whens the next version of hal coming out ?

[lightspeed]

robert if you are watching this site "do you have any idea when the next version of hal is coming out ?? " we are all anxious to get the new version and see what cool stuff you have included in it !!! [][8D]

[caangel43]

I agree that would be cool if it came out

[markofkane]

Yeah, but don't rush it until it's ready. But a tentative date would be cool.

[Medeksza]

No exact date yet, but rest assured Hal is under active development and the new 3D character engine in nearing completion. I hope to have a Hal 6.2 beta that will introduce the new character engine complete sometime in the next few months.

[lightspeed]

thanks robert for letting us know , by the way did you see my e-mail to you ?? []

[echoman]

Its sounds exciting. Are there any enhancments planned for the AI side of Hal or is it mainly only the visual side? (i.e. 3D character engine)

Many thanks.

[tedathome]

I'm wondering if the old haptec characters will be supported or if we will have a brand new set of characters.

[caangel43]

I hope they are for the people that use them I just use msagets

[lightspeed]

yes i too now wonder and now worry about the hapteck heads and bodies ?? i do hope we will still be able to use them otherwise all the hapteck heads and bodies we have made after getting that program will be useless ( and that is alot of creations and of course any future ones we make wouldn't work either i have about 8 new ones and when i get ten they will be available free on caangels bot site . robert please let us know on this and hopefully tell us the hapteck heads and bodies we have made and future ones will continue to work with hal . []

[freddy888]

I'm more interested in whether the new graphics engine will allow Hal to have a virtual environment to operate in.  Ai's within a modelled world are being talked about a lot at the moment, (eg Ai's living in Second Life).  It would be great if we could create a home for Hal in a world where he/she can live and explore.

[Medeksza]

The new character engine will not replace Haptek or MSAgents, but add to it. All old characters will be supported if you have the character expansion set installed. The Hal and Zaba characters will be recreated for the new version, these 2 characters will no longer be based on Haptek. The new character engine will include environment rendering with the characters able to interact with the environment. The level of interaction with the environment will be basic for this version, but will lay the groundwork for future improvements.  

The next release of Hal will be version 6.2. It will include some minor bug fixes, but the major change will only be the addition of the character engine. It will be a free upgrade to all Hal 6.x users. The brain will be mostly the same for this release. Future brain changes are planned for later releases. This will most likely be the last release to the 6.x product line, work on 7.0 will begin after 6.2.

[markofkane]

Sounds great. [8D][8D][8D]

[Duskrider]

Terrific [] [] [8D]

[echoman]

I am looking forward to the brain changes in version 7.

[tedathome]

This sounds very exciting to me.