Move an object to touched prim (Where do I start?)

[Raena Parx]

Hello. I am not a scripter, but can do a bit here and there.  I'm currently creating a project which includes scripting for prim babies.  I would like to have a scripted object that the mom can touch and give permission for her rezzed prim baby to move to that location/position.  I have absolutely no idea how to go about this since we are dealing with prims and not avatars.  Can anyone give me an idea what type of commands to use? Thank you so much. 🙂

[Mollymews]

5 hours ago, Raena Parx said:

 I would like to have a scripted object that the mom can touch and give permission for her rezzed prim baby to move to that location/position.  Can anyone give me an idea what type of commands to use?

basic way to do this

1) Mom touches the object. http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Touch_start

2) Object script sends message to baby script saying "I am here at XYZ region coordinates.  http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlRegionSay  http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlGetPos

3) Baby listens for message: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Listen

4) on receipt of message, baby goes to object: if physical baby http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlMoveToTarget : if non-physical baby http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlSetPos

[Raena Parx]

Awesome.  Thank you sooooo much.  At least I know where to start now. Sounds complex lol.  But I'm up for the challenge.  Thank you Mollymews for your help :)

 

 

[Raena Parx]

Thank you again for the links.  I looked over them and played a bit. But the logic is missing a piece.  The prim baby is an object owned by the mom, so I cant add a listening script to the baby.  Even if the touched object talks to the mom directly, and the mom has the baby attached, how would she send the attached baby to that position, rather than moving herself to it?  Again, your help is greatly appreciated. 🙃

 

 

[Mollymews]

2 minutes ago, Raena Parx said:

Thank you again for the links.  I looked over them and played a bit. But the logic is missing a piece.  The prim baby is an object owned by the mom, so I cant add a listening script to the baby.  Even if the touched object talks to the mom directly, and the mom has the baby attached, how would she send the attached baby to that position, rather than moving herself to it?  Again, your help is greatly appreciated. 🙃

 

if the baby is no-modify permissions (you can't add a script to it as you have discovered) then you wont be able to enhance it like you are wanting to

you could try asking the person who made the baby if they could provide you with a modify version, explaining to them what you are wanting to try and do yourself. They may be intrigued enough to give you a modify version for this reason

 

[Prokofy Neva]

On 2/4/2021 at 2:31 AM, Mollymews said:

if the baby is no-modify permissions (you can't add a script to it as you have discovered) then you wont be able to enhance it like you are wanting to

you could try asking the person who made the baby if they could provide you with a modify version, explaining to them what you are wanting to try and do yourself. They may be intrigued enough to give you a modify version for this reason

 

I don't have any expertise on this sort of thing at all, but I contemplated this problem recently when I wanted to make an atomic bomb that I could touch and trigger, but that would not go off right in front of me, but would go off far away on the sim. I tried to get the "rez object on touch correctly" to have very big numbers in it, but since I can never visualize that construction to pick out sensible numbers, I do it by trial and error and it takes forever.

So I realized like setting an "off sim" waterfall, I could take a 64-meter stick, make it as thin as it would go, attack it to the rocket or bomb trigger, then have that be the thing that rezzes out, so it is far away from me when I touch it. In order to have it look realistic, you have to make it invisible, but put it near enough to a button so it seems like you are touching a button when in fact you are touching the long stick. So that worked for the bomb (and put them on "temp" so they clear away). 

To have this work on a baby, you would have to have the baby like at the end of the stick like a wheel, then put "rotate" so that the baby crawls around at least in a circle.

OK, as I said, I don't know what I'm talking about.

[Raena Parx]

LOL, thank you both so much for your help.  If the baby is mod, I may be able to have the mom add a listener to it. But otherwise I may just have to have the mom rez the baby in place it.

I greatly appreciate all your help with my silly project.  :)