Come to Me Script

So I'm new at scripting, but I read the crash course and part of the tutorial. I also took 101-104 at TUI -- so I'm trying. I tried to write that makes an object come back to its owner on command.

The script isn't working right -- it just makes the object go in a random direction. I think the problem is with the vector avpos. I read that in this forum that llGetDetectedPos(0) returns a vector of your avatar's position, but I'm not sure it's working. Any suggestions?

October7th

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vector startposition;

default
{
state_entry()
{
//Confirm readiness, calculate start position of object

llListen( 0, "", llGetOwner(), "";
llSay(0, "Ready.";
startposition = llGetPos();
}

//listen to command

listen( integer channel, string name, key id, string message )
{

//comehere command sends to comehere state

if (message == "come here"
{
state comehere;
}

}
}

state comehere
{
state_entry()
{

//confirm state change

llSay (0, "Coming.";

//get my avatar position

vector avpos;
avpos = llDetectedPos(0);

//create random offest of space

float x_distance = llFrand(1.0);
float y_distance = llFrand(1.0);
float z_distance = llFrand(1.0);

//move object to my avatar position with a slight offset

vector increment = <x_distance, y_distance, 0.0>;
vector newposition = avpos + increment;
llSetPos (newposition);

//back to start

llResetScript();
}
}

llDetectedPos() is not returning the avatar's position. You need to scan for the position of the named avatar (their name is provided in the listen() event of course) with llSensor() instead.

If your object is small, it will end up floating near its owner's middle, I think. After you do the llSetPos(), you might need to lower down to the ground.

Thanks,

the suggestions worked!

Hey, could you post the final code that worked?

Thanks!

The reason the llDetectedPos didn't work is that it only works in certain events.