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Actually I did move the files deliberately
after going through all the error logs.

I may not be an experienced programmer.
But I do have some knowledge of windows
systems and how to troubleshoot errors.
Afterall, I've been building and maintaining
my own pc's for going on 10 years now.

Anyway - have fun.

I downloaded and installed OpenCV-2.0.0a-win32.exe

It's the newest stable release. Here's a link to the page it's on.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/

That's it Ted. You just told me what's wrong.

There's no Application File in the Hal folder on your computer.

You'll have to create a new folder in the main Hal folder and
name it Application Files. Then install the HalvisionX_1_0_0_21
folder into that folder. If that doesn't work for you, I'll print
the darned scripts out on paper and eat em. lol

Just make sure you follow the other steps I outlined above after
you create the Application Files folder. [;)]

The CV program looks for a system folder pathway as follows:

C:Program Files-Zabaware-Ultra Hal Assistant 6-Application Files-HalvisionX_1_0_0_21

any folder missing from that path will need to be created.

It's too bad the developer's at Ogre haven't created a converter
app for exporting animated meshes from Cinema 4D or Poser into
the Ogre xml format. [:(]  I'm not that familiar with Blender
and don't have access to Maya.

So you still got that warning message
when trying to activate the plug-in?

Did you also get any kind of
system error message with it?
Having an error message and code
would give me something to go by
towards tracking down the bug and
coming up with some kind of workaround
for you.

I'd like to see this plug-in fixed and
working so it can be moved on to the next
step of development which would be including
object and/or face recognition. That is if
Snowman and the other's who worked on it
feel they're up to the task.

BTW......

I can only guess at why some poeple could run it and other's couldn't.
It might be due to the fact that even if you take 2 machines
running XP Pro, some of the hkey registries read different because
of whatever other apps are installed and also whatever windows
updates have been applied. I can't even run halvision on my one
pc due to the fact that the system refuses to recognize I have
.NET 2a installed, and because it doesn't detect it, it won't
permit .NET 3.5 to be installed and updated. Which so far microsoft
has no answer for. lol

Here's a visual diagram of the installation pathway for HalvisionX
plug-in. If something isn't clear about the instructions, just ask.

I know it's a large image, but it was either that or a broken up
series which would have used even more page space. lol

The Haarcascade routine within CV is
certainly a hog when it comes to RAM.
With just Hal running, my RAM usage
averages around 50%. When I run Hal
with the vision plug-in the RAM usage
shoots up to 87%. I have 1 gig of RAM
installed on the PC I'm using to test
this. Those with older machines with
less RAM installed may have problems
running the plug-in for more than a
few minutes at a time before it crashes.

I've been on SL for over 2 years now. I may know a couple sources
who can provide more info on how to integrate a bot into it. If in
second life you may want to look up a fellow named Thoys Pan, he
has been developing bot avatars as a business on SL. I'd also give
a shout to vrossi over at the Virtual Humans Forum. He maintains an
office on SL for the Virtual Humans Forum and has an AIML cat there.

I took a look at the documentation for Open CV and
it seems this is just one of its little quirks. It,
like Hal, is a work in progress and still has a few
unknowns to be worked out. lol

As I said. After downloading and installing Open CV,
even if you already installed HalVisionX. You still
need to click on and run the HalVisionX program again
from the Windows Start menu to reset the system pathways
it's recognizing. So it may be that some weren't doing that.
Plus, this bug I found may only apply to Win XP. I don't
have a machine running Vista or Windows 7. So I have no
idea if the same problem is occurring on those OS's.

Ok Snowman, I think I found the problem. It was in the name
you gave the application sub folder. When the aplication unpacks,
it sets up the folder name simply as HalVisionX. But the applications
routine when you first activate it is looking for a folder named

HalvisionX_1_0_0_21    

within the system path

C:Program Files-zabaware-Ultra Hal Assistant 6-Application Files

Also, the user needs to download and install the Open CV app from
SourceForge. Once installed, even if you have the HalVisionX app
installed first. You can install Open CV, then click on HalvisionX
in the list of Programs from the Windows Start Menu. This restarts
the application and sets the system pathway for the folders and
locates the camera feed within the system. One thing I found a bit
annoying is that with the application active, Hal is constantly
saying that "I can't hide from it" and "I see you". That occurs
every 45 to 60 seconds no matter what the settings are. lol

I'll draw up a diagram for the proper install of all the files
and post it here by tomorrow evening. It will show the exact
system pathways and how to setup and rename the necessary folders
within the zabaware folder structure. [;)]

Hi Snowman, I'd like to try and offer a bit of help on this.
If you would be so kind as to save me some time searching through
all the files you made available, maybe you could tell me which
of them contains the command lines to call up the CV application.
I'm familiar with robotic vision elements from Robin Hewitt called
Mavis and framecap and I have a remote idea they may be more com-
patible since they don't rely on having the .NET Framework or
MSVCRT 8.0 SP1 installed. All you need installed for them to
function is Direct X 9c. I thought it might be worth giving it
a try. The plug-in can still be done in VB to be compatible with
Hal and also with Mavis and framecap which are written in C++

The original interface used to call these up was done in Lisp.
But I think I can rewrite it using VB.

That is unless I've missed something during my 2 year absence
and somebody has already explored that route. [?]

Thanks Jack. But I'm not exactly back. I'll only be contributing
from time to time. I still have all my other projects that I want
to start working on again, plus I still have my SL life which I'll
be involved in. Going to be quite a balancing act between all these
projects, and devoting at least some time to my current gf and her
kids, along with maintaining what I have on SL.

Thanks everyone.

Reputation? What reputation? [:I]

I had a little time to kill this morning,
so I thought I'd do one more. A slightly
older lady for those who want to talk to
someone more mature. Her name's Carol.
She'll not be posted on my site or the
other vhuman sites. She's exclusive to
this forum. [;)]    Enjoy.

http://www.charctercreationsanddesignworks.us/Carol.zip



BTW..... for anyone interested. I'll soon be starting up and
continuing the R&D work on my own forum that was started almost
2 years ago. Should be able to start that work again within a month.
That is if I can keep these blasted machines up and running. lol
I should note that I am not a programmer and have very little
experience analyzing, modifying or writing code of any kind.
But I'm going to give it a good try. lol

Make that 2 more pc's running XP that it won't work on,
and I get the same error message. I already had all the
microsoft programming apps installed before I reinstalled
Hal. Both are on Win XP Pro. One is SP2 and the other is SP3.

Hope somebody can find a solution to this little bug. lol
Vision for Hal is one of the best ideas and it is one that's
been kicked around on here for too many years. This is the
closest I've seen anyone come to doing it.  [^]