Shake script

I have some experience creating scripts in SL but I am at a lose on where to start making this one. I have created a tree and I want it to blow in the wind. I have seen this effect before in a tree and some called it a "shake" script. Can someone point me in the right direction to create this script or have a template I can look at?

Thanks, JulieAnne

You sure it's a script and not flexies?

yes, I saw the script inside the prim....the prim I was looking at was the shadow of the tree and not the tree itself. If that makes a difference?

I like your comment "Will script for shoes!" saw it later on and made me laugh.

I guess you could do something similar to how furry tails usually work. They're flexi and have a script that tweaks the position and/or rotation and causes them to twitch a bit. Not sure I'd call that blowing in the wind, though..

Dunno - maybe somebody else does here..

You can certainly make the tree's prims flexi and give them a minimal response to wind to get a shake effect. It's fairly convincing. You could also put an animated texture on the prims so that the leaves and small branches appear to move in the breeze but the tree trunk doesn't.

Thank Rolig, thats a good idea

The shaking shadow is just a bit of a texture rotation now and again.... it have anything to do with the tree really...

I have created moving prims in trees by having child prims move away from their position and back.... distance and direction of the move (X and Y Axes only) is based on data from llWind grabbed in a timer event.... sculpted parts moved that way, flexis had "wind" influence..... but I never totally finished the script so I am of little use other than offering advice

ok, I never knew there was an llwind ... I guess I'll have to do more reading if no one can provide me a template. I appreciate everyones help

JulieAnne

default
{

state_entry()
{
llApplyImpulse(llWind(ZERO_VECTOR)/35,TRUE);
llResetScript();
}

}

Here is my attempt to create the script I mentioned. It compile ok but I can't see any movement of wind?? Did I miss something? I am using a 2X2X0.02 box so that its flat and looks like a shadow, I thought it should move the box in the x axis at least some???

JulieAnne