llGetAgentInfo question

im making a random little script that when a avatar is running you see a smoke trail behind them but the problem is i wont it to only go when they are moving and i cant figure out how to do that, atm i have the line like this

if(llGetAgentInfo(llGetOwner())& AGENT_ALWAYS_RUN)

i looked on wiki and there seams to only be walking and always run is there any way to make it work when a avatar runs and stops when they arent moving?

Did you try the llGetAnimation route?



I think this is the basis of most AO scripts.

ya it is kinda confusing to me, here is what i got

default 
{
    state_entry() 
    {
        llSetTimerEvent(0.25); // poll current state (there is no event for these)
    }

    timer() 
    {
        string s;
        
        s = llGetAnimation(llGetOwner());
        if(s == Running)
        {
            mySetParticles();
        }
        else if (llListFindList(l, ) == -1) l += ; // if it's not already in the list, add it
    }
}

//CANT WAIT TILL CODES COME BACK

llGetAnimation() returns a string. Therefore the comparison should be

if(s == "Running" as in the following snipit:

touch_start(integer total_number)
{
    string s = llGetAnimation(llGetOwner());
   
    if(s == "Running")
    {
        llSay(0,"Yep, I'm running");
    }
    else
    {
         llSay(0, "Currently I am " + s);
    }
}

Unless you have a variable called 'Running', I'm surprised that the code that you posted for examination even compiled, tbh. If you do have a variable called 'Running' then ensure that it is declared as a string, and that the value is "Running"

Also, the animation you're looking for is "Run" (:

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I dont see "Run" listed as one of the basic animation states returned by llGetAnimation(), only "Running"

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlGetAnimation

it works, it is Running not Run

Just to expand on this a little... there are four possible events you might like to trap.

1) The agent is running.
2) The agent is not running.
3) The agent starts to run.
4) The agent stops running.

What you want to avoid is triggering a lot of unnecessary code usage every 0.25 seconds.

Depending on your particle set up you might be interested in 1) or 3).
2) isn't really interesting.
4) is the time to stop the particles if they persist (PSYS_SRC_MAX_AGE = 0).

3) and 4) are the basis of an AO.


A bare-bones example:

string lastAnim;
string lastAnimState;

default
{
state_entry()
{
llSetTimerEvent(0.25);
}

timer()
{
string curAnimState = llGetAnimation(llGetOwner());

if (curAnimState == "Running" // agent is running
{
// run non-persistant particles
}
else // agent is not running

if (curAnimState != lastAnimState) // something changed since we last polled
{
if (curAnimState == "Running" // agent starts to run
{
// start persistant particles
lastAnim = curAnimState;
}
else if (lastAnim != "" // agent stops running
{
// stop particles
lastAnim = "";
}

lastAnimState = curAnimState;
}
}
}

Whoops! I was totally off

The AGENT_ALWAYS_RUN flag reported by llGetAgentInfo() is independent of whether the avatar is moving or not. It actually indicates whether the avatar will be running or not WHEN it moves, and is the same as the flag in the SL client GUI.

I believe what you want to do is test whether AGENT_ALWAYS_RUN and AGENT_WALKING are BOTH turned on.