MySkit v1.3 Performance Editor for PLEO

[dogsbody]

I'd like to announce a new PLEO tool: PleoSkit!

A performance editor for creating custom PLEO dances or skits! What is a PLEO skit? Skits are things such as dances, tricks, leg waves, tail wagging, etc...

Generally, anything PLEO does other than walking is a skit. Skits controls PLEO's body movement & sound.

You can create & edit skits. There is a reference library of motions to work from, and you easily program an SD flash card to see PLEO perform.

Anyone familar with my Skitter tool (for AIBO's) should hopefully feel right at home.

Enjoy!
John

http://www.dogsbodynet.com/pleoskit.html

http://www.dogsbodynet.com/pleoskit/images/pleoskit.gif

dogsbody@dogsbodynet.com

[brian55127]

Cool!!! Thanks for offering such a neat utility for free!!! :D

[brian55127]

Looking forward to the YAPT utility too! :D

[Caaahl]

WOW! Thats great! :D

I hope there will be a lot of skits shared. :p (and that i dont break my pleo while trying stuff myself ;) )

[Pleo100]

Aesome, John...thanks!!! Can't wait to try it...

[Quincy]

This is SO cool.

I can hardly wait to try this tool.

Originally I thought I wouldn't be 'tecki' enough to program my Pleo - but this looks completely doable - even for me. THANKS!



John, maybe you can answer my "What if someone creates a Pleo Virus and we accidentally download it" question?

[June03]

NICE! Thanks for all your work!

[Pleo100]

This is SO cool.


Originally I thought I wouldn't be 'tecki' enough to program my Pleo - but this looks completely doable - even for me. THANKS!





That's the beauty of John and AiboPet's (PleoPet's) tools...they use their knowledge to make a program that let's the average Aibo owner, or in this case Pleo owner, create nifty little dances and personalities for their robots even with very little programming know-how! Keep up the great work! and thanks!!!

[going86]

It looks great. any chance that you will make one for us Mac users. I cannot wait to try it

[latinvixen]

Thank you :D

[Pleona]

Oh WOW! That's an awesome looking programme! :D
Anybody be willing to Video their new Pleo movements to show us sometime? :)

[Quincy]

Can anyone comment on how this works....

Is this like the Holiday Pleo - where the Pleo's normal actions are overwritten by the skit(s) on the card while the card is inserted in Pleo?

Or will the skits on the card be added to Pleo's normal functions - perhaps overwriting outcomes when certain stimuli occur - but only while the card is in Pleo.

[pleoWhisperer]

If it works like the aibo tools, as PleoSkit is today, it creates things like the Holiday Pleo. Once PleoHack completes YAPT, you can build more complex personalities and add your skit to the normal functions.

[ryane]

thanks so much John! i'm also looking forward to the YAPT app. it sounds great. keep up the good work!

[dogsbody]

Thanks everyone! Have fun!

-- John

[gretasmom]

Thanks so much for sharing this! I can't wait to try this out with my daughter. She was really excited about the Holiday behavior download so I know she'll love creating her own little Pleo shows. Thanks again!:)

[gie]

OMG this is so much fun I am currently doing a dance routine with a full song! wow. Pleo's speaker is pretty loud and I love watching him jam! All to the tweaks that I did! Woo!
Might I add I love the feature where it tweaks your movements if its too much stress for the servos. COOL!!

[brian55127]

OMG this is so much fun I am currently doing a dance routine with a full song! wow. Pleo's speaker is pretty loud and I love watching him jam! All to the tweaks that I did! Woo!
Might I add I love the feature where it tweaks your movements if its too much stress for the servos. COOL!!

Yes this is really cool! I wonder if we can create a database somewhere of custom skit files for people to share and try out?

[dotyj]

Thank you for this great utility. I'm having a ball. I just spent over two hours writing my first Pleo Skit and will try to post it soon. :)

[dotyj]

My first Pleo video.

I love the Pleo Skit program. What fun!

I don't know how to embed the video yet, sorry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNCiFvxW9ZI

You may have to turn up your volume.

[Pleona]

LOL Dotyj! That was great! :D
Hopefully I can buy an SD card soon!

[ugobeSarah]

Ha! We were thrilled to see the first Skit video! Keep em coming.

[dogsbody]

Great stuff dotyj! Glad you're having fun!
-- John

Random Tip: You can customize PLEO's appearance in PleoSkit. Body, belly, eye, and toenail colors. Right click on the 3D PLEO preview, then select "Colors" from the menu.

[dotyj]

Great responses all.

I had a ball making that. I'm a huge "Young Frankenstein" fan and as soon as I read about PleoSkit I just had to do it.

Thanks Dogsbody for the tip. I'll give it a try.

[Caaahl]

Im really looking forward to get my sd card writer so i can use this great tool properly. :p

[Starfire]

Very cool - I'm going to try it this weekend. Thanks for the hard work in putting this together for us.

[hsclater]

I have a few questions:

- How did you manage to make this, since the SDK is not yet available?
- What will the SDK give us that this can't? If the SDK is just a set of documentation that tells you how to program Pleo, I assume you know all of that in order to produce this.
- Will the SDK give you some more information that you can use to further develop the skit editor?

Thanks!

[dotyj]

I used PleoSkit.

Though not supported by Ugobe PleoSkit is available at: http://www.dogsbodynet.com/

Remember you're using this program at your own risk, but I had to try it.

I can't answer any of your questions about the Pleo SDK (PDK). I only know what I read here.

[PleoPet]

> - Will the SDK give you some more information that you can use to further develop the skit editor?
(I would describe it the other way around, PleoSkit greatly increases the power of the SDK/PDK)

Once released, the SDK/PDK will give you more options of using skits created by the skit editor.
In the mean time you can create simple test programs with PleoMap (built into PleoSkit) and slightly more complicated personalities using the soon-to-be-released YAPT.

If you spend time today creating fun-and-entertaining skits, your effort will not be lost. The skits are stored in standard file formats that will be used in a number of programming tools in the future, including custom programs written using Pawn and the SDK/PDK.

[Caaahl]

ONE thing is a bit annoying: the eyes and mouth movements are somehow connected and when i try to make the mouth right, the eyelids go crazy and often show red curves...fixing the eyelids again makes the mouth curves red, it drives me crazy. :eek:

[dotyj]

What I did was do my mouth movements and waste movements first. Each movement start and end point creates sort of a movment waypoint.

I then set other movements to work within these waypoints if needed there.

So I did mouth, then waste, then tail wag, then tail up down, then eyes, then neck side to side, then neck up and down.

I should have done eyes last.

I don't know if this is a limitation in PleoSkit or in Pleo itself.

[Siren]

Wow, awesome. I know how I am spending my day off tomorrow :D

[kcurtis]

Walk forward and reverse for Pleo skit.

Still a little rough, but it works.

[Caaahl]

Walk forward and reverse for Pleo skit.

Still a little rough, but it works.

Although i didnt look into your file till now; remember to check the included library (ctrl+L) for already existing skit-parts. Maybe your walking skits are totally different, though. ;)

[kcurtis]

Actually only reason I made em is because that is the one thing I could not find in the library is walking forward and backwards. This file is just normal walking. If it's already in the library no need to download, just please point me to where they are. :)

[Caaahl]

I'm a bit busy right now, but i think something called "explore.." had at least forward walking in it.
Whatever, selfmade skits are always better/ more individual, but mybe you can use the esplore skits as a base to spare some work. :)

[ryane]

i wouldn't worry about walking in pleoskit because it should be in the code on the YAPT program. (in the default personality babe01)

[dogsbody]

I'd like to announce an update to my PLEO tool (formerly PleoSkit), now renamed to:

=== MySkit Performance Editor for PLEO ===

The name change is due to concerns over trademark to which I agree. This update also corrects a few minor issues.

MySkit is a performance editor for creating custom PLEO dances or skits! What is a PLEO skit? Skits are things such as tricks, dances, leg waves, tail wagging, etc...

Generally, anything PLEO does other than walking is a skit. Skits controls PLEO's body movement & sound.

MySkit runs on your PC (not PLEO). There are many features, effects, and safe-guards to make editing easy. A reference library of motions is also provided to start from, and you can easily program an SD flash card to see PLEO perform.

Anyone familar with my Skitter tool (for AIBO's) should hopefully feel right at home.

Enjoy!
John

http://www.dogsbodynet.com/myskit.html
http://www.myskit.org

http://www.dogsbodynet.com/myskit/images/myskit.gif

[dogsbody]

Ah... the best laid plans. A couple people reported problems read/writing wave sound files. Version 1.2 now available for download.

-- John

[Caaahl]

Thx a lot for your great work! :)

[dotyj]

I really appreciate the work you've done. Thanks.

[pleoguy101]

thanks!!! how do you dowload the skit into pleo??:confused::)

[dogsbody]

Once you've created a skit, save it to disk (on your PC), then click the "Write" toolbar button.

MySkit will then initialize an SD flash card for you. Once the SD card is written, turn off PLEO, insert the card, turn him back on and enjoy.

You can find a more detailed tutorial here: http://www.dogsbodynet.com/myskit/tutorial3.html

Have fun!

-- John

[pleoguy101]

Once you've created a skit, save it to disk (on your PC), then click the "Write" toolbar button.

MySkit will then initialize an SD flash card for you. Once the SD card is written, turn off PLEO, insert the card, turn him back on and enjoy.

You can find a more detailed tutorial here: http://www.dogsbodynet.com/myskit/tutorial3.html

Have fun!

-- John
thanks!!!!!!!:D I will absolutly be using this software:)!!!!!!!:D

[cmadmacs]

I agree! Thanks for the kit,

[jas2190]

thank you, thank you, this will be fun :):):)

[EricinOakland]

This is pretty cool, and the skits I've seen are great. Too bad this doesn't work on Macs. Sigh.

[bubbagrump]

Too bad this doesn't work on Macs. Sigh.

i'm in the same boat... looks like i'm going to have to install Parallels... :-)

[pleoguy101]

I'm working on my first pleo skit, It's going to be the "pleo can can", a basic thing to do:D If you dont know what the "can can" is (wich I'm sure you all do) heres a video I found:) this was not exactly what I was looking for.. but Its the only thing I could find... :D http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6477942221399100753

[fujeng]

Dear All,

I download and unzip Babe.zip.
In the meantime, I tried to create extra behaviors by YAPT program.
Unfortunately, I got an error message which was "File pleo.urf not found." after I clicked preview button on YAPT program.
Whether I missed something or not.:confused:
Please give us a hand. Thank you very much.:)

Pleo fan
Francis

[ryane]

right now the yapt program works only when you've added a .urf file with it (holidaypleo, pleopm, or babe01). just add one of these into your yapt folder.

[fujeng]

:) Understood.
Thank you for your information.

[PleoPet]

> I download and unzip Babe.zip.
The Babe Zip comes with YAPT and the (older) Pleo3D preview program.
You don't need the 'yapt01.zip'. I'll make that clearer in the tutorial.

Start with the Babe personality and use the YAPT that comes with it.
Tutorial here: http://www.aibohack.com/pleo/yapt.htm

[mrmucca]

John,
Cool application, unfortunately I have a Mac.
Will you ever port the app for Macintosh?
Matteo

[dogsbody]

Sorry, a native Mac port really isn't likely. However, you should be able to run MySkit (formerly PleoSkit) on a Mac using Parallels or VMWare Fusion.

Neither package is free unfortunately (~$80), but they support running virtual machines so you can run Windows under MacOS. Basically you'd be running both MacOS & Windows simultaneously.

Windows would run on MacOS as an application. You'd then install MySkit on that copy of Windows & should be in business.

There may be free packages available which do the same thing, but I'm really not familiar with Mac freeware. Sorry I can't offer more help.

-- John

[Belisama370]

If you have an Intel Mac and the latest OS you can also dual boot your system through BootCamp.
I keep an old laptop around for Skitter and now PleoSkit though, and I do mean old. You could probably pick up one capable of running this software rebuilt for cheaper than the Pleo itself if you wanted to. :)

[EricinOakland]

[QUOTE=dogsbody;13149]Sorry, a native Mac port really isn't likely. However, you should be able to run MySkit (formerly PleoSkit) on a Mac using Parallels or VMWare Fusion.

Tainting my Mac with Windows is not an option for me. Not being confrontational... there's just a vista of reasons I could show for getting away from MS.

Guess I'll just enjoy my Pleo for what he is while ANXIOUSLY awaiting any OS upgrades from Ugobe.

[dogsbody]

Tainting my Mac with Windows is not an option for me.

Well, you're not alone. :)

However, realize a virtual machine is totally isolated from OSX. It's a sandbox for Windows to play in, and appears as another machine on your home network.

In any case, a few minutes on Google also turned up CodeWeavers at http://www.codeweavers.com. They claim to support running Windows programs directly on X86 based Mac's. There are a number of caveats & requirements, and possible compatibility issues.

They offer a 30 day trial download so perhaps you'd consider that approach & letting us know if it works? Running MySkit in a Win98 bubble might be all it takes.

-- John

[lobo]

Hi-John,
Consults a question, I already completed the *.PLEO files edition, but after wrote in the SD card. Opens the power source, had not responded completely, whether needs seperately to establish other functions!
You may send for me a test file? I attempt read in the SD card test!

Thanks!

[roschler]

Well, you're not alone. :)

However, realize a virtual machine is totally isolated from OSX. It's a sandbox for Windows to play in, and appears as another machine on your home network.

In any case, a few minutes on Google also turned up CodeWeavers at http://www.codeweavers.com. They claim to support running Windows programs directly on X86 based Mac's. There are a number of caveats & requirements, and possible compatibility issues.

They offer a 30 day trial download so perhaps you'd consider that approach & letting us know if it works? Running MySkit in a Win98 bubble might be all it takes.

-- John

John,

How good are those VM's at giving Windows programs access to devices like USB ports and the peripherals attached to them? For example USB Bluetooth dongles, USB infrared transmitters, etc.

Thanks.

[dogsbody]

Consults a question, I already completed the *.PLEO files edition, but after wrote in the SD card. Opens the power source, had not responded completely, whether needs seperately to establish other functions!
You may send for me a test file? I attempt read in the SD card test!


Lobo, do not copy the *.pleo file onto an SD card.
Use the MySkit toolbar "Write" button instead.

Please refer to this tutorial: http://www.dogsbodynet.com/myskit/tutorial3.html



How good are those VM's at giving Windows programs access to devices like USB ports and the peripherals attached to them? For example USB Bluetooth dongles, USB infrared transmitters, etc.


VM managers USB support is pretty good these days. VMWare specifically mentions USB support, even for VMWare fusion on Mac's. No guarantees of course, and personally I've only ever tested USB thumb drives.

-- John

[shiza786]

Awsome people....
cant wait to try it out.

Thanks:cool:

[srobot]

See the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Or2A7kYemQ

Get the MySkit file for your Pleo here:

http://cid-d3d82c952d9be25d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/My%20Pleo/VidSkit.pleo

I hope your little guy will enjoy the new program!

--srobot
http://ribolabs.wordpress.com

[shiza786]

Hey i got a ?.....does this work on the PLEO!:o

[dogsbody]

Hey i got a ?.....does this work on the PLEO

MySkit runs on your PC (not PLEO). You use it to create custom PLEO dances & performances/skits. The skits are stored in *.pleo files, again on your PC.

To initialize a flash card for PLEO, use MySkit's "Write" toolbar button. This compiles your *.pleo files and writes the needed resource info to the flash card.

-- John

[Zachary]

can pleo get a Virus from YAPT, or My skit?

[PleoPet]

Not the versions from the official sites. They are standalone programs that don't change anything permanently. Remove the SD card and everything is back to normal.

However, it is possible someone may write a virus or evil program that may harm your Pleo when run.
Since the Pleo is physically isolated from your computer, you have to download any program, put it on an SD card, and run it in Pleo. Only run programs downloaded from websites you trust (advice applies to Pleo as well as everything else).

[pleoWhisperer]

You can always use yapt to create a new personality where your pleo coughs a sneezes a lot. ;)

[Zachary]

:mad:!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:CAN PLEO GET A VIURES OR NOT:mad:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

[kchamster]

No not that I know of.

[PleoPet]

> CAN PLEO GET A (VIRUS) OR NOT
Yes it is technically possible, but it hasn't happened yet, and hopefully never will. IMHO: someone with skills to write a virus should spend their time writing useful Pleo software.

Viruses or malicious programs are possible in almost all devices that have upgradable software/firmware.
The risk is small, but if you are still worried: Always practice safe computing. Don't download software from websites you don't trust.

[Siren]

Nevermind....fixed it myself :)

[pleoguy101]

Okay, I have tried for nearly a hour....How do you even get sound onto this thing??? I tried uploading a WAV file directly to PleoSkit and it totally shuts down. Then when I try to record the song into the program, it comes out scratchy, not clear whatsoever. What am I doing wrong?

go to the dogsbody site or somthing, it tells you how to do it :)!!!!

[Siren]

Nevermind again....seems every time I ask, I somehow get it to work on my own, lol

[Zachary]

ENGLISH Dude English!
(PleoPet)

[dani]

what PleoPet says is that yes Pleo can get a virus, so don't download updates and other things for Pleo from other pages than Pleoworld.com, then your pleo should be safe...

and just like PleoPet, I do think, that the people there works on making viruses, should use there knollege and time to make some good things instead of making viruses there breake other peoples things

[dogsbody]

I'd like to announce an update to MySkit Performance Editor!

This update adds compatibility with the new PLEO LifeOS 1.1.

UGOBE made significant updates to the PLEO firmware in LifeOS 1.1. Unfortunately, it is no longer compatible with older PLEO personalities (*.urf files).

However, all is not lost! The latest MySkit can make newer compatible *.urf files.

To update your skits, see the following tutorial:
http://www.dogsbodynet.com/myskit/pleopm11.html

-----

Background:

MySkit is a performance editor for creating custom PLEO dances or skits! What is a PLEO skit? Skits are things such as tricks, dances, leg waves, tail wagging, etc...

Generally, anything PLEO does other than walking is a skit. Skits control PLEO's body movement & sound.

MySkit runs on your PC (not PLEO). There are many features, effects, and safe-guards to make editing easy. A reference library of motions is also provided to start from, and you can easily program an SD flash card to see PLEO perform.

Anyone familar with my Skitter tool (for AIBO's) should hopefully feel right at home.

Enjoy!
John

http://www.dogsbodynet.com/myskit.html
http://www.myskit.org

http://www.dogsbodynet.com/myskit/images/myskit.gif

[Patrkc]

And here I was, wondering what I was going to be doing tonight.....
Thanks very much for the update!

[andreivc]

Hi Dogsbody!
Thanks for updating myskit!

Off-topic: You said that you see significant changes in 1.1 OS. What changes do you see in there from the programmer point of view(in addition to expanded tricks)? Just curious... thanks!

[dogsbody]

Off-topic: You said that you see significant changes in 1.1 OS. What changes do you see in there from the programmer point of view(in addition to expanded tricks)? Just curious... thanks!

Apart from PLEO's personality, UGOBE also upgraded PLEO's script engine. PLEO needs to read (or page) portions of the personality scripts on demand. In the older version they added paging themselves. However, the newest Pawn script engine natively supports paging.

Instead of forever manually customizing the script engine, they opted to adopt the native mode.

From my standpoint, I needed to recompile MySkit's base Pawn scripts -- which are stored within the *.urf files -- and generate seperate *.urf files for the old & new firmware.

-- John

[andreivc]

Thanks a lot, Dogsbody, for the explanation! When I had AIBO a while ago, Dogslife, your creation, was my favorite software for AIBO that I ran all the time. Do you have any plans on creating an alternate, complete substitute personality for pleo?

[dogsbody]

Thanks a lot, Dogsbody, for the explanation! When I had AIBO a while ago, Dogslife, your creation, was my favorite software for AIBO that I ran all the time. Do you have any plans on creating an alternate, complete substitute personality for pleo?

At some point, yes!

Work is keeping me a little busy at the moment, but I'll get there eventually. :)

-- John

[andreivc]

I am looking forward to it! :)

[mezoesdad]

Hello I have been playing around with myskit and was wondering if there is any way you can add music to the sounds in myskit so I can get pleo to sing it up.

Please let me know.
Thanks mezoesdad

[pleoguy101]

yes.. you can! you can get pleo to sing by adding music to your myskit file!! then put it in pleo, and bang! you got pleo singing your favorite tunes:)

[jmtk]

can i add arabic language to Pleo memories.

how can i make Pleo respod to arabic demands

how can i make Pleo respond to me

[fancyfont]

Pleoguy101, Did you post a video of Rocky doing "Bad Day"?:)

[pleoguy101]

Pleoguy101, Did you post a video of Rocky doing "Bad Day"?:)

no.. not yet.. I'm still not 100% sure of how to get the music in the file:( but rest assured.. I WILL find out, and when I finally discover how to get everything to work.. I WILL post a video:)

[pleoguy101]

I made a myskit for my pleo back before any of the upgrades.. I still havent tried it on my pleo.. now that my pleo has upgrade 1.1 will the myskit still work? I really hope it does.. It took me weeks to make!!!

[dogsbody]

Now that my pleo has upgrade 1.1 will the myskit still work?

Yes, no worries! Updating skits for LifeOS 1.1 is as simple as rewriting the SD card. No changes to your skit are required.

-- John

[pleoguy101]

Yes, no worries! Updating skits for LifeOS 1.1 is as simple as rewriting the SD card. No changes to your skit are required.

-- John

thats awsome!! thanks for the quick reply!!!:):D

[Aussie_Pleo]

So let me get this right. If you put a skit on your Pleo's sd card he/she will only be animated according to that skit as long as that sd card is inserted? Is it difficult to use this program?

[dogsbody]

So let me get this right. If you put a skit on your Pleo's sd card he/she will only be animated according to that skit as long as that sd card is inserted?

Yes. You could also have PLEO perform various different skits you create (ie: up to ten). Take out the SD card & PLEO is his old self unchanged.

Is it difficult to use this program?

I hope not! However, there are a series of simple tutorials to guide you through making your first skit & testing it on PLEO. Just in case. :D
http://www.dogsbodynet.com/tutorials.html

Have fun!
-- John

[Dazlyn]

Hello John,just acquired this little cutie pie,however have downloaded various tools from pleoworld his behavior has slightly altered,which is quite amusing but he wont walk with the SD card in, very grateful for any help please.yours The Dazzler

[Allosaurus]

Thanks! Downloaded it, used it, loved it. I made a skit where Olympia dances to the Jurassic Park theme song. Can't wait to buy an SD card! XD

[Renee_10]

Thank tou for an A+ app you guys! Amazing it's free!

[wissows]

dear, i bought my pleo today and i put the battery charging fo 6 hrs, nw when iam laying and upgarde the software the battery come too hot and the pleo sing the christmas after a few inute the pleo turn off , please can some help me , i dont know how to know if pleo working good or i have a problem

regards, thank you , for your help

[wgb]

Hello John,just acquired this little cutie pie,however have downloaded various tools from pleoworld his behavior has slightly altered,which is quite amusing but he wont walk with the SD card in, very grateful for any help please.yours The Dazzler

Touch his 2 Front leg Sensors and he will walk. But if you move him you will have to touch the sensors again

[wgb]

dear, i bought my pleo today and i put the battery charging fo 6 hrs, nw when iam laying and upgarde the software the battery come too hot and the pleo sing the christmas after a few inute the pleo turn off , please can some help me , i dont know how to know if pleo working good or i have a problem

regards, thank you , for your help

Make sure you are seating the battery correctly. Sounds like its not fully charged. If you still have problems contact Customer Support.

Its also better to start another thread if you need help and it will get missed in a thread such as this

[fancyfont]

dear, i bought my pleo today and i put the battery charging fo 6 hrs, nw when iam laying and upgarde the software the battery come too hot and the pleo sing the christmas after a few inute the pleo turn off , please can some help me , i dont know how to know if pleo working good or i have a problem

regards, thank you , for your help
Welcome Pleo Parent. Remember your little dino is a baby for the first charge. Putting your Christmas sd card in, surely, gave him a work out. Battery will automatically turn off when hot. Try putting the sd card in after you charge the battery again.
Did you name your Pleo?:)

[tkdgirl368]

I just downloaded myskit on sunday and made my first skit. Does anyone know the podcast Strongbad Emails? well i used the song Trogdor from that, which is a kind of annoying song but it's funny when you watch it in the show:eyeroll::-D