my chair dissappears

Ok i dont know how to script, but, i have a poseball script ... i think it was a free one ... that i am using. I figured out how to make it so you sit where you want the av to sit, the problem is, if i put it in a chair and sit, the chair dissappears. Can anyone help me? I dont want the chair to dissappear.

Thank you for any help you can give me

Most "poseball" code uses a command to make the object invisible. Usually it looks something like this:

llSetLinkAlpha(LINK_SET,0,ALL_SIDES);

Simply remove this, or similar command, from the code.

The problem is the poseball script is calling llSetAlpha/llSetLinkAlpha and changing the host object's Alpha to 0...there are two solutions:

1) Comment the llSetAlpha out.

2) Create a prim, put it in there, and link it to the chair

Hope this helps.

You occasionally get one with a llSetTexture(); call rather than the llSetAlpha() too, just in case that isn't working for you.

if it still isn't working post your script here so we can tell you what to take out.

Thank you so much this is the script below. I appreciate the help so much. The only thing i was able to do by making them comment lines were to make the chair dissappear for good lolol.

//Pose Ball script, Revision 4.3
//Notecard configuration enabled, switchable link_message/touch_start/llListen support, sit_text, floating text, alpha.
//Version 4.3 fixs link_set hide/show and permission sensing issues.

//By CrystalShard Foo.
//Work started - October 10th.
//Last compile - November 7th.

//This script will let you choose if you want to turn the ball visible on CLICK, or by using a SHOW/HIDE voice command.
//You can also set the offset and the title of the ball, as well as the sit button text - all with a notecard.

//This script is free and comes without support. Dont contact me. Ask a local geek for help if it gets messy.

// ** This script is NOT FOR SALE **
//You can use it in commercial products as long as you give this script to anyone who asks for it.
//You can use this source, distribute it and modify it freely, but leave the credits intact!
//(You can add your own name to the list, ofcourse. Like, "Modified by John Doe"



string TITLE=""; //This text will appear in the floating title above the ball
string ANIMATION=""; //Put the name of the pose/animation here!
vector offset=<.3,0,0.01>; //You can play with these numbers to adjust how far the person sits from the ball. ( <X,Y,Z> )
integer use_voice = FALSE;

string gNotecard = "Pose ball - CONFIGURATION";
integer gLine = 0;

integer listenHandle = -1;
integer masterswitch = TRUE;
integer visible = TRUE;
float base_alpha = 1.0;
key avatar;

key dataserver_key = NULL_KEY;

show()
{
visible = TRUE;
llSetText(TITLE, <1,1,1>,1);
llSetAlpha(base_alpha, ALL_SIDES);
}

hide()
{
visible = FALSE;
llSetText("", <1,1,1>,1);
llSetAlpha(0, ALL_SIDES);
}

next_line()
{
gLine++;
dataserver_key = llGetNotecardLine(gNotecard,gLine);
}

use_defaults()
{
llSetSitText("Sit Here";
if(visible == FALSE)
llSetText("",<1,1,1>,1);
else
llSetText(TITLE,<1,1,1>,1);
}

init()
{

if(llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_ANIMATION) == 0) //Make sure we actually got something to pose with.
{
llWhisper(0,"Error: No animation found. Cannot pose.";
ANIMATION = "sit";
}
else
ANIMATION = llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ANIMATION,0);

if(llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_NOTECARD) != 0) //If the notecard is present, use it for configuration.
{
integer i;
for(i=0;i<llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_NOTECARD);i++)
if(llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_NOTECARD,i) == gNotecard)
{
gLine = 0;
dataserver_key = llGetNotecardLine(gNotecard, 0);
return;
}
use_defaults();
}
else //No configuration notecard found... lets use the defaults.
use_defaults();
}

default
{
state_entry()
{
llSetText("Starting up", <1,1,1>,1);
llSitTarget(offset,ZERO_ROTATION);
init();
}

link_message(integer sender_num, integer num, string str, key id)
{
if(num == 99)
{
if(str == "show"
{
masterswitch = FALSE;
hide();
return;
}

if(str == "hide";
{
masterswitch = TRUE;
show();
}
}
}

touch_start(integer detected)
{
if(use_voice == FALSE)
{
if(visible == TRUE)
hide();
else
show();
}
else
llSay(0,llDetectedName(0)+", say '/1 Hide' to hide me, or '/1 Show' to make me show. Or just right-click and sit on me to use me.";
}

changed(integer change)
{
if(change == CHANGED_LINK)
{
avatar = llAvatarOnSitTarget();
if(avatar != NULL_KEY)
{
hide();
llRequestPermissions(avatar,PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION);
}
else
{
if (llGetPermissionsKey() != NULL_KEY)
llStopAnimation(ANIMATION);
if(masterswitch == TRUE)
{
llSetAlpha(base_alpha,ALL_SIDES);
llSetText(TITLE,<1,1,1>,1);
}
}
}

if(change == CHANGED_INVENTORY)
{
llSetText("Reloading configuration...",<1,1,1>,1);
init();
}
}

run_time_permissions(integer perm)
{
if(perm == PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION)
{
llStopAnimation("sit";
llStartAnimation(ANIMATION);
if(visible == TRUE)
base_alpha = llGetAlpha(ALL_SIDES);
else
base_alpha = 1.0;
llSetAlpha(0.0,ALL_SIDES);
llSetText("",<1,1,1>,1);
}
}

listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
{
if(llStringLength(message)!=4)
return;

message = llToLower(message);

if(message == "show"
{
show();
return;
}
if(message == "hide"
hide();
}

dataserver(key queryid, string data)
{
if(queryid != dataserver_key)
return;

if(data != EOF)
{
if(llGetSubString(data,0,0) != ";"
{
if(llGetSubString(data,0,5) == "title:"
{
TITLE = llGetSubString(data,7,-1);
next_line();
return;
}
if(llGetSubString(data,0,6) == "offset:"
{
integer length = llStringLength(data);
if(llGetSubString(data,8, != "<" || llGetSubString(data,length - 1,length) != ">"
{
llSay(0,"Error: The numbers in the offset value lack the '<' and '>' signs. (Should be something like <3,1,6> )";
offset = <0,0,0.5>;
}
else
offset = (vector)llGetSubString(data,8,-1);

if(offset == <0,0,0>
offset = <0,0,0.01>;
llSitTarget(offset,ZERO_ROTATION);
next_line();
return;
}
if(llGetSubString(data,0,5) == "voice:"
{
string value = llGetSubString(data,7,-1);
value = llToLower(value);

if(listenHandle != -1)
{
llListenRemove(listenHandle);
listenHandle = -1;
}

if(value !="no" && value != "yes" && value != "true" && value != "false"
use_voice = FALSE;
else
if(value == "no" || value == "false"
use_voice = FALSE;
else
{
use_voice = TRUE;
listenHandle = llListen(1,"","","";
}
next_line();
return;
}
if(llGetSubString(data,0,10) == "sit_button:"
{
llSetSitText(llGetSubString(data,12,-1));
next_line();
return;
}
next_line();
}
}
else
{
if(visible == FALSE)
llSetText("",<1,1,1>,1);
else
llSetText(TITLE,<1,1,1>,1);
}
}
}

Look familiar?

All that just to sit!?

or are you doing something else with animations while you are sitting?

It's a "poseball," Perwin. Welcome to Second Life.

Poseballs are made for users with a very limited amount of scripting knowledge and, as such, require a lot of code. This is basically made so you can stick animations into it and play them at leisure.

Fawn -

I use exactly this script for my home pose balls... and I had the same problem. Your pose balls are not lost... they are just invisible. This script allows you to "touch" them to switch between visible and invisible mode. It is easy to touch one accidentally while editing, and then it disappears.

Fortunately there is a solution.

Go to the place you lost it and press <CTRL> <ALT> <T> to turn "Highlight Transparent Objects" on. This will but a red haze around everything that is transparent. Hopefully, you will now see the hazy red ghost of your lost pose ball. Touch it again and it will reappear. Press <CTRL> <ALT> <T> again to turn Highlight Transparent mode back off when you are done.

This transparency thing is a feature... if the pose ball is installed at home in a lnown location, you can just left click on it to hide it. But, when you are working, it is very inconvenient. The script actually has other features to allow alternate ways of making your pose balls visible, but I haven't tried them yet. If I get them working, I will let you know.


Good luck!
-Jamie

Jeffery,

I tried that and put the // before the line you highlighted

hide()
{
visible = FALSE;
llSetText("", <1,1,1>,1);
//llSetAlpha(0, ALL_SIDES);
}

hmmm or maybe i didnt do that right? lol, but it still disappears

I do appreciate so much all your help ... thanks

There's another one here:

Omg ... thats it ... yayyyyy ... thank you soooooooooo much