object lifecycle

Hi!

I am new to SL. One thing I could not figure out is object life cycle. I have script which starts when object is created and does something. What happens if i 'take' object? Does scipt stops? What happens if I put it somewhere? What happens if I give it to somebody? What happens if I take a copy of an object?

I will appreciate if somebody can clarify this for me.

Thanks!

Lev.

When you take an object, the script just goes into "deep freeze" and takes off when rezzed again in world right where it is left off with the addition of the on_rez() event firing. When you give it to someone, the same thing happens, only this time in addition to the on_rez() event the changed() event should fire also (please see wiki for the appropriate constants, I think it is CHANGED_OWNER). Taking a copy is just that, you take a copy that freezes as if it's the orig. the object itself has no idea that it's a copy.

That's also why it's common practice by scripters to use the llResetScript() function inside the on_rez event in their scripts. That way, objects canl behave as if they were just compiled even when re-rezzed anew.

Keep in mind that using llResetScript() will reset any variable data the script may have been using.

Thanks everybody for explanations! What is common practice of dealing with XML-RPC channels on deep freeze? The ones created with llOpenRemoteDataChannel()?

Another question I have is about taking a copy of an object. I understand that creates new instance of the object, running in parallel with existing one?

I'm not sure about XML-RPC, but when you take a copy, it's like you clone the object and then deep-freeze it-- the scripts of the take copy item are in the exact same state as if you had taken the item, but the original remains.

Although not intuitive, if you reset a script that has an xmlrpc channel open it reopens the same channel, or maybe that number doesn't get reset because it's stored elsewhere?