Hey thanks a lot for the detailed response.. I'll certainly play around with the settings and see what I can do! :D

So this is more reliant upon how many users are in the chat, then how many are actually talking/lines of text?

-Jason

Well, if you look at the ircrefresh.tcl, (the file loaded by the eggdrop used for monitoring the channel and determining stats) you'll notice the line:

bind pubm - * incr_activity

what this line does is call incr_activity in the channel everytime a message is typed in the channel and the bot sees it.

incr_activity is just the way the eggdrop determines activity, incrementing the activity by 1 on each message detected in the channel. So, depending on how active your channel is (how many people are typing at once) this will increase.

proc incr_activity {nick host hand chan {text ""}} {
global activity irc_chan

if {$chan != $irc_chan} {
return 0
}

incr activity 1

return 0
}


The thing to note, is that, when the bot decides to update the activity, (by writing the activity to the database every 180seconds (2mins)) it will reset the activity back to 0. So maybe change activity_wait (in ircrefresh.tcl) to something like 3 mins or 3 anda half mins, so that your activity will be greater when it gets written to the database. (note: .save and .refresh your bot after doing this). Again, this will be trial and error as well :)

This is all starting to go past my expertise. ;( hehe...

We actually have a fairly lively chat room, with 10+ people talking regulerly and about 30-40 in there at any given time.. Any recommended settings for the fields specifically? I tried a few things and nothing seemed to change the meter...

I am stumped. I cant get this to work... ;( and I know its user error. grrrrr...

change incr activity 1
to incr activity 2 :)

where are you having problems?

For your problem Alien, you should set the activity_wait variable in the TCL script from the default 180 (3 minutes), to something such as 360 (6 minutes).

If you haven't already fixed it. ;)

This gives the bot a longer sampling time to gauge activity.

Great mod.. Works fine!!

Just a future suggestion--
maybe you can add support for the ! (channel owner) and % (halfops) to this great script..

Unfortunantly I don't know how to grab the ! or % users with the eggdrop IRC functions. If I have time I'll look around for how to do so.

Hey been so busy I haven't had time to play with it, I'll give that a try too! Thanks so much!

eggdrop has a command called ishalfop $user $chan...
as far as chan owner.. i didnt see anything like that..

Hmm, I must have overlooked it. I'll put the update in later tonight.

Version 1.4 now available.

The only addition is support for half-ops (%).

To upgrade:

1. Upload ircadmin.php and irconline.php. Be sure to re-set the config values in irconline.php.

2. Redo the file edits for your forum root index.php.

3. Overwrite ircrefresh.tcl with the new file. Be sure to re-set the config values.

4. Run the following query in PhpMyAdmin

Cool--- great update! :) Now, if we could just figure out the channel owners :)

Couldnt we do someone sortof compare-- like if there nick has a ! in front then they equal admin? What do I know tho....

Anywayz, thanx for the update!

OK, getting this error while in the partyline with the bot
I've rechecked, I added the sql, i checked all the code.. But that error seems to come up.. The topic on the forum updates fine, but the users dont..

Any clue?

seems like you might be running an older version of eggdrop that doesnt have the ishalfop command implemented. Maybe try upgrading to the latest eggdrop?

I originally coded this hack under linux with eggdrop, and I never noticed the ishalfop in the TCL documentation.

Although when I did this update, it was under windrop, which I noticed the function in the documentation.

Although, I'm sure I just overlooked, and eggdrop does have support.

Hmm for some odd reason i won't update mine either. Everything else works perfect though.

If your eggdrop is giving you errors with the ishalfop command, I suggest upgrading your eggdrop.

If it still fails to work, you'll have to cut out halfop support by removing the following code from ircrefresh.tcl (bringing you back down to v1.3):

Hi i just installed this hack and im new to vb so maybe someone can help me :rolleyes:

My forum doesnt seem to show the block with the users online,
im familiar with eggdrop and the bot loaded the tcl file ok and both keys are set to same number.
ive never created a template before so maybe thats where im going wrong?
Is there a certain way i need to make the irc_loggedin template?
its shows this template under custom templates but not on the forum home?
if i call the irconline file i get a blank page?

any help would be great

You get a blank page if you access irconline.php because it is protected. Only $_POST access and the correct key will give you access. But, there is no reason for you to access that file anyway. It's meant only for the bot.

I suggest you review the instructions to make sure all has been done correctly. Make sure the channel is created in your AdminCP irc page.

hi ive followed the instructions exactly,i tried installing the irc manager hack first,but that didnt work so i upgraded to the eggdrop version.i dont get any errors but there is no info about the channel displayed,
the bot seems to be able to run the tcl script but it should show the footer block with the info?

why wouldnt the footer channel block be showing up?

Hi guys,

I'm trying to setup the EIM1.4 under vB 3.0.1 and Eggdrop 1.6.15, under linux.
I've followed the installation twice and performed correctly all the vB operation.

• I can create #channel via admincp
• The template is working well
• The database access is working well (displaying 0 everywhere in template)

It seems that the eggdrop script can't update the channel status to the mysql via irconline.php ...

On the eggdrop part, I have correctly load up the scripts/_egghttp.tcl and scripts/_ircrefresh.tcl

• When I'm trying to run manual command, nothings append
• I got strange error message in log
  Quote:

  Tcl error [check_part]: invalid command name "::http::cleanup"

Any Idea ? maybe my egghttp lib is not the good one ? (egghttp.tcl v1.0.5 - by strikelight)
How can I debug the app ?

Thanks in advance, RCK.

I don't know what this egghttp lib is, but I have:

http::cleanup is a valid command. Maybe you have disabled something in the configuration, or are not loading the library.

I use Windrop, and not currently on my Linux box, so I can't help too much.

Hi VeloCD !

do you know where I can download this version of http.tcl script ?
(I'm using latest version of Eggdrop, and http.tcl don't seems to be present)

I got all the http.tcl package from windrop, I'll try to make them work under eggdrop :)

Just to told you all that I got the script working correctly under eggdrop !
in fact the http.tcl package is integrated in TCL, but I was running one too much older TCL version (8.0, need 8.2)

Ok i have tried nearly everything but i did not get this to work properly.

The script is in the scripts directory and called by the .conf.
All settings in the files are made but the bot dont refresh the sql table.
Tried the bot commands and nothing happens.

Really strange.

What is your version of eggdrop ? windrop ?
What version of TCL is installed - if you are under linux ?

Question for Velocd :
btw, what is the signification of {} around some nicks ?

Eggdrop v1.6.15
TCL v8.3

I'm also running Eggdrop 1.6.15 & TCL-8.3.3 and got no problem.
You should reinstall Eggdrop IRC Manager, and see if you don't forgot anything.

I tried this too.
Double checked each setting, re-added the channel in admincp.
Which log could i check to see if theres trouble?

Hum, did you recompile eggdrop since you switched to TCL-8.3 ?

about log, the only error message I get was
- when I was log into the partyline via telnet
- in the ./log/eggdrop.conf

(it was one error about missing TCL http command)

TCL was installed before i used the eggdrop.

Funny.
I did nothing and its working now. :)

Hi !

Eggdrop IRC Manager is working very well here, except for the activity counter.
I tracked the problem and discovered EIM was using the same Time than on other script.
For the moment I have disable the other script, but it's not a final solution :ermm:

How can I make co-operate those both scripts which are using [utimers] ?
Here are the source of symantec.tcl

RCK, the eggdrop utimer function is as follows (from eggdrop documentation):

In my script, I didn't take into account that you might be using other scripts that use timers, sorry.

My script creates a utimer, then when a certain amount of seconds pass deletes all utimers, and creates another utimer.. repeating the process indefinitely.

An easy way to fix this is setting a global variable to the return value of the utimer command, which is the timerID, and then only deleting that utimer.

I don't have the time right now, but I'll try to over the weekend.

Thanks in advance ! :)

Dunno if this is possible, but a friend runs a channel that already has an eggdrop bot. Is there a way I can pull the info from it? I can give him the .tcl file and then set things up on my end.

Yes, that is possible.

Anyone know a way to put this at the top of forumhome in it's own table (separate from what's going on)?