Lighthouse beam rotation

[Tattooshop]

Hello!

How to make the rotation effect of the lighthouse beam if it is part of a linkset? If the beam protrudes strongly forward, naturally the center is displaced. And the rotation will take place in the middle of the beam ...

( Except adding an invisible triangle mesh at the opposite end of the beam. )

[Qie Niangao]

Yeah, if it must be a mesh, it's least laggy to add that tri at the opposite end to get the center to be the axis of rotation. If it can be a simple tapered cylinder, just slice it so the center is where you want it. Either way, you'll use llTargetOmega to avoid the more complex (and much laggier) constant adjustment of rotation about an axis offset from the link's center. (That's certainly possible, but not something to do constantly if you can avoid it, as you can here.)

[Quistess Alpha]

I agree with Qie that llTargetOmega is much better if you can use it, but setting a links rotation and position based on a non-root center of rotation is occasionally useful for other things (not a constantly rotating lighthouse light) and not /that/ difficult:

// Global Variables:
vector Center_of_Rotation; // in local coords, or for global just modify llSLPPF a little.
vector Offset = <position of linked prim when at zero rotation>-Center_of_Rotation;
rotation g_rot; // set this to different rotatitons, or multiply it a marginal ammount on a timer.

//...
//on a timer or whatever:
llSLPPF(link,[PRIM_POS_LOCAL,Center_of_rotation+Offset*g_rot,PRIM_ROT_LOCAL,g_rot]);

 

[Tattooshop]

4 hours ago, Qie Niangao said:

Yeah, if it must be a mesh, it's least laggy to add that tri at the opposite end to get the center to be the axis of rotation. If it can be a simple tapered cylinder, just slice it so the center is where you want it. Either way, you'll use llTargetOmega to avoid the more complex (and much laggier) constant adjustment of rotation about an axis offset from the link's center. (That's certainly possible, but not something to do constantly if you can avoid it, as you can here.)

 

2 hours ago, Quistessa said:

I agree with Qie that llTargetOmega is much better if you can use it, but setting a links rotation and position based on a non-root center of rotation is occasionally useful for other things (not a constantly rotating lighthouse light) and not /that/ difficult:

// Global Variables:
vector Center_of_Rotation; // in local coords, or for global just modify llSLPPF a little.
vector Offset = <position of linked prim when at zero rotation>-Center_of_Rotation;
rotation g_rot; // set this to different rotatitons, or multiply it a marginal ammount on a timer.

//...
//on a timer or whatever:
llSLPPF(link,[PRIM_POS_LOCAL,Center_of_rotation+Offset*g_rot,PRIM_ROT_LOCAL,g_rot]);

 

Thank you so much!

There are several movements but stops quickly. What did I do wrong?

 

vector rotate = < 0, 0, 10 > ;
rotation rot;

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llSetTimerEvent(1);
    }

    timer()
    {
        // Global Variables:
        vector Center_of_Rotation = < 73.66853, 145.58430, 3017.25000 > ; // in local coords, or for global just modify llSLPPF a little.
        vector Offset = < -1.24544, -0.06297, 0.00000 > -Center_of_Rotation;
        rotation g_rot; // set this to different rotatitons, or multiply it a marginal ammount on a timer.
        rotate *= DEG_TO_RAD;
        g_rot = llEuler2Rot(rotate);

        //...
        //on a timer or whatever:
        llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast(2, [PRIM_POS_LOCAL, Center_of_Rotation + Offset * g_rot, PRIM_ROT_LOCAL, g_rot]);
    }
}

 

[Quistess Alpha]

27 minutes ago, Tattooshop said:

What did I do wrong?

🙊

[Profaitchikenz Haiku]

7 hours ago, Tattooshop said:

There are several movements but stops quickly. What did I do wrong?

You put the global variables in the timer section so they are constantly being re-initialised once a second.

The timer section needs to update the rotation and then adjust the beam by calling setPrimitiveParams, but I don't see an option in the code to repeatedly increase the rotation amount

[Tattooshop]

9 hours ago, Quistessa said:

🙊

 

2 hours ago, Profaitchikenz Haiku said:

You put the global variables in the timer section so they are constantly being re-initialised once a second.

The timer section needs to update the rotation and then adjust the beam by calling setPrimitiveParams, but I don't see an option in the code to repeatedly increase the rotation amount

There was a feeling that I did something stupid, thanks!

 

[VirtualKitten]

Easiest way with mesh beam is to place a vertex node exactly at a point from the beam end equidistant to the beam in this way the beam willeo have full size and you can rotate it wil usual methods very easily without lag

[Tattooshop]

4 hours ago, VirtualKitten said:

Easiest way with mesh beam is to place a vertex node exactly at a point from the beam end equidistant to the beam in this way the beam willeo have full size and you can rotate it wil usual methods very easily without lag

Yes, thanks, most likely I will have to do this, or use a cylinder sliced off in the middle, if it's not a mesh but prim.

[Tattooshop]

I moved global variables to the beginning of the script.
In order to educate myself, I would still like to know what is wrong here.

vector rotate = < 0, 0, 10 > ;

        // Global Variables:
        vector Center_of_Rotation = < 73.66853, 145.58430, 3017.25000 > ; // in local coords, or for global just modify llSLPPF a little.
        vector Offset = < -1.24544, -0.06297, 0.00000 > -Center_of_Rotation;
        rotation g_rot; // set this to different rotatitons, or multiply it a marginal ammount on a timer.
        rotate *= DEG_TO_RAD;
        g_rot = llEuler2Rot(rotate);

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llSetTimerEvent(1);
    }

    timer()
    {
        //...
        //on a timer or whatever:
        llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast(2, [PRIM_POS_LOCAL, Center_of_Rotation + Offset * g_rot, PRIM_ROT_LOCAL, g_rot]);
    }
}

 

[VirtualKitten]

oh its not going to be great a simple mesh cone will do it with and extra vector im me in world i will send you one loo look at 

[Quistess Alpha]

Fiiiine. . .

// Global Variables:
vector Center_of_Rotation = < 0.0, 2.0, 5.0 > ; // in local coords, or for global just modify llSLPPF a little.
vector Offset = < 2.5, 0.0, 0.0 >;
rotation Current_Rotation; // the rotation accumulator for the rotating linked prim.
rotation Delta_Rotation; // = llAxisAngle2Rot(<0,0,1>,5*DEG_TO_RAD);
rotation Link_Zero_Rotation; // = llEuler2Rot(<0,90,0>*DEG_TO_RAD); // the rotation of the linked prim when in its default position and the root is at 0 rotation.
// you can't calculate in the preamble, so move that to state_entry.

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        Delta_Rotation = llAxisAngle2Rot(<0,0,1>,5*DEG_TO_RAD);
        Link_Zero_Rotation = llRotBetween(<0,0,1>,<1,0,0>);
        llSetTimerEvent(0.2);
    }

    timer()
    {
        Current_Rotation*= Delta_Rotation;
        llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast(2, 
        [   PRIM_POS_LOCAL, Center_of_Rotation + Offset * Current_Rotation,
            PRIM_ROT_LOCAL, Link_Zero_Rotation*Current_Rotation
        ]);
    }
}

 

[Tattooshop]

6 hours ago, Quistessa said:

Fiiiine. . .

// Global Variables:
vector Center_of_Rotation = < 0.0, 2.0, 5.0 > ; // in local coords, or for global just modify llSLPPF a little.
vector Offset = < 2.5, 0.0, 0.0 >;
rotation Current_Rotation; // the rotation accumulator for the rotating linked prim.
rotation Delta_Rotation; // = llAxisAngle2Rot(<0,0,1>,5*DEG_TO_RAD);
rotation Link_Zero_Rotation; // = llEuler2Rot(<0,90,0>*DEG_TO_RAD); // the rotation of the linked prim when in its default position and the root is at 0 rotation.
// you can't calculate in the preamble, so move that to state_entry.

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        Delta_Rotation = llAxisAngle2Rot(<0,0,1>,5*DEG_TO_RAD);
        Link_Zero_Rotation = llRotBetween(<0,0,1>,<1,0,0>);
        llSetTimerEvent(0.2);
    }

    timer()
    {
        Current_Rotation*= Delta_Rotation;
        llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast(2, 
        [   PRIM_POS_LOCAL, Center_of_Rotation + Offset * Current_Rotation,
            PRIM_ROT_LOCAL, Link_Zero_Rotation*Current_Rotation
        ]);
    }
}

 

Thank you so much!

[Tattooshop]

22 hours ago, Quistessa said:

Fiiiine. . .

 

Rotating the sliced cylinder (left) and Quistessa's script (works like magic!) 👍