Need help with choosing which loop to use

I'm animating wings on a flying pig. I want to have them flap continously. I was using a while (count>100) for a short run and incermenting but it got stuck mid flap. Is there a better loop to use?

Thanks
S

Just an infinite loop, not intended to be interruptible? Maybe just "while (TRUE)..." If it has to be able to be interrupted, you probably want to use a timer, so another event can get handled and turn off the timer.

(Hmm... Flying Pigs. Must be a Havoc 4 thing. )

I intend on it being infinite. I made it to help get my mind around scripting as it's been 7 years since I've programed anything. I inten on making lots of silly things .

S

do{
}while (TRUE); //-- do loops are reported to run faster than for or while loops by strife

is possibly the best option

you could also use a jump //-- should be the fastest requiring no test

if you want one that interupt you can only stop the above with a script reset or stop the running state from another script

to have it interuptable by other events the method would be to place your loop contents in the timer

Jump was too fast. The wings went out of sync quickly. I found the while loop did best.

Thanks for the assist
S

//flapping wings for m4d pigz
//
//luv whisper

integer flexi;
default
{
state_entry()
{
llSetTimerEvent(3.0);
}

timer()
{
if(flexi)
{
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_FLEXIBLE, TRUE, 2, 0.5, 2.0, 0.0, 1.0, <0, 0, 0>]);
flexi = FALSE;
llMessageLinked(LINK_ALL_OTHERS, 1, "false", NULL_KEY);
}
else if (!flexi)
{
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_FLEXIBLE, TRUE, 2, -0.5, 2.0, 0.0, 1.0, <0, 0, 0>]);
flexi = TRUE;
llMessageLinked(LINK_ALL_OTHERS, 1, "true", NULL_KEY);
}
}
}



default
{
link_message(integer sender_num, integer num, string str, key id)
{
if(str == "false"
{
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_FLEXIBLE, TRUE, 2, 0.5, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, <0, 0, 0>]);
}
else if(str == "true"
{
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_FLEXIBLE, TRUE, 2, -0.5, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, <0, 0, 0>]);
}
}

}

Another option is to not use a script at all, if you have the prim-space. Use an animated texture.

If your wings are simply textured flat prims, you could use a four-frame texture. One frame with the wing texture, and three full-alpha frames. Use a script to first program each wing prim starting on the appropriate frame. Then delete the scripts. Next time you rez the pig, the wings should flap.

If your wings are puffy prims with solid textures, then use the same technique above, except with a solid first frame, and three full-alpha frames.

Ideally, once the animations are started with a script, and the object re-rezzed, the script may be deleted and no server effort is required to flap the wings.

Whisper -
You might like to move the link message to before the llSetPrimitiveParams call, since llSetPrimitiveParams has a delay on it, so the wings would be flapping 0.2 seconds out of sync.

If you don't mind the 0.2 seconds out of sync, you could even use llSetLinkPrimitiveParams to cut down to one script only.


Oh, and that's a lovely trick to use the flexi to flap the wings. Would look nicer, and with the timer it less work for the server than working a loop endlessly, I think.

mmmm no visible delay. try it.

thanks for the llSetLinkPrimitiveParams tip