Change texture depending on time of day?

[PrincessKalika]

Hello,

does anyone know if there is a lsl script out there that can change  textures on a prim depending on  time of day?

i do not mind if it only works with the day and night of secondlife or if it works with rl time of day, but as hard as i look i cannot find any. i am new to scripting so maybe that is why.

i want one to use to change textures depending on what time of day it is, but havnt found any so far. any of you knowledgeable on the subject or even someone who has seen one available could possibly help me?

thank you for your time in looking at my message, and have a great day eitherway 

[Amethyst Jetaime]

I've never seen one.  Take a look at

llGetSunDirection

llGetTimeOfDay

If you don't feel up to writing a script, you can post your request in Inworld Employment and hire a scripter to make you one.

[PrincessKalika]

thanks for taking the time to help me amethyst! i am not good at scripting, but i couldnt afford a scripter, so i'll just hold onto the idea for now and hope someone creates one in the future. thanks for your time and your help though!

[Carbon Philter]

Try this. I adapted it from one I modded to use for boat's running lights depending on day or night. You can change the texture UUIDs and face options to whatever you need.

 

// Day-night check action script// Performs different actions when it becomes light or dark, checking// every minute.// Ordinal Malaprop// 2006-06-20integer daytime(){   vector sun = llGetSunDirection();   return (sun.z >= 0.0);}default{   state_entry()   {       llSetPrimitiveParams([      PRIM_TEXTURE, ALL_SIDES, "650eec6c-7c9c-cf06-2654-5de23057666f",     <1,1,1>,<0,0,0>,0]);      // insert things to be done in the night e.g.      llOwnerSay("Texture 2");   }   timer()   {      if (!daytime()) state night;   }   on_rez(integer p)   {      llResetScript();   }}state night{   state_entry()   {      llSetPrimitiveParams([      PRIM_TEXTURE, ALL_SIDES, "f0805741-f3ce-1ff7-b8f5-ee49f17ac478",     <1,1,1>,<0,0,0>,0]);      // insert things to be done in the night e.g.      llOwnerSay("Texture 1");   }   timer()   {      if (daytime()) state default;   }   on_rez(integer p)   {      llResetScript();   }}

 

Carbon

[Rolig Loon]

You could make this significantly shorter by not using multiple states, and you could make it run by including a llSetTimerEvent(60.0) statement somewhere -- probably in state_entry.  :smileywink:

[Carbon Philter]

Thx Rolig.

I will some day get round to efficiency measures in my script inventory. Your suggestions will help to bring that day forward, but in my defense, for now I just felt I could offer some help to a novice needing something to start out on the scripting learning curve - not that I'm too much further up the curve myself!

:matte-motes-grin:

Carbon

[Rolig Loon]

NP.  That was mostly a note to the OP, so she wouldn't get scared off of a fairly easy scripting task.  Do remember to start that timer, though.  A timer event won't do much unless you trigger it with llSetTimerEvent somewhere.  :smileywink:

[Carbon Philter]

Curses on my bad cut,copy, and paste!! For completeness if not sophiticated scripting, the working version is as follows:

// Day-night check action script// Performs different actions when it becomes light or dark, checking// every minute.// Ordinal Malaprop// 2006-06-20integer daytime(){   vector sun = llGetSunDirection();   return (sun.z >= 0.0);}default{   state_entry()   {       llSetTimerEvent(60.0);      if (!daytime()) state night;      llSetPrimitiveParams([      PRIM_TEXTURE, ALL_SIDES, "650eec6c-7c9c-cf06-2654-5de23057666f",     <1,1,1>,<0,0,0>,0]);      // insert things to be done in the night e.g.      llOwnerSay("Texture 2");   }   timer()   {      if (!daytime()) state night;   }   on_rez(integer p)   {      llResetScript();   }}state night{   state_entry()   {      llSetPrimitiveParams([      PRIM_TEXTURE, ALL_SIDES, "f0805741-f3ce-1ff7-b8f5-ee49f17ac478",     <1,1,1>,<0,0,0>,0]);      // insert things to be done in the night e.g.      llOwnerSay("Texture 1");   }   timer()   {      if (daytime()) state default;   }   on_rez(integer p)   {      llResetScript();   }}