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Feb 5, 2002, 3:22am

Hi everyone:

[View Quote] Well then I guess at Mart is probably DOOMED, especially given some of the
moves AW has made lately....

> You don't need to have bots approved by AW, and they can't really use
their time on approving bots,
> they've got bigger issues on their hands (ok, so Ricky & JP would probably
> don't mind having fun playing around with bots all day, but anyways...).

Well then I hope they're busy CREATING bots which can be used on or with
3DHPs or there's gonna be A LOT of "duplicate" worlds out there with VERY
LITTLE (if any!) creativity or imagination put into them (okay, I know MY
world doesn't look much different right now, but I'm *trying* with what
little time I have :-)).

> Just download bots from places that seem thrustworthy, and that are
> recognized if you're affraid of trojans, most bot programmers are honest
> people that wouldn't dream of writing evil trojans (with the new
encryption
> the trojans can't do a lot either). Start out with easy to use bots like
> HamBot & Co ( http://www.hamfon.com ), Preston ( http://www.imabot.com )
and
> Xelagot ( http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/ ). Then go looking for other
bots
> (you can subscribe to the Bots NG for example), like the bots I've made,
> available at http://home.no.net/kahbot/ (I know the design is HORRIBLE,
new
> one will come pretty soon).

I've bookmarked the sites for future reference.... :-)

> An important thing is that AW does not have an object compiler! I guess
you're referencing to the object properties window,
> which only changes the property of an object (or duplicates/deletes one).

I can tell YOU haven't applied for a 3D Homepage, have you KAH?? :-) Well
believe it or not, there IS such a beast. It is merely an object that kinda
looks like (at least in MY world, which is a contemporary brick themed 3DHP)
a manhole cover which you click on. That opens up a web page off to the
side where you enter your username and password. From there, you can select
from objects which are located in the AlphaWorld Object Yard via a pull down
menu. Once you have made your selection, just click the NEXT button and the
object appears magically before your very eyes (if it doesn't appear right
away, it will once you exit the browser and re-enter your world).

From there, you can use the OBJECT PROPERTIES window to move the object into
place. Simple huh?? :-)

> Many people would like to see bots integrated into the browser as plugins,
I
> think it's an OK idea, but right now it's not really that much extra work
to
> launch a bot from your startmenu or desktop... For the avatars thing, I
> recommend starting your own OP and using one of the multiple OP tools
> currently available, allowing you to add as many avatars as possible to
your
> world. Even though your 3DHP was, lets say, founded by the AWC artists
it's
> your world now, their only responsponsability is to continue hosting the
> world and the OP, not to provide you with additional content. You've got
to
> provide that yourself, I recommend reading through
> http://mauz.info/worldrunning.html :-))

I didn't see the above URL. I shall bookmark it ASAP!! :-) And I suppose
you're right about running a bot straight from my desktop (although ISPs may
not share the same sentiment and in fact may even take issue with the idea
citing "security concerns", but we all know that ISPs tend to be a *little*
too paranoid anyhow). As for avatars, I don't think I'm gonna be able to
find anything cheap on the net tbhat's also USER-FRIENDLY, so I'll be
looking around some of the better RETAIL outlets to see what THEY have (I'm
not shelling out over TWO HUNDRED CLAMS for TrueSpace - REGARDLESS OF
VERSION!).

Anyhow I'm the ONLY op in my world, so right now that's about all that
matters.... :-)

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