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 botKit – Remote Access for Corporate Bots 
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botKit – Taking your bot to the next level

botKit is a bit of an innovative concept (originally inspired by Cruncher.) After several iterations over the course of many months here is its present form, a virtual toolkit that operates independently form your bot, and allowing corporate members to easily resolve issues with bots while bot owners are AFK for extended periods of time; as well other features are built into botKit.


Here is a rundown of features for botKit (External Services):

Funtions for both TW2002 v1 and v2.

Built in ANSI styled warnings and non-system auto-script termination on TWGS host shutdowns and disconnects, including client disconnect/reconnect warnings.

Built in spoof checking (only with exception to Prompt Sentry, which is still in need of modifications, but does function correctly--is just very complex due to the wide variety of prompts and potential circumstances that may occur in TW2002.)

setssr {#} - Affords the CEO the ability to quickly switch all inactive bots to a new SSR channel. This function is both a self-contained script and also built into botKit.

Automated bot (command access) logins for corporate members, both at startup and when inactive and bot login messages are received.

[botname] reboot! - Compels a terminate and restart of a player’s active bot.

[botname] bots {#} - Searches through local bot files to manually start bot, via a numerated listing--bot filenames must contain the word ‘bot.’

[botname] sk {#} - Script Killer, provides a method to terminate active scripts via a numerated listing--terminating a targeted script.

[botname] prompt - Displays the player’s current prompt.

[botname] rollcall - Calls for a check-in of an individual bot.

‘rollcall’ - Calls for a check-in of all available corporate bots; each responding with (this also serves as a ready means to quickly retrieve bot names.):

‘[botname] - Present.’

* The ‘reboot!’ command is intended to resolve issues with send unresponsive or frozen bots. It will search the scripts directory (one folder deep) for the first filename matching the first-in-line active script with the word ‘bot’ in it.

* ‘Rollcall’ confirms which bots are actively responsive on comms--SSR.

* Comms-Shield silently runs in the background, ensuring that silenced comms are turned back on when it detects a stationary prompt. Using a random timeframe within 2-minutes to test prompts, dynamically resetting upon each mismatch and self-terminating on manual comms reactivation. This is very similar to Z-bot’s Comms Guard, though less intrusive.

* Prompt Sentry also runs in the background as a preventative for bots that have been left hanging on non-main prompts. It will attempt to cycle the player back to a main prompt without putting them in harm’s way, e.g., if non-fed-safe at StarDock it should not lift them off the dock.

[botname] botkit on|off|status - Turns botKit on, off, or broadcasts its present status. botKit will technically still be running as a script; however, will be completely non-responsive and inactive when set to off--until turned back on.

* botKit may be remotely started using (also performs a bot reset): [botname] botkit on


Setup instructions:

- The zip file provides the file structures for easy copying of files into your Mombot directory (most of these files are included simply to prevent invalid bot command errors.)
- Source files are also provided.
- Sound files are included as used for certain functions.

1. Copy all included files to their designed directory.

2. botKit is intended to be ran as a daemon through TWX Proxy Setup, simply access:

Setup > Auto Run > Add Script > “Scripts/Mombot/Daemons/exter_srvs_monitor.cts”

3. Close and restart TWX Proxy.


Important Notes:

* botKit requires the default script directory structure as set by TWX Proxy, i.e., ‘Scripts/’

* If any other active scripts have the word ‘bot’ in it, it will cause issues when using certain botKit functions.

* botKit will only initialize upon entry/reentry into the game, after having logged in.

* 'external_services.ts' will no longer work properly if compiled, there is an issue with corruption of wildcards.


(Official release of botKit v1.02)    Download botKit

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Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:30 am
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Unread post Re: botKit – Remote Access for Corporate Bots
nice one, will check out in due course.

I can think of times when I wish I could have re-started someone's bot.

I've been known to kill them..


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lolz Hopefully it can withstand your highly specialized form of abuse. j/k

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Here is a small update to botKit. I fixed a few bugs I found in Prompt Sentry while playing in a test game. Also performed a few maintenance related mods.

botKit v1.01 (simply download, copy and paste over the current file in "Scripts/Mombot/Daemons")


* Update is in above package now, v1.02

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Unread post Re: botKit – Remote Access for Corporate Bots
Update v1.02 is now posted (link in very first post.) This update resolves an issue with the stop script command, which requires running the script from a completely separate script; so instead of running the script directly through TWXProxy settings tab as an auto-start script, just (remove the 'external_services.ts' script if previously selected) and redirect the script to the newly included script 'exter_srvs_monitor.cts'.

(This is essentially the same as before, but just through another file, thus ensuring botKit is always running, unless placed in standby mode--also botKit is bottable, so long that the bot is functioning of course.)

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