Helpbot
Helpbot is a player supported ingame bot designed to answer a variety of questions.
Usage
Type /tell helpbot help in your chat window at anytime to get a run down of helpbot's options. Think of the Helpbot as another player that you need to contact via a /tell. All of the helpbot's commands need to be preceded by /tell helpbot.
Commands
help
displays a list of commands example: /tell helpbot help
Helpbot: Hello, here is my command list /tell helpbot whereis avalon /tell helpbot roll 1 20 /tell helpbot 222 333 888 999 /tell helpbot whois somebody also, /tell helpbot about, flip, skin, help, nanonanny, compass, colors, aomd, secret
coords
takes two pairs of coords and tells you the distance and direction from one to the other example: if you are at 200 300 and you want to know how to get to 888 999 /tell helpbot 200 300 888 999
Helpbot: 200 300 to 888 999 go 45�, NE, 981 meters
whereis appears to have been removed from Helpbot
whois
Looks up the information on a player from the AnarchyOnline web page example: /tell helpbot whois sputnic
Helpbot: "Sputnic" (L 16) is a Male Solitus Adventurer (Hunter), Omni, not in a guild
whereis
Gives you information about a place. example: /tell helpbot whereis stret east bank
Helpbot: Stret East Bank is located in the mid-west part of the world. Grid access in 2HO at 667x1638, whompa at 783 x 1599, ferry to 4 Holes at 820 x 1977. To the north of Stret East Bank is Upper Stret East Bank, to the northwest is Stret West Bank, to the northeast is Central Artery Valley, to the southwest is Andromeda, to the southeast is Milky Way, to the east is Southern Artery Valley and to the west is 4 Holes.
whereis appears to have been removed from Helpbot
flip
Flips a coin and tells you what side landed up. example: /tell helpbot flip
Helpbot: heads, to verify /tell helpbot verify 5
roll
rolls a die and tells you what side came up example: /tell helpbot roll 20
Helpbot: from 1 to 20, I rolled a 17, to verify /tell helpbot verify 6
verify
Verifies a roll or flip. If you need to flip a coin and let everyone know, you can tell them to /tell helpbot veryfy [number] example: /tell helpbot verify 5
Helpbot: I told Takrel "heads"
compass
gives a reference compass in case you wanted to know where WNW was exmple: /tell helpbot compass
Helpbot: N_NNE_NE_ENE_E_ESE_SE_SSE_S_SSW_SW_WSW_W_WNW_NW_NNW_N
Boxing the Compass, for a list of and information on more detailed navigational increments
level
gives an estimate of the levels you can group with and still get experience exmple: /tell helpbot level 100
Helpbot: A L 100 should be able to group with either down to L 75 or up to L 133
level now supplies additional data. See these quest notes
About
Helpbot is currently being maintained by the folks at http://www.vhabot.net/.