llGetLinkKey
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Summary
Function: key llGetLinkKey( integer linknum );| 0.0 | Forced Delay |
| 10.0 | Energy |
Returns a key which is the key of the prim that is link number linknum in the current link set.
| • integer | linknum | – | Link number (0: unlinked, 1: root prim, >1: child prims and seated avatars) or a LINK_* flag
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Caveats
- Do provide a non-negative linknum between 0 and llGetNumberOfPrims inclusive, such as LINK_ROOT.
- Don't provide LINK_THIS as the linknum, instead call llGetKey, per bug SVC-600. Sorry about that.
- Don't nonsensically provide a linknum that may refer to multiple prims, such as LINK_SET, LINK_ALL_OTHERS, or LINK_ALL_CHILDREN.
Examples
Drag this script on to linked and unlinked prims, with avatars sitting or not, to see how llGetLinkKey relates to llGetKey, llGetLinkNumber, llGetNumberOfPrims, LINK_ROOT, etc. <lsl>// Return the name of a link num else the empty string.
string getLinkNumName(integer link) {
if (LINK_THIS == link) return "LINK_THIS"; if (LINK_ALL_CHILDREN == link) return "LINK_ALL_CHILDREN"; if (LINK_ALL_OTHERS == link) return "LINK_ALL_OTHERS"; if (LINK_SET == link) return "LINK_SET"; if (LINK_ROOT == link) return "LINK_ROOT"; return "";
}
// Say the key of each linked prim.
default {
state_entry()
{
integer theLink = llGetLinkNumber();
key theLinkKey = llGetKey();
key owner = llGetOwner();
key creator = llGetCreator();
// Visit each link num.
integer link;
integer primmed = llGetNumberOfPrims();
for (link = -5; link <= (primmed + 5); ++link)
{
key linkKey = llGetLinkKey(link);
// Detail the key at the link num.
string line = (string) linkKey; // large constant width
if (linkKey == owner) line += " llGetOwner";
if (linkKey == creator) line += " llGetCreator";
if (linkKey == theLinkKey) line += " llGetKey";
// Detail the link num.
line += " @ " + (string) link;
line += " " + getLinkNumName(link);
if (link == theLink) line += " llGetLinkNumber";
if (link == primmed) line += " llGetNumberOfPrims";
// Say the detail if fun.
if (linkKey != NULL_KEY)
{
llOwnerSay(line);
}
}
// Always count the linked prims.
llOwnerSay((string) primmed + " llGetNumberOfPrims");
llOwnerSay("OK");
}
}</lsl>
Notes
Link Numbers
Each prim that makes up an object has an address, a link number. To access a specific prim in the object, the prim's link number must be known. In addition to prims having link numbers, avatars seated upon the object do as well.
- If an object consists of only one prim, and there are no avatars seated upon it, the (root) prim's link number is zero.
- However, if the object is made up of multiple prims or there is an avatar seated upon the object, the root prim's link number is one.
When an avatar sits on an object, it is added to the end of the link set and will have the largest link number. In addition to this, while an avatar is seated upon an object, the object is unable to link or unlink prims without unseating all avatars first.
Counting Prims & Avatars
There are two functions of interest when trying to find the number of prims and avatars on an object.
llGetNumberOfPrims()- Returns the number of prims and seated avatars.llGetObjectPrimCount(llGetKey())- Returns only the number of prims in the object but will return zero for attachments.
integer GetPrimCount() { //always returns only the number of prims
if(llGetAttached())//Is it attached?
return llGetNumberOfPrims();//returns avatars and prims but attachments can't be sat on.
return llGetObjectPrimCount(llGetKey());//returns only prims but won't work on attachments.
}
Errata
If a script located in a child prim erroneously attempts to access link 0, it will get or set the property of the linkset's root prim. This bug (BUG-5049) is preserved for broken legacy scripts.
See Also
Functions
| • | llGetLinkNumber | – | Returns the link number of the prim the script is in. | |
| • | llGetKey | |||
| • | llGetLinkName |