Just wondering how much interest there is in a customizable bot+site tool being made available to the public. I spent this last age building one for my kingdom, since there aren't any public to use (other than StingerNET who is severely mistreated)...

So, I been thinking to myself the last couple weeks about the possibility of beta'ing out my bot to a few friends to get some feedback on the design and potential changes that could be made to it. I guess I'm wondering how much interest there is in the community in something like this.


Here's the deal.

There is very little help that I will offer to it. Almost no help files, but everything is commented nicely enough. It would take you a little time to get it set up (read this as a few hours), so it's a slower setup than any other bot out there. I'm mainly not interested in answering peoples questions on how to set things up and get things working.

If anyone I know is interested in testing this for next age, PM me on IRC. If you don't know me or don't know me very well but are interested in it, please state your interest here for such a tool.

Just so interested parties have an idea of what they may be getting into:
Platform:
It's written in mrc, php, javascript and uses SQL for the database. It also uses FF and Chrome extensions, so you need to be somewhat familiar with these.

It's intended to be used with WAMP server and mIRC. You need to be able to install these preferably on a spare computer that you can dedicate for the bots use (not necessary, but helpful).

I personally use a dynamic DNS site (no-ip) to make it easier for my kd mates and such to access the website itself, but you could use your own IP, meaning you need to be familiar with port forwarding and establishing this connection.

Features:
It comes with FF and Chrome extensions that will send intel/ops/self-spells/attacks to the bot automatically. It also accepts Angel forum agent. Raw intel or angel based intel is postable through the bot website in an all-in-one formatter. It has been modified so that it does not matter if you use utools or not, all intel should still be accepted. I should note the extensions are built to know the difference between your prov and a sat prov. But, when you are done sitting a prov you will need to delete that sitting cookie or the next time you sit a prov it will assume you are still sitting the last user.

Ops, intel, etc are all tracked through the website, as well as self-armies. Unlike most bots, there is no limit on how many armies you can post. This was intended for sitting purposes.

There are a lot of standard/normal commands, but due to the creation of the FF/Chrome extensions a lot of them are being modified/altered to include more detail (for intel) or to be more of a pain in the arse to post (ops and such) to avoid multi-posting. Attacks will likely not be affected by this, just people using the extension in your kingdom will just have to remember to no longer post attacks into the kd chan.

Some commands are missing right now, as the bot is not complete. For example, it does not do any sort of dragon/aid tracking/requests.

I hope people use black backgrounds... the bot looks best on it. It doesn't require it but it just looks better that way.

I should mention it's also set up so that it records logs of a council/LS chan as well as a Kingdom channel. These are accessible via the website (so yes, web chat is included). This is a php web-based chat which means that you can access it from your phone/work/whatever without issue as long as you can access the website. Unlike java/cgi:irc's it's not really blockable by most work/school setups. These are also stripped versions of chat, so they only show conversation (they ignore any bot spam/joins/leaves/etc). My kingdom has generally found it very useful just to catch up on recent conversation.

Chats and commands are all access level based. That means you can optionally give people access to the bot but not the ability to use most of the commands. Similarly, in order to access the Council IRC chat on the website you need council access level.

It has a built in target finder (players who use the extension auto-post any kd page they visit, or you can manually post them through the bot site. This is not utools compatible at this time), so it's legit/legal for use. This needs some updates to it, but it still exists at a very basic level atm.

It has a built in ambush calc on the bot site, built in news formatter, built in prov simulator and built in game simulator (all 4 of these tools are on AllianceRanking if you want to see what I'm talking about).

It also has Angelus' Draft calculator (The one on the k3ltic site) built into it, though this is modified to take raw intel as well as angel intel (currently not compatible with utools).

I'm sure there is more, but, you get the point I think..


So recap:
I just want to gauge interest in the community for access to this project, and any friends interested I may beta this out to 1-2-3 kingdoms for testing and feedback.

Regards,