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New bot module allows talking over local chat

Second Life bot using a local chat from web pageWe’ve released a new Alive Module: Local Chat. It allows your bot accessing its local chat.

The bot’s local chat control becomes available in your SmartBots web account, so you can read messages and talk with nearby avatars via your personal bot. All messages are being saved even if you are offline yourself!

Local Chat module has been designed to support your visitors without logging to Second Life. It is also a great way to monitor your office surroundings!

The module can be bought in a Bot Store. Take a look at module’s documentation page for more info and examples.

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ToolBox 2013 – Developers contest

The 3rd anniversary of SmartBots arrives in February! We are celebrating this date by running a contest for developers – SmartBots ToolBox 2013!

All Second Life developers are welcome to participate in contest: create tools, devices or services which utilize SmartBots. This can be a tool designed especially for SmartBots, or device which uses SmartBots as addition.

Nominations

The following 3 nominations will be awarded:

  • New Outstanding Idea – the most original idea
  • Top-notch User Interface – the most handy user interface
  • Business Booster – the most helpful idea for a SL business.

The winner in each nomination will get prizes, all participants get special bonuses from SmartBots and contest sponsors!

Sponsors

We welcome sponsors to join our efforts and help running the contest. In return, we provide special sponsors packages which helps promoting your Second Life business. See this page for more information on sponsorship.

More information

For more information: contest details, terms, rules – see special page in SmartBots documentation. Click here to learn more!

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New Interface Device, new HUD, new API call

We’ve rolled out a bulk update of SmartBots essential devices: Interface Device and Personal Bot HUD.

Interface Device has been updated to version 4.2 (don’t worry if you’ve missed versions 4.0 and 4.1: they were technical releases, we did not announced them). The following changes have been made:

  • Fixed a bug which was eventually preventing inviter from working after rez
  • New Interface Device version is now delivered automatically if you use the old one
  • Local-chat API support has been completely removed. We suggest using Simple Group HTTP API instead.

Personal Bot HUD has been improved to version 3.8 with the following things updated:

  • Completely rewritten low-level structure to reduce lag
  • Improved stability while working with large amount of personal bots (unlimited now)
  • Fly on/off button has been added to the Movement Panel

New HUD version will be sent to you when you switch bots using the old version. You can request the new HUD immediately in your account (“Your personal bots” >> “Get bot control tools…”).

In addition to these updates, the move command of HTTP API has been improved: it now supports FLY instruction which enables or disables flying.

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Bot Store: featuring Immortal Bots – special Christmas offer!

Dear customers! We are glad to inform you that we’ve opened the SmartBots Bot Store: the place to buy bots-related stuff: add-on modules, devices, advertising tools and other useful things.

The Bot Store

Bot Store is a new special marketplace at SmartBots. It is intended to sell various tools and devices which work with SmartBots.

It is not a replacement for SL Marketplace or in-world stores. It’s just a handy place for SmartBots customers to locate a useful device, tool or script which works with bots, groups or helps advertising.

Enter Bot Store by clicking on “Bot Store” menu in your SmartBots account.

Third-party Content

At the very beginning we will be selling our devices and modules in Bot Store. However, Bot Store supports third-party sellers: all developer will be able to sell their creations here: directly to the customers.

Immortal Model Bots

The very first bot module you can purchase in Bot Store is “Immortal Bot Module”. This is a special Christmas offer: the module makes your Model Bots never-expiring!

Yes, this means that you don’t need to pay subscription anymore after you assign Immortal Bot module to your Model bot.

Read more here about Immortal Bots here.

 

 

 

 

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