

because i get this:

Upload Errors
TalkerBot_v1_vb3_RC2+.zip:
File Too Large. Limit for this filetype is 1.00 MB. Your file is 1.39 MB.


check the settings for:

Attachments => Extension => Zip

if you dont mind because i really dont want to make 2 zips and split the files up.
You're right. :)

I've increased it to 2 Mb for ZIP files. Thanks.

[Cyricx]

Thanks! :) Loaded it on a test forum, works wonders...

*goes off & has a nice chat with the bot*

Cyricx

[Mr. HillBilly]

Is there any way to have 2 bots on the same forum talk to each other? :)

[Cyricx]

Ummm, You do realize that if you do that. Your DB'll become VERY big in less than 1 second (by my guess)...

Because Bot 1 would be replying to Bot 2, then Bot 2 replies to Bot 1, and the cycle starts again.

Cyricx

[Sal Collaziano]

I'd like to download and install this mod.. How do I get it?

[Mr. HillBilly]

Ummm, You do realize that if you do that. Your DB'll become VERY big in less than 1 second (by my guess)...

Because Bot 1 would be replying to Bot 2, then Bot 2 replies to Bot 1, and the cycle starts again.

CyricxThats the whole point ;)

[Cyricx]

Theoritically, it is possible. You would have to make a clone of "Alice" and put it up as "Tom" or something, then have fun.

And of course, this is just theory. I'm not going to try and disassemble this hack to figure it out.

Cyricx

[Sal Collaziano]

Would someone mind sending me this file via email? I like the sounds of this...

[Erwin]

Sending files via email is not allowed. :) The hack author will be able to attach the ZIP soon - I've fixed the problem.

[Erwin]

Ummm, You do realize that if you do that. Your DB'll become VERY big in less than 1 second (by my guess)...

Because Bot 1 would be replying to Bot 2, then Bot 2 replies to Bot 1, and the cycle starts again.

Cyricx
Exactly. If you have 2 bots talking to each other, your server will crash. :) The chatbot responds instantly - 2 chat bots responding automatically to each other will crash your server by using up all resources and filling up your database.

[jluerken]

F**k what for a clever hack :-)

I will keep an eye on it for future releases ;-)

[mcncyo]

can you please post the zip up.

[webrats]

Zip Please

[Alex]

Is there any way to get this whole thing in german? Or at least with phrases?

[Sal Collaziano]

Zip!!!!!!! :) :p

[C.Birch]

heres zip now erwin has edited the setting right :p

[madhouse]

Nice been waiting for this to be released for VB 3....

[Sal Collaziano]

ok i fixed mine you need to manually copy and pasted the mysql tables into your phpmyadmin the run the botloader again
How do you do that? I'm having the same trouble as everyone else with the "I'm not feeling well" statement...

[P.Jackson]

ok


Goto PHP MY Admin
Upload the MYSQL Fil to the forum databse that was provided in the zip
Run the bot loader again


All will be fixed :)

[Simms]

I used this hack back in v2 and my users loved it. Now I'm trying to install it for RC2, and I can't get it to work.

When I try to run the botloader, I get the following message:

-----
Loading startup.xml
DONE LOADING
Inserted 0 categories into database

WARNING! You should password protect the admin directory or remove the botloader.php script or people may be able to abuse your server.

Click here to talk to the bot



execution time: 0.118715
Templates per second=0
Templates per minute=0
-----

I've reinstalled, chmodded, and re-read the install.txt file countless times to no avail. Any ideas?

I'm still messing with this with absolutely no luck whatsoever.

I'm not an inexperienced vb hacker (in terms of installing them, anyway), so I like to think I have reasonable knowledge of what I'm doing, but I'm completely stumped here. Nobody has any idea what could be causing my botloader.php to not run properly?

[Erwin]

I added the ZIP to the first post. :)

[webrats]

i cant get it to reply to just 1 thread :(

[eXtremeTim]

I made a few changes to the talkerbot.php file to make it only post so much of the time instead of 100% of the time.

[Sal Collaziano]

I get the following error after posting a message in the forum I've got it set at:

Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.myforum.com/alice/src/talk.php?vbid-18&input=And+again...): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in /home/mysite/public_html/forums/_talkerbot.php on line 59

...and I'm getting the "I'm not feeling very well at the moment, try again later." message..

Maybe I need to change the 0 to 1 or vise verse in the Bots table. But I don't know how to edit that...

[Geographic2]

Any idea how I get rid of this? :(
EDIT - Oh opps it was file permissions... doh!

[webrats]

I made a few changes to the talkerbot.php file to make it only post so much of the time instead of 100% of the time.
???? info please

[eXtremeTim]

In a few minutes i will be making the code im running so that you can turn the bot on and off on a per forum basis from the forum options page and set the rate of post from there as well.

[Tom|HT]

Ummm, You do realize that if you do that. Your DB'll become VERY big in less than 1 second (by my guess)...

Because Bot 1 would be replying to Bot 2, then Bot 2 replies to Bot 1, and the cycle starts again.

Cyricx

I set this up for a laugh, made 150k posts overnighthttps://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/1.gif.

[Tom|HT]

???? info please

I'd find

$botname = $getbotname["username"];


and change it so something like


$botname = (rand(0,100)<=80) ? $getbotname["username"] : "";


then it will post 80% of the time.

[*arie]

any way to make the bot show in the who's online all of the time? LOL.

[Geographic2]

I want to update the Teachbot Hack which allows you to teach your bot...
Gotta make it so it can learn from the forum....

[Mijae]

any way to make the bot show in the who's online all of the time? LOL.

You can edit the template of who's online page to make it permanently be online :P

[Sal Collaziano]

I get the following error after posting a message in the forum I've got it set at:

Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.myforum.com/alice/src/talk.php?vbid-18&input=And+again...): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in /home/mysite/public_html/forums/_talkerbot.php on line 59

...and I'm getting the "I'm not feeling very well at the moment, try again later." message..

Maybe I need to change the 0 to 1 or vise verse in the Bots table. But I don't know how to edit that...
I guess I'm the only one left with this problem?

[eXtremeTim]

I guess I'm the only one left with this problem?
Recheck the steps in the install file and makesure you have set the file paths correctly.

[Sal Collaziano]

I actually got the part working where when you're finished, you go to alice/src/talk.html - and it works... Would this mean I got that part right?

[eXtremeTim]

I actually got the part working where when you're finished, you go to alice/src/talk.html - and it works... Would this mean I got that part right?
Okay so check the file path to that file in the _talkbot.php file. Make sure there are no typos and that you used the full domain name not absolute path.

[*arie]

You can edit the template of who's online page to make it permanently be online :P
that's right! thanks. :o

[webrats]

i still cant get him to post 50% of the time

[eXtremeTim]

Heres the talkerbot.php file i modified before i changed this to be fully acp powered. So just open this file and make the needed changes. You can also allow it to post more often in certain forums over others. By changing the forumid if statement around. Hope this helps you.

NOTE: I made it so the bot will see the posts for the forums hes allowed to post in even if that time he does not post. That way he can keep up with the conversations and learn things.

[Rapid Gaming]

Heres the talkerbot.php file i modified before i changed this to be fully acp powered. So just open this file and make the needed changes. You can also allow it to post more often in certain forums over others. By changing the forumid if statement around. Hope this helps you.

NOTE: I made it so the bot will see the posts for the forums hes allowed to post in even if that time he does not post. That way he can keep up with the conversations and learn things.
Thanks for sharing. I wasn't able to provide much support as I reformatted, etc...but I'm back and ready to go!

[eXtremeTim]

If anybody wants it and if rapid will agree i will release a new version for this hack.

Right now the changes I have finished on it so far are that it now takes a feild from the forum options page and you can enter in a pecentage and if it is 0 it is disabled for that forum and if not 0 its the percentage of the time that the bot will reply.

[NuclioN]

Great to see this for vb3. :) Is it possible to port the teacher bot hack as well? Also the bot is quoting everything and that looks a bit stupid. Can dis be removed?

[eXtremeTim]

Find This:
$botoutput = "}]\n{$newpost["message"]}\n\n$botoutput$botsmilie[smilietext]";

Replace with:
$botoutput = "$botoutput$botsmilie[smilietext]";

Keep in mind that I have not tested that change but it should work perfectly. :)

[NuclioN]

--edit-- That worked. :) I've removed the quote tag but then it did'nt work. Your code is ok.

[eXtremeTim]

--edit-- That worked. :) I've removed the quote tag but then it did'nt work. Your code is ok.
let me play around with a few changes real fast.

[eXtremeTim]

--edit-- That worked. :) I've removed the quote tag but then it did'nt work. Your code is ok.
I was about to say that becuase i just tested that code on my site and it worked just fine. Glad it works for you. :)

[Mr. HillBilly]

Installed this on my forum but no luck. All I got was the bot saying it was not feeling well :|

[Geographic2]

NOTE: I made it so the bot will see the posts for the forums hes allowed to post in even if that time he does not post. That way he can keep up with the conversations and learn things.

Mine doesn't seem to learn anything... Are you sure it's learning???

It would be nice to have a teaching forum or thread. Where subject could be the question, and body could be the answer...

I'm still trying to figure out how to make it learn... There was the Teachbot hack for vb2 that made AIML files and you'd have to rerun botloader and stuff but why not just go right into the DB with it... Of course if you do that then you don't have the AIML for later in case you have to reset, or something....


I was able to port most of Teachbot but got stuck around creating the AIML file.... then started to think that there has to be a better way...

I have no doubt this will happen someday, this is an exciting hack and I'm sure lots of things will be done with it.

[eXtremeTim]

Installed this on my forum but no luck. All I got was the bot saying it was not feeling well :|
Check that you set the path to the talk.php file correctly in the _talkerbot.php file.

[eXtremeTim]

Mine doesn't seem to learn anything... Are you sure it's learning???

It would be nice to have a teaching forum or thread. Where subject could be the question, and body could be the answer...

I'm still trying to figure out how to make it learn... There was the Teachbot hack for vb2 that made AIML files and you'd have to rerun botloader and stuff but why not just go right into the DB with it... Of course if you do that then you don't have the AIML for later in case you have to reset, or something....


I was able to port most of Teachbot but got stuck around creating the AIML file.... then started to think that there has to be a better way...

I have no doubt this will happen someday, this is an exciting hack and I'm sure lots of things will be done with it.
First off thats only if your using my talkerbot.php file that i posted.

[Geographic2]

I'm using your talkerbot hack.

Does yours learn?


EDIT -* DOH! I wasn't using yours... I seemed to have missed page 4 ;)
Lemme check it out.

[eXtremeTim]

It will learn from each post that it made. It takes the conversation and logs it. It then will build some of its replies from that information. If you check out my site you can see that my users have used some words a few times and now the bot has used them a few times as well. I might look at porting the teachbot hack up latter on tonight.

[Catch-22|BL]

Excuse me for being ignorant, but is there a way for the thread starter to keep the robot from doing any replies in a specific thread? Plus a way for a poster to block the robot from replying to their specific post.

And is there a way for people to make a post such as it will automatically call the robot to make a reply.

The rest can be randomized.

Anyway, nice work to the people involved. :)

[Mr. HillBilly]

Check that you set the path to the talk.php file correctly in the _talkerbot.php file.

Did that. CHMOD and everything.... Tryed the talk.html and typed something in and i got a blank page.

[eXtremeTim]

Did you run the botloader.php file??? If not did you do the edits to the dbprefs.php file. If not do both of them. If you ran botloader.php but did not edit dbprefs.php please edit this file then run the botloader again. If you did thoose edits but did not run botloader.php please run this script. Both of these files are found in the alice/src/admin/ folders

[eXtremeTim]

Excuse me for being ignorant, but is there a way for the thread starter to keep the robot from doing any replies in a specific thread? Plus a way for a poster to block the robot from replying to their specific post.

And is there a way for people to make a post such as it will automatically call the robot to make a reply.

The rest can be randomized.

Anyway, nice work to the people involved. :)
I will see about putting this into the version that i currently have. Im waiting on a pm from the current releasor of this hack. When i get that back i will possible be releasing my current stable version and then working on adding in these new features that you asked for.

[BillaBongUSA]

Did you run the botloader.php file??? If not did you do the edits to the dbprefs.php file. If not do both of them. If you ran botloader.php but did not edit dbprefs.php please edit this file then run the botloader again. If you did thoose edits but did not run botloader.php please run this script. Both of these files are found in the alice/src/admin/ folders
To prevent the robot from replying, just put four number signs on the last line of your post (####).

[eXtremeTim]

To prevent the robot from replying, just put four number signs on the last line of your post (####).
Yes that might work but thats not the desired method for doing it. I will work on it and make it a checkbox option for newthread and for newreply. This should be fairly simple to accomplish.

[Simms]

Did you run the botloader.php file??? If not did you do the edits to the dbprefs.php file. If not do both of them. If you ran botloader.php but did not edit dbprefs.php please edit this file then run the botloader again. If you did thoose edits but did not run botloader.php please run this script. Both of these files are found in the alice/src/admin/ folders

I know this wasn't directed at me, but it's relevant to my issue, so I'm going to jump in. :)

I just realized (by accident, to be honest) that my bot is "working" in the sense that he will reply, but like many others, I'm only getting the "I'm not feeling well response." I have CHMODded all my files. I have edited dbprefs.php with the required values, and I have (tried to) run botloader.php. Basically, the script is not loading the AIML files into the DB. If I recall from the vb2 version of this hack, that process should take a significant amount of time (20-30 mins), and I'm getting the "Process complete" message instantly.

Do you (or does anybody) know what could be causing this to happen?

[apokphp]

Good hack! Thank you...works great.

Question though. I have TomBot working in one forum on the board. There is ONE thread in said forum, that needs to remain in that forum where TomBot is...but I do not want TomBot to respond to that 1 specific thread. Is there ANY way possible to have TomBot exclude a specific thread?

Also, is there a way that we can make him not count towards the overall post count in the forum?

[eXtremeTim]

Good hack! Thank you...works great.

Question though. I have TomBot working in one forum on the board. There is ONE thread in said forum, that needs to remain in that forum where TomBot is...but I do not want TomBot to respond to that 1 specific thread. Is there ANY way possible to have TomBot exclude a specific thread?

Also, is there a way that we can make him not count towards the overall post count in the forum?
Making him not count towards the overall post count would not really work to good since vb by default if you ever updated forum information would include his posts in. Now for excluding a certain thread i will post some code for that later.

Also on the botloader returning right away I will look into this. Plus are you sure you set the correct path to the aiml files?

[Simms]

Plus are you sure you set the correct path to the aiml files?

It appears that was the problem. I had set the path to the AIML files using http://www.myforums.com/forums/alice/aiml ... just changed it to use the absolute path, and botloader appears to be loading now.

Can't believe I didn't think of that earlier. :) Thanks a lot!

[Alex]

How about a german version? please :)

[SnowBot]

Hi guys, got it all set up and working well but i was wondering how you could make it so that the bot will reply after afew seconds/minutes as replying right away makes it look auto which it is, but we dont wanna give that away do we :) lol

also if i login as the bot, how do i make it so it doesnt reply to itself? I need to get it to post some threads not just reply if ppl are gonna beleive its a real user :) lol

thanks

[eXtremeTim]

Hi guys, got it all set up and working well but i was wondering how you could make it so that the bot will reply after afew seconds/minutes as replying right away makes it look auto which it is, but we dont wanna give that away do we :) lol

also if i login as the bot, how do i make it so it doesnt reply to itself? I need to get it to post some threads not just reply if ppl are gonna beleive its a real user :) lol

thanks
This I can take care of when i do the do not let bot reply code. I will make a little extra code for you so that only the person logged in as the bot sees it. But not having it be auto would be a bit more work. I will see what I can do about this for you. Please keep in mind that right now this is not my hack to really be releasing new versions for and stuff. That is why as of right now i have not yet released the new version that i have made. Im still waiting on a reply from the guy who released this as beta so till then.

[SnowBot]

Thats great if you could, i think you can release them as addons ? i dont know if thats allowed but it was for the store hack to :)

[Geographic2]

How about a german version? please

The bot actually knows some german.... ;)

[Simms]

It appears that was the problem. I had set the path to the AIML files using http://www.myforums.com/forums/alice/aiml ... just changed it to use the absolute path, and botloader appears to be loading now.

Can't believe I didn't think of that earlier. :) Thanks a lot!

Well, I'm not getting the "Process Complete" page spit back at me right away again, but now it's not completing at all.

If memory serves from the vb2 version, after running botloader.php, I should see a page showing which AIML files have been loaded. Right now, I see nothing...just whatever page I was on before I went to run the script (ie, Google.com, etc.). The browser status bar shows something loading--slowly, as it should, I think--but the script hangs at around 2/5 of the way along. The last time I tried, I let it sit there for an hour or so, before botloaded.php finally skipped to a 404.

Since I'm the only one who seems to be having this problem, I'm sure it's something I've screwed up on my end, but if anybody can give me any clues about where might be an appropriate place to look when I get home tonight, that would be great. :)

[wrongful]

I got it up and running, the only problem I see is that when tombot replied to a new thread, on forum home it showed a blank title, and didn't show the title until a real person replied to the thread.

Any ideas?

[eXtremeTim]

I got it up and running, the only problem I see is that when tombot replied to a new thread, on forum home it showed a blank title, and didn't show the title until a real person replied to the thread.

Any ideas?Was this in a subforum?

[eXtremeTim]

Well, I'm not getting the "Process Complete" page spit back at me right away again, but now it's not completing at all.

If memory serves from the vb2 version, after running botloader.php, I should see a page showing which AIML files have been loaded. Right now, I see nothing...just whatever page I was on before I went to run the script (ie, Google.com, etc.). The browser status bar shows something loading--slowly, as it should, I think--but the script hangs at around 2/5 of the way along. The last time I tried, I let it sit there for an hour or so, before botloaded.php finally skipped to a 404.

Since I'm the only one who seems to be having this problem, I'm sure it's something I've screwed up on my end, but if anybody can give me any clues about where might be an appropriate place to look when I get home tonight, that would be great. :)
This is more then likely do to your servers setting of some timeout limit that is being hit cuasing termination of the script.

[eXtremeTim]

Thats great if you could, i think you can release them as addons ? i dont know if thats allowed but it was for the store hack to :)
While addons are nice it never hurts to build them in and have an on/off option where there this small. Unlike the store hack where they were usualy big.

[eXtremeTim]

Hi guys, got it all set up and working well but i was wondering how you could make it so that the bot will reply after afew seconds/minutes as replying right away makes it look auto which it is, but we dont wanna give that away do we :) lol

also if i login as the bot, how do i make it so it doesnt reply to itself? I need to get it to post some threads not just reply if ppl are gonna beleive its a real user :) lol

thanks
I have figured out how to make it work for if your using the bot account. But not sure how to do the delay without cuasing more problems.

I could do it via cron but that would add all the posts at once each hour so that wouldn't be to good.

[Simms]

This is more then likely do to your servers setting of some timeout limit that is being hit cuasing termination of the script.

Poking around in the startup.xml file, I'm wondering if editing it to only load a few AIML files at a time (ie, replacing * with 0.aiml - 9.aiml, run the script, edit startup.xml, repeat until done) would be an effective way around this (assuming of course that what you say is, in fact, the problem)?

At least it *appears* that such a capability is there, but I know nothing of XML, so I'm just trying to read between the lines (of code). :)

[eXtremeTim]

Poking around in the startup.xml file, I'm wondering if editing it to only load a few AIML files at a time (ie, replacing * with 0.aiml - 9.aiml, run the script, edit startup.xml, repeat until done) would be an effective way around this (assuming of course that what you say is, in fact, the problem)?

At least it *appears* that such a capability is there, but I know nothing of XML, so I'm just trying to read between the lines (of code). :)
That might work. Last time when i had problems with it timing out i removed some of the aiml files and added them in like chunks of five.

[eXtremeTim]

How about a german version? please :)
This hack uses a script which has all the phrases and stuff built into it. I think there is a german version of all the stuff if you go to alice's website. (sorry dont have the url on hand right the second)

[MindTrix]

I keep getting a 500 internal error page, anyone no why?

[MindTrix]

Ok my host told me its most likely because its been disabled because it eats up CPU power.

Does this do that?

[eXtremeTim]

Ok my host told me its most likely because its been disabled because it eats up CPU power.

Does this do that?
This would eatup alot of cpu power for a bit yes. Seeing as its running 300,000 queries. I would try only adding a few aiml files at a time till you get them all added.

[Mr. HillBilly]

Did you run the botloader.php file??? If not did you do the edits to the dbprefs.php file. If not do both of them. If you ran botloader.php but did not edit dbprefs.php please edit this file then run the botloader again. If you did thoose edits but did not run botloader.php please run this script. Both of these files are found in the alice/src/admin/ folders

Already did that..

[eXtremeTim]

Already did that..
Did you get the confirmation screen telling you what all was added?

[Schorsch]

can the bot also speak german??

[eXtremeTim]

can the bot also speak german??
It has some german phrases built in. I believe you can get fully german aiml files from the alice robot site.

[apokphp]

Do you have any nice tips on how to make your bot "learn"? Like what are some good questions or statements to post so that the bot learns? Is there a "formula" so to speak, that shows how the bot learns?

Also, in the forum that he is in...post counts are disabled. However, the bot continues to gain post counts. Actual live members cannot increase their post counts...but the bot does. How can I fix this?

[leozh]

I am having a problem with the bot replying to the post before it is actually posted and replying to the same post multiple times.

http://forums.govteen.com/forumdisplay.php?f=203

[eXtremeTim]

Do you have any nice tips on how to make your bot "learn"? Like what are some good questions or statements to post so that the bot learns? Is there a "formula" so to speak, that shows how the bot learns?

Also, in the forum that he is in...post counts are disabled. However, the bot continues to gain post counts. Actual live members cannot increase their post counts...but the bot does. How can I fix this?
The post count problem is fixed in my version but im still waiting on the author of this version to let me release my version.

[eXtremeTim]

I am having a problem with the bot replying to the post before it is actually posted and replying to the same post multiple times.

http://forums.govteen.com/forumdisplay.php?f=203
Im not seeing any of these problems that you reported. :-/

[Alex]

This hack uses a script which has all the phrases and stuff built into it. I think there is a german version of all the stuff if you go to alice's website. (sorry dont have the url on hand right the second)I've been there (www.alicebot.org) but couldn't find any complete translation to german. I spidered the web a little bit, but same thing. If anyone find's the german aiml-files, please let me know. Thanks!
Otherwise i only can install this bot as english-teacher what would take away 80% of the fun.

[Sal Collaziano]

Okay so check the file path to that file in the _talkbot.php file. Make sure there are no typos and that you used the full domain name not absolute path.
Everything looks good.. I suppose I should delete everything and start over...

[leozh]

Im not seeing any of these problems that you reported. :-/
http://forums.govteen.com/showthread.php?t=59850&page=1

Apparently what is happening is that when a member posts more often than 45 seconds between posts, the post does not get published, as set in vB, but the bot still replies to it.

[C.Birch]

http://forums.govteen.com/showthread.php?t=59850&page=1

Apparently what is happening is that when a member posts more often than 45 seconds between posts, the post does not get published, as set in vB, but the bot still replies to it.


that is a prob i have come across myself and its being looked in to, just not much time on my hands free.

[leozh]

Ok, thanks for your efforts!

[eXtremeTim]

http://forums.govteen.com/showthread.php?t=59850&page=1

Apparently what is happening is that when a member posts more often than 45 seconds between posts, the post does not get published, as set in vB, but the bot still replies to it.
I was already planning to work on a fix for that. So hopefully latter today I will be allowed to release my version of this hack which my many changes already plus the many planned ones do to user suggestions.

[Schorsch]

It has some german phrases built in. I believe you can get fully german aiml files from the alice robot site.
what's the url of this site?

[Schorsch]

I think I found the site:

alicebot.org/downloads/aiml/GermanAIML-standalone.zip

so what do I do whith these files? just copy into the aiml folder oder completely replace the english ones?

[shadowbreed]

Great thnx a lot for this hack, guess i'll go back to writing aiml files again, need to teach this bot some more about my forums topics

[eXtremeTim]

I think I found the site:

alicebot.org/downloads/aiml/GermanAIML-standalone.zip

so what do I do whith these files? just copy into the aiml folder oder completely replace the english ones?
Yes.


Okay everybody look for a new release in the code hacks forum shortly. Im finishing adding a few touches to my code right now and will be releasing shortly. :)

[eXtremeTim]

Everyone is recommended that they upgrade to v2. It fixes a few small things plus adds loads of new features. v2 is also declared stable. Here is the thread for v2 https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=60329

Lets all remember to hit install when we upgrade. :)

[Halo_DDF]

Very very nice.. Me and my friends at my forum are having a kick over this lol :)

[Xyphen]

My Bot keeps saying this -__-

"I'm not feeling very well at the moment, try again later."

[eXtremeTim]

go use the stable released version. Fixes a few problems and stuff. You can find the stable v2 in the code hacks forum in the major additions forum for vb3