Chromotography thingamabover

Well, I don't how much chromotography people know here, but really, it's not necessary to know since i don't know much either. I'm trying to make a prym detect when its touched by another prym. When it does it rezes some kind of bar graph with the amount of detected pryms. The one that i have right now makes the prym thats detecting a phantom, is there anyway around this. I have an attraction script in it too and the prym keeps going back and forth on it and I have the collision script set to say "ouch"for testing purposes) when things colide with it, so it keeps saying "ouch". Thanks in advance to any help.

llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_PHANTOM, FALSE]);

I've tried putting it in the collision_start() function and in a state_entry() function but things still go through it. And now it doesn't even give me the "ouch" when things touch it.
heres the sample code I have:

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default
{
state_entry()
{
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_PHANTOM,FALSE]);
}

collision_start(integer totalNumber)
{
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_PHANTOM,FALSE]);
integer i = 0;
if(llDetectedName(i) == "electron"
{
llShout(0, "OUCH";
}
}
}
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I also have a attraction script on the same prim, I don't know if it matters but, here it is

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float ATTRACTIVE_CONSTANT = 0.0;
float SENSOR_PERIOD = 0.1;

default
{
state_entry()
{
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_PHANTOM,FALSE]);
string objName = "electron";
llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS | STATUS_SANDBOX, TRUE);
llSensorRepeat(objName, NULL_KEY, SCRIPTED, 96.0, PI, SENSOR_PERIOD);
}

sensor(integer nDetected)
{
vector totalForce = ZERO_VECTOR;
integer i;
for (i = 0; i < nDetected; ++i)
{
vector r = llDetectedPos(0)-llGetPos();
float rLen = llVecMag(r);
vector f = ATTRACTIVE_CONSTANT*r/(rLen*rLen*rLen);
totalForce += f;
}
llSetForce(totalForce, FALSE);
}

no_sensor()
{
llSetForce(ZERO_VECTOR, FALSE);
}
}
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Have you tried turning off volume dectect also? llVolumeDetect(FALSE) should turn it off if it was ever turned on for the object.

thanks, it isn't sinking anymore, but it still wont say ouch when the "electrons" touch it.

*edit* ok...well that was my fault. The script wasn't running.
everything is working right...for now.

llVolumeDetect sets phantom on the prim when used and the phantom is PERMANENT and can not be undone. Also llVolumeDetect remains in effect, even if that particular script changes or is deleted, as long as there is one script in the prim, ANY script.

Either delete the prim and start over again or you could try shift copying the prim. Not sure if shift copying will correct it.

I don't believe that is true. You can't get the object to be physical again by turning off the "phantom" checkbox from the Edit Window (which I believe the UI keeps setting back to checked) or with STATUS_PHANTOM, but I believe once you turn off llVolumeDetect() it can be made solid again (WILL be solid again unless phantom was ALSO turned on).

Thats really good info, thanks.

Test it.

Okay. Tested. Object becomes solid just fine. Just stick this in a box:

integer volumeDetectOn = FALSE;
string volumeDetectOnStr = "off";

default
{
   touch_start(integer nDetected)
   {
      if (volumeDetectOn)
      {
         llVolumeDetect(FALSE);
         llSetStatus(STATUS_PHANTOM, FALSE);

         volumeDetectOn = FALSE;
         volumeDetectOnStr = "off";
      } else
      {
         llVolumeDetect(TRUE);
         llSetStatus(STATUS_PHANTOM, FALSE);

         volumeDetectOn = TRUE;
         volumeDetectOnStr = "on";
      }

      llOwnerSay("Volume detect turned "+volumeDetectOnStr);
   }

   collision_start(integer nDetected)
   {
      llOwnerSay(
         (string)nDetected+
         " collision starts with volume detect "+
         volumeDetectOnStr);
   }

   collision_end(integer nDetected)
   {
      llOwnerSay(
         (string)nDetected+
         " collision ends with volume detect "+
         volumeDetectOnStr);
   }
}

Yep, I tested when I got home this afternoon but then was sidetracked with the from/select bug and jira. So it was just outdated info in my old wiki.