Prim causing HUD to play sound

Folks,

I have a prim with a sound file in it, and a HUD. When someone collides with the prim it's supposed to tell the HUD to play the sound file...

Prim is as follows:

integer channel = 5622354;

default
{ 
    state_entry()
    {
    llVolumeDetect(TRUE);
    }
    
    collision_start(integer num)
    {
    string sounditem = llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND, 0);
    string soundkey = llGetInventoryKey((string)sounditem);
    llSay(channel, (string)llDetectedName(0)+"|"+soundkey);
    }
    
    collision_end(integer num_detected)
    {
    llSay(channel, (string)llDetectedName(0)); 
    }
}

HUD is as follows:

integer channel = 5622354;
integer listenID;

reset()
  {
   llListenRemove(listenID);
   listenID = llListen(channel, "", NULL_KEY, "");
  }

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        reset();
    }
    
    on_rez(integer start_param)
    {
        reset();
    }

    listen(integer channel, string nm, key id, string message)
    {
        if(llSubStringIndex(message, "|")<0)
        {
        if(message==(string)llGetOwner())
        llStopSound();
        llOwnerSay("Sound stopped");
        } 
        
        else
        {
        list temp=llParseString2List(message, ["|"], []);
        if(llList2Key(temp, 0)==llGetOwner())
        llLoopSound(llList2Key(temp, 1), 1.0);
        llOwnerSay((llList2Key(temp, 1))); 
        llOwnerSay((llList2Key(temp, 0)));
        }
    }
}

The llOwnerSay output is what I was expecting, but the HUD remains silent. Why isn't this playing the sound file?

Thanks in advance,

DG

at the very end..... your object sends "OwnerNAME|SoundKey"...

but your listen parses and tests for (key)"OwnerNAME" == "OwnerKEY"

just make your object send llDetectedKey( 0 ); instead

EDIT: you did the same test in the stop section... llGetOwner returns the owners key, not their name

RE-EDIT: this is why you should always use brackets... makes debugging easier...

if (test){
//debug = I passed the test
//do stuff
}

Couple of things. First, the llList2Key shouldn't work from a parsed string message--the list will be a bunch of strings, so I'd try an explicit typecast: (key)llList2String...

Second, I haven't tested this but, because they're both linked to the sound-emitting object's location, I suspect that llLoopSound, like llPlaySound, won't work in HUDs... or, rather, only the wearer should hear the sound. Might try llTriggerSound with some kind of timer (to effect the looping). (Or try it first with the HUD detached and just rezzed on the ground, to make sure it works under those conditions.)

Right, thanks to the suggestions is now plays the file when rezzed on the ground (using llLoopSound) and stops immediately the avatar leaves the area.

It also works in the HUD (using llTriggerSound). This is fine - in fact I only want the wearer of the HUD to hear the sound, ideally

The problem now is that llStopSound doesn't work with llTriggerSound so when the avatar leaves the prim area the file plays to the end.

Is it possible to stop it when played from the HUD?

DG

Meep. I think I led you astray: if only the wearer is to hear it, you probably want llLoopSound after all, in which case llStopSound would stop it. (The llTriggerSound thing was if others were to hear it as if emanating from the wearer.)

The thing is that only llTriggerSound appears to work in the HUD - I can't get a peep out of llLoopSound or llPlaySound. As it is, I've ideally like the HUD to reproduce the sound only for the avatar wearing it, and to stop when they leave the area of the trigger prim.... but at the moment I'm stumped.

DG