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General Discussion / Prices of other Haptek tools?

« on: May 07, 2005, 08:24:22 am »

I have wondered about this for some time, and I don't even dare to contact Haptek directly about this.

Does anyone have a clue about the prices of the other Haptek tools for non-commercial use, like: Figure Maker, HapTargh, or DeltaSetMaker?

I just know, the answer will kill me... []

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General Discussion / Is Haptek actually still alive?

« on: April 19, 2005, 06:14:27 pm »

This is what I am wondering about for some time now: how come there seems to be no community of Haptek-developers on the Internet?

And if you visit the website of Haptek, not to mention the support forum, you get the impression that nothing much has happened there for the last few years.

How is that possible?

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / SHOCKING TRUTH: UltraHAL was once known as Bob Os

« on: April 14, 2005, 01:49:09 pm »

Look what I dug up!

It even had his own funky background music.




http://www.filelibrary.com/Contents/Windows/117/18.html

Check out the README:


What's new in Ultra HAL 6.0.3:
*Ignore user big fix
*Save/Load bug fix
*Manual Teach Hal bug fix

New in Ultra HAL version 6.0:  (November 1997)
*Clip&Talk removed from Ultra Hal
*Licensed WinSpeech Library added instead of Clip&Talk for speech
   -Hal's speech is improved and you have more control over it
*Automatic and manual learning enhanced
   -You can now make HAL have several random responces for a sentence
*Automatic monthly Internet knowledge update feature added
   -Once a month, if you have internet access, Hal connects to the
    internet and downloads a knowledge update to make him smarter
*Updated and improved knowledge database & intelligence algorithms
   -Hal is smarter
*Hal can do simple math calculations, even when it is writen in all words
*Intelligence Options added: User has more control over Hal's thinking
   -You can turn on or off parts of Hal's brain if you want
*Hal can now record and save conversations to a text file
   -Save your conversations as a text file so you can view it later
*Hal's fact of the day added
*See Hal's thinking process
*Many cosmetic changes
*Save/Load bugs fixed

New in Ultra HAL version 5.1:  (June 1997)
*Legal problems fixed
*Updated knowledge database

New in Ultra HAL version 5.0.2:  (April 1997)
*Bug with MSVCIRT.DLL and MSVCRT.DLL fixed
*Bug with CMNDLG32.OCX fixed

New in Ultra HAL version 5.0:  (March 1997)
*Clip&Talk program added to Ultra HAL
*Monologue no longer supported
*Automatic learning Added
*Program running feature added
*Improved documentation
*Music added
*Opening animation added, only 40 kilobytes
*Name changed from Bob Os to Ultra HAL
*Talk to self feature removed
*Personality changed
*Updated and improved knowledge database & intelligence algorithms

New in Bob Os 32-bit version 4.0:  (October 1996)
*One megabyte opening animation removed to save space
*Updated knowledge database
*Does not support 16-bit operating systems anymore
*Added WinSpeech support
*Knowledge updates available from internet

New in Bob Os III (version 3.1):  (June 1996)
*fixed bug for Windows 95 operation
*fixed bug with editing knowledge file
*Updated knowledge database

New in Bob Os III (version 3.0):  (March 1996)
*Added 1 megabyte opening animation
*Updated knowledge database
*Interface changed

New in Bob Os verion 2.0:  (December 1995)
*Editing learned data added
*Manual Learning feature added
*Updated and improved knowledge database & intelligence algorithms
*Interface changed
*Monologue speech support added

New in Bob Os version 1.0 for Windows 3.1:  (October 1995)
*Changes subjects
*Simulates human emotions
*Has an animated face
*Can talk with himself
*Works in windows 3.1

Bob Os for DOS:  (unreleased, made in September 1995)  
*You can have a conversation with a computer

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General Discussion / What means "Eater of bugs"?

« on: April 14, 2005, 06:22:28 am »

I am wondering about this for some time now. This seems to describe one of the moods of a Haptek-character. Also once a chatterbot on the web said to me: "I am eating bugs"

What does that mean? And is it a common American expression?

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Orac.exe: launcher for Ultra Hal (BETA)

« on: April 04, 2005, 11:03:48 am »

   Ok, I made a launcher for Ultra Hal.

   This program will let you specify an user profile as a parameter on the target line of your shortcut to Orac. The launcher should run Ultra Hal, by-pass the start menu and bring you directly to the chat-section of Hal. There Orac will exit. WHEN HAL IS ALREADY RUNNING, ORAC WILL CLOSE IT, SET A NEW PROFILE, AND LAUNCH A NEW INSTANCE OF HAL!

Command / Target line usage

Orac.exe user.hla

OR

Orac.exe "user profile.hla"

Installation
1. Unzip the files and put Orac.exe and both wav-files in a folder.
2. Rename this folder to "Orac".
3. Put the folder in the main directory of Ultra Hal Assistant.

Notes
   Orac wil protest with a sound when the specified user profile does not exist or when the profile is already active. When Orac is switching profiles, it will warn you by making a buzzing sound. If you don't like the sounds, just delete the included wav-files.

This is still considerd a beta-version. I made it with AutoIt3.
I included the original ".au3"-file, which can be read with Notepad.
Do tell me if the program misbehaves.

Download Attachment: Orac_beta.zip
130.49 KB

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / New skin for HAL: AgentSpace

« on: March 27, 2005, 01:12:01 pm »

This one shows no animation, except when you have selected a MS Agent or a Desktop mate.
I also got rid of that ugly resize-button.

I updated this skin, because the finishing touch was missing.

Insert Image:




Download Attachment: 20054982612_AgentSpace_skin_updated.zip

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / New skin for HAL: AgentSpace

« on: March 27, 2005, 01:09:39 pm »

This one shows no animation, except when you have selected a MS Agent or a Desktopmate.
I also got rid of that ugly resize-button.

I made a change to the previous version, because I felt that the finishing touch was missing.






Download Attachment: AgentSpace_skin_updated.zip
30.88 KB

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / New skin for HAL: WMP

« on: March 24, 2005, 06:40:54 am »

Somehow you can't go wrong with the look of Classic Windows MediaPlayer. This skin goes with 2 configs, a default and one when using Haptek-characters.



DOWNLOAD:
Download Attachment: WMP.zip
27.92 KB

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / New skin for HAL: WMP

« on: March 24, 2005, 06:34:11 am »

bbb

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Formula for colors in skin-files

« on: March 22, 2005, 08:17:45 am »

I noticed that some forum members in the past have wondered about the color values in Hals skin-files. I think I finally figured out the right way to calculate a color number.

The formula goes:

(Red) + (256*Green) + (256*256*Blue) = color number

At least, this formula seems to do the trick for me.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / New skin for HAL 5: Dark Base

« on: March 20, 2005, 08:38:09 am »

Hi everybody. I am new here.
I made a new skin for Hal 5.

Download Attachment: 20053209349_DarkBase_skin.zip

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / New skin for HAL: Dark Base

« on: March 20, 2005, 08:35:08 am »

Hi, my name is Raymond. I am new here [)].
I made a new skin for HAL.

Download Attachment: DarkBase_skin.zip
59.8 KB