the rotation blues

hello all here is my question:
Is there a way to make one prim (or prim groop) rotate around an axis while the other linked prims remain stationary, but still linked (so when changing position everything moves together, but when rotating only the one part moves).

i tried this:

v=<0.0,0.0,90.0>;

llSetRot(llEuler2Rot(v*DEG_TO_RAD) / ( (ZERO_ROTATION / llGetLocalRot()) * llGetRot()));

,but it still rotated everytthing.

i think perhaps i misunderstand how llSetRot() functions; I dont know. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

heres a diagram:

                                       ______________
                                      |    spinny    |
                                      |    thing      | <--this should
                                      |______________|    spin around
                                          |  |                   the z axis
                                          |  |  <----------- here
                                          |  |                                        
                                          |  |                   
                            --------------------
                            |      Base          |  <-------- while this 
                            |                    |               remains
                            --------------------               stationary
                

thanks
ed

I'm not experienced yet/haven't played around with LSL to really know what's going on exactly but...

I -think- the child object (the spinny thingie) needs it's own script that rotates it. If you script a rotate into the base, it'll rotate the base (and everything else with it).

Try posting in the scripting forum for confirmation, but I'm pretty sure there is no way to rotate only one prim in a linked set EXCEPT using a rotating texture to give the illusion that the one prim is moving.

Karighan is correct. You need to place a script in the child object to get it to rotate. When editing the object, check the "Select Individual" button on the edit panel and then go to the Contents tab to add the script. You can then use link messages to communicate between the script in the child object and the script in the parent.