Floating text showing active pose

I have a poseball with multiple poses and a script that change the poses everytime you "touch" it. Could anyone please help me figure out how to add a floating text, showing which pose that it active, and that is hidden when posesball is in use???

llSetText() is the command for your hover text.

Somewhere in the script it will have llStartAnimation( and something or another in the bracket. That thing will be the name of the animation it's about to play. It might well be something like llList2String(animations, i) or llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, i) or currentAnim or a variety of such things. I will, for the sake of clarity call it X.

If, on the very you put in llSetText(X, <1.0, 1.0, 1.0>, 1.0);

You'll get the right impact. If the script is no copy, no mod you're in a much worse place, so try that one first.

Thank you for the help.
I dont know if I understood it correct, but i get errors compiling.
I did it like this:

llStartAnimation(llSetText(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0)),<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0);
curAnim = 0;

Could someone please look at it and tell me what I do wrong???

The functions you're trying to use do two different things (one plays animation, the other displays text) so they need to be invoked separately rather than in single line like that

llStartAnimation( llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0) );
llSetText( llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0), <1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0 );

or perhaps to save some work:

string animation = llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0);
llStartAnimation( animation );
llSetText( animation, <1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0 );

Thank you, its show the name now, but it doesnt change when I touch it and change pose.
Could it be I have it in the wrong place in the script??

And another thing, it doesnt go away when I use sit on it.

It's possible, the way it's now the text only changes after someone is actually sitting on the stand and being animated. To have text change when you touch the stand it could be probably put instead in the touch_start() event, but without script source it's hard to tell.

To get the text disappear use the llSetText() function with empty string i.e. "" put in place of text to display.

Ok, Im officially lost.
Here is the whole script, please help:

vector Angle = <0,-90,0>; //Enter a vector rotation for the sit...
vector SitLoc = <-1.3,0,-0.5>; //This is the sitTarget positioning... CANNOT EQUAL 0
string LoadText = "Sit"; // The text you want to show when the object loads...
string Context = "Sit"; //The text you want in the context menu...

//Globals!! WOOO!!
key user;
list animations;
integer animNum;
integer nextAnim = 1;
integer curAnim = 0;

//This part dynamically gathers all of the animations you've placed in the object for usage later...
initialize()
{
integer x;
list oldAnim;
animNum = llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_ANIMATION);
for (x = 0; x < animNum; x++)
{
animations = oldAnim + [x];
oldAnim = animations;
}
}

default
{
state_entry()
{
initialize();
//For easy rotation in the llSitTarger enter the vector rotation below..
vector eul = Angle; //45 degrees around the z-axis, in Euler form..
eul *= DEG_TO_RAD; //convert to radians...
rotation quat = llEuler2Rot( eul ); //convert to quaternion...
llSay(0, LoadText);
//Text it says under the context menu...
llSetSitText(Context);
//Adjust the positioning of the user while siting... also need for llAvatarOnSit... if this value is equal to 0, it doesn't work, so set it to make it look right for your object
llSitTarget(SitLoc, quat);
}
touch_start(integer num_detected)
{
if (user = llAvatarOnSitTarget())
{
if (animNum > 1)
{
llStopAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, curAnim));
llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, nextAnim));
curAnim = nextAnim;
if (nextAnim < (animNum - 1))
{
nextAnim++;
}
else
{
nextAnim = 0;
}
}
}
}
changed(integer change)
{
//If the user sits on the object...
if (change & CHANGED_LINK)
{
user = llAvatarOnSitTarget();
if (user)
{
llRequestPermissions(user, PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION);
}
else
{
llStopAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0));
}
}
}
run_time_permissions(integer perm)
{
if (perm)
{
llStopAnimation("sit";
//This starts the first animation...
llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0));
curAnim = 0;
llSetText(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION,0),<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0);
}
}
}

This was wrong : if(user = llAvatarOnSitTarget())
should be: if(user == llAvatarOnSitTarget())

Same thing catchs me every now and then

vector Angle = <0,-90,0>; //Enter a vector rotation for the sit...
vector SitLoc = <-1.3,0,-0.5>; //This is the sitTarget positioning... CANNOT EQUAL 0
string LoadText = "Sit"; // The text you want to show when the object loads...
string Context = "Sit"; //The text you want in the context menu...

//Globals!! WOOO!!
key user;
list animations;
integer animNum;
integer nextAnim = 1;
integer curAnim = 0;

//This part dynamically gathers all of the animations you've placed in the object for usage later...
initialize(){
	integer x;
	list oldAnim;
	animNum = llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_ANIMATION);
	for (x = 0; x < animNum; x++){
		animations = oldAnim + [x];
		oldAnim = animations;
	}
}

default{ 
	state_entry(){
		initialize();
		//For easy rotation in the llSitTarger enter the vector rotation below..
		vector eul = Angle; //45 degrees around the z-axis, in Euler form.. 
		eul *= DEG_TO_RAD; //convert to radians...
		rotation quat = llEuler2Rot( eul ); //convert to quaternion... 
		llSay(0, LoadText);
		//Text it says under the context menu...
		llSetSitText(Context);
		//Adjust the positioning of the user while siting... also need for llAvatarOnSit... if this value is equal to 0, it doesn't work, so set it to make it look right for your object
		llSitTarget(SitLoc, quat);
	} 
	touch_start(integer num_detected){
		if(user == llAvatarOnSitTarget()){
			if (animNum > 1){
				llStopAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, curAnim));
				llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, nextAnim));
				curAnim = nextAnim;
				if (nextAnim < (animNum - 1)){
					nextAnim++;
				}
				else{
					nextAnim = 0;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	changed(integer change){ 
		//If the user sits on the object...
		if (change & CHANGED_LINK){
			user = llAvatarOnSitTarget();
			if (user){
				llRequestPermissions(user, PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION);
			}
			else{
				llStopAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0));
			}
		} 
	} 
	run_time_permissions(integer perm){
		if (perm){
			llStopAnimation("sit");
			//This starts the first animation...
			llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0));
			curAnim = 0;
			llSetText(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION,0 ),<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0);
		}
	}
}

Since SL is down and the blog is closed, I'll just add a comment here saying that instead of this..

llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0)); 
curAnim = 0; 
llSetText(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0),<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0); 

...it's probably better practice to do this...

string animation = llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0);
llStartAnimation(animation); 
curAnim = 0; 
llSetText(animation,<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0); 

Sorry Jesse, but dont think thats it. There is no change when doing like you said

I hadn't tried it in world, just ran it through a compiler and found that error. By calling get inventory animations 0, you were only telling it to set the text of the first animation in inventory. It works now. When you post a script here it is much easier to read if you read the stickie on top of wiki and see how to use PHP & /PHP inside brackets to designate it as a script. Welcome to the world of late nights, frustration & fun!!!!

vector Angle = <0,-90,0>; //Enter a vector rotation for the sit... 
vector SitLoc = <-1.3,0,-0.5>; //This is the sitTarget positioning... CANNOT EQUAL 0 
string LoadText = "Sit"; // The text you want to show when the object loads... 
string Context = "Sit"; //The text you want in the context menu... 

//Globals!! WOOO!! 
key user; 
list animations; 
integer animNum; 
integer nextAnim = 1; 
integer curAnim = 0; 

//This part dynamically gathers all of the animations you've placed in the object for usage later... 
initialize(){ 
    integer x; 
    list oldAnim; 
    animNum = llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_ANIMATION); 
    for (x = 0; x < animNum; x++){ 
        animations = oldAnim + [x]; 
        oldAnim = animations; 
    } 
} 

default{ 
    state_entry(){ 
        initialize(); 
        //For easy rotation in the llSitTarger enter the vector rotation below.. 
        vector eul = Angle; //45 degrees around the z-axis, in Euler form.. 
        eul *= DEG_TO_RAD; //convert to radians... 
        rotation quat = llEuler2Rot( eul ); //convert to quaternion... 
        llSay(0, LoadText); 
        //Text it says under the context menu... 
        llSetSitText(Context); 
						llSetText((string)llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0),<1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0);
        //Adjust the positioning of the user while siting... also need for llAvatarOnSit... if this value is equal to 0, it doesn't work, so set it to make it look right for your object 
        llSitTarget(SitLoc, quat); 
    } 
    touch_start(integer num_detected){ 
        if(user == llAvatarOnSitTarget()){ 
            if (animNum > 1){ 
                llStopAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, curAnim)); 
                llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, nextAnim)); 
	llSetText((string)llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, nextAnim),<1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0);
                curAnim = nextAnim; 
                if (nextAnim < (animNum - 1)){ 
                    nextAnim++; 
                } 
                else{ 
                    nextAnim = 0; 
                } 
            } 
        } 
    } 
    changed(integer change){ 
        //If the user sits on the object... 
        if (change & CHANGED_LINK){ 
            user = llAvatarOnSitTarget(); 
            if (user){ 
                llRequestPermissions(user, PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION); 
            } 
            else{ 
                llStopAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0)); 
            } 
        } 
    } 
    run_time_permissions(integer perm){ 
        if (perm){ 
            llStopAnimation("sit"); 
            //This starts the first animation... 
            llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0)); 
			curAnim = 0; 
        } 
    } 
} 

What I dont understand is why you are using the llGetInventoryName calls when you have already created a list of all the available animations during state_entry?

The current code will also allow anyone to change the pose by touch rather than just the current user, not sure if that is intentional or not.

I'd probably restructure the code as well, add a check for changed inventory and reset the script. That way any new poses are automatically incorporated into the list as they are added.

The code can use a lot of optimizatins and could be made smaller. I was thinking about doing that. But now the OP can see exactly where they went wrong with what they had. I am sure that they are more then willing to see how it can be optimized now.

thank you all for the help.
The only thing to figure out now, is how to hide the text when someone uses it

The way the code is currently written the text will appear when ever anyone touches the prim as it cycles through to the next animation.

If you only want it to show the text when no one is sitting on the prim then you would just need to set the text to blank when they sit.

However what happens if someone then touches the prim to cycle to the next animation? Should the text be blank or should it be shown?

or even Both? You could use a timer and 'fade' out the text after several seconds.

IF all you want to do is blank the text then :-
remove the llSetText from inside the Touch handler.
Add llSetText("",<1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0); in the permissions event where you start the first animation

run_time_permissions(integer perm)
{ 
    if (perm)
    { 
        llSetText("",<1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0);
        llStopAnimation("sit"); 
        //This starts the first animation... 
        llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0)); 
        curAnim = 0; 
    } 
} 

The text work at first, and when sitting the text is gone, but when I stand up it doesnt come back.
And another thing is that it now forces the person touching it into the active pose, even without sitting on it.

here is the code as it is now:

vector Angle = <0,-90,0>; //Enter a vector rotation for the sit... 
vector SitLoc = <-1.3,0,-0.5>; //This is the sitTarget positioning... CANNOT EQUAL 0 
string LoadText = "Sit"; // The text you want to show when the object loads... 
string Context = "Sit"; //The text you want in the context menu... 

//Globals!! WOOO!! 
key user; 
list animations; 
integer animNum; 
integer nextAnim = 1; 
integer curAnim = 0; 

//This part dynamically gathers all of the animations you've placed in the object for usage later... 
initialize(){ 
    integer x; 
    list oldAnim; 
    animNum = llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_ANIMATION); 
    for (x = 0; x < animNum; x++){ 
        animations = oldAnim + [x]; 
        oldAnim = animations; 
    } 
} 

default{ 
    state_entry(){ 
        initialize(); 
        //For easy rotation in the llSitTarger enter the vector rotation below.. 
        vector eul = Angle; //45 degrees around the z-axis, in Euler form.. 
        eul *= DEG_TO_RAD; //convert to radians... 
        rotation quat = llEuler2Rot( eul ); //convert to quaternion... 
        llSay(0, LoadText); 
        //Text it says under the context menu... 
        llSetSitText(Context); 
                        llSetText((string)llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0),<1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0); 
        //Adjust the positioning of the user while siting... also need for llAvatarOnSit... if this value is equal to 0, it doesn't work, so set it to make it look right for your object 
        llSitTarget(SitLoc, quat); 
    } 
    touch_start(integer num_detected){ 
        if(user == llAvatarOnSitTarget()){ 
            if (animNum > 1){ 
                llStopAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, curAnim)); 
                llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, nextAnim)); 
                    curAnim = nextAnim; 
                if (nextAnim < (animNum - 1)){ 
                    nextAnim++; 
                } 
                else{ 
                    nextAnim = 0; 
                } 
            } 
        } 
    } 
    changed(integer change){ 
        //If the user sits on the object... 
        if (change & CHANGED_LINK){ 
            user = llAvatarOnSitTarget(); 
            if (user){ 
                llRequestPermissions(user, PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION); 
            } 
            else{ 
                llStopAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0)); 
            } 
        } 
    } 
    run_time_permissions(integer perm){ 
        if (perm){ 
            llSetText("",<1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0); 
            llStopAnimation("sit"); 
            //This starts the first animation... 
            llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0)); 
            curAnim = 0; 
        } 
    } 
} 

Well unless you explicitly tell the text to come back it wont!

Noticed as well that when ever anyone sits down the animations are reset to zero, which would appear to defeat the entire objective since you cant see the animation text while you are sat and it resets as soon as you do so.....?



Has the person now touching previously been the seated AV?

I want it to do the following:
when touching it, it will change pose and show which is active in the text. When sitting down the text should be gone, but you should still be able to touch it to change pose.
Others should be able to touch it and change pose when you are sitting on it. When standig up, the text should come back.





Yes

The point you have missed is that, with the current incarnation of the script, as soon as you sit down the script will reset to the first one regardless of what pose you had selected. its in the run_time_permissions event

    run_time_permissions(integer perm)
    { 
        if (perm)
       { 
            llSetText("",<1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0); 
            llStopAnimation("sit"); 
            //This starts the first animation... 
            llStartAnimation(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION, 0)); 
            curAnim = 0; 
        } 
    } 

sorry, Im not good at this at all, so please help.
I would gladly pay someone to do it, if they could.

OMG don't worry Get Bussy. You have done a great job so far. Much better then my early attempts ever were. I'll have a chance to get in world later and I'll have it another look at now that the parameters are clear. Please don't get discouraged.

Believe me scripting gets a lot more frustrating then this script

Well I played around and got the text right but it doesn't matter, your script has a major flaw. if(user) and if(perm) are not arguments. Once a person sits and it has thier key, they will sit and change thier pose no matter what they are doing or where they are at in the sim if someone comes by and touches the pose ball. This will continue until someone else comes and sits.

Do a search on the top right side of the forum here for poseball to see how others have dealt with the conditions. Not the search by quick links. Go out the Scripting Tips and then use "Search this forum".

Thank you for the help.
Looks like I have to start over and are not very happy about that or think I have the strengh.

If you have the time and are able to do it Jesse, could you make the whole script for me, and I will be happy to pay for your time.

It should lose the user key when they unsit because of the call to llAvatarOnSitTarget in the changed event will return NULL_KEY if there is no sat AV.

user = llAvatarOnSitTarget(); 

Not tried this in world, but this is how I would approach the problem

vector Angle = <0,-90,0>; //Enter a vector rotation for the sit... 
vector SitLoc = <-1.3,0,-0.5>; //This is the sitTarget positioning... CANNOT EQUAL 0 
string LoadText = "Sit"; // The text you want to show when the object loads... 
string Context = "Sit"; //The text you want in the context menu... 

//Globals!! WOOO!! 
key user; 
list animations; 
integer animNum; 
integer nextAnim = 0; 


string currentAnimation;
string nextAnimation;

//This part dynamically gathers all of the animations you've placed in the object for usage later... 
initialize()
{ 
    integer x; 
    list oldAnim; 
    animNum = llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_ANIMATION); 
    for (x = 0; x < animNum; x++)
    { 
        animations = oldAnim + [x]; 
        oldAnim = animations; 
    } 
} 

ShowAnimation()
{
    llSetText(nextAnimation,<1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0); 
}

GetNextAnimation()
{
    // Wrap Around the list of available animations
    if (animNum > 1)
    { 
        if (nextAnim < (animNum - 1))
        { 
            nextAnim++; 
        } 
        else
        { 
            nextAnim = 0; 
        } 
        nextAnimation = llList2String(animations,nextAnim);
    } 
}

ChangeAnimation()
{
    llStopAnimation(currentAnimation); 
    llStartAnimation(nextAnimation); 
    currentAnimation = nextAnimation;
}


default
{ 
    state_entry()
    { 
        initialize(); 
        
        //For easy rotation in the llSitTarger enter the vector rotation below.. 
        vector eul = Angle; //45 degrees around the z-axis, in Euler form.. 
        eul *= DEG_TO_RAD; //convert to radians... 
        rotation quat = llEuler2Rot( eul ); //convert to quaternion... 
        //Adjust the positioning of the user while siting... 
        //also need for llAvatarOnSit... 
        //if this value is equal to 0, it doesn't work, so set it to make it look right for your object 
        llSitTarget(SitLoc, quat); 
        
        // Initialise Main Variables
        user = NULL_KEY;
        currentAnimation = "sit";
        nextAnimation = llList2String(animations,nextAnim);

        
        llSay(0, LoadText);     // The text you want to show when the object loads... (WHY?)
        llSetSitText(Context);  // Text it says under the context menu... 
        ShowAnimation();		// Display the name of the animation to play
    }
    
    touch_start(integer num_detected)
    { 
        // We have been touched so cycle to the next animation
        GetNextAnimation();
        
        // Update target (SHOULDN'T BE REQUIRED BUT...)
        user = llAvatarOnSitTarget();
        
        // If some one is sat on us 
        if(user)
        { 
            // Change the animation to the newly selected one
            ChangeAnimation();
        }
        else
        {
            // Just update the text
            ShowAnimation();
        } 
    } 
    changed(integer change)
    { 
        //If the user sits on the object... 
        if (change & CHANGED_LINK)
        { 
            user = llAvatarOnSitTarget(); 
            if (user)
            { 
                llRequestPermissions(user, PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION); 
            } 
            else
            { 
                // Stop the Current Animation
                llStopAnimation(currentAnimation); 
                ShowAnimation(); // Update the text
                currentAnimation = "sit"; // reset to sit
            } 
        } 
        else if(change & CHANGED_INVENTORY)
        {
            llResetScript();
        }
    }
     
    run_time_permissions(integer perm)
    { 
        if(perm & PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION)
        { 
            // Clear Any Text
            llSetText("",<1.0,1.0,1.0>, 1.0); 
            //This starts the first animation... 
            ChangeAnimation();
        } 
    } 
     
    on_rez(integer num)
    {
        llResetScript();
    }
}