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Nov 12, 2001, 9:27am

> does anyone know how to use the object builder bot? whenever i start it it
> just closes.

Did you update the *.ini file? Download the BuildBot from Hanfon's
(http://home.sprintmail.com/~ncrowle/hamfon.htm) homepage, unzip, and move
all files into a subdirectory or onto the desktop. Open BuildBot.ini in
Notepad and change the "number" and "password" fields to your cit number and
priviledge password. Then try running the .exe and see if it'll stay open.

P.S. - if the program returns reason 454 upon opening, the problem is almost
certainly not a "Version Mismatch" as the SDK Help implies...the AW.DLL file
is missing from your directory. Put it there :)

-Sme

Nov 16, 2001, 12:57am

> Thanks for checking this post you, I can't wait to hear your ideas.

I have an extremely complex but pretty interesting bot idea for world
administrators. An interpreter bot - a bot that interprets RWX code and
builds/uploads objects. I know I can make a very simple program like the
*nix "cat >> foobar" that will build the file. I know I can fork and call
shell scripts to zip and ftp the RWX files. But what I'd really like to see
is an sdk handler for incoming files (Yeah, you know, that file transfer
feature people aren't really using). I'd like the interpreter bot to be able
to receive texture files. 'Course I could always have the bot download
images that were already online and rename them to match the RWX file...

-Sme

Nov 21, 2001, 10:52am

[View Quote] As bowen points out, QBasic is a very easy language to use and learn. An
added benefit: the compilers and much reference material are available
online for free. However, you probably want to start programming bots in the
well-documented C++ or VisualBasic SDKs, then come back and experiment on
writing bots in QBasic so that you can do bigger projects more easily. Or
not.

-Sme :)

Nov 23, 2001, 10:13pm

[View Quote] Z80, huh? That'd be pretty awesome: me in my Calc class with a cable
stretching *all* the way back to my desktop from my TI-85, sending TCP/IP
packets on a male-to-male sound cable, controlling a bot in Activeworlds. I
hope I can play Tetris at the same time :o)

Be careful with assembler in Windows, data21...remember that there will
be a few runtime errors because Windows runs in Protected Mode. Also, be
sure to match the source with the correct ASM compiler (think NASM or MASM
or CHASM) because you are liable for a gigantic mess otherwise.

Good look! :o)

-Sme

Nov 6, 2001, 9:20am

> what we are going to put in it,i do not know

If you're really out of good world ideas, then I'll give you one I've
been saving for the AWEDU report card program. Four words: Silence of the
Lambs. Hire out for some decent Disemboweled Italian and Man-Eating Swine
avatars and build the scenes from both movies. Then you can have one of
those TourBots surfing visitors around the storyline. Tell me that's not a
good idea.

-Sme

Dec 3, 2001, 9:30am

[View Quote] > The bot did not work properly.
> At times, the bot was not present.

Happy anniversary of the 2000 elections. Think of the votes that didn't
get counted when the bot wasn't online as "dimpled chads."

-Sme

Jan 14, 2002, 7:40pm

An interesting note on this topic:

After I [briefly] viewed the wallh6.rwx file in Notepad I gave it a
whirl in RWModeler, where it appeared to be perfectly rendered with neither
the gray overlapping nor the two-sided triangle that interrupts the frame of
the door. Implementation error?

"T-minus 0200 hours till production build! Set warp factor to "crufty!"

---
M.E. Wahl

"I find the computer becomes me trouble-shooter.
My wish is his command!
Nothing is astute-r
Than a computer
When I need...a helping hand!"
-"Future World" exhibit at Walt Disney World

Jan 15, 2002, 11:24am

Oops...sorry SW, I got that Stallman book on Jargon for Christmas :)

"Crufty" is an adjective meaning temporarily workable but very poorly
constructed, like a gingerbread house made with pancakes for want of graham
crackers. Right after I hypothesized that the problem with wallh9.rwx was an
implementation error of Activeworlds, not a problem with the actual file, I
made this joke about what was, possibly, happening at AW Inc right before
the release of 3.2:


My jokes suck :P

--
Sme

Dec 3, 2001, 9:30am

[View Quote] > The bot did not work properly.
> At times, the bot was not present.

Happy anniversary of the 2000 elections. Think of the votes that didn't
get counted when the bot wasn't online as "dimpled chads."

-Sme

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