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WhiteStar Magic
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03-01-2009 17:24
Hey there,
I was wondering if anyone has found a way to get the scale of a Linked Prim ?
llGetScale() works fine for the prim that it's in BUT there is no comparative llGetLinkScale(), and without an implemented llGetLinkPrimitiveParams() life gets a tad difficult.
Any Ideas or Suggestions ?
I am trying to avoid using a slave script in every prim that requires this feature. It's just poor form.
Thanks in Advance
PS I searched everywhere I could think of and could not find a solution.
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Jesse Barnett
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03-01-2009 18:34
Unfortunately you did a good job of research.
On a slightly political note: I have always heard that llGetLinkPrimitiveParams was never added because of the fear it would make things easier to steal. If this was the true reasoning then it is a stupid argument. If someone is going to steal something they would not go to all of this trouble, there are easier ways to be dishonest.
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WhiteStar Magic
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03-01-2009 19:51
From: Jesse Barnett
" I have always heard that llGetLinkPrimitiveParams was never added because of the fear it would make things easier to steal. "
Well now there is the LL Thinking Process HARD AT WORK ! (Just like City Workers) And yes... I agree, if anyone wants to really swipe something, there are already several ways to accomplish that and replicate an item to a T. But we shant discuss those things here, for there are Lurkers who would make use of such tech. So as to the original item in question... Then Slave Scripts are the only & unfortunate option that must be used. Hmmm... Try to reduce LAG by using less active scripts, yet LL blocks us in our attempts. I suppose, another approach would be: IF( Not Used Often ) would be to push a script into the prim, do the deed and auto-delete. Not an option for my application. Now a llSetLinkScriptState() would be nice.. but also non-existent ! Ahh the challenges of LSL ! 
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Hewee Zetkin
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03-01-2009 20:12
Could also be for the same kind of reason we don't have llGetText() to match llSetText(), which is I am sure a means of making it difficult to use primitive attributes as a convenient form of persistent storage....
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WhiteStar Magic
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03-01-2009 21:20
Your Right Hewee... The Persistent Storage issue is a Royal PITA ... I'm not going there! LOL
BUT llTextBox(key id, "Your Text Info",CHANNEL) seems to be in the works, THANK GOODNESS ! Like THAT should have been done ages ago. in Viewer 1.12.6 + it's there but not quite "all there" yet.
Maybe a current list of things to Vote For would be handy to get a few things moving. Should anyone be listening to the folks who have to use this.
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03-01-2009 22:13
back to the op's point, the only way to avoid reading scale from the child prims, is to memorize it each time you change it... so you'll have to track the changes via script, or set a script in each prim you want to read that property from
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