Flapping Wings

I am trying to build wings that just flap up and down when you fly for an avatar. I can't seem to get the angles right and they just move erratically. If anyone can point me in the direction of a good place to find a similar script or to start one I would appreciate it. I would also like to know were i could get my hands on a puppeteering script. Thank You.

you can search the forums for the puppeteer script, there's at least a link for it... or it should be on the lsl portal (http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal)

however if you search for my simple door script that should be more than suitable for a start (it'll work for wings, same idea, rotating prim)

If you're looking for a third party programme , I'd suggest seriously considering something called either zF Animator or zFire Animator as an alternative to Puppeteer. I've used both and find zFire more versatile and easier to use. It also generates full perms scripts, which is nice, and is a bit cheaper than Puppeteer.

If you use Void's method, which is what I was going to suggest too, you also should take a look at the discussion we had at /54/bf/353065/1.html, which you'll need to know about if you want to change the wings' position and rotation at the same time, I think.

You might save yourself a lot of frustration by avoiding the syncronisation problems of having 2 separate prims moving by either:

A- Making both wings as a single prim with a sculpt texture.

B- Using a stripped down AO script and a 'shrugging' animation which moves the shoulders when in flight, then just attach each wing to a shoulder.

Spreading/folding the wings can be handled by script as a slight difference during take off/landing won't be overly obvious.

I tried doing what you're attempting once and even using supposedly delay free link message scripts I was unable to make a decent flapping that worked in anything but a lag free sim.

This one works well. Animated sculpts work ok for slow flapping. Single flexy prims with scripts that cycle the force on them work OK for fluttery fairy wings. But AO works best.

attached moving/rotation prims need a little extra division to get the rotations right...

perhaps Innula's research will help you /54/bf/353065/1.html

doesn't apply to half cut prims centered on the attach point (thankfully), if you use only local rotation.

uhmmmm......what does AO mean?<-------noob

Currently the wings that i'm using, their rotation gets messed up when i turn while flying.

Animation Overrider

where would i be able to get an AO script?

What exactly do yo mean by half cut prim centered on attachment point

free, all over SL... just hit search (there are some that you pay for, because they come preloaded with animations, ignore those)

Zhao II is a popular one and free. Look for it in search or try this specific location ... http://slurl.com/secondlife/Terra%20Bordeaux/184/105/27. A nice place.


A prim that has been cut in half (use Path Cut in edit mode) and then adjusted so that the center of the remaining half is at the attachment point on your av body.... like a hinge.

Thank you all for you help...i have a working model of the wings right now. I will return if I need any more help. Thanks a lot.