Problem.

Okee, I don't know if this is a scripting or a build or some other question, but this is where I was direct to ask.

Right now I'm trying to get a prim that I want attached to my avatars hear, which will follow the avatar head, but be visible while in first person view. I have view avatar while in mouselook on, and even when trying to place the object far infront of my ava's face I still cannot seem to see it while in first person view. Is there some code in place that prevents it? I'm heard that people have been able to see glasses while in first person, so I doubt it's that. Maybe somthing I have to do to it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

There could be any number of issues. One that I suggest you try would be to tweak you graphics settings and see if you can remedy the situation that way. You could also try to link 2 or more objects together and see if you see any of them when in the same position. Also .TGA textures that are saved in 32-bit have 8-bit of transparency which can cause you to see threw an object when no alpha is selected. So try to select "blank texture and some randome color to see if it might be your texture. If nothing works the object might just be too darn close. :/

If you don't mind my asking what is the need to see the object in first person?

certain attach points are not visible in mouselook even with show avatar. most of the head I believe. you could try your nose, and chin, I know scull isn't visible, dunno about ears.

Well I tried everything I could think of. So far I can only see it if it's conected to somthing below the head. Problem with that is that it won't follow the head then. Any other suggestions?

The only workaround I've ever seen used for this is creating a free-roaming object that uses Sensors to figure out where you are and repositions itself in front of your face all the time. But then again it doesn't -perfectly- follow your head, from what I understand. Mostly the up and down motion.

You're supposedly able to see things attached to your eyes, and hovering a short distance in front of your head. I've seen crude HUDs made like that.

I also have experienced the same thing trying to make a HUD for one of my own projects. If I attach it, I can't see it. If I make it follow with a sensor, I have to keep the rate at which the screen follows the AV low in order to avoid poor scripting and cause lag, but even when I put it at a very high sensor refresh rate it doesn't work, as Moleculor mentions.

It seems no matter which point I attach to, I cannot see anything attached to me - I even tried switching to a few different mech AV's and AV's composed entirely of prims, and in mouselook I cannot see anything attached to me.

Can Eggy or anyone who's made/seen one enlighten us?

As far as I can tell you can't see things attached to your head at all. If you want to see things attached to other parts of your AV you must have "View Avatar in Mouselook" checked in your graphics options.

^ yes, that's correct, and it'll show the other parts of you too.

I'd recommend going to Varney sim and playing a few rounds of Tcoz Bach's The Vorago -- it involves a HUD system that he came up with. Detailed instructions await you there.