sdbot 0.5b

sdbot 0.5b (test release) by [sd] ===================================

web site: http://sdbot.n3.net/
e-mail: sdbot@mail.ru
sonork id: 100.2600
icq: 21381594
irc: irc.lcirc.net, #sdbot
how to edit the source file
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extract the files from the zip into a folder, and
look for a file called ‘sdbot05b.c’ (LCC/mingw) or
‘sdbot05b.cpp’ (MSVC++). these are source files for
sdbot. the contents of both files are exactly the
same, they are seperate files mainly for the sake
of convenience.

near the beginning of the source file, you’ll see a
section with the title ‘// bot configuration’ at the
top of it. simply edit the strings in this section to
whatever you want. if you’re not compiling with LCC,
mingw or MS Visual C++, you may have to insert numbers
into the brackets that correspond to the string
length. make sure that the number in brackets is at
least the length of the string plus 1. for example, i
might change:

const char botid[] = “sdbot2”; // bot id

to:

const char botid[9] = “sdbot123”; // bot id
^-changed to 9 (length of string
plus 1)

the section directly above that one has a few sample
aliases in it, modify those however you want, making
sure that there’s a ‘\’ at the end of all the aliases
except the last one, and that maxaliases is set to a
number greater than the number of aliases.

there are a bunch of #define lines with ‘//’ in front
of them. removing the ‘//’ from the beginning of one
will cause a particular function to be disabled. for
example, NO_SYSINFO controls whether or not the system
info command is included in the compiled exe.
how to compile with lcc
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first of all, you’ll need LCC (which you can get from
http://www.q-software-solutions.com/lccwin32/) installed
on your system. edit the make-lcc.bat file, changing
‘c:\lcc’ to point to the location of your lcc folder, then
run it. an exe file should appear in the folder that you
extracted the sdbot files into.
how to compile with mingw
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first off, you’ll need mingw (which you can get from
http://www.mingw.org/) installed on your system. now
edit the make-mingw.bat file, changing ‘c:\mingw’ so
that it points to the location of mingw on your system.
now just run mingw-make.bat, and an exe file should appear
in the folder that you extracted the sdbot files into.
how to compile with MS Visual C++
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simply open the included project file in MSVC++, and
press Build -> Rebuild All. Ignore the warnings, MSVC can
be stupid sometimes =P

note: sdbot has not been thoroughly tested when compiled
with MSVC++
how to pack the exe
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if you want to pack the exe (to make it smaller) i would
recommend that you use UPX, which is available at
http://upx.sourceforge.net/. just put upx in the folder
with your sdbot exe, then run: upx –best sdbot05b.exe
changes since last release
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now compiles with mingw (which also means that you can now compile it with dev-c++)
dynamic loading of a few more functions, should be more compatible with older systems now
fixed 3 letter nick bug in spy
fixed c_privmsg and c_action
fixed clone acting like spy bug
fixed random nick generator (now includes the letter ‘z’)
fixed login/logout issues with private messages
fixed sending udp/ping to IPs that don’t resolve
fixed VERSION request to channel bug
fixed a few other minor issues
system info now displays service packs (if installed)
bot no longer messages the channel when a logged in user quits
improved dns (can now resolve both IPs and hostnames)
spy now relays mode changes
addded visit command (for simulating site visits)
added the ability to use variables in normal commands
added delay command
added notice (-n) parameter
you can now specify a backup channel for the backup server
bot now responds to notices with notices instead of privmsgs
should now run on NT (as long as IE 4 or higher is installed)
improved stability (hopefully)
various other improvements