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Salvador Dalgleish

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Join date: 23 May 2006

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06-07-2006 14:20

Since discovering Second Life a couple of weeks ago, I have been playing around with the idea of making an exhibit of "living" statues. (I picture being inside a 3-D reproduction of a Salvador Dali painting, but with the soft watch ticking, an Elephante-Giraffe walking around, etc.) I am an experienced programmer, and I think I am making good progress learning LSL, but I wonder if I'm missing something.

I have managed to do some simple experiments such as getting an animal to wiggle its foreleg using llSetRot(), but thus far my efforts have been less than satisfactory -- update rate is *very* slow and variable, averaging a frame every 2-3 seconds. Am I missing a fundamental technique for efficient animation of prims, or am I simply attempting to do something that is beyond the capabilities of the scripting system as it exists?

Aliasi Stonebender

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Join date: 30 Jan 2005

Posts: 1,858

06-07-2006 14:37

getting smooth animation in a scripted object is indeed very difficult. there are some tricks, most of these involving things like llSetAlpha-ing between two or more "frames", but in the sim "The Future" you can see some examples of scripts that hold several frame and animate between them using SetPos as well.

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Vlad Bjornson

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Join date: 11 Nov 2005

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06-07-2006 17:22

If you are looking for lots of complicated movement in a human (or human-esque) figure then you might be able to create Avatars and custom animations - of course then you would need residents to populate your art pieces. Would be kind of fun to walk up to a piece of art and become a PART of it instead of just being the observer, tho.

I have been toying with this idea for a while, maybe we can get together and brainstorm some ideas if you are interested.

Stella Costello

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Join date: 16 May 2005

Posts: 11

06-07-2006 17:35

Wow! This is my dream too. I can't wait to see it come true. Good Luck to you and let me know when I can see it.

Pete Fats

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Join date: 18 Apr 2003

Posts: 648

06-07-2006 18:11

Jeffery Gomez has done some great work on this already.

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"Walking" statues -- feasible with LSL?
Salvador Dalgleish Registered User Join date: 23 May 2006 Posts: 5	06-07-2006 14:20 Since discovering Second Life a couple of weeks ago, I have been playing around with the idea of making an exhibit of "living" statues. (I picture being inside a 3-D reproduction of a Salvador Dali painting, but with the soft watch ticking, an Elephante-Giraffe walking around, etc.) I am an experienced programmer, and I think I am making good progress learning LSL, but I wonder if I'm missing something. I have managed to do some simple experiments such as getting an animal to wiggle its foreleg using llSetRot(), but thus far my efforts have been less than satisfactory -- update rate is very slow and variable, averaging a frame every 2-3 seconds. Am I missing a fundamental technique for efficient animation of prims, or am I simply attempting to do something that is beyond the capabilities of the scripting system as it exists?
Aliasi Stonebender Return of Catbread Join date: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 1,858	06-07-2006 14:37 getting smooth animation in a scripted object is indeed very difficult. there are some tricks, most of these involving things like llSetAlpha-ing between two or more "frames", but in the sim "The Future" you can see some examples of scripts that hold several frame and animate between them using SetPos as well. _____________________ Red Mary says, softly, “How a man grows aggressive when his enemy displays propriety. He thinks: I will use this good behavior to enforce my advantage over her. Is it any wonder people hold good behavior in such disregard?” Anything Surplus Home to the "Nuke the Crap Out of..." series of games and other stuff
Vlad Bjornson Virtual Gardener Join date: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 650	06-07-2006 17:22 If you are looking for lots of complicated movement in a human (or human-esque) figure then you might be able to create Avatars and custom animations - of course then you would need residents to populate your art pieces. Would be kind of fun to walk up to a piece of art and become a PART of it instead of just being the observer, tho. I have been toying with this idea for a while, maybe we can get together and brainstorm some ideas if you are interested.
Stella Costello Registered User Join date: 16 May 2005 Posts: 11	06-07-2006 17:35 Wow! This is my dream too. I can't wait to see it come true. Good Luck to you and let me know when I can see it.
Pete Fats Geek Join date: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 648	06-07-2006 18:11 Jeffery Gomez has done some great work on this already. _____________________

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