Am I insane? llGetPos() + llRezObject

I'm having some very weird results with rezzing an object from an attachment. Here is the code snippet:

    vector apos = llGetPos();
    rotation arot = llGetRot();
    vector pos = apos ;    
    rotation lrot = llEuler2Rot(DEG_TO_RAD*<319.6,53.85,(308.55 - 35.0)>)*llGetRot();
    vector vel = <0, 0, 0>;     
    llRezObject("OBRSpearProjectile", pos, vel, lrot, 0);

I would expect the center of the object to go through the center of my avatar, as GetPos() should return my avatar's position. What I am finding, however is that the object is consistently rezzing 0.15 north and 0.15 West of my center! If I am facing North, it rezzes in front and to the left of my avatar. If I am facing South, it appears behind and to the right of my avatar.

Am I losing my mind?

I am trying to make a spear that can be thrown as a projectile. To get this effect I turn my attached spear invisible, then rez a fake spear (the projectile version) in the same approximate location as my hand. While this cannot be made to look perfect (since animations are client side) I want to do the best that I can. What is driving me crazy is that as the script is now, if I face north, it looks great. If I face south, it looks like the spear is appearing 1/3 of a meter away from my hand! This makes no sense to me at all.

Is it phantom? if it's not, it will push your av out of the way.

I am having a similar problem. Recently moved FROM Sunset City sim, to Sunset Beach sim, had a script started to rez a table at set coords.... simple really......

default
{
state_entry()
{

}

touch_start(integer total_number)
{
llRezObject("BarTable1",<242.898,121.683,22.114>, ZERO_VECTOR,<0.00000, 0.00000, -0.99833, 0.05777>,1);
llSleep(1);
llRezObject("BarTable1",<243.226,129.833,22.114>, ZERO_VECTOR,<0.00000, 0.00000, -0.99833, 0.05777>,1);
llSleep(1);
llRezObject("BarTable1",<245.715,125.965,22.114>, ZERO_VECTOR,<0.00000, 0.00000, -0.99833, 0.05777>,1);
}
}





After the move, the script did not rez the item at the set coords, it was off by almost .38 in any direction. the Z vector as shown above, should br 22.114, but when the item rezzes its at 22.692, and BELOW the floor its to be on.

Have even copied the script into a new item and replaced the object and get the same result

Does the offset position change according to the position and/or rotation at which the object is attached to the avatar? You might have to compensate for these somehow, they can be obtained using llGetLocalPos() and llGetLocalRot() in the root prim.

Yes, it was phantom. Phantom, no phys, temporary on rez.

Hmm. It *shouldn't* vary on that, but I haven't checked. llGetPos from an attachment is *supposed* to give the avatar's position. Then llSetPos should be in world coordinates (because the new item is not linked to or attached to anything).

Edit: I will try to do some experiments tonight and see if I can see differences based on the LocalPos and LocalRot.

Attachment position has no effect on the final position. I tried moving the attachment far from my body, but the rezzed object appeared in exactly the same place.

What about attaching it to a different point?

Is the spear linked? If so, are you looking at the geometric center of the object as the point which should rotate? (Geometric centers can turn out to be in a weird place when you're using cut prims etc.)
If not, either use llRezAtRoot and add another root prim at the place you want as the center. Or compensate your rotation take the offset with the geometric center into account.

Also, are you using mouselook while throwing? Mouselook changes the behaviour of llGetRot to give the rotation of the 'head' instead of the rotation of the hip (avatar), as i recall.

You're never going to make a good hunter with that spear.

There was a strange bug in SL that causes llDetectedRot() and llGetRot() to return the wrong rotation of an avatar. This only occurs after teleporting into certain sims.

Your problem could be related to that. Try throwing a spear in another sim. But not my sim!!

LOL That explains the spear I found under my floor.