Can anyone help me with a swing script?

Hello,
I was trying to make a swing (just learning how to build) And really wanted to surprise my friend with it.
I bought 2 different kinds of swing scripts, but i dont understand how to make this work. Is anyone inworld who can help or guide me through this....I am at my wits end. I am willing to pay for your time of course.
Thanks

I could help you, I am in world often, usually, however not tomorrow. But I'll try to contact you when I am on.

one thing that might be bugging you, is that the prims rocks rather then swings, if that is your problem, just rotate the prim by 180 degrees.

Also keep in mind that it will rotate (rock or swing) around the root prim. Make a cylinder for an axle and make it the root (even if you have to make the cylinder totally clear.) Put your swing script in that root cylinder.

Also, if your swing has a base, do not link the swing portion to the base. Otherwise, the base will move with the swing.

This question comes up a lot, so there are classes for this most every week somewhere. Do a Search for Education under the Events tab. You should be able to find one. They even include free scripts.

Yes, I was just going to ask about the base or support frame on a swing. Is there a way to script the base/frame so that it will not move and only the swing chair moves?

No. Since SL doesn't have hierarchical objects, you will have to have two separate objects -- the swing and the base(or frame.)

One of the difficulties is when you want to move the swing, you have to move the frame and the swing together (without linking them.)

I have seen different schemes to handle this including writing follower scripts where you move the base and the swing follows along a second or two later and positions itself. Other people like to rez a new swing after the frame is moved and delete the old one. There is no one best way to handle the problems (that I'm aware of -- I would love it someone would correct me.)