We now have a Steam Chat Bot!
- Thread starter Fantaboi
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So I think I talked about it this morning but I think the bot should have some kind of MOTD feature that admins can set, that it posts hourly.
That way things like the Star Wars message could be put in there along with gameday information or whatever.
Maybe even give admins the ability to set the repeat interval.
I think it'd solve the complaints people have about the Star Wars message but could also be a really useful feature.
That way things like the Star Wars message could be put in there along with gameday information or whatever.
Maybe even give admins the ability to set the repeat interval.
I think it'd solve the complaints people have about the Star Wars message but could also be a really useful feature.
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Deployed an update today:
The update was more centered around back-end changes, the Bot is much easier to utilize from github, making it a much quicker process to download and compile!
I also updated the components related to saving and retrieving data, this should make sure a bug that happened weeks ago never reappears
Fixed the 'maps' list bug, there's now more spaces.
The update was more centered around back-end changes, the Bot is much easier to utilize from github, making it a much quicker process to download and compile!
I also updated the components related to saving and retrieving data, this should make sure a bug that happened weeks ago never reappears
Fixed the 'maps' list bug, there's now more spaces.
Jethro
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Also if it was done every hour or so, it'd be a good way to ghost check.
EDIT as opposed to new post: @Fantasma we just had a ghost chat, and someone typing !rejoin to the bot made the bot rejoin. However, if all staff have rejoined they, uh, can't message the bot because they don't have it on the friends list. Might be worth adding all staff or whatever, just for ease's sake.
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Today's big Update:
MOTD Functionality is in there, but its currently admin only.
Sheet is back, and A LOT better
MOTD Functionality is in there, but its currently admin only.
- !setMOTD Hello world Sets a message that's posted every hour for 24 hours
- !motd Reads out the MOTD
Sheet is back, and A LOT better
- The sheet updates almost instantly now
- This will be updated to be even faster....one day.
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One of the last in the final series of updates I intend to do, based around refining existing features. If anyone wants me to add new features or change existing please suggest them now.
Updates:
Updates:
- Updated the search to use the proper google API, this comes with some limitations including a maximum of 100 queries per day total
- Fixed the RSS news being posted to chat on load
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Hopefully the last set of changes for the bot:
Anyways, i'll leave a kind of post-mortem here of as little words as possible that get what I feel off my chest.
Thank you everyone, the last few weeks working on this bot have actually had a pretty decent impact on me. This served as really a confirmation of what I want my future to be like (programming) and I doubt I would've made it that far without a number of things happening: The awesome help I've received from everyone (which i've put in the OP), Geit letting me host on his server, and the chat for not getting too mad for when the bot spam was at a high. So, thank you tf2maps.net as a whole for that.
THAT being said, I will continue to do small changes and tweaks here and there on the bot when necessary (like a major bug), I just want this point to serve as a sort of 'no more additional features' mark like an RC1, as I feel like there really isn't anything more the bot SHOULD have (as it would become a nuisance).
Feel free to post suggestions and bugs as usual.
- Huge Changes to the programming structure, which makes it VERY easy to add instant responses (like ghost: no?) , servers to track, RSS feeds to track, and lastly Searches.
- Added myanimelist via !MAL
- Renamed the bot to Vbsp.exe
- If there aren't any messages for 10 minutes, the bot will leave and rejoin chat, to prevent ghosts
- !removemotd removes the message of the day
- You can message the bot !join to have it join the tf2maps chatroom, which it should already be doing
Anyways, i'll leave a kind of post-mortem here of as little words as possible that get what I feel off my chest.
Thank you everyone, the last few weeks working on this bot have actually had a pretty decent impact on me. This served as really a confirmation of what I want my future to be like (programming) and I doubt I would've made it that far without a number of things happening: The awesome help I've received from everyone (which i've put in the OP), Geit letting me host on his server, and the chat for not getting too mad for when the bot spam was at a high. So, thank you tf2maps.net as a whole for that.
THAT being said, I will continue to do small changes and tweaks here and there on the bot when necessary (like a major bug), I just want this point to serve as a sort of 'no more additional features' mark like an RC1, as I feel like there really isn't anything more the bot SHOULD have (as it would become a nuisance).
Feel free to post suggestions and bugs as usual.
Also, you should change the bot when posting motd from 'MOTD:' to 'MOTD' as steam automatically places a colon after the name of the poster.
Edit: alongside the double motd thing, the bot also forgot to change its name.
MOTD:: Star Wars spoilers posted in HLDS mailing list, be warned!
[3] VBot.exe: Star Wars spoilers posted in HLDS mailing list, be warned!
Edit: alongside the double motd thing, the bot also forgot to change its name.
MOTD:: Star Wars spoilers posted in HLDS mailing list, be warned!
[3] VBot.exe: Star Wars spoilers posted in HLDS mailing list, be warned!
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