The AI Engine

Okay, here's a specific example of why I'm so confused about variables. For a while, now, I've been putting the line

def "name" as "nickname"

in AI initialization and am able to access the bot's name through (mem-name). I switch it around, thinking, well, it's (mem-name) I'm trying to save, so it should be

def "nickname" as "name"

and then I get "Hey nickname!" or whatever. Does that not seem backwards from what apparently is the proper way to assign contents to variables, or is it different in AI initialization.

P.S. I have Rykxx' lastest post taped to my desk at the moment, so I am actually _listening_ to you explain what you clearly know what you're talking about. It's not "Corwin fix my bot *waah*" even though it feels like it I'm sure.

I think I see what your problem is here; you've confused another one of those useful plugins!

The (name) plugin is used by the AI engine and you can use it without having to store anything into memory. For example;


Bot: Shall I call you (name) or do you have a nickname? <?PF if (mem-nickname) does not exist; ?>

keyphrase: (call me|my name is) (*)

rem "(key2)" as only "nickname""

Bot: Pleased to meet you (mem-nickname).


Alternatively you can define it initially as you appear to be doing already;


default (name) as "nickname";

Ah. Well at least you understand that there is some thought going on in my head, however misguided. Thanks. I spent a couple of hours going through Astrolabe's rem statements and cleaning out his memories of bots (a lesson in overzealous coding if I ever had one). He's still not acting completely right, but we're getting there.

Thanks again.

The Clerk:

You are too modest! We have all been mystified by this stuff at one time or another.

Yes, I'm The Clerk. I tried making a new account just to see if the problem with chatting was with my account. It wasn't that either. Just so you know I'm not hiding behind a secret identity.

What's wrong with this statement?

<?PF "(key1)" is not "you"; ?>

It looks fine to me, but the AI engine spits it out at me.

Try putting an if in there:

<?PF if "(key1)" is not "you"; ?>

I'm not sure if it will work, though...since I've never tried to test on (key1).

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you can only do conditional statements with (mem-variablename), you can't use <?PF if "(key1)" is not "you"; ?>

You can save (key1) as "temp" and then refer back to it:

Bot: What colour hair do you have?

seek: (black|red|brown|blonde)
<?PF rem "key1" as only "temp"; ?>

Bot: Do blondes really have more fun? <?PF if (mem-temp) is "blonde"; ?>
or
Are you naturally brunette? <?PF if (mem-temp) is "brown"; ?>
etc....

LOL Rykxx Ulrike, thanks, too. I had put that in first because I still think in the lizard part of my brain that you have to say "if" in a conditional.

I'll try that. If it doesn't work, I can fix it another, clunkier way.

At any rate, right now my bots' main problems aren't technical, but technical know-how is kind of necessary, too.

how can i change the rank of a seek separately from the keyphrase? it would come in really handy for somethings, including xnomatches that sometimes come up as compliments.

Right now, there's no way to rank seeks... except by making the phrase longer, so that the AI Engine automatically ranks it higher. Not always feasible.

Entire conversation:

madeline: Hello.
Unhinged: Sorry, there are no valid Responses for me to choose from.

Huh?

try making sure you have responses that aren't conditional for anything for every emotional state... that happened to me once with cjones. if it's not that it's beyond my depth though.