Fixed Connection Problem with TeamSpeak Server 3.2.x

A problem with newer TeamSpeak server version was observed which caused a server query connection drop. Now, it is possible to configure a connection keep-alive interval -- before it was fixed to 5 minutes.

Hurray! Version 1.0.0 is there!

The last version 0.9.5 was used in the field over a year and proved to be stable. It have made many gamers and TeamSpeak channel operators happy. So there is no reason why not changing to version 1.0.0.

Let's Do It Faster

The main focus of this release was improving the bot updating performance, in particular for the case that many bots with own TeamSpeak server query connections exist. Furthermore, the past time since last update is passed to bot's update method, now (Note: this change is breaking the existing ABI, it needs adaptation of your bots' update method). This allows easier implementation of time-based actions in your bots.

Clean My Shiny Metal A...

The web is full of discussions about the sense and non-sense of 'abstract static' methods. To make a long story short, the code was cleaned and now it is free of such methods. The previous 'abstract static' methods were moved to appropriate interfaces.

Save Me from Stinking Bots

You know the situation, you have some bots doing different useful jobs. Suddenly, one of them begins to stink and causes an entire bot server crash. Well, this should happen less now, as all bot operations such as updating and event propagation are now done in a try-catch block in BotManager which hopefully should catch most of usual "oh my god, how the hell can this class instance throw an exception here while accessing its method foo"-pitfalls.

Furthermore, an additional DB access layer was introduced, which allows to simply connect any database you need, not only the bot server's database.

Data or Not Data, That Is the Question!

All about Databases
This version fixes a problem with long standing database connections which may be dropped after a while. Now such a connection loss is properly recovered.

Bring It On, Baby!

What a mess, I wanna more connections

This release brings more robustness and a few fixes regarding database connection and dealing with multiple query server connections. Furthermore the ChatBot was refined and uses Yahoo Weather! for providing weather information of your city.

Bot2Go

...and the bot said: Hello World

The framework's very first release is called Bot2Go because it is so simple to use as buying a coffee-to-go and during you enjoy it in the next park you can implement your first bot on your cool laptop. Pick the framework and concentrate on developing your bot brain, the tedious tasks behind the scene are done by the framework.

To demonstrate what the framework can do for you, take a look into the bots ChatBot and GreetingBot in MultipleBotTypes sample project. If you are still not convinced that this framework simply rocks then drop me a line and I will send some of my bots to you. But wait, in rare cases I do listen to your feedback, and maybe there is a chance to get this stuff even better -- tell me your wishes and I look what I can do.