Simple Script needed

Hello all,

i am trying to build a box that should include a script that triggers an animation, making it look like the box is held in the right hand. I use the "hold_R_handgun" animation (Is that actually a basic animation that everyone has ?) and have positioned the box accordingly. All i need now is a script that triggers the animation when the box is worn. I totally suck at scripting so i was wondering if something like that is already available as a free script or so.


Thank you in advance for any help.

attach(key attached)
{
    if (attached != NULL_KEY) llStartAnimation("hold_R_handgun");
    else llStopAnimation("hold_R_handgun");
}

...other considerations may apply as I've not used this animation.

Thank you for the quick help ! Unfortunately, if i directly copy & paste this, i get a "0,1 Syntax Error" message.

Hit create new script, and then replace the state_entry and touch event code with the code shown above.

there was a typo at the end of the "if" line. just remove the ;

so full script becomes

default
{
    attach(key attached)
    {
        if (attached != NULL_KEY) llStartAnimation("hold_R_handgun")
        else llStopAnimation("hold_R_handgun");
    }
}

The semicolon IS required or you will get a syntax error.

Okay, the script compiled sucessfully and i put it in a cube for testing. But after attaching the cube to my right hand, nothing happened. No animation, no nothing - just a small icon like thingie over the cube, like you sometimes get when youre attaching a gun.

Could it be that it has something to do with the animation ?

Whoops.. Newgate is right of course.. I saw that end bracket as } not ) for some reason.. Really should wait for my morning caffeine to kick in before posting..

Marcus, the small icon thing is showing that an error occured. You can click it to bring up the error window to see exactly what the problem is.

You havent requested animation permissions so the llStartAnimation will fail.

string animation_name = "hold_R_handgun";

default
{   
    attach(key id) 
    {
        integer perm = llGetPermissions();
        
        if (id != NULL_KEY) 
        { 
            if (! (perm & PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION)) 
            {
                llRequestPermissions(id, PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION);
            } 
        }
        else 
        {
            if (perm & PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION) 
            {
                llStopAnimation(animation_name);
            }
        }
    }

       
    run_time_permissions(integer perm) 
    { 
        if (perm & PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION) 
        { 
            llStartAnimation(animation_name); 
       } 
    } 
}

Sorry, Marcus , perhaps I should have originally stated that this is not, and was never intended as, a full script. It was, hopefully , the essential part of a script that would trigger and release an animation when an object is attached and detached. You always need the default state. You need to request permission to trigger an animation.

I was simply trying to enter into the spirit of this forum being about helping people who want to learn how to write scripts, or who want help with their existing scripting projects - be they novice or experienced scripters.

Although, I see Mr Ludd couldn't resist (personally, I'd put all the permissions stuff in state_entry but his approach is probably a lot more bullet-proof).

Again, i want to thank everyone for the help. This script worked... once
It was funny - i put it in the object and the animation was there all right, everything worked just the way i hoped it would. But when i detached it and then later on attached it again, nothing happend anymore. Is that odd or what ?

Oh, and Spectre: maybe i should have menitoned early on that I just need the script and have no intention to learning SL scripting. This stuff is waaaay to complicated for me, so I prefer to leave it to the pros

hm... me thinks the permission doth persist... so:

 string animation_name = "hold_R_handgun";

default
{   
    attach(key id)
    {
        integer perm = llGetPermissions();
        
        if (id != NULL_KEY)
        {
            if (! (perm & PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION))
            {
                llRequestPermissions(id, PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION);
            }
            else llStartAnimation(animation_name); // I got permission already
        }
        else
        {
            if (perm & PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION)
            {
                llStopAnimation(animation_name);
            }
        }
    }

       
    run_time_permissions(integer perm)
    {
        if (perm & PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION)
        {
            llStartAnimation(animation_name);
       }
    }
} 

Well I waited till it was obvious the OP couldnt cope with script fragments...

I think you're right about the permissions being held over even when you dettach.

The last one did it - thank you all for the help ! )