[General Questions and Answers] Azoth's Shadow_386:
PET ideas, implementation, battle execution, ect. :)

Hiya, im loving this idea and yeah its one of those things you think of when you actually play the MMBN series. Its given me a spark for an idea of how to develop the practical side and possibly a start to the battling aspect of the PET program or OS.

It came to me when i was looking at the post that briefly mentioned chip data, and how they suggested no physical chips. I dunno i love the idea of digital chip data, don't get me wrong, but i like having a physical copy of the chip data in case something goes wrong. Plus it would help make the idea feel that more marketable, whole companies would eventually spring up to offer better chips to the consumer. Yeah we could have digital as well, but physical copies are also good as well. I wouldn't mind holding physical chips as well, as storing all the chip data on the PET would take away from what we could load on it, since the big thing is a PET is basically a handheld computer with the Navi being the OS for it.

The way chip data works to me is that the chips program is in the chip, and then you put the chip in and it copies the data from the chip and then spits the chip back out. The chip data would only give enough data for a single use unless the chip can offer otherwise. But i'm thinking that to speed up the use, you use the chip and then later on plug the chip in back home and a code in the chip would refresh the chip data. You can preload your chip data into your Navi, and you always have these, but you have a limited amount of space within the OS for the chips, like since the chip data will more than likely be small... 50MB like in game? This can be practical and entertainment use, entertainment especially.

Now here is how i would execute the obvious practical use for the PET, virus busting and system repair. You can connect your PET (lets think of the basic model PET from BN1 for now) to a hard drive and your Avatar (kinda like an Xbox one) will have a few basic functions that it can do within the system. Log into the systems connected network, operate the system and its programs as the OS itself, scan the hard drive for infections and other things you want it to look for, and act as anti-virus software and system repair.

The way it acts as anti-virus software and system repair is maybe a bit like this (hypothetically speaking):

The PET logs into an infected system, and depending on the threat and severity of the virus, it will either be able to dispatch it with the pre programmed chip data on hand, or require a quarantine and additional chip data to eliminate and prevent further spread of that particular infection. To make this a bit easier, the PET will make the system network into a sort of 3D environment and everything in it as well. Your Avatar fights in the 3D perspective against the virus/infection. Say we have an Adware that has been programmed to roothook into system 32 files to help prevent deletion and enhance chances of prolonged survival for the virus, since its roothooked, you delete one you will make more within the system 32 files cause that is sort of what a roothook is. (Will survive in the hook as far as im aware.) So your Avatar will determine this and quarantine it to prevent the spread of the infection before working to delete it. Once the quarantine is up, it will attack the virus. You could program it with certain anti-viral attacks, such as a cannon that shoots an anti-viral spread at it or slash it with a sword composed of pure anti-viral data to infect the virus with anti-viral. Tactical chips that everyone knows such as Area Steal will help you evade virus infection as you fight it by shifting your position away by maybe a few kilobyte spaces or fragments if your system is a bit fragmented (More if needed but we will see.) Once you delete the infection, any damage done by it or you during the battle can be repaired by healing data (would need to be coded but possible) that is adaptable to its environment. Pretty much by this, when it attaches itself to a damaged program or portion of the system, it will tell the system to perform its basic functions and more if needed, and the healing data will mold itself to the damaged system to make sure it can perform its basic functions until more through repairs can be done. Its a temporary fix for systems and such, but it would allow for a longer time between repairs if needed.

I dunno, maybe a bit far fetched but i like it. It feels and sounds possible, we just need to get the coding for it figured out. :) One thing i know we will have to do to make sure this is all possible, no more easy coding. We will have to write everything we are writing now, in a shorter code or more compressed. It will take longer, but we need to show what a serious idea this is.

One main thing i know we will need to figure out, what kind of code are we wanting to write it for? I know some people were talking about Java but we might want to do other codes in time too. Java's a good start but we should also consider writing it for other systems as well to make it feel as big as it is. Yeah some of the tech is a while away but we can do it, this could be the start of a new age. One that might actually bring people together better. It will have its issues, but what doesn't? We can do this, im taking computer classes next semester and i want to see about writing code so i can help contribute, but i might grab a code writing program to give myself an idea since i might be messing with the coding of small arduino projects to get a feel for it. :)

Yes this may not happen exactly like it or even this same idea, but i know something like it will happen soon. Im hoping this will inspire others to post their ideas too. Nothing is impossible, everything is possible. :) Live it.