How to install a Bot and games

1) download a bot by clicking on this link then on 'Run'.

2) start it by clicking on icon "CHAT BOT" on your desktop.

3) To change the text of the bot, open the bot's configuration file BOT.TXT
The file is on your harddisk in C:\Chat.Bot

On the picture, type first c:\chat.bot in (1) then click on (2) and (3)

Finally, click on this link to have details about the format of BOT.TXT

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- Game Action/Vérité

To start the game Action ou Vérité, type !action or !av
The texts in section [action] of file bot.txt must be correctly filled. (click on this link to have details about the format)
You can also add questions in this file.

- Game Mine

To start the Mine game, type !mine
Click then on a cell of the table then on the Enter key in order to explore a square of the game.
The texts of section [mine] in file bot.txt must be correctly filled. (click on this link to have details about the format)

- How to install a script for the game "Scrabble"

For the game scrabble, download then unzip the script SCRABBLE_SCRIPT, and copy it in the Bot's directory.
Then, download and unzip scrabble questions, either UK-QUESTIONS or US-QUESTIONS, and copy them too in the Bot's directory.
If the ZIP files are empty after downloading, try to click on 'Save' instead of 'Open'.

Click on the Bot's window and hit the F5 key to load the script.

The game commands are :

!scrab start	start game
!scrab score	see the scores
!scrab efface	delete all scores (for gold toc only)

Warning: the Bot itself CANNOT do these commands !
The scores are also deleted automatically each week.

- How to install a script for the game "The Sum is Right"

For the game "the sum is right", download then unzip the script SCRIPT_COMPTE, and copy it in the Bot's directory.
If the ZIP file is empty after downloading, try to click on 'Save' instead of 'Open'.

Click on the Bot's window and hit the F5 key to load the script

The game commands are :

!compte start	start the game
!compte stop	stop the game
!compte score	see the scores
!compte efface	delete the scores (for gold toc only)

Warning: the Bot itself CANNOT do these commands !
The scores are also deleted automatically each week.

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Language 'Script' : how to add intelligence to your bot

If you want to make a more complex bot (create your own games for example a special quizz with your own rules or a guess game) and if script programming does not scare you, click on this link.

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-- Start a bot without going through the room list--

You can start a bot without going through the room list by using the following dos command :

chat.exe -room 127.0.0.1:12000,1,room-name

where 1=english/uk