Listen channel question..

Hi.
I have a script that will hide/show an item when a voice command is used. It only works on Channel 0. I want to change it to another channel so the chat is not out loud when I make it appear/vanish.

Here is the script:



I changed the 0 in this string: llListen(0,"",llGetOwner(),""; but it didn't work.

Obviously I am a scripting noob. Can someone please tell me how to get this to work?

Thanks for reading.

Changing the zero is the correct thing to do, i think the confusion maybe over what you then type for the command.

For example if you change the 0 to 99, then as the script stands you would have to type

/99 /Hide or /99 /Show.

to get rid of having to use the second / remove it from the listen commands

eg change

if( message == "/Hide" ) to if( message == "Hide" )

and

if( message == "/Show" ) to if( message == "Show" )

then you would only need to type /99 Hide and /99 Show

Hope this helps.

As well as changing the zero in "llListen(0,"",llGetOwner(),"";" to the channel number that you wish to use, also remove the slash "/" characters in front of the words "Hide" and "Show" in the lines "if( message == "/Hide" )" and "if( message == "/Show" )" respectively

integer ChannelNumber = 123;

default
{
state_entry()
{ 
llListen(ChannelNumber,"",llGetOwner(),"");
llSetAlpha(0.0,ALL_SIDES);
llSetStatus(STATUS_PHANTOM,TRUE);
}
on_rez(integer sp)
{
llResetScript();
}

listen( integer channel, string name, key id, string message )
{
if( message == "Hide" )
{
llSetStatus(STATUS_PHANTOM, TRUE);
//llWhisper(0,"Cloaking");
llSetAlpha(0,ALL_SIDES);
llPlaySound("sound1", 1);
}
if( message == "Show" )
{
llSetStatus(STATUS_PHANTOM, FALSE);
llSetAlpha(1,ALL_SIDES);
llPlaySound("sound2", 1);
}
}
}

EDIT: What Beverly said while I was typing

Thank you both so much!

I will try that right away. I appreciate your help.

I have a very similar question, so similar I though it best I post here instead of in a completely new thread.

I have a script listening on a specific channel. I want to make it so the channel on which the device listens can be changed if it conflicts with another object.

At the moment you can select the object, display a dialog, tell it to lower the channel and go to the correct bit of the script that should change the integer but no matter what I do it will not change and it keeps listening on the same channel. I would also like it to say in chat what the new channel is after it has been changed.

I have copied what I think are the important bits out of the script below.


integer chatchan = 97;

default
{
state_entry()
{
llListen(chatchan, "", NULL_KEY, "";
}

listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
{
if (message=="down"
{
llSay(0, "Down selected.";
chatchan - 1;
}
}
}

chatchan - 1; //not right

chatchan--; //should work

and in fact this is what you need to do in your listen event:

listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
{
if (message=="down"
{
llSay(0, "Down selected.";

//Remove the old listen
llListenRemove(chatchan);

//Decrease the channel number
chatchan--;

// and start a new listen
llListen(chatchan, "", NULL_KEY, "";

}
}

llListenRemove() takes a listen handle, not the channel you were listening to. You need to either switch states (to automatically end all listens), or introduce another variable:

integer chatchan = 97;
integer listenHandle = 0;

default
{
   state_entry()
   {
      listenHandle = llListen(chatchan, "", NULL_KEY, "");
   }

   listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
   {
      if (message=="down")
      {
         --chatchan;
         llSay(0, "Down selected.  New channel is "+(string)chatchan);

         llListenRemove(listenHandle);
         listenHandle = llListen(chatchan, "", NULL_KEY, "");
      }
   }
}

You are right of course. That will teach me not to fire off code without checking it.