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The bot program Preston has been developed by Ima Genius (#96929) and the bot can be used for various purposes. You can download the bot program for the website http://www.imabot.com/ . The latest version of the Preston bot is version Build 4.8. You can also find the link on Activeworlds.com : http://www.imabot.com/preston.htm. You can read here what the Preston bot can do, and you have an overview of all releases and updates.:
| * Change objects in the world based on events |
| * Greet people when they enter the world |
| * Change a midi file on an object automatically |
| * Define actions using a built in user definable dictionary |
| * Change backgrounds on a schedule |
| * Eject people for saying user definable words |
| * Click detection |
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| 1. Tabsheet "Login" (= Startup) |
| Once the program is installed, we start up the bot. We choose the tabsheet "Login" |
| Universe : auth.activeworlds.com:6670 ( --> = Activeworlds) |
| Login ID : your citizen number |
| Login PW : your privilege password |
| Name: choose a name for your bot |
| Location : world name + optional : position and altitude |
| Avatar : choose an avatar for your bot (between 2 and 255) |
| And finally we choose : Start bot. |
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| In the chat window, you will see the bot name between square brackets. And you will see the bot avatar on the location that you have specified. |
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| 2. Tabsheet "Announcements" |
| When using the bot for the first time, you will see these standard messages , for arrival and departure. But you can use your own messages, even in another language. |
| Some messages are coded : |
| %a = avatar name (of the citizen that enters the world) |
| %w = world name (of this world ) |
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| You also have eject messages and warnings, and you can also determinate the duration of the world ejection. |
| If you put an "empty" message, then the announcement is disabled. |
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| 3. Tabsheet "Dictionary" |
On this tabsheet you can enter words or phrases upon which the bot will automatically respond. Also here you will see some standard messages. |
| And here you will find more message codes : |
| %a = avatar name (of the citizen that enters the world) |
| %w = world name (of this world ) |
| %b = bot name |
| %s = bot owner name |
| %d = bot owner citizen number |
| %v = bot version number |
| %p = people nearby / %P = bots nearby |
| %t = current VRT time / %T |
| %m = current midi name / %M |
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| * Example of using the dictionary |
Below the window you click upon "add" , then you get a new window. |
| We will make a bot reply upon a phrase that begins with "hi". |
| The bot will reply to ask to type "Help" for more info. |
| And to choose one of the capital words. |
| Below the window, you press OK , and the event will be added to the dictionary. |
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| Now we will make a bot reply upon a phrase that begins with "help". |
| Now we make a bot reply with the capital words : |
| "how to FLY , make your CAV avatar , add CONTACTS , how to BUILD" |
| We also press OK , and the event will be added to the dictionary. |
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| Now we can continue to add bot replies for each capital word. |
| Until you have a whole menu of answers. This way the bot will be able to answer upon a wide range of questions of the visitors, without having to answer yourself. |
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| 4. Tabsheet "Ejection" |
On this tabsheet you can add an ejections list of citizens. And determine the time of ejection and determine if a visitor gets ejected when flooding , or using caps, etc. |
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| 5. Tabsheet "Midi" |
| Here you can add a list of midi-files and make an automatic midi -player. |
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| 6. Tabsheet "Property" |
| The tabsheet will show a map of your world in dots. This means: each object is indicated with a dot. You will see where you have heavily built areas and where you still have free space. You will also see a list of names, that you have used in the name commands in your world. This is useful if you have forgotten a name in the action commands. You also see below the window, the total number of objects. |
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| 7. Tabsheet "World" |
On this tabsheet you can add sheduled settings for your world : e.g. morning/day/evening/night or make change the welcome message (e.g. good morning/good evening) or add fog or change the skybox (e.g. more clouds) or change the ground (e.g. into snow). |
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| 8. Tabsheet "User Log" |
| If you had selected in the dictionary "report reply to user", then you will find here a chat logfile. |
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| 9. Tabsheet "Data" |
| If you had added in the dictionary an action with data/remember, then you would find this info here. |
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