Purpose

After installing this plugin, you will get some different behaviours, according to what you say and to what Hal says.

Requirements

How to install it

Download the file vrHaptek.zip and copy it on your hard drive. Then unzip it using as target directory your Hal 6 directory, so that the uhp files are in the Hal 6 main directory and the folders Skins, Bodyskins and Characters are directly under it. You should get the following files in the main Hal folder:

• vrHaptek.uhp (the plugin script)
• vrHaptekHelp.html (the User Guide you are reading now)
• Tall3.uhp (the portrait skin for full body, kindly supplied by Art Gladstone)

And some other files in the following subfolders:

• Skins
• Bodyskins
• Characters

Then select General Options - Brain and mark the "Various Haptek behaviours" checkbox.
You should also select General Options - Character, and choose the Full Body Female character (because some animations are based on that Haptek character), and then select General Options - Skin, choosing the Full body Skin included in this zip (it is not needed, but some features of this plugin assume that you are using a vertical window skin and might not work properly if you use different skins).
The plugin does not change the standard Hal brain script, nor are you required to do it. However, we recommend to create a backup copy of your brain, before installing it.

How to use it

When this plugin is activated, you get the following behaviours:

1. Default Startup: At Startup, Hal will run the Startup.hap file, which positions correctly the girl in the window and loads a specific dress, which is called Startup.jpg.
2. Changes background according to the current time: from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. loads a daylight background, otherwise it loads a nightlight background.
3. Changes dress every hour, provided you load 24 different skins in the Bodyskins folder.
4. Shows different emotions according to Hal answer: if Hal says something like "I feel happy" or "This makes me cry", then she will behave accordingly.
5. Nods if she answers Yes: If her answer contains words like Yes, Of course, etc, she will nod.
6. Changes hair color and style, according to your input.
7. Moves in several directions, according to your input.

Here is an example of what Hal does, according to your input.

If your sentence contains	Then Hal will do the following	Notes
brown hair blonde hair black hair	changes hair colour and style	-
turn front turn back turn right turn left	moves in the required direction	-
start walking stop walking	starts and stops walking	-
come here go there	moves at different distances from you	-

How to configure it

How to uninstall it

In case you do not want to use it anymore, simply select General Options - Brain and unmark the "Various Haptek behaviours" checkbox. If you want to remove it completely from your system, remove the files required in the installation step and the vrEmotionDetect table.

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