Plotting a point on a sphere in LSL

hey guys

If I am standing on a prim that is at any random angle, how do I plot a point 10m out from the front face of the prim? 12m? etc...

Can anyone help me with this? Code would be wonderful if you got it.

Thanks in advance!

This post: /54/d4/334507/1.html#post2525897 has the answer.

Perfect

Thank you!

This is just a bit over my head now and I'm trying to get a grasp but I can't find a good example in the wiki. Could I impose on you to show me an example how this is used as a function to return a vector at a Xm distance for example? I've never used functions and this is a difficult one to start with probably. Going on six years in SL and I'm finally giving scripting a try but it is a frustrating language to learn so far I understand the variables used but I think the syntax in the example may be wrong which is adding to the difficulty.

Thank you

This example shows how you can use the function Hewee gave me, and also how to unravel it to use it inline. llRot2Up has relatives for left and forwards too. The LSL wiki page for this is http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlRot2Up.

vector getPosAbove(vector primPos, rotation primRot, float distanceAbove)
{
return primPos+distanceAbove*llRot2Up(primRot);
}

float distance = 12.0;

default
{
    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {
        llSay(0, "My position vector is " + (string) llGetPos());
        llSay(0, (string) distance + "m above me, the position vector is " + (string) getPosAbove (llGetPos(), llGetRot(), 12.0));
        llSay(0, "Or, to calculate it inline, " + (string) distance + "m above me, the position vector is " + (string) (llGetPos () + distance * llRot2Up (llGetRot())));
    }
}