Category:LSL Chat
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Chat communication is as it sounds. It is text "said" so that anyone (or anything) listening within range can hear it. It can be two-way communication.
Users can only see chat sent on the two public channels, 0 (PUBLIC_CHANNEL) and 2147483647 (DEBUG_CHANNEL); scripts on the other hand can listen to any chat on any channel. Agents can only directly chat on positive channels[1], but scripts can chat and listen on any channel. The complete range of channels is -2147483648 to 2147483647.
In the client when you begin a chat message in the chat text-entry field as /1 , the 1 is the channel you are speaking on[2].
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Tip: // (two forward-slashes) is shortcut for the last special channel you entered in chat. |
Chat messages can be a maximum of 1023 bytes; they are truncated past that.
A scripted prim cannot hear itself speak. Scripts listening in a linked prim, though, will hear the chat. Generally, though, communication between scripts in the same object is handled via llMessageLinked.
To "hear" chat, a script has to specifically initiate a "listen." A single script has a limit of 64 listens at any one time; beyond that it will emit a "Too Many Listens" squawk, and crash. The script can manage it's listens, creating, releasing and disabling them.
| Function | Distance |
|---|---|
| llWhisper | 10 metres |
| llSay | 20 metres |
| llShout | 100 metres |
| llRegionSay | sim-wide |
The distance that chat can be heard depends on the type of chat used, and where the speaker is. The sphere in which the chat can be heard is centered on the position of speaker, be that an avatar or a prim.
The above parameters are fixed; there is no way to lengthen or shorten the distance or direct it in any special direction.
llRegionSay is an exception; as it can be heard anywhere in the sim but with the limitation that it cannot broadcast on PUBLIC_CHANNEL.
User-created utility functions
| • | mySay | – | Cleaner chat messages on a user's screen | |
| • | mySayOwner | – | Cleaner chat messages on a user's screen (speaks to owner only) |
Footnotes
Subcategories
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Pages in category "LSL Chat"
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