Group touch transparent on/off - help

[Todd Sivith]

I'm having a brain fart on this one.... I'm sure it's just obvious, but I'm tired and just can't see where I made the mistake.  I'm back to SL after about a 10 year hiatus, and trying to pick up the scripting and such again with builds. Help please.  

Trying to make a simple check for group > if in group allow touch to turn object transparent on/off, if not in group doesn't allow touch.

 

key kGroup = llList2Key(llGetObjectDetails(llGetKey(),[OBJECT_GROUP]),0);

default 
{ 
    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {  
        llSetAlpha(0.0, ALL_SIDES); 
        state texture;
    }
    if ( ( kGroup != NULL_KEY) && (llSameGroup(llDetectedKey(0)) )
    {
        Dialog(llDetectedKey(0), MENU1);
    } 
}
state texture
{ 
    touch_start(integer total_number)
    { 
        llSetAlpha(1.0, ALL_SIDES);
        state default;
    }
    if ( ( kGroup != NULL_KEY) && (llSameGroup(llDetectedKey(0)) )
    {
        Dialog(llDetectedKey(0), MENU1);
    } 
}

Edited April 17, 2022 by Todd Sivith
additional info

[Rolig Loon]

I'm assuming that there is more to the script somewhere, like your user-defined function, Dialog() and whatever code you need to activate a comm channel for it.  Leaving that to the side, your problem with the group filter is that the commands for making the object transparent or opaque are outside the test.  You want something like:

key kGroup;

default 
{ 
     state_entry()
     {
          kGroup = llList2Key(llGetObjectDetails(llGetKey(),[OBJECT_GROUP]),0); 
     }

     touch_start(integer total_number)
     {  
         if ( ( kGroup != NULL_KEY) && (llSameGroup(llDetectedKey(0)) )
         {
              llSetAlpha(0.0, ALL_SIDES); 
              Dialog(llDetectedKey(0), MENU1);
              state texture;
         }
     }
}

state texture
{ 
    touch_start(integer total_number)
    { 
         if ( ( kGroup != NULL_KEY) && (llSameGroup(llDetectedKey(0)) )
         {
             llSetAlpha(1.0, ALL_SIDES);
             Dialog(llDetectedKey(0), MENU1);
             state default;
         }
     } 
}

That won't take care of whatever your Dialog function is supposed to do, but it will make your transparency function depend on whether the toucher is a group member. One of the other unresolved questions you might ask yourself is what's going to happen if a group member makes the object transparent and then walks away.  

Edit:  Incidentally, unless you really need it as a facepalm reminder, it's not really necessary to test if (kGroup != NULL_KEY) .  After all, if kGroup == NULL_KEY, then nobody can trigger the transparency change. It's immediately obvious when you set the object up and nothing happens. 😉

Edited April 17, 2022 by Rolig Loon

[Todd Sivith]

Geeze, thank you Rolig.  I had them outside the test 🙃 Thank you so much for your assistance.