MakeAiml is a free utility program made to simplify the creation of large AIML files by hand. It’s intent is to allow an A.I. programmer (botmaster) to spend more time thinking about how an artificial intelligence should think and respond than the markup language surrounding the responses.

MakeAiml now comes with a plugin which enables editing and testing of AIML files from within Radegast. The plugin can be downloaded from MakeAimls’ downloads section.

Several new features, and continued work on improving stability. Radegast now has a plugin manager which allows plugins to be dynamically enabled and disabled. It also enables on-the-fly compilation and  loading of C# source code plugins. Hopefully this will enable some interesting work on creating new features that can be added as Radegast plugins.

This release also features a couple of important accessibility improvements, both in terms of navigation and improvements of the speech plugin.

Release Notes: Improvements/New Features

• [RAD-127] – [PATCH] – Display embedded notecards
• [RAD-128] – [PATCH] – Ability to create scripts in inventory
• [RAD-129] – [PATCH] – Display group owned objects
• [RAD-113] – Ability to check Linden balance.
• [RAD-131] – Add an optional system tray icon and allow to minimize to the tray
• [RAD-136] – Add plugin manager
• [RAD-137] – Implement inventory sorting
• [RAD-140] – Add scriptinfo command that displays scripts resource usage for your avatar and parcels
• [RAD-110] – Display notifications generated from scripts that use llLoadURL()

Bug Fixes

• [RAD-118] – Whispered Emotes are malformed
• [RAD-124] – Ability to read Friends Conference with speech plugin
• [RAD-130] – Voice plugin misses the fist message in IM conversations (personal, group and conference)
• [RAD-132] – Rapid clicking on landmarks in inventory causes exceptions
• [RAD-141] – Strange things happen if I turn off the Speech plugin mid-session and turn it back on again later.

Download

Don’t forget that .NET framework version 3.5 or newer is required on Windows and Mono 2.4 and newer on Linux (2.6 highly recommended). You can download this release from our downloads page.

Some of the highlights of this release:

• Ability to rez objects in word, take, delete or delete them from your surroundings.
• Manipulating object contents in world
• Editing of scripts inside objects, or user’s inventory
• Creation and editing of notecards, both in inventory and in object contents
• Ability to create groups, manage group roles, invite and eject members
• On Windows it’s possible to view in-world objects fully rendered, not only wire model
• Partial RLV implementation
• Compliance with Linden Lab’s Policy on Third-Party Viewers

Release Notes: Improvements/New Features

• [RAD-83] – We need the ability to create/edit notecards.
• [RAD-88] – Ability to whisper in local chat.
• [RAD-99] – Request: Add MU* style emote
• [RAD-100] – Add ability to reload AIML files for Alice without restarting Radegast
• [RAD-106] – Add ability to save changes to scripts and notecards within object contents
• [RAD-108] – Added siminfo command
• [RAD-109] – Add ability to set font size in chat
• [RAD-86] – Focus of cursor when opening IM tab should be text-entry line
• [RAD-96] – Make optional: Window flash on friend online/offline
• [RAD-105] – Rez object inworld, Take Prim to inventory, See Task Inventory from a prim
• [RAD-116] – [PATCH] – Scroll profile pick details

Bug Fixes

• [RAD-20] – Avatar list not resorted after Follow
• [RAD-66] – Crash while in reading scrollback.
• [RAD-80] – Currently the Radegast speech plugin does not read text if an object uses llInstantMessage.
• [RAD-101] – MU*-style emoting requires client restart.
• [RAD-102] – MU*-style emoting does not work in IMs.
• [RAD-120] – Unwanted BOM has polluted some files.
• [RAD-122] – Modify runprebuild.sh to prevent attempting to build mac and windows voice plugins

Download

Don’t forget that .NET framework version 3.5 or newer is required on Windows and Mono 2.4 and newer on Linux (2.6 highly recommended). You can download this release from our downloads page.

Highlights of this release: it  ships with the Speech plugin (thanks Mojito for the great work on it!) and features improved keyboard shortcuts in hope it would improve Radegast’s accessibility. Lots of new and improved functionality, for the complete list see release notes below.

Release Notes: Improvements/New Features

• [RAD-47] – rework tab navigation to adopt a firefox like set of shortcut keys
• [RAD-48] – Add multi line paste capability in chat input fields
• [RAD-68] – add scroll bar for profile picks and 1st life tab
• [RAD-70] – Selectable option to suppress login graphic
• [RAD-72] – Add ability to see other people’s groups on the profile page
• [RAD-73] – Add abilty to join open enrollment groups
• [RAD-74] – Double click on avatar name in the “radar” should open avatar profile
• [RAD-75] – Double clicking on a group member should open their profile
• [RAD-76] – Add search for groups
• [RAD-78] – Inventory needs copy/cut/paste for moving items
• [RAD-46] – Need an event on window open/close
• [RAD-58] – Add ability to auto-reconnect on lost connection.
• [RAD-60] – Refresh button on group listing window.
• [RAD-81] – We need the ability to close tabs using the keyboard.

Bug Fixes

• [RAD-27] – Duplications in ContextMenu choices
• [RAD-50] – When closing group chat, not possible to open it again.
• [RAD-51] – In profile, partner name often shows wrong name
• [RAD-53] – Crash with console output
• [RAD-55] – Moving folder will lose contents temporally.
• [RAD-61] – Search places does not clear list of a new search, or switching pages
• [RAD-67] – Avatar names missing from group chat logs.
• [RAD-82] – If I accept a landmark from a group notice or if I receive a landmark from someone, Radegast gives me a choice of quitting or continuing, as though it wants to crash.

Download

Don’t forget that .NET framework version 3.5 or newer is required on Windows and Mono 2.4 and newer on Linux. You can download this release from our downloads page.

opensim4opencog - the first project to utilize the plugins interface.

The goal of this project is to develop an interface to Opensim for OpenCog and other AI systems. It provides a means of connecting external AI bots over a socket to an avatar in the OpenSim Simulator. It uses TextSL as base and updates it to use libopenmetaverse, and includes DotLisp and a simple task queue processor as a persistent middle layer.

LookingGlass Virtual World Viewer – now comes with a plugin interface which allows it to be started from within Radegast and use it’s GUI, while in turn Radegast gets 3D world rendering.

The LookingGlass Virtual World Viewer provides a modular framework for a client viewer of virtual world systems. LookingGlass is written in C# and licensed with a BSD license. The current version has a communication module that talks Linden Lab Legacy Protocol (“LLLP”) which is compatible with Second Life(r) and OpenSimulator. A rendering module exists which uses the Ogre3D graphics engine. Of course, other communication and rendering modules will be added in the future.

Radegast Speech – is a plugin that aims at making virtual worlds more accessible. It uses speech synthesis and recognition which allows users to hear what is going on in a virtual world, as well as participate by using voice commands.

It’s been exciting to see how these plugins showed up from independent developers in such a short time. Our aim is to produce documentation that will make it easier to use Radegast as a platform to interface with virtual worlds, and hopefully even more plugins will show up in the future.