beginner scripter need help with llrezobject

hi, I am a scripting noob and need a little help..

what I am trying to achieve is make an object with a larger object inside it, when touched the larger object rezzes and the smaller one dies. I had a look at scripts inside existing objects in my inv, played around with them and I figured out that I can use llrezobject and then lldie to do this. Jumped up and down for joy when it actually worked. But what happens is that because llrezobject rezzes the new item at its geometric centre, it appears half submerged in the ground. Can anyone tell me if theres a way to get around this please.

You have to calculate the position you want.
for a single not rotated prim you can try to put this in a script inside the prim you rez:

on_rez( integer p)
{
    vector sc = llGetScale();
    vector newpos = llGetPos();
    newpos.z = llGround(ZERO_VECTOR) + 0.5*sc.z; 
    llSetPos(newpos);
}

This can be generalized for an object by using llGetBoundingBox.
Happy scripting

let me make that easier... llRezAtRoot uses the root center, rather than the geometric. (llRezObject really only makes sense for physical objects, for all others use llRezAtRoot)

Right! but in Medusa's case the object will rezz partly underground whether you use llRezObject or llRezAtRoot

depends on the position/size of the root in comparison to the rezzor... if the root is at the bottom of the object/similarly sized, no. if it's higher up/differently sized... probably, in which case it'll still need an offset.