titler problem : stuck with channels...

hi all,

i recently attempted to script a flip titler for myself and a friend to use in an RP enviroment. I got the flip titler to work fine for me but I've run into a problem. After giving my friend a copy, whenever I change my title via the channel of /20 the same change occurs on my friends titler.

the question im asking is how do you use channels on an object but keep them private so they don't change other scripts in this case, the titler i scripted.

thanks in advance for any help you all can give

byeeee

Could you make the llListen command only listen for messages from the owner?

Something vaguely like:
llListen( 20, "", llGetOwner(), "" );

I'll give that a try, thanks for the reply ^^

also, toss an llResetScript() into an on_rez() event so that when you give a copy to your friend, the script resets. Otherwise, the script will still think you're the owner (and thus respond to your chats) despite your friend now owning the object.

okie the issue now is that when the small tagger i added to the script, so that others can input a tag line on another new line isnt working

if one flipper sends a message on channel 20 to change the tag string on the target flipper nothing happens

That's cos you've just told it to listen only to the owner, because you didn't want to change your friend's title by accident. Scripts need telling when they're supposed to be listening only to you and when they're supposed to be listening to anyone.

There's several ways to do it. Try something like this, which uses your initials to identify you if necessary. You, and only you, can change your title (and not anyone else's) just by saying /20 new title. Everyone else has to say, /20 kd new title (or /20KDnew title -- it's not case sensitive and it'll ignore spaces between your initials and the title).

string prefix;
string title;

default {
	
	state_entry() {
		string owner_name = llKey2Name(llGetOwner());
		string first_name = llList2String(llParseString2List(owner_name,[" "],[]),0);
		string last_name =  llList2String(llParseString2List(owner_name,[" "],[]),1);
		prefix = llToLower(llGetSubString(first_name,0,0))+llToLower(llGetSubString(last_name,0,0);
		llListen(20,"","","");
		
	}
	
	listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string msg) {
		
                msg = llStringTrim(msg,STRING_TRIM);
		if(id==llGetOwner()||llToLower(llGetSubString(msg,0,1))==prefix){
		if(id==llGetOwner()){
			title = msg;
			}
		else if (llToLower(llGetSubString(msg,0,1))==prefix){
			title = llStringTrim(llDeleteSubString(msg,0,1),STRING_TRIM);
			}
		llSetText(title,<1.0,0.0,0.0>, 1.0);
		}
		
	}
	
	on_rez(integer start_param) {
		llResetScript();
	}
	
}

(quote me if necessary to get it to indent properly, and ignore the php tags if they display for you). So you say /20 new title to change your title and /20 iz new title to change mine. And I say /20 new title to to change mine and /20kd new title to change yours.

I've not tested it but I think it should be OK.

Use a random function or derive a number from the key. I scripted one of those titlers that prompts anyone around it (except for the owner) to say a new title on a certain channel, then to keep things even more variable I change the channel number for next time.

A bunch of kid avatars with that titler all using it and no conflicts. IM me inworld if you want the code.