Why can I not get the Parcels Avatar name when using llGetParcelDetails

[jak Scribe]

I am on a sandbox and I tried this script:

list landdetails = llGetParcelDetails( llGetPos(),[PARCEL_DETAILS_OWNER] );

key landownerid = llList2String(landdetails,0);

llOwnerSay(landownerid);  //>>>>>>>>>> displays the avatars key

string avatarname = llKey2Name(landownerid);

llOwnerSay("avatarname: ("+avatarname+")");  //>>>>>>>>>> Displays "avatarname: ()"

Any idea why it is not showing the avatars name??

The key is the correct key as I have the Owner on my Friends list and its the same key as in thier Profile.

 

 

 

[Rolig Loon]

llKey2Name will only work if the avatar is on the region at the time.  Otherwise, you have to use llRequestAgentData to get DATA_NAME.

[jak Scribe]

Thanks  again Rolig 😁

I realise now that I have always used llKey2Name when an Avatar was in the Region !

[Quistess Alpha]

if it's for saying / ownerSaying you can convert the key to a SLURL like secondlife:///app/agent/<key>/inspect which is often more useful than just their name.

[Bleuhazenfurfle]

there's also llRequestUsername / llRequestDisplayName…  it's be a dataserver request in either case, if they're not present on the sim.

llRequestUsername will give you cannonical name (lower-case with a dot, and no "resident"), while DATA_NAME gives you legacy name (proper cased with a space, with "Resident").

Keeping both in mind lets you select which form you want.  Both use a dataserver response.

[jak Scribe]

Thank you all for your help.

I am using llRequestAgentData and it works perfectly