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Ilianexsi Sojourner

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06-27-2008 14:16

Hi, all-- I have no scripting skill myself, so I doubt I'd be able to make this, but I'm curious if it could be done. It occurred to me last night that one of the things I miss about the water here is sound-- the sounds of walking through the water, or in and out of the ocean.

So I'm just wondering, would it be possible to make a scripted attachment that interacts with Linden water-- senses it in some way, and plays an appropriate sound when you move through it? Perhaps it'd stop if you got past a certain depth, or the sound could be switched on and off via a HUD.

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Colin Nilsson

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yes it is possible

06-27-2008 15:12

yes it is very possible. just need to find all the sound effects .. and use the llGetAgentInfo function to determine if your walking or flying or starting and stoping movement. I forget or don't 100% know how to determine if your in the water say swimming or not but there are huds and Ao's that do make you swim and do similar to what your talking about.

hopefully this helped..

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Colin Nilsson

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06-27-2008 15:16

sure it's workable, it'd be a matter of polling height of the object in the sim, since it's very rare for estate owners to use anything but the default water height (except in cases where they might be landlocked, still rare though).

I'd stick it in shoes or on feet, and only have it respond to a narrow range of elevation.

another option is prim cover on the water (no need for the av to have an attachment), or a spawned follower from single detection prim.

in all cases you want to play the sound only while the av is moving, which makes it optimal to include the code in an AO or a single local land based detector, to reduce detection polling.

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Hewee Zetkin

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06-27-2008 15:39

From: Void Singer

...it'd be a matter of polling height of the object in the sim, since it's very rare for estate owners to use anything but the default water height....

You can get the water height with llWater(). See http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llWater

Water-sounds attachment that interacts with Linden water-- is this possible?
Ilianexsi Sojourner Chick with Horns Join date: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 1,707	06-27-2008 14:16 Hi, all-- I have no scripting skill myself, so I doubt I'd be able to make this, but I'm curious if it could be done. It occurred to me last night that one of the things I miss about the water here is sound-- the sounds of walking through the water, or in and out of the ocean. So I'm just wondering, would it be possible to make a scripted attachment that interacts with Linden water-- senses it in some way, and plays an appropriate sound when you move through it? Perhaps it'd stop if you got past a certain depth, or the sound could be switched on and off via a HUD. _____________________ Everything's impossible,'till it ain't. --Ben Hawkins, Carnivale Help build a Utopian Playland-- www.doctorsteel.com. Music, robots, fun times!
Colin Nilsson I build therefor I am.. Join date: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 54	yes it is possible 06-27-2008 15:12 yes it is very possible. just need to find all the sound effects .. and use the llGetAgentInfo function to determine if your walking or flying or starting and stoping movement. I forget or don't 100% know how to determine if your in the water say swimming or not but there are huds and Ao's that do make you swim and do similar to what your talking about. hopefully this helped.. _____________________ Colin Nilsson
Void Singer Int vSelf = Sing(void); Join date: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 6,973	06-27-2008 15:16 sure it's workable, it'd be a matter of polling height of the object in the sim, since it's very rare for estate owners to use anything but the default water height (except in cases where they might be landlocked, still rare though). I'd stick it in shoes or on feet, and only have it respond to a narrow range of elevation. another option is prim cover on the water (no need for the av to have an attachment), or a spawned follower from single detection prim. in all cases you want to play the sound only while the av is moving, which makes it optimal to include the code in an AO or a single local land based detector, to reduce detection polling. _____________________ \| \| . "Cat-Like Typing Detected" \| . This post may contain errors in logic, spelling, and \| . grammar known to the SL populace to cause confusion \| \| - Please Use PHP tags when posting scripts/code, Thanks. \| - Can't See PHP or URL Tags Correctly? Check Out This Link... \| -
Hewee Zetkin Registered User Join date: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 2,702	06-27-2008 15:39 From: Void Singer ...it'd be a matter of polling height of the object in the sim, since it's very rare for estate owners to use anything but the default water height.... You can get the water height with llWater(). See http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llWater

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