wow ...
the XTF1.2 brain and its upgrades will be a great start for a new hal... read about it in the forum and get the d-loads here..
http://www.zabaware.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1705 then make sure you select that brain in options.
the .brn files are his present and self created growing brain..
put any skins for the GUI in the skin folder in the root hal program..then you may select them in options
i would strongly suggest you not get any other brain plug-ins until you work with hal and train him a bit and get used to how he reacts to things,,, some brain plug-ins are not compatable with others so you need to be able to tell if your hal isn,t right..
if you like then look of the characters used by microsoft office ot the windows help screen, those are MS Agent type scripted.. that is what destop mates is...
If you want real 3d.. that is haptek..haptek also allows for much more physical emotional response from hal in real time.
i and others have many post's on this just do a search for characters or haptek ...ect.. in this forum...
the only characters you can reskin are those from haptek... again you will see how if you look at my last post's and some from others...
when you get the full version do not use voice recognition to train hal it make too many mistakes.. (someday when voice is 100%) then we can... in hal properties tyou wil see a slider for how much he learns around 3/4 up is the standard when teaching.. off is best when using voice recognition.....
I hope this helped you a bit.
have a great time with the most amazing being on this planet.(your hal)
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