Touch to Draw (weapons) Methods

heyas;

i want to make some touch-to-draw weapons --non-scripted weapons, just for show, if that makes any difference. from what i can tell, there are two ways to do it

1: have a copy of the weapon inside the sheath object, then spawn the weapon when touched and have it attach to the hand (or wherever). the prims that make up the hilt of the sheathed model also turn transparent. then, when the weapon is dropped, it is deleted, and the sheathed 'hilt' turn back opaque.


2: wear the visible sheathed weapon and an invisible drawn weapon on the hand. at touch, communicate between the two to get them to switch invisible states.



so my question is, which is the best way, if there is such a thing. alternately, what are the pros and cons of each? i kinda like having no listeners, but have no clue how to spawn and attach something. also i understand if you're on no-build land, you can't spawn the thing to glom onto your hand.

thoughts?

I tend to favor the invis/worn method for a few reasons. The first is that the object often consists of mannnny prims and textures. Rezzing it can be an exercise in grey goo and lag. The second is that drawing and attaching would require you to displace whatever is worn in hand already which could be confusing or unintended. I have a sword that works with the invis way, and a shotgun that works by rezzing.

I agree with Shadow. The holster + invis version generally works out much better.

heyas;

great, thanks guys! and this is the way i already know how to do :)