animate a ball

Hi, I would like to create a water balloon (I guess, a ball prim) which esplodes freeing the water in it (a cloud of sprites I guess). Any ideas? Thanks.

Wrong forum try scripters or builders.

Try Scripting Tips forum (not builders), and ask about "particle systems". First, though:

1) read up on LSL scripting in general

2) look in the LSL Wiki for llParticleSystem -- or just google that and take the first Wiki you see. If what you find is totally greek to you, then you'll probably need to try "products wanted" and hope someone is interested in doing it for you cheaply, or a similar freebie you can modify to your purpose.

3) You'll use llDie() to make the balloon object disappear, but this will kill the particle system too. So, you'll want to first have the script make the balloon go invisible (llSetAlpha()), wait for a bit (llSleep() or llSetTimerEvent()), and then call llDie() after the particle system is done emitting.

Please don't post any questions about what I've posted here; take it up on the scripting tips forum.

Well, I kindly ask the moderators to move this post to the suggested section, just to avoid to repeat it. I posted here 'cause I didn't know what was the matter about this, and generally I thought it was an animation.

This board is intended for avatar animations - to animate an object you will get more help on the scripting forum as they will be more knowledgeable about the ways to solve your problems.

There's no problem with your posting on this board - it is just that you are more likely to get the help you want from the scripters, and they may not read postings here.

You may wait a long time for the moderators to notice it. I suggest you post there, updating based on what you've learned, and paste in a link to this thread.

Normally they don't like posts in scripting tips that just ask people to write code for them. This one might be simple enough that they wouldn't mind. You can also try "products wanted" forum, but that's not for free help.