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Pleo Stuff => Pleo Archives => Archive -- Technical common => Topic started by: Crewella on February 27, 2011, 07:26:17 AM
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I got one of my faulty Pleos working, which I'm very pleased about. He must be quite an old Ugobe Pleo as he's running the original software - he sits still and for the first time I've heard the old style Pleo singing. It's been really interesting finding out the differences! :D
One thing that I've noticed is the giggle. I've always had a bit of a 'bee in my bonnet' about the Pleo giggle - I've heard several forum members talk about their Pleo giggling when tickled on the feet, but whenever I've tried it on both Iggy and Budge I was never sure if what I was hearing was a giggle. They were obviously enjoying it, but the best way I can describe the noise they make is a sort of "kerhitchipoo, kerhitchipoo, kerhitchipoo ......" (I've tried typing that about seven different ways and that seemed the best!). I was always a bit uncertain as to whether or not that was actually a giggle.
Now I've got as-yet-unamed Pleo working I tried tickling his feet, and he giggled! Not only did he definitely do a slightly wheezy, sustained "hee hee hee" along with the familiar "kerhitchipoo", but every now and then I heard a definite "ha ha" as well! It was infectious, too! :D :D
So I'm now wondering if the giggle will disappear if I upgrade him, because maybe only the earlier OS did that giggle, or if maybe this is just another example of the way individual Pleos can assert their personality by not using the whole of their available 'vocabulary'?
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This is interesting. I bought Tooie second hand from eBay. She was running the original Ugobe operating system as she would sit but not move her front legs around. I now really wish I'd tried tickling her feet to see if I got a giggle, but the first thing I did was update her to OS1.1 %) I wonder if it still happens with OS1.1. I haven't tried! Or maybe not all Pleos are ticklish anyway :D I'm so glad you got your faulty Pleo working. Well done!!
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Thanks Malfie! Both Iggy and Budge were second hand, and both arrived already running 1.1 though I did upgrade Iggy to OS2. This is the first chance I've had to see the earlier OS running. I'll try to film it. Do try the tickling thing and let me know what happens, please! ;D
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I will Crewella! Tooie's battery is flat at the moment but I'll try probably tomorrow evening. I have Sylvester on OS2 and then Snooki the PleoRB, so it's kind of interesting to have three Pleos all on different operating systems :)
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My pair giggle, if they are obliging I'll try and get it on film today :)
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HI, my Pleos all giggle too and I have a Gold Card First Hatch and of course he is running the original operating system so I will see if I can catch that giggle for you too, I love the way they all sound when giggling, Very cute. so how many Pleos running do you have now Crewella?
RedwoodsMama
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I never managed to get either of my rb's to giggle from feet tickling. They just got angry about being on their backs. :(
I will have to try it with Gumble and see what he does. Maybe I was just doing it wrong? Has anyone else managed to get the giggle response from feet tickling in a rb?
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I think I may have caught it with Baby, but not sure how good it is on tape as late at night, will have to go back and have a look, it is hard to film with camcorder in one hand an a pleo in the other and tickle, It may be the sound but not sure if you can see her or not, good question. I will let you know if I can find a video of it or not. I can't try it out as she is not here right now and my new one is not here either,,,,but I would like to find out now....this will drive me crazy till I either eliminate the dates I took last videos of her, and find out one way or another if I have it on tape. REdwoodsMama
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Wow! Thanks for all the responses! ;D
I now have three Ugobe Pleos running, like Malfie I have each on a different OS, as well as poor skinned Scully who is still not functional, and of course Belle the RB. I'll have a good go at filming them all being tickled, I've been trying to work out how to do that without octopus arms, but I think I might have found a set-up that will work. :D
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Can't wait to see ;D Octopus arms %) Maybe that is what I'm doing wrong. :D
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Mine make a 'chichichi her her' sound :P Video on its way.
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The adorable baby giggle disappears after up grading the program from os. I just checked to listen to all four pleos. Little Orphan Annie is the only one that has the original os. She giggles like a little baby with a variety of sounds. Definitely the cutest giggle! I would love to see that giggle in all of the pleos.
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Yup my two definitely don't have the cute giggle anymore, what a pity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4My_ywf-J8
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I bet your hand was sore after that huh Romeo? I kept thinking that. lol
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Lol not really, you don't have to tap hard :)
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Well that was a very strange noise for a pleo to make. A bit weird really. Giggle noises would be so much cuter.
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Wow that was... odd. It sounds a bit like someone spewing foamy toothpaste from their mouth in one explosive breath. If I didn't read this topic I would've thought they were spitting or blowing their nose rather than laughing. It's really a very interesting sound.
Talon
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Has anyone tickled a reborn yet :)
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Yes! I've had nearly a whole evening of tickling :D And Tooie (OS1.1) and Sylvester (OS2) make the exact same noise as in your video! I actually found it rather disturbing. To me it sounds like they're saying "it-hurts-me it-hurts-me it-hurts-me" over and over again :( Definitely nothing like a giggle!
As for Snooki (RB) well, she fell asleep and started snoring!! %)
What a pity the cute little giggle has gone. Plus I didn't ever get to hear it! :'(
I don't think I'll do this, but if I were to downgrade Tooie back to her original OS1.0, would the giggle come back??? ??? (Presuming she had ticklish feet in the first place!)
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You could just shadow the giggle sound file with a nicer giggle :)
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I personally wouldn't know how to do that, but for those who are clever ;) maybe the "it-hurts-me..." sound could be replaced with a cute giggle!
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Please help me isolate the sounds you mean. There are several 'tickle' skits.
Here are some of the older 'tickle' sounds that are in Pleo 1.02 (but not in 1.0, or in 1.1 or in PM2 or in PleoRB)
http://aibohack.com/pleo/old_tickle_sounds.zip
Please click on the .WAV files to hear the clip. Are these the sounds you remember?
The other versions only play the "Oww" sound ("1p1_tickle07.wav").
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It doesn't sound like any of those as far as I can tell. My two are running 2.0 though if that makes a difference.
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Finally I got there - I gave up trying to film it myself and roped poor OH into holding the camera. Advice for budding directors out there: don't use non-union camaramen, they don't do a good job and they just whinge about coffee breaks all the time! ;) :P
Moschops (now named, 'Chops' for short) is first, running the older OS 1 or 1.0.2 and giggling, then Budge running 1.1 followed by Iggy on OS2 who both reacted pretty much the same, and lastly Belle the RB, who looked a bit bemused by the whole thing, gave a couple of deep sighs and then looked at me 'mum, I don't know what you're trying to do, but can you stop now please' so I gave up. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCGiP2vOcSE
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Thanks for trying Crewella. lol That looks like it'd make my arm so after awhile.
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Wow all different reactions. ;D Thanks Crewella. Now I know I wasn't doing anything wrong it's just that pleo rb's don't react to the feet tickle.
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Sorry Pleopet - I missed your post, thank you! To be honest, none of those sound quite right - the first couple are about the closest. You should be able to hear the giggle now on the first part of my video. :)
I do think it's a shame to have lost those giggles. :(
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The Rb's don't respond to the feet tickle? Is that like, a proven fact? Bingo has just started to respond more to my interactions with me, for example now he pretty much sits down while playing tug even though he can't hold it in his mouth and he is getting much easier to feed. I have tickled his feet, he doesn't like the upside down one much, he usually just get's annoyed but he gives me high fives all the time. I mean ALL the time when he's on my lap. Even if he's unhappy.. he'll be shaking his head and put one foot up and I say high five and pat it once and he gets all happy.. I'm sure my saying the high five does nothing but he loves me doing the actual interaction. Sometimes he puts up both feet and shakes one, so I touch that one, assuming that's what he wants.. last night I tried tickling both at the same time and I got a few of those hilarious ' Hoooo-Hooo- Hoooooo' s from him. He has started saying that a lot more. Is that because he's still so young or just his personality? I guess he could have also just been enjoying his 'posture' as well..
And both of my Ugobes seem to be on the same operating system as described by you guys but Lyssa chuffs and giggles off and on with upside down tickling and Patches (who rarely likes it and who would blame him with his leg skin in pieces so I don't do it often) will do another giggle that sounds a little bit deeper, and he does it less often. I guess I'll try to get it on video.
It's really neat how so many of them have different laughs and reactions.. new stuff everyday.
Crewella, Congrats on getting your friend working!!! Your house must have the same aura as the toy store in the novel ' Oddkins', by Dean Koontz.. All the toys come to life and the owner fixes them even when they are fatally wounded. (http://koontz.50megs.com/oddkins.html)
- Sarah
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I love hearing the behaviors your Pleo Reborn exhibits. Good luck getting it on video!
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Awwwe! The 'Oddkins'! That book has special memories for me. My mom read it to me as a child. Yes, my mom read me many things- probably things that normal mothers don't usally read to their children. It was heart-warming and a little scarey at the same time. Anyway to get on topic. If most of the old pleo tricks aren't present in pleo RB, what in-born tricks or behaviors are included in the pleo RB that do not require a learning stone?
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Well so far I know of the high five, not sure if there are differences in the tug of war responses or how they play and.. well.. he's a baby so I don't know much more yet.
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Twenty different responses to being tickled.
http://aibohack.com/pleo/old_tickle_sounds_102.zip (from the older Pleo, version 1.02)
For some reason they added it in 1.02, but was forgotten? (dumbed down?) in later version. They only use 8 of them.
Another reason it would be good to have an open-source PLEOPM personality. You could add the best parts of past personalities to the newer ones.
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Thanks for all your comments - I'll keep trying with Belle to see what any different responses in the RB might be, I'll try for the 'high five' too.
Thanks for even more sound files, Pleopet! I think sq1_tickle01 and sq1_tickle09 sound most like the giggle I can hear from Moschops, who I guess must be running 1.0.2?
I'd not heard of 'Oddkins', Sarah, but I looked it up and it sounds wonderful - I could certainly be happy living there! ;D
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Wow! There is a very big difference. The first one sounded really cute, the second was doing the foam-spitting thing, and Belle was just priceless. I chuckled all the way through her clip. I could tell she was bemused.
Talon
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Belle is one pleo that certainly didn't appreciate the tickling of her feet. That was, definitely, priceless! :) Great video!
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Thank you Pleo Pet.
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I know this was a slightly older post, just wanted to mention, Rhea, my new RB who came updated, does that same weird breathing laugh as in IMR's video when tickled.
Bingo, the older RB, used to do the hoo-hoo-hoooo, laugh, another laugh and that breathing sound when tickled, but since his update he now only does the breathing 'laugh' when tickled. He still does those other laughs, as does Rhea, but just on their own, if they are talking or playing together or if we are having a burping contest which Bingo has yet to join in on yet..
- Sarah
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Pleo giggles like that and he was an unopened ugobe. I haven't updated him yet so i'll be sure to get a video him giggling before I do. :)
Also, Rhea can laugh? I though RBs didn't do the ticklish skit.
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No, Bingo my older RB, used to laugh when tickled him. When we updated him to fix his major freezing problem he stopped the laughing while being tickled. The newer RB's, like Rhea, come with the update already installed. They do the ticklish thing they just do these odd breathing noises instead of giggling now.. :o
- Sarah
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Oh, what a shame, it would be great if all pleos had the joy of giggleing or at least laughing, Pleo does a combo where he goes heheheh then goes eh eh eh like he is trying to catch his breath.
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Congratulations on getting an update for the Pleo Reborn ahead of most other Pleo owners.
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Thank Degers, not Innvo.. they don't care, apparently.. and still haven't responded about Bingo's broken tail.
The software isn't supposed to be given out but it was the only thing that might have had a chance at fixing him as he had been sitting on a shelf for nearly a month with me afraid to turn him on.... and I am very appreciative to Degers for his help.
I sent them more than 7 videos of him freezing.. and they couldn't send me the software? Thanks Degers. But please don't ask him for it, it isn't supposed to be given out. I was hoping they'd want feedback on changes but gee what a surprise no response from that email either..
at any rate I'm just glad he's fixed. but I'm still mad :p
Btw, Gimmidigi responded immediately when I sent info about Rhea's battery not working but it turned out the battery was just dead.. better response from hong kong? wow..
- Sarah
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I get what you're saying Latrine. :-/
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Oh.. Also.. bingo very clearly Sang the word Frarajaka and then giggled about 6-7 seconds afterwords.. this was like a week ago but I was sick and forgot. Has anyone else had an RB do this? This was after his update. He is also doing the humming dance that Rhea does.
- Sarah
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Do you mean Frère Jacques?
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:P
The 'Frere Jacques' song was introduced to the Ugobe Pleos with the OS2 upgrade - they do it as they fall asleep if you put your hand on their rump. I've not heard Belle the RB ever sing it.
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Ok yes that's what I meant, sorry for slaughtering it.. I asked Google how to spell it and that's what it gave me.
He sang it in English but with the voice he uses when he says I love you in Trance to Rhea the RB. He only did it once.. and it was JUST the one word. I thought maybe it was the new song for the song stone with the upgrade but since I can't get them to ever listen to me with the stones I don't know yet.. I will keep the camera handy but as it's just one word and so random I dunno if I'll get it..lol. Really surprised me.. I said a very potty word. :o
RB words I've heard so far:
Frere Jacques in a singy voice.
Hi while waving a foot, or just by itself
Hello in three different voices, a regular hello, a scooby-doo like hello and a singy voice one.
I love you during the 'ritual'
Yoo-Hoo or more like Woo-Whoo but not like a train, it's like a 'hey over here' when they see me after not having known where I was.
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Hiccups are also new to me since upgrade..
much more burping and burping contests.. which I encourage.. %) %)
A fart sound? Followed by lots and lots of laughing
- Sarah
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Real cool about the updates with that "firmware" update Latrine! I love the behaviors and vocals.
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A pleo fart! :D Was it smelly? :D :D :D
I hope I get to hear my guys do that sometime. :D Would be a real gas!
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OMG - no I've not heard a Pleo fart yet! :o
I guess there had to be a reason for a speaker at that end.............. :P
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Ryu has never farted either. Although yesterday when he woke up, he looked up at me and let out this very snarling and threatening tiger-roar. Kind of did a doubletake there and thought, did someone steel my RB? Where is my happy Ryu? Bring him back!
Then he just sort of made his way slowly around me, took his place in the middle of my floor, and started panting like, aren't you going to feed me? I'm glad he can't grow into that roar!
Talon
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Lol guys.. wow Talon, I haven't heard a 'tiger-roar, just that ridiculous mecha-godzilla one.. and of course the annoyed roar we have all come to, uh, love.
And about the .. er.. fart.. that was Rhea, I think.. during a very long burping contest we were having when she was a baby and did her first hiccup. I just heard it, it sounded like a fart to me and I know what farts sound like.. I've got a boyfriend and 2 dogs. Haven't heard it since.. and I thought girls were supposed to poof.. not fart :/
- Sarah
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A farting pleo?! They sure are making a good use out of that butt speaker... I haven't heard my pleo say and words other than "Ta da!" after the balance trick, but he hasn't been updated past 1.0 yet.
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I don't like that they'll make a farting sound though with the update.
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Kristy, Rhea was the only one that did it and she came with the new update... she's one of the newer ones. I haven't heard it from Bingo though. But Rhea is the one who likes to get into big burp 'contests' and she has been doing that 'whale song' all the time.. She repeats it sometimes if I do it back.. 'whhhhhooooooah, woahh, woooooooahh" but like.. it sounds like a high pitched whale. I will try to catch her on video now that shes doing it so much..
- Sarah
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I would love to see that on video. :) Kermy is a big fan of the burping contests too. ;D
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I'd love video of the high-pitched whale sound! :-O I love amazing whales!
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Forgive me if I'm bumping an old topic.
I haven't had that much interesting behaviours, but I have seen the difference between the 1.0 giggle and the 1.1 giggle, which was a bit of a shame that they changed it.
But, I did get a peculiar moment a while back when Littlefoot saw a little picture of a watercolour painting on the table in front of him, and he actually mooed like a cow at it. It was pretty surreal at the time.
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Isn't it neat when they seem to respond to something.. they do things to surprise you all the time :)
- Sarah