some help, please, with my bow and arrow

Someone's given me what would be rather a nice bow and arrow, if only it would shoot straight rather than sideways, to see if I can do anything with it, and I know very little about projectile weapons.

First question. Does it matter a great deal how the root prim of the bow is rotated (it's a really strange angle) ? I suspect it doesn't, since am I not the root prim when I'm holding it? If it does matter, how do I correct for this, and should I be worrying about the angle of the root prim or the prim from which the arrow is rezzed (which is not the root, in this case)?

Second question. The arrow is equally oddly rotated, but i can quite easily relink it to get the root prim to <0,0,0>. If I do this, do I want the velocity v to be <v, 0,0>*llGetRot() if I want it to head off in a straight line along the root prim's x axis?

To answer your first question:

Yes, the rotation of the root prim does matter. Most weapons shoot along the X axis, so you're going to want the X axis to be rotated the same as the avatar.

In other words, the X axis should be pointing away from you.


To answer your second question:

I would use (v*llRot2Fwd(llGetRot())), where v is the speed of the arrow.

Thank you so much. With that assistance I have taken the thing to bits, put it back together the right way round, rescripted it, and it's working fine.

Glad to hear it ^_^