Help: Dropbox that IMs and/or Give Item(s) to avatar that drops a notecard (without touching box)

[Wrenaria Antiesse]

I'm a total scripting newb, but I am trying to learn, so please bear with me.

I would like to have two separate dropbox scripts that do similar things....

- a dropbox script that will IM the avatar when they drop a notecard into the box. (I am not sure how to get the script to identify the avatar for the IM without the avatar actually touching the box. I don't want to use say or whisper because I don't want other avatars spammed with the message during the activity that it is for.)

- a dropbox script that gives the avatar an object when they drop a notecard into the box (also without having to touch the box).

This is what I've come up with so far. Scripting makes me feel stupid(er). Hopefully what I've started with is not completely incompetent. I am truly sorry if it is.

 

default
{
    state_entry()
    {  
    llAllowInventoryDrop(TRUE);
    }
    changed(integer mask)
    {
    if(mask & (CHANGED_ALLOWED_DROP | CHANGED_INVENTORY))

        llInstantMessage(llDetectedKey(0), "Thank you for submitting your notecard. Blah, blah, blah. These are words.");
    }
touch_start(integer total_number) {

        llInstantMessage(llDetectedKey(0),"Please drop your completed notecard here...");
} 
    }

 

[DoteDote Edison]

There's no reliable way to do either. Once an item is dropped into another avatar's "dropbox" object, it immediately becomes owned by the owner of the dropbox. The best you can do is "llGetInventoryCreator()", but it can be difficult even to know which inventory item was most recently added... and the creator isn't always the person doing the dropping.

[Void Singer]

with prior interaction you can identify the dropper, mostly by only enabling the ability for a limited time by request.

other methods would be to hand off a drop box that only works for that avatar, and sends the items to the main.

[Wrenaria Antiesse]

Well on one hand, that's frustrating. On the other, I'm glad to learn I'm not just overlooking some easy fix.

Thanks for your reply.

[Wrenaria Antiesse]

"with prior interaction you can identify the dropper, mostly by only enabling the ability for a limited time by request"

I'm unclear what you mean here. I am assuming "prior interaction" would be touching the object. It's the rest of it that has me scratching my head...

A personal dropbox that speaks to the main could work. I hadn't thought of that. Not exactly ideal, but a decent alternate plan if I can't work out a more eloquent fix.

Thanks for the advice, Void.

[Wrenaria Antiesse]

Do you think it would it be possible to detect and IM an avatar that was standing on the dropbox? Perhaps make it have a large enough base to accomodate the dropper with some sort of collision detection involved? Or am I getting too outside the box on that one?

[Void Singer]

a touch, a collision, a listen, anything that might give the receiving object notice of who wanted to drop somthing in... for instance you could make them stand or sit on a particular prim, type a trigger command, etc, etc.

[DoteDote Edison]

With most dropbox solutions, a problem will occur if more than one avatar tries to drop at the same time. The script can't control who is allowed to drop, so it will be possible for one avatar to initiate the process, while another drops an item into the box. You also need to clean the box to keep the contents from filling to a limit.

Since you're requesting notecards, I assume the notecard can be named by the user. When an avatar interacts, either by touch, scan, chat, or collision, send the avatar an IM with a random code and brief instructions. The user renames the notecard by copy/pasting the code. At that point, you have a list of users in your script with associated codes. When an item is dropped, you can call for it by name and process with minimal effort. Clear the name and code from the list. You can also crosscheck the list in case an avatar is detected or touches multiple times before dropping a notecard.

[Wrenaria Antiesse]

Thanks to you both. This has been incredibly helpful in pointing me the right direction.