Transfer object parameters from one object to another

[Asha Arida]

I'm trying to write a script that will take the output of llGetPrimitiveParams, and transfer it to another object. So far my script looks like this:

1. Store output of llGetPrimitiveParams in a list

2. llDumpList2String params

3. llSay string params

4. Receiving object listens for params

5. llParseString2List on params

 

The problem here is that llParseString2List does not preserve data types (every item in the list becomes a string), so when I run llSetPrimitiveParams in the new object with list params it chokes with an error.

How can I preserve data types and transfer primitive params from one object to another?

[Cerise Sorbet]

Check out the llGetListEntryType page and the sample functions there.

[Asha Arida]

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

[Rufus Darkfold]

The list_cast funciton in the library converts a list of strings into whatever datatypes they can be converted to.   This is generally good enough for llGet/SetPrimitiveParams  (unless you are setting the object name/description/hovertext  and are trying to put a number in there).

 

[Asha Arida]

....That seems to be even MORE useful! Thank you!

[Rufus Darkfold]

You might be interested in the primset script,  which utilizes list_cast to process argument lists over a chat channel for llGet/SetLinkPrimitiveParams,  llLinkParticleSystem,  llSetLinkTextureAnim, and llSetKeyframedMotion.  The format of the messages is described on the wiki page.

The primcontrol hud provides a gui to send messages to primset.

primset and primcontrol are open source.