Dahlia Trimble wrote:
how about llOwnerSay() encoded messages?
Or how about an off screen hud with prims that display invisible text
via llSetText(), but the client could read the text and act on it?
I think what you want could be done without server modifications.
I'd go for the server modifications and what I see from the discussion
here, the thing wanted is something like llViewerSay(integer channel,
string message), which would be sent to the viewer but would not be
displayed anywhere in the user interface at all. It's inner workings
would be something like llOwnerSay, but modified in a way to not affect
the user interface in any way and giving no indication that it was used.
Customized viewers would be able to accept these messages from prims the
user owns and do some work on it. It could make a big change to
RestrainedLife as well, as things could be changed in a way to work like
llViewerSay(RLV, "@version=" + (string)random) instead of the visible
llOwnerSay("@version=" + (string)random); For that channel, there could
be a channel number registry on wiki, where people add their channel
number to reach their viewers and optionally publish the protocol that
can be used with the viewer. llViewerSay should be restricted like
llOwnerSay to only send the message to the owner of the prim. Maybe even
restricted like llMapDestination to only work on attachments or during a
touch event.
The purpose of a llViewerSay is just one simple requirement, the ability
to send a message to a customized viewer, without using one of the
already existing channels which would be visible in regular viewers.
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