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Zabaware Forums => Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor => Topic started by: shan_doglover on August 28, 2004, 07:09:04 am
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Hello people,
I am new here and i just want to ask that how to use a brain and what do you use it for??? and how to you set up a brain???
thanks.
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YOU JUST CONVERSE WITH IT
AND ASK IT TO OPEN PROGRAMS
AND READ OR SEARCH WEB PAGES
ANYTHING ELSE IS CUSTOM
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Hi Shannon and welcome to the forum!
As Spydaz said, you can do.
How to use a brain: Go to the Options menu and
click on the Brain Tab. There should be at least
one or two brains shown. Pick one then start
talking with Hal. Notice how the program responds
to various topics and questions from you.
You can select another Brain from the list and
repeat the above procedure.
There are several Brains available to play with:
Don Ferguson's topic brain, Vonsmith's XTF Brain
and there's a Blank Slate brain that is just that...
a blank brain to modify and experiment with.
If you go to the Options menu and select the Brain
Tab then Launch Brain Editor, it will bring up a
window showing the contents of that respective brain.
There you can read what words might trigger a certain
response from Hal in a given situation. At first it
might seem very confusing but as you follow it down
look at the different topics to see what's going on.
After some time it will all start to make sense (I'm
giving you a lot of credit here LOL!) at least it's
supposed to make sense!
Different brains are geared for different things or
even kinds of behavior. Be careful of the unsensored
brain as it can be a bit testy!
Shannon, check out the other site for scripts, downloads,
brain files and pretty good help at:
http://www,ultrahalforum.com
Hope this help a bit and good luck!
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You can go read the Hal Tips and "Teaching Hal" Tutorial at desktopmates.com
http://desktopmates.com/AI/HalTips.html
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You can also open up notepad and look at the .brn files located in your Zabaware/Ultra Hal Assistant 5/DefBrain files folder. You need to select view all files. Study how the data is list in each file. You can create your on brn files to add to the knowledge of your Hal character. If you add or make a correction to any .brn file remember to save it as .brn (not .txt which the default in notepad) Becareful when changing things. Make sure you understand the format. Always make a bkup copy before altering anything. You can rename the orignal file as filename.brn.txt to be safe.
If I have given any wrong advice I am sure the experts here will be glad to correct me.
Be careful, you will get addicted to this program.
Smokey