Features Overview

One page per area of Second Life scripting. Open a card for the overview, or jump straight to a key API.

Most used

• CommunicationsChat, listen and message other scripts
  • llOwnerSay
  • llSay
  • llRegionSayTo
  • llListen
• EventsStates, handlers, changes and detection
  • state_entry
  • state_exit
  • on_rez
  • changed
• TimeTimers, sleeping, clocks and time dilation
  • llSetTimerEvent
  • timer
  • llGetUnixTime
  • llGetTimestamp
• InputTouch, keyboard, mouse and gamepad
  • touch_start
  • touch
  • touch_end
  • llDetectedTouchFace
• PrimsShape, size and params of prims
  • llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast
  • llGetLinkPrimitiveParams
  • llSetPos
  • llSetRot
• InventoryRead, give, rez and derez the contents of a prim
  • llGetInventoryName
  • llGiveInventory
  • llRezObjectWithParams
  • llDerezObject

More features

• AvatarsFind, attach to, seat and animate avatars
  • llGetAgentList
  • llGetAgentInfo
  • llRequestPermissions
  • run_time_permissions
• Textures & MaterialsTextures, colors, alpha and PBR materials
  • llSetTexture
  • llSetLinkTexture
  • llSetColor
  • llSetAlpha
• Data StorageKeep data across resets and restarts
  • llLinksetDataWrite
  • llLinksetDataRead
  • linkset_data
  • llCreateKeyValue
• DialogShow menus and text boxes, read answers
  • llDialog
  • llTextBox
  • llListen
  • listen
• MovementPosition, rotate and glide objects
  • llSetPos
  • llSetRegionPos
  • llSetRot
  • llSetKeyframedMotion
• EffectsParticles, hover text, glow and texture animation
  • llParticleSystem
  • llLinkParticleSystem
  • llSetText
  • llSetTextureAnim
• ScriptsReset scripts, read start parameters, check memory
  • llResetScript
  • llGetStartParameter
  • llSetScriptState
  • llGetUsedMemory
• SoundPlay, loop and trigger sounds
  • llPlaySound
  • llLoopSound
  • llStopSound
  • llTriggerSound
• Data TransmissionTurn lists into strings, CSV or JSON and back
  • llDumpList2String
  • llParseString2List
  • llList2CSV
  • llCSV2List
• LinksetsLink numbers, linking and rezzing
  • llGetLinkNumber
  • llGetNumberOfPrims
  • llGetLinkName
  • llGetLinkKey
• PhysicsForces, collisions, materials and raycasts
  • llSetStatus
  • llSetPhysicsMaterial
  • llApplyImpulse
  • llSetForce
• MathVectors, rotations, random numbers
  • llAbs
  • llFabs
  • llRound
  • llPow
• MoneyTake payments and pay out L$
  • money
  • llSetPayPrice
  • llTransferLindenDollars
  • transaction_result
• Viewer URIsClickable names, profiles and places in chat
  • llSay
  • llDialog
  • llDetectedKey
  • llGetRegionName
• Parcels & RegionsParcels, regions, estates and moderation
  • llGetParcelDetails
  • llGetParcelFlags
  • llGetLandOwnerAt
  • llGetRegionName
• ExperienceOne-time permissions and key-value storage
  • llRequestExperiencePermissions
  • experience_permissions
  • experience_permissions_denied
  • llAgentInExperience
• CameraMove and read the viewer camera
  • llSetCameraEyeOffset
  • llSetCameraAtOffset
  • llSetLinkCamera
  • llSetCameraParams
• CombatDeal damage, track health, fire projectiles
  • llRezObjectWithParams
  • llAdjustDamage
  • llDamage
  • llDetectedDamage
• EnvironmentsSky, water, sun, moon and day cycles
  • llGetEnvironment
  • llGetSunDirection
  • llGetMoonDirection
  • llGetTimeOfDay
• AnimeshAnimate rigged mesh without an avatar
  • llStartObjectAnimation
  • llStopObjectAnimation
  • llGetObjectAnimationNames
  • llSetKeyframedMotion
• PathfindingNavmesh characters and path queries
  • llGetStaticPath
  • llGetClosestNavPoint
  • llCreateCharacter
  • llUpdateCharacter

I want to…

• React when someone touches my objecttouch_startllDetectedKeyInput
• Say something in chat or listen to itllSayllListenlistenCommunications
• Link to an avatar or place in chatllSayllDetectedKeyllGetRegionNameViewer URIs
• Show a menu with buttonsllDialoglistenDialog
• Run code on a timerllSetTimerEventtimerTime
• Reset a scriptllResetScriptllResetOtherScriptScripts
• Store data that survives a resetllLinksetDataWritellLinksetDataReadData Storage
• Send data to a web serverllHTTPRequesthttp_responseCommunications
• Parse or build JSONllList2JsonllJsonGetValueData Transmission
• Move or rotate an objectllSetPosllSetRotllSetKeyframedMotionMovement
• Change color, texture or transparencyllSetColorllSetTexturellSetAlphaTextures & Materials
• Play a soundllPlaySoundllTriggerSoundSound
• Make particles or hover textllParticleSystemllSetTextEffects
• Animate an avatarllRequestPermissionsllStartAnimationAvatars
• Make a HUD or attachmentllAttachToAvatarattachAvatars
• Take keyboard controls (vehicles, weapons)llTakeControlscontrolInput
• Deal damage or track healthllDamagellGetHealthCombat
• Accept payment for a vendorllSetPayPricemoneyMoney
• Rez an object from inventoryllRezObjectWithParamsobject_rezInventory
• Give an item to an avatarllGiveInventoryllGiveInventoryListInventory
• Read settings from a notecardllGetNotecardLinedataserverInventory
• Set prim size, shape or params in one callllSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFastPrims
• Push, launch or make an object fallllSetStatusllApplyImpulsePhysics
• Control the camerallSetCameraParamsCamera
• Find out who owns this parcelllGetParcelDetailsllGetLandOwnerAtParcels & Regions
• Make an NPC walk aroundllCreateCharacterllNavigateToPathfinding