Permissions

OK I am stumped again.

My issue is permissions with my HUD again.

My HUD is a combat HUD and when you die it takes control permissions so you can't move for a set amount of time. BUUUUT...after you "revive" after the time and it releases the hold on your controls, it takes away the current gun permissions and then I have to re-equip it.

I theorized i could maybe HOLD the original permissions in a variable and then call that variable again later after the HUD's control permissions get released.

Unless there's other ways around this. I know its possible, but yeah...its just another block. Any help will be grateful! Thanks.

I've not tried it on a HUD, but I know that an normal attached object (and I would then imagine a HUD) will effectively stop movement on calling an llMoveToTarget(llGetPos()); You'd have to continuously poll and check it while the avatar is "dead", but it's one solution.

Another solution is to make your gun recognize when permissions have been removed and then re-acquire them.

IE...

run_time_permissions(integer perms)
{
if(perms & perms_i_want) return;
else //get perms_i_want;
}


Of course...in my opinion, a dead person should be allowed to move. I mean, what if the killer wants to drag them off somewhere? It'd be kinda hard to RP that out...wouldn't it?

Hey thanks, that llMoveToTarget will work perfectly, I totally didn't think of it.

Right now the HUD is just used for a combat place, and thats it. No RPing with it. Thanks again. I'll try it.

Ok I need to ask another question X.X.

May I see an example of llMoveToTarget(llGetPos(), 0); in use correctly? I thought I had it but ... I don't.

that's correct, tho I'd use a tau of 0.05 or so.

there's a gotcha here, an llMoveToTarget will not affect your avatar right after compiling a script in an attachment. You have to remove the attachment then re-attach it to get it working.

Thanks for the help. But I'm still having trouble. Here's basically what I'm doing..

When you die, it goes to a new state for a set amount of seconds. I believe i'm doing this terribly wrong to get the thing to make you stop moving when you die...

state dead
{
	state_entry()
	{
		llSetTimerEvent(deathtime);
		llSay(0, "Dead!");
		llSleep(deathtime);
		llStopAnimation(fall_anim_fwd); 
		state default;
	}
	timer()
	{
		llMoveToTarget(llGetPos(), 0.05);
	}
}	

I know this is wrong, but usually I find a way around issues lol.

I'd try something like this

state dead
{
state_entry()
{
llStartAnimation(fall_anim_fwd);
llMoveToTarget(llGetPos(), 0.05);
llSetTimerEvent(deathtime);
llSay(0, "Dead!";
}
timer()
{
llStopAnimation(fall_anim_fwd);
llStopMoveToTarget();
llSay(0, "You are alive again, GO!";
state default;
}
}

THANK YOU! I think this is my last issue with this, it works PERFECT!

I can't thank you enough!

no prob, glad it helped