ricjhill/ScriptHelper

Window based movie scriptwriting tool using GPT

ScriptHelper001

Window based movie scriptwriting tool using GPT. This is a quick update of the tool built by Jim Rutt and described in his podcast https://www.jimruttshow.com/. When I went to look for ScriptHelper001, it was deleted from his GitRepo but I was able to find a fork and get it running.

Before starting

Install

• Git
• Visual Studio Code

Steps

1. Download C# and DotNet dependencies

   • https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/sdk-8.0.204-windows-x64-installer
   • https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/thank-you/net481-developer-pack-offline-installer
   • https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csdevkit

2. Set up and fund an OpenAPI account

   • https://platform.openai.com/docs/overview

3. Create an API key

   • https://platform.openai.com/api-keys

4. Set up authentication

   • Create a file called ./openai in the project root dir and paste the key there.
   • https://github.com/OkGoDoIt/OpenAI-API-dotnet?tab=readme-ov-file#authentication

Useful links

• https://rogerpincombe.com/openai-dotnet-api
• https://medium.com/@memetic007/scripthelper-001-an-experimental-gpt-4-based-movie-script-writing-program-c755faab46b8

Important Note about C# OpenAI-API-dotnet Library from Mr Rutt

For long running processes (pretty much anything running in GPT-4 mode), the NuGet version 1.7.2 of the library will timeout after 100 seconds. The library doesn't offer a way to set the timeout. I have modified the library to increase the timeout to 1000 seconds. That is a quick and dirty hack, but it works. I have uploaded my modified version as OpenAI_API.dll into the project. DO NOT use the NuGet version until they fix the problem. There is a github issue open on the problem. You can monitor it to see if and when they fix it: OkGoDoIt/OpenAI-API-dotnet#102