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endless typing animation

Ricardo Maestro
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Join date: 29 May 2008
Posts: 5
05-31-2008 13:33
I’d like to create an animation or gesture that will play the default typing animation as part of it. Id like for the avatars to keep typing until they stop playing the animation. Where do I find the typing animation? Ive looked in Inventory and I don’t see any of the default animations. Any help would be appreciated.
Johan Durant
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05-31-2008 14:21
Well the default animations are called through scripts, they aren't to be found in inventory. I don't recall if the typing is one you can script though, I forget. If you look up llStartAnimation in the LSL wiki there should be a full list.
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Abraxes Binder
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Join date: 23 May 2008
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06-01-2008 02:02
its just simply called 'type', but the sound is only played 'once' -The animation itself is continous
-This is btw not the case of several other 'default' animations, they are 'temporary' - eg, It starts and then it runs for a few seconds, then exits. ..wonder if it is posible to setup a kind of 'faked' loop.. timers may be a method.. hmm..
BR ab
Ricardo Maestro
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Join date: 29 May 2008
Posts: 5
06-01-2008 02:49
Doesn’t seem it could simply be activated in chat as some of the other internal animations like /clap for example. Its not even listed as a Common Gesture in the Inventory. I did take a look at the LSL wiki and it looks like some script could be put in a prim maybe and activated. I would still prefer some type of simple Play/Stop. Im not much of a scripter so I IMd a scripter for hire in world to see what they thought. Was hoping I had just missed something really simple.
Abraxes Binder
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Join date: 23 May 2008
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06-01-2008 04:01
You can build your own gesture, but that is kind of already implemented ..just touch any key while in chat and .. typing gesture commence;)
it is d e a d simple to make a poseball if you dont want the sound to loop. IM me or drop a note
Ricardo Maestro
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Join date: 29 May 2008
Posts: 5
06-02-2008 19:16
A tad bit of perseverance paid off.
So I googled avatar_type.bvh and get a link to this page:
http://svn.avimator.com/avimator/trunk/animations/
Now I can open the file and copy and past the contents into Notepad, save with the bvh extension, upload and voila! I not only have the typing animation but it looks like tons of other internal animations to play with.
Next…I’ll figure out how to add typing sound, and that i have thanks to this link from Torley's blog http://torley.com/second-life-sound-effects-fresh-from-the-ui. Can that only be done through a gesture? That I can do.
Either way, I want to thank you Johan and Abraxes for responding to my post and pointing me in the right direction. :)
EDIT: i add the avatar_yes_head.bvh along with the type and sound to a gesture :D