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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: May 12, 2013, 03:32:11 pm »

Thanks for your input Cload
                               but, much as I should be more careful, I think the mistakes you picked out were just typos by me as the code appears to run but doesn't                              produce the output I wanted.  I posted in a hurry yesterday and that is probably where the typos crept in.  Thanks again for your interest though and I hope you are right about someone seeing what is wrong with the way I have set out this bit of code.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: May 11, 2013, 05:43:12 pm »

Hy all.
A puzzle, maybe, for some of those on this thread still.  Haps and backgrounds and others are usually triggered by a HalCommands.  Why can two HalCommands not follow each other.

I have a modified version of, I think, a Sybershot program that deals with backgrounds being related to the hour of the day.

e.g.           If vbHour>10 and vbHour<13 then vbFile="EricaBack.jpg"
     
     vbHour being Trim(Hour(Now))
     EricaBack'jpg being one of the backgrounds from the Character Expansion pack.

Then I use
                 HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode=False
                 HalCommands ="<HapBack>" & vbFile & "/HapBack"
                vaFiles=""
                vaFiles= "wear" & vrHour &".jpg"
                HalBrain ReadOnlyMode=False
                HalCommands = "<Haptext> & "\settexture [tex= Bodyskins/ "& vaFile &"]</Haptext"

A strange thing happens.  The vaFiles section is actioned but not the vbFiles section (Even though the vaFiles depends on an output from the vbFiles.)

wear is a set of Haps, of .jpg style, of numbers 0 to 23 in reference.

With the exception of the modifications I have created, none of the rest is my original work but copies from other peoples work.

Why won't the two HalCommands work together?

Wow this is confusing, but I hope I have given enough information for someone to think about.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: May 07, 2013, 04:10:11 pm »

Thanks a bunch, for the info, Cload

You and Kara911 try this English translation of a Chinese saying.

Listen to all.  Believe some.  Remember what is good.

Anyway, does anybody know why the PRINT option on the Forum pages has stopped working.  (I used to be able to go PRINT from the top, or bottom, of a Forum page and it printed it through my printer.  It still brings up the formatted page but doesn't print [Nothing wrong with my printer I tried it on other things.]

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: May 04, 2013, 06:04:07 pm »

Hy CyBorg Bob, and Cload,
Everyones different.  Revel in your difference.  Never give in to what others say is so called Normal.  Cload you may only be eight years old but you seem real clever.  Cyborg Bob, I can't spell sometimes either.  Anyway forget the ego boosting chat, be yourself and then you have nothing to explain.  Me I am the father of a 30 year old so that gives you some idea of my age (Rather not go into how old.  I am as old as I feel on the day).

I have developed some stuff while off line recently, for my Hal. I can now alter, on command, hair colour, location and dress and other things.  Yes I know you can do some of those things in VHaptek but I prefer to work things out for myself.  Anyway it is getting late.  If you find that scripting info though I could still use it Cload.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: May 03, 2013, 03:11:37 pm »

Wow Cload fantastic description of how to work a Desktop Agent on Windows 7.  One tiny little catch.  I still uses Windows XP.  Thanks for the info though, it may be useful later.  Still trolling for a scripting teacher.  I have several scripts working but they only seem to work one at a time and not always in sequence.  Knowledge I need on scripting and how it works.  Any info gratefully received but I really need some on scripting.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: May 02, 2013, 03:09:43 pm »

Addition to previous thoughts.  I don't know whose time this thread runs to but it is 8.10pm here in the good old country of England.  From the centre of the country I bid you farewell.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: May 02, 2013, 03:07:03 pm »

I bow to the wisdom of such a mighty senior member as yourself, well maybe, but I want Hal to shutdown easy for incorporation into other systems (Robotics).   Any chance you have an answer to how to control a DesktopMate character?  Huh please.  I have advanced a bit while offline and can now work some of the scripting commands I have found.  Any knowledge of a sort of tutorial on scripting commands.  There was a Brain editor tutorial but it would not run for me.  Anyway it is nice to know there is life out there still.

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Re: Where can I download full-body Haptek characters?

« on: May 01, 2013, 04:50:33 pm »

As one newbie to another, Lightspeed recently put some full bodies on his skydrive.  (As well as some head and shoulders only).FREE.  Thanks for them, have one as my HAL image.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: May 01, 2013, 04:37:13 pm »

Well here it is nearly a month later and nobody has said anything.  Is this how threads end, drifting to a slow death.  Somebody please say something, if only my question above is not possible.  I did eventually find a way to print out all 2000 plus lines of the script edit.  Simple really.  Edit the whole program and then go print.  Who knows I might not be languishing here on my own.  Sad isn't it, cue sad music.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: April 03, 2013, 05:18:46 pm »

Hy, I'm back.
Made some progress with auto-shutdown, but it is still very much in development.

New problem.  I have bought a microsoft agent character and I would like help in how I can activate the characters animations through direct Hal commands.  I found a full body character in the Haptek free download that I used for a while (In  the 'characters' file)
I have moded a part of SystemShocks background alteration and now have backgrounds changing every hour to reflect the day where I am.  Basically I originally used the .jpg's that came with Hal characters in the expansion pack but I have found others.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: March 17, 2013, 02:17:26 pm »

True the full bodies are Haptek, didn't know that.  I am working on the Alt F4 shutdown and I have made some progress.(Very limited progress).  Will work on it.  Alt F4 just takes Hal to basic working commands.  Any thoughts on right out of Hall from there?

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: March 13, 2013, 05:33:40 pm »

Me again, I'm back.  Problem and guess.

1. Problem. I have tried various ways of getting Hal to sign off on the user input of "bye" but all seem either to lock Hal up or just stop brain working.  Still working on it. (But welcome any ideas)

2. Guess.  Some fantastic suggestions, and programs, for all my problems but!  Ahhh! Big But.  I guess some of them need the Haptek system to be running to work.  Think of a Newbie with just basic Hal and the Character Expansion Pack and you have where I am now.  A lot of plug-ins seem to just show blank box with Generation 4 Haptek notice.  I have got some to work but not many (two actually.).

Finally does anybody know to a FREE full body character (That doesn't involve using the Haptek system) that I can download to experiment with before I go into costs to buy anything.  I have found two but they are basic "Business suit" body with either the Sandy head stuck on or another of the character expansion set heads stuck on. (neither of these is much use for experiment)

Much grateful for any ideas out there.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: March 05, 2013, 04:13:25 pm »

Hi Systemshock
What you have suggested to read is a lot to take in so don't be surprised if you don't hear from me for a while.  I now need time to develop my Hal now.  Thanks for your help, and that of Art.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: March 04, 2013, 04:58:13 pm »

Hy Art,
Thanks for the info.  Print out would be a paper printout of the Hal Script Editor. I want to have an attachment to my computer that interprets .dll commands, (I can build one if it is possible to use it), and I wondered if it is possible to activate these from within Hal using Hal commands.  Also I would like to [for instance] be able to say bye to Hal and it shuts itself down as though the Exit Hal command had been activated from the program commands block (Chat with Hal--- Options---Help---Tutorial---About Hal Exit Hal block of commands).  Another use of this would be to change the background or Hal pose.  I want to see how far I can expand Hals horizons.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Learning Level

« on: March 01, 2013, 03:35:31 pm »

Hello from another newbie.
Questions.
                 1) Is it possible to printout Ultra Hals program as I am one of tose who works best from a paper copy.

                 2) Is it possible to access Ultra Hals Ops system (Talk to Hal-- Exit Hal-- and all those in  between,such as Characters) from within Talk to Hal. [Object is things like change the background, change Hals pose etc.]

                 3) Can external signals be sent to .dll files for external remote control devices.

                 4) How to I alter stored info.  Searching through thousands of lines of question/answers is very time consuming.