CHIME SCRIPT

[CyberSpyder Swords]

Hello all and thank you for looking,

 

I have just recently started to build in SL and have been looking at scripts trying to see what i can learn.  I have built a really unique grandfather clock in world and it already has a clock script (not a pim script for each individual hand).  My question is this,  all i want to do is have the clock chime on each hour with the correct chimes per hour. I have the 12 sound files and i just need the script to sync with the owners time zone and chime accordingly.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

CyberSpyder Swords

[Rolig Loon]

There are several very nice clock scripts in SL that have chimes as well.  Beverly Larkin wrote one a long time ago that has been modified by several people, including Ceera Murikami.  This forum really isn't the best place to come looking for a script, because we're really here as scripters to share ideas and help each other learn more skills. I can't find a link to Beverly/Ceera's script offhand, but if you do a deep search for it, I'm sure you can turn it up.  Start looking in the old library archives >>> http://community.secondlife.com/t5/LSL-Library/Tip-Don-t-forget-we-have-a-large-archived-Scripting-Library/td-p/700711 .

[Innula Zenovka]

Ceera's is at http://forums-archive.secondlife.com/54/3a/234842/1.html

I know this only because I was recently very pleasantly surprised to learn that Mssrs Google finally seem to be able to find their way round the old archives.

[CyberSpyder Swords]

Thanks for your reply,  i had looked over Ceera's clock script before and although it's very well thought out, it's not exactly what i'm looking for.  I just need thescript to get the owners local time, and chime on the hour with the 12 different sound files. It doesn't need to tell time or even be linked to the clock hands. I have found several clock scripts out there, but none that allow for different sounds specified by the hour of the day.

 

I will keep looking and reading and reverse engineering though to see what i can come up with.

 

Thanks Again

CyberSpyder Swords

[CyberSpyder Swords]

Thanks for your reply.  I did find Ceera's script and looked it over, but it's not exactly what i'm looking for. I just need a script to read the time and play a sound on the hour. It doesn't need to tell time, just play a specific sound at the right time. 

 

Thanks again

CyberSpyder Swords

[Rolig Loon]

Oh, well, modifying Ceera's script to do just  that should be quite simple.  She already has the functions set to preload and then play the sound files.  All you have to do is specify a different one of your 12 sound files for each hour, triggered by the calculated hour.  The only mildly difficult part -- calculating the time correctly -- is already in the script. You can easily remove the few lines and the companion scripts that move the hands of the clock.

[Innula Zenovka]

In that case, I'd start by looking at the user function at http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlGetGMTclock

That turns the time into strings, but it shows you how to do the calculations to turn the GMT clock time into hours and minutes, allowing for local time zones, so you can adapt that reasonably simply, I think.

I would then have it calculate how long it is until the next top of the hour, and set a timer event to fire then.   In the timer event, I would check what o'clock it was, use that to set the initial value of integer oClock and then use that to look up in a list what sound to play, and play it.  

Then I'd move to state running, where I'd set a timer event for an hour hence in state entry.   Then just advance oClock by one every hour and play the right sound, resetting to 0 after midnight.

[Void Singer]

ever looks at code you wrote and have no memory of writting it but instantly recognize it?

here's a little help for the OP

integer gIntHrs;default{    state_entry(){        llSetTimerEvent( 30.0 );    }        timer(){        if ((gIntHrs = (llGetUnixTime() % 86400) / 3600) != gIntHrs){            //-- hour changed        }    }}

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I rather suspected it was your code, Void!   Can't think why...

[Void Singer]

oh I dunno, could be the comment formatting or the naming convention, but the teltale for me was the leading "f" for a function name instead of "u".... because I swapped those up for readability years ago.

[CyberSpyder Swords]

Now that i take a closer look at it you're right. I will pick it apart and see what i can come up with..

 

Thanks

CyberSpyder Swords

[CyberSpyder Swords]

Ahhhh now that is more of what i was looking for. A way to get the local time per user time zone and trigger an event accordingly. 

 

Thanks, you guys have lead me to the water now it's up to me to drink it :-)

 

Thanks,

CyberSpyder Swords

[CyberSpyder Swords]

Thanks, this helps me a lot. I have never scripted before and now that i'm learning the basics it's just a matter of trial and error.

 

Thanks,

CyberSpyder Swords