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Moleculor Satyr
Fireflies!
Join date: 5 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,650
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01-14-2005 16:16
Ok. I vaguely recall seeing a thread from ages past where LL and scripters both discussed the need/desire to limit llSetPos() to 10m increments. It was called (I believe) damped movement.
If I create an object that llSetPos()es somewhere, I see that object move swiftly (but actually MOVE) between the two points. It visibly slides along a straight line between the two points.
However, if I right click the object, have it in edit mode, and THEN it llSetPos()es, the object seems to "teleport" on my screen (and I think on my screen only).
Now, with recent forum posts, people have been asking about the possibility of sliding doors and such, and I thought it'd be a good idea if we could customize the speed with which objects seem llSetPos().
Please note, this will be a client side ONLY effect. (Mostly.)
What I propose is creating a llSetPosSpeed() function. With it, you can choose to either slow the "sliding" effect down, or speed it up and/or change it into that "teleport" effect.
The slower sliding would allow users to create sliding doors without using Physical objects, and the "teleport" effect is bound to have interesting uses in various game related areas.
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Al Bravo
Retired
Join date: 29 Jun 2004
Posts: 373
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01-14-2005 16:19
I support this. It definitely would help in game manufacturing.
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Jillian Callahan
Rotary-winged Neko Girl
Join date: 24 Jun 2004
Posts: 3,766
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01-14-2005 19:17
I was lamenting the single-speededness of this just today. llSetPos, llSetRot and llSetLocalRot all would be vastly improved by this. Especially if it worked on a prim in a linked set.  |
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CrazyMonkey Feaver
Monkey Guy
Join date: 1 Jul 2003
Posts: 201
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01-15-2005 15:01
Id like it too and have wanted it a long time. Working like MoveTo does. And something both of them could use is the ability to set some kind of mode.
Like Linear(constant speed, no speed up or speed down), instant start and slow stop, slow start to instant stop, ect. we could make non-physical vehicles and objects that way. (at the very least a true/false for current style and linear movement).
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Pedro Pendragon
Registered User
Join date: 15 Jan 2004
Posts: 77
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01-19-2005 13:40
This would be a huge benefit for sooo many things, I think.
No more jerky doors, for one.
Non-physical vehicle type projects would be a whole lot nicer looking, too.
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Marker Dinova
I eat yellow paperclips.
Join date: 13 Sep 2004
Posts: 608
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01-20-2005 09:33
I would love the idea of being able to rotate a prim or group of prims inside a linked set.
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Tiger Crossing
The Prim Maker
Join date: 18 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,560
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01-20-2005 09:48
You are aiming too low. I'm shooting for spline-based path movement!
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