Major Additions - Talkerbot V2.2.3 (AI Posting Bot)

Talker Bot Hack v2.5.0
Hack By: Tim (eXtremeTim) Yarbrough
Website: www.extremechatforums.com

What This Hack Does.

This hack add a userlike bot to your forums. You can set which forum he will post in and how often he will reply to poeples posts. He will try and build his replies off the text that they posted. This bot will learn overtime slowly from your users posts.

Whats new in 2.5.0?
Cleanup of the code to allow better support for php5 users.
Simplified the steps to get the bot working.
Improved the code in various spots.
Fixed sloppy coding issues that remained from the original version of the hack.

Whats new in 2.2.4?

Start of php 5 compatibility fixes
Query errors
ajax cosmetics issue (should be fixed now but if not please let me know)
quite a few minor random things.

Whats new in 2.2.3?

Fixed a few bugs (didnt fix the php 5.1 issues yet till i have time to make sure they dont have an undesired effect)
Added code to make bot show up online.
Made bot show up as last poster correctly.
Fixed table prefix issue

Whats new in 2.2.2?

Cleaned up code a bit.
Fixed <br> problem
Improved bots sanity
Fixed alot of stuff.

To Upgrade from 2.2.4:

Upload all files import the new product.

To upgrade from 2.2.3:

Reupload src folder from the alice dir, install the product file, and upload ewt_talkerbot.php.

To upgrade from 2.2.2:

Reupload the src folder from the alice dir and also re upload the ewt_talkerbot.php file. No changes were made to the product file.

To upgrade from 2.2.1:

Overwrite the current product
Overwrite ewt_talkerbot.php


To Upgrade From 2.2.0:

Overwrite the current product. Upload ewt_talkerbot.php


To Upgrade From A Previous Version:

Just follow the install steps in the files becuase yea there was no prior version for vb3.6 so you should have no file edits to redo.

This version is much cleaner overall then all the previous version. I have removed a good deal of the code in the core alice bot that used to cuase errors. I have moved all the control settings into the admincp. Plus many other things including a much cleaner ewt_talkerbot.php file then the original _talkerbot.php file.


About v3

Yes version 3 is being planned out yet again. I had it finished at one point only to lose it when my computer was stolen a while back. So now im planning even more stuff for version 3. I will post information about v3 later.


AIML File:

I need aiml files. If you know where to get them or have a bunch you can send me please contact me via pm on here so I can get the files. (Needing more for the base package and some to start playing with the aiml sharing features of v3 )


Demo: http://www.extremewebtech.com/forums...esting-grounds
User/Pass: test2323/test2323

[dilbert]

Originally Posted by Keyser S?ze

300,000queires, can this thing be uninstalled after?

Yikes, 300,000 queries!
It's 300,000 table rows.
I can't get it installed, so I have no idea if I can uninstall it.
I believe there are only a few new tables created, so they would be simple enough to delete.

I am hoping in the next version, there is a way for us folks on shared servers with set timeouts, to upload the files.

[kylek]

Originally Posted by hotwheels

those look fine kylek.........make sure that the addy you type in for the botloader is correct like, wwww.yourdomain.com/forum/alice/botloader.php

I loaded mine 2 time's yesterday and it worked both times........set up just like you have it.......

Hi Hotwheels,

Yup, I have triple checked the addy to run the batloader.php.

Just wondering did you have to fill out the database name, password, etc on dbprefs.php? According to the instructions you just put your file paths in and it will autograb the database info needed.

[eclectica]

This is so crazy that it's cool.

I won't install it but nonetheless it fascinates me so I will vote it or nominate it to be hack of the month.

[G_Man]

Tim,

So, how can I check and see that the AIML files are actually all loaded?

I've been through the process a few times and still not sure, especially when comparing some of the Bots response and looking at the AIML files.

Cheers,
G.

[Unreal Player]

i'm getting the blank replies too. It seems like it is part of his memory or something like he will go

you are from . ???

when . is a place.

[inkdot]

if you got database problems, you might wanna check the '$rootdir =...'
and 'require('..'

check your php.info for the actual root address there.
don't use d:\inetpub...

my dbprefs.php looks like this:
$rootdir= "/home/content/x/x/x/deleted/html/forum/alice/aiml/";
require('/home/content/x/x/x/deleted/html/forum/includes/config.php');

[Erwin]

Guys, a quick tip - to avoid messing with the forum database errors etc through setting forums in Admin CP, do this:

Change the "Talkerbot - Include The Bot" plugin to:

PHP Code:

if ($foruminfo['forumid'] == 'xxx' AND sizeof($errors) == 0)
    {

   if (file_exists("ewt_talkerbot.php"))
    {
        include("ewt_talkerbot.php");
    }

    } 


Change xxx to the forumid you want to bot to talk in.

Then you can just disable the other 3 plugins which will no longer be needed.

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Erwin

The problem I have is that my bot has a lot of blanks in his answers.

For example "So you are talking about ." Or " said ."

Any idea about this problem Tim? I suspect when you cleaned out the core Alice code, you may have removed some code required for him to remember what the poster is saying. This wasn't the case with older versions.

Also, the bot remembers a poster's name, but keeps it in memory and confuses other poster with that poster, but this was a persistent problem with older versions.

[coRtALoS]

Loading startup.xml
could not open XML input



Edit: Nevermind, didn't use a trailing slash in one of the paths...heh.

Alright, now I have everything uploaded correctly, everything installed correctly, NO error messages. (40 thousand something categories added)

However, the bots database/tables are completely empty, and the bot does not post or anything.

[eXtremeTim]

I stated a while back I had to remove a bit of the functionality used to replace he with she and things of the sort. I hope to get them back turned on as soon as possible but they were conflicting with vbulletin on a core level.

But as far as the blank and or missing words im not sure whats cuasing that. But i will figure it out.