Conference Chat trigger

[Whystler]

hey hey

I've asked a couple of coder friends so far, and the answer to this question seems like it could be bleak.  But I thought I might have one last crack at it here.

Do you think it would be possible for a script in an object to add people to an IM conference as they sit on the object?  And if not, is there anything coming down the pipeline in updates that would allow this to happen?

[Rolig Loon]

Nope. There are no LSL functions that you can use to do that.  You can try requesting a new feature, but that's a pretty long pipeline.

[Quistess Alpha]

2 hours ago, Whystler said:

Do you think it would be possible for a script in an object to add people to an IM conference as they sit on the object?  And if not, is there anything coming down the pipeline in updates that would allow this to happen?

This sounds to me like a classic case of confusing mechanism and intent. As @Rolig Loon says, there's no way for scripts to interact with the IM or conference call systems, but there are various ways to implement a private conversation between people who are sitting on the same object.

Edited July 13 by Quistess Alpha

[Whystler]

The intent is to create a situation where several people can sit on a furniture and chat in an easy familiar way.

I have seen a couple of scripts in the marketplace that I would look at more as workarounds than ideal.

There is one script that allows people to use a command, such as  /3 "followed by message" , and the message is only broadcast within the area set by the parameters of the script.  This is probably the most useful of anything I've found, but are left with the issue of people having to type /3 for their message.  I feel that it would be easy to lose ourselves in what we are used to, and often enough forget to use the /3.

I really appreciate the confirmation you've both given that it isn't possible to do that directly.  It matches the opinions of two of my friends.

I would be interested to hear ideas that might be more convenient from folks like you who know what they're doing.  At the moment, opening a conference chat seems like the most straightforward idea , except for the fact it can't be done haha.

[Quistess Alpha]

23 minutes ago, Whystler said:

the issue of people having to type /3 for their message.

The two most feasible solutions to that which come immediately to my mind are:

1. Use RLV to redirect the participants' chat automatically (requires the participants to have RLV enabled and be wearing a RLV relay, or possibly accept some sort of enabling HUD)
2. Open a llTextBox() for the participants to type in. (somewhat less convenient than normal chat)

ETA: Firestorm lets you change the default channel for messages typed in the chat window: "preferences -> chat -> firestorm -> show channel selection in chat bar"

Edited July 13 by Quistess Alpha

[Qie Niangao]

This would be a project fraught with potential gotchas, but we could imagine replacing the IM communications with an HTTP server script running in the object, that pushes some javascript chat UI to the sitter's choice of browser (or, for extra challenge, in a temp-attached MoaP HUD). Even if it all worked perfectly, though, I'm not sure it could be made convenient enough to appeal to end users…

… although the Combat folks might like this. In fact, do they have something like it already that could be stolen for this? Or do they just use group IMs?

[Rolig Loon]

3 minutes ago, Qie Niangao said:

… although the Combat folks might like this. In fact, do they have something like it already that could be stolen for this? Or do they just use group IMs?

I was under the impression that they just use Discord.  That's by far the easiest solution.

Edited July 13 by Rolig Loon

[SeanMcDonald]

3 hours ago, Qie Niangao said:

Combat folks might like this. In fact, do they have something like it already that could be stolen for this? Or do they just use group IMs?

Doesn't Seanchai have something similar for cross-grid comms when they simulcast their events in SL and Kitely?