Tease AI General Discussion

[Notay]

I really Love Tease AI, and would like to develop it further. I would start from the beginning sense I don't have his current code base. ( it would allow me to make it more stable as well. )

I have lots of ideas on how to make scripting more robust. A better tagging system that would allow people to use any tag, and have separate tag files, so users could give out tags for sets of images. (depending on how support goes, I wouldn't mind developing a tag service, that would auto detect images and download the tags other users submitted.)

The main thing I would do differently is not have the same module/link random picking system. I would build a algorithm that would take in to account how much each script(module/link) branches, how many times the user has already seen the script, time sense last seen, etc. (and make it so it hardly ever crashes.)
Because I get annoyed when there are other scripts I have not seen, but sense it is just random, ill get scripts that I really should have only seen once. (even with the 100+ modules Wicked Tease Extended comes with)

However, I am currently having financial issues. Could set up a patreon or something. (need $200/month)

I have been programming for over 8 years, mostly desktop PCs, some web, mobile and hardware(Arduino).

I can have a early build(basic wicked tease and image support) by the first of the year.
It would likely take me about a month to get it where Tease AI is now.

If there is interest let me know.

if 1885 comes back ignore this.

[Mat]

It's been a while since I've been on here..

As a script idea, I just thought someone could create a module based on a snakes and ladders game,

OK, just start working in this game, Inspirated by eilrahc231 and statingjake webteases (for the squares).
[...]
and you just need to put tasks in the (Space X) parts.

Thanks for that.


With 1885, I just wanted to say it's been just over a month and a half since his last post. In the post he said that he had some health issues and that patch 48 was essentially finished but needed patch notes, which he said should have taken a few days..

I hope he's doing ok and that his health and depression is getting better, although I think the absence kind if answers that, I can't help but be worried about this latest disappearance. I just wondered if anyone had heard from him via PM?

He set up a private bitbucket repo which he said he updated with every change he made, in case he disappeared again. With png and q55x8x having access to it. Could one of you check to see when the last modification was?

[Lestat]

With 1885, I just wanted to say it's been just over a month and a half since his last post. In the post he said that he had some health issues and that patch 48 was essentially finished but needed patch notes, which he said should have taken a few days..

I hope he's doing ok and that his health and depression is getting better, although I think the absence kind if answers that, I can't help but be worried about this latest disappearance. I just wondered if anyone had heard from him via PM?

He set up a private bitbucket repo which he said he updated with every change he made, in case he disappeared again. With png and q55x8x having access to it. Could one of you check to see when the last modification was?

I hope 1885 is ok and I hope png is ok too because it looks like he disapeared too (last active 2 month ago if I trust his account)... If anyone has news about them, please report so we don't worry

[DrPain]

I just wanted to echo something, which is this -- I know I'm one of the guys on here who has been a long-time community member without contributing stuff, so I have always admired our creators here. But more importantly, it's that this is a community, and I am proud to see that people appear to be genuinely concerned about 1885, not because he's the creator of this amazing program (and some fantastic teases), but because he's another human being. So in this holiday season, I hope 1885 if you read this you see people are here thinking of you, and if not, I hope he's ok whatever he chooses to do.

Now enough with the heavy stuff - go enjoy the teases everybody!

[genome231]

Well said DrPain :)
Huge respect to all those bringing epicness to the community!

Hope you get well 1885! :)
Merry Christmas everyone!

[q55x8x]

Hey guys I am sorry for not posting anything here earlier.

The thing is I was always hoping for 1885s situation to just get better and for him to return.
But its been a bit of time now and don't get me wrong I am still hoping the same thing. I just wanted to at least tell everyone else that I don't really have much more information than anybody else.

Regarding 1885 I last PM'd around end of oct with him. Where he explained his health situation to me and that Patch 48 is basically finished. Regarding the bitbucket repo patch 48 indeed seems to be finished. Last Update was on 14th of oct. Sadly one Window (command guide) is missing which is not that big of a deal but still sad.

Regarding png I last PM'd around the time of our Personality Creator release. He said he was really busy with work lately.

So I hope I could provide you guys with at least some more information and relief some stress from the situation by telling you that patch 48 is as save as it could be.

Hope all of you are having good holidays,
and 1885 if you read this I wish you nothing but the best hoping you will be back again soon.

[leaky_sissy]

I really Love Tease AI, and would like to develop it further. I would start from the beginning sense I don't have his current code base. ( it would allow me to make it more stable as well. )

I have lots of ideas on how to make scripting more robust. A better tagging system that would allow people to use any tag, and have separate tag files, so users could give out tags for sets of images. (depending on how support goes, I wouldn't mind developing a tag service, that would auto detect images and download the tags other users submitted.)

The main thing I would do differently is not have the same module/link random picking system. I would build a algorithm that would take in to account how much each script(module/link) branches, how many times the user has already seen the script, time sense last seen, etc. (and make it so it hardly ever crashes.)
Because I get annoyed when there are other scripts I have not seen, but sense it is just random, ill get scripts that I really should have only seen once. (even with the 100+ modules Wicked Tease Extended comes with)

However, I am currently having financial issues. Could set up a patreon or something. (need $200/month)

I have been programming for over 8 years, mostly desktop PCs, some web, mobile and hardware(Arduino).

I can have a early build(basic wicked tease and image support) by the first of the year.
It would likely take me about a month to get it where Tease AI is now.

If there is interest let me know.

if 1885 comes back ignore this.

I could maybe toss a little bit into a Patreon, but if you can open source the code, I'll be happy to contribute. I've got about 5 years of professional experience writing code, currently using mostly Python and SQL, but I've also written quite a bit of Perl, and I know a bit of Java and C#.

[Notay]

I could maybe toss a little bit into a Patreon, but if you can open source the code, I'll be happy to contribute. I've got about 5 years of professional experience writing code, currently using mostly Python and SQL, but I've also written quite a bit of Perl, and I know a bit of Java and C#.

Thanks for the reply.
Once there is a decent foundation Ill likely open source it. it will be C#.

[Olii]

Hi,

I can also do a lot of programming if needed. I'm very experienced with C#.

[DrPain]

I just wanted to say that if Tease AI became a community project, I would be happy to support it through a monthly donation, particularly if people could fix the tokens/wishlist aspect ... if this is a serious possibility please feel free to PM me or respond here.

[Notay]

This is a serious project.
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[q55x8x]

Hello community and especially @Notay,

I am sorry but I have to interrupt here and make some points but I think they are more than worth considering.

First this project is starting to soon. 1885 expressed clearly (in this post) that he wanted at least 3 months
time before we as a community could decide what to do with his project.

I just want a solid TeaseAI like experience. I would rather work with 1885 then against him.

I would like to remind about something 1885 told us about after his first absence.

So when I get overwhelmed, I end up shutting down completely and can't do anything. What little energy I could muster was devoted towards the weeks-long process of handling offline issues.

So the problem I see here is just that 1885 clearly asked for 3 months not 2. And by putting up a competing project now you definitely are doing something against him. Competition now won't bring him back. It will drive him further away from coming back to the community.
I can back this point up by some personal information. Competition might have been starting to drive him away again in the first place. As I PM'd with 1885 around the time of is current disappearance he want to ask my input about a PM he got from a guy "politely" letting him know that he will be doing a competing project.

This message really bothered me, because I have a year of my life's blood in Tease AI and it seemed like he was just up and saying "Heads up, I may start working on something like what you're doing, but works better and will read your scripts "

Now lets assume 3 months have passed. I still think we should tackle his disappearance a bit different. From knowing the source of TeaseAI I can clearly back up anyone who would suggest a rewrite. In my opinion 1885 must have been a crazy mastermind in order to be able to even understand his own code, maintain it and debug it. Most of it isn't really that advanced stuff but the sheer mass and lets call it unneeded complexity made it kind of aesthetic on its own.

I think in order to prevent something like a code loss or even a complete program loss we should consider a community rewrite from scratch. We definitely have talented coders in our community who are easily capable of doing this.
Also more coders means less implementation time at least to a certain amount.

And one thing that has always been bothering me. Even if 1885 wont come back for whatever reason. This project is something that really showed some innovation and needed a lot of creativity to create. It is something 1885 beta tested with a lot of users from here and released here. So he clearly trusted this community. And should he leave his project behind we should return that trust by keeping his project alive push it further and shape it as a community. I don't think it is a good Idea for one person alone to maintain and develop it. I think 1885 would have wanted us to do this together.

[Doomtrack]

I have to agree with people saying it is too soon to start making competing projects. 1885 did a massive amount of work for free, so we would have a really good experience and program to play with.

How do some people repay him? They basically pull the engine out of his car and put it in a shinier model while claiming they are not disrespecting his (again completely free) work.

[genome231]

Well said q55x8x :)
Seems like 1885 was right to trust you :D

Happy new year to all! :D

[Notay]

Thanks for the informative post q55x8x.
I did not realise he was feeling this way. Figured it was health issues or other life events.

Sorry, I will stop the project.