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Ian-Highlander · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject: Trivia 2000 Version 2.1 Released

After over four years away from IRC and eggdrop I've finally got my arse in gear and am semi active again on IRC and with TCL scripting.

In my spare time over the last 6 months (I dont get much) I have been completing the development of the new version of Trivia 2000 that I started work on way back before I "retired" from the eggdrop world.

After a couple of small interim "Bugfix" releases in the last few months, I'm very pleased to announce the final release version of the next generation of "Trivia 2000" is now complete, tested and available for download.

Version 2.1 has major changes from previously released versions (the last version release four years ago was 1.1 with 1.2.5 and 1.3 being released primarily as bugfixes with a few enhancements in July and August 2005).

The full readme from the script can be seen at http://www.eggdropsrus.co.uk/download/descriptions/Trivia_2000v2.1.txt but to summarise a few of the changes.

The script now accepts multi worded answers
The !score command now works
There is a new hints function that is switched on or off with a new command
The script will now give answers after un-answered questions, this can be switched on or off with a new command
The script will now play single question rounds as it always did OR multiple question rounds
The script will now announce how many questions are left in the round at each question, this can be switched on or off with a new command
The script now has two colour schemes built in that the user can choose between and one of these is completely user configurable to change the colours

and LOTS LOTS more.

For those of you still using Trivia 2000, I hope this has been worth the long wait, I apologise for not updating anyone in the last few years properly but am now actively working on my scripts again and will try to keep updates coming.

Future plans for Trivia 2000 still include a team game version, a quick fire competition version and quite a bit more so as long as I stay interested hopefully Trivia 2000 will grow even more.

Trivia 2000 version 2.1 can be downloaded from the "My TCL Scripts" page of my old eggdrops website (which will also be receiving a facelift in the near future) or by the direct link http://www.eggdropsrus.co.uk/download/myscripts/Trivia_2000v2.1.zip and will be updated to the egghelp archive soon.

Thanks guys Very Happy

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demond · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject:

very good effort indeed, congrats
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Ian-Highlander · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject:

Coming from you thats a serious compliment, thanks Very Happy

Just got to try and keep the momentum going now and get back into some of my other old scripts too Laughing

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Ian-Highlander · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:38 am Post subject:

I just re-checked the egghelp.org archive stats and Trivia 2000 has been downloaded a further 22 times since I posted this thread. There's only one problem with that, the version on the egghelp.org is the OLD version.

Guys to get the new version (2.1) you have to download it from the link in my post above for now. I HAVE submitted the update to the script for the egghelp archives but it always takes Slennox a few days to do them. So please guys if you want this script download it from my site until the version number changes on the egghelp archive.

Otherwise people wont think I've made any changes to it Laughing

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Ian-Highlander · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:56 am Post subject:

It's now been updated so is available at both sites now. Very Happy

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hollow · Voice Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 1

hi i own an irc server running trivia 2000

i have a problem with it
only 3 of the questions categorys work

the rest wont i have checked and double checked and cant find anything wrong

i also have a request
is it possible that you could modify the way that it gives hints (its always gives the first 3 letters )

couldnt this been modified so that it can pick random letters ???

anyways any help on the catergories would be great

thanks

Ian-Highlander · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject:

Leo · Voice Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 2

Hi, my first post here, with a problem. I get an error in Trivia script, after a succesful answer I see in partyline: "Tcl error [answercheck]: couldn't open "/home/leo/score": illegal operation on a directory". The folder is there and cmod 777. Any help would be appreciated. Crying or Very sad

Ian-Highlander · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject:

Hi Leo,

I know you've already got this working after the email conversation we had using the instructions below, but I'll post it in here too for anyone else.

Leo · Voice Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 2

Yes Ian, thanks for the help. I did thought that "score" wes a folder. After deleting the folder I had made the script worked just fine Wink

Ian-Highlander · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject:

Its on my list to document that better with the next release as a lot of people have the same problem, I should have made it clearer in the comments. It will be adjusted for the next release which I'm working on at the moment Very Happy

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Nohani · Voice Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

I'm interested to install Trivia 2000. But I could not get any instructions on how to install it.

Could you please let me know what shall I do after uploading these files to eggdrop dir.

Thanks

Ian-Highlander · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject:

Upload the question text files and the tcl file to your bots script directory, change the paths in this section to the correct paths to that directory for your bot.

Nohani · Voice Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Thanks. It worked. but now I get the following message when I say !start in channel

Ian-Highlander · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:17 am Post subject:

Sorry I missed one basic setting in my instructions above (although if you'd bothered to look at the user config section of the script you'd have found it easily enough).