llSitTarget putting people in the right seats...

I have a stadium that seats 40. Is it possible to have llSitTarget put a person in one of the seats randomly when they choose "Sit" anywhere on the linked object? And then when 40 people are seated, it just says, "Standing room only" or something?

I've seen cars that sit people in seats based on when they get in, and was wondering if this could be done on a larger scale like this?

Thanks!

You would have to do something in the changed event to switch the seat position/
like:
vector currentseat;
list seatpositions = ["populate me!"];
default{
...
changed(integer mask){
if(mask & CHANGED_LINK && llAvatarOnSitPos() != NULL_KEY){
//remove currentseat from seat positions
//Get a random seat
//set the sit target to random seat
}
}
}

http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=llSitTarget

scroll down to "Linked Objects With Multiple Sit Targets"

sounds like you'd need to have sit target set on each of your 40 seats, and nowhere else. Guessing the prim link number is derived from order you click on them before you link your item together, so for 'random' appearance see if selecting your seats in non-linear order before you link them does the trick? ^^;;

You could periodically have your stadium seats unlink themselves from the stadium and then relink back (as children) after a random delay. The link order determines the sit target used unless an avatar selects a particular prim. You could prevent avatars from explicitly picking a seat by putting the prims containing the sit targets completely within the stadium seats.

sittargets become properties of a prim. they remain even when the script that set the sittarget is removed.

The other suggestions here are good.

I think the way I'd implement this is as an object you sit on at the entrance that then uses WarpPos to zip into position. The seat objects would communicate with a coordinator that would decide where to seat someone. Whenever someone stands up, the seat they stood up from would let the coordinator know that position is now available, then disappear.

If you check out the Wingo side of the Shelter, there's a seating area up there that operates on a similar principle that you're asking about.

If an avatar clicks on any prim in the link set that does not hold a sit script, they sit at a 'random' seat. If an avatar clicks on the seat cushion itself (which holds the sit script), they sit in that seat specifically.

This feature for us at least, was an unintended bug. But its turned into something useful/annoying depending on your perspective.

In short - make sure that only the child prims have sit scripts, and the parent prim does not. Then see what happens when you sit

Edited to add: Just from my own experience, I get more complaints about the 'random seating' than kudos. It is nice on the one hand getting folks to mix up & interact, but human nature makes friends want to sit together