llSay(integer channel, string message)

Say a message on the given channel with a range of 20 metres.

Determines the channel that message will be sent on. Channel can be any integer, positive or negative. Channel 0 is open chat (also known as PUBLIC CHANNEL) Channel DEBUG_CHANNEL will send the message to the Script Warning/Error window.

Contains the text to be said

• Text said via llSay can be heard up to 20 metres away from the PRIM the script is in.
• Messages sent on channel 0 or the DEBUG_CHANNEL, are throttled to a rate of about 200 every 10 seconds, per region, per owner/user.
• message can be a maximum of 1024 bytes when translated to UTF-8. The allowed number of characters can vary depending on what characters the message contains. For example, it allows:
  • up to 1024 UTF-8 characters in the ASCII range such as A or $,
  • up to 512 two-byte UTF-8 characters such as И or £,
  • up to 341 three-byte UTF-8 characters such as ツ or €,
  • etc. or a mixture of them.
• Negative channels are typically used for inter-object communication.
• A script cannot hear anything said by any script within the same prim. This avoids recursion problems. It can hear text sent from a script in another prim within the same object.

// Send the text "Hello friends" on channel zero. It will appear
// in the chat window of any avatar within 20 meters.
llSay(0, "Hello friends");
llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "Hello friends"); // Variant of the above

// Send the text "Error in the script!" to the script warning/error window
llSay(DEBUG_CHANNEL, "Error in the script!");

llSay-example.lsl

default
{
    touch_start(integer count)
    {
        // Send a message on a specific negative channel
        // The message will only be received by scripted objects that are listening on that channel
        llSay(-123456, "I was touched by " + llDetectedName(0));
    }
}

• llWhisper for a 10 metres range version.
• llShout for a 100 metres range version.
• llOwnerSay to say something to the owner only.
• lRegionSay to say something in a certain channel to every avatar/object in the region (but channel 0 is disallowed).
• llRegionSayTo to say something to a specific avatar or object in the region.
• llInstantMessage to send an instant message to the specified avatar (can be across regions).
• llListen to listen to what avatars or scripts say in a certain channel, and the accompanying listen event.