Triggering a 'touch' event from script?

Is there a way to trigger a 'touch_start' from script?

I have a particle emitter cube that emits a particle effect when touched. I don't have mod rights on the particle/script, but I do on the object the script is on. I would instead like it to go off every X number of seconds.

Is there a script I could attach to this cube that would trigger it every 30 seconds or so?

Unfortunately, there's no way to do this. Only an avatar can touch an object, objects cannot touch each other.

you could always hire a noob to sit there and touch it for 50L a day??

Just re-write a new particle script that operates on a timer. Particles really aren't all that challenging (though there are definitely some people out there that are quite good with 'em) once you get to know them.

Ama Omega's particle script is very helpful in teaching about particle use--and experimentation is...well...the best way to learn.

Jopsy used to have a good particle tutorial space set up.. It was a big help trying to figure them out.. (I can't remember his last name but how many Jopsy's can there be, look for the one with particle stuff in his picks)

And a note to script writers/sellers --

As you are designing these cool things (like that particle cube), consider that some of your customers may want to repurpose it. So including both a touch-control as well as a chat- and/or link-control will make your product better!

And may help with testing too.

Maybe the original maker of your particle cube could be swayed to add that...

I bought some similar scripts and wanted to do the same. One possible solution is the SetScriptState function and have a LinkMessage or a listen (triggered by whatever event you want) to either make the particle script active or inactive (the little "running" checkbox in the script window). In theory this might work, I'll try and test it tonight.

Well I tried my theory, and it didn't work (at least with the emitters I bought). Don't have permission to turn the script on and off strangely. An alternate sloution, if the emitter you have is unlimited copies, is to rez the emitter on a timer, and then after a certain amount of time, have it Die (in a nother script in the emitter). This should work, but only use it if you are able to rez multiple copies.

Thanks for the replies everyone!

I like Blueman's suggestion best =)

I needed this quickly for a party I was throwing on saturday, so I didn't have time to learn how to recreate the particle script that I bought. But it's all over with and worked fine.

Thanks again.