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

[CoolSwede]

hi,
updated and running fine. runs on php5.2.2 no problems.

[Cybertims]

Originally Posted by eXtremeTim

Did you upload the alice directory into your forums directory?

Yup, all seems to be there fine.......I have installed the aiml files into the database as well.

I have added him to a testing forum section but he only ever says "I was not able to connect to my database. Please try again later." to every single statement. What exactly makes him say that? I can see that it is in the ewt_talkerbot file, but this comment is said when he cant access the database or what?

Cheers for the help.

[madsun]

I am getting the same exact message from the bot...

"I was not able to connect to my database. Please try again later."

all the bot will say to me... any ideas on how to fix this or where to look for this...

Would really like to get this running right =]

thanks.
N8

[tarot]

I re-uploaded the files, re-imported the xml and it still gives me this error

Loading startup.xml
Loading data aiml file: Human.aiml
Loading data aiml file: H.aiml
Loading data aiml file: 5.aiml
Loading data aiml file: std-religion.aiml
Loading data aiml file: J.aiml
Loading data aiml file: std-lizards.aiml
Loading data aiml file: 1.aiml
Loading data aiml file: B.aiml
Loading data aiml file: update.aiml
Loading data aiml file: N.aiml
Loading data aiml file: Humor.aiml
Loading data aiml file: Predicates.aiml
Loading data aiml file: Parts.aiml
Loading data aiml file: std-turing.aiml
Loading data aiml file: std-robot.aiml
Loading data aiml file: dev-scripts.aiml
Loading data aiml file: Badanswer.aiml
Loading data aiml file: L.aiml
Loading data aiml file: Politics.aiml
Loading data aiml file: Adverbs.aiml
Loading data aiml file: dev-translation.aiml
XML error: EntityRef: expecting ';' at line 98

please help - we love the bot and don't want to lose him

[andrew67]

Originally Posted by madsun

I am getting the same exact message from the bot...

"I was not able to connect to my database. Please try again later."

all the bot will say to me... any ideas on how to fix this or where to look for this...

Would really like to get this running right =]

thanks.
N8

I also had this problem and the same error when I installed it tonight , the problem was simply I installed it in to the wrong directory. My forum is www.austech.info , not www.austech.info/forums.
I installed it in to a old folder called forum which I used to run before I got a dedicated server , so I would say you havent installed it to your actual root directory. Re-check where you have actually installed it.

[eXtremeTim]

Yea the alice folder must be uploaded into your forums directory what ever you may have named it.

[board.trash]

Originally Posted by eXtremeTim

Everybody whos bot is not posting in the forums please go to http://pathtoyourforums.com/alice/sr...t=How+are+you? and see if the bot replies there.

YES my bot reply there but in my forum he said:

"I was not able to connect to my database. Please try again later."

and i got this error after i aswer to the bot:

Warnung: file_get_contents(): URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /ewt_talkerbot.php (Zeile 53)

can you help me pls?

[eXtremeTim]

Your server configuration doesnt allow the 2.5 version of the bot to run on it.

[board.trash]

thx 4 answer tim, wich server configuration i need to run it correctly?

[Cybertims]

When I go to http://pathtoyourforums.com/alice/sr...t=How+are+you?

changing the path to mine...I get nothing but a blank screen.

cheers