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Burke Prefect

Cafe Owner, Superhero

Join date: 29 Oct 2004

Posts: 2,785

07-18-2005 18:01

I'd like to go ahead and appologize NOW for something before I start getting ARs.

As alot of you know (and some of you dread), I am in the process of constructing a high-primcount airship. The good news is, i've trimmed it down from 180 prims to 125 prims. But it still some sims tend to pass this thing like it's a six-pound kidney stone. And with that, I'd like to appologize to the parcel owners who might be stuck with a 124 airship sans root pilot seat that I may leave lying around. I do try to clean up when the ENTIRE BASTARD COMES UNLINKED FOR NO APPEARENT REASON, but as we know, sometimes something breaking also means the sim-to-client link breaks, And I may have trouble clearing things out.

It would also help if your automatically send people home script would warn me when I'm only 50 feet above the deck and could clearly hear any warnings before being TP'd. For that contingency I'm engineering a failsafe that breaks the ship apart, then turns everything physical, as it self-destructed. So people will know what's up in the futire.

Hank Ramos

Lifetime Scripter

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 2,328

07-18-2005 18:47

How about adding in a "heartbeat" signal from the root pilot seat to all child prims via linked messages. Have a timeout timer in one non-root prim that looks for that "heartbeat" signal. If it's not found say after 5 minutes, then call llDie().

Eboni Khan

Misanthrope

Join date: 17 Mar 2004

Posts: 2,133

07-18-2005 18:49

Nice marketing effort. Post in general and make it appear not to be an add. B- for effort.

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Burke Prefect

Cafe Owner, Superhero

Join date: 29 Oct 2004

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07-18-2005 18:50

That might work. But it would appear the ENTIRE SHIP becomes unlinked. That means however many peices that i'd need to put scripts into. I'm trying to make this as low-lag as possible. I suppose I can make it detect an unlinking, then make it DIE. But then I would be unable to edit it.

I can't just LEAVE a hundred-plus items around to get autoreturned (ugh).

Siggy Romulus

DILLIGAF

Join date: 22 Sep 2003

Posts: 5,711

07-18-2005 18:54

That would be fun to watch.. like Splodycow ^ 10!

Can I watch it go boom?

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(I like explosions.. it's only right I should)

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David Cartier

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07-18-2005 18:55

From: Burke Prefect

I'd like to go ahead and appologize NOW for something before I start getting ARs.
As alot of you know (and some of you dread), I am in the process of constructing a high-primcount airship. QUOTE]

You ARE planning on calling your ship the LINDENBERG, aren't you?

Burke Prefect

Cafe Owner, Superhero

Join date: 29 Oct 2004

Posts: 2,785

07-18-2005 19:14

Hmm. It's not a proper derigable, more like of Mad Max paired with Star Wars. It's really more of a hovership, one big linked peice. I'm going to have make a low-prim 'cruising' model and hope it'll pass borders easier.

Ad? It's not an ad, it's more of a public notice.

Blueman Steele

Registered User

Join date: 28 Dec 2004

Posts: 1,038

Ad?

07-18-2005 20:40

"Hi I've made an object that blows apart quite a bit"

Yea that's some ad, thanks for the notice! ;-D

Siggy Romulus

DILLIGAF

Join date: 22 Sep 2003

Posts: 5,711

07-18-2005 20:42

From: Blueman Steele

"Hi I've made an object that blows apart quite a bit"

Yea that's some ad, thanks for the notice! ;-D

And thats why you need.... SPLODY COW!!! Coming to a store need you...

Depends on the product.. I rather like the idea of things that blow apart quite a bit.. especially things you sit on.

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Burke Prefect

Cafe Owner, Superhero

Join date: 29 Oct 2004

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07-18-2005 21:08

It only blows apart on some sim borders. If I had the time and didn't mind the AR's is simply have all the peices turn phantom, spew smoke and fall to the ground in interesting ways. I guess I'll add something to make the whole ship temp-on-rez.

Jillian Callahan

Rotary-winged Neko Girl

Join date: 24 Jun 2004

Posts: 3,766

07-18-2005 21:14

CODE

default
  {
  	state_entry()
  	{
  		llSetTimerEvent(60);
  	}
  	on_rez(integer n)
  	{
  		llResetScript();
  	}
  	timer()
  	{
  		if ( llGetNumberOfPrims() < 2 )
  		{
 		 llDie(); // Alternatively, one could add smoke particles here, wait a few seconds, then die.
  		}
  	}
  }

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Burke Prefect

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07-18-2005 21:18

hmm. that would work too.

Now to just dump that into every prim of a prim-heavy object... or at least the really big parts. I'll figure something out.

blaze Spinnaker

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Join date: 12 Aug 2004

Posts: 5,898

07-19-2005 03:22

I've seen the Prim Reaper.. it's pretty cool

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Madame Maracas

Not who you think I am...

Join date: 7 Jun 2004

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07-19-2005 03:27

/lines up to watch this baby 'splode it's way out of port on it's maiden voyage!

Actually, I'd like to see it sail on happily too!

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Roseann Flora

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07-19-2005 03:37

From: Burke Prefect

I'd like to go ahead and appologize NOW for something before I start getting ARs.

As alot of you know (and some of you dread), I am in the process of constructing a high-primcount airship. The good news is, i've trimmed it down from 180 prims to 125 prims. But it still some sims tend to pass this thing like it's a six-pound kidney stone. And with that, I'd like to appologize to the parcel owners who might be stuck with a 124 airship sans root pilot seat that I may leave lying around. I do try to clean up when the ENTIRE BASTARD COMES UNLINKED FOR NO APPEARENT REASON, but as we know, sometimes something breaking also means the sim-to-client link breaks, And I may have trouble clearing things out.

It would also help if your automatically send people home script would warn me when I'm only 50 feet above the deck and could clearly hear any warnings before being TP'd. For that contingency I'm engineering a failsafe that breaks the ship apart, then turns everything physical, as it self-destructed. So people will know what's up in the futire.

Sounds like this will be cool Burke, I will have to see this when your done

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Kim Anubis

The Magician

Join date: 3 Jun 2004

Posts: 921

07-19-2005 10:20

When this thing blows apart, then you have a hundred-plus non-vehicle prims suddenly on one or more parcels. What about the bug of objects over the parcel limit returning out of order? Has that been fixed? Because I'd hate to see a hundred-plus of my objects returned from my parcel (which is at a sim border) if your vehicle blows up over my house and shop (or worse, a high-prim-count object in progress, but not linked).

If that isn't going to be an issue . . . I think it'd be kinda neat to watch. But heck, I liked the zombies, too.

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Raudf Fox

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07-19-2005 10:36

From: Kim Anubis

If that isn't going to be an issue . . . I think it'd be kinda neat to watch. But heck, I liked the zombies, too.

I love watching things go BOOM!!! That said, bring it over my place! I'd love to watch the fireworks!

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Burke Prefect

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07-19-2005 14:55

Okay. I give in. I"ll script all of the prims on a long-interval check to see if they need to 'splode or not.

So far I haven't seen any Parcel Is Full errors, usually it's just something like the entire ship becoming unlinked or being stuck in limbo.

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Burke Prefect Cafe Owner, Superhero Join date: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 2,785	07-18-2005 18:01 I'd like to go ahead and appologize NOW for something before I start getting ARs. As alot of you know (and some of you dread), I am in the process of constructing a high-primcount airship. The good news is, i've trimmed it down from 180 prims to 125 prims. But it still some sims tend to pass this thing like it's a six-pound kidney stone. And with that, I'd like to appologize to the parcel owners who might be stuck with a 124 airship sans root pilot seat that I may leave lying around. I do try to clean up when the ENTIRE BASTARD COMES UNLINKED FOR NO APPEARENT REASON, but as we know, sometimes something breaking also means the sim-to-client link breaks, And I may have trouble clearing things out. It would also help if your automatically send people home script would warn me when I'm only 50 feet above the deck and could clearly hear any warnings before being TP'd. For that contingency I'm engineering a failsafe that breaks the ship apart, then turns everything physical, as it self-destructed. So people will know what's up in the futire.
Hank Ramos Lifetime Scripter Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 2,328	07-18-2005 18:47 How about adding in a "heartbeat" signal from the root pilot seat to all child prims via linked messages. Have a timeout timer in one non-root prim that looks for that "heartbeat" signal. If it's not found say after 5 minutes, then call llDie().
Eboni Khan Misanthrope Join date: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,133	07-18-2005 18:49 Nice marketing effort. Post in general and make it appear not to be an add. B- for effort. _____________________
Burke Prefect Cafe Owner, Superhero Join date: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 2,785	07-18-2005 18:50 That might work. But it would appear the ENTIRE SHIP becomes unlinked. That means however many peices that i'd need to put scripts into. I'm trying to make this as low-lag as possible. I suppose I can make it detect an unlinking, then make it DIE. But then I would be unable to edit it. I can't just LEAVE a hundred-plus items around to get autoreturned (ugh).
Siggy Romulus DILLIGAF Join date: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 5,711	07-18-2005 18:54 That would be fun to watch.. like Splodycow ^ 10! Can I watch it go boom? Siggy (I like explosions.. it's only right I should) _____________________ The Second Life forums are living proof as to why it's illegal for people to have sex with farm animals. From: Jesse Linden I, for one, am highly un-helped by this thread
David Cartier Registered User Join date: 8 Jun 2003 Posts: 1,018	07-18-2005 18:55 From: Burke Prefect I'd like to go ahead and appologize NOW for something before I start getting ARs. As alot of you know (and some of you dread), I am in the process of constructing a high-primcount airship. QUOTE] You ARE planning on calling your ship the LINDENBERG, aren't you?
Burke Prefect Cafe Owner, Superhero Join date: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 2,785	07-18-2005 19:14 Hmm. It's not a proper derigable, more like of Mad Max paired with Star Wars. It's really more of a hovership, one big linked peice. I'm going to have make a low-prim 'cruising' model and hope it'll pass borders easier. Ad? It's not an ad, it's more of a public notice.
Blueman Steele Registered User Join date: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 1,038	Ad? 07-18-2005 20:40 "Hi I've made an object that blows apart quite a bit" Yea that's some ad, thanks for the notice! ;-D
Siggy Romulus DILLIGAF Join date: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 5,711	07-18-2005 20:42 From: Blueman Steele "Hi I've made an object that blows apart quite a bit" Yea that's some ad, thanks for the notice! ;-D And thats why you need.... SPLODY COW!!! Coming to a store need you... Depends on the product.. I rather like the idea of things that blow apart quite a bit.. especially things you sit on. _____________________ The Second Life forums are living proof as to why it's illegal for people to have sex with farm animals. From: Jesse Linden I, for one, am highly un-helped by this thread
Burke Prefect Cafe Owner, Superhero Join date: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 2,785	07-18-2005 21:08 It only blows apart on some sim borders. If I had the time and didn't mind the AR's is simply have all the peices turn phantom, spew smoke and fall to the ground in interesting ways. I guess I'll add something to make the whole ship temp-on-rez.
Jillian Callahan Rotary-winged Neko Girl Join date: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 3,766	07-18-2005 21:14 CODE default { state_entry() { llSetTimerEvent(60); } on_rez(integer n) { llResetScript(); } timer() { if ( llGetNumberOfPrims() < 2 ) { llDie(); // Alternatively, one could add smoke particles here, wait a few seconds, then die. } } } _____________________
Burke Prefect Cafe Owner, Superhero Join date: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 2,785	07-18-2005 21:18 hmm. that would work too. Now to just dump that into every prim of a prim-heavy object... or at least the really big parts. I'll figure something out.
blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	07-19-2005 03:22 I've seen the Prim Reaper.. it's pretty cool _____________________ Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds : "User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."
Madame Maracas Not who you think I am... Join date: 7 Jun 2004 Posts: 1,953	07-19-2005 03:27 /lines up to watch this baby 'splode it's way out of port on it's maiden voyage! Actually, I'd like to see it sail on happily too! _____________________ RadioRadio - http://radioradiosl.com M 6 Hobbes Abattoir T 7 Sezmra Svorag W 4 Brian Mason W 6 Moira Stern W 8 Nala Galatea Th 6 Chet Neurocam F 6 Vertigo Paris F 9 Madame Maracas S 5 Madame Maracas S 8 TriNala Su 6 Trinity Serpentine http://madamemaracas.wordpress.com - Madame Maracas Blaaagh Plurk - http://www.plurk.com/user/MadameMaracas
Roseann Flora /wrist Join date: 7 Feb 2004 Posts: 1,058	07-19-2005 03:37 From: Burke Prefect I'd like to go ahead and appologize NOW for something before I start getting ARs. As alot of you know (and some of you dread), I am in the process of constructing a high-primcount airship. The good news is, i've trimmed it down from 180 prims to 125 prims. But it still some sims tend to pass this thing like it's a six-pound kidney stone. And with that, I'd like to appologize to the parcel owners who might be stuck with a 124 airship sans root pilot seat that I may leave lying around. I do try to clean up when the ENTIRE BASTARD COMES UNLINKED FOR NO APPEARENT REASON, but as we know, sometimes something breaking also means the sim-to-client link breaks, And I may have trouble clearing things out. It would also help if your automatically send people home script would warn me when I'm only 50 feet above the deck and could clearly hear any warnings before being TP'd. For that contingency I'm engineering a failsafe that breaks the ship apart, then turns everything physical, as it self-destructed. So people will know what's up in the futire. Sounds like this will be cool Burke, I will have to see this when your done _____________________
Kim Anubis The Magician Join date: 3 Jun 2004 Posts: 921	07-19-2005 10:20 When this thing blows apart, then you have a hundred-plus non-vehicle prims suddenly on one or more parcels. What about the bug of objects over the parcel limit returning out of order? Has that been fixed? Because I'd hate to see a hundred-plus of my objects returned from my parcel (which is at a sim border) if your vehicle blows up over my house and shop (or worse, a high-prim-count object in progress, but not linked). If that isn't going to be an issue . . . I think it'd be kinda neat to watch. But heck, I liked the zombies, too. _____________________ http://www.TheMagicians.us
Raudf Fox (ra-ow-th) Join date: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 5,119	07-19-2005 10:36 From: Kim Anubis If that isn't going to be an issue . . . I think it'd be kinda neat to watch. But heck, I liked the zombies, too. I love watching things go BOOM!!! That said, bring it over my place! I'd love to watch the fireworks! _____________________ DiamonX Studios, the place of the Victorian Times series of gowns and dresses - Located at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fushida/224/176 Want more attachment points for your avatar's wearing pleasure? Then please vote for https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-1065?
Burke Prefect Cafe Owner, Superhero Join date: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 2,785	07-19-2005 14:55 Okay. I give in. I"ll script all of the prims on a long-interval check to see if they need to 'splode or not. So far I haven't seen any Parcel Is Full errors, usually it's just something like the entire ship becoming unlinked or being stuck in limbo.