Internet Mode Fix

(This is how internet mode worked for older versions)

Limitations of Visual Basic 6 left the standard Internet Mode with several bugs and it generally does not work very well because of this. To correct the problem, Sammeh put together a fix by way of a helper program. Shasta has since redone this program, it is now released as DarwinbotsGUIM and DawinbotsIM.

Installation and Setup

DarwinbotsIM

As of version 1.2 this is now a command line application.

• Make sure you have Darwinbots 2.45.00 or later.
• Download the fix into the same directory as your Darwinbots executable.
• Click the IM button inside Darwinbots. (Looks like two computers)

DarwinbotsGUIM

This is the GUI version of the program, most people wont need it anymore and it is much more of a pain to setup.

• Download the fix into the same directory as your Darwinbots executable (For ease of use, it can actually be anywhere).
• Create two folders somewhere on your hard disk, they can be named anything you want, but for ease call one inbound and one outbound.
• Inside Darwinbots, create a new teleporter (Objects->Teleporters->New Teleporter...)
• Set the type to inbound, and then change the path to the location of the inbound folder you made earlier.
• Create another teleporter, only set the type to outbound, and the path to the outbound folder you made.
• Now run DarwinbotsGUIM.exe
• Change the inbound and outbound paths to the ones you made.
• Change the nickname to whatever you please (Your name on the forums would be good)
• Check to make sure a Darwinbots process is selected (the drop down box)
• Press Start.
• You now have a sim connected to the Internet, congratulations!

IRC Commands

There are also commands in our IRC channel that leverage the fix.

•  !bots - Lists the number of bots in transit
•  !online - Shows the active sims connected to IM
•  !im - Shows total population of active sims connected to IM along with their individual contributions
•  !info <simname> - Shows how many bots are running at what speed on a particular sim
•  !siminfo <simname> - Shows detailed information on a particular sim
•  !bcps - Shows the total Bot Cycles per Second. Essentially, the bigger this number, the more power IM mode has available.
•  !help - Displays all available commands.