Autoscript Creates LSL Scripts Without Code
This week, I created autoscript, a simple LSL script generator for Second Life. The concept is to translate the way you think about interactive design – what should happen, and when – into functional code.
Scripting is one of the most creative parts of designing immersive spaces, and I hope this will make it accessible to more people. Please feel free to use this code however you like!
Writing a program like this requires a balance between simplicity and flexibility, and I’m erring on the side of the former. I do plan to add more functionality to it and would love your suggestions and ideas! Also, if you encounter anything that doesn’t work, please let me know in the comments here.
The link: autoscript
142 comments
Thanks a lot for this. There is a small bug in the code generated for the rez object on touch option (an unwanted closing parenthesis).
Thanks Graham… it’s fixed!
this is insanely awesome, nice job!
I’ve got an idea — how about adding “play a sound” in the first column?
Thanks again, Hilary!
Maybe add a link to the relevant page(s) on lslwiki.net for those wanting to take it further?
Thank you for creating this tool it is very cool!
Yeah! great Job!
Congratulations
hey very nice !!!
its very basic but it can be veeeery useful for ppl who dont know scripting
and for newbie ; )
keep on !!! and good luck
add more things ! try with linked messages
and maybe u can add ..comunications between 2 objects ..on minus channel. then u can give automaticly 2 script wich will talk on -n or something it will be useful for ppl
btw sorry for my “perfect” language
cheers
Thanks, everyone!
Sound is up, along with some object movement code. I found some spam on lslwiki.net, so I’ll wait until it’s cleared up to add links.
I’m working on perfecting one script before moving on to two! I might add a “use a switch” event that allows two scripted objects to communicate, with one activating the other. Would that work?
sure that would be nice,
becouse ppl ask me almoust for “how can i on touch change color on other object
so i brake my head to explain how to make it with linked message or with channels 
or something
and at the end i give the script and say just put THIS in one and THIS in another object ..link them and thats it
I just found out about this from Patsy Linden. Sounds pretty kewl thus far, I hope to try it out the next time I need some “casual scripts” to get things done.
Thanks for doing this! It’s a kind of “I’m surprised it wasn’t done earlier” but I sure am glad it has!
Very nice. I’m working on a script library for SL that lives within the client itself. Your script generator would be an interesting panel to use instead/in addition to.
Give me an IM in world, or email me at LEnglish5@cox.net
Looks pretty handy. Any chance we can cause more than one effect at a time? I.e. if touched, then “hand out two things and change colour and play a sound”?
this is really cool way to learn!
Weee…thanks Ann, I have managed, with much help, to gain an understanding of particle scripts and was just moving onto to “movement” when I found this site.. Thank you thank you thank you this goes a loooong way to making it clear in my mind what certain things do.
Ta muchly
Congrats Ann! And greetings from germany – what a perfect help for scripting-beginners like me… will tell all my friends! Kisses from Beatrice!
thank you!
just added the site to our link-list!
maybe you could add a script that allows to seat eight persons in a moving bus? 4 is the max. so far…
Problem ID’d in your prefab scripting.
Repro:
Click “Say something in chat” (wootadonga)
Type in saying in box.
Click say it normally.
Click “When someone says something” (bleepys)
Click Public chat.
Type in specific saying in box.
Returns:
// This script was auto-generated by Ann Enigma’s script autogenerator
// available at http://www.3greeneggs.com/autoscript/
default
{
state_entry() {
llListen(0,”", NULL_KEY, “”);
}
listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message) {
if (message == “bleepys”) {
// speak out loud!
llSay(0,”bleepys”);
}
}
}
Thereby (not tested) creating an endless loop, perhaps?
Abba, thanks for the comment — that one goes under “user error”.
This program helps people write programs… it doesn’t keep them from writing stupid ones.
*chuckles* Nice catch, Abba. I’m going to have to test that one, but I think it might not actually create an endless loop. While the program is spitting out the chat I don’t think it’s simultaneously listening for it, so once it gets back to listening the chat has already happened. Now, put two of them side by side and all bets are off. It will be an interesting experiment, though.
Very cool program, Hilary, and I’m with Torley on this one. It’s hard to believe nobody has done it before. A few suggestions:
“Say something in chat” should give the option of using a channel other than public chat.
“Change the object’s color” should give the option of using RGB values, or at least give additional colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow come to mind).
“Create hovering text” should have the same color options as “Change the object’s color”.
WONDERFUL JOB.
GO ON!
Tnx, it’s a great tool.
This is GREAT! Thanks a bunch!
good stuff! i have put it in the toolbar for sl!
This is a great job ! As a scripting teacher I recommanded it to my beginners. Unfortunately many of them don’t understand English, or not well. Would there be an opportunity to collaborate in order to translate the page for some european users ? I’d be very happy to volunteer to translate it to French. If you’d possibly agree this, please feel free to mail me. Thanks anyway for this very useful tool !
Thank you – this little tool is a great help!
Thanks a lot Hilary, this is a very helpfull tool.
I wonder if you could add a script that generates a dialog menu.
Thanks a bunch.
Thank you, professor. Very comprehensive and most useful to the beginning scripter as i am. Much obliged. Exactly what I needed.
Any chance of adding to the rez object that it deletes that object from in world after set time?
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I’ve just stumbled across this script-generator, and thought that it was such a neat and useful idea that I couldn’t resist doing a brief blog about it.
http://secondview.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/second-life-script-kiddies-start-here/
Forgive the questionable title…
Some people assume that all Lindens can script but I was proof to the contrary…
…until now
Wow, this is actually pretty cool and great for those people looking to make a quick script! Nice!
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hey i really appreciate this i cant script at all lol i have to use someone elses scripts to script and this really helps ur truly a good person to share this information and thanks for it if you want to comment me back plz im saraheve burger and tell me what i said and then ill know its not some wierdoh lol ^^ k buhbye
Excellent idea! I was just in the process of creating an automatic script generator in-world when I came across your site. I would love to incorporate your tool if possible (giving you full credit of course). Drop me an email or IM to ‘Far Link’ located on Architecture Island. Also check out my blog at http://www.interactivearchitectures.blogspot.com as I will be posting about your site soon. Thanks again!
Awesome Hilary – thank you!
I ran across your website at the ITC library last night. This is great. I used it to make a ‘URL link on Touch’ script right away. As a neophyte, it helps to see what a good script looks like.
I’ve already passed the website on to a friend. Thank you very much for the effort you put into this.
thanks for the autoscript!!!
it is very helpful to learn how scripts work!
Fantastic! And I love it’s in French too.
Gonna link it on my blog…
oooo, so cool! Even if it might cut in to my trivial-script tip-stream lol.
I notice that if I make a script to do something when someone says “foo” in chat, it does a listen with a null last argument, and then tests for “foo”. Wouldn’t it be more efficient to has the last argument to the llListen be “foo”, and then not bother testing in the listen() event?
awesome! thank you! extremely neat!
)/TB
This is excellent. The Thinkerer says script modding is great to learn – this tool gives a great starting place for a modder-learner. How very cool this is. Thanks so much for doing this.
Heh, great work.
The one thing i think it needs adding is when an avatar sits on the object and some things to set physical or phantom Otherwise its great! keep up the good work.
IM FRENCH !!!
thank you very much ( merci
i still love this lil script maker…ann i wish you would expand on it more, though i dont have specifics.
Hi , just a quick thank you to you for this simple to use tool , just a suggestion on the colour changer , there is no scope that I can see for random colours on click , mebe that could be incorporated easily ?? , however , keep up the good work , =))
Lawn
this is enormously useful.. if you ever figure out a way to use this for more complicted script combinations, while charging lindens or paypal for it, IM me immediately and i will do my best to make you rich.
what a great tool, and something i’ve been nagging people to write for a long time. thank you so much!
Hi,
did anyone know how to make a script to increase an object when you touch it.
Thx
should expand the site
to what do you want object to do :
move /rotate/move in a position etc
what else do you want object to do?
when and how do you want object to do this?
thanks great now for simple scripts.
none of the script i try seem to do anything, i know nothing about scripts so i can explain why
This thing is totally amazing. It’s really helped me get use to scripting!
Maybe you could add something that causes damage? Like a sword or a gun script option?
‘Cause damage to another avatar’
I’ve found it’s impossible to find a sword script if you’re new to SL.
I have myself created a script that will slowly move a ‘ghost’ from one place to another. I need to add a condition where it will reset if a limit is reached. If anyone knows how, IM me in world. Thank you.
Neat idea. Played around with it for a few seconds and I’m sure many residents will find it useful. You might want to modify the rez object code so that it works properly with rotated objects. For instance, “rez 0.5 right” pops out ‘llGetPos()+’ for the object position, but it should be ‘llGetPos() + ( * llGetRot())’
There is an error with making an object follow an avatar around. The declared setup() function is never put into any event.
I loved your brilliant tool, ideas like yours make our SLs easier every day, THANK YOU. Also, as a Spanish native speaker and qualified translator, it’d be a pleasure for me to to add one more language to your web-based script generator if you want (unless someone is doing it already, of course
Always happy to contribute to great iniciatives!
would love to see more also a loop script
Hi,
, i give you a better text as follows:
the following text does not make sense in German:
Wenn Sie das Skript Generator, bitte zu spenden, um die Rechnung für Hosting dieser Website:
Because it is an important message
Wenn Ihnen der Script-Generator gefallen hat, würde ich mich über eine Spende zur Bezahlung der Kosten für das Hosting dieser website freuen. Danke!
Thank you Ann Enigma for such a wonderful tool! It will help me a lot and it serves as a great way to introduce others to scripting.
You are quite a wonderful person to make this for everyone and host it. Thank you so very much.
C’est génial ! on en demande encore plus ! silvousplait
Three urrah for the good simple things for the simple minds. Urrah!!!! Urrah!!! Urrah!!! Go on. That’s the way!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! You have done EXACTLY what I have been begging for for so long! Finally I can just say “Why can’t I just click something to MAKE a door open?!” and here it is!
I’ve *always* been intimidated by the scripting, but I’m positive this will help me warm up to the scary language that is LSL.
I could *never* thank you enough!
This is a great way to learn scripting! Thanks a million for an easier more organic way to learn this stuff, I hope this gets out to everyone who has any interest in creating things in Second Life.
I love it, Its very similar to a tool I learnt to script from =). A time saver too, for the lazy among us
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Thank you so much! I cannot even tell you how helpful this has been to me. As a total newbie with *BIG* dreams of establishing a really sharp SL presence for my nonprofit organization, this has been an invaluable resource to me. I am learning a lot from your autoscripter, but even more importantly, it has freed me up to CREATE right now without a super steep learning curve. Words fail how much I appreciate you.
What an excellent resource! I am slowly learning scripting via the tinker with one setting in pre-existing script method. Slow but I retain it more than in the formal class routine.
I just sat and played with the generator – comparing how starting with touch then chat public and chat private changed a script. Amazing!!
Could you add a touch ‘end’ to the scripting somehow? Or a generic make this stop (without a timer) and reset itself command?
Hello i am a scripter just saw this in world URL so i had i look and it look’s good
I have seen a video from torley about scripting he give a site http://www.3greeneggs.com/autoscript/index but I can not go there. Please tell me how i can go no the sit i like to learn scripting.
Thanks and greetings Siri
))
from the Netherlands
Hi Siri,
The correct link is: http://www.3greeneggs.com/autoscript/
Enjoy!
hello Hilary,
How about adding the function to make a object transparent (under the section “What do you want your scripted object to do?”, i have been waiting for this a long while now but just this website today.
Thank you! This makes learning so fun and motivating c”,)
Torley lindens wonderful tuts brought me towards your website, and it is the best thing i have EVER USED
please add more FUNKY scripts, i cant script one bit and its very useful to have this option. -Satonia Seriman, The crazy biish.
I need a LSL script that when i make a sign,i would be able to type right on the sign,
i dont want a floating text at all….
If someone can please help me i would appreciate the help,
i am very new to Second Life.
email me at edy@gwi.net
From SeaWindSorcerer
Second Life
This is a really helpful tool for those of us who don’t know scripting. Thank you for offering this. I tried the “generate a sound” when the avatar touches the object and got it to work right away. Since we can only upload 10 sec files, is there any way the script could play more than one wav file at a time?
I want to change textures on a sign to make letters flash by alternating textures. This only loads one texture and does not allow a second texture to load.
umm in the note card giving to nearby avatar script i cant figure out where put the the name of the card… srry im noob
On the door option it isnt rotating the right way for me.
The Doorscript generated with autoscript should be written without phrase “* llGetRot()” because with this the doors sometimes do not move correctly to the correct target-rotation when someone starts the action several times in a short period of time.
Secondly the “Move like a door” – script should not only rotate but also move aside…
Hello, very very useful generator. I’m involved in the sound aspects : could it be possible to have a generation for the following sound aspects ? :
a script for collided sound (not touched)
a script for a random readed sound list
a script for an alternate reading of a sound list ?
very kind regards
W
This is great, especially to make discover the power or virtual worlds to newbies.
Great contribution : thank you a lot from France.
Hugobiwan Zolnir
http://sldirect.blogspot.com
I tried using the move script, and set it to follow me when clicked, but it doesn’t work/ can you please help?
Hi,
Want to thank your so much for providing autoscript, i viewed the torley video , great idea..
TYSM
I guess it is called Scriiptme now….
ty
Fabulous!!!
Thank you.
Please make more options.
It opened a whole new world to me.
I really found this site very helpful. I think it would be cool if you added other scripts. Such as projectiles, vehicles, pushes, pulls, nulls, and so forth.
Hello,
can I buy this Script Generator..? that would be very nice.. smiles
Hello Ann, I am very please that someone took the time to create such a site. You should be commended for your efforts. I have a question about rotation. I want to make a child prim rotate very smoothly in a physical state. It will move from 0 to 90 degrees while the root prim is in motion. if you have any thoughts on this I am all ears. Thank you again for your hard work.
very nice idea to create a script genrator. this will be helpful for new residents.
Needs more options, good idea, though ^^
Thank you. This made my work much easier.
It would be nice if you released a lsl version of your script generator. so we could have a box in world that does the same thing. or so we could use the script in gadgets we make as well.
ill beg if needed lol
The rez scipt on touch settings don’t work
They worked before but has a bug in it now I think… Please fix it.
Thank you SO much for this resource!
It’s helped me a lot.
Hi, I think there is an error in your wondeful script generator.
for Rez onbject on a typed command this line is generated:
llRezObject(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_OBJECT,0), llGetPos()+,ZERO_VECTOR,ZERO_ROTATION,0);
However the “+” following 11GetPos() yields a syntax error, when deleted it works.
Thanks for the system, its very helpfull for learning.
i need a givemoney script…
This is a Awesome little tool you have here..:))
Thank you for making it, You Rock!
I have a suggestion for autogeneration of texture change script. If the avatar has to be inside the room to change the texture. IE can not cam into the room to click on the window to open, and can not click on the out side of the window to change texture.
Any thoughts on adding a script for recieving an object such as a notecard for use in scripting suggestion boxes? I am just learning to script, and the first ghint I am working on is a suggestion box script to first give the notecard to the avatar, but it needs to then accept the notecard back and store it so we can receive suggestions.
great job ¡¡¡
i’d like to give my idea…it would be cool if u add more options , so ppl could create things like a Hud or something more difficult.
it’s great how it is but if it had more optiones really u’d help so much ppl :p
2 syntax errors for creating text when an object is nearby
I am coming up with an error message while using the sound script. I have the sound set in the contents, can copied the whole script into a new one, but SL is telling me that there is a syntax error in Line 9, column8, at: llPlaySound(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_SOUND,0),1);
Can you help me get this figured out?
Thanks
when scripting a sound how do you put the sound up cuz some sounds are hard to hear, is there a volume in the script? let me know, and also what would be kool is making more choices 4 autoscript like alot and and be able to carry it in your inventory 4 your av plp would learn alot more about scrpting with more choices of scripts and to have 4 your av
This is awesome! I don’t think I could ever script and now I don’t have to! Thanks a LOT!!!!
I love this script maker I have no clue about scripts and this is so helping me. anyway how do I make a script to add avatars to a group?
yea i have been useing scripts from scriptme.com for a wile now and i have never had a prob. till now
i am trying to get an object that i made to move with your avatar and the script i got from your site didnt work i have maby i am doing something worng can someone help me this email i put in i dont use it but if someone has an acc. on SL my name on SL is Lestat Wickentower if someone can im me there that would rock TY
HI, THE GIVER SCRIPT ONLY GIVE LANDMARKS? I NEED 1 THAT GIVE PRIMS PLEASE
Hi, great site
but I’m having a weird problem… after I generate a script and try to copy it to my clipboard I get nothing ???
copy/paste works fine for my other applications but it wont copy the text from the script box in your generator… weird
I was going to use this generator and Sl always reports syntax errors – and if now and then not reports, the script is NOT FUNCTIONAL, anyway. LEARN YOURSELF SCRIPT BEFORE ADVISING OTHERS, YOU STUPID IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!
(((((((((
Hello Jergon,
The script generator was a three hour project I did one afternoon over two and a half years ago. I initially designed it for my own students, but made it available because people seemed to find it useful. *I do not support it or offer any warranty*. It’s free.
As far as I know, there is one current bug in the following script. The others have been working just fine for a couple of years, provided you use them correctly.
Cheers,
Hilary
This is a fantastic service, thanks for your time & effort.
Now, if only you had one for Open Sim…smiles.
Jergon check the comments on this page i think your find your the only idiout thats not managed to get it to work in SL lol
may i surgest you make about 10 difrent ones form this site in the end your see a patern forming of how they are writen and you can start scripting yourself, as these ones on here are quite basic. But i will add where it all started making sense for me once again Hillary thank you for taking the time to build it.
Hi there! Great work, it is trully appreciated xoxo
Does the generator make it possible to animate avatars when you sit on the object? Im trying to create a pose ball and I can’t figure out which option to choose….
tyvm!
Hello!
I am on Teen Second Life (and Learned quickly as I have only been on for a little over a week and I already built myself a house and spend most of my time helping newbies learn how to play) and I was wondering if you could add an option to have an object llOwnersay rather than shout or chat because I now work in a hotel and tried to create a sensor with which I could be notified when someone enters and it just shouts “Somebody is at the door” when I want it to say to me, or even IM me, who is entering the door.
oh, and I also have a question about a transmitter/receiver pair of scripts to have them ownersay rather than settext.
oh and hey Jergon! You’re using the scripts wrong if they aren’t working, cause all of them work for me! Do you know how to script yourself at all to use a script? you have to have at least a working knowledge before you can take advantage of free scripts and complain about them.
and maybe suggestion boxes and online detector script.
This is a gr8 applicaion. I have a question though if you could help me though.
I am trying to write a script that would change the color of the floating text above the object to something other than white, but i would like to change the color back to white after a few seconds or so if no ones using that object. I i have tried a few things but cant seem to find the right combination. I am primarily using 4 colors : red, green, yellow, black
Any help would be appreciated. Again ty for the script generator!!! cheers
just have to say , don’t listen to any negative comments, this is awesome, your awesome , tyvm, haven’t found anything else anywhere as simple and easy and always gives perfect script if u know what ur doing even a little bit – absolute must to not remake the wheel every time you write a new script – for prim to prim, (the discussion b4 the person that called the kettle black) a very useful method, is checking if what is speaking has the same owner as the recieving prim or if its attached to the same owner, fast easy security and can still use custom channels to not clutter local chat
ps rhov try a timer function maybe?
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Timer
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlSetTimerEvent
This is great! Thank you so much for making it easier to make stuff!!!
And by the way, Jergon you are a moron with anger issues, I used the script I asked for and it worked perfectly first time. I also took the time to read the other comments and you are the only one to have problems, so I think the stupid idiot is looking back a t you in the mirror. I think you need to grow up.
Hello first of all thanks
Then I got an error while trying to:
1 – Give something to an avatar
2- I would like to give a : notecard
3- As soon as the scripts start
I got this message:
Wait! You have asked for a script beyond the capabilities of this system. Please try again.
Hi Luna,
That’s not an error. It’s been a while since I looked at the code, but I believe the script generator can’t give an object to an avatar on start because there’s no way to tell if an avatar will be present or which avatar to give it to, and the script generator doesn’t handle conditionals or error conditions.
This kind of script should probably trigger on a touch event.
ah ok thanks a lot
I love you!
Thank you for this auto script programe, it will help me learn scripting in a hands on fassion. I can now add acctions to my SL builds, anain thank you and well done…
Thanks for the autoscripting capability, which helped me to get started. I was just born in Oct, 2009.
Could you check to see if this is a bug?
First, I selected for the scripted object to “Say Something in Chat” and specified for it to say “Welcome!”
Then I selected “When someone say something” and specified channel 3 to listen to the catch phrase “chat”. Well, here’s what I got:
default
{
state_entry() {
llListen(3,”", NULL_KEY, “”);
}
listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message) {
if (message == “talk”) {
// speak out loud!
llSay(0,”talk”);
}
}
}
Thanks in advance for your help!
I love this site. I actually used it as a tool to learn how to write scripts myself. Hee. Can you add a menu/dialog box option to the list? Just wondering. Thanks for taking the time to make this site!!
can you make option for all inventory drop.
because i would like to have the detectedkey drop inventory notecards into mailbox but only allow notecards nothing else
that would be a big help.
thanks for the scripting assist btw..
I believe the scripting tool has a bug:
When “Say something in chat” and “When someone says something” are chosen, the script places the text entered into “When someone says something” into both variables.
I.e. If I want CHAT to say “Hello! I am an auto voice” when someone says “Hello Dude.”, the script places “Hello Dude” as both the prompting text AND the response CHAT entry.
If I am mistaken, please let me know.
Thanks.
Thank you very much for this tool, it will most certainly help in learning how to script in LSL
Hi Hilary Mason
Just a little Thanks-note here!
After secondlife the best i’ve seen : it’s a verry helpfull , and easy to use tool.
Thanks fot this, Mistsy
btw (can’t leave this unnoticed) Jergon wrote :
: Jergon { 08.25.09 at 12:41 am }
I was going to use this generator and Sl always reports syntax errors – and if now and then not reports, the script is NOT FUNCTIONAL, anyway. LEARN YOURSELF SCRIPT BEFORE ADVISING OTHERS, YOU STUPID IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!
(((((((((
Lol Dude you know how much YOU could be doing wrong ,scrpits are highly sensitve to error YOU proberly are making.
don’t give people names ,if you got no clue what you are talking about.
this project is Ace!!!thanks again Hilary Mason for this Awsesome project ,Mistsy
Hi there and thanks a whole lot for this, I don’t know what the heck I am doing but wanted to loop a wav file, which your site did perfectly for me, thank you!
One teensy thing though, how do I make the damn thing stop?
Or how do I tell it to just play it 10 times or whatever?
Thanks again!
OMG! you do not know how thankful i am for this site. i went through xstreet looking for a notecard/landmark giver with no luck. so i look up for auto givers and came upon your site and using the generator i now have the two scripts i need for my greeters!
TY again!
your page is the MOST useful I’ve ever found for SL. I’ve used it for years. I have a Girltown Group with about 1350 girls, and I pass it along to them.
hi there
thanks heaps for this page, its really useful. i was just wondering if there is any way of making the object automatically return to its original position after it has moved around?
thanks
Can you do a script format for changing Transparency?
I haven’t tried it yet, but if it works, what a wonderful gift from Hillary! Thank you!
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