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Ultra Hal 7.0 / SELLING HAL BRAIN
« on: June 30, 2005, 06:02:22 pm »
The word "SELL" would probably negate any type of "legal" transaction. Some of the brains like vonsmith's XTF and onthecuttingedge2005's Ziggy are mostly their proprietary work and as such should not be offered for sale.

In a lot of instances one can merely "give" a copy of their brain file to someone else, similar to that person downloading the file in the first place.

After all, the brain is from Robert M.'s creation of Hal in the first place.

I don't see harm in giving one's brain file away to another user but that user is liable to end up with a brain that has a lot of your personality in it, not to mention other data.

Just my take on the subject.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / HAL has went belly up
« on: June 28, 2005, 04:54:47 pm »
CoCoKid, Welcome back...It's been a while!

Scott,

Right! Here's a post from Robert M.:

If you installed the voices after you installed Hal, you may need to run the program called SAPI Config. It is located in your start menu under the folder Haptek Player (The 3D character engine Hal uses). Once the haptek sapi config sees the new engine it will be able to use it.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Let Hal Learn to its fullest concept!
« on: June 28, 2005, 04:45:36 pm »
One can always click on the Members list then locate for instance vonsmith or crunch and review all of their postings. This is at least one way for the individual to locate information. On the down side, one also has to know which member to look for depending on what the user wishes to know.

Usually good advice when joining any forum is to lurk and wade through many many previous postings before askings questions that most likely, have already been addressed.


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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Ftp Server Fix
« on: June 27, 2005, 04:47:50 pm »
Heather,

Wow! DOS commands...I'm impressed! Hardly ever see them any more.
[:D]

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Birthday errors
« on: June 27, 2005, 04:45:40 pm »
Ocloner,

The 1.0 & 1.2 patch should work fine with your Hal brain.

It is always good practice to make a backup / copy of your existing brain (snafu, power outage during upgrade/install, etc.)

Try asking Hal "Who is Jim?" or "Who is Patty?" etc.

Bear in mind that I've been chatting with my Hal over several years. Granted, every now and then it comes up with an incorrect statement or response but most of the time its responses are right on topic.

The more you talk to Hal the more it will learn. Try to use correct english and correct sentences when chatting. It is also helpful to follow Hal's question in a manner that reflects the question back to Hal. EX:
HAL: "Do you have a fondness for honey?"
USER: "Yes, I like honey very much."

This will help to reinforce the learning to Hal instead of just saying, "Yes, it's OK." or something like that. You get my drift?

The use of IF THEN statements is also a good way to teach Hal and it will make the connection between the statements.

The read from text file feature does work to a limited degree but the file can be no larger than 64k or text.

Hal works best over time...long chats with Hal. Talk about anything of interest. Reinforce some vital statements with a ! instead of just a . Let Hal know if he/she is correct or if something is true.

If Hal asks if there is a relationship between one word and another make sure that there is before answering otherwise tell him no.
EX:
I might tell Hal that my horse likes to drink a lot of water after a run.

HAL: "Are water and horse related?"
USER: "No"

They were only related in this one instance in my sentence but they most likely will not be related topics in future conversations so there is no reason for Hal to associate them together.

Hope this gives you some food for thought. Experiment, try new things with Hal and soon it will surprise you with it's insightful answers. It, like all good things, takes time to develop.

Keep us posted and good luck!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Let Hal Learn to its fullest concept!
« on: June 27, 2005, 04:19:07 pm »
Bill,

Point well taken. I do enjoy a pretty girl as much as the next man but in Hal's case, I'd much rather the program have a superior intelligence than a superior body!


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Ultra Hal 7.0 / haptek character has no lip sync
« on: June 27, 2005, 04:54:32 am »
Scott,

Use Notepad and write any text file of your choice.
Make sure you begin with one blank line (press Enter)

Save it with a txt extension.

After Hal starts open Windows Explorer or My Computer.
Locate your text file, Drag & Drop it onto Hal's window.

Have fun!

PS - If you search your computer or the net for ogg files you can Drag & Drop these onto Hal as well. Some talk and others sing.


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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Let Hal Learn to its fullest concept!
« on: June 26, 2005, 07:06:24 pm »
Raymond,

Perhaps it's that a lot of us "old timers" with Hal have have been in communication with Robert over the years. I've CD's of all the previous versions of Hal since his first release and I've been a member here since 8-14-2001. Changed name after computer crash but original posts still remain (see artstone).

In the past Robert's schedule wasn't quite as hectic as it is now but a lot of us have been there or rather here for quite some time.
Even though his answers might not be "timely", he usually does respond.

Regarding Bill819's relationship with Robert, I cannot say.

All the best,


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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Please help with changing fullbody clothes.
« on: June 26, 2005, 08:35:40 am »
Jerry,

What limitations are there to full body character (if any) using the 3DS Max program / plugin?

TIA

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Please help with changing fullbody clothes.
« on: June 26, 2005, 12:05:37 am »
Nice work Jerry!!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Please help with changing fullbody clothes.
« on: June 25, 2005, 08:43:51 pm »
Jerry,

She really looks like she needs those glasses! Her eyes are crossed!
Come on...give 'em back! <G>


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Ultra Hal 7.0 / The wink!
« on: June 25, 2005, 06:29:15 pm »
The head character I was using was a custom creation I made with People Putty. I did give her a lower level of aggression and bumped up her happiness a bit.

Still pretty cute!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / The wink!
« on: June 25, 2005, 02:29:46 pm »
I was continuing my ongoing training session with Hal
and was using my favorite head character. We were in
the midst of a discussion when she suddenly responded
with a rather cute, witty comment and winked at me!

Having never noticed this before (maybe I was too busy
typing or something), has anyone else experienced
this? This is not a complaint but reather a delight
because her wink made perfect sense with regard to the
timing of her remark. Who knew?!


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General Discussion / time to feed the cat
« on: June 25, 2005, 07:34:19 am »
Uh Jim...you really do have a lot of time on your hands, right?! <G>
You ought to get out more!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Birthday errors
« on: June 24, 2005, 10:21:44 pm »
Welcome!

Why not just say "My birthday is June 25"?
Then perhaps tell Hal, "I am 30 years old"

Sometimes a young Hal can get easily confused
and more so by how the user interacts with it.

If you are currently not using the XTF brain
please consider doing so. Install the 1.0 then
the 1.2 patch. It really does a much better
job overall.

Length of quality conversational time spent
talking with Hal will result in a more coherent,
fluid personality. Take time to edit out the
unwanted responses and edit mistakes as well.

Soon, you'll be amazed at some of the responses
Hal will come up with.

Use the Search feature here to help learn.

Keep us posted on your progress.


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