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Masai Taringa
Registered User
Join date: 23 Oct 2006
Posts: 12
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03-12-2007 15:01
Hi,
I would try to do a simple thing (well, I hope it could be simple!): I have an object full of animations, and I want to assign some key of the keyboard to a different avatar animation. So, when I push 'z' key I want to start the 'say_hello' animation, when I push 'x' I want to start the 'kick' anim, and so on. Is it possible with LSL ??
Thanks a lot
Masai
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Talarus Luan
Ancient Archaean Dragon
Join date: 18 Mar 2006
Posts: 4,831
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03-12-2007 19:40
There's a couple ways to go about it.
The first and most common is to make a gesture, put the animation in it, and assign a hotkey (a combination of one of the F1-F12 keys and/or Ctrl/Shift/Alt). This doesn't require scripting.
The second way is to use llTakeControls to capture some (very few, actually) of the keys with a script. This way is fraught with issues, as the only keys which can be captured are the arrow keys, PageUp/Down, Home, and a few others. You can't capture the alphanumeric keys. In addition, it can conflict with various other items which want to take controls, like vehicles, for instance.
So, I would say that, unless you just cannot use the function keys with a gesture, use that method.
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Newgate Ludd
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Join date: 8 Apr 2005
Posts: 2,103
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03-13-2007 02:24
From: Talarus Luan There's a couple ways to go about it.
The first and most common is to make a gesture, put the animation in it, and assign a hotkey (a combination of one of the F1-F12 keys and/or Ctrl/Shift/Alt). This doesn't require scripting.
The second way is to use llTakeControls to capture some (very few, actually) of the keys with a script. This way is fraught with issues, as the only keys which can be captured are the arrow keys, PageUp/Down, Home, and a few others. You can't capture the alphanumeric keys. In addition, it can conflict with various other items which want to take controls, like vehicles, for instance.
So, I would say that, unless you just cannot use the function keys with a gesture, use that method. A third way would be to just have it listening on a channel (NOT 0 though!) and reacting to what you type. |
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Geuis Dassin
Filming Path creator
Join date: 3 May 2006
Posts: 565
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03-13-2007 02:40
a 4th way is to have your gestures that speak commands on a hidden channel, and your attachment listens for those commands that can be typed by hand or by the gesture keys
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Masai Taringa
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Join date: 23 Oct 2006
Posts: 12
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03-13-2007 03:44
Thank you to all for your answers!
My problem is that I want to do a fighting game, so I need an immediate reaction with pressed keys, and the method of printing letters in chat and than press 'enter' is not a solution.
I think that the only solution is to make a HUD with buttons for actions....
Masai
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nand Nerd
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Join date: 4 Oct 2005
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03-13-2007 03:59
From: Masai Taringa Thank you to all for your answers!
My problem is that I want to do a fighting game, so I need an immediate reaction with pressed keys, and the method of printing letters in chat and than press 'enter' is not a solution.
I think that the only solution is to make a HUD with buttons for actions....
Masai Which is exactly the reason that Gestures was proposed. A HUD may be your answer but that requires your mouse as opposed to an F-key.
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Masai Taringa
Registered User
Join date: 23 Oct 2006
Posts: 12
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03-13-2007 04:36
Thank you nand,
but, is it possible to configure the F-keys from LSL ?? I suppose I can only set these keys from the Gestures menu... And, I need to program some 'combo' actions, like 2 or more keys that doing a particular action...
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Tyann Toll
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Join date: 17 Dec 2006
Posts: 37
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03-13-2007 04:40
You can capture several keypresses at once, although the keys that can be captured seem to be limited. If you take a look at the LSL wiki, I think you might find some useful examples.
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