Saving short-lived objects

[DragonWhisperer]

I want an object to rez another object that has a short lifespan, say, 1 second. My problem is that when editing the script within the object, the script runs upon saving it and the object disappears before I can take it into inventory. If I uncheck the "Running" box, the script won't run when the object rezzes.

How can I get around this so I can drag an auto-run script into the object?

[Void Singer]

put the code in the on_rez event, instead of state_entry

[DragonWhisperer]

That works, except now when I rez the object from inventory to edit it, its script runs and the object dissapears.

Is there a way to rez from inventory for editing without having their on_rez scripts run?

[Innula Zenovka]

How about something on the lines of 

default{	on_rez(integer start_param)	{		if(start_param !=0){			llSetTimerEvent(1.0);		}			}	timer()	{		llDie();	}}

 The start parameter is 0 by default, so that won't run the timer unless you rez it from an object and give it non-0 start param as the last argument in llRezObject.

[DragonWhisperer]

Perfect! Learning all the time ;-]

 

Thanks

[Rufus Darkfold]

And if you already have such an object and can't get in to edit the script, rez it in a no-script area.

 

[Acheron Gloom]

You can also attach it, set scripts to not running, reset scripts, and drop it unless the owner was clever and did:

llDie();

llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(), PERMISSION_ATTACH);

llDetachFromAvatar();