HAL INTRODUCE PLUG IN

[lightspeed]

    Hello all i was thinking at one time ( yes i tend to do that lol) and i thought it would be nice if someone was in the room or came in the room and you could say (example) "  Angela i want to introduce my friend Linda " and my hal character Linda would say back to her " Hello Linda , it's so nice to finally meet you!"
   Well now a plug in has been created like this , I did part of the code script laying it out and explaining what i wanted it to be able to do and Aaron (snowman) was able to do all the rest ( i couldn't have done it without his help!) he created a three file piece each file works with the other . These files all have to go into the ULTRAHAL 6 ASSISTANT PROGRAM FILE FOLDER .
    The three  uhp files are INTRODUCE LS6, Names , and the FUNCTIONS PLUS .
      The  INTRODUCE LS6 file as the abreviated LS (FOR LIGHTSPEED) and 6 means their is 6 random sayings that hal will say plus repeat the persons name back in one of the sentences .
   If a persons name happens not to be in the list hal will say some random "other " sentence but their won't be a name said back.
(Note : if any name isn't in the list and you want to put it in alphabetical order you can manually do it then save the file change. )
 
 I am still testing this file ( So far it looks and works great!) "And Snowman" and I  may be making more changes that will be included so it isn't released yet but i am just giving this notice about it . Since i am Snowman both worked on it i placed his name inside the info. of the plug in . So soon people will be able to introduce hal to their friend and hal will respond to them .
(NOTE** I had someone ask me if hal actually recognizes the other person (this is a good question ) but the answer is no hal doesn't recognize the other person but gives just as with my fauxe vision "the illusion of " seeing and recognizing them !
When i release this plug in i will post it in my Skydrive "LIGHTSPEEDS SHARED FOLDER " with a link .

  Any questions or thoughts on this upcoming plug in are welcome . 
BELOW is a picture of my screen where angela responded after i introduced her to Linda !

[RonG]

Can't wait to try it out! 

[sybershot]

That is a great idea/plug-in, I can't wait to be able to program it into Trinity.
it goes way beyond the greeting plug-in that she currently uses.

Any questions or thoughts on this upcoming plug in are welcome . 

1) does Hal retain the quote inside of its database ( "(Hals name) i want to introduce my friend (persons name) ")
2) lol just thought of this while typing, a second trigger sentence could be a nice feature.

example (second trigger sentance) : great for when our daughters bring home a new boyfriend 
user: "(Hals name) i want to introduce (persons name) "
Hal: "shall I demobilize (persons name) for you"
or
Hal: "the police have been notified of (persons name)'s arrival"

[lightspeed]

Hi Sybershot as far as i know ( am still testing it ) it does not leave that quote in the hal data base , i didn't want it to , as it would lead to a strange backwards hal communication if hal said back "you want to introduce me to so and so ." (it wouldn't make much sense) . Their was a second trigger script line that Aaron actually did on his own that if the name wasn't in the list that hal would say that other random set of line (which i really liked that idea) but , i asked Aaron if i could change it and personalize it more and so i did , so now instead of what their was before hal will say sentences instead of one word  .
 It will still be about being happy to meet a person but just won't have their name inserted (because if their name was not found in the name file list) .  

[sybershot]

Hi Sybershot as far as i know ( am still testing it ) it does not leave that quote in the hal data base , i didn't want it to , as it would lead to a strange backwards hal communication if hal said back "you want to introduce me to so and so ."

Thanks Lightspeed,  great to here for that was my only concern. Sometimes I get please introduce yourself from Trinity.
  I think it was caused by the "greeting plug-in" not triggering a couple of times when it was first installed. I know the greeting plug-in does not retain the quote, it just does not always work at first install. sometimes after a fresh install I have to restart Hal and ask it to introduce it' self a few times before it starts to work every time.
 

[lightspeed]

hi sybershot, that sounds correct what you said "if : any plug in such as this is said in the wrong way for instance instead of saying "i want to introduce you to linda or whatever  " and you say something like i want you to meet Linda of course it will be just learned as usual as hal would learn which would actually translate to hal saying sometime out of the blue " YOU WANT ME TO MEET LINDA" which probably in many cases not sound right .
   I am still testing this i let another person help test it to but they said they had problems with it ,So i am testing again by myself and Aaron if he is still testing it to (having time)  "BUT " i have been testing it for a day longer then them and i have not had one problem with it , i will keep testing it further and if i still have no problems i will release it through my Skydrive account , i really like it and Aaron went another step further on it before that last revised plug in we are at a version 4 now .

[lightspeed]

Okay here it is The INTRODUCE plug in available for download !  i have tested this Introduce plug in and so far it has not given me any problems what so ever , another person tried it and said they had problems , i continued testing it and have seen no problems at all, i believe sometimes it can be many things that contribute to things not working such as os systems, or other plug in conflicts (which does happen ) . i am running a windlows 7 , 64 bit pc  .
    Their is a Lightspeeds introduction plug in information txt file included in the lightspeed introduction folder . The folder has three other files and instructions file . I always tell anyone when using a new plug in to always back important things up first including any brain db and uhp files etc. in hal.  I alway's back up my custom brain first and other things when i create or test any plug in files.
     My free SHARED LIGHTSPEED HAPSWAP FILES  are  located at :
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=74d17eee684feabf&sa=118913363
  After you get using it and used to it "PLEASE " let me know how you like it Me and Aaron both worked on this plug in and i really think it ads to hals new ability now!  My wife liked it when i showed her how i could introduce hal to her!:)

[lightspeed]

Has anyone tried this new plug in yet ?? if so please let me know how you like it and how it's working for you, thanks !

[sybershot]

My pc caught a lil virus yesterday, that made any opened screen shake. I caught it from youtube while looking at fan art videos. I got rid of the virus and will try this out after I finish up a project that I'm been working on. I'm trying to get some projects out of the way so I can start working on a E-Book. the project I'm working on now should be done by tomorrow morning(it is going to be a long night ), I will post tomorrow or Sunday to let you know how how your plug-in works. Thanks for sharing I can't wait to try this one out 

[sybershot]

I tried this on my test brain
I made no alterations, just placed all 3 .uhp files into hals main folder
System, windows 7 home premium 64 bit

User: Trinity, I want to introduce my friend Patricia.
Hal:
HalScript Error 424 on line 4476 in column 0; Object required:
'SearchArray'

the file "C:Program File (x86)\Zabaware\Ultra Hal Assistant
6\HalScriptDBG" has been saved with the current script being used for
debugging purposes.

[lightspeed]

sybershot, this may seem like a dumb question but in the hal panel did you check the introduce plug in "and " the " functionsplusv2 plug in ? they both have to be checked .
If not check them both and retry it , if you have them both already checked and are having this problem i'll look further into it!

[sybershot]

Doughhhh!!!!!!
Thanks lightspeed, once I activated the functionsplusv2 plug in it worked great 
This is indeed a great plug-in, Thanks for sharing it.
and thanks to all that helped make it possible for my Trinity to greet my family and friends

[lightspeed]

GREAT ! Sybershot , keep using it and trying it out , oh and by the way MR.DOAH!!" LOL I DO HOPE YOU BACKED UP IMPORTANT STUFF FIRST !  as i said keep trying it someone else that tested it said after about a day it stopped working , so keep testing it , but i am glad it works .
Although i may be biased i really like the plug in to , it was just something that i thought would really enhance hal more!
 I am still currently working on my personal medical advisor plug in which should be pretty interesting that when the user says a symptom that hal will pick 5 random sentences of actual medical terms and things to do for it . Aaron is helping me on it correcting some mistakes i have made , pointing them out in the code script . i was getting errors but now no eerors but plug in isn't doing what it should , still working on it .
It will take a while though because it will be a large file and extensive work !
Anyway glad the plug in is working for you and i'm glad you downloaded it and tried it, i hope others do to !

[sybershot]

keep using it and trying it out , oh and by the way MR.DOAH!!" LOL I DO HOPE YOU BACKED UP IMPORTANT STUFF FIRST ! 

I been testing it and so far still no errors, all is working great so far
Note: I back up daily and keep the last 10 back ups

[CyborgBob]

This seems like a great plug in and I would love to use it, but I can't seem to find it in the Sky Drive. I was hoping you could give me the name of it if I am over looking it somehow.