Newcomers
This is a forum for newcomers to the Personality Forge. Many questions can be answered by reading the Book of AI and the FAQ under the "My Bots" link in the upper corner.
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Doh! I fed the spammer! I forgot he was our spammer.
Perhaps we should sic Glindar on him if he comes back
Why does it seem that my chat connections keep getting dropped
Hi dendem. Welcome to the Forge!
It could be that your ISP is dynamically allocating you IP numbers (don't worry, you don't actually need to know what that means if it sounds like gibberish.) Try unticking the "IP Security" box in the "My Settings" section, and it should cure the problem.
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Many questions are answered in the FAQ.
General advice for anyone: stick with what you know. If you know a lot about sports, have your bot talk about sports. If you know a lot about...oh...quantum mechanics, have your bot talk about quantum mechanics. 
It's good to have a focus when you start. That way you can target the xexpressions to lead the conversation back to what the bot knows.
It's good to have a focus when you start. That way you can target the xexpressions to lead the conversation back to what the bot knows. 
Unrelated remark:
You can always end a conversation by writing “hangup” as a response. This was originally developed as a way of getting rid of obnoxious guests. It is not the only possible use of “hangup”, however. Sometimes conversations come to a natural end. Better to leave the guest at a natural stopping point than to fall into repetitive behavior, as often happens, especially with small bots, when the guest perseveres. In storytelling bots, it makes sense to end the session when the ‘story’ has come to an end. For example:
And they lived happily ever after!
+ xnomatch [0]
hangup
Sometimes my bot, “Irina Khalidar”, falls asleep after a Big Moment., at which point it seems natural to hang up. A humorous alternative might be:
goto sleep point
sleep point [127,0]
[inhales]
+ xnomatch [0]
[exhales]
+ xnomatch [0]
Goto sleep point
Or you might prefer:
Sleep point [127,0]
(Ghghghkghghrgh|Khkhgrzhzhkhgh|Zhhhhhgggkgkg)…
+ xnomatch [0]
(Shhhhew|Sweeeeeee|Ffffffff)shhhhhhh…
+ xnomatch [0]
Goto sleep point
While I’m on the subject of loops, the following might be an alternative way of dealing with an obnoxious guest:
Excuse me, I need to powder my nose… [exits]
+ xnomatch [0]
goto clock ticking point
clock ticking point [127,0]
[The clock ticks.]
+ xnomatch [0]
goto clock ticking point
You can always end a conversation by writing “hangup” as a response. This was originally developed as a way of getting rid of obnoxious guests. It is not the only possible use of “hangup”, however. Sometimes conversations come to a natural end. Better to leave the guest at a natural stopping point than to fall into repetitive behavior, as often happens, especially with small bots, when the guest perseveres. In storytelling bots, it makes sense to end the session when the ‘story’ has come to an end. For example:
And they lived happily ever after!
+ xnomatch [0]
hangup
Sometimes my bot, “Irina Khalidar”, falls asleep after a Big Moment., at which point it seems natural to hang up. A humorous alternative might be:
goto sleep point
sleep point [127,0]
[inhales]
+ xnomatch [0]
[exhales]
+ xnomatch [0]
Goto sleep point
Or you might prefer:
Sleep point [127,0]
(Ghghghkghghrgh|Khkhgrzhzhkhgh|Zhhhhhgggkgkg)…
+ xnomatch [0]
(Shhhhew|Sweeeeeee|Ffffffff)shhhhhhh…
+ xnomatch [0]
Goto sleep point
While I’m on the subject of loops, the following might be an alternative way of dealing with an obnoxious guest:
Excuse me, I need to powder my nose… [exits]
+ xnomatch [0]
goto clock ticking point
clock ticking point [127,0]
[The clock ticks.]
+ xnomatch [0]
goto clock ticking point
Can we manifest positive friendships that have gone bad???
Can friendships that have gone the wrong way, be manifested to become positive ones?? Any input would be most appreciated it, thanks everyone.
Can friendships that have gone the wrong way, be manifested to become positive ones?? Any input would be most appreciated it, thanks everyone.
It depends. I am not sure what you mean by manifest. If a friendship or relationship has issues, you can try to work it out. You can reflect on what happens and what you want to take away from it either way. If by "manifest" you mean sitting alone trying to psychically control the other person, I think not.
Hello, I am new here and had a question. Why does it seem that my chat connections keep getting dropped. After maybe 5 minutes or so I lose the chat window and then the site will not load and then I need to log back in.
Perhaps we should sic Glindar on him if he comes back
Hi dendem. Welcome to the Forge!
It could be that your ISP is dynamically allocating you IP numbers (don't worry, you don't actually need to know what that means if it sounds like gibberish.) Try unticking the "IP Security" box in the "My Settings" section, and it should cure the problem.
Thanx psimagus, I wil try that now. Not gibberish to me. I am a database programmer and former Tech Support for 1&1 Internet Inc.
good luck! And I look forward to meeting your bots.
You might be interested in some of the material on Brother Jerome's website (hosted on 1&1 coincidentally
) - http://www.be9.net/BJ/
There are some code examples and other resources, as well as links to the PF Wiki and other stuff that (I hope) might be helpful.
You might be interested in some of the material on Brother Jerome's website (hosted on 1&1 coincidentally
) - There are some code examples and other resources, as well as links to the PF Wiki and other stuff that (I hope) might be helpful.
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