llTakeControll how do you combining controls?

default {
state_entry()
{
llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(), PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS);
}

run_time_permissions(integer perm)
{
if (perm & PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS)
{
llTakeControls(CONTROL_UP | CONTROL_DOWN, TRUE, FALSE);
}
}

control(key id, integer held, integer change) { // something happened to one of our controls
if (held & CONTROL_LBUTTON)
{
llStartAnimation();
}
if (change CONTROL_LBUTTON)
{
llStoptAnimation();
}
}
}


now in this script I want it to do

if (held & CONTROL_FWD)
{
llStartAnimation();
}


but it should only do that when the left mousebutton(CONTROL_LBUTTON) is held. COuld someone help me out on how I could get this to work?

if you mean like hold fwd and LButtom you would do this

default {
state_entry()
{
llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(), PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS);
}

run_time_permissions(integer perm)
{
if (perm & PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS)
{
llTakeControls(CONTROL_UP | CONTROL_DOWN | CONTROL_FWD, TRUE, FALSE); // would need the CONTROL_FWD also added to even know it is sapossed to be taken conrol of
}
}

control(key id, integer held, integer change) { // something happened to one of our controls
if ((held & CONTROL_LBUTTON) && (held & CONTROL_FWD)) 

// add a (( at the begining for combined control and && to say there is a second command after the end of control group you would need another )) kinda like in algibra ((link 1) all linked together with && ( link 2))

{
llStartAnimation();
}
if (change CONTROL_LBUTTON)
{
llStoptAnimation();
}
}
}

im not 100% sure what you mean tho

thank you very much, it worked with a one small change. I'd been trying to get that to work for a whole day now.

default {
state_entry()
{
llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(), PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS);
}

run_time_permissions(integer perm)
{
if (perm & PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS)
{
llTakeControls( CONTROL_DOWN | CONTROL_LBUTTON | CONTROL_ML_LBUTTON | CONTROL_FWD | CONTROL_LEFT | CONTROL_RIGHT | CONTROL_BACK | CONTROL_UP | CONTROL_ROT_RIGHT| CONTROL_ROT_LEFT , TRUE, TRUE);
}
}

control(key id, integer held, integer change) { // something happened to one of our controls
if (held & CONTROL_FWD)
{
llStartAnimation(runanim);
}
if (change & CONTROL_FWD)
{
llStopAnimation(runanim);
}
if (held & CONTROL_DOWN)
{
llStartAnimation(ganim);
}
if (change & CONTROL_DOWN)
{
llStopAnimation(ganim);
}
if ((held & CONTROL_LBUTTON) && (pressed & CONTROL_UP))
{
llStartAnimation();
}
}
}

in the llTakeControl I did TRUE, TRUE because I want the avatar to still work on regular inputs when mouse left button is not held however when LBUTTON, ML_LBUTTON and DOWN are held I want the av to be immobilized and only listen to the control input. Could someone help me out or give me a push in the right direction?

Well, as the old saying goes, you can't have your cake and eat it, too; at least not with llTakeControls by itself. With it, you either pass them or you don't; there's no middle ground.

HOWEVER, you can simulate stuff like you are talking about. If you want the client to still respond to the controls you take, you MUST pass the controls, otherwise, you have to simulate avatar movement with animations and llApplyImpulse. Not very pretty. On the other hand, you can still pass all controls so the client controls the movement, but you can immobilize the avatar (pretty much) via doing things like llMoveToTarget(llGetRootPosition(),0.01); or somesuch in an attachment.

Bottom line is that it is a somewhat difficult workaround, because you can't conditionally take controls based on what ones are depressed at any time.

Though, someone might suggest to reissue llTakeControls with different parameters, depending on what was depressed when, but that would be a-whole-nother can of worms.

I solved the problem by using two states, one in which it was TRUE, TRUE and one with TRUE, FALSE. It works fine now, thanks for the help though.

looking at the llTakeControls ... the firt value is an integer with a value... each control has an assosiated value in bit sense..

integer desired_controls =
CONTROL_DOWN |
CONTROL_LBUTTON |
CONTROL_ML_LBUTTON |
CONTROL_FWD |
CONTROL_LEFT |
CONTROL_RIGHT |
CONTROL_BACK |
CONTROL_UP |
CONTROL_ROT_RIGHT|
CONTROL_ROT_LEFT;

comment out the ones you dont want...

llTakeControls(desired_controls,1,1);

that should help out...

Just keep in mind that for as long as a controls is HELD down, it will continue to generate events... so it'll be trying to start that animation over and over needlessly.

May as well only try to start the animation when the control changes from "not-held" to "held". (and, likewise only attempt to stop the animation when the control goes from "held" to "not-held".)

I was just tinkering with this yesterday and here's what I'm using to do this:


control( key id, integer held, integer change ) {

if ( held & change & CONTROL_FWD ) { // just pressed

llStartAnimation( "my animation" );

} else if ( ~held & change & CONTROL_FWD ) { // just released

llStopAnimation( "my animation" );

}

}