Chat to Channel 1

[EnCore Mayne]

i run Francis Chung's Franimation AO. by manually chatting into channel 1, as such: "/1 ao off" or "/1 ao on" i can toggle its status. all good and fine BUT i'd like to script a HUD that automates the manual input. unfortunately, the llSay(1,"ao off"); from the HUD touch event does nothing. i've tried llRegionSay, and llOwnerSay, and llInstantMessage to no avail.

is there a code i can invoke that will simulate the manual chat?

[Mollymews]

try llSay(0,  "/1 ao on")

[EnCore Mayne]

tried...failed

[Mollymews]

1 minute ago, EnCore Mayne said:

tried...failed

sorry about that

i forgot that a scripted object can't listen to itself

a way might be to trigger it with a gesture

[EnCore Mayne]

well, the whole point in making the HUD was so i could toggle the ao on and off with a mouse click. i suppose a single keystroke pair might suffice tho. i'll try that if i can't get anything to speak to the ao script.

i went into the ao script and it's way too complicated for me to discern what is going on, especially when its listen event to turn it on and off has this integer listenRelay = 0x80000000; for the listen channel.

[Mollymews]

a quick hack of the Franimation script

replace the touch_start code with this, which is copypasta from code in listen event. I haven't tested it but hopefully should be ok fingers crossed

touch_start(integer num)
{
   if (animOverrideOn)
   { // turn it off
     llSetTimerEvent( 0 );
     animOverrideOn = FALSE;
     startNewAnimation( "", noAnimIndex, lastAnimState );
     llInstantMessage( llGetOwner(), "Franimation override off." );  
   }
   else
   {  // turn it on
     llSetTimerEvent( timerEventLength );
     animOverrideOn = TRUE;
     if( gotPermission )
        animOverride();
     llInstantMessage( llGetOwner(), "Franimation override on." );
   }
}

edit add:

am assuming we are talking about this script here:

https://www.outworldz.com/cgi/freescripts.plx?ID=46

 

Edited June 8, 2020 by Mollymews

[Nova Convair]

Gestures will work, just define 2 for on and of and assign them to keys

The AO most probably filters by the owners uuid. In this case a scripted object doesn't have your uuid and can't send commands to the AO.

If the AO script is no mod it can be changed to listen to you and your objects.

[EnCore Mayne]

44 minutes ago, Mollymews said:

a quick hack of the Franimation script

replace the touch_start code with this, which is copypasta from code in listen event. I haven't tested it but hopefully should be ok fingers crossed

touch_start(integer num)
{
   if (animOverrideOn)
   { // turn it off
     llSetTimerEvent( 0 );
     animOverrideOn = FALSE;
     startNewAnimation( "", noAnimIndex, lastAnimState );
     llInstantMessage( llGetOwner(), "Franimation override off." );  
   }
   else
   {  // turn it on
     llSetTimerEvent( timerEventLength );
     animOverrideOn = TRUE;
     if( gotPermission )
        animOverride();
     llInstantMessage( llGetOwner(), "Franimation override on." );
   }
}

edit add:

am assuming we are talking about this script here:

https://www.outworldz.com/cgi/freescripts.plx?ID=46

 

perfect! works a charm.

[Wulfie Reanimator]

3 hours ago, EnCore Mayne said:

unfortunately, the llSay(1,"ao off"); from the HUD touch event does nothing. i've tried llRegionSay, and llOwnerSay, and llInstantMessage to no avail

This would hint to the AO listening only to the avatar. Eg. llListen(llGetOwner);

Gestures are your only option unless you can change the AO script.