Where is a good idle Chat plug-in?

[tiger8u2]

I've been trolling around the plug-in sharing forum looking for a working link to a good idle chat plug-in but I just can't seem to find one.

Is the loneliness plug-in the same thing?

[Art]

Yes

Hal does not  / will not initiate speech. This plug-in works only after your initial input.
Usually one will have to wait for a specified period of time before Hal "thinks" you are not paying attention
to him/her and starts saying random phrases.

It adds a unique touch to your bot and many of us still use it.

[tiger8u2]

My only issue so far with the loneliness plug-in so far is the AI seems to say things that require an answer.

What I'd be more interested in is just a random stream of thoughts or jokes that don't seem to require or necessitate an answer.

Is there some type of command that could be put in a plug-in to prompt Hal to make random statements it has learned from the user?

I've been looking at the plug-ins tutorial and IF I knew all the possible commands and what they do I might even take a whack at it.

I've done a bit of text scripting in various games from Bethesda although at the moment the new Papyrus scripting language which is object based has pretty much kicked my butt.   

I searched for "Idle Plug-in" on the forum and actually found some old posts but the links to the files were bad.

I've also searched a few skydrive links thanks to both Calhoone and Lightspeed but so far I haven't found any of these old files.

EDIT - Oops!  Nevermind, I went back through all the plug-in downloads I've collected and found an Idle file called "idledudv21" in the "completegrettaplugins.zip."

Does anyone else still use this?

[Art]

As mentioned, you have found the best loneliness plugin already.

If you desire to change any of the pre-scripted sayings simply open the file using an ordinary text editor.
(be sure to save with the proper extension as before).

That's it. no big mystery. Now make that Hal say whatever you want.

When it says things it often is directing the question to itself like, "Hey...is this thing working?"
Such "questions" do not and were not meant to be answered by the user in the first place.

[sombunall]

Hi,

Finally decided to register. First of all look here at reply # 7

http://www.ultrahal.com/community/index.php?topic=8542.0

It will stop the blank reply bug that plagues Ultra Hal. With this bug fix I have been running markov and free will plugins and it works.

It generates random responses when enter is pressed. You might be able to make a plugin by understanding this script.

also google "ultra hal occure and eliminate" with the spelling error to get more hits on this script.

[tiger8u2]

Wow!  Thanks for cluing me in sombunall!  I was actually experiencing that bug but hadn't said anything about it because I figured NOTHING is perfect.  Looks like OTCE saved the day WAY back when which REMINDS me that these kinds of fixes that required an actual edit of the Hal6.uhp should be PINNED somewhere so newbies like me can find them quickly.

Just saying. 

[doggs]

I find the dream out loud plugin lots of fun. I do not use the loneliness plugin so I would not know how both work together. You may want to check it out it also has interesting results. My opinion anyways.

[tiger8u2]

I actually created my own auto-chat using the updated loneliness plug-n but I would be interested in the dream out loud plug-in.  Where do I find it?

[doggs]

Robert created it search dream out loud on forum you'll find it.

[doggs]

If you can't find it I can email it to you. Curious what you think about it. It's one of my favorite plugins

[tiger8u2]

Well, I just searched for it and didn't find anything but our conversation.  I'll MSG you my e-mail address.  Thanks!

[doggs]

Emailed sent from two different emails using my phone so don't know which one works better.

[tiger8u2]

Got it!  Thanks a ton!