Toggled facial expression script ?

[Enca Mode]

Hi all,

I'm trying to find a way to create a toggle on/off menu for a facial expression, but since I don't have any experience with creating menus in objects, all I can manage to do at this point is use a New Gesture and add default animations and wait times manually until I have the max number of allowed steps. Unfortunately this is still way too short of a duration, and I'd have to press the gesture's hotkey every 10-15 seconds to keep up the effect.

I've peeked into the scripting forums for help topics, but with everything looking so complex I don't even know where to begin, so....direct help here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks !

[Rolig Loon]

I'm not quite clear about what you're trying to do, but it sounds like you want to make a version of a smiler attachment that fires several facial expressions at random intervals.  The internal animations are all at http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Internal_Animations .  Look for the ones that start with express_ . They are all the ones that are in the graphic at the bottom of that page:

When you write your script, grab all of the UUIDs for the textures you want to use from the table on that page and put them into a global list.  Write your attach event to request PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION. Then all you need to do is start a timer event when the run_time_permissions event fires.  Use llStartAnimation to trigger a random animation from your global list of UUIDs each time it goes around.

 

[Enca Mode]

Sorry if it was unclear....I'm not sure how to express it.  I just want some way to create one expression that never leaves my face unless I tell it to stop.  Just one constant expression without pauses or gaps between.

[Dora Gustafson]

You may be able to use this script or some of it.
I will admit it is not easy to find because focus is on the JASON based menu and not facial expressions, but here it is

:smileysurprised::smileyvery-happy:

To keep an expression without gabs you reduce the time in:

llSetTimerEvent( 3.0 );

Reduce 3.0 to 1.0 or even smaller

[Enca Mode]

Yes, that part I can do.... with gestures you can add wait times of even half a second or whatever you like.  But my problem is that I only get to do that animation a certain number of times and then it stops and I have to push the hotkey again. I want the animation to *stay* on until I stop it.

[Dora Gustafson]

The script I link to will run random facial animations or one facial animation until you stop it.

You obviously missed it so here it is:

https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Dora_Gustafson/JSON_structure_facial_expression

 

[Xiija]

you need either an animation that is looped, or a timer loop?

the default anims are not looped,

here is an example of a timer loop for those...

 

integer k;default{    state_entry()    {  llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(), PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION);    }    touch_start(integer total_number)    { if(k = !k)         llSetTimerEvent(0.5);       else      llSetTimerEvent(0);       }    timer()    {  llStartAnimation("express_disdain");    }}

 

[Nova Convair]

Maybe the OP is not aware that facial expressions do not persist.

So the only way to achieve that is a loop.

You need a script that restarts the facial expression over and over again and to stop it the script will simply stop the restarts.

You cant do it with a gesture, you need to wear a scripted hud/attachment for that. The hud can receive commands from gestures though.