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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 30, 2017, 09:56:58 pm »

Here is the 6th alpha release (version 7.0.67): http://1ebad5d81ca0f6ed0a07-c539f9cfab6ed1fe52cb62f563d610fd.r69.cf2.rackcdn.com/InstallUltraHal7.exe

Since the last alpha, we have the following changes:

• Fixed bugs in regards to CereProc voices and Hal Mobile Character
• Fixed bug where character did not speak appointment reminder (but only displayed it)
• Added migration wizard and intaller for updating Hal 6.x install to Hal 7.0
• Gave user 3 options for learning with cloud mode enabled (learn to cloud only, mixed cloud/local learning, local learning only)

Important Note 1: If you have a previously installed Hal 7 alpha version, please uninstall it *AND* remove its appdata folder. There have been some breaking changes to Hal's config file which requires a fresh install. To find Hal's appdata folder, click start and type in %appdata% and press enter. Then open the "Zabaware" folder and remove the "Ultra Hal 7 folder". Also after uninstalling remove the folder C:\program files (x86)\Zabaware\Ultra Hal 7 as it may contain a couple left over data files as well.

Important Note 2: If you have installed Ultra Hal 6.x, please backup your entire Ultra Hal 6 program files folder (Usually c:\program files (x86)\zabaware\ultra hal assistant 6) This is the first alpha version that will attempt to migrate your Hal 6 data into Hal 7. It will partially uninstall your Hal 6.2 installation by removing its start menu icons and startup link. This alpha should actually leave all your files intact should you wish to go back to Hal 6.2, but please make a backup anyway.

Based on a few requests, this new alpha now also lets you control how Hal learns and uses learned info when cloud mode is enabled. You will have the option of cloud only learning, mixed cloud/local learning, or local learning only. For fresh Hal 7 brains, I recommend the cloud only learning to take advantage of all of Hal 7's features. For upgraded Hal 6 brains, I recommend the mixed mode. But you have the option to do any mode for any version brain. If you upgrade Hal 6 to Hal 7 your Hal 7 options will look like this with 2 brains listed. The first brain is a fresh Hal 7 brain, the second is your upgraded Hal 6 brain. Feel free to test both.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: somthing i noticed with offline mode

« on: November 29, 2017, 03:01:27 pm »

i am posting this as i thought it was a glitch , even though i had checked the offline mode i checked the test connection and it still connected up . see picture.
 but i think i know what the problem is , i backed up my sign in name and password  and restarted my pc ( i probably didn't have to . and with the name and password backed out tried the test button again , this time it said to put in my name and password . so the finding here is that even if you pick the other offline mode , if you don't back up the info in the boxes it actually still stays online .

Ultra Hal 7 dumped the old serial/activation code system used in Hal 6 in favor of username/password login to the zabaware.com server. What you are seeing is the login server connection. The login server checks your username/password and sees if you have a purchased copy of Hal. It returns a signed hash key that is valid for 2 weeks since the last successful login. Hal talks to the login server on Hal's initial start and whenever you go into Hal's options menu. If it can't connect, it will fall back on the 2-week hash it had from the last successful connection. This is similar in operation to how Adobe Photoshop CC and other Adobe Creative Cloud products work as well.

The cloud based responses are a separate routine from the login system. If you have that disabled, it won't connect to the cloud server for responses/learning but will still use the login server. If you have cloud responses enabled it will communicate with the cloud server with every sentence you exchange with Hal.

Zabaware's login system connects to zabaware.com (currently 107.161.30.80) over port 443 at program start and while editing program options. The cloud based responses connect to ultrahal.com (199.101.185.37) over port 443 for every response.

If you would like to verify it is working correctly as I describe, you can use a tool like SysInternals TCPView to show all network activity on your computer: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/tcpview

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 26, 2017, 05:32:44 pm »

Here's the 5th alpha release, version 7.0.51.

I'm hoping with this release I have most of the bugs fixed and I can finish up the few remaining features so we can get to "beta" status. Please test if you can and let me know. Here is the download link: http://ccf84f668aaa0489c3cb-7308adf0591d1cb262d920bce20ceeb4.r56.cf2.rackcdn.com/InstallUltraHal7.exe

Changes since the last alpha:

• Fixed Haptek Error 91 with regards to missing backgrounds
  
• Zabaware branded CereProc Voices work using Native Cereproc API instead of SAPI 5. Support lipsync for Haptek and native Zabaware characters (but not MSAgent)
  
• Haptek is now installed by Zabaware installer directly with no IE/firefox integrations or shell integrations. This fixes lockups on some computers and prevents anti-malware software from incorrectly flagging it as malware
  
• Fixed Haptek mixing of settings with Hal 6, and incorrectly searching Hal 7's dual character locations (program files and app data).
  
• Added additional debug logging info
  
• Window location calculation fixed so Hal stays in same location when you reopen it
  
• Fixed bug where if no network connection was available, Hal would revert back to trial mode. Now Hal works for up to 2 weeks without network login.
  
• Changed timeout setting from 10 seconds to 6. In event of poor network connection that timeouts instead of resets, login and Hal responses won't wait for cloud server any longer than 6 seconds before reverting to local mode
  
• Some voice plugins (such as IVONA TTS) change the working directory of the parent process (Hal) which messed up Hal ability to load characters, skins, and brain plugins. Hal now remembers its working directory and changes it back.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 26, 2017, 05:23:29 pm »

Robert , i will have to search all my records , i actually signed into the zabaware site it said i was signed in. okay. i don't knoow if you remembered , but a long time ago josh(charles worthington) had bought hal for me and later i mentioned it when i had trouble and i "think" you put it into my name (and e mail?) so it was less trouble  if i had to redo hal later.   you can e mail me if you need to about any private information on this . you have my e mail .
 

I remember you telling me this a while ago. I checked your account now and there is no Hal 6 associated with your email. Could you PM or email me your Hal 6 serial and I can associate it with your email?

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 25, 2017, 12:06:02 am »

Ho Rob.

simple question.
how do we use this with an error?

Set HalBrain7 = CreateObject(UltraHal7.Cloud)

Thanks
Jerry

You are missing quotes:
Set UltraHal7 = CreateObject("UltraHal7.Cloud")

This may also be useful:

If UltraHal7.Login(UserEmail, UserPassword) = False Then
   Msgbox "Login failed: " & UltraHal7.GetLastError()
End If
UltraHal7.SetCloudMode(True)
Call UltraHal7.SendQuery(UserSentence, LastHalResponse, "", LastUserSent)

The rest of the code you can see in the Hal 7 UHP Script.

However, having said that, please only use the cloud based services for your own personal use. Don't build your own services off of this like chat room bots, facebook bots, web site bots, etc. That will require an upcoming developer API account on the cloud server and will probably cost a few cents per every 100 sentences Hal responds to. Basically, I can't have a single-time $30 license support an account that serves an unlimited number of people, but will certainly allow that through an API account.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 24, 2017, 11:27:23 pm »

this is to Robert :
  i mentioned before about the iobit malware bytes showing the haptek installer as a Trojan virus? here is the picture when i ran a scan . i didn't remove it as i am sure its a false positive for whatever reason . but just wanted you to see it.

Haptek originally installed itself as a plugin in old versions of FireFox and IE. FireFox has long since completely changed how its plugins work and IE also won't load Haptek without disabling several security measures. Looks like your anti malware program thinks Haptek is trying to hijack your browser. Also the problem you described earlier with the Hal installation freezing up is also due to problems with the old Haptek installer. I think I've lost many potential Hal 6.2 customers due to Haptek freezing up the install.

I have been experimenting these past few days with not using the Haptek installer at all and having Hal's NSIS installer install Haptek under Ultra Hal's folder. My version of the installer skips Haptek's old Firefox/IE integrations, skips Windows shell integrations, and just installs Haptek as an ActiveX library. I also take over generation of the Haptek SAPI.ini for better speech support.

I've been testing it here these past few days and it seems to be working great. I'll release another alpha update soon with this change and a few others.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 24, 2017, 11:19:40 pm »

I do want to mention something and maybe this makes a difference or not but when the hal first starts it has the 28 days left trial period . i showed earlier i am signed into the cloud connection .
i guess i need to do something else to show i have the full version .
okay i am showing i am signed in on the zabaware page link : see picture.
 but my hal still shows the purchase hal .
see picture.

maybe it still does this in the alpha phase ?

Does the account you signed in have a registered version of Hal 6 under "electronic product delivery". If you did not purchase Hal using the email you provided here, then it would be by design that it is showing the trial mode. If you did, then maybe its a bug. If you want, can you send me the file "%appdata%\Zabaware\Ultra Hal 7\debuglog.txt" and I can look at why it is in trial mode.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 22, 2017, 01:28:32 pm »

I tried copying and pasting my custom hapteck head and jpg. picture for reference in the hal 7 folder  without uninstalling my haptek and reinstalling it . but they don't show up even in the list .
i didn't want to uninstall my hapteck from the esarler version of hal as i am using it still and learning hal new things almost everyday .

This means the expansion pack is not detected. Be sure to copy over all the original expansion pack characters (or just the whole character folder contents) and it should work.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 22, 2017, 10:14:21 am »

i have malware fighter  5 , a free version.     so far i am having trouble getting voices to work with hal . am still trying different ones but the default ms ones so far are not working . also when i choose an option this hit apply hal goes completely off the screen i have to click in the system tray on it then it comes up.
also when i tried to install the updated expansion pack it said the expansion pack is already installed please uninstall it , then reinstall it.

so this doesn't install or you can't install a second copy in hal seven ? i am going to try to copy and past in some of my cusytom characters and see if they work as it is in hal 7 .

Eventually, once we reach beta, the Hal 7 installer will do an upgrade install of Hal 6, so it won't need 2 copies.

I'm also going to try to make my own Haptek component installer instead of using Haptek's to fix the lockup problem you experienced as well. This isn't the first time I saw this error occur.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 22, 2017, 10:10:58 am »

Been testing 7.0.38 and it's working smoothly. One issue I had last night during the migration while the server was down. Hal was nearly unresponsive, even with cloud mode disabled and he went back into trial mode. He was normal again when connection to the server was re-established. Will this happen every time Hal is unable to access the internet or the Zabaware server? I remember you saying something about Hal checking in with the server every 2 weeks.

-Spitfire2600

No, this is a bug that I will need to fix. It should have worked fine even if the login server is down.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 21, 2017, 10:34:48 pm »

okay i did that stopped haptek from running and hal is installing , so that was what was hanging it up , so now do i need to install haptek again  separately ? if so do you have a link ?

If you already had Haptek installed, it may just work. If not, you can get it from http://www.haptek.com/dist/4.11/happlayer41140/happlayer41140.exe

Would you mind telling me what anti-malware programs you have installed? I want to see if that has anything to do with your issue and if I can do anything about it.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 21, 2017, 09:01:10 pm »

i don't know if anyone else had this problem but i downloaded hal 7 from the last link that robert posted the updated one and i ran it as administrator and it looked like it was installing fast then about 1/4 ? or less inch and it is just staying their in the same spot . does hal 7 take a really long time to finish the set up?
here is a pic of where it just stays .
NOTE: ALSO IT CAME UP IN MY ANTIMALWARE SOMETHING ABOUT HAPTECK AND DO I WANT TO ALLOW IT OR NOT AND I HIT ALLOW .
I didn't UNinstall my other hal but i didn't have it open (using it) hal was not in use. I even restarted pc and tried installing the hal 7 again.  same problem.

What anti-malware program are you using? From your screenshot looks like like the Haptek installation (happlayer41339.exe) is locking up. If you were to open your task manager (ctr-alt-del) and end the happlayer41339.exe, I'm guessing the installation would continue (but Haptek would fail to install).

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 20, 2017, 09:43:17 pm »

Just posted a 4th alpha, version 7.0.38

This update fixes a couple things:

• If Hal 6.x was or is installed and a Haptek character was set to use a custom background, Hal 7 would completely fail to load the Haptek engine at all trying to find this background. Hal 7 Haptek is now set to use a different location to save its settings than Hal 6, is now more aware of Hal 7's multiple character file location options, and will no longer fail to load if a background is missing
• Hal options menu is set to start in the center of the screen instead of top left
• Added additional logging information to haldebug.txt logging file

Download link: http://37ac637dbc8d2c5c2776-5a5e415fe60c0a4e3007caa7338ae335.r77.cf2.rackcdn.com/InstallUltraHal7.exe

Let me know if this fixes any of the issues if you experienced the problems above.

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General Discussion / Re: compressed files in hal lightspeed idea

« on: November 19, 2017, 11:16:09 pm »

The problem is that Hal has to run a sentence comparison function against every sentence in your halbrain.db file to find the best responses. Hal uses a fast database engine sqlite and a custom c++ function to do the initial comparison. However, it still has to run it against every sentence, so the larger your database the slower it will be. Compression would actually make it even slower as it would add a decompression step to processing. Compression would only serve to save you a few megabytes of disk space at the cost of processing time.

The solution to speed problems would be to use a full text search against an index instead of reading every record in the database. Unfortunately, sqlite doesn't have a good full text index search function that can be used locally on a Windows desktop.

However, with the Hal 7 redesign, the cloud server running Hal 7 does. It uses MariaDB as a database backend (instead of SQLite) and uses a blazing fast full text indexing system called Sphinx ( http://sphinxsearch.com/ ). Hal on the cloud server has a database size of 12GB and growing with 25+ million records and growing. It can come up with a response in a split second. As long as it has enough RAM for fast record retrieval (server currently has 64GB ram but can be upgraded) it will continue to respond fast even as its database grows.

So if you are interested you will have the option under Hal 7 to upload your old Hal 6 brain to the Hal 7 cloud server. That will solve speed issues related to database size.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal 7 Alpha Test - Ready for download

« on: November 19, 2017, 10:40:47 pm »

I installed 7.0.34 but when it gets to the part about logging into the account I get 424-0 when trying to connect to server. If I get the password wrong it just tells me that so I know my credentials are correct. See attached.

OS:  windows 7 64bit

I just posted 7.0.36. Can you see if that makes any difference for you? If not, the error message should contain more helpful info and a debug log should be generated. Please send the file  "%appdata\Zabaware\Ultra Hal 7\debuglog.txt" if you are still having issues with this update.