I Need a simple Fix

OK,I have a simple rotation script I use in a prim in a build,I want to make it so the prim only rotates when you touch a a different prim on the build a"switch" I guess is what i need to turn the rotation on/off,any help will be greatly appreciated.

There's probably as many different ways to do this as there are people in this forum. This is how I'd approach the problem. This would work by clicking the linkset as a whole

integer toggle = TRUE;

default
{
     state_entry()
     {
          // put you rotation command here.. using the word "toggle" in place of a number
          // toggle will be either 1 or 0, so you can use multiplication to get other numbers.
          llTargetOmega(<0,0,3> * toggle, 1, 1);
     }

     touch_start(integer count)
     {
          toggle = !toggle;
          llTargetOmega(<0,0,3> * toggle, 1, 1);
     }
}

In prim A ...

integer ON = FALSE;
default
{
touch_start(integer num)
{
     llRegionSay(-9900,(string)ON);
     ON = !ON;
}
}
CODE


In prim B ....

CODE

default
{
state_entry()
{
     llListen(-9900,"","","");
}

listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
{
     if ((integer)message == TRUE)
     {
           llTargetOmega(< 0,0,1>,1,1);
     }
     else if ((integer)message == FALSE)
     {
          llTargetOmega(ZERO_VECTOR, 0,0);
     }
}
}


Untested but it ought to do the trick.

Here's a way to do it with one script..

name your switch prim "switch", then place this in the root prim of your linkset.

integer toggle = TRUE;

default
{
     state_entry()
     {
          // put you rotation command here.. using the word "toggle" in place of a number
          // toggle will be either 1 or 0, so you can use multiplication to get other numbers.
          llTargetOmega(<0,0,3> * toggle, 1, 1);
     }

     touch_start(integer count)
     {
          if (llGetLinkName(llDetectedLinkNumber(0)) == "switch") 
          {
               toggle = !toggle;
               llTargetOmega(<0,0,3> * toggle, 1, 1);
          }
     }
}

rolig,would prim a, be the 1 I want to turn on rotation in?

Prim A is the switch ... the one you click to make prim B rotate. Or, if you use Winter's cool method, prim A (the root prim) is the one you put the script in ... prim B is the one you want to rotate.

ETA: Actually, you can use Winter's nice example to simplify my script B too. Just substitute the following for the listen event ......

listen (integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
{
     llTargetOmega(< 0,0,1> * (integer)message, 1,1);
}

ok i used yours rolig,one problem,it spins the prim on the blue axis,i need the prim spinnig on the green axis,yanno like a lumberjack on a log in water rolling the log with feet trying not to fall in,lol

sorry i did not specify the rotation type

So change the rotation axis. < 1,0,0> rotates on the X-axis, < 0,1,0> rotates on the Y-axis, and < 0,0,1> rotates on the Z-axis. Increasing the magnitude of the vector increases its spin rate, so Winter's example with < 0,0,3> rotates around the Z-axis three times as fast as mine does. Play with it until it spins the way you want it to.

awesome thx so much,)

I got the axis fixed,now playing with other ideas in it,how do I make it so i can get OFF,LOW,MED,HIGH or is that even possible

Hehe, this is a deliberate non-answer that will teach you more in the long run (although it won't actually be long before you've found the answer):
You have three values you've entered in llTargetOmega() - axis, spinrate and gain
Making them all zero stops the rotation
Changing one (or more? you decide) or those to a negative value will reverse the rotation
PLAY!
Even with perfect documentation we only learn what works, what ELSE works and what other things may be possible if we experiment with the setitngs.
Above all, we never UNDERSTAND a function and really remember it, until we've played around with it a lot
[Edit: Whatever the question, now you've got the basics, just play with it]

Experiment. Use a minus sign. < 0,-1,0> is the reverse of < 0,1,0>.

Lol Rolig, I think we're saying very much the same thing here
@ Steel - you should take our encouragement to work it out for yourself as a compliment. You aren't asking step-by-step questions so we are assuming you're clever enough to understand without being told

okyou made me think,now my head hurt,lol,but u made me figure it out,ty,but when i link the 5 pieces together they all go crazy