# llRegionSay

*LSL function*

```lsl
void llRegionSay(integer channel, string msg);
```

- `integer channel`: Chat channel (any 32-bit signed integer value except zero) to chat the message on.
- `string msg`: Text message string to broadcast.

- Energy: 10

Says the string **msg** on channel number **channel** that can be heard anywhere in the [region](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/region) by a script [listening](/events/listen/) on **channel**.

Regardless of where the prim is, the message will not travel over region borders.

```lsl title="How to use" frame="terminal"
llRegionSay(0, "");
```

## Caveats

- This function cannot transmit on [PUBLIC_CHANNEL](/constants/PUBLIC_CHANNEL/) channel 0, this is a design feature and not a bug.
- If **msg** is longer than 1024 characters it is truncated to 1024 characters. (Note that in Mono, each character occupies 2 memory bytes).
- A prim can **not** hear itself, this to prevent problems with recursion. It can however hear other prims within the same object. Use [llMessageLinked](/functions/llMessageLinked/) instead for intra-prim messaging.

## Examples

<details open>
<summary>Example 1</summary>

```lsl
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llRegionSay(25,"This is an incredibly useless program." );
    }
}
```

</details>

To avoid making your object spam its neighborhood, use [llOwnerSay](/functions/llOwnerSay/) or [llInstantMessage](/functions/llInstantMessage/).

## Notes

If one object 'says' something to another object (e.g., a button that, when touched,

turns on a lamp), consider a very negative channel, e.g.,

```lsl
    llRegionSay(-5243212,"turn on");
```

Using negative channels for script communications remains a common practice because, prior to September 2016, the standard SL client was unable to chat on negative channels. The only way to do so prior to [llTextBox](/functions/llTextBox/) was to use [llDialog](/functions/llDialog/) which was limited to 24 bytes. However, since 2016, viewers have been able to chat on negative channels, with messages capped to 254 bytes.

If [DEBUG_CHANNEL](/constants/DEBUG_CHANNEL/) is used as **channel**, the script will say **msg** to the Script Warning/Error window.

If you wish two objects owned by the same person to communicate within a SIM, one idea is to make both scripts compute the channel based on the owner UUID. e.g. :-

```lsl
    gChannel = 0x80000000 | (integer) ( "0x" + (string) llGetOwner() );
```

- As of 1.18.3, using `llRegionSay` on the [DEBUG_CHANNEL](/constants/DEBUG_CHANNEL/) will wrap around and display on channel 0, with a range of 100m.

## History

- Introduced with SL 1.16.0
- Date of Release [23-05-2007](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Release/1.16)

## See also

### Functions

- [llListen](/functions/llListen/)
- [llRegionSayTo](/functions/llRegionSayTo/) — Sends chat directly to specified target within region
- [llOwnerSay](/functions/llOwnerSay/) — Sends chat to the owner only
- [llWhisper](/functions/llWhisper/) — Sends chat limited to 10 meters
- [llSay](/functions/llSay/) — Sends chat limited to 20 meters
- [llShout](/functions/llShout/) — Sends chat limited to 100 meters
- [llInstantMessage](/functions/llInstantMessage/)
- [llDialog](/functions/llDialog/)
- [llTextBox](/functions/llTextBox/)

### Events

- [listen](/events/listen/)

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*Source: [LlRegionSay](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlRegionSay) on the Second Life Wiki. Content from the Second Life Wiki articles LlRegionSay (revision 1218158, 2025-04-07) and Template:LSL Function/chat (revision 1192932, 2014-08-23), CC BY-SA 3.0.*

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From lsl.dev: https://lsl.dev/functions/llRegionSay/