simple movement script

This should be simple, but I am very new to scripting -

a script that moves an object horizontally, then rotates 90 degrees on the y-axis, then moves up (picture a box being dragged by a rope and then lifted up - it isn't a vehicle, just needs to move on its own when told to).

I'm willing to pay for a scripting tutor who can do this with me (or for me), and explain the script to me.

please IM me or Katherine Mullen inWorld.


forgive the cross posting, I wasn't sure where it would be best to post this request.
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Hi Kim -

Try this thread: /54/71/57772/1.html

What you are asking for is not hard to do and this script might be a good place to satrt. It talks about how to move a "prim" or "object" with voice or touch. My thought here would be that you could make both your moves with this script and some minor editing. I am at work so I can not play around with it. I am no expert and I am sure someone here will have a better answer, but I hope it helps.

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Sydney

The following works for the movement that i need:

rotation ron;

default

{
state_entry()

{
ron=llEuler2Rot(<0,PI/2,0>;
}

touch_start(integer total_number)

{
llSetPos(llGetLocalPos() + <-5, 0, 0>;
llSetLocalRot(ron);
llSay(0, "moved";
llSetPos(llGetLocalPos() + <0, 0, 5>;

}
}


BUT... I need to slow it down. I'm not sure about the best way to do this. Any tips?

Thanks!

rotation ron;

default

{
     state_entry()
     {
          ron=llEuler2Rot(<0,PI/2,0>);
     }

     touch_start(integer total_number)
     {
          integer i;
          for( i = 0; i > -5; i--)
          {
               llSetPos(llGetLocalPos() + <i, 0, 0>);
               llSleep(0.5);
          }
          llSetLocalRot(ron);
          llSay(0, "moved");
          for( i = 0; i < 5; i++)
          {
               llSetPos(llGetLocalPos() + <0, 0, i>);
               llSleep(0.5);
          }
     }
}

Increase the 0.5 to slow it down, decrease to a minimum of 0.2 to speed it up.

Hope that helps.

thank you. That gave me a better understanding of looping.

As you have it now, though, it repeats the movement (with pauses), rather than just slowing down the movement.

A non-physical object always moves more-or-less instantaneously from point A to point B (assuming the distance between A and B is less than 10m). The only way to make it go 'slower' is to move it in smaller steps. To really make it move slowly, you'll have to turn physics on, and use llMoveToTarget to get true damped movement. And then you'll have to deal with some other issues - making sure your object doesn't fall to the ground the moment you turn physics on (look at buoyancy or hover height), making sure someone can't bump into the object and move it off-course (phantom might be a solution here), and so on.

Although this is the trick I used in my elevator, what about this?

integer slower = 10;

default 

{ 
     state_entry() 
     { 
          ron=llEuler2Rot(<0,PI/2,0>); 
     } 

     touch_start(integer total_number) 
     { 
          integer i; 
          for( i = 0; i < slower; i++) 
          { 
               llSetPos(llGetLocalPos() - <5 / slower, 0, 0>); 
          }
          llSetLocalRot(ron); 
          llSay(0, "moved"); 
          for( i = 0; i < slower; i++) 
          { 
               llSetPos(llGetLocalPos() + <0, 0, 5 / slower>); 
          } 
     } 
}

Yes, this will just move the prim in small steps, not smooth.
But like Ziggy said, if you make it physical you can use llMoveToTarget for a smooth move and adjust the speed.

I tried the following and all it did was rotate (no horizontal or vertical movement):

integer slower = 10;

rotation ron;


default

{
state_entry()
{
ron=llEuler2Rot(<0,PI/2,0>;
}

touch_start(integer total_number)
{
integer i;

for( i = 0; i < slower; i++)
{
llSetPos(llGetLocalPos() - <5 / slower, 0, 0>;
}

llSetLocalRot(ron);

for( i = 0; i < slower; i++)
{
llSetPos(llGetLocalPos() + <0, 0, 5 / slower>;
}
}
}



I have not had much luck with MoveToTarget .... but i will give that another try. Thanks all!

Sorry, I thought it just in my mind and didn't test it.

Replace "5.0/slower" for "5 / slower".
It must have been float. And though I'm not sure but if you put space around "/", it wouldn't work...