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Cyphen02 · Newbie Joined: Aug 20 2005 Posts: 20 Offline

Hey, I have been wondering, whats the difference between Mervbot and TWCore and anyother ones out there?

Chambahs · Power attack Joined: Jun 19 2005 Posts: 820 Offline

They are coded in different languages.

Merv = C++
TWCore = Java

Cyphen02 · Newbie Joined: Aug 20 2005 Posts: 20 Offline

so no real difference accept for codeing language?

Chambahs · Power attack Joined: Jun 19 2005 Posts: 820 Offline

Well theres more to it, that was just the basic difference. I think TWCore is faster, but Merv is more user friendly (So ive heard). Better off talking to d1st0rt about TWCore, hes an expert in that department, as well as others.

Cerium · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject:

And thats why I hate you: You are clueless.

The differences are:
(1) Language. Merv is in C, Hybrid and TWCore are Java and there are others that exist for .net, perl and VB.

(2) API/Functionality. Some cores have features x, y, z "built in" where others require you to add it or use a 3rd party addon.

Speed is irrelevent for all intents and purposes. SS Bots arent enterprise level applications and they dont do all that much work. I doubt even Chambahs could write code bad enough where it would cause speed issues.

Ease of use is another thing. TWCore is a great place to start as it does lots of things for you and Java itself tends to hold your hand on a lot of things. If youre new to bot development and/or programming in general, start with TWCore.
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D1st0rt · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject:

In my opinion TWCore is the easiest core to start out with, partly because Java is straight up easier, and you also don't get as overwhelmed with all of the extra code thats in the default merv template. I would only suggest using MERV if it is absolutely necessary you use a plugin that is only available for merv, or if your bot needs to take advantage of extra protocol stuff that only merv handles. TWCore is fully capable of doing all of what most zones need and most of what any zone needs.

Plus lots of people have had success starting out with the tutorials.
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Cyphen02 · Newbie Joined: Aug 20 2005 Posts: 20 Offline

Thanks, I'm not really looking into programming bots, just deciding which I should use for my zone, but programming some would be pretty cool

(Altho I dislike both languages, because Ruby and Lisp are the best, no offense tho!)

Purge · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:38 am Post subject:

Also, TWCore isn't modular unlike MERV.

Maverick · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:25 am Post subject:

TWCore is modular but in another way.

One of the significant differences between Mervbot and TWCore I noticed (apart from the code language) is that TWCore needs a hub where it spawns other bots from.
You have a TWBot which can load modules (like Mervbot) and other bots which can't.

Mervbot just spawns different bots where each can load different plugins.
Even when a mervbot spawn needs to do a single task, it carries alot of extra features that it doesn't need - TWCore hasn't really got that.
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D1st0rt · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject: