Second Life Forums Archive

Bobby Dayton

Test Pilot for Airfix

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 206

05-13-2005 01:51

A number of scripted items I have bought recently seem to have adopted a sort of control panel to choose options or functions as opposed to chat commands. It usually appears as a small window in the top right wih various buttons on. Ignore being the button to close the window again.

How is this done and are there any common routines I could use to incorporate it in some of my own simple scripts.

Kris Ritter

paradoxical embolism

Join date: 31 Oct 2003

Posts: 6,627

05-13-2005 02:08

no mystery, it's basically just a listener than make a menu, using llDialog

Bobby Dayton

Test Pilot for Airfix

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 206

05-13-2005 03:03

Thanks for that. It's a function I had not noticed before.

Zonax Delorean

Registered User

Join date: 5 Jun 2004

Posts: 767

05-13-2005 05:33

From: Bobby Dayton

Thanks for that. It's a function I had not noticed before.

Oh, and I also point you to my newly-released free library: General Menu Engine
over here in the forums

Sorry for the shameless plug, but I hope you can find it useful

Kyrah Abattoir

cruelty delight

Join date: 4 Jun 2004

Posts: 2,786

05-13-2005 05:40

i pasted a little function i use in my stuffs, just make stuffs easy with a light code

waitying for aproval

_____________________

tired of XStreetSL? try those!
apez http://tinyurl.com/yfm9d5b
metalife http://tinyurl.com/yzm3yvw
metaverse exchange http://tinyurl.com/yzh7j4a
slapt http://tinyurl.com/yfqah9u

Zonax Delorean

Registered User

Join date: 5 Jun 2004

Posts: 767

05-13-2005 06:02

From: Kyrah Abattoir

i pasted a little function i use in my stuffs, just make stuffs easy with a light code

Where did you paste it? In the Scripting Library forums?

Zalandria Zaius

Registered User

Join date: 17 Jan 2004

Posts: 277

yay Dialog

05-13-2005 06:58

Dialog are a little better than a straight listener for user input if you have a set input you're looking for. Since they are triggered on touch you can initialize the listener on touch and set a timer to remove it after say 60 seconds of someone touching. Make sure you set the timer to 0 in the timer, wouldn't want that running constantly either.

It's a good way to not have listeners going with noone even wanting to interact with the object, and you always get the exact format of the message that you need.

Welcome to the Second Life Forums Archive

Control Panel

Control Panel
Bobby Dayton Test Pilot for Airfix Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 206	05-13-2005 01:51 A number of scripted items I have bought recently seem to have adopted a sort of control panel to choose options or functions as opposed to chat commands. It usually appears as a small window in the top right wih various buttons on. Ignore being the button to close the window again. How is this done and are there any common routines I could use to incorporate it in some of my own simple scripts.
Kris Ritter paradoxical embolism Join date: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 6,627	05-13-2005 02:08 no mystery, it's basically just a listener than make a menu, using llDialog
Bobby Dayton Test Pilot for Airfix Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 206	05-13-2005 03:03 Thanks for that. It's a function I had not noticed before.
Zonax Delorean Registered User Join date: 5 Jun 2004 Posts: 767	05-13-2005 05:33 From: Bobby Dayton Thanks for that. It's a function I had not noticed before. Oh, and I also point you to my newly-released free library: General Menu Engine over here in the forums Sorry for the shameless plug, but I hope you can find it useful
Kyrah Abattoir cruelty delight Join date: 4 Jun 2004 Posts: 2,786	05-13-2005 05:40 i pasted a little function i use in my stuffs, just make stuffs easy with a light code waitying for aproval _____________________ tired of XStreetSL? try those! apez http://tinyurl.com/yfm9d5b metalife http://tinyurl.com/yzm3yvw metaverse exchange http://tinyurl.com/yzh7j4a slapt http://tinyurl.com/yfqah9u
Zonax Delorean Registered User Join date: 5 Jun 2004 Posts: 767	05-13-2005 06:02 From: Kyrah Abattoir i pasted a little function i use in my stuffs, just make stuffs easy with a light code Where did you paste it? In the Scripting Library forums?
Zalandria Zaius Registered User Join date: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 277	yay Dialog 05-13-2005 06:58 Dialog are a little better than a straight listener for user input if you have a set input you're looking for. Since they are triggered on touch you can initialize the listener on touch and set a timer to remove it after say 60 seconds of someone touching. Make sure you set the timer to 0 in the timer, wouldn't want that running constantly either. It's a good way to not have listeners going with noone even wanting to interact with the object, and you always get the exact format of the message that you need.