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Dawn Ireton

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07-23-2008 00:48

Hello all, I hope someone will be able and willing to answer a scripting question for me. I am curious as to if it is possible to have a scripted object that allows one avi to sit in it, and another to pull or push it. The idea is something like a Radio Flyer wagon. The avi who is pulling the wagon would be the one who controls its direction while the passenger is just along for the ride. If this is possible, how difficult would it be for someone who can do very little scripting? Can someone point me in the right direction perhaps? Thank you for your help with this,

~Dawn.

Hewee Zetkin

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Join date: 20 Jul 2006

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07-23-2008 00:57

The typical way to do this is to make the object a vehicle and have the avatar who is "pulling/pushing/etc." it actually be seated on it and acting as a driver, but animated as if they were standing/walking/whatever instead of sitting. While it is possible to do it other ways (e.g. have the object tag along with some kind of follower script instead), the results are usually unsatisfactory.

Dawn Ireton

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07-23-2008 01:19

Ty so much for your reply Hewee. Would you know how to go about doing this for a person with so little scripting knowledge? Perhaps there is a freebie script I can modify that will allow me to us the vehicle method? Maybe there is a vehicle script set for dummies even?

Ty again for your help,

~Dawn

Dekka Raymaker

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Join date: 4 Feb 2007

Posts: 3,898

07-23-2008 01:52

Dawn, I am absolutely terrible at scripting, but over time in SL I have become competent enough to be able to work with scripts and even sometimes I have bastardized a script and it works! In your situation you can do two things, search for scripts in this thread or the scripting library that may do what your looking for, animation, flying, sailing, driving etc and try and get your head around what combination may work for you, or put a request in products wanted and see if a scripter is willing to make said script. I have done this a few times, most times I get what I need, sometimes for a small fee, sometimes if I'm really lucky for free.

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Dawn Ireton

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07-23-2008 02:16

rofl @ "bastardized a script"

Ty Dekka, I will look around and see what I can find.

~Dawn

Atom Burma

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Join date: 30 May 2006

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07-23-2008 05:37

Look here, there is an actual script as well as it explains how it works.

http://www.heatonresearch.com/articles/188/page2.html

Just copy the code and paste it into a blank SL script. You will need a walking animation. That can't be hard to find, people are obsessed with AO's, lol

Dawn Ireton

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07-30-2008 05:16

I have just now seen your reply Atom. Thank you so much for the link, it is exactly what I need.

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Dawn Ireton Registered User Join date: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 30	07-23-2008 00:48 Hello all, I hope someone will be able and willing to answer a scripting question for me. I am curious as to if it is possible to have a scripted object that allows one avi to sit in it, and another to pull or push it. The idea is something like a Radio Flyer wagon. The avi who is pulling the wagon would be the one who controls its direction while the passenger is just along for the ride. If this is possible, how difficult would it be for someone who can do very little scripting? Can someone point me in the right direction perhaps? Thank you for your help with this, ~Dawn.
Hewee Zetkin Registered User Join date: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 2,702	07-23-2008 00:57 The typical way to do this is to make the object a vehicle and have the avatar who is "pulling/pushing/etc." it actually be seated on it and acting as a driver, but animated as if they were standing/walking/whatever instead of sitting. While it is possible to do it other ways (e.g. have the object tag along with some kind of follower script instead), the results are usually unsatisfactory.
Dawn Ireton Registered User Join date: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 30	07-23-2008 01:19 Ty so much for your reply Hewee. Would you know how to go about doing this for a person with so little scripting knowledge? Perhaps there is a freebie script I can modify that will allow me to us the vehicle method? Maybe there is a vehicle script set for dummies even? Ty again for your help, ~Dawn
Dekka Raymaker thinking very hard Join date: 4 Feb 2007 Posts: 3,898	07-23-2008 01:52 Dawn, I am absolutely terrible at scripting, but over time in SL I have become competent enough to be able to work with scripts and even sometimes I have bastardized a script and it works! In your situation you can do two things, search for scripts in this thread or the scripting library that may do what your looking for, animation, flying, sailing, driving etc and try and get your head around what combination may work for you, or put a request in products wanted and see if a scripter is willing to make said script. I have done this a few times, most times I get what I need, sometimes for a small fee, sometimes if I'm really lucky for free. _____________________
Dawn Ireton Registered User Join date: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 30	07-23-2008 02:16 rofl @ "bastardized a script" Ty Dekka, I will look around and see what I can find. ~Dawn
Atom Burma Registered User Join date: 30 May 2006 Posts: 685	07-23-2008 05:37 Look here, there is an actual script as well as it explains how it works. http://www.heatonresearch.com/articles/188/page2.html Just copy the code and paste it into a blank SL script. You will need a walking animation. That can't be hard to find, people are obsessed with AO's, lol
Dawn Ireton Registered User Join date: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 30	07-30-2008 05:16 I have just now seen your reply Atom. Thank you so much for the link, it is exactly what I need.