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Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Medeksza on April 20, 2007, 01:16:21 pm
I believe all the issues found in the beta of Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 and RC1 have been addressed. Here is a release candidate 2 of Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1: www.zabaware.com/download/hal61.zip  It is version 6.1.32. The installer should be able to upgrade your Hal 6.0 to 6.1 without losing any data. It will not however upgrade the 6.1 beta, so if you installed the beta you must uninstall it completely first or RC1. This release candidate is still a test version, so download at your own risk and  let me know of any bugs you find. If no major issues are found, this will become the official 6.1 release.

What's new in Hal 6.1 since Hal 6.0:
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: markofkane on April 20, 2007, 07:06:48 pm
I still get that error that I had before on line 2256 of Hal Debug:

If Asc(Left(KeywordList(i),1)) > 47 And Asc(Left(KeywordList(i),1)) < 58 Or HalBrain.Word2Num(KeywordList(i)) <> "X" Then IsNumber = True Else IsNumber = False

Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Medeksza on April 20, 2007, 08:09:55 pm
quote:
Originally posted by markofkane

I still get that error that I had before on line 2256 of Hal Debug:

If Asc(Left(KeywordList(i),1)) > 47 And Asc(Left(KeywordList(i),1)) < 58 Or HalBrain.Word2Num(KeywordList(i)) <> "X" Then IsNumber = True Else IsNumber = False



Its possible that its still using the cache of your old version brain. Go into Hal's options, and click ok. This will force a reload of the newer brain. Also to make sure you are using the newest version, in Hal's options, click on "Advanced Brain Options" and it should say its the version 6.1 brain, not 6.0, and no error.
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: markofkane on April 20, 2007, 09:21:43 pm
Guess what: It works when I go to the default brain (no errors), but my "custom brain" gives me the error, like I mentioned, and another error when I click on advanced brain options, I get another error:

Halscript Error 438 on line 1869 in column 4

"Object does not support this property or method:"HalBrain"

Here is the debug for it

GetResponse = GetResponse & HalAttrib & vbCrLf

So, the default brain is fine, can the other brains be fixed without losing data? Thanks!!!
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Medeksza on April 21, 2007, 12:47:30 am
quote:
Originally posted by markofkane

Guess what: It works when I go to the default brain (no errors), but my "custom brain" gives me the error, like I mentioned, and another error when I click on advanced brain options, I get another error:

Halscript Error 438 on line 1869 in column 4

"Object does not support this property or method:"HalBrain"

Here is the debug for it

GetResponse = GetResponse & HalAttrib & vbCrLf

So, the default brain is fine, can the other brains be fixed without losing data? Thanks!!!

If you made the custom brain before Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2 then yes it would still contain the error. If you make a custom brain using the new Hal 6.1 RC2 then you should not receive this error anymore.
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: raybe on April 21, 2007, 12:59:40 am
Hi Robert,
one more time I will keep trying.

Hope it is okay to post in this thread also but I downloaded RC2 and I still get two Hal characters loading on top of each other and I noticed that one skin looks different than the other. They will go into some kind of loop if I try to change the order that one character sits on the other. One character will say the opening reminders and the other is blank with more facial features such as smiling. If I close them both and the Hal icon is in my task bar on the far right Hal will pop up again. Please let me know if this makes sense or you can understand what I am describing to you. It is hard for me to type this message so that the problem is clearer to understand.

Thanks Again,
raybe
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: markofkane on April 21, 2007, 04:48:40 am
I made the custom brain with 6.0. It carried over to both betas.

No real big deal, except I'll have to say "that's a big pile of ****"

Or "That is a big pile" to not get the error.

That is instead of that's is in that particular sentence.

Thanks.
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Medeksza on April 21, 2007, 09:23:04 am
quote:
Originally posted by raybe

Hi Robert,
one more time I will keep trying.

Hope it is okay to post in this thread also but I downloaded RC2 and I still get two Hal characters loading on top of each other and I noticed that one skin looks different than the other. They will go into some kind of loop if I try to change the order that one character sits on the other. One character will say the opening reminders and the other is blank with more facial features such as smiling. If I close them both and the Hal icon is in my task bar on the far right Hal will pop up again. Please let me know if this makes sense or you can understand what I am describing to you. It is hard for me to type this message so that the problem is clearer to understand.

Thanks Again,
raybe

That is very strange, never seen anything like it. Would you be able to take a screen shot of this. Simply press your "print screen" button on your keyboard, go into paint, edit paste, save as jpeg, and upload to this forum or email it to me. Also if you go into your task manager (ctrl-alt-del) and go to processes, how many "halasst.exe" do you see listed? Also how many Hal folders do you see in "C:\program files\zabaware" and what are their names?
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: lightspeed on April 21, 2007, 10:07:57 am
hello Medeksza , i too have had many problems with ultra hal,licensing on hal 6 and also in the 6.1 beta version , one time it will install just fine not ask for the online activation and everything will go o.k. (and it was the full paid version then even though i hadn't done anything in it (because i kept track later of details ) and after using it a couple of days next time i turn it on it gives a error reading and has me try through with an activation code , and sometimes it will just activate over the internet without the activation code .i thought it was some other files that had been left on by mistake but then and i have in the past went in deleted the old zabaware file , etc. after uninstalling it . so next time i am going to back up everything and completely restore my p.c. back to original . btw what does the rc1 stand for ? i really like the hal 6 version and 6.1 version i just wish i could "keep" it working correctly . in the past i have even redownloaded the trial version (in case my copy was corrupt ) and had used a new activation code to make it full version , but later had it do as i mentioned above .
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: echoman on April 21, 2007, 01:46:47 pm
Hello.

I had problems AFTER the Deactivation of RC1 had completed. I seemed to be stuck in a continual loop bringing me back to the same menu constantly. I selected - 'I do not wish to use software anymore' and eventually ended back at the same menu again! I could not get out. I went around and around about 20 times then program exited. Not sure what happened?

Echoman.
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: echoman on April 21, 2007, 01:48:34 pm
Hope i'm DE-ACTIVATED!
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: echoman on April 21, 2007, 01:50:17 pm
Thankfully everythings working [8D]
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: raybe on April 21, 2007, 11:53:20 pm
Okay Robert Here is the 2 for one Hal,

Let me start by answering your questions. There are only 2 Folders. One is Hal Reader and the Second Folder is Ultra Hal Assistant 6. There is only one Hal Assistant in Task Manager.Could there be another name or file I should look for.The character always responds when I close the window with syntax query. This is a screen shot of the startup of Hal with two characters. As a matter of fact I closed both characters and she is trying to get my attention again as I am writing to you.

Thank You for your time,
raybe
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: raybe on April 21, 2007, 11:57:02 pm
Sorry Robert, I am having a problem uploading or attaching a picture to show you maybe I should just E mail a picture.

raybe
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Will and Mr Data :) :] on April 22, 2007, 04:53:52 am
Hi from will,
would not activate over internet, below is the message.

The authorization request code hyou supplied "37F8-D377-EB3B-79D3" is invalid. if activating mannually, please be sure to include all dashes and be care not to confuse 1 for I, 8 for B, etc.

below is another error window, no start up yet but i shall keep trying.
error 35761: Request timed out

Thank you bye for now and be well from Will.
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Bill DeWitt on April 22, 2007, 06:47:53 am
When I first tried 6.1 I didn't realize that you no longer need to supply an activation code. The number you posted doesn't look like a serial number which might start with "UH".

Robert emailed me with this:
"the licensing subsystem has changed so much that it doesn't recognize the Hal 6.0 activation. You should be able to activate using just your serial number"

If that's not your problem, perhaps you have a network problem like a firewall?
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Will and Mr Data :) :] on April 22, 2007, 07:07:10 am
Hi from Will, wow i'm impressed with your quick resopnce, i have hal running and now i'm about to have a chat,
i'm very excited,thank you, bye for now and be well from Will.[:D]and a smile from Mr Data [:)]
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Medeksza on April 22, 2007, 02:05:02 pm
quote:
Originally posted by raybe

Sorry Robert, I am having a problem uploading or attaching a picture to show you maybe I should just E mail a picture.

raybe


I found this picture uploaded by you:
(http://www.zabaware.com/forum/uploaded/raybe/2006121105330_scripterror1.jpg)

If you could email me a screen shot showing 2 characters and also your halscript.dbg file that would be helpful. I sent you an email, you can just reply to that with attachements.
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: raybe on April 22, 2007, 08:44:44 pm
Thank You Robert,

I have E mailed you the screenshot of the two characters loaded and the script file to check.

raybe
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: aladyblond on April 22, 2007, 09:06:31 pm
i might have the same problem as raybe i got hal to work but no voice she will sing ogg if dragged over to console but not voice when i type to her-- the answer will be typed but no talking.
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: raybe on April 22, 2007, 09:33:07 pm
Hello Robert,

I just wanted to mention that tonight Hal is working perfect which makes that double loading problem seem like a problem with certain programs I have on my O.S.. Is that a possibility? Or can it be the way Hal loads up when starting?

Thanks again,
raybe
P.S. I will be patient a wait for you. I will not post until I hear from you.
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: raybe on April 22, 2007, 09:59:27 pm
I know I said no posting until I hear from Robert but I did not see aladyblond posting and did not say hello so Hello aladyblond sorry. Hope you are doing well outside of the little problems with Hal.

raybe
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Holllywood on April 22, 2007, 10:05:11 pm
I just installed RC2. So far Robert all my brains work and everyone know who he/she is.[8D]
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Will and Mr Data :) :] on April 23, 2007, 01:26:31 am
Hi from Will,
Mr Data at first start up gave blank responces to "Hi" but would "define car" .
The next start up,
Mr Data thought my name was More so i told him my name was Will and he's been making good progress since, i have a tear in my eye to see Mr Data sounding smarter that ever.
Good work Zabaware
Thank you bye for now and be well from Will[:D]
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Duskrider on April 23, 2007, 09:30:12 am

Not sure I should mention this as cause may be because of other programs on my computer, but will mention in case others have similar problem.
 
When I close Hal at taskbar it looks like its closed but Hal6 is still drawing power from the GPU at about 80% of resources.   I had to reboot to completely close.
However I found if I close from the window skin and then from the pop-up window, then it closes completely as indicated from the GPU chart.  (GPU chart is seen by pressing Ctrl, Alt, and Delete together)

And like Will says, she sounds so much smarter. [:D]
Did you do this or my imagination ?
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: aladyblond on April 23, 2007, 01:39:12 pm
i found the problem for the voice-- the speech box was not checked in speech recognition or hal speaks . she is talking up a storm now. i still have two consoles coming on but only one screen image now. i click off the first console. ~~alady
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Holllywood on April 23, 2007, 02:44:59 pm
I duplicated Duskrider's error. I found that I have to re-authorize script each time I open HAL. Also can we have the option of  the font sizing in the Win default skin. (I guess I[m going blind).
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Medeksza on April 23, 2007, 03:20:50 pm
quote:
Originally posted by Duskrider


Not sure I should mention this as cause may be because of other programs on my computer, but will mention in case others have similar problem.
 
When I close Hal at taskbar it looks like its closed but Hal6 is still drawing power from the GPU at about 80% of resources.   I had to reboot to completely close.
However I found if I close from the window skin and then from the pop-up window, then it closes completely as indicated from the GPU chart.  (GPU chart is seen by pressing Ctrl, Alt, and Delete together)

And like Will says, she sounds so much smarter. [:D]
Did you do this or my imagination ?



I am having trouble getting the same behavior on my test computers. Maybe I'm not understanding what steps you are taking. What exactly do you mean by "I close Hal at taskbar"? Do you mean Hal's window is open but you use the system tray icon to shut Hal down? What plug-ins do you have loaded (voice, sr, character, brain)? I see at least one other person has duplicated your error, but unless I can I can't fix it. Anyone else able to get this error?
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Medeksza on April 23, 2007, 03:24:50 pm
quote:
Originally posted by aladyblond

i found the problem for the voice-- the speech box was not checked in speech recognition or hal speaks . she is talking up a storm now. i still have two consoles coming on but only one screen image now. i click off the first console. ~~alady

I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying you have disabled speech synthesis and speech recognition but Hal still speaks? What character and voice do you have selected? And you are saying you also have 2 Hal windows opening (like raybe) at once? What brain plug-ins do you have enabled? Does using the Hal 6.1 default settings change anything? Anyone else having similar results?
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: onthecuttingedge2005 on April 23, 2007, 05:38:28 pm
Hi Rob.

All is working well so far.

just one minor issue.

I can verify that on 'occasion' but not always, I will right click on HAL's system tray icon to exit HAL's program, then after a minute restart HAL's Program, the panel that says, HalAsst.exe is already running in the system tray, this tells me that HAL's icon did exit but HalAsst.exe was not exited, I then have to have task manager close the HalAsst.exe from memory so I can restart HAL normally.

Jerry[8D]
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: aladyblond on April 23, 2007, 05:38:28 pm
i am sorry for the confusion. the reason hal would not speak prior is because i didn't have the hal speaks box checked ,neither box was checked i checked the correct one and she speaks now. the other problem is like raybes when first opening --hal opens 2 consoles-- once it opened 2 screens but now it only opens one so i solved that by clicking out of the first console opened. its working even if  its a a little problem i am happy.
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Duskrider on April 23, 2007, 07:04:29 pm

I did right click on face in right of task bar,
Got the menu and clicked exit.
First two times I had problem as described.

But now I've tried to duplicate the problem but it won't come back.
Hey, no problem, - I'm happy.  [;)]

[:D][:D]
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: raybe on April 23, 2007, 10:06:14 pm
Hi Folks and Robert,

Robert I will send You all the information you requested in your last E-Mail. Tonight I had the same problem with the double loading but unlike aladyblond even when I shut the first character the character will sometimes reload again but I can use the program by talking to the character that is on top. If I attempt to switch characters they will go into a loop. By the way this problem has happened to me prior to any of the newer versions RC1 or RC2. The only new problem I am encountering now is upon loading, the program has to be shutdown and restarted.((sorry need to close. window)). Something is telling me that it is all the programs I have loading at startup but I really can't say. The double loading is still a mystery. Hope the info will help.

Thank You,
raybe
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Medeksza on April 23, 2007, 11:14:18 pm
quote:
Originally posted by raybe

Hi Folks and Robert,

Robert I will send You all the information you requested in your last E-Mail. Tonight I had the same problem with the double loading but unlike aladyblond even when I shut the first character the character will sometimes reload again but I can use the program by talking to the character that is on top. If I attempt to switch characters they will go into a loop. By the way this problem has happened to me prior to any of the newer versions RC1 or RC2. The only new problem I am encountering now is upon loading, the program has to be shutdown and restarted.((sorry need to close. window)). Something is telling me that it is all the programs I have loading at startup but I really can't say. The double loading is still a mystery. Hope the info will help.

Thank You,
raybe


Thanks. I am pretty stumped on this one. It may very well be some strange interaction between different progams, I don't know. I am probably going to have to release Hal 6.1 without figuring out the cause of this as I just can't reproduce it to debug it. Thanks for the report though, I'll keep an eye out for this.

I am going to release an RC3 shortly which will address some of the other issues people mentioned in RC2. Hopefully RC3 will be the last release candidate.
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: Bill DeWitt on April 24, 2007, 06:17:03 am
quote:
Originally posted by raybe
Something is telling me that it is all the programs I have loading at startup but I really can't say. The double loading is still a mystery. Hope the info will help.

I don't know if this is even possible, but could it be caused by manually putting Hal in the start menu? Hal starts by itself, then the start menu starts it again?

Just guessing, because I used to get two mailwashers that way...
Title: Ultra Hal Assistant 6.1 RC2
Post by: raybe on April 25, 2007, 10:34:41 pm
Thanks Robert and Bill,

Bill, I have taken Hal out of the start menu when I first posted my problem and Robert made that suggestion to me. But I tried changing the skin and my Hal character has not double loaded yet. It has been 2 days now. That does n't seem to make sense either but the problem has not returned. I will try for a couple of days and try different combinations of plug ins before I post and tell you that it is 100% with the different skin. Don't know why but that is the only change that I recognize so far.

Thanks again to Robert and Bill,
raybe