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Ovaltine Constantine

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10-23-2008 17:55

First of all, I'm not 100% sure this belongs in the scripting tips forum, but it seemed like the best place to put it.

Some friends of mine asked me to script a trolley for them, something that would move slowly and smoothly from point A to point B and back again. Well, I've got it work (for the most part) there's just one problem. Every once in a while the trolley will basically just fly off into the air for a few seconds and then pop back to where it was. So my question is, is there anything I can do to stop this runaway trolley or is it just a quirky SL behavior I'll have to live with?

Argent Stonecutter

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10-23-2008 18:23

Sounds like "rubber banding". You're not getting position updates from the sim for a while so your viewer guesses (badly) where the trolley is going to be.

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Ovaltine Constantine

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10-23-2008 18:44

Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what I thought it was.

Ruthven Willenov

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10-24-2008 20:49

eek so that's what it was, the shark i got on xstreet was doing that, it got pretty annoying, i finally decided to pick it back up when my neighbors were complaing that it would zoom thru their weddings lol

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Out of Control Trolley!
Ovaltine Constantine Registered User Join date: 28 Jul 2008 Posts: 179	10-23-2008 17:55 First of all, I'm not 100% sure this belongs in the scripting tips forum, but it seemed like the best place to put it. Some friends of mine asked me to script a trolley for them, something that would move slowly and smoothly from point A to point B and back again. Well, I've got it work (for the most part) there's just one problem. Every once in a while the trolley will basically just fly off into the air for a few seconds and then pop back to where it was. So my question is, is there anything I can do to stop this runaway trolley or is it just a quirky SL behavior I'll have to live with?
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	10-23-2008 18:23 Sounds like "rubber banding". You're not getting position updates from the sim for a while so your viewer guesses (badly) where the trolley is going to be. _____________________ Argent Stonecutter - http://globalcausalityviolation.blogspot.com/ "And now I'm going to show you something really cool." Skyhook Station - http://xrl.us/skyhook23 Coonspiracy Store - http://xrl.us/coonstore
Ovaltine Constantine Registered User Join date: 28 Jul 2008 Posts: 179	10-23-2008 18:44 Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what I thought it was.
Ruthven Willenov Darkness in your light Join date: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 965	10-24-2008 20:49 eek so that's what it was, the shark i got on xstreet was doing that, it got pretty annoying, i finally decided to pick it back up when my neighbors were complaing that it would zoom thru their weddings lol _____________________ Dark Heart Emporium http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=133020 want more layers for tattoos, specifically for the head? vote here http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-1449? llDetectedCollision* Functions similar to touch http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-3369

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