I just downloaded the MSN Trivia Bot from mess.be, and i tried to make it work. I configurated it and when i open the SDBA.PL, i get a lot of text appearing and the box closes. I know than the last line was : SDBA application server loaded successfully.
But after, i don't know what to do! The bot doesn't go online!
Unless the developers of that bot hang around bot-depot, they probably don't use the MSN.pm's available here, so I would stick with the one they supply. Of course, that one might be old and not updated for the newest MSN, in which case you should get them to use MSN 2 from here and rewrite the bot.
You can see the errors the bot generates if you run it from the command prompt. That way the errors stay on the screen.
If you're double clicking the .PL file, it won't run that way. You'll need to do it from a command prompt.
Win XP:
Start>Run>type cmd>press OK or Enter
type cd c:\path\to\your\bot and press Enter
when it says C:/path/to/bot>
type the name of your botfile:
C:/path/to/bot>bot.pl (Or whatever it is named)
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Unless the developers of that bot hang around bot-depot, they probably don't use the MSN.pm's available here, so I would stick with the one they supply. Of course, that one might be old and not updated for the newest MSN, in which case you should get them to use MSN 2 from here and rewrite the bot.
I bet you'd have the answer to your question.
But that means actually reading people's replies and it means telling us what errors you get, what doesn't work, what does work, etc. Things like:
It seems the bot loaded, but for an unknown reason it doesn't sign on. Perhaps the developer/creator hasn't brought it up to date or has some code that no longer works. _________________ Check out Botworld! A dev resource for things bot.
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He changed the MSN.pm, so the error will be with sub message or sub connected, or SOMETHING which isn't compatible, or hasn't been updated. Failing to change "set_handler" to "setHandler" would sufficiently screw it. _________________ ~ Josh
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Yeah, I noticed. The point I was trying to make is that I doubt the Trivia bot uses MSN 2.0, in which case it won't work with it. So, you have to use whatever older version of MSN.pm that does work with it or have the developer update the bot to work with 2.0.