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Okay I'm trying to restrict access to my script so that only the owner can say admin and get the llDialogs() and everyone else gets nothing. I used these to statements

if (llDetectedKey(0) != llGetOwner())
{
	llWhisper(0, "Im Sorry, but you do not have access to this area.");
}

else if (llDetectedKey(0) == llGetOwner())
{
	llDialog()
}

no matter what I do I always get the Access Denied messages.

Thanks in advance ^_^

Instead of using 0, use the result from the touched event. Hope it works.

*plus* you don't really need the if after the else. It's implicit

Hi Nathan,

The llDetectedKey() approach you're trying would be more for triggering the admin dialog by touching the object. If you want to be able to just say "admin" and pop up your dialog, here's one approach with a script that listens on open chat:

key my_owner;

state default {
   
   state_entry() {
      my_owner = llGetOwner();
      llListen( 0, "", NULL_KEY, "" );
   }

   listen( integer channel, string name, key id, string msg ) {
        if ( "admin" == msg ) {
               if ( id == my_owner ) {
                        //
                        // Do admin dialog here
                       //
               } else {
                       //
                       // Tell 'em to get lost here
                       //
               }
        }
   }

}

That snippet assumes your script needs to listen for other stuff too. If you can dedicate a separate script to the admin trigger, it gets easier:

state default {

    state_entry() { llListen( 0, "", llGetOwner(), "admin" ); }
  
    listen( integer channel, string name, key id, string msg ) {
      //
      //   Dialog here
      //
    }

}

This way, all the filtering is done for you; your dialog handler only gets called if it's you using the activation word. The flip side is, your object doesn't even bother to acknowledge anyone else's attempts to gain admin access.

Oh, and if I misunderstood, and you're rather use touch or some other event, pls. repost and we'll see if we can get it ironed out for you.

-- danny d.

You can also set up your listener to only listen to the owner:

llListen(0,"",llGetOwner(),"admin");

... which would be called specifically by the owner when he/she says "admin" on channel zero (local chat). Be careful doing it this way, though, because if it changes ownership, you will have to recreate the listener to the proper owner.

mucho gracias lol

here is what ur scrip should look like for the touch

state default
{
    
        touch_start(integer num_detected)
        {
           
                if (llDetectedKey(0)==llGetOwner())
                {
                      llDialog
                }

                else
               {
                     llSay(0,"blah balh blah");
               }
       }
}

that should work just fine, but if the else dont work try using else if!!!!!!!

It's also a good idea to make the script listen to a different channel than the chat channel, changing the channel to something like 42 versus zero "0" would make it less likely that anyone would see you entering the command, and unless they know what the channel is, there is little chance that anyone would know how to make that work. I use a similar method to this for my lamps.

Feel free to IM me when I am IW and I will give you a demo.