Need some help with a script for RfL Heroes tribute

Hi everyone, I am pressed for time so need to ask here quickly - does anyone know of a script opensource or commercial that will allow ppl to touch a prim and then 'chat' a name of an avatar that will then be added to floating text above the prim? We want to use it for our tribute to those who have died fighting cancer and in anothe tribute to those who fought and survived or are fighting cancer.

I didn't test this inworld, but TextMate says the syntax is ok...

This script will listen to an AV for 30 seconds after being touched and then add the said Text to the Hovertext of the Prim.

On the first line, you can add a title...

string hoverTitle = "Add a title here";

integer listener;	// Always set up a handler for a listener

string hovertext;
key toucher;

default{
	
	state_entry{
		// We don't do anything here :)
	}
	
	touch_start(integer x)
	{
		toucher = llDetectedKey(0);
		llSay(0, toucher, "Say the name of the person you want to add to the list. You've got 30 seconds to add a name.");
		listener = llListen(0, "", toucher, "");
		llSetTimerEvent(30);
	}
}

	listen(integer chan, string name, key id, string msg)
	{
		if(chan == 0 && id == toucher){
			hovertext += message + "\n";
			llSetText(hoverTitle + "\n"+ hovertext, <255, 255, 255>, 1.0);
 		}
 	}

	timer(){
		llSetTimerEvent(0);
		llListenRemove(listener);
	}
}

Just remember that hovertext is limited to 255 charecters

Thanks Haruki, I've got it down to the following changes as SL gave me some errors:

string hoverTitle = "Fallen Heroes:";

integer listener;	// Always set up a handler for a listener

string hovertext;
string message;
key toucher;

default
	{
	
	state_entry()
	{
	}
		// We don't do anything here :
	touch_start(integer x)
	{
		toucher = llDetectedKey(0);
		llSay(0, "Say the name of the person you want to add to the list. You've got 30 seconds to add a name.");
		listener = llListen(0, "", toucher, "");
		llSetTimerEvent(30);
	}

	listen(integer chan, string name, key id, string msg)
	{
		if(chan == 0 && id == toucher){
			hovertext += message + "\n";
			llSetText(hoverTitle + "\n"+ hovertext, <255, 255, 255>, 1.0);
	}
}
	timer()
	{
		llSetTimerEvent(0);
		llListenRemove(listener);
	}
}

The problem I have is that the script does not add the given text that the toucher has 'chatted' to the prim. Am I missing something fundamental in line 24 to 28?

Thanks for the warning, Beverly, I'll keep that in mind. Might be a squeeze, but without web to SL facilities to media stream something it becomes darn hard to do this any other way for me in my basic understanding of lsl

Replace:

hovertext += message + "\n";

With:

hovertext += msg + "\n";

"msg" contains the stuff spoken in chat, that's sent in to the listen event. "message" is a string variable you've defined up at the top of the script, that doesn't contain anything. So the script in its current form adds an empty string to the hover text, which gives you the effect you're seeing.

You can delete the:

string message;

Near the top of the script, it won't serve any purpose after this change.

Disclaimer - not in-world, can't test.

Hi Ziggy, yes I missed something THAT obvious - /me hangs head in shame...

In honour of you all who helped me, this is the completed script (mostly Haruki's work), a nice touch-the-prim-to-add-text-through-chat-to-its-floating-text thingy - I use it to put some names down for those who have died to cancer in our SL groups, to honor them on the Bishara Resorts parcel on the Heroes sims for the RfL Relay events on the 19th and 20th of this month. So many thanks to you all for the help.

string hoverTitle = "Fallen Heroes:";

integer listener;	// Always set up a handler for a listener

string hovertext;
key toucher;

default
	{
	
	state_entry()
	{
	}
		// We don't do anything here :
	touch_start(integer x)
	{
		toucher = llDetectedKey(0);
		llSay(0, "Say the name of the person you want to add to the list. You've got 30 seconds to add a name.");
		listener = llListen(0, "", toucher, "");
		llSetTimerEvent(30);
	}

	listen(integer chan, string name, key id, string msg)
	{
		if(chan == 0 && id == toucher){
			hovertext += msg + "\n";
			llSetText(hoverTitle + "\n"+ hovertext, <255, 255, 255>, 1.0);
	}
}
	timer()
	{
		llSetTimerEvent(0);
		llListenRemove(listener);
	}
}

Heh, I had to look at it for a few minutes too because at first everything looked right