AW Bots

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Definitions:
mauz: Automated avatar or utility, usually programmed with AW SDK
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wiki: The Active Worlds Software Development Kit (SDK), first released on September 8th, 1998, is a Client-API (Application Interface for programming client applications) targeted at the programmer community within Active worlds.

The SDK allows programmers to make client applications, called bots, that login to the Active worlds universe. A citizenship is required for use of the SDK.

There are both C/C++ and Visual Basic/COM versions of the SDK available. The C/C++ SDK is also available for Linux. There is also a third party wrapper of the C/C++ SDK for .NET.
Inside of AW, bots can be discerned from regular users by the brackets around the bot's name (e.g. [mybot1]).
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AW:
The Active Worlds Software Development Kit, or "SDK", can be used by programmers to develop automated programs that run within the Active World environment. These programs are often referred to as "bots."

Bots can sometimes appear in worlds using avatars just like any other user. If a bot speaks, it will have brackets ("[]") around its name. For example, you might enter a world and see something like this in your chat box:

[GreeterBot]: Hi! Welcome to my world.

Often, if a bot does not speak, it may not be possible to tell whether an avatar is a bot or not.

Bots are appearing throughout Active Worlds more and more frequently. For example, there are bots which are currently changing the music at the Ground Zero areas of several popular worlds. Some worlds features bots which will play games with you, or which let you play games against other people. Other worlds feature bots which will answer questions about the world or even give you a tour.

Bots can also sometimes be annoying. If you are a world owner, you can choose to not allow any bots in your world, or to only allow bots owned by certain people. You can adjust this from the World Rights dialog.

For more information on the Active Worlds SDK, including instructions on how to develop your own bots, please visit the Active Worlds SDK website at http://www.activeworlds.com/sdk/.
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Telegram from Bach Zhaa, sent just now:

ok.. (you dont have to ever answer right away, btw... :) so again, how does the bot 'in world' know youve done something? there's like triggers to tell it you've clicked something or bumped into something? what are the options then? could the bot teleport you, start an astart sequence, or perhaps hold that complex sequence?

Answer: The bot uses the SDK to get 'in world' events, like object clicks, or bumps. information on the SDK can be found in the wiki at http://wiki.activeworlds.com/index.php?title=SDK ...yes a bot can eject or teleport a user. a bot cannot directly start an astart astop sequence, but it could build an object that has the code in the action that would start the sequence. a bot can not stop the sequence either, but it could remove a object from the world that would in turn stop the sequence. hope this helps, check out my web site as it grows, I will be including more pages with bot information : )

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