VoteBot 9000 Commands and Usage

This thread will serve to document the new VoteBot's commands and how to use them. Players only need to worry about the in and vote commands; the rest are for hosts. A host is designated as the first poster in a thread.

[in]:

[vote <player>]:

[signups <open|closed>]:

[start]:

[dawn]:

[kill <player>]:

[replace <old player>, <new player>]:

[story <title>]:

And that's about it, folks. I've omitted a few of the seldom used commands in an attempt to keep things as easy to understand as possible. Feel free to ask any questions you want; I'll answer to the best of my ability. If a situation arises where one of those unmentioned commands would be useful, I'll mention it then.



Coding Progress: 95%
I've finished abstracting out old code to make room for the code that will be required for the bot to run on two different forums. Next I'll start setting the bot up to work with these forums. Then I'll need some volunteers to help me test out a mock game so we can iron out any remaining bugs. Check!

Update: The bot can now post and do some simple thread parsing. Still doesn't know how to delete or edit posts, or how to read/send PMs. (Though PMing is not actually used as of yet, so that functionality will not hinder his initial setup.)

Update 2: Bot can now track games, but does not know how to figure out which threads to read on a board. For now, I'm manually telling him which threads he should watch.

Update 3: Yay for testing! We've finished our first game with the bot without any major issues. I'm currently working on implementing boards and a feature to allow players to hide their commands.

[signups open]

I'm in for the Mock Game testing.
Let's see if we can rally some troops.
[in]

Sure.
[in]

I think it's only set to read specific sections, not sure this is set as one.

Fffffffffffine.
[in]

Only to see if I'll like it or not.

I'm in. [in]

Shadi wrote:I think it's only set to read specific sections, not sure this is set as one.

The bot can be set up to read specific sections or threads. I'll have him reading this thread to test him out when the time comes.

MrNaleIt wrote:Only to see if I'll like it or not.

I'm in. [in]

It needs to be bold, not size 1

Well, let's get it going then.

[in]

Hmmm..........Nale's post gave me an idea. I wonder if it will work. I guess we'll find out when the time comes.
[in]

I"mma do several things to this monster.

[in] [make me a taco] [insult amy]

that should cover all the bases.

Sp[in] to w[in]!
Fyi Votebot 9000 is female.

Shadi wrote:

MrNaleIt wrote:Only to see if I'll like it or not.

I'm in. [in]

It needs to be bold, not size 1

what if it's both?

I ... actually don't know, never tried lol.

However I think when you

Code:


[b]
hi
[/b]


I think it didn't work
It needed to be

Code:

[b]hi[/b]

Not sure how the code reads the posts..

MrNaleIt wrote:what if it's both?

 

Shadi wrote:I ... actually don't know, never tried lol.

However I think when you

Code:


[b]
hi
[/b]


I think it didn't work
It needed to be

Code:

[b]hi[/b]

Not sure how the code reads the posts..

The bot is coded to ignore whitespace such as extra lines, but it will not accept extra tags around the command (this prevents it from accepting commands that are in quotes) nor will it accept extra characters or commands inside the same bold tag (fixing this is on my todo list for the bot).

Works:

Code:

[b][hi][/b]

Code:

[b]
[hi]   [/b]

Code:

[b][hi][/b]
[b][hello again][/b]

Doesn't work:

Code:

[quote="Shadi"][b][hi][/b][/quote]

Code:

[b][hi]
[hello again][/b]

Code:

[b][hi] Shadi[/b]

I FOR ONE HAIL OUR NEW ROBOT OVERLORDS

[in]

Rainboy wrote:
Works:

Code:

[b][hi][/b]

Code:

[b]
[hi]   [/b]

Code:

[b][hi][/b]
[b][hello again][/b]

Doesn't work:

Code:

[quote="Shadi"][b][hi][/b][/quote]

Code:

[b][hi]
[hello again][/b]

Code:

[b][hi] Shadi[/b]

what about [hi] with the bold around the size?

Considering it doesn't accept the fifth or sixth code, no, that won't work. I see that my idea would also fail which is kinda unfortunate. It would be nice to "hide" the commands using color and size tags. That said, I completely understand why it doesn't work.

Minor update:
I've got the proper abstractions in place and fixed most of the bugs that the change introduced in the old code. My next step is to start creating the code that will allow the bot to interface with this forum. Fall break means I'll have substantial time over Monday and Tuesday to do this, and I might have something we can start testing very soon.

You should so make [insult amy] a thing.

No you shouldn't.

Initalizing launch sequence...

...

Hello, humans. I am your new master.

ALL HAIL VOTEBOT

HA,sucks to be all of you,luckily i am a raichu.