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Nov 15, 2003, 1:59pm

[View Quote] > The bot is writen in VB (Visual Basic). There is 1 prob through. i am not
> willng 2 give it away freely, can u please (or some1 else) give me some PHP
> code so i can publish it.
>
>

I'm not giving away my PHP code freely so please pay me $10,000 before I give it to you.

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Nov 3, 2003, 3:52pm

For all who are using my Adminbot to backup their world, please update to the latest version. I discovered a serious bug in the SDK (aw_terrain_query is buggy) where it did not report all the elevation grids back to the bot. The workaround solves the problem (it is using the aw_terrain_next() call if anyone is interested:).

http://www.andras.net/tools.html#adminbot
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Andras
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Nov 6, 2003, 8:21am

[View Quote] > Are there any bot people in aw willing to do an organised planned project
> that will actualy get finished? Are there any bot people in aw willing to
> do more than say they will help then vanish for months? Are there any bot
> people in aw willing to work on a project that isn't a uninspired "RPG" or
> cookie-cutter "paintball" game?
>
>

I never made an RPG nor a paintball :) Do I qualify?

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Andras
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Dec 3, 2003, 9:22pm

[View Quote]
> We are talking about AWI here. Did you see who they picked for beta
> testers a couple of times..?
>

Yeah - I see your name in the beta group posting :)

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Andras
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Dec 13, 2003, 8:31pm

[View Quote] > There is currently a trojan going around, a supposed "Terrain bot" that is
> from terbot.0catch.com. I was infected with it and the little #$%^& used my
> acct and ftp server to distrobute another version of it called VWTViewer. If
> you see eather one DO NOT DOWNLOAD THEM. VWTViewer i have deleted and have
> changed all of my passwords, but DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES download
> these. They are a real #$%^& to remove.
>
> -Ep0ch
>
>

Never EVER run a program which is not from a trusted source! If there is a new program out, it is either from someone you trust, or wait till you see reports about it.
The terbot.0catch.com site was mentioned only in my ng (best of my knowledge) where you'd see an immediate response from several ppl that it is a backdoor trojan.
The webpage explicitly explains it is not the original program from the author (which indeed was a nice bot!) but an upload by a script kiddie.

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Andras
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FU set to community

Jan 5, 2004, 4:34pm

[View Quote] > Remember that? About 6 months ago I was all over these NGs hyping the
> imminent release of Nox 3.4 - a fully programmable weather bot for the
> masses.
>
> Well, as my luck goes - on the day I finished Nox 3.4 months ago, an hour
> after I compiled the .exe and was ready to release the first build. My
> computer fried in an electrical fire (don't ask) and thus all my months of
> work was lost and I would have to start all over again.
>
> Well about a month ago I started all over again on my new PC. Having done it
> once before its not taken me nearly as long to program this time and so you
> can all expect Nox 3.4 Build 1 to be released hopefully in a week.
>
> I'm just ironing out the last bugs and adding fancy features (like storms)
> and soon it'll be ready for release.
>
> So basically - watch this space. Nox is back :D
>
> -Robbie
>
>

Don't forget to back it up this time!

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Andras
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Feb 21, 2004, 5:58am

[View Quote] First - if you feel the urge to crosspost to all the groups, set the follow-up to community (where this topic belongs to)
Second - before you start to spread FUD, study the case :)
This (and several other) worm picks its "From" address from the infected computer's address book and sends its payload to all the addresses it found within the address book.
According to Symantec's discovery the worm uses not only the address book but:

"8. Retrieves email addresses from files on the computer that have the following extensions:

* .msg
* .oft
* .sht
* .dbx
* .tbb
* .adb
* .doc
* .wab
* .asp
* .uin
* .rtf
* .vbs
* .html
* .htm
* .pl
* .php
* .txt
* .eml

"
In other words: someone in AW has an infected machine (should be an AW user - why else would he/she have the billing address of AWI?) and your email address is on that machine too - this is how the mail ended up on your machine with the sender mentioned above.
I'm not an advocate of MATT but it is not his job :)

FU set to community.
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Andras
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Feb 21, 2004, 9:33pm

[View Quote] > Since the death of preston, I've been totally out of bots. I don't know how
> to make bots, I don't even know how to run any other type of bots.. they all
> seem beyond my ken. I've tried tutorials, but they never help me (I'm
> quite stupid with tutorials, I usualy need a live person). Is there anyone
> out there who will help me make/script a very simple bot for a very
> interesting project?
>
>

Preston is not dead - last time I talked to ImaGenius he said Faber is coming up with a new release :)

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Andras
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Mar 4, 2004, 6:13am

[View Quote] > Does anyone know of a bot or something that could plant random objects
> (trees and such) all over my world, generaly following the contours of my
> terrain?
>
>

DEM2Rwx is designed to do it.
http://www.andras.net/modular.html

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Andras
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Mar 4, 2004, 10:41am

[View Quote] > I thought it only did it with the modular rwx terrain rather than real
> terrain. Also could it attach a name to the object? Also I'm hopeless with
> bots so I'll really need someone to hold my hand.
>
>

It can now read elevation dump, so it should work (I used that bot in several worlds during the Christmas Gift Hunt to plant objects).
What do you mean "attach name" ? like create name xxx ? because it can't do that one (though it is easy to add).
I can hold your hand during the build or I can do it myself making your life even easier.

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Andras
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Mar 6, 2004, 12:00pm

[View Quote] Speed building can be limited.
I don't know what do you mean under "copying" and how to restrict that one.
Same goes for the "listening in on conversations" - would you elaborate please?

The March newsletter will have an article on that bot, meanwhile read the following web pages for more details:
http://awcommunity.org/aws/awnewbie/guardbot.htm
http://www.andras.net/guardbot.html

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Andras
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Mar 16, 2004, 12:05pm

Hi all,

We feel that the current state of the Guardbot is stable enough to make it public, so here it comes:
http://www.andras.net/guardbot.html

Please report errors only by email or in news://news.andras.net/aw.utilities

Enjoy,
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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Apr 3, 2004, 7:16am

Several bug fixed, enhanced terrain management added:

V2.1.2.49
- Fixed bug when doing survey and accidentally closed the target file resulting an empty propfile.
- Added a "Save InReadableForm" checkbox which modifies the propdump format to a human readable version like:

Owner=307626 1801.45S 2659.41E 0.00a -90.0 model=walk009h.rwx desc=Druid Way

V2.1.1.48
- Added terrain texture changing feature (further terrain manipulation will follow sometimes).


Enjoy
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Andras
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Apr 5, 2004, 5:38pm

[View Quote] > Sweet at the enhancements to the Survey manager.. awesome work! ^,,^
> I've just recently discovered the usefulness of the survey manager, I don't
> really know how I went on without it.. :D Keep up the great work, Xela.

I told you Xelagot is better than my little toys :)

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Andras
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Apr 16, 2004, 8:22am

[View Quote] KKhhmmm - sever build 57 is NOT a beta server! It fixed a serious world size problem and did not include any new features.

Sorry,
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Andras
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Apr 16, 2004, 4:58pm

[View Quote] > Andras, we are probably both half-right. It is offered by AW as a
> non-beta world server on their page, but it has the first two 3.5
> world attributes (even the 531 browser recognises that), and appeared
> during the beta period in november 2003. At that time, I had not been
> included in the alpha/beta group (was denied admittance), and when I
> finally was admitted in december, had to update my knowledge of the
> beta ng very fast - it took me a couple of weeks to do so. So there
> is my confusion about the status, which is confusing anyway because it
> is half way between 3.4 and 3.5 :)
>
> Alex
>
>

57 came out after I discovered some problems with the clicking in 56 (which was the latest released version. I asked all Christmas Hunt participant to upgrade to 57 due to this bug. Nobody complained yet and I run 20+ worlds on 57 without a hiccup!
I'm very hesitant to tell a world owner "ditch that version" especially without enough knowledge (being a beta user or not).
Of course it is your call and I won't interfere with it, except I KNOW it is a working release (and not a beta) :) OTOH I won't install 63 or 64 until it is an official release because I have users depending on my service and I don't want them to be a guinea pig :)

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Andras
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Apr 24, 2004, 6:48pm

[View Quote] >
> People who do not have explicit trust in me need not apply.
>
> - MR
>
>

Well,,,,, your past actions did not make me feel safe :)
Sometimes it takes a looooong time to correct one's impression.
Maybe it is not a good idea to show off with bot names "Echelon" ? I bet you get the picture :)

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Andras
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Apr 24, 2004, 7:08pm

[View Quote] > Erm... Echelon is a personal bot... its never been released... noone else
> has ever got their hands on it... and I havent used it for the past year and
> a half because it was outdated and resides on my source code disk
> somewhere....?
>
> Just because your resentful to any upcoming programmers that will
> (potentially) be outcoding you at the other side of a programming masters
> degree in a few years dosent mean everyone else resents them.
>
> - MR

Mark,

You misunderstood my comments! I'm happy to see anyone who makes good bots (better or worse than mine - doesn't matter!)
OTOH trust is a different thing - that should be earned - not "created" or "demanded".
One thing I learned in the past that you try to be honest and don't "show off". Maybe it is not the current trend in programming - I'm and old fart and I can't follow those changes but still, I only trust in programs which has no "dirty" background in any form.
Sorry if I can't make my statements clear - English is not my native language.


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Andras
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Apr 24, 2004, 7:27pm

[View Quote] [View Quote] LOL - you made my day Alex!!!

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Andras
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Apr 25, 2004, 7:14am

[View Quote] > Im not here to go competing against any individuals... I am here to be the
> best.
>
> - Mark Randall
>
>

I wish you will be the best!

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Andras
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Jul 14, 2004, 8:08pm

Hi all,

I finished the first phase of porting the AW SDK under Linux.

I will need beta testers to beat the hell out of it so I can fix whatever problem comes up.
I don't want to go through the login/password hassle for the beta newsgroup, so if anyone is interested, please sign up to news://news.andras.net/AW.Bots_And_SDK newsgroup where we can exchange experiments/bug reports.

Anyone who is interested to test the SDK under Linux, please sign in in news://news.andras.net/AW.Bots_And_SDK newsgroup.

I hope this project will fly and we would make the fastest beta phase in AW's history <would be hard to beat the media testing but we have to try!!>:)


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Andras
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Jul 18, 2004, 10:21am

Hi Folks,

Looks like we straighted out all the known quirks, so now everyone can test it.

http://www.andras.net/linuxsdk.html


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Andras
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Jul 30, 2004, 12:09pm

[View Quote]
Interesting mail server you have :) Read it carefully!



The attached message had PERMANENT fatal delivery errors!

After one or more unsuccessful delivery attempts the attached message has
been removed from the mail queue on this server. The number and frequency
of delivery attempts are determined by local configuration parameters.

YOUR MESSAGE WAS NOT DELIVERED!

Failed address: strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk

--- Session Transcript ---
Parsing Message <E:\MDAEMON1\REMOTEQ\pd50000014602.msg>
From: andras at andras.net
To: strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk
Subject: Re: Eclipse BETA - Requesting Specialist Testers
Message-ID: <41095569.8080305 at andras.net>
MX-record resolution of [rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk] in progress (DNS Server: 193.131.100.7)...
P=002 D=rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk TTL=(1440) MX=[mail-in.freeserve.com]
Attempting MX: P=002 D=rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk TTL=(1440) MX=[mail-in.freeserve.com]
Attempting SMTP connection to [mail-in.freeserve.com : 25]
Cache hit on [mail-in.freeserve.com]; IP = [193.252.22.143]
Waiting for socket connection...
Socket connection established (194.152.129.221 : 4386 -> 193.252.22.143 : 25)
Waiting for protocol initiation...
<-- 220 mwinf3212.me.freeserve.com ESMTP **************************
--> EHLO andras.net
<-- 250-mwinf3212.me.freeserve.com
<-- 250-PIPELINING
<-- 250-SIZE 10485760
<-- 250 8BITMIME
--> MAIL From:<andras at andras.net> SIZE=2646
<-- 250 Ok
--> RCPT To:<strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk>
<-- 250 Ok
--> DATA
<-- 354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
Sending <E:\MDAEMON1\REMOTEQ\pd50000014602.msg> to [193.252.22.143]
Transfer Complete.
<-- 550 Error: Message content rejected
--- End Transcript ---
: Message contains [1] file attachments



Subject:
Re: Eclipse BETA - Requesting Specialist Testers
From:
Andras <andras at andras.net>
Date:
Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:52:09 +0200
To:
strike rapier <strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk>

[View Quote] > I did wonder who was accessing the site from their HDD... lol..
>
> I started thinking of / implimenting features like that are in Eclipse about
>

I can't resist: it is implement not impliment :)

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Andras
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Aug 27, 2004, 4:53am

[View Quote] > I deleted my old xelagot and downloaded the latest version. I can open it
> when I click on the exe in the folder, but when i create an exe icon copy on
> my desktop and try to open it, it says it cannot open there's an aw.dll
> missing. That dll file is in the folder. So how can i get the short cut to
> open xelagot bot? help please someone :)
>
>

Right click on the icon, select Properties/Shortcut and put the original folder onto the "Start in:" field.

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Andras
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Aug 30, 2004, 5:04am

[View Quote] Mapview has something which maybe helps - it lists all the objects used inworld. To search the OP is not feasible since most of the OP hosts are disabling the directory listing access.

http://www.andras.net/tools.html#mapview

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Andras
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Aug 30, 2004, 5:08am

[View Quote]
>
> Mapview has something which maybe helps - it lists all the objects used
> inworld. To search the OP is not feasible since most of the OP hosts are
> disabling the directory listing access.
>
> http://www.andras.net/tools.html#mapview
>

Even better to use my syntaxbot - it will list all objects, textures, URLs inworld with checking if they exists and you can save the list for comparing with your OP.

http://www.andras.net/syntaxbot.html

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Andras
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Oct 28, 2004, 2:33pm

[View Quote] > I didnt understand why they need a bot to look at world rating. All they
> gotta do is look on the world list or go in and look at world features.
>

Simple as that:
Visit the 1000+ world and write the info down manually then transfer it to the search system :)
Seriously:
The program gives full right to the Universe owner - Cit#1 can do anything anywhere. To fill up the Search system, you have to use a bot otherwise the job just not maintainable.
It is the same as the Google bot on your web pages - the only thing is missing that you can't tell the Cit#1 bot: don't come here.

Hope this helps,
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Andras
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Oct 28, 2004, 11:22pm

[View Quote] > cause cit#1 has uni CT it is also in every world it gets the object password
> in encrypted form , just like all the other attributes , what the bot does
> with it , no clue .
>
>

Wrong - even the Cit#1 can't get the OP password!!
Only the browser gets it which can't render the world without it <and of course the admin bot/tool but this is the only one which doesn't have the Cit#1 privilege!!> :)

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Andras
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Oct 30, 2004, 4:57am

[View Quote] > not cit #1

[View Quote] Ryan is right, Ciena :)


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Andras
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Oct 30, 2004, 5:01am

[View Quote] > Why not just take the bot off the universe CT (to an un-privlidged
> account) and just let it search the open worlds?
>

Does not work - almost all worlds has the bot rights restricted to a few citnumber and it is unlikely that the spider bot is one of them:)

What WOULD work:
Let have one special citizen number (maybe #2 - AWLD2) for the search/spider bot and those who wants to be included in the search, simply enable in their bot rights this particular citnumber.

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Andras
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