Hi. I would like to drastically modify/alter hals personality.
I have run chatbots in the past, and even had an AIM robot hosted by a now defunct site. The simple program they used was fun and easy to edit, but very limited. I am hoping HAL will solve that problem,and not to mention, have better support. I have the trial version now to play with to see if it will be what I need.
here is what I Need:
A ton of custom responses about very specific topics, and replies denoting the old text base RPG actions such as "::Swings the sword at the dragon::" (HAL does not seem to like the "::" so I am trying the "[]" instead)
With my AIML robots, I used a lot of things like "That=x" and "wildcards" but I am assuming that the HAL brain takes these on itself as you talk to him.
I dont need:
Hal to have knowledge of dimples on a golf ball
or the size of a football field.
I dont need many of the responses in the Mainbrain folder.
My question is, is it possible to delete most of the QandA's in sokme of the provided folder and esp the pattern matching folder to force hal to use only my QandA's?
essentially, I want to create something like a Vally Girl personality, and the effect is spoiled when HAL goes off on some tanget pertaining to business acumen or how he prefers dogs.
I would like to have custom replies to things like what/who/ are you, and where do you live/work/play, who your friends/parent/family are.
I have played around with the brain editor,and thats kind of fun, although I seem to have better luck just teaching HAL with the chat interface.
Hall has a lot of potential to bring my character to life, and now with the new AIM client, he will be just what I need once I can get the customization worked out.
Wonderful that there are active forums here, even posts by the developer. Nice.
BV