Getting info when touching prims

[XbabylonX]

Hello

is there any way (probably by wearing a hud) to get the info of different prims I touch and which I dont own?

Thank you very much for reading.

[Dora Gustafson]

You don't get any info if there is no script inside to answer your touch
You can capture the key of a prim by using a sensor or by cast ray
Knowing the key you can get all kinds of information about the prim

[Rolig Loon]

You could write a script using llGetObjectDetails to get some kinds of information, but you'd have to have some way to get the object's UUID.  If all you want is standard information like the object's prim count, of course, you can always inspect it with your Edit/Build tool.  You can also set hover tips (in Preferences >> User Interface >> General ) to show you that sort of information with mouseover.

[XbabylonX]

Thank you both for your answers.

So by wearing a hud, I can get the id of the prim I touch?

[Rolig Loon]

That all depends on how you write the script for the HUD.  After all, a HUD is just a scrfipted object attached to your screen. The script you create for it controls what it can do. As Dora says, you could use a sensor or cast ray.  As I said before, though, all you have to do is use your Edit/Build tool and you can get many kinds of information about a selected object.  No script required.

[XbabylonX]

Thank you!

[XbabylonX]

Using your info I founf this old thread

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/LSL-Library/Object-AV-scanner-using-llCastRay-in-mouse-look/td-p/1365957

which works as I wated, pretty handy, but it doesnt give me the correct name of my testing prims I rezzed.

For example I have a simple prim with name "The name", but when I touch it I have the following output in local chat: Name = Object

[XbabylonX]

Ok just after my previous post I realized that I have to use mouse view to make it work correctly.

So, is there any way to use it with norma view?

[Rolig Loon]

No, because it has no way of knowing where your cursor is.  In mouseview, your "cursor" is always right in the middle of your screen.

[XbabylonX]

Thank you

[Qie Niangao]

Well... it can't tell where your mouse is, but it can tell where your cam is directed, so it's possible to tell where you're alt-camming, if that happens to be more natural than mouselook for your application.

[Nexii Malthus]

You could create a HUD that covers your screen to capture a click and then translate that into a raycast starting from your camera position/rotation.

 

The raycast would then be able to give you enough information that you seek.

 

Kind of how this HUD was done: 

 

You can project screen coordinates into region coordinates. For more hints on the maths behind this I can give a script, that would tell you how to do this kind of projection, if you contact me in-world.

 

If your careful with precisely when and where you cover the hud, you can make it unobtrusive enough so that you can alt-cam as you would normally.