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

[LPC]

I called my bot a stupid slut and it said "you'll be sorry you said that when robots take over the world".

I think mine is getting better the more posts it makes.

You can see mine at JAXDOUG.COM and her name is Ima Bot.

Thanks,

doug

[hotwheels]

Originally Posted by wolfyman

OK, help me please - is this bot this stupid or did I forget to do something?

I'd love to give th bot an attitude. is that possible? Or can I remove all the dumb replies from it? It's neat, but.... This reply is just beyond words.

(Please see post #5 in this thread: http://forums.beerandshots.com/showthread.php?t=16933)

It is really that stupid.........seriously.

The aiml files were written to be answered like a person, so when you ask it a human question, it tries to respond as a human.

I too want mine to have attitude and extremetim is supposed to be looking at getting the "botlearner" program working, which will hopefully store a custom aiml file in your database, therefore, letting you teach the bot how to be a smart ass and when certain types of question's are asked, it will respond with a certian type of answer.

If this doesn't come to be, i will work on showing people how to teach their bot by manually adding to aiml files and reuploading the file.

Here is an example of what i have taught my bot, via aiml files, i will edit to keep it clean for .org, but hopefully you can see where i am going with this:

Originally Posted by user

f*** you a** clown

Originally Posted by bot

Are you aware that the ALICE server logs and records all conversations f*** face?

[curriertech]

^^ That is absolutely hilarious!!!!

[hotwheels]

I too just want to take a second and apologize to anyone that find's my post above offensive, that isn't my intention.
I was/am only trying to give .org member's an idea of what this talkerbot can do. Which in the long run will make some of our site's have a little bit of it's own personality.
My own site, isn't based off of anything really serious, nor is any money involved, like trying to run a business. Mine is just set up for mustang enthusiasts and give's people a place to come hang out and have a good time if they want. There too is good information available, but not every second of every minute is based off of serious content.......

Kind of like havin a beer after work, but not really having a beer.

[eXtremeTim]

Hopefully I can get the time together this weekend to release 2.2.3.

[h_kakashi]

Originally Posted by eXtremeTim

Hopefully I can get the time together this weekend to release 2.2.3.

Best of luck dude

I've already posted this on Tim's forum but posting the problem here to see if anyone else has a fix.

"I can confirm there are definate problems when replying to any forums which are listed in the forums the bot is able to read. Those that aren't in that list aren't affected.

It is affecting quick reply, advanced reply and creation of new threads."

This is the last hurdle (I hope). occasionally the bot responds so it is working. However normally it just hangs there

[hotwheels]

what exactly is it doing H kakashi?

Your Talkerbot Settings in your admincp, "Forums Talkerbot Should Reply In" and "Forums Talkerbot Should Read Posts In" need to have the same Id numbers in order to work correctly.

[h_kakashi]

I have
Forums Talkerbot Should Read Posts In: *
Forums Talkerbot Should Reply In: 111

I've tried 111 in both but didn't make any difference.

When replying to a thread in any of the parts of the forums 'he' can read, it just hangs. I didn't see any abnormal cpu usage or disk activity on the server whilst it's hanging. Occasionally on the first post of a thread the bot will reply as intended.

Sometimes other users can get through to him but they hang for the most part as well. Kinda hit and miss. However a lot of people complained the forums was hanging when posting replies when the bot was turned on. Even outside the area I've assigned for it to reply in. So then I changed the "Read Posts in" value so that it didn't include all the forums. The forums that were left out , there was no problem replying to when the bot was on. However those that were included there was.

If however whilst it's hanging If I stop the browser and then refresh the page, my post will be there however no sign of the bot.

Strange problem T_T

[eXtremeTim]

I have already confirmed this bug and am working on a fix for it.

[eXtremeTim]

2.2.3 will ship late tonight or early tommorrow morning.

Just a before hand note for everybody: the file structure in this hack will be changing with the release of 2.2.3. Preparing it to utilize a more organized system similiar to what is going to be in place for 3.x.