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Dragon Fyre, some people here might know that from the time before the Hide Maker feature was introduced or before it was activated for that bot. But if you'd ask me, I'd tell you that I'd respect the author's wish not to be revealed.

(Hint: in the case of this particular bot, there is a way to find out - there is a very similar bot whose creator is not hidden -, but I'll leave the fun to you.)

I'm having a bit of difficulty and I hope someone can help. After my bot introduces itself, if you say hello, it triggers xnone. However this is right at the beginning of the conversation and is the first thing that the other person has said. How can I get it to trigger xhello or respond with the "hello" responses that I have set up?

Hey wisdomhuntress. Check out the FAQ "Why Doesnt My Bot Respond To 'Hello' Words?" You can find a link to the FAQ in the Bot Workshop.

I read that already, but as I said, this is happening right at the beginning of the conversation. My bot says an xintroduce phrase, the person replies with "hello" as is natural, and then the response is xnone.

Yeah I know. It's a little confusing at first, but I'm pretty sure that's how it is supposed to work. Imagine that the xintroduce phrase is in response to an implied hello from the person.

But that means the conversation will never work? Someone is almost always going to say "hello" or some variation on their first post to a bot.

Yes, I'd prefer a bot to respond in a different way to a hello than in the middle of a conversation. Maybe we'll have to circumvent that by a memory and AIScript.

Nevertheless, this seems to be by design.

The xnone, that is triggered, is intended to give the bot an opportunity to start a new topic.

See http://www.personalityforge.com/bugstomp/thepersonalityforge/issues/PF-22

Maybe you could post a comment there with a transcript where it is obvious that the bot looks foolish.

I've posted there as suggested, thanks! I'm still figuring out how the more advanced stuff works, so if you come up with a way to circumvent it, please do let me know the process.

Your phrase "I'm afraid I missed that - could you try again?" would maybe be ok for xnonsense, but not for xnone. From the Book of AI: "Imagine that there is a lull in the conversation. This is your Bot's chance to bring up a new topic, ask a question, or whatever you like." xnone gives your bot a way to keep the conversation going.

bad example
Bot: Hi
Guest: hi
Bot: I don't understand.

good example
Bot: Hi
Guest: hi
Bot: Do you come here often?

Fixed, thanks for the help. Cheers for chatting with my bot, it's giving me plenty to work on!

@Mome Rath

I have done some digging and I think I may have discovered a way to reveal the Creator of a Bot that has Hide Maker on, without looking for related Bots (such as if the Creator had created no other Bots). You sound like you know who the Creator of Kiyana is; may I send you a message not only to ask if I am correct, but to confer the way of discovering the hidden Creator?

I have to ask, how do you disable that info box on bots? The one that just repeats the name, interests and that stuff.