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llName2Key funtion?
Douglas Callahan
Fresh Prince Of SL
Join date: 2 Jul 2004
Posts: 349
03-15-2005 21:45
I was wondering if there was any llName2Key() function to inverse the llKey2Name(). If yes, what is it? If no, is there any way to pass keys by llSay()? Could an integer that is actually a key(ie af930fakd....) be transferred back to a key or something?
Strife Onizuka
Moonchild
Join date: 3 Mar 2004
Posts: 5,887
03-15-2005 21:49
llName2Key -> do a forum search for all forums. this is a reguraly suggested feature.

llInstantMessage
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Jeffrey Gomez
Cubed™
Join date: 11 Jun 2004
Posts: 3,522
03-15-2005 22:27
Alternately...

http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=llSensor
http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=llListen
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Ushuaia Omega
Registered User
Join date: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 5
03-15-2005 23:11
there are no instances that I can think of in world where a script would have access to an agent's name and not the uuid.

example: if the agent is sending text over a chat channel in range, llListen() combined with listen() can easily gather both the name and the uuid. if the agent is within sensor range, llSensor() combined with sensor() and llDetectedKey() and llDetectedName() will do the same.

now, if the name is being inputted into the script in some other manner (either by hard coding it into the script or by feeding it into the script through chat or email or xml-rpc) and you want the script to output the uuid that corresponds with the agents name, this would require the use of an llName2Key() function (and there is not one of those).

example: Jeffrey Gomez offended you in the forums so you want his uuid so you can anonymously send him a message using llInstantMessage(). There is no function for getting Jeffrey's uuid just by knowing his name.

in order to get an agent's uuid your script must be running in close proximity to that agent (or one of that agent's obejcts llGetOwnerKey())!
Jeffrey Gomez
Cubed™
Join date: 11 Jun 2004
Posts: 3,522
03-15-2005 23:28
From: Ushuaia Omega
example: Jeffrey Gomez offended you in the forums so you want his uuid so you can anonymously send him a message using llInstantMessage(). There is no function for getting Jeffrey's uuid just by knowing his name.

in order to get an agent's uuid your script must be running in close proximity to that agent (or one of that agent's obejcts llGetOwnerKey())!

Thank goodness for that! :D

Seriously though, this is by design pretty much for the reason Ushuaia described. There have been instances where people had legitimate reasons for it (example: online stores that don't require signup first), as well as a few people wishing to establish "services" of this nature, but in general it's not a "feature" simply by virtue of the abuse it would allow.

Besides, telemarketting is bad enough in the real world. :rolleyes:
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