Moving an object an avatar is sitting on slowly

[LissomePrey]

I want to move an object my avatar is sitting on slowly to a new position.

llMoveToTarget seems to be the answer but the object must have STATUS_PHYSICS set to TRUE and when I do this I get told that there is no suitable surface to sit on.

Is this universal with STATUS_PHYSICS or does it depend on size or something else?

[Rolig Loon]

If you have put a sit target in your object with llSitTarget, there should be no problem.  Even if you haven't, there shouldn't normally be a problem.  The issue may be size or, if your object is mesh or has been cut/hollowed/tortured in some way, shape could be the problem. In any case, adding a sit target should clear it up.

Moving an object slowly is an art.  If you make the object physical, llMoveToTarget can work well but you may have to work some magic with at_target, not_at_target, and moving_end events to get exactly the results you want.  Your other major option is llSetKeyframedMotion, for which you do not need to make the object physical.  All you need to do is provide distance, rotations, and travel times for segments of your journey and then issue a single command to get it rolling. 

[LissomePrey]

Thanks for the help. I had made the object very small so that may be the issue.

I will look at llSetKeyFramedMotion too as it may be a better solution anyway.

[LissomePrey]

Just as a follow up for other's information:

llSetKeyFramedMotion did just what was needed. The object being moverd must have at least one mesh component though but I found a full perm mesh box on the marketplace for 1 Linden, which works perfectly.

 

[Rolig Loon]

Or you could have simply selected your object and set its physics shape to Convex Hull.  It's in the Features tab of yoiur editor.  That will also save you L.I. in most cases.