PS can't load other characters other than merlin

several .acs are installed in c:\windows\msagent\chars

which also has merlin.acs



the last function call always return "Merlin"

what should be done beside putting .acs in the default location
mentioned above

$agent = new -com agent.control.2
$agent.connected=1
$agent.characters.load("peedy")
$peedy=$agent.characters.character("peedy")
$peedy.name

What OS specifically? I had problems with the ms agent voice on XP
SP2, for example...

Marco

Ryan wrote:

> PS can't load other characters other than merlin
>
> several .acs are installed in c:\windows\msagent\chars
>
> which also has merlin.acs
>
> the last function call always return "Merlin"
>
> what should be done beside putting .acs in the default location
> mentioned above
>
> $agent = new -com agent.control.2
> $agent.connected=1
> $agent.characters.load("peedy")
> $peedy=$agent.characters.character("peedy")
> $peedy.name

Last time I looked at using other characters it was something like this
$file = join-path $env:windir "msagent\chars\Peedy.acs"
$agent = new -com agent.control.2
$agent.connected=$true
$agent.characters.load("Peedy", $file)

$character = $agent.Characters.Item("Peedy")
$action = $character.Show()

Theres an example here

http://bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/arc...M-objects.aspx

and on page 412 of PowerShell in Action
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"Ryan" wrote:

> PS can't load other characters other than merlin
>
> several .acs are installed in c:\windows\msagent\chars
>
> which also has merlin.acs
>
> the last function call always return "Merlin"
>
> what should be done beside putting .acs in the default location
> mentioned above
>
> $agent = new -com agent.control.2
> $agent.connected=1
> $agent.characters.load("peedy")
> $peedy=$agent.characters.character("peedy")
> $peedy.name
>

Marco Shaw wrote:

> What OS specifically? I had problems with the ms agent voice on XP
> SP2, for example...
>
> Marco
>
> Ryan wrote:

>> PS can't load other characters other than merlin
>>
>> several .acs are installed in c:\windows\msagent\chars
>>
>> which also has merlin.acs
>>
>> the last function call always return "Merlin"
>>
>> what should be done beside putting .acs in the default location
>> mentioned above
>>
>> $agent = new -com agent.control.2
>> $agent.connected=1
>> $agent.characters.load("peedy")
>> $peedy=$agent.characters.character("peedy")
>> $peedy.name

they can't speak on my machine too, XP sp2

> they can't speak on my machine too, XP sp2

If I remember, it does "whoosh" when moving around, but when asked to
talk, I hear nothing. I had found an FAQ and reinstalled something, but
still, no sound.

I just gave up, due to other more important things.

Marco

Here Ryan, try this...


$agent = new-object -comObject "Agent.Control.2"
$agent.Connected = $true
[void]$agent.Characters.Load("Genie", "Genie.acs")
$char = $agent.Characters.Character("Genie")
[void]$char.Show()
[void]$char.Speak("Hello World!")
[void]$char.Hide()

Yes, the new graphics layering in Vista does not work properly with
Microsoft Agent, so characters can no longer be resized.


RichS wrote:

> Thanks for the script - it works fine on Vista SP1. It is similar to what I
> am using already. To add to the strangeness I have discovered that if I try
> to set the height and width of the character to anything other than the
> defaults it will not be visible - leaving height and width at the defaults
> everything works fine. Very Odd.
>
> if it was easy they wouldn't need us