llGetNextEmail only works in basic scipts

Hi folks,

I wanted to add an email-receiving functionality to an object...

I first tried out llGetNextEmail with a seperate script, it worked fine! Then I added the same code into my already prepared script of the object and it did not work anymore.

Here's the code of the different scripts:

Basic, testing-only script:

default
{
state_entry()
{

}

touch_start(integer totalnumber)
{
llGetNextEmail("", "";
llSay(0, "check";
}

email(string time, string address, string subj, string message, integer num_left)
{
llSay(0,"mail! " + (string)num_left + " remaining";
}
}

Now the part where I included the same funtionality into my second script, which did not work:

default
{
state_entry()
{
aktStatus = statusStehend;
llSay(0, "Script gestartet";
llSetText("Ich bin ein Demozug! Klick mich an!",<1.0,0.0,0.0>,1.0);
llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, TRUE);
llSetStatus(STATUS_ROTATE_X, FALSE);
llSetStatus(STATUS_ROTATE_Y, FALSE);
llSetStatus(STATUS_BLOCK_GRAB, TRUE);
}

touch_start(integer total_number)
{
llSay(0, "Touched.";
llGetNextEmail("","";
state searching;
}

email(string time, string address, string subj, string message, integer num_left)
{
llSay(0,"mail! " + (string)num_left + " remaining";
}
}

Where is my mistake? email() is never called, even though I sent several mails to the object...

It looks like it's changing to a different state. That would do it.

yeah, but the state change occurs AFTER the mail-check... or is there a timelag in which the script performs the state-change and "forgets" to call email()?

The email even *can't* be called until your touch_start event has ended. However, by the time it finishes, your code is no longer in a state that can handle emails!

I'd put the call to llGetNextEmail in the state_entry event in your searching state, and move the email event there too.

Why are you changing states? You tell it to get the next email, and it starts... then you jump to the next state before your email function can finish and report the email.

If you want a searching state, put the email stuff in that state.

Yep, you have to change states within the email event, after checking the email. Otherwise it'll never get checked, because changing states before the event is resolved clears the event queue.