script -- wheel of fortune spinning away

[Syaoran Nyoki]

I'm trying to make a game show wheel of fortune type deal. It works the way I want in every way except occasionally it rolls away. I understand why it behaves in this way, but I am powerless to fix it. I really want it to be anchored somehow but still spin the same way. My wheel is a cylinder stood up like a car tire. Here is my script:

 

default
{
    state_entry()
   {
             llSetClickAction(CLICK_ACTION_TOUCH);
             llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, TRUE); //Enable physics
             llGroundRepel(5.0, FALSE, 0.1); // Make the object hover above the ground

  }

    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {
            //Loop for slowing down the rotation to a halt
           llSay(0, "Spinning The Wheel.");

            integer i;
            for(i=4;i>=0;i--)
            {
                 llTargetOmega(<0,0,30>, i*0.1*PI, 1);
                 llSleep(1.5);
            }
       }
}

[Rolig Loon]

That's because you made your wheel physical.  There's no need for that.  There are a few other problems with that script too.  For example, it will only spin the wheel properly if you have it set up in precisely the right orientation in world.  Try this instead...

integer gCount;default{    touch_start(integer total_number)    {        llSay(0, "Spinning The Wheel.");        gCount = 4;        llTargetOmega(<0.0,0.0,30.0>*llGetRot(), gCount*0.05*PI, 1);        llSetTimerEvent(2.0);    }        timer()    {        llTargetOmega(<0.0,0.0,30.0>*llGetRot(), --gCount*0.05*PI, 1);        if(!gCount)        {            llSetTimerEvent(0.0);        }    }}

 

[Syaoran Nyoki]

Love that! Really great. Is there a way to get it to not land on the same part of the wheel each time?

[Rolig Loon]

Yes. Just randomize the time on the timer event. Actually, what I would probably do is randomize it initially in the touch_start event and then set it to a constant like 2.0 in the timer event itself.

[Syaoran Nyoki]

I get it! Thank you thank you!