Dragon HUD Talk Commands

Overview

The Dragon HUD's allow the user to control various actions and sounds at a press of a button. However, the HUDs are complicated items containing many prims, scripts and textures. To reduce lag it can be better to detach the HUD's and use other means to activate actions and sounds.

Within LSL the are a number of ways in which communication between two objects can be realised. In this case, the HUDs are communicating with the Dragons by chatting on a specific agreed channel. This channel is 42. Conventional "chat" is on channel 0.

Thus the user can activate actions and sounds simply by chatting to the dragon using the appropriate channel. This is achieved by prefixing the command with a forward slash '/' followed by the channel number. As an example:

• to activate the dragon breath the command would be: /42 breath on
• to deactivate the dragon breath the command would be /42 breath off

It should be noted that all commands are case sensitive.

The following table detail the commands that are supported and there applicability by dragon species:

Action Commands

Breath Effects & Aura

Breath commands activate the individual dragon breath and aura effects. These are generally start and stop commands.

Action	Talk Command	Applicable HUD's/Species
turn on dragon breath	breath on	All except Wyverns
turn off dragon breath	breath off	All except Wyverns
turn on secondary dragon breath	breath2 on	Steam (all sizes) only
turn off secondary dragon breath	breath2 off	Steam (all sizes) only
turn on dragon aura	aura on	All with HUD 2.1/2.5 except Wyvern Hatchlings
turn off dragon aura	aura off	All with HUD 2.1/2.5 except Wyvern Hatchlings
turn on dragon footprints	prints	Spirit/Fae/Wyvern only
turn off dragon footprints	prints off	Spirit/Fae/Wyvern only

Movements

Movement commands change the alpha setting on various body parts to achieve flight and non-flight appearances. These are generally commands to achieve a specific state.

Action	Talk Command	Applicable HUD's/Species
wings open for flight	wings open	All Dragons/Wyrmlings except Spirit. Steam, Anubis and Bast hatchlings
wings folded	wings fold	All Dragons/Wyrmlings except Spirit. Steam, Anubis and Bast hatchlings
extend tail	tail fly	All Dragons and Wyrmlings except Fae, Steam and Spirit
curl tail	tail sit	All Dragons and Wyrmlings except Fae, Steam and Spirit
Mouth Open with Teeth	jaw open	Wyverns Only
Show Teeth	jaw close	Wyverns Only
Teeth Hidden	jaw hide	Wyverns Only

Sounds

Sound commands activate sounds from the aural emitter of the dragon. These are generally one-shot trigger commands, meaning that the sound is only played once and not continuously.

Sound	Talk Command	Applicable HUD's/Species
roar	sound roar	all
screech	sound screech	all
growl	sound growl	all
snarl	sound snarl	all