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    "Linkset Data" is coming.

    in LSL Scripting

    Posted · Edited by KT Kingsley

    10 hours ago, Quistess Alpha said:

    *raises hand* Uhm, what's "slice"?

    It's one of the deformations you can apply to some prims: it trims off its ends on the Z axis so, for example, you can make a cube paper thin. This once had to be done using an exploit: making a sphere, giving it a dimple, and changing it to a box. 

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    How to Rez while sailing Blake Sea

    in General Discussion Forum

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    You can run multiple instances of the viewer. Using Firestorm that's enabled via a setting in preferences. I'm not sure about about the LL viewer; you may need to set the debug setting AllowMultipleViewers directly.

    Once you have an alt running on a second instance of a viewer you just need to park them on the boat, minimise the viewer, and forget about them.

    You can also try parking your boat in a rez zone (they're often adjacent  to piers and jetties). You will need to check About Land to find the auto-return time for that zone, and limit your excursion accordingly.

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    Hover over object Script

    in LSL Scripting

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    I'm guessing you want to wear the object as an attachment. If this is so you should attach it to something like AvatarCenter and adjust its position so it's where you want it below your feet.

    Then you should adjust your avatar's hover height so that the attached object shows above the ground where you want it. Unfortunately the scripting language doesn't offer a means of changing an avatar's hover height (at least as far as I know). RLV does, though, so if you're using a viewer that supports it you can script the change in hover height.

    If the object is something you want to rez on the ground and then stand on, then you can use a sit script that sets a sit target sufficiently high and plays the standing animation of your choice.

    And if you want to be able to move around, this happens in my first scenario. Otherwise you can make the object a vehicle on which you sit (again setting the sit target and animation as required), and whose movement you can control using the arrow keys.

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    Displaying Floating Number With llOwnerSay

    in LSL Scripting

    Posted · Edited by KT Kingsley

    The variable sun_height is defined as a float. You cannot add a number to a string, as in "Sun height is: "+sun_height. You can, however, convert sun_height to a string by using typecasting and then add it to another string: "Sun height is: "+(string)sun_height.

    Sending a boat to water?

    in LSL Scripting

    Posted · Edited by KT Kingsley

    To find the nearest Linden water I'd probably try using a search pattern that tests points on a 16 metre grid (maybe in a "square spiral" pattern) for Linden ownership (Governor Linden, LDPW group and any others you can think of) and where llWater is greater than llGround. Having found one then use llSetRegionPos to move the boat there (maybe making sure the owner is sitting on it).

    There's many other checks that might be needed too, like whether the parcel allows object entry, whether there's enough prim capacity for the boat, whether the water is deep enough and large enough, and whether the parcel is actually connected to open water and you haven't just found a random puddle.

    What are your normal CAM settings?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    I'm also using a head-level rear camera, pointing at the back of my head and set so the horizon bisects my screen, far enough back to get my feet in at the bottom of the frame. I also have the camera angle/zoom set pretty wide at 1.3, which works out as something like a 120° field of view. I find this ideal for general wandering around, with other custom presets for situations like swimming, climbing and descending.

    How to randomise animesh animations?

    in LSL Scripting

    Posted

    I guess you could try starting with a couple of lists composed of the animesh animations and their corresponding avatar animation:

    list animesh_animations = ["animesh1", "animesh2", "animesh3"];
    list avatar_animations = ["avatar1", "avatar2","avatar3"];

    Generate a random index into that list:

    integer index = (integer) llFrand (3.0);

    Then extract the animation names from the lists:

    string animesh_animation = llList2String (animesh_animations, index);
    string avatar_animation = llList2String (avatar_animations, index);

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    Day for Night?

    in Second Life Server

    Posted

    Is it something messed up in my viewers (both Firestorm and SL) or is it something deeper?

    I seem to be seeing night-time when it should be daylight. The vector returned by llGetSunDirection appears to point at the moon, and, according to my calculations, EEP day cycles are inverting day and night (at least on my own parcel and on SL mainland regions). Fixed sun regions appear to be working as expected.

    Dolly zoom camera scripts

    in LSL Scripting

    Posted

    Regarding smoothness of camera movement, the way I'd be thinking about doing this shot would be to have an alt operating the camera while sitting on an object that's scripted to move using KFM. Whether this is a viable option depends, I guess, on what the main subject is doing. If they're standing still (even if animated) it's all relatively easy, but if they have to be moving, it'll get complicated. In that case I'd start thinking about having them also sit on a KFM scripted object that also plays the appropriate animations.

    Which is a heck of a palaver for a single shot. But that's movies for you.

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