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Just in the nick of time! - Wookiechat 1.92!
« on: December 20, 2005, 06:03:39 PM »
The IRC client Wookiechat has reached version 1.92
Not only will this work on AmigaOS4 enabled Computers, but users with Classic 68k Machines or UAE can run the fully fixed OS3.x version too!


- This version features new enhhancements and bug fixes
Tutorial:
Wanna know how to get wookiechat running running on the Amiga.org IRC Server? Read More.


Download Wookiechat [Wookiechat Homepage] [OS4 Depot]

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Getting Started with Wookiechat

Please make sure your Amiga is online, before you attempt this.

1: Download and Save the file somewhere on your Amiga
2: Unpack the archived file using either unarc or any other file unpacking tool, preferbly to RAM:

3: Once unpacked, double click your RAM Drive Icon, it should look similar to this:


4: Click and Drag your Wookiechat1.92 Drawer to a hard drive partition on your system, for example, Work, Applications, Utilities, etc.

5: Open the Wookiechat 1.92 Folder that you have just copied, (you can now delete the one in RAM:) , it should look like this.

- As you can see there are two versions of Wookiechat. Depending on your operating system, you may wish to delete the version that does not apply to you,. (This is purely optional)6:

6: Double Click the correct Icon for wookiechat partaining to your operating system.

7: WARNING!!
You may have some MUI files missing on your Amiga, if this is the case, Wookiechat will tell you which MUI files are missing from your system in order for wookiechat to run. Should you have missing MUI files, panic not, check out this excellent MUI Classes resource by Zerohero.
http://www.zerohero.se/mui/

8: Assuming that you have no problems with MUI, or you have now downloaded and installed the missing MUI files, this box out appears...


This is the most hardest part you will now have to deal with in wookiechat....
   A: Under Nicknames, type a nickname that is suitable for you, do not leave the default ones on there, because everyone else will probably do the same and you cannot have the same nickname as someone else on the channel.
Ensure you enter a second and third alternative, just in case.
  B: Real Name: Self explanatory, Add your real name if you so wish, or not.
  C: user. leave blank for now.

9: Connecting to #amiga.org
Double click on the Amiga.org server on the  list (fourth folder down) This gives you a choice of two servers (there are more) Double click on the "irc.webchat.org 6667" link below the Amiga.org server
 - a new window will appear saying, connecting to....
   This will eventually connect you to....
 

You are now in, As you can see, I did not change the default nickname crazyhair. This means that now, no one else can come in with crazyhair, etc. Please change your nickname before connecting.

10: That's it, You are now on IRC!  Enjoy!

Tip: Wookiechat has a lot of options built into it's "Settings" menu, one of the most important is channel logging. This records everything that is said on the channel you are in and any Private Messages. If you want to avoid a  hard drive that gets full, I suggest you Select "Main Settings" From the Top Pulldown menu, Click Logging, and disable the Logging option.

Finally, explore all the settings, and customise Wookiechat to your requirements.

*Questions on Tutorial to Mikey C
*Thanks to MIke Woods for hosting of image files.

YNWA!
 

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Re: Just in the nick of time! - Wookiechat 1.92!
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2005, 08:35:22 AM »
Sweet! I love Wookiechat!
Slightly bored and severly confused..
 

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Re: Just in the nick of time! - Wookiechat 1.92!
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2005, 05:38:04 PM »
Sweet, the first thing it did on my 1200 030 was crash!
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Re: Just in the nick of time! - Wookiechat 1.92!
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2005, 10:19:21 PM »
re: crashing

I release betas when I add new features, but no one ever really reports any errors to me.

I use the OS4 version all the time. I test the OS3 version briefly on WinUAE, and when it works ok for me, I've been assuming that its fine as the OS4 version has been working without problems for the last x amount of weeks, and the source code is identical, except for a few #ifdef __amigaos4__ bits here and there.

I never hear about any problems until after I release something. It's kindof hard. I really dread releasing anything these days.

Fishy_fis has reported that its crashing maybe, 60% of the time as soon as he connects to a server, but is fine after connecting. We did a brief test, and it seems to crash less often if you add a command alias in the settings window.

Sorry for the shoddy release. When I get back home in a few days I'll try and correct it. I'm currently away from home (typing at a library).

If anyone wants to be on the beta list, and help test my stuff before it gets released, then email me at jahc(at)xnet co nz
 

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Re: Just in the nick of time! - Wookiechat 1.92!
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2005, 02:16:27 AM »
Works great on my Winuae setup with AmiKit (highly recommended, btw)...but the space bar seems to get 'missed' quite a bit. I type here and it works fine, but in Wookie, it seems to miss unless I pound it. Odd too, no other key seems to be affected.
 

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Re: Just in the nick of time! - Wookiechat 1.92!
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2005, 02:44:15 AM »
Oh don't fix it man, it's awsome as it is, I never get tired of the program suspended screen! ;)

Serously though, I look forward to actually being able to check it out, I'll run it again and post my errors to you if it'll help.
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