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[veremit]

There seems to be a few bugs preventing this working correctly ...

- Setting IRC channel doesn't seem to be saved correctly
Is this because some IRC settings are hard-coded .. should the IRC_MODULE settings section be 'edit' not 'noedit' ?

I'm sure line 38 of set_irc_settings.php should read:

Code:

if(strpos($channel,"#") != 0) {

Is it possible to change all the IRC settings so that it can connect to servers other than Funcom's?

[veremit]

Ok seems like mostly my mistake.
Although I think there were some typos .. maybe someone can check over and post back.
TY!

[Etheryal]

Yeah, saving a "custom" irc channel to connect to was bugged. Someone notified me of that in-game a few days ago, and I reposted the module with the fixed file included.  If you re-download the new "fixed" module, it should work fine.  Lemme know how it turns out ^^

[Strombanni]

Hello there!

Thanks for the irc module

I have one request/question about it. We have password protected our irc channel, is there any way I can get the bot to join a password protected irc channel ? If not, you think you will add that function to your module ?

Thank you!

[Etheryal]

Sure thing.  It didn't cross my mind, but I'll be adding that functionality in the next few days.  Thanks for letting me know.

[veremit]

Just spotted in the IRC channel:

Code:

<MMAbot> Oooohyea:   Goodtech</font> has logged off

[Strombanni]

Any news on the new functionality which lets the bot join a password protected channel ? Work in progress ?  

[Etheryal]

I'm really sorry about the delay.  been really busy over the holiday vacations and stuff.
To help expedite the process (so you dont have to wait for a whole new release), go ahead and do the following:

you'll need to open up the irc_connect.php file in notepad, notepad++ or some other file editor.

Line 47 should read: fputs($socket,"JOIN ".$this->settings['irc_channel']."\n");

Change that line to read: fputs($socket,"JOIN ".$this->settings['irc_channel']." <YOUR CHANNEL PASSWORD>\n");

Also, make sure not to forget the space that goes after the quote and before your actual password.

For example:

fputs($socket,"JOIN ".$this->settings['irc_channel']." MEANSPASSWORD\n");

Don't forget to save the file -.-

That should get you up and running.  If more people start bugging for the ability to join password protected channels, I'll go ahead and write up some code for having the option of joining a channel and re-release the module.  But for now this should hold ya over.  Lemme know if you have any trouble or that doesn't work

[Strombanni]

Working like a charm. Thanks!

[Strombanni]

Another issue that happens frequently is that the bot drops from irc from time to time, for many reasons I think. Just as an example is that it just now dropped with this quit message Quit (Excess Flood). To get it started again, an admin just have to do /tell botname !startirc, so it's no problem to get it started again. However, we don't always have an admin there, so would it be possible to let the bot either check if it's on irc or simply just do /join #channel from time to time. Dunno if this can be fixed really, but would be great if it was possible. If not, we'll keep doing !startirc

[veremit]

There is only one major problem if a bot is being kicked off IRC because of things like flooding, or someone posts something which an IRCopBot deems violation of Usage policy, and the bot continues to re-attempt a connection to that server. You're gonna end up K-Lined and unable to use that IRC server period.
For this reason, many IRC admins don't allow bots, because their unattended automations can really screw up an IRC server.
I would suggest perhaps someone can code a timer which attempts to reconnect if a disconnection event has been detected, a number of times which can be specified as a config parameter. Something like 5 connection attempts should be more than sufficient - and can be reset on a successful connection.
Just thought you should be aware of some of the wider implications of bots on IRC servers!

[Arsenal]

Hmm anyone else having the problem, that everything is double posted in the Orgchannel when Relay Commands between Guestchannel and Orgchannel is set to ON?

That's a bit annoying, we like that option because you can use !items to point someone to a specific item. But it gets really spammy when IRC is activated.

And we use IRC to cross the dimensions, so there is much activity going on between those.

Another thought totally unrelated to those problems just crossed my mind. Right now, the Bot converts a Itemlink to an AUNO link to IRC, but when using two Bots, would it be possible to parse it back into an ingame itemlink? That would be nice.